10 Anime With Amazing Female Characters
Here’s a list of animes that have well-written female characters for you to check out!
Claymore
Follow the journey of Clare, a “Claymore” who is half human and half demon, as she travels from town to town doing what she was manufactured to do - killing man-eating demons known as “youma”. After saving the life of a boy named Raki from these monsters, the pair go on a quest to find the youma that Clare has been looking for since she chose to become a Claymore.
Black Lagoon
The criminal organization known as Black Lagoon consists of several mercenaries undertaking various thrilling and morally dubious missions. Rokurou Okajima, a newly joined mercenary, tries to maintain some of his good-natured virtue as he goes on a path of ruthless bloodshed alongside his new companions.
Sailor Moon/ Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Clumsy high school girl Usagi Tsukino is chosen to be one of the Sailor Guardians, a group of girls tasked with the mission of finding the lost princess of the Moon Kingdom and the Legendary Silver Crystal to save their city from the energy stealing monsters of villainous Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom.
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!/ Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasuna!
Midori Asakusa, an introverted artist, and Tsubame Misuzaki, a model who wants to be an animator, are forced into making a school film club by Sayaka Kanamori, an intelligent girl with a knack for making money. After witnessing the artistic capabilities of Asakusa and Misuzaki, Kanamori convinces them to make anime using the film club as a cover, while banking in on the popularity of Misuzaki’s day job as a model to popularize their creations.
Psycho-Pass
Japan has instilled the Sibyl System, where the threat level of a citizen is measured by their mental state and intention to commit criminal acts. Inspectors remove such threats by whichever means necessary, while Enforcers, jaded Inspectors that have become latent criminals, are allowed to carry out the dirty work of Inspectors.
Akane Tsunemori is a young woman who wants to seek out truth and justice. However, as she starts her work alongside veteran Enforcer Shinya Kougami, she is forced to face the harsh reality that the system is heavily flawed.
Ghost in the Shell/ Koukaku Kidoutai
Motoko Kusanagi leads Section 9, a division that deals with various criminal behaviors across the spectrum in a world where humanity is able to completely transplant from flesh to machine. Criminals are able to take advantage of this technology, and Kusanagi attempts to apprehend criminals with varying degrees of success.
Attack on Titan/ Shingeki no Kyojin
Man-eating giants known as Titans have infiltrated walls that humanity built up many years ago as a means of protection. The Scout Regiment, charged with going beyond the walls to fight the Titans, put their lives on the line to uncover the truth about these monsters when a young boy named Eren Yeager shows a surprising ability to shift into a Titan himself.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Talented young alchemist Edward Elric joins the military to find the the Philosopher’s stone in the hopes of using it to restore his body and the body of his younger brother, Alphonse, after they were harmed an attempt to resurrect their dead mother went horribly wrong years ago.
Edward meets an array of complex people throughout this journey. However, not all of them are on his side.
Ouran High School Host Club/ Ouran Koukou Host Club
Haruhi Fujioka is forced into joining the all-boys Host Club after accidentally breaking an expensive vase from the prestigious school she attends. Although she is mistaken for a boy by her peers, she learns that people are not bound by what society expects of them regarding their genders, and that people can be who they want to be.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica/ Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki are ordinary middle school students with ordinary lives, but everything changes when they meet Kyubey, a magical cat, and Homura Akemi, a new transfer student.
Kyubey makes them an offer: he will grant any of their wishes in exchange for them becoming magical girls with enough power to realize their goals. Homura Akemi, a magical girl herself, advises them against accepting the deal, claiming that nothing is as it seems.
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