People wondering who are the anime most popular character in the world there are majority of anime characters in the world that are famous and are still getting popularity so here we have displayed the top 40 most popular anime characters of all time right now this is 2023 so after that might be some character come and comes in popular list later.
Certainly, here are the most popular anime characters of all time,
1. Goku (Dragon Ball):
Goku is a popular anime character in dragon ball super and considered one of the most powerful character in all anime he is very friendly and he is just too amazing that he always gives his opponents a second chance to live.
2. Boruto Uzumaki (Boruto):
Boruto have become famous because of his father Naruto anime series as he is gonna become very powerful in anime and might be gonna become a god so fans are waiting for his next season to see his growth.
3. Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto):
Naruto is a ninja who aspires to be the Hokage, or village leader, and his journey is filled with trials, friendships, and the quest of his own identity, making him one of the most popular anime characters of all time.
4. Pikachu (Pokemon):
Pikachu is Ash Ketchum's trusty companion and the loving Electric-type Pokemon noted for its adorable appearance and powerful electric attacks, making it one of the most popular anime characters of all time.
5. Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon):
Do you know Sailor Moon she is a magical girl heroine in the anime she can use magical powers and she also have a squad of sailor Guardians which she uses to safeguard love and justice she is cute and very beautiful and she is one of the most popular anime characters of all time.
6. Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist):
Fullmetal Alchemist hero is a talented alchemist and this anime is one of the most popular anime here Edward is our hero who is trying to find the philosopher's stone in order to restore his brother's body where our here possesses a metal prosthetic limb and an iron desire which helps him to succeed in his missions, they have everything great which help them to make Edward one of the most popular anime charatcer of all time.
7. Ash Ketchum (Pokemon):
If you know about Pikachu you will also have seen Ask ketchum as both are very popular where Ash wants to become a pokemon master where he finds many kind of pokemons and catch them eventually now he is one of the most popular anime character because of the so many episodes of anime and its loved by so man fans.
8. Ichigo (Bleach):
Bleach is one of the top 3 biggest of his time where our hero can use his soul reaper powers to protect his friends and eventually the whole world. Ichigo is a soul reaper and have to protect the living world from evil spirits and specially Hollows, this show reputation is very high and its make Ichigo one of the most popular anime character of all time.
9. Light Yagami (Death Note):
Light Yagami is a brilliant high school student but his life was normal until he finds out a Death Note in his life after that everything changes for him and he because a god like entity for the world and in that death note he just have to write someones name that he knows about and it will kill him just like he want, this show have many fans because of its very good story and many twists in anime which makes Light Yagami a very popular and well known anime character of all time.
10. Inuyasha (Inuyasha):
Inuyasha is a half devil and he want to become a full demon that is something that he wants to achieve in his life and to become the full devil he need Shikon Jewel which can make him a full devil. He goes on adventures with Kagome in japan and this character is too amazing that fans started loving him a lot and he deserves to be in one of the most popular anime character of all time list.
11. Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan):
Eren yeager is a anime character from attack on titan, this anime has ended and it had a very sad ending where our hero Eren destroyed almost 80% of the population so that his friends can live a better life. Eren controls attack titan power which is considered the greatest power in the titan because he can recieve memories from future and from the past and he can even change future to its way he became popular when his titan powers appear in the anime and became one of the most popular anime character.
12. Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan):
levi is an amazing soldier from Attack on titan and he can kill any titan as he wants he is that cool even the beast titan who was so frightening got defeated by him and not just once he won against him all of the time which is 3 times he won against beast titan. He is very skilled combat soldier and because of his amazing talent he became one the most beloved anime characters of all time.
13. Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin):
Kenshin is a assassin who try to never kill again in his life and he started protecting the innocent people from bad guys with a reverse blade sword. he is one of the most popular anime characters of all time and people love to see him agian and again in Rurouni Kenshin anime.
14. Kagome Higurashi (Inuyasha):
Kagome was born in a modern day but things changed when she teleported to feudal japan where she had to accompany Inuyasha on his mission as he wants to reclaim the Shikon Jewel shards, She is one of the most popular anime character because she is beautiful and have a great story in the anime.
15. Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion):
Shinji is a pilot of an Eva unity which is a massive bio mechanical robot which was revealed in the humanity's war against mysterious aliens creatures later known as angels as he do many stuff in the anime which makes us speach less and he is such a wonderful character in anime that we have to put it in the most popular anime character list.
16. Gintoki Sakata (Gintama):
Have you watched Gintama anime Gintoki is the head of the Yorozuya trio and a freelancer he is very handsome and many people loved him a lot in Gintama and he is also the main character of the show he is a very high skilled samurai and he have even fought a war with having all of these kind of skills Gintoki Sakata became one of the most popular anime character.
17. Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist):
Alphonse Elric is another character from Fullmetal Alchemist anime and he is one of the most popular anime character of all time for a reason first he is the younger brother of Edward Elric and he have a history like his soul is tied to a suit of armor as they search for the philosopher's stone.
18. Roronoa Zoro (One Piece):
When you talk about a sword man how can u forget one of the most popular anime character of One Piece he is intelligent as hell and he became a sword man to become the world best swordsmen and he is also the member of the straw hat pirates all of his reputation is too great and there are lot of things to describe about Zoro which can easily take him in the most popular category of anime character of all time.
19. Saitama (One Punch Man):
If we call Saitama the most powerful anime character then we are not wrong he has to be the most powerful anime character as he can defeat any opponent in just one punch that's why the show is also called One Punch Man. We have even saw him fighting in the space like it's nothing even knowing that he cannot cannot fly but still he did it like it was nothing for him. Some people said Goku can defeat him but we have never seen goku or any of the character from dragon ball to ever defeat a opponent with a big punch like Saitama. Because for all of this amazing things its easy to add him in the top 40 most popular anime character of all time as we are not gonna see another one like him again.
20. Killua Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter):
Hunter x Hunter have many great stories and Killua is one of the brilliant assassin from Zoldyck family he is just a kid but he is too powerful that he took a heart of a very powerful men without even getting noticed by him. He loves to stay with Gon which is the main character of this show. He have mastered many kind of thunder type techniques and he is a master mind also and because of all these abilities its easy for him to became one of the most popular anime character of all time.
21. Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion):
Rei is just too hot as she is a Eva pilot and she have a mysterious and intriguing demeanor she is good looking people started loving her a lot in the show and because of that she became one of the most popular anime character of all time.
22. Jotaro Kujo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure):
Have you tried to watch this amazing anime called JoJo's Bizarre Adventure where Jotaro is a member of the Joestar family which have a history in the anime he is well knowned for his signature "Ora Ora" battle cry and he is one of the most well known anime character of all time.
23. Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z):
Dragon ball Z started a long long time ago and might be one of the most successful anime of all time where we saw Vegeta in Saiyan Saga episodes after that he became powerful enough to rival Goku's power who is the main character of the show. People love him because of his hard attitude and his will to become one of the most powerful character he is very powerful and in future he might became a destroyer in dragon ball super new season so this make's it easy for him to fall in the category of the top 40 most popular anime character of all time.
24. Yusuke Kitagawa (Persona 5: The Animation):
Yusuke belongs to a Phantom Thieves group and he is a great artist fans started loving him a lot in the show. They love to see him as he is from the organization who steal the hearts of the bad people the show is too exciting and he became one of the most popular anime character for that reason.
25. Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist):
Roy is not the main character of the Fullmetal Alchemist but he is more loved by fans then his main character. He is a flame Alchemist in the military and he use fire based kind of alchemy to achieve his goal and hs is one of the most well known anime characters.
26. Maka Albarn (Soul Eater):
Maka is from a famous anime called Soul Eater maka is a Meister at the death weapon meister academy where they teach people how to hunt wicked souls with a sycthe. She is one of the most popular anime characters of all time because of her amazing talent.
27. Gohan (Dragon Ball Z):
Gohan became popular because of his mysterious powers in dragon ball z and he is one of the most popular anime character of all time. He have even unlocked the new beast form in the latest dragon ball movie where he might even have surpassed goku and vegeta that makes him very popular because he even did not trained a lot to get to that point.
28. Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia):
Bakugo is a rival of the main character of My hero academia and he is a student in U.A. high school he have explosive quirk abilities and he is one the most well known anime character of all time.
29. Simon (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann):
Simon is one the most popular anime character in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann who is a digger and pilot of the Gurren Lagann and they fights oppressive forces to recapture the land which are stolen from people.
30. Guts (Berserk):
Guts is a mystery on his own he uses a very long gigantic sword to fight against enemies he have a history of a warrior and he seeks vengeance against demonic forces specially against Griffith who was once his friend but did something so ugly to his wife and his friends that was just too horrific to even look at it. His story and powerful nature makes him the most popular anime character in his show and its easy to add him in the top 40 most popular anime character of all time.
31. Holo (Spice and Wolf):
Holo is a wofl she have ability to transform into a human which she uses to travel around the world as merchant named Kraft Lawrence. She is one of the most well known anime characters of all time because of her looks and spice anyone can fall in love with her.
32. Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul):
Tokyo Ghoul Ken Kaneki is a menace kind of character first he was not very powerful and too weak but later on his life turned the way and he had to become something that he never wanted to become in his life that is a Ghoul. He became most popular anime character of all time when the first time his hair turned white because of the torture he endured he became the most powerful character in his show that can kill anyone or eat anyone who tries to harm his friends.
33. Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill):
Ryuko is from kill la kill anime where she wants to search and tries to get information about her father's murder while fighting with a sentient uniform and she is one of the most well known anime character of all time for the very same reason and because of her very twisted story.
34. Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece):
Luffy is just way too popular he is a rubber powered pirate but he is the captain of his crew where he is on a journey to discover the famous One Piece treasure and to become the King of all the pirates he will do any thing which makes him most popular anime character of all time.
35. Sanji (One Piece):
Sanji is a cook but not a bad one his cooking style is just too amazing and everyone loves his cooking. He is with luffy who is the main character of One Piece show, He is a fighter who fights with his legs and can do lot of damage with his martial arts and he is one of the most well known anime character.
36. Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail):
Natsu is a member of a Fairy Tail guild he have fire based dragon slayer power he is immune to fire and he can even consume or create fire. He is easily one of the strongest and most popular anime character of all time.
37. Gon Freecss (Hunter x Hunter):
Gon is a brilliant anime character who wants to become a very successful hunter like his father and he also wants to search for his father where he is always on a quest to learn the world secrets. He is one the most popular anime character of all time because of the show.
38. Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon):
A very intelligent and a very beautiful character from sailor moon called Sailor Mercury she specializes in water based attacks and intelligence. Fans love her a lot and she is one of the most popular and well known anime characters of all time.
39. Itachi Uchiha (Naruto):
Itachi uchiha is naruto most famous and most popular anime character of all time. Even the naruto ended his video are still going viral because fans love him just a lot. He have sharingan eyes which makes him the strongest genjutsu user in the anime and he is well known for its amazing talent and strange abilities.
40. Madara Uchiha (Naruto):
Even if Madara Uchiha is now dead in Naruto but when he first introduced int eh series he easily became the most popular anime character of all time because of his amazing character, will to fight strong opponents and a will to fight against the whole world army with obito uchiha. He is easily the most popular anime character of all time and it will be hard to any on to become as popular as Madara uchiha is.
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