The best anime characters of 2025 feature returning favorites at their heights, true breakout stars of the new generation, and the ultimate underdogs.

Via is a cinephile and a bookworm who loves fantasy and cozy gaming as well as talking about pop culture both online and offline. Anime characters known for kindness, compassion, and selflessness ...

Oluwatokiloba, a freelance creative writer and editor living in Lagos, strikes a delicate balance between his academic studies at the University of Lagos and his love for writing. He is a voracious ...

Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck is a writer for Collider. He grew up creating lists, stories, and worlds, which led to his love of anime and video games. He attended Sheridan College where he earned an Honours ...

Eddie Possehl is a dynamic and driven writer/director with a passion for the written word and all things film, television, comics, and games. His passion for storytelling led him to establish his own ...

Anime World Tower Defense (AWTD) is a Roblox experience that boasts over 100 unique units from various hit Anime series. Given the vast number of options, choosing the right characters to defend your ...

Among anime fans, it isn’t uncommon to have that one character in a show that stands out among the rest. While most might assume this would automatically be the main character, designed to grab ...

At the time this ranking is being written, Wind Breaker has not yet finished its first season but is nearing the conclusion of the Shishitoren arc. At the bottom of this ranking is Choji Tomiyama, the ...

The anime industry features a wide range of genres, yet many series are often compared through the lens of power scaling and the strength of their characters. Most of these figures tend to originate ...