As it says at the top, these are my top 5 favorite anime characters. They're all unique in their own way, and have no equal.
5) Alphonse Elric
Short for Al, he's a pretty awesome character from Full Metal Alchemist. Right after the first 10 minutes of the first episode, I knew that FMA was going to be awesome because Al was in it. With only his soul affixed to a metal armor, Al can do pretty much everything a human can do, except feel. That's just a minor problem though. I mean seriously, he's a talking armor that's almost impossible to kill. How much anime have you seen has something like Al in it? Also in a sense, Al is the ideal little brother you could want. Open minded, expresses his opinions openly, and forgives easily.
4) Zelgadis Graywords
At first, you wouldn't think that Zelg was part of the main cast in Slayers. However, it became pretty obvious in the second season, which is probably the more humorous side of Slayers. Zelg and his sidekick, Amelia (Or is it the other way around?), makes one of the greatest pairs in anime ever. It's like Chidori and Sagara in Fumoffu almost. Besides being funny, Zelg is also a mix between a chimera and a golem. It would be pretty cool if your skin was made of stone, and you were better than your average human. If it weren't for Lina Inverse, Zelg might have turned evil and killed everyone because he's sneaky like that.
3) Nemu Asakura
If you've ever seen Da Capo, that's where Nemu is from. She's always seen wearing a little bell around her neck, for reasons explained in the anime. I didn't really find anything special in Nemu's personality. She's just your ordinary supposed sister that wakes you up every morning and makes you breakfast (Heh heh, Genshiken comes to mind here). But! If there was a list of the most kawaii anime character, I'd put Nemu at number one. Mitsuki or Asuka has nothing on Nemu.
2) Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga
Osaka's real name is Ayumu Kasuga, but everybody just calls her Osaka like 2 scenes after she appears. Obviously my favorite character from Azumanga Daioh, Osaka is one of the most hilarious character's I've ever seen. In short, she's a big airhead that has no idea what goes on around her, and makes corny jokes at random times that nobody gets. She fits in perfectly in the cast of characters, and without her, Azumanga Daioh probably wouldn't have been as great as it is. The best part with Osaka in it is probably the "knife" scene (You know what I mean if you've seen it... with Yukari-sensei and all). That has got to be the most funniest scene in all of the anime I've seen.
1) Sakura Kinomoto
Sakura-chan is the best character ever, in the best shoujo anime: Card Captor Sakura. She seriously has no flaws. Whoever made up her personality is a genious. The way she changes and expresses herself throughout the whole series is pretty amazing. Paired along with Kero and Syaoran, Sakura is just all too kawaii. Bow down to Sakura! *bows down*
Ahem... Sakura is one of the only characters I've seen that actually changes in a long anime series. Characters like Kenshin seem to stay linear, because they don't have a lot of personality depth. Heck, Sakura is so awesome, her name is in the anime title. Definitly Clamp's best creation in one of their best anime, Sakura is "the" best character ever.