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65 Popular Anime Characters Of All Genres: The Definitive Guide

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Most smart characters are extremely good-looking and appealing and at the same time, they are smart and intelligent. They resemble the original human figure and sizes but they are extremely cute and adorable.

These characters can be both male and female but are mostly male and come with beautiful face and body features. These male and female anime figures have a unique appeal and are classy.

They attract a vast number of male and female audiences and although these are just animated figures they have fan followings just like any other real male or female superhero.

Special efforts are put to design their looks, clothes, and appearances so that they can attract massive audiences to the shows. Some of the best smart characters are as follows:-

1. MADARA UCHIHA

Madara Uchiha is a very popular anime character who is also known to be a fictional Manga character who was present in the Naruto series. The Naruto series was created by Masashi Kishimoto.

This character appears in the second part of the show as a major villain. It is known from the plot of the show that the first leader, whose name was Hashirama Senju, along with Madara Uchiha, happens to be the founder of Konohagakure, which is a village located in the Ninja world.

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A very powerful conflict happened regarding the two issues, one of which is the smooth running of the village, and another is the long-term feud between classes.

These conflicts lead to Madara Uchiha’s death. But this death was not just in vain because later in the plot, the audience gets to know that Madara Uchiha had used another man whose name is Obito Uchiha as a secret agent for his gathering of information and other work.

Madara Uchiha had also transferred his exclusive eye powers into another child whose name is Nagato. This young boy is also known to be the public leader of a terrorist organization whose name is Akatsuki.

The reason behind the transferring of this power is that it can be preserved for Madara’s eventual revival later in few years. It is also known that in most parts of the series, Obito carries forward his role in the disguise of Madara. This acting continues until a criminal whose name is Kabuto Yakushi chooses to reanimate the real character of Madara.

After this, the real Madara becomes one of the main antagonists of the show along with Obito. Madara Uchiha is a very famous character who has also appeared in several pieces of other Naruto media such as the Boruto feature film.

His presence is also seen in many Naruto video games where he happens to be a playable character who is very popular among players. Kishimoto’s main reason for designing the character of Madara Uchiha was to provide a very strong villain for the show whose ultimate fate would be to fight against the protagonist is Naruto Uzumaki.

This entire confrontation would give rise to several interesting action sequences, which will never fail to entertain the audience and lovers of this show.

Madara Uchiha has a huge fan following, and thus, there has been much merchandise that is made in his honor, which includes keychains, plush dolls, and figurines.

The character of Madara Uchiha has received very positive feedback as a villain. It sometimes is also referred to as the best villain in the entire history of Manga and anime.

2. KURAPIKA

Kurapika was born on the 4th of April and is 19 years old now. He is known to be the last surviving member of the Kurta clan. Kurta clan refers to the Clan of people who were known to be hunted down and ruthlessly murdered by a group of thieves known as the Phantom Troupe.

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The reason for this brutal act was that these thieves wanted to steal the scarlet eyes that belonged to this clan; these scarlet-colored eyes were known to be treasures due to their explicit beauty.

Kurapika was the only character who could escape this entire situation and was determined that one day when he grows older, he would take revenge on the Phantom Troupe for their ruthless actions.

With the passing of time, Kurapika grew older and was determined to train himself in such a manner that he would become equally powerful and would be able to take his desired revenge.

He also sat for the hunter exam as he wished to become a hunter so that he could track down all the members of the Phantom Troupe. While giving this exam Kurapika made new friends with Gon Freecss, Killua Zoldyck, and Leorio Paladinight.

Kurapika managed to pass the exam along with his two friends Gon and Leorio, whereas Killua, unfortunately, couldn’t pass along with them. However, this friendship did not last for long, and Kurapika had to finally separate from these friends.

After this separation, he ended up training himself in the art of Nen. Once she was trained, he started working as a bodyguard for the Nostrade Mafia family.

This training proved to be very beneficial for him, and during the time of his stay with the Mafia family, he managed to kill Uvogin, who happens to be one of the members of the Phantom Troupe.

He also successfully took away the Nen abilities of another member of the troupe whose name was Chrollo Lucifer. One of the most fascinating powers of Kurapika is the possession of the scarlet eyes, which is very exclusive to the kurta Clan.

In the grace of this power, whenever this character feels any sort of extremely intense emotions, both his eyes turn into scarlet color. In such a state, he becomes extremely powerful, and his Nen abilities unlock, which otherwise he cannot use in the normal state.

But in the case of Kurapika, this power is not only restricted to only feeling a strong emotion but also he has learned to master awakening this power at his own free will.

Kurapika’s character also has a great intellect level along with perception skills and a sense of presence like no other character in Manga or anime.

3. OROCHIMARU

Orochimaru is a famous Japanese Manga character who happens to be Konohagakure’s legendary sannin. This character’s biggest ambition is learning all of the world’s biggest explicit secrets.

He seeks immortality so that he might live up to several lives and have enough time to accomplish his crazy ambition. Once this character was caught performing some unethical experiments on his fellow citizens to understand how to achieve immortality.

After this incident, he had defected from the village rather than being persecuted for his unethical works and explicit ambition.

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Since the time he has defected from the village, he has been all the angrier and over the years, he has sought the village’s destruction in order to take revenge and show everybody what he is capable of.

In the course of his experiments and actions, Orochimaru realizes that he is using an extremely flawed technique to attend to his ambition, and as a result of these techniques, many innocent souls are losing their lives.

Originally this character was once upon a time an orphan who became a student of Hiruzen Sarutobi along with two other peoples whose names are Jiraiya and Tsunade.

Orochimaru was known to be a genius from a very young age due to his brilliant talents and extreme knowledge and determination. He was almost considered to be a prodigy who took birth once in a lifetime and was a very unique character.

Many characters have different opinions about Orochimaru. Tsunade reveals during the plot of the show that Orochimaru had a very twisted and complicated character since he was a little child.

The reason behind this complex and sadistic attitude might be his parent’s death at a very young age. During the death of his parents, Orochimaru had found a white color snake near the grave of his parents which, according to Hiruzen was a representation of fortune and rebirth.

Orochimaru was highly fascinated and inspired by this instance, and as a result, he started studying Kinjutsu to obtain knowledge of Different techniques. Some characters also say that the reason why Orochimaru took up these ventures is simply to forget his painful memories.

It is very well known that the character of Orochimaru was very complicated and intense but more often, people refer to his character as twisted.

Orochimaru had experienced the fragility of human emotions through different instances that he had to face since a very young age in his life. These difficult times changed him and made him a very tough and intriguing character.

In spite of such complexities in character, Orochimaru is very popular and is definitely one of the best characters in anime.

4. SOSUKE AIZEN

Sosuke Aizen Is a Japanese Manga character who was born on the 29th of May who also happens to be the previous captain of the 5th division in the Gotei 13.

In the course of the show, this character is seen leaving the soul society along with his followers, who are Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen. He was also followed by another lieutenant whose name was Momo Hinamori.

65 Popular Anime Characters Of All Genres: The Definitive Guide

As most of the smart characters are specifically villains and meet their fate, so happened to Sosuke Aizen.

After Sosuke had fought in the war which he led against soul society, he was defeated by another character whose name is Ichigo Kurosaki and was sealed away by Kisuke Urahara. Later on, he was also present for his crimes and met with dark fortune.

Despite Sosuke Aizen’s harsh fortune, he has been able to attract a massive fan following might be because of his super cool looks and features. During his membership of the Gotei 13, this character looked like a cool man with brown scholar-like hair.

The entire look was even more enhanced by the square glasses and the typical anime emotive soft brown eyes. There was not much variation with this character’s dressing as most of the time, he was found wearing the typical standard Shinigami uniform with the captain’s haori.

Over the course of the show, the most evident change that occurred in the looks of this character was that his glasses were no longer on his face, and his hair was well swept backward with one long strand hanging down his face.

Although the clothing of this character has not been very experimental, the audience gets to see him in a few different looks, which involve his jail look consisting of an entirely black outfit or his Arrancar style uniform paired with a pink color sash around his waist.

By nature, Sosuke Aizen has always been very polite and is often referred to as a soft-spoken intellectual who has a weird aura around him.

The audience never sees this character in any sort of distress as he is always ready for every kind of situation and advance and always has every action and move will plan out before its execution.

When this character faces a confrontation with other characters, he behaves very casually and in the most uncaring manner and often ends up making only small talks.

Initially, in the show, this character appeared to be very kind and respected; however, with the courts of the show progressing, the audience gets to realize that in reality, it is just the opposite of his original nature.

His original nature is extremely manipulative and very dangerous. This character cares very little for the people around him and is always ready to use everyone who is present around him as just a mere source for achieving his goals.

The course of the show proves this character to be very ruthless and inhuman because he is not willing to stop at any point when it comes to fulfilling his explicit ambitions and is even ready to hurt or kill people if he thinks it to be necessary for fulfilling or achieving any of his desired goals.

Sosuke Aizen Is definitely one of the most popular villains in the history of Anime and has received good criticisms for his character.

5. CONAN EDOGAWA

Conan Edogawa is a famous Japanese Manga and anime character who was born on the 4th of May and might be seven years old on the show.

This character happens to be an APTX 4869 victim whose real name is Shinichi Kudo and who happens to be the central character of the famous manga and anime franchise called Detective Conan.

In the plot of the show, this character had escaped from the firm and skeptical park security and had gone to his home because he had no other place to go. When he reached home, he encountered professor Agasa who happens to be Conan’s Next Door neighbor and close family friend.

Soon after this encounter, Conan convinces the professor about his identity and jumps to the discussion about his next move. Professor Agasa warns him during this conversation to be very careful and keep his identity undercover as there is a continuous risk of the black organization discovering his identity.

The professor says that once the black organization comes to know of his identity, they will immediately make all efforts to kill him and anybody associated with him, this gives Conan all the more reason to be more cautious of his actions.

Conan Edogawa is one of the cutest and smartest characters of all time and specifically has a very unique appearance. Conan has beautiful dark brown hair that comes down and covers almost half of his face and his pretty blue eyes.

He appears like an adorable, smart kid who is much ahead of his time. From the show’s plot, we also know that Shinichi has shrunken into the form of a child known as Conan.

But in this case, it is what observing that even as a child, Conan Remains exceptionally intelligent and overwhelmingly intellectual. As a child, this character has a beautiful bond with Ran, and she as well is very protective of him and loved him dearly.

But because of the fact that Ran is not truly aware of who Conan is, often it becomes a little awkward for Conan when he has to hear Ran confessing her feelings about Shinichi.

Conan Is an owner of a brilliantly broad spectrum of knowledge, which often helps him to solve different kinds of cases and escape from very difficult situations.

Although this character tries his best to behave like a child while being Conan, it becomes very difficult for him to control his intellect while solving his cases or in typical situations, and he starts behaving as if he was an adult talking about very complex and mature topics and dealing with more significant problems.

Conan Edogawa Has several brilliant abilities, which include his tremendously strong intellectual levels and his brilliant athletic capabilities, just like his grown-up version, which is called Shinichi.

6. SHIKAMARU NARA

Shikamaru Nara is another famous Japanese anime character who happens to be a shinobi of the Nara clan belonging to Konohagakure.

This character is known to be very lazy by nature, but also, he happens to have the kind of intellect that acts as his strength to win on the battlefield. He has been left with many different types of responsibilities by the success that he has earned.

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In the course of the show, he often seems to be a little annoyed with these responsibilities, but he is never seen hesitating to accept them.

In spite of his irritation, he accepts all responsibilities in a positive manner so that he can prove himself and his to the generations of the past and the future.

This character is known to be a very interesting-looking character who has narrow brown eyes and a very typical form of expression that most of the time feels like he is extremely bored or annoyed with something.

This character also has got hair till his shoulder, which is black in color and is most of the time seen tied up in a spiky ponytail. This hairstyle almost appeals and gives him a rockstar look.

During the course of the show, the audience gets to see him in different interesting appearances and clothing, which include either short sleeve grey jacket with green-edged sleeves or grey jumpsuits layered with a long yellow jacket.

Towards the latter part of the show, he also keeps a small pointed beard on his chin, which again appears as a rockstar look.

From the story, we get to know that this character was never a good student and used to receive low grades in the Academy. Due to this reason, most of the other characters never assumed that he would ever be a remarkable Ninja.

However, he had proved everybody else to be wrong when he was the only member of his graduating class to become a chunin. Talking about his personality, he is extremely lazy and wants to do as little work as possible.

During his days as a student at the Academy, he was often seen spending his days sleeping, watching the clouds, and playing different kinds of games.

His lifetime wish is to live devoid of any burdening responsibilities and troubles.