Because you like Rei Ayanami in Neon Genesis Evangelion

Mako is carrying the world on his shoulders. See them in The Legend of Korra.

Illiterate and oblivious, Crash Bandicoot is still a hero. See them in Crash Bandicoot.

Rarity has been dreaming of the day her designs will dazzle Canterlot. See them in My Little Pony.

M. Bison is a diabolical megalomaniac hell-bent on dominating the world. See them in Street Fighter.

Whatever Sakura Haruno lacks in power, she makes up for in intelligence and bravery. See them in Naruto.

A celestial caretaker, Amaterasu is the stuff of legends. See them in Okami.

Once a lonely hat maker, Sophie Hatter is now cleaning goo from bathtubs and cooking breakfast for the grumpiest wizard in all the land. See them in Howl's Moving Castle.

Howl puts the "tortured" in tortured artist. He just wants to be recognized for his work, but no one wants to trust a boy that sorta looks like a bird. See them in Howl's Moving Castle.

As the hero of time, Link is reborn throughout history, always with the purpose of fighting and defeating the evil Ganon. See them in The Legend of Zelda.

Jin Kazama is a fearsome warrior torn between the darkness and the light. See them in Tekken .

Mavis Dracula's interests are anything black, scream cheese, and flying around. See them in Hotel Transylvania.

Courteous, dangerous, and powerful, Kaname Kuran controls an entire court of vampires. Very, very pretty vampires. See them in Vampire Knight.