Top 10 Celebrities Who Like Anime

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The Top Ten

1 Robin Williams Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance. He died in 2014.

Intriguing to know that there are celebrities who like anime. It's quite a coincidence for me since I've heard of rumors that Bernie Sanders was at an anime convention recently. - ModernSpongeBobSucks

There's even an Evangelion reference in One Hour Photo where a kid is buying a toy for it. - Elric-san

He owned a copy of Paranoia Agent signed by Satoshi Kon. - WholeGrainNeko

He loves Evangelion?! - GirlyAnimeLover

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2 Kanye West Kanye West Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, songwriter, and fashion designer. He was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. After West's parents divorced, him and his single mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 10, West temporarily moved to Nanjing, China, because his mother was teaching ...read more.

Looks like his love of anime rubbed off on his wife Kim Kardashian now. She really seems to like Darling in the FranXX right now. - ModernSpongeBobSucks

His favorite anime is Akira - Mcgillacuddy

I knew he likes anime. Big fan of it. - AlphaQ

3 Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American actor and film producer. He achieved prominence and critical acclaim in the early 1990s with films such as Jungle Fever, Patriot Games, Amos & Andrew, True Romance, Jurassic Park and his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino including Pulp Fiction, Jackie ...read more.

He loves a wide amount of anime and he also did the voice for Afro Samurai - Mcgillacuddy

4 Leonardo Di Caprio Leonardo Di Caprio

His favorite anime is Ninja Scrolls - Mcgillacuddy

5 Zac Efron Zac Efron

His favorite anime is Death Note, and he once wanted to play as Light Yagami for a live-action film. - Mcgillacuddy

I never knew that Sac loves anime. Looks like I'm not the only person that loves anime! - GirlyAnimeLover

6 Christian Bale Christian Bale Christian Charles Philip Bale is an English actor. He has starred in both blockbuster films and smaller projects from independent producers and art houses.

His favorite anime is Howl's Moving Castle. He voiced Howl for the English dub in the film. - Mcgillacuddy

7 Keanu Reeves Keanu Reeves

His favorite anime is Cowboy Bebop and he once wanted to play as Spike Spiegel for a live-action film. - Mcgillacuddy

8 Hulk Hogan Hulk Hogan Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American professional wrestler, actor, television personality, entrepreneur and rock bassist.

His favorite anime is Pokemon! - Mcgillacuddy

Pokémon? Terry is BAE - EliHbk

9 Will Smith Will Smith Willard Carroll "Will" Smith, Jr. is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He is best known for his acting career overall. He has been in many popular movies, These include, but are not limited to, the Men in Black lineup, Pursuit of Happyness, and After Earth. He is often referred ...read more.

His favorite anime is Gatchamen - Mcgillacuddy

10 Megan Fox Megan Fox Megan Denise Fox is an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 2001, with several minor television and film roles, and played a regular role on the Hope & Faith television sitcom.

Her favorite anime is Sailor Moon, and she also had a dream of playing as the character for a live-action film. - Mcgillacuddy

The Contenders

11 Quentin Tarantino Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, writer, and actor. His films are characterized by nonlinear story lines, satirical subject matter, an anesthetization of violence, extended scenes of dialogue, ensemble casts consisting of established and lesser-known performers, references to popular ...read more.

I mean, Kill Bill had a full anime sequence. Makes it kinda obvious. Plus, Kill Bill as a movie has a total anime/samurai movie vibe to it. - Elric-san

Oh crap, wait till Jack finds this list... - TwilightKitsune

12 PewDiePie PewDiePie Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known by his online alias PewDiePie, is a Swedish web-based comedian and video producer, best known for his Let's Play commentaries and vlogs on YouTube. He is known for being the most subscribed-to YouTuber on the website, earning over 50 million subs.
13 Butch Hartman Butch Hartman Elmer Earl Hartman IV, better known as Butch Hartman, is an American animator, writer, director, producer, illustrator and actor, best known for creating the Nickelodeon shows The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bunsen Is a Beast.

If his Anime Characters in The Fairly OddParents Style videos aren't anything to go by, then I don't know what is. From my perspective, it seems his most recent favorite anime is One Punch Man, though he does seem to have a lot of love for classic anime as well, especially those in the shonen genre or those that are widely acclaimed in the West. - ModernSpongeBobSucks

14 Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in North. ...read more.

You already know what her Favorite anime is!

15 Chris Stuckmann Chris Stuckmann
16 James Cameron James Cameron James Cameron is a Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and deep-sea explorer. He is best known for his films, The Terminator, Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Titanic, and Avatar. He is also the third person in history to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ...read more.

Princess Mononoke was one of the inspirations for Avatar.

17 Genndy Tartakovsky Genndy Tartakovsky Genndy Tartakovsky is a Russian American animator, director, writer and producer. He is best known for creating the Cartoon Network animated television series Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars, and co-creating Sym-Bionic Titan. In 2011, Tartakovsky joined Sony Pictures Animation, ...read more.

When he first arrived in the United States, he developed a love for mecha anime. You can particularly see the influence anime had on him in some of his works such as Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and Sym-Bionic Titan. - ModernSpongeBobSucks

18 Tobey Maguire Tobey Maguire

Robotech, Gatchaman, Speed Racer, Ninja Scrolls, and Detective Conan are just a few to name in his anime favorites. - ModernSpongeBobSucks

19 Pharrell Williams Pharrell Williams Pharrell Lanscilo Williams is an American singer, rapper, and record producer. Williams and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo the Neptunes, producing soul, hip hop and R&B music.

I mean, just look at his "It Girl" music video. Tons of anime characters and references including Pokemon are included in there. - ModernSpongeBobSucks

20 Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr., known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper and actor from Long Beach, California.

Not sure if I can validate this, but apparently, it's said he posted on Instagram one time that he likes Naruto. Hmm, not bad. - ModernSpongeBobSucks

21 Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne

She's really into the long-running One Piece franchise. She even got to record a song for One Piece: Film Z called "How You Remind Me". Man, it's not often I see a music artist outside of Japan record a song for an anime. - ModernSpongeBobSucks

22 Chris Brown Chris Brown Christopher Maurice "Chris" Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. Born in Tappahannock, Virginia, he was involved in his church choir and several local talent shows from a young age. He is most well known for his physical assault towards the singer Rihanna in ...read more.

Surprisingly, I just searched up if he does like anime and it turns out he does. Don't get me wrong, he's still a horrible person for what he did to Rihanna, but sticking to the topic, he likes Dragon Ball Z and Astro Boy and owns a One Piece shirt. I would've thought that this was a troll item, but it turns out to be the other way around. - ModernSpongeBobSucks

23 Glenn Danzig Glenn Danzig
24 Dave Mustaine Dave Mustaine David Scott "Dave" Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, actor and author. Mustaine is best known as a pioneer in Thrash Metal, being the former lead guitarist of Metallica before his dismissal in 1983, leading to finding and becoming the front man of his own ...read more.

His favorite anime as a kid was Gigantor. - Aragorn98

25 Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kimberly Noel "Kim" Kardashian West is an American reality television personality, actress, socialite, businesswoman and model.

Don't get me wrong, I hate Kim Kardashian with a burning passion as much as the next person, but just recently, I saw some news articles saying she's actually a fan of anime! She even did her hair in the same hairstyle and color as the pink-haired heroine Zero Two from Darling in the FranXX. Again, I'm not praising Kim Kardashian, but I thought it was interesting to add her since she's admitted she likes anime this year. - ModernSpongeBobSucks

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