In order to make their characters stand out from the crowd, most anime often utilize every color of the rainbow when it comes to hairstyles. The most well-known characters have the most elaborate hair, and the colors are all-natural. Hair color contributes to the overall character design, as it can often reveal what kind of personality the character has.
Those with softer shades of purple in their hair are usually gentle, cute characters. The ones with darker hues usually give off a more serious vibe. Many female anime characters have had purple hair of all shades, and despite having this trait in common, each character is very memorable.
10 Bleach: Yoruichi Shihouin Is A Powerful Shinigami Even Without A Sword
Yoruichi Shihouin is a former Shinigami Captain and princess of the Shihouin clan. She is able to transform into a black cat, and enjoys surprising people with this ability. Choosing to support Kisuke Urahara, she was labeled as a traitor to Soul Society.
However, during the battles against Sosuke Aizen and the Sternritter, Yoruichi was a capable ally who helped to turn the tide of the wars in the Shinigami's favor.
9 Assassination Classroom: Ritsu Is A Machine That Korosensei Gave Humanity
Ritsu is one of the most unique students in Korosensei's class, as she is a machine equipped with dozens of firearms. She was initially an intelligent but emotionless A.I., and her attempts on Korosensei's life disrupted the class and made her peers hate her.
Korosensei used his entire meager teacher's salary to buy and install some upgrades for her. These upgrades gave her more personality and emotions, which she cherished.
8 My Hero Academia: Kyoka Jiro Is A Student Aiming To Become A Pro Hero
Kyoka is a student in U.A.'s Class 1-A, and is determined to become a professional hero. Her Quirk is Earphone Jack, which is manifested in her headphone jack-shaped earlobes.
She can use these to attack enemies with sound waves, and she can pick up on nearby sounds, which allows her to determine where and how many people are in a certain location at once. This latter ability makes her a valuable asset to her classmates.
7 Akame Ga Kill: Sheele Was A Kind-hearted Assassin
Sheele was a member of a group of assassins called Night Raid. Her weapon was a giant pair of scissors, which she used both ruthlessly and effectively. Despite her merciless style of fighting, she is surprisingly clumsy but also very kind to her allies.
Her kindness touched Tatsumi, a new member who was struggling to come to grips with his recent losses. She died protecting one of her comrades, and this significantly impacted the other members of Night Raid.
6 Code Geass: Cornelia Li Britannia Is A Great Commander & A Doting Sister
Cornelia is one of those characters that immediately stand out the moment they are on screen. She was able to outwit her half-brother Lelouch, who assumed that he could recycle old tactics against her.
Under her command, she is able to take down a great number of rebels. Her only weakness is her little sister Euphemia, who she doted on whenever she has the chance. After Euphemia's death, Cornelia becomes less cold, realizing she put too much value in the wrong things.
5 Ranma 1/2: Shampoo Is One Of Ranma's Fiancées But She Turns Into His Worst Fear
Shampoo is a Chinese Amazon that was humiliated by Ranma Saotome when he was in his female form. After giving him the Kiss of Death, she is willing to follow him anywhere in order to get her revenge.
She falls for his male form, leading to some hilarious moments in which she's fawning on him. She is cursed as well, and being doused with cold water turns her into a cat. Unfortunately for her, Ranma is terrified of cats.
4 Kiss Him, Not Me!: Kae Serinuma Is An Otaku Who Undergoes A Shocking Transformation
Kae went through a shocking transformation. After her favorite anime character died, she took a week to mourn this loss, locking herself in her room. In this time, she lost all of her weight, exiting her room looking like an entirely different person.
The reactions to her transformation are shocking, as most people fail to recognize her at first. She is still the same person, however, and is much more interested in anime than she is in the sudden male attention she receives.
3 Cowboy Bebop: Faye Valentine Is A Lone Wolf Who Grows To Care For Others
Faye is one of the most popular anime characters with purple hair due to being one of the main characters in Cowboy Bebop, one of the shows that many anime fans grew up watching.
Although Faye is often seen with Spike and Jet, she is a loner who has a hard time trusting anyone. She also has a list of bad habits, often seen lazing about or indulging in drinking and gambling. However, she does grow to trust the rest of the crew later in the anime.
2 No Game No Life: Izuna Hatsuse Is The Cutest Ambassador
A cute Werebeast girl who served as an ambassador of her face, Izuna is one of the cutest characters in the series. She is focused on sounding as polite as possible, so she often adds "desu" to the end of every sentence.
As games were a matter of politics, she never had fun playing them until she met Shiro and Sora. Her game against them was memorable, as it was a virtual reality game set in their homeworld.
1 Danganronpa: Toko Fukawa Has Two Personalities That Are Both Memorable
Toko is introverted and has a difficult time trusting others, which makes her pin the blame on people too quickly. She doesn't have high self-esteem, and her pessimistic personality is a sharp contrast to Genocide Jack, which is another personality inhabiting her body.
This character is seen laughing a lot when this personality takes over, and Toko is incredibly embarrassed that her other personality is a bloodthirsty maniac.