Because you like Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

When you live your life in public, like Mima Kirigoe, it's hard to know who you really are. See them in Perfect Blue.

Combining an innocent face with an insatiable bloodlust, Eli recruits friends to join the vampire way of life. See them in Let the Right One In.

The "runt" of his biker gang, Tetsuo Shima grapples with a perpetual inferiority complex. See them in Akira.

Misato Katsuragi is never without a beer in her hand or her pet penguin by her side. See them in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Greenpeace? No, this brave eco-terrorist is waging Greenwar. See them in Final Fantasy Series.

King Schultz is about as color-blind as a man of his era can be. See them in Django Unchained.

Celie Johnson says she's poor, black, and may even be ugly. But dear God she's here. See them in The Color Purple.

Shana is a red-haired warrior with a black-and-white worldview. See them in Shakugan no Shana.

The cutest kitty this side of the galaxy, Nepeta Leijon is mischievous, caring, and obsessed with romance. See them in Homestuck.

Underneath Fakir's sarcastic exterior is a loyal friend. But his loyalty borders on being possessive of his friends. See them in Princess Tutu.

Casey Gardner is an angsty teenage girl with quite a bit of sass that keeps getting her in trouble. See them in Atypical.