Kousaka is a bishounen (a pretty boy) with blonde hair, likely dyed. He used to be bald during grade school - a trait that Saki Kasukabe initially teased him for - but it has since grown it to mid-length. His outwardly good looks tends to enamor girls even in spite of his otaku lifestyle. According to the fujoshis (rotten girls) in Genshiken Nidaime, he has a hairless body and hourglass figure, and can henceforth cosplay as traps with absolute ease. Unlike Saki, Kousaka is more than happy to cosplay and often does so to assist Genshiken in selling merchandise.

Kousaka is a genuinely happy and friendly individual with a near-constant grin or smile on his face. Unlike most other otakus, he is quite happy with himself and is very open about his hobbies. He is always excited to meet people with similar interests.
Although Kousaka loves Saki Kasukabe (Kousaka's girlfriend), he does seemingly tend to prioritize his hobbies first. It is alluded by Saki that even during sex, Kousaka will position himself accordingly in order to watch the TV when his favorite show comes on. Nevertheless, they are still together, and Saki's tolerance towards otaku improves as a result.
Kousaka is an avid gamer, and can stay focused on an intense gaming session for hours. He plays fighting and puzzle games at an elite level and can generally dominate anyone that plays against him. During Comifest, he is often seen in video game tournaments and generally wins.


The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture

Saki is an attractive and fashionable young woman in her early twenties with mid-back length hair (it is implied to be dyed light brown) that is split on either sides and brown eyes.
She is usually seen with a cigarette in hand, but after a certain incident in the series, she has since quit smoking. Because of her figure (and quite possibly because she's the only other female at the time), Kanako Ohno is always pressuring her to cosplay, much to her annoyance.

Saki is an assertive, down to earth, practical and at times manipulative individual who can be easily angered and quite ruthless when the moment calls for it. She spends most of her time physically abusing and teasing the male members of Genshiken, and notably develops an antagonistic friendship with Harunobu Madarame . She barely tolerates the circle of otakus only due to Makoto Kousaka , who ironically is one of the most hardcore otaku of the series, and gets infuriated when people call her one.
Early on, she wants nothing more than to destroy Genshiken to free her boyfriend. In fact, she almost quite literally succeeds in doing so, but saves the group and even returns favors to them out of guilt. In a twist of irony, she has come to the club's aid during times when it is threatened by outside forces.
In contrast to being a hothead, Saki can break down and cry quite easily, especially if she feels ridden with guilt. Although she tends to cause mischief in the club room, she doesn't do it out of malice and will apologize once she hurts anyone's feelings.
Towards the end, Saki has shown she cares for the club and its members as she is emotional at the thought of graduating and leaving it behind.


The Sorcerer King of Destruction and the Golem of the Barbarian Queen

Standing at roughly 1.9 meters is a stone white golem with not much defining features other than the humanoid appearance and the spell circle on their forehead

She is jealous and bloodthirsty golem, she dislikes most who she comes into contact with. she is best described as a yandere


The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love

Bianca had blonde hair which was originally long and curly, but was told by Alfredo to cut her hair short to avoid recognition.


The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love

Mary is a very beautiful woman with Indian features. She has black hair, dark eyes and tan skin.

Mary is very kindhearted, loving and caring mother to Perrine. She is shown to be very intelligent and hard-working.


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Perrine is a beautiful young girl with long strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin.

Perrine is kind, caring and polite to everyone around her. She is very smart, hard-working and brave enough to handle the hardest challenges.


The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest

Galis is a handsome young man of medium height with lightly tanned skin, dark turquoise hair, and yellow eyes with three moles under each eye.

Galis is very addicted to fighting and an honest and loyal fighter. He is a prodigy in combat and in natural practical and instinctive magic, managing to use it unconsciously by instinct is quite exceptional. In addition, arrogant and very confident, preferring to face tough opponents.
Despite this, Galis is kind, honest, and loyal, not too much of a sit-down type. Not afraid, he will come to the aid of his friends and the innocent. Very hardworking and determined, able to recognize his strengths and weaknesses on his own and mention it by others. Ready to improve, despite the fact that reading gives him a headache, he managed to study the grimoire that Matthias had given him.


She is a silver haired girl with green eyes and a large chest

before the events of the series she was (most probably captured) in an organization called the "brotherhod of burning heavens"(named by the kingdom) where she was experimented on and had gained trancendental magic however she is unable to use it. After she is free from the organization she decides to kill the leader of the brotherhod and works as an adventurer and reaches rank 11.


The Summer Hikaru Died

"Hikaru" has short, white hair that curls slightly at the ends. [2] He has short white eyebrows and gray-blue eyes with red pupils. He has a slightly pronounced canine tooth on the upper left side of his mouth. He is 165 cm tall [1] and his shoe size is 26 cm. [3] When "Hikaru" gets emotional, his insides leak out. His insides are a swirling, intestinal or organelle-like pattern colored white, black, and gray-brown. [4]
He is usually seen wearing his school uniform, which consists of a white button up shirt and black pants with a belt. He also wears a black watch on his right wrist. [1]

"Hikaru" is carefree and playful. He often gets emotional when he realizes he’s hurt Yoshiki in any way. He can have tunnel vision when it comes to things he wants and will do anything to conceal what is inside of him to anyone that isn’t Yoshiki. He is overprotective of Yoshiki when it comes to other spirits coming near him.

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The Summer Hikaru Died

He is an elderly man of short stature. He wears large-framed glasses, a baseball cap, and has a liver spot on his left cheek.

He is currently showing symptoms of dementia. [1]


The Summer Hikaru Died

The Indou Ancestor was a young man was light stubble on his chin. According to Yoshiki , his face resembles that of his descendant, Indou Hikaru . [citation needed]


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"Hikaru" had short, white hair that curled slightly at the ends. [3] He had short, white eyebrows and gray eyes. He also had a slightly pronounced canine tooth on the upper left side of his mouth. He was 165 cm tall [2] and his shoe size was 26 cm. [4]
He was usually seen wearing his school uniform, which consists of a white button up shirt and black pants with a belt. He also wears a black watch on his right wrist. [2]

Hikaru had an excitable and energetic personality. He was frequently seen smiling or joking around with Yoshiki. [5] He was also a dedicated and caring friend, as he told Yoshiki to just come to his house whenever he felt upset about living in the village, [6] and in his final moments he wished that Yoshiki wouldn't be left alone. [7]


The Summer Hikaru Died

As a child, Iori had short black hair. His appearance as an adult is unknown.


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Rie is a middle-aged woman of short, stout stature. She has straight, light brown hair that reaches her upper back. She wears it in a low ponytail and clips her bangs on the right side of her face. Her exact outfit changes, but she typically wears jeans, sneakers, and a t-shirt.

Rie is overall a pleasant and generous person. Having learned from the mistakes of her past, she is now cautious and wise when it comes to beings from The Other Side . She is compassionate, with a desire to share her wisdom with those who need it, evidenced by how she continues to offer her help to Yoshiki and "Hikaru", [1] even though doing so provides no advantage on her end. At the same time, Rie respects people's boundaries and personal choices – for example, giving Yoshiki space and time to think about it rather than demand he listen to what she has to say, [2] or accepting that Yoshiki continues to maintain a friendship with "Hikaru" despite her warnings. [1]
Rie is not shy about approaching or appearing strange to other people. [3] [2] She is also very level-headed, not showing panic or fear even in stressful situations where lives may be in danger. [4]
She has deep love for her family. Her feelings for her husband were strong enough that he returned from the dead as an impurity. Additionally, despite her own desire to leave, Rie tolerates living in the Kibogayama area for the sake of her mother-in-law and daughter. [5]


The Summer Hikaru Died

Maki is a teenage boy of average height. He has a shaved head and his natural hair color appears to be brown. His eyes are also brown. He is typically seen wearing his school uniform, which consists of black slacks and a white button-down shirt.


The Summer Hikaru Died

Yoshihiko is a middle-aged man of average build. He has short, spiky, dark hair. He also has light facial hair on his chin and upper lip, smile lines extending outward from his eyes, and two liver spots on his right cheek. He is typically seen wearing a light T-shirt and dark pants.


The Summer Hikaru Died

Tetsu is a middle-aged man of slight stature. He has a square face, square glasses, and close-shaved head. He typically wears a polo shirt and long pants.

In his daily life, Tetsu is a friendly and helpful member of the community. He is happy to offer Yoshiki and "Hikaru" a ride in his kei truck when he sees them walking uphill, and he encourages them to reach out to him and hide wife any time they need something. [1]
When the state of the village or the Indou family ritual is concerned, Tetsu is much more stern and serious, at times forcefully stating his opinion on the matter to the group. [2] However, when he knows he lack information on a certain topic, he is willing to discuss his point of view more passively [1] or call in someone who is more capable or knowledgeable. [2]


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Mince-meat's coat is completely white. He has a round face, yellow eyes, and a short tail. He is chubby due to the extra food he's given from the townspeople.

Mince-aniki has a relaxed, affectionate demeanor. He is used to interacting with humans, often cuddling up to them to ask for pets, [1] and he normally does not show aggression or shy away from people. He has a good relationship with the town's butcher, who often feeds him scraps of meat. [2]


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Matsuura was an elderly woman of short stature. She had short, thin hair that reached her chin. She wore a sun visor and a vest over a knee-length dress.

Matsuura had a fearful and cautious personality. She valued her children and become distressed after losing one of them. According to her elder daughter, she has always been "strange". [1]


The Summer Hikaru Died

Old Man Takeda was an older man of average stature. He had thin, grayed hair and was balding at the center of his head. He wore a plain, dark-colored yukata.

Old Man Takeda was very blunt. He was fearful of impurity and appeared to blame or resent the Indou family for their past sins. [1]


The Summer Hikaru Died

Yuuki is a petite teenage girl. She has straight black hair that reaches her chest. She wears it tied into two low pigtails, with straight-cut bangs and two pink hair clips on the left side of her head. She is typically seen in her school uniform, which consists of a black skirt and white seifuku-style shirt.


The Summer Hikaru Died

Hajime is a middle-aged man of large stature. He has short hair, a thick mustache, and a square jaw. He typically wears a polo shirt and long pants.

Hajime is a straight-forward, bold individual. He often forcefully states his opinion on situations [1] and freely expresses agitation with a situation or person. [2] [3] He is very protective of the village's wellbeing and therefore extremely concerned with Something 's descent from the mountains.


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Tanaka is a man of tall stature. He has shaggy hair that is bleached blonde with black roots growing in, and light stubble on his chin. He wears sunglasses, sneakers, black pants, and an off-white button-down shirt over a black undershirt. [2] There is a patch of scar tissue on the right side of his neck.

Due to a spiritual impairment he suffered a long time ago, Tanaka is now blind. Upon medical examination it was found that there is no physiological reason for his blindness. However, he is more or less able to see using a pair of sunglasses provided by his company. [3] He also sustained a spiritual injury when he became too "absorbed" in his work, which resulted in the scar on his neck that occasionally erodes into his body. [4] Around twenty years in the past, he acquired a hamster that he uses for work. [5]


The Summer Hikaru Died

Kaoru is a girl in her early teens. She has dark, straight hair that is cut into a bob reaching just past her ears. Kaoru also has three moles on her face, two on her  left cheekbone and one on the right side of her chin. She typically wears casual clothing such as a T-shirt and shorts. [1]

Kaoru is generally a reserved and calm person, typically wearing a neutral expression on her face. Although she is not interested in school, she is still motivated enough to help her mother at work. [2]


The Summer Hikaru Died

Toshi is a man of average height and build. He has short, spiky black hair, thick eyebrows, and four moles on his face.

Toshi is normally not very talkative and has a very low presence. He is overall a stern, gloomy person, to the point that people can hardly tell what he is thinking. He is passive during arguments, only offering up a sentence in reply even when being yelled at. He often fails to communicate his thoughts even when prompted to. [1] He often takes out his irritation on objects rather than people, doing things like banging tables or slamming doors. [2]


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Yoshiki is a 175 centimeters (5'9") tall. He has short, straight black hair with long bangs that easily cover his eyes. He has three moles on his face: one underneath his right eye, one on his left cheek, and one underneath the left corner of his lip.
He is often depicted wearing his school uniform , which consists of black slacks and a white button down shirt. Otherwise, he typically wears casual short sleeve shirts and shorts.

Yoshiki is a quiet and reserved boy, though he becomes more talkative when discussing things he has a strong dislike for. [citation needed] His good friends describe him as secretive and having a tendency to hold back his thoughts even if they show plainly on his face. [4] According to the adults around him, his appearance and way he presents himself "makes the town a little darker". [5] Although Yoshiki has friends he spends time with regularly, [3] he feels disconnected from and suffocated by the people in his village [6] to the point that he wants to leave [7] or hide himself to avoid others prying into his life. [5]
Yoshiki has great difficulty moving on from his best friend's death. This is primarily demonstrated by his decision to accept the creature that body-snatched Hikaru if it meant getting to resume his normal life with his friend. [8] In addition to this, he often mournfully reflects on his memories with Hikaru [6] and dreams about him. [9] [6] Because of his inability to let go, Yoshiki continues to choose to stay with "Hikaru" even when made aware of the danger it would pose to himself [10] and the harm that "Hikaru" has done to other people. [11] [12] Yoshiki overall has a tendency to think negatively and become depressed, [13] [4] but because of his choice to stay with "Hikaru" this quality of his is compounded.
Despite his dislike for the village as a whole, Yoshiki still feels affection for some of the people in it– mainly, his family and Hikaru– and has a desire to keep the villagers safe. [14] He has a sense of responsibility for "Hikaru"'s actions, which often translates into guilt and self-blame as he believes his choice to stay with "Hikaru" to be completely self-serving and a way to lessen his grief, rather than to help anyone else. [15]


The Summer Hikaru Died

Asako is a teenage girl of slightly tall stature. Her eyes are gray and her eyebrows are short and slightly thick. She has curly, chin-length, soft amber-colored hair and wears a blue hairpin on the left side. She is typically seen wearing her school uniform, which consists of a black skirt and white seifuku-style shirt.

Asako is a friendly and caring individual. She appears to dislike being the center of attention, demonstrated by how she is frustrated after beating a popular classmate in arm wrestling in front of all their classmates. [5] She cares deeply about her friends and becomes upset when they keep secrets, [6] becoming particularly saddened [7] and annoyed [8] with Yoshiki for not telling anyone about "Hikaru" .
Asako also has a very strong mentality, as she is able to survive "Hikaru"'s attempt to break her mind. [3] Because of her ability to hear things from The Other Side , she demonstrates a higher awareness for safety and frequently helps her friends avoid danger. [1] [5] She dislikes feeling weak or useless to help a situation. [9] Because of this, Asako is brave and proactive, going out of her way to investigate potentially dangerous spirits by herself so she can protect her hometown from the uptick in impurities . [8]


The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island

Bianca had blonde hair which was originally long and curly, but was told by Alfredo to cut her hair short to avoid recognition.


Mary is a very beautiful woman with Indian features. She has black hair, dark eyes and tan skin.

Mary is very kindhearted, loving and caring mother to Perrine. She is shown to be very intelligent and hard-working.


Perrine is a beautiful young girl with long strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin.

Perrine is kind, caring and polite to everyone around her. She is very smart, hard-working and brave enough to handle the hardest challenges.


The Tale of the Outcasts

Astaroth has green feathers, while her chest area feathers are pale yellow, green hair, wings, black curved horns, gold-colored eyes, and a brownish-yellow beak. She wears a black one-piece dress, gold cuffs around her wrists and thighs, gold bracers around her lower legs, and a ring around her tail.

While her story is unknown, Astaroth is part of the Thirteen Calamities of the Wasteland.


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Dantalion is a minotaur with long dark brown hair tied back in a ponytail with a matching color beard and white eyes. He wears a charcoal pinstripe suit with a red tie and a gold ring around his tail.
In his human form,

Dantalion in his true form.
In his true form,


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Diana has long black hair tied back in a braided bun and purple eyes. She wears a black outfit and a tiny hat.


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Harriet has very long brown hair with twin braided bangs and eyes. She wears a taupe-colored scally cap, a faded green button-up coat, a faded brown skirt, white and fuchsia stockings, and brown shoes.


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Iberta is an older woman with long, ash-brown hair and green eyes. She wears a black outfit and thigh-high brown boots.


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John has light brown hair and blue eyes. He wears a white lab coat over a green sweater, beige pants, and black shoes.

As a doctor, John is willing to help his patients.


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Kalim has dark brown hair and wears glasses. Like all members of the Knights of the Sword Cross, he wears a black outfit.

Little is known about Kalim except he joined the Knights of the Sword Cross.


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Lucia has short blonde hair and blue eyes. She wears a black cap, a navyish outfit, and long dark brown boots.

Lucia has a family as she lives with her father, brothers, and uncle. For some time, she has joined the Knights of the Sword Cross.


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Luther has blonde hair, a blue eye, a large facial scar on the right side of his face, and is missing his right arm. He wears an eyepatch on the right side of his face, a black jacket over a red top, black pants, and thigh-high boots.

Luther wants to fight and declare war on the Knights of the Sword Cross.


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Marbas is a bipedal demon with an appearance similar to that of a Lion. He has tan-colored fur with a large vermilion mane that goes down past his knees which becomes his hair in his human form. His eyes are a deep scarlet color with black verticle slit pupils. He has two tall ears on his head with black horns that curve forward. He has sharp black claws and sharp fangs.

Marbas' appearance in human form.

He has a very large figure that stands at least two meters tall and always wears a black tuxedo suit with black slacks and black shoes. He has a lion-like tail with a gold ring that keeps his power and himself in check. Wisteria uses this ring to become his key in the action "limited release" which releases an extent of Marbas' power. The ring then can become a staff for Wisteria to use while being Marbas's key.

Mabas is very cool-headed and stoic, but usually gets into fights with Narberius as the two act like frenemies while their contractors, Wisteria and Diana, are great friends. He deeply cares for Wisteria to the point where he claims himself that he will defeat any enemy that poses harm to Wisteria even if it costs him his own life. He is always calm and does whatever he can to protect Wisteria.
Although he very much dislikes Wisteria's brother, Snow, for attacking him and telling Wisteria that she was being fooled by him, he gets angry at the idea of how sad Wisteria would be at the loss of her brother, which sends him into a raging fight against Dantalion. While Marbas keeps his dislike of Snow mostly to himself, there are times when he voices it out to Wisteria, but not in an effort to hurt her feelings about her brother.
He is shown to greatly care for Wisteria's well-being such as when he appeared at the Blackbell Manor in a panic due to Wisteria fainting in the snow.  He is seen prioritizing her safety even in battles where he destroys any weapon heading towards her.


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Maury has black skin and sharp jagged teeth. He wears a black robe with blue trim and a ring around his tail.


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Naberius is a bipedal demon with appearance and similarity to those of a wolf. He has navy blue and ash-white fur. His eyes are black or gold with a gaze that can easily terrify anyone who looks, a very large and very stocky muscular figure standing at least eight feet tall with legs that have teeth, and sharp claws that can easily rip and shred enemies to pieces, and on his head, he has four pointed horns. He wears a black collar, a black and gray outfit, and black dress shoes.
In his human form,

Naberius in his true form.
In his true form,

Naberius is shown to be gentle. After making a contract with Diana, Naberius starts to care for her.


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The River Demon has fins, a body with scales, and the head of a skull.


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Sherlock has dark brown hair and eyes. He wears a walnut brown coat, charcoal black pants, and black shoes.

As a detective, Sherlock is a calm and intelligent individual.


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Shura has spiky black hair and brown eyes. He wears a sleeveless black and white outfit with gold trim over a navy blue outfit, and thigh-high white boots.

Shura is shown to be calm and expressionless.


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Sitri has a humanoid dragon appearance, long purple hair, white-scaled skin, wings, and brown eyes. He wears a navy robe over a faded beige shirt, a gold bracelet on his left arm, gold earrings, a blue belt with a ruby-red buckle, and black pants.
In his human form,

Sitri in his true form.

In his true form,

Sitri is a demon whose words and actions are full of mysteries.


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Snow has long snow-white hair with a ponytail and piercing blue eyes. He wears a black outfit, a necklace with a tiny sword, a white belt, and dark brown thigh-high boots.

Snow loves Wisteria as he keeps searching for her. Despite being a member of the Knights of the Sword Cross, he is somewhat of a delinquent.


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Commander of the Knights of the Sword Cross wears a suit of armor. He has orange hair, golden eyes, and red marks on his forehead and underneath his eyes.

Sol is a dutiful knight who vows to eliminate demons and their contractors.


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Stanley has brown hair with a penciled in mustache and eyes. He wears a black and white patterned coat over a navy blue outfit, a necklace with a tiny sword, black pants, and brown shoes.

For some time, Stanley has joined the Knights of the Sword Cross.


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Takenami has black hair and eyes. He wears a charcoal black outfit, black pants, and gray and black thigh-high boots.

Takenami is shown to be calm, but he's willing to help Snow find Wisteria.


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Vivian has very long blonde hair and lavender color eyes. She wears a nun's outfit and thigh-high brown boots.

Little is known about Vivian except that she joined the Knights of the Sword Cross.


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Wisteria has very long silver hair with short bangs. She wears a white outfit, black pants, and white thigh-high boots.


The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Earwig is a young girl with brown eyes and brown hair tied up in pigtails. She is often in a striped sweater and apron.

Earwig is headstrong, rambunctious, clever, intelligent and determined. When she sets her sights on something, she will make it happen. She has a high sense of self respect and love for fun. Even when surrounded by adults that are also witches, she manages to get them to do as she pleases. She is very bold and describes herself as unusual.

Goro Miyazaki said of Earwig,
The heroine we need right now is someone like Earwig who can think for herself and act on her own. She's someone who can overcome the slightest setbacks and make her way through with wisdom rather than brute force. I think so. Earwig isn't interested in being mean to people or holding anyone back. She's not just manipulating people to make herself comfortable. She helps Bella Yaga teach her magic, and stays up all night if necessary. In order to get something, she takes action and makes an effort. And stand tough.
Her friend is Custard .


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He has short brown hair that creates an arch down on his forehead, like a fringe. He has pale white skin and is fairly skinny. He has grey eyes and a fairly neutral expression throughout the film.
The clothes he wears are basic, a short-sleeved white polo shirt, brown shorts, a white sleeveless shirt and also wears a captain sailor hat (which is similar in appearance to Seita's own sailor hat in Grave of the Fireflies ).


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Mahito Maki, the protagonist of The Boy and the Heron , is depicted as an 11-year-old. His appearance reflects his quiet and introspective nature, often shown with a serious and contemplative expression. He has a youthful appearance, consistent with his age, and his physical presence in the film complements his character's emotional depth and journey. His attire and overall look are indicative of a typical young boy of his era, further grounding him in the film's historical setting. [1]


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The sisters all look the same. They are very small fish with red bodies, and small human heads with orange hair, much like Ponyo. They don't have white spots on their stomachs.


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Akio has lightly tanned skin, short, brown hair and small, dark-colored eyes. Compared to other characters in the series, Akio has a very bulky figure, though more of his bulk is attributed to body fat as opposed to muscle. He also grows a very slightly accentuated mustache on his upper lip. He wore a light blue polo shirt with white stripe and blue jeans.

While his personality is never fully elaborated on in the film, it is shown in the introduction to the film that he is extremely overconfident and brave, driving his car through an undeveloped footpath in Tochinoki after missing a turn. His curiosity, love for adventure and general carelessness first lands him and his family at the Red Gate , the entrance of the Spirit Realm and subsequently places him under a curse.


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Asako has brown hair and black eyes.
She wears a light purple turtle neck with beige cardigans.


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Bunta is a tanuki with light brown fur, and has a patch of dark brown fur over the left side of his face. He's sturdy, though not as heavyset as Gonta. In human form, he appears as a stocky young man with thick, wavy black hair, a button nose and a facial mole similar to the fur patch he has in tanuki form; he wears a white T-shirt and pale blue jeans.


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He is first mentioned in the magazine Aviation. Jiro borrowed it from an older classamte. Since that day, he dreams about being as great as Caproni.
He first appears in Jiro's dream when Jiro dreams of becoming a pilot. Caproni ends up taking Jiro up upon the wings of his first Italian plane and when Jiro asks if he can still design airplanes because he is nearsighted, Caproni answers that he has never flown a single plane, but that planes are like beautiful dreams.
After that, he appears in Jiro's dream when Jiro is returning from Germany asking Jiro if he would rather pyramids or without pyramids, meaning would he rather design planes even for war or not at all? Jiro answers Caproni by answering that even though his planes are used for war and destruction, he would still rather achieve his dream.
Finally, Caproni is last seen in a dream by Jiro and telling him that even though his planes have been used for destruction Jiro's dreams were nonetheless realized. Caproni also tells Jiro that Naoko has been waiting for him and that she was also a beautiful dream like his first successful airplane ending the film with inviting Jiro for a glass of wine.


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He has brown hair and tanned skin. He is also seen wearing beige pants and (occasionally) cream white shirt.

He finds everything to live on the deserted island. But still he builds a raft from bamboo to sail away, because he is lonely. However, a red turtle destroys the raft three times. So he forced to live on the island. At that time he really hates that female turtle. The dreams discloses his true feelings.
That evening, he sees the turtle crawling on the beach. He hits her with a bamboo stick in revenge, and flipping her over on her back. Soon he feels guilty. He tries to revive her by pouring water on her; but she is already dead.


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The Clock Tower Caretaker has grey hair and a grey beard.

Kiki's Delivery Service Characters Main Cast Kiki | Jiji Kiki's Family Kokiri | Okino Osono's Family Osono | Fukuo | Osono's Baby Citizens of Koriko Tombo | Ursula | Madame | Barsa | Lily | Maki | Ket | Ket's Mother | Jeff | Clock Tower Caretaker | Madame's Granddaughter | Policeman Others Dora | Senior Witch Miscellaneous Locations Okino Residence | Karikiya | Koriko | Gütiokipänjä | Ursula's Log Cabin | Clock Tower (Koriko) Music Soundtracks | Rouge no Dengon | Yasashisa Ni Tsutsumareta Nara

V • T • E Studio Ghibli Animated features Feature films Castle in the Sky (1986) • Grave of the Fireflies (1988) • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) • Only Yesterday (1991) • Porco Rosso (1992) • Ocean Waves (1993) • Pom Poko (1994) • Whisper of the Heart (1995) • Princess Mononoke (1997) • My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) • Spirited Away (2001) • The Cat Returns (2002) • Howl's Moving Castle (2004) • Tales from Earthsea (2006) • Ponyo (2008) • The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) • From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) • The Wind Rises (2013) • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) • When Marnie Was There (2014) • Earwig and the Witch (2020) • The Boy and the Heron (2023) Short films Nandarō • On Your Mark • Ghiblies • Film Guru Guru • Ghiblies Episode 2 • Imaginary Flying Machines • The Invention of Imaginary Machines of Destruction • The Whale Hunt • Koro's Big Day Out • Mei and the Kittenbus • Looking for a Home • The Day I Bought a Star • The Night of Taneyamagahara • Water Spider Monmon • Iblard Jikan • A Sumo Wrestler's Tail • Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess • Treasure Hunting • Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo • Boro the Caterpillar Documentaries The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987) • Miyazaki and Kurosawa Fireside Chat (1993) • Ghibli Was Born This Way: A Birth Story Spelled Out With Reproduced Images (1998) • World Journey of My Memory / Journey of the Heart (1998) • How Princess Mononoke Was Born (2001) • Lasseter-San, Arigato! (2003) • Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CD (2004) • Yasuo Otsuka's Joy of Motion (2004) • Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum (2005) • Ghibli: The Miyazaki Temple (2005) • The Work of Toshio Suzuki (2006) • Scenery of Ghibli (2006) • A Ghibli Artisan – Kazuo Oga Exhibition – The Man Who Painted Totoro's Forest (2007) • How Ponyo Was Born (2009) • Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and Son (2011) • Ghibli's Bookshelf (2011) • The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013) • Until The End of The Creation of When Marnie Was There (2015) • Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2016) • NHK Image File: I Want To Meet This Person - Isao Takahata, Animation Film Director (2018) • 10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki (2019) • Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2023) Television series The Blue Seed (1992) • Ronja, the Robber's Daughter (2014) Concerts Joe Hisaishi in Budokan • Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: The Music of Studio Ghibli Video games Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Video Game) • Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu • Jade Cocoon 2 • Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color • Ni no Kuni (Series) • Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn • Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch • Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Printed works Animage • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) • Starting Point: 1979-1996 • Turning Point: 1997-2008 • Kaze no Kaerubasho • People of the Desert • The Age of the Flying Boat • Hayao Miyazaki's Daydream Data Notes • To My Sister • The Journey of Shuna • Studio Ghibli's Trajectory as Seen on Animage (1984-2011) • The Art of My Neighbor Totoro • The Art of Castle in the Sky • The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service • The Art of Porco Rosso • Princess Mononoke: The First Story • The Place Where Totoro Was Born • The Bountiful Food of Studio Ghibli • Children's Picture Book Ghibli's Dining Table Earwig and the Witch Co-Productions Flying City Plan • Shiki-Jitsu ( Studio Kajino ) • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence • Nasu: Summer in Andalusia • Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase • Portable Airport • Red Crow and the Ghost Ship • Space Station No. 9 • The Red Turtle Pre-Ghibli works Hustle Punch (1965) • Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) • Animal Treasure Island (1971) • Lupin the Third Part I (1971) • Panda! Go, Panda! (1972) • Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974) • Dog of Flanders (1975) • Future Boy Conan (1978) • Anne of Green Gables (1979) • Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) • Chie the Brat (1981) • 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1981) • Gauche the Cellist (1982) • Sherlock Hound (1984) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Ghibli-related labels Animage • Animage Home Video • Ghibli ga Ippai Collection • Ghibli Museum • Ghibli Museum Library • Ghibli Park • Totoro no Furusato Foundation • Totoro no Mori Unproduced projects Border 1939 Related productions Like the Clouds, Like the Wind • Mary and the Witch's Flower • Modest Heroes • Natsuzora • World Masterpiece Theater


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Cob has long, straight purple hair as well as violet eyes with small patterns underneath them (like tears or small, thin triangles) and he has animal-like claws which indicate his inhumanly evil nature. His skin color is very pale, almost white, and he wears a long, purple tunic throughout most of the film.
However, when the battle commenced, Arren cut his hand off with his father's sword. Because of this, his true appearance was revealed: he had been old all along but disguised by magic. After a while, his eyes turned black when he attempts to kill Therru .

Cob is a very cruel individual, involved in the slave trade in Hort Town . He can be described as unfeeling and even malicious who desires to be the arch-mage, and is nearly as powerful as Ged , but is obsessed with finding out how to live forever. He has a hold over Lebannen to keep him under control, because he believes that he has a clue to living forever.
He usually talks in a soft and whispering voice, although this changes drastically into a livid shrieking tone later in the film or whenever he is angry.


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Jigen is a lean, olive-skinned man with dark brown-to-black, long-ish hair and a goatee. He wears a black suit and a fedora. He prefers to conceal his eyes using his hat, as it gives him a more enigmatic appearance; when one or both of his eyes are seen, it is occasionally used to demonstrate surprise.

Jigen is laconic and subdued, but can be mellow and easygoing when he feels like it. He worries about Lupin, even though he doesn't show it all of the time. Despite being more level-headed than Lupin, he cheerfully gets in on the action.
His conversation with Lupin at the end of the film contrasts with Part 1 Episode 11. While in the episode, when Lupin says the girl he saved, Lisa, was "nice", Jigen throws Lupin out of a boat in a huff and angrily tells him to go back there by himself, in the film Jigen remarks on how nice Clarisse was and kindly offers that Lupin go back to stay with her. This has shown that over the years, Jigen has had some character growth.


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Dola is a heavyset, short and stocky woman with pink hair, which has faded from the red color it had been during her childhood; she wears it in two thick braids. She has dark eyes and a large nose. She wears a dark blue shirt and pants with a lacy white collar and cuffs, gold hoop earrings, and a green brooch. When flying, Dola wears a pilot's cap and goggles, and she sometimes wears a blue hat with a red band when dressing up.

Initially, Dola comes across as bossy, greedy and selfish, wanting nothing more than to get her hands on Laputa's treasures. Later, though, she is revealed to be a rather soft-hearted person and grudgingly grows fond of Sheeta and Pazu . Sheeta, in particular, reminds Dola of herself as a child. Dola's sons respect her greatly and always follow her orders, although they often forget to call her "captain" and just call her "Mom" instead. Dola is also brave and resourceful, which has helped her become a successful and respected air pirate over the course of her life.


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Donald has brown hair and wears a blue captain/pilot suit. His signature blue Curtiss R3C-0 seaplane has rattlesnakes painted on its wings.

Donald is cocky and claims to be the fastest fighter pilot in the Adriatic. He is arrogant and looks down on the air pirates who recruited him. In contrast to Porco, the ambitious Curtis easily falls in love. He's so easily charmed, amicable and cheerful that every time he sees an attractive woman, he offers his hand in marriage. He falls for Gina the moment he sees her singing at the Hotel Adriano bar and later, with Fio during his rematch with Porco.


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Dora has grey hair and wears glasses. She wears a light red dress with a red scarf and uses a staff-like cane.


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Mr. Duffi has dark brown hair with a thick mustache. He wears a light blue shirt, mauve coveralls, and a tan cap.


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As an infant she appears to be quite healthy, with a tuft of brown hair, and rosy cheeks.
As a young child, she has short brown hair and dark brown eyes. She wears a school uniform consisting of a white shirt, yellow vest, a red bow, and light pink skirt.
As a thirteen years old she has long brown hair tied into a ponytail with a red ribbon along with a satchel and wears a maroon coat and a skirt, which may or may not be a school uniform.
As a young adult her hair is significantly longer and ended in ringlets, much like her mother's hair when she was younger. She also wears stylish clothing with a purple winter coat, red skirt, black tights, and brown boots along with make up and round golden earrings.


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Fujimoto is slender and appears to be 40-years old, but he may have lived much longer. He claims he was once human, which implies he underwent some changes in order to become the wizard he is now. This may be a clue as to why he has strange, bird-like markings on his cheekbones and around his eyes.
He has long red hair like Granmamare and his daughters, with turquoise, almost green, eyes. He wears a very strange cerulean and white-striped suit with a magenta cravat. On his ears are golden, round earrings.
Near the end, he wears a similar white-striped suit, although this time the cerulean stripes are a salmon red, and the cravat is yellow.
Throughout the movie he wears a dark magenta coat with a gold clasp at the front. It's long sleeves have holes right where the inside of Fujimoto's elbow would be, and his arms are often through the holes.
When upon land, he uses a contraption he explains is a humidifier, to wet the ground with pure sea water as he is walking along it. This may imply he cannot go on land comfortably without it, or may have a risk of death without it. Also, when seen by humans, he is described as appearing very strange and perhaps shady, or to be avoided. This is only assumed, as he means no harm to humans although he seems to dislike them, especially with the waste they throw into the ocean.

Fujimoto is placed into the role of villain, but he is only ever acting in what he believes is best for Ponyo. However, he is strict to his daughter Ponyo, and it may come across as him trying to control his daughter rather than keep her safe. For Lisa he is kind of a creep, who mistakes him for spraying pesticide, which is actually the purest ocean water so he can survive on land.
In his core he is a good guy, who cares about his daughters. He is just over-pessimistic. He hates humans, because humans pollute the environment, and more specifically the sea. So he uses magic to purify the sea from the humans’ waste. For that purpose he creates potions and elixirs, which if mixed correctly he pours into a well in one of the rooms in his underwater harbour. Because of humanity's destructive behavior, he becomes over-pessimistic. His wife, Granmamare adds more optimism to his mind.
The seniors get to know him better as the story progresses. For them, Fujimoto is a nice guy with strange behaviours, and one claims that he wouldn't allow anyone to be harmed.


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Fukuo the Baker has black hair and wears a white T-shirt and white bakers hat. In the final scene of the film, he was shown wearing a blue T-shirt, red overalls, and a new hat.

Fukuo is an often quiet, loving, hard-working man who seems to be serious at most times but can have his funny moments. He deeply loves his family, and cares for Kiki , including making a logo for Kiki's delivery service made entirely out of bread.


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Her attire changes with every scene. They are all stylish dresses from the late '20s that display both her beauty and (in the flashback scene) her youthful charm.

Gina is accomplished singer. She is genuinely kind and wants people to get along. Porco Rosso is a dear friend to her. In her youth, she flew with him on his plane the Adriano , which her hotel is named after.
Seaplane pilots across the Adriatic treat her with the utmost respect, with some even volunteering to keep the peace around Hotel Adriano. [1] Her voice soothes even the toughest of pirates. She befriends Fio following a climactic fight between Porco and the Mamma Auito's Boss .


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Granmammare is a sea goddess, capable of changing her humanoid form at will. She initially appears enormous; possibly as big as, if not bigger than, a Blue Whale. She appears to others in a bathed glow with a warm, golden light, possibly produced by luminescent plankton. She resembles a very beautiful woman with impossibly-long, red hair, brown eyes, and a kindly face. The cyan robe she wears seems to merge with the sea when she swims, and it is unknown if she has feet, or simply floats freely when she stands. She also seems to be made of water as when she touched Fujimoto with a translucent hand.


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Hanako is a female raccoon dog who wears a yellow vest. Her cheeks are reddish.

Hanako is a caring and obedient Racoon Dog.


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Haru wears a brown trousers and orange shirt with beige apron. She wears green glasses and has short, messy brown hair. Her skin is white and she's fairly plump.

In the beginning of the film, Miss Hara at first seems like a loving caring person. She takes in a young boy named Shawn who is battling a heart disease. Even getting somewhat concerned about Shawn when he's out in the rain, telling him to get inside or he'll catch a cold.
However, her true personality is shown as she gets more suspicious about the "little people" living inside of her home. Her paranoia grows and grows as strange things kept happening in her house, especially with Shawn wondering over the place she stays. However, when she eventually actually finds one of the "little people" who is Arrietty's mother, Homily, she kidnaps her. Hara's greed gets the best of her and even locks Shawn in his room so she wouldn't have her plan foiled, although this fails. It's not for certain what she wanted to do with Arrietty's family, but she calls the "Squeaky Clean Pest Control" so they could be contained.
Hara also reveals to be a bit dimwitted, most likely from her old age. Shawn's Aunt Jessica points out that she accidentally yet quite frequently parks her car in the middle of the driveway, despite many times Jessica had to tell her not to park it there.


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Howl is a young, handsome man with bright blue eyes and hair that reaches below his chin. At the beginning of the film, his hair is blonde, but because of an incident while Sophie is cleaning Howl's bathroom, he briefly comes to have orange hair, before it finally turns black. In the novel, Howl has natural brown hair; Calcifer describes it as "mud-colored."
Throughout the film, he is seen wearing a plain white shirt and dark pants, with a plaid coat in red and a blue-ish shade of grey, which has yellow rims and sleeve ends. Howl barely uses the sleeves at all and instead lets the coat loosely hang on top of his shoulders. Additionally, he wears a pendant around his neck.
In times of danger, he is shown making use of his magical abilities by turning himself into a bird-like creature. His body is then completely covered in black feathers, the only space not affected being the main part of his face. Two black broad wings are shown either on his back or in the place of his arms when he uses them to fly.

At the beginning of the movie, Howl is known as rather flamboyant and rumored to have a wicked personality. A rumor that has begun to spread among the residents of Market Chipping even say that he is searching for beautiful, young women whose hearts he may steal and subsequently eat, or that he will devour their souls. He appears rather vain, as well as confident, and does not really seem to care about a lot of others besides himself. Unlike these rumors, he is kind enough to let Sophie clean the castle.
As time goes on, his actual personality comes to light, which is that of an endearing, charming and intelligent young man, who, unfortunately, has a tendency to be stubborn and dishonest, as well as to become secretive when it comes to his own life. He commonly avoids getting involved in uncomfortable situations or those which require his committed participation. His vanity is also a very distinct trait, as he is easily irritated if something about himself looks off.


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He first appears as Ashitaka's ally, but is later revealed to be the hidden antagonist, wanting to present the Forest Spirit's severed head to the Emperor Mikado so that he could be paid handsomely. It is said the head has the power of eternal youth. He is the leader of the mysterious organization Karakasa-Ren (唐笠連, lit. "The Alliance of umbrella") which, along with Ishibiya-Shū (石火矢衆, lit. "cannon guys") and Jibashiri (ジバシリ) the specialized hunters, was a subsidiary body under Shishō-Ren (師匠連, lit. The Alliance of Lords ), a secret society serves the emperor and the royal court. Jiko was also a member of Shishō-Ren.


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Jiro has dark brown hair, brown eyes and black glasses.
He wears a suit comprised of a white coat with a blue tie, white pants and white hat.

Jiro has a happy and good natured personality towards Naoko Satomi whom he loves very much, but he is also trustworthy and hardworking when it comes to his love for airplanes.


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She has ginger hair and brown eyes She wear blue dress with white apron.


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Kiyoshi has brown hair and dark eyes.
In a flashback, he wears a Class-I Officers Uniform and a  Class-I Officers Service Cap but a photograph shows that he is seen wearing Class-II Officers Uniform.


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Zenigata is a muscular, square-jawed, ruddy-skinned man of about average height (5'10''), with black hair cropped into a flat-top haircut and black eyes. He has a fairly similar build to Lupin, which makes it easier for the latter to impersonate him. He is also more handsome in The Castle of Cagliostro than in the manga and some of the anime series. In this film, he wears a brown suit with green pants and a red tie.
The fight in the catacombs shows that he wears a corset over his underwear, possibly for back support.

Zenigata is impulsive and temperamental, but a competent police officer. His "cowboy cop" tendencies, however, are met with disapproval by Japan's ICPO delegate when he tries to get the organization to prosecute Count Cagliostro.
Though Zenigata has failed many times to catch Lupin, many younger than him have not come as close.
Lupin describes him in the film as "truly a child of the Shoowa period, a man totally devoted to his work."
In The Castle of Cagliostro , while he is still impulsive and loses his temper, he makes sure not to do so in front of Count Cagliostro, who greets him with rudeness, racism and dismissal, and tries to stay professional.
The film shows Zenigata to be highly patriotic. After hearing that Lupin left a note, he arrives at the castle in a Nissan Bluebird. He prays for the soul of a deceased Japanese spy, and when he and Fujiko charge into the printing press, he carries a jutte , a traditional Japanese bludgeon, an echo of his ancestor Heiji who was also known for carrying such a weapon.
He shows his goofy and eager side when, Fujiko's help, he pretends to "discover" the counterfeit printing presses, through Fujiko's live camera.
He reciprocates kindness when it is given to him, even grudgingly so from the likes of Lupin.


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Kokiri has long brown hair with red earrings and grey eyes she wears navy blue dress and white apron.


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Kosaka has brown hair and wear glasses.
She wears white cardigans.


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Kurotowa has almost neck-length brown hair, a beard & mustache, as well as brown eyes. He wears a blue cloak over a green Torumekian military uniform, while the headstone worn on his head proves his status as Kushana's staff officer.

Kurotowa is shown to be a cunning, yet trusted staff officer of the Torumekian army; within the course of the movie, his feelings for Kushana change from a strong desire to carry out his plans against her, to a slight interest in her, as shown when he says "Who knows what happened to her, but she looks quite cute to me".
Prior to this, he was chosen by the Vai Emperor of Torumekia to take up his current role in the movie, while the both of them conspired against her, promising to reward him handsomely.
In the manga, his personality shows more depth, as he starts off as a wily and insincere man, though somewhat cowardly, not taking Kushana seriously for the most part, and ends up gaining some sort of sincerity and loyalty towards her.


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Lisa is around 25 years old. [1] Her outfit usually consists of an indigo blue shirt, beige jeans and carnation pink slippers. She has walnut brown hair and fair skin.

Lisa is bright, cheerful and attentive. She exhibits high emotional intelligence, and is shown to be quick thinking and competent in high-stress situations. Due to the scattered nature of their community, Lisa communicates clearly and directly with her son, Sōsuke , treating him like an equal. As such, we see that Sōsuke is fluent in Morse code, and knows how to operate their home's signal lamp to message passing sailors, like his father, Kōichi .
Lisa is often frazzled and overworked from taking care of Sōsuke by herself and working at the Senior Center. And despite her recklessly efficient driving, she always seems to be late to work. The hectic nature of their daily life makes Lisa and Sōsuke excellent partners and the two often improvise meals and travel on the fly. Though Lisa is easily annoyed by how often her husband, Kōichi, goes out to sea, Sōsuke is always there to cheer her up.
Throughout the film, it's shown that Lisa and Sōsuke share an intimate bond and lean on each other for emotional support. Lisa takes exceptional care of Sōsuke, making special meals for him and Ponyo when she stays the night and is always cognizant of how Sōsuke is feeling. Lisa also has great trust in her son, as shown when she gives him command of the house's signal lamp when she has to check on the Senior Center during the storm.
Overall, Lisa understands that greater forces are at work in the story and is shown to have a deep understanding of people and nature. Lisa is immediately able to tell that Ponyo is good and further, Lisa is even able to connect with Ponyo's mother, the Sea Goddess Granmamare , receiving her blessing to raise Ponyo as a human.


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Louis has dark brown hair, dark eyes, a long face with a square chin, and a mustache. Like the rest of the boys in the gang, Louis almost always wears a brown shirt with pink pants, a belt, a red hood and brown slip-on shoes.


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Madame has grey hair and blue eyes. She wears a yellow cardigan and a lime-green shirt.


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The Mandrake is extremely tall (usually phasing through doorways and walls, but often crouching his head to enter when he doesn't) and lanky with thick circular glasses. His ears are his most identifiable feature, as they are long and pointed. Earwig initially mistakes them for horns. His hair is short and brown, though during his time as a rock star, it was long and dark purple. He wears a purple robe and pants with a faint floral pattern on them, with a white button up underneath. When upset, his eyes spark with anger, veins grown on his forehead, and a dark smoke comes from his back.
When he is angered, he grows in size, grows dark scales, and grows claws on his hands and feet. His pants tear, and the rest of his outfit becomes colored orange and black. The sparks in his eyes are more powerful  than ever, and the smoke comes from all over his body rather than just his back.
The Mandrake's eyewear came from character designer Katsuya Kondō , to make the character seem mysterious, elusive, and obscures what he might be feeling.

Mandrake is very easily upset and wields the greatest amount of power in the house. Since he is so easy to anger, he often isolates himself and resents being disturbed. He is the first to come around to treating Earwig with kindness, as he has good intentions deep down.


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Wearing black sunglasses, a handlebar mustache, and a white scarf around his neck, Porco is a dashing man of action in spit of his paunch. When he doesn't have any work, he spends his days in his limestone cave on a desert island, smoking French Gitane cigarettes and sipping wine as he reads magazines or the papers. It's the freewheeling lifestyle of a middle-aged dandy. [1] He is 36 years old during the events of the film.


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An older woman with blonde hair and glasses at times.

Matron is extremely caring for children, but plays favorites with Earwig.


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Moro has long white fur, olive eyes with red whites (possibly because of being bloodshot), large teeth and a purple-brown nose. She is relatively big as when she is sitting down, San is as tall as her head. She also has two tails which none of the other wolves have, this was to help her stand out.

Moro is a very intelligent and strong wolf who would do anything to save her forest home and protect the Forest Spirit. Moro has a deep hatred for humans and dreams of the day she would finally crunch the head of Lady Eboshi. However, above all else, Moro is a very motherly and caring individual. Despite her hatred for the humans, she cares greatly for San, having taken her in after her parents abandoned her.  Even though she and Ashitaka have a heated argument, she recognized his bravery and love for San when he returned even after he was told not to return to the forest twice.


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Muoro is a stocky, bald man with a thick, grey mustache and heavy, dark eyebrows. He always wears his military uniform and has two medals pinned to his chest.

Muoro is abrasive and aggressive, and he likes being in control. He resents Muska's authority over the army and the Laputa project, and he is sometimes suspicious of Muska's actions, such as Muska's methods of dealing with Sheeta after her capture.


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Muska has light brown hair and hazel eyes. He wears tinted glasses, a brown suit, a white shirt and a pale yellow cravat. He is armed with what seems to be a Webley Mk VI revolver. His design is similar to that of David in Katushiro Otomo's Steamboy .


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Nago once had brown fur and light green eyes.
As a demon, Nago resembled a giant spider with worms crawling over him and red eyes.
Due to the heat and poison of demons, Nago's fur was almost completely burnt off.


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She has dark eyes and bright orange hair which she wears pulled up in a fluffy ponytail.
She wears a green dress with a white apron around her waist.


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Okino has brown hair and he wears brown glasses. He wears blue pants, a red vest and white collar shirt and a blue tie.


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Okiyo is a small, round Tanuki in an orange vest with a yellow stripe on the bottom. Like the other females, her face is slightly rounder and she has slightly more prominent eyelashes.


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Osa has white bandages all over his face, which gives him a mummy-like appearance. He is loyal to Lady Eboshi .


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Osono has short dark reddish brown hair, thin eyebrows, freckles and wears a white apron over a simple green dress. She wears red earrings. She is heavily pregnant and is expecting a baby sometime soon.

Osono is a kind and likable baker, and allows Kiki to stay in the attic of her home. She becomes concerned when Kiki undergoes depression and loses her powers. She becomes almost like a surrogate mother to Kiki


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He wears a green backpack.

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Sachiko is depicted as an average-looking college student who is in her early thirties. During her appearance in the movie, she is always seen wearing a pair of dark brown rectangular glasses, an orange uniform, a pair of blue jeans, a pair of red shoes, and a messy apron that has paint stains on it with her hair stylized into a bob haircut.

Sachiko is a soft-spoken college student who hardly does anything other than making herself belong to the Coquelicot Manor while trying to work her way for college. Despite this, she is a nice girl who is willing to help Umi and her family during her stay as shown where she helps Umi in preparing dinner for her while she goes out to buy some groceries. Another part of Sachiko is that she is an artistic and creative student as evident where she has a large painting in her room; she also portrays many qualities of a stereotypical artist - such as being awkward and weird.


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Sagami resembles a very traditional Heian lady. Her face is painted white and heavily made up, she is always seen wearing a multi-layer kimono and her hair flows straight down her back reaching her ankles.


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Seizaemon is a middle aged Tanuki who wears a blue vest open. As a human, he has the appearance of a middle-aged man with grey hair and a cheek mole, and wears a blue T-shirt and grey pants.


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Shoukichi is a small, brown-furred tanuki with dark fur covering almost all of his face. When he takes on a human form, he appears as a lean young man with the appearance of a teenager or young adult, with tufts of hair sticking out of the top of his head.


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Taeko is slender 27 years adult. At the present, she wears a white and blue striped shirt, white slacks, and white shoes. When she arrives at the countryside farm, she keeps her regular clothing, but opts for a more head coverings to keep from the sun.
As a ten-year-old child, she had very short hair held by a hairpin. She usually wore a white blouse with puffy sleeves and a red jumper.


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Tamasaburo is a tall-ish, well-groomed tanuki who, when taking the form of a human, appears as a handsome man. He has tufts of white fur on the top of his head. He has black markings underneath his eyes, like eye bags. His default clothing is a long cyan robe.

Tamasaburo is quiet and sensitive. He does his best to work hard, but his sense of duty is complicated by his love for Koharu. He is one of Shoukichi 's closest friends.


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Tatsuo has brown hair and brown eyes; he wears a red vest and blue trousers, and a white under shirt. He also wears thick black glasses.

Tatsuo is a very good father who does his best to keep Mei Kusakabe and Satsuki Kusakabe happy when Yasuko Kusakabe is in the hospital. He believes in the imagination of his daughters and understands their belief of Totoro. He is kind and patient.


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She once was a priestess at the tombs of Atuan where she met Ged whom had led her to freedom from the place. Much later she takes in Therru who has suffered abuse and burns from her parents whom had abandoned her. Later she is kidnapped by Hare who was sent by Cob as bait to lure Sparrow Hawk to Cob's castle. Later she and Sparrow Hawk are freed thanks to Arren and Therru.


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Toki wears a red kimono with a brown little belt and white headscarf.


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This guy has brown hair with beige farm hat he wears a red shirt and blue trousers.


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While under a curse, Turnip Head appears as a scarecrow wearing a black suit with an dull indigo bowtie, and a top hat with a dusty rose ribbon. As his name suggests, he has turnip for a head. He has two dot eyes and a wide smile, accompanied by a pipe to the side of his grin. He gets around by hopping like an unwound spring. As a prince, he appears as a tall blonde man in a yellow suit, along with a top hat and a pink bowtie.

Turnip Head appears kind and willing to help, as he gave Sophie a cane and returned her shawl when it was blown away in the wind. He can also be brave and courageous, as he saved Sophie and her friends as they fall from a dangerous slope. After Turnip Head is turned back into a prince, he reveals that Sophie is his true love.


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Uncle Pom is a stocky, elderly man with wild, white hair and a bushy mustache and beard. He wears a cap, a worn and patched coat and a knapsack. Uncle Pom also carries lots of supplies for life in the mine, such as a bedroll, canteen, and lantern.


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Yasuko has brown eyes and dark brown hair with a pigtail. She wears a hospital cloth, as well as a blue kimono and a blue dress in the epilogue scenes.


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Yoshio wears a captain uniform with sailor captain hat. Without the hat, he has brown hair.

Little is known about Yoshio's personality but as shown during his role in the story, he is an honest man who reveals the truth about Umi and Shun's fathers which ultimately allows them to pursue a romantic relationship (if they choose to). In addition, he is a respectful man who wishes to honor his friends as a ship captain.


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Yūko has lightly tanned skin like her husband and daughter. She has neatly-styled, short, brown hair, thin eyebrows and small, dark-colored eyes. She is fairly fit, compared to her husband, and wears gold earrings as well as a matching, gold necklace, and lipstick. She wears a pink sweatshirt and white capri-like pants.

She initially appears a very calm, collected and logical woman who refuses to comply with her husband's curious antics and is always first to speak of safety in a sign of danger or strangeness; nevertheless, she quickly gives in to Akiichirō's adventurousness, consequently turning both her husband and herself into pigs for much of the film.


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Yūichirō was known to be a handsome young man before his death. He appears to be in his late 30's donning a white collared shirt typical to what sailors wear.

As a sea captain, it is needless to say that Yūichirō had great leadership skills. He was also a kind and caring person as he took in the newborn baby of his friend who passed away.
Ryōko Matsuzaki also described him as a loving husband who was very supportive of her studies.


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Blob men are black and they can change their look. Most of the time they have human appearance with arms, legs and clothing. Still they look strange by dot eyes, big nose, missing fingers and missing toes.
They can change their shape to fit in small objects and gaps. However they have no advantage doing so, because they can walk through walls.
Madam Suliman's blob men are dressed in green Ingary soldier uniforms and have sharp teeth.


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The Hebikera is a long, flatworm-like insect with four pairs of wings distributed over the body. It seems to fly in an undulating fashion, sort of like how an eel swims underwater.
It is a large insect, nearly as long as the tolmekian airship Bumblecrow, and a swarm of them is strong enough to take down large aircraft, like a Bumblecrow. It has a large pair of mantibles and a large flat mouth. Its head is armored like a crab and it has four eyes.
Their larvae are called Mino-Nezumi .


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The Hopping Lantern is a small lantern attached to a flexible stick or rod with a pale (possibly gloved) hand at the other end.


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The moving castle appears from the outside as a tall, off-balanced, black-brick castle with four square towers and three doors. However, two of these doors cannot be approached at all, as though there were an invisible barrier blocking the way. Only the third door can be reached, which although is the back door of the castle, is the front door of the house within. The four towers often billow smoke, and the harder Calcifer works, the more smoke is issued. It is apparently made from coal.


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There are two variants, combat type and non-combat type that can be differentiated based on several characterisitics such as colorations and spikes on arms.
Physically, the robots measure 344cm in height and weighs 238kg. Despite this, their bodies are roughly humanoid in shape. Their main body segments are broad and trapezoidal in shape, with their chests embellishing the crest of the Laputian royal family. The robots' arms and legs are segmented; their arms are very long, nearly reaching to the ground. The arms also have spikes on each segment, which support sets of retractable flaps. Each robot has a pair of five-fingered hands; their feet are wide and flat, and lack any distinguishable toes.
Each robot has a relatively small dome-shaped head atop its body, which is connected by a narrow and flexible neck. The head features a bean-shaped plate that houses a pair of uneven "eyes", with the left being roughly twice as large as the right. They act as sensors for movement, and are also capable of shooting lasers. Two much smaller holes between the eyes act as the "nose" of the robot, with a divot along the plate's bottom appearing to be a sort of "mouth".


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Shikigami, in traditional Japanese folklore, are either invisible or appear in the shape of neatly-folded paper manikins. However, in the film's adaptation, the Shikigami are portrayed as fully-visible, semi-humanoid paper creatures with the ability to fly at extremely high speeds (on par with Haku in his dragon form). They are white in color and resemble birds and have a circular head, wings, and a pointed "tail". When magically commanded, they can stand (or hover) on the tip of their tails and plaster themselves onto a person's body.


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Junior has a pink bonnet and a bib with fishes and blue jumper and diaper.
The baby looks happy and hungry, later crying.


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Birk has shoulder-length orange hair that hang in bulky strands, and lovely blue eyes. He wears a blue tunic and a belt twice wrapped around his waist, kitted out with a pouch and sheath that holds a knife.

Birk is a cheeky, fun-loving and rational boy who tends to be realistic rather than fanciful, in contrast to how Ronja is. He is level-headed and is able to think on his feet, calmly assessing any situation he is met with. He is gently charismatic — so charming indeed, it quickly frustrates Ronja's initial determination to dislike him.

Birk, though usually emotionally steady, ends up crying in a moment of serious character development.

For most the series he shows little emotional variation. Mostly seen with an even, serene smile and the occasional cocky smirk, the only emotion he tends to express passionately is anger. Later in the series, particularly during the Bear's Cave arc, some of his serene demeanour melts away and feelings of grief and jealousy show through.


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Chihiro is a ten-year-old girl with brown hair, brown eyes, and rosy cheeks. She is very petite and has a childish appearance and a pudgy face. Her attire includes a white medium-sleeved T-shirt with bright green stripes, bright red shorts, white socks, and sunshine yellow velcro sneakers. While working in the bathhouse, she is barefoot and wears a coral-colored kariginu robe with a white hitoe underneath, short sashinuki pants, and a tasuki cord for tying her sleeves up.

Chihiro's growth into a capable individual is a core factor in the movement of Spirited Away's plot. During her adventure in the Spirit World, she matures from an easily scared girl with a childlike personality to match her age to a hard-working, responsible, and brave young girl who has learned to put her fears aside for those she cares for. To protect her friends and rescue her parents from a spell that has turned them into livestock, Chihiro sheds her former personality and adapts to her environment to become a courageous, caring, quick-witted, and reliable girl.
As the story progresses, the strength of her bond with Haku eventually evolves into a heartfelt form of love that dispels Yubaba and Zeniba 's respective curses on Haku.


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Haku appears to be around 12 years old in physical age. He has straight black hair (some see it as black, others say dark/forest green) in a bob haircut and slanted, green eyes.
When he is human, Haku wears a traditional white robe that resembles closely a Kariginu tied with a lavender sash, a short traditional indigo dyed Sashinuki (a type of kuribakama) underneath, and beige sandals. A darker blue Hitoe can be seen from the sides and shoulders of the robes.

Haku has multiple personalities. He can sometimes be kind-hearted and supportive, other times strict and high-strung. He is wise and is able to act accordingly to the situation. He is more than willing to stick his neck out when he cares about someone. From the beginning of the story, through to the end, he does everything within his power to keep Chihiro unharmed and to help her leave safely. His steadfast resolve helps Chihiro finally trust him, amidst contradictory information from other Spirited Away characters about him.
Haku always said she could trust him. However, Lin, was not sure of Haku's intentions and told Chihiro to not trust him. Yubaba 's twin sister, Zeniba insisted that Haku is a greedy thief, who had stolen her golden seal . In the end, Chihiro puts her faith in Haku. Later, it is revealed that Haku is Yubaba's slave, who controlled him with a black worm in his body.


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Karen has dark brown hair and pink bows on her pigtails. She wears a light-pink shirt with a white collar, darker pink pants, and white shoes. She has a light-green elephant plush toy that she carries around all the time.

Karen becomes quickly offended when Sōsuke didn't give in to her demands to play with her.


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Ket has light brown hair and brown eyes. He wears a white undershirt, green pants (with purple suspenders), white socks and light blue shoes.


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Kiki has short, dark brown hair, which she ties back using a large, amaranth red bow. She wears a medium-sleeved, jet black dress, which mostly appears to be violet or indigo, white undergarments that consist of a tank top and bloomers, and amaranth red flats that look scarlet red at times.
At the beginning, she's dressed in a bright green, short-sleeved dress with a medium turtle-neck and a bright pink apron, long, grey socks that are falling down and the same shoes.
Kiki is not initially pleased with her appearance at the beginning of the film, but later on is told to like herself as a witch by her mother, Kokiri .

Kiki is strong-willed, leaving her home in Karikiya for a year at 13-years old in order to undergo the training she's required to complete to be a witch. She is very friendly, curious, kind-hearted, sweet and upbeat. However, she is also rather stubborn and proud at times, which is sometimes to her disadvantage. She is very attached to her pet black cat, Jiji , and introduces him as her best friend. Kiki is not particularly popular when she first arrives in Koriko , but gradually makes new friends with her customers and is the town heroine at the end.


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The Kittenbus looks like a cat with space inside its back for a child or small person to ride in. He has four legs and he has brown and orange fur with yellow eyes that can light up to help it see in the dark. He can travel anywhere in seconds and is adorable.


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Beautiful blonde boys with bob heads. They all have the same appearance, and serve Madame Suliman .


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A slender, small 5-year-old, Kumiko has short brown wavy hair with matching eyes and a pink bow tie on the top of her head. She wears a sky blue dress with a small pink ribbon and white Capri-like pants or bloomers with a pink pair of shoes.

Kumiko is a sensitive and impulsive little girl who emphasizes her feelings for Sōsuke, showing him her new dress as well as requesting a ride on his boat. Generally, she's not the best role model among her classmates.


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Markl is small child of average build, with messy tangerine orange hair and peach skin. He looks after the castle for his master, granting customers requests for spells and magic. Every time a customer comes in, he's disguised as a wizard's disciple. [1]

Markl is an obedient, albeit messy apprentice working under wizard Howl. He is initially wary of Sophie, particularly when she cleans out the entire castle, but grows to appreciate her through the course of their adventures.


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Mary is a young girl with bushy, bright red hair that reaches just past her shoulders. She has two short strands of hair on her forehead, along with a couple shorter ones. Mary's eyes are sharp blue, and she always has a bright expression.
Her fashion choice includes, short skirts, long shirts, cartigans, over-the-knee stockings, sweaters, and cute sneakers, or brown laced boots. Her sleepwear consists of a light-yellow shirt-dress that reaches the knees.

Mary is a strongheaded and witty girl, stubborn and loud. She tries to help out when she can, but due to her clumsiness, is often let go. She has a lack of perception, and is quite teasing at points. She hated her hairstyle at first, but gradually accepted it.


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Mimiko has red hair and black eyes.
She wears a pink dress and yellow shirt underneath and yellow shoes and white panties.

Mimiko is described as being a sweet little girl that never gets lonely, despite not having any parents.


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Miyoko has chin length hair.
She wears a red sweater as Anna Sasaki and wear she a blue skirt and White shirt with red school uniforms.


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Nonoko has black hair.
She typically wears a beige shirt with a white collar and orange skirt.


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Peter has dirty blonde hair with cornflower blue eyes, and pale skin. The front half of his hair is longer than the back, and the bottom of his partially shaved underneath.
Peter has a blue baseball jacket with white sleeves, along with a single horizontal red band down the center of the wrist, bottom, and neck cuffs. He wears olive green pants that are rolled up to his ankles, and plain, brown shoes. He sometimes uses his jacket as a pouch to put his cats inside. Peter can also sometimes be seen in a backwards red hat.
SPOILER WARNING : In his transformed state (under the effect of the Fly by Night,) he grows noticeably larger and 'grown up.' His hair grows long and blue, and he sprouts large, iridescent wings. This only lasts a short while, however, when his is engulfed in a glob of blue magic goop from the flower.

Peter is generally a witty, kindhearted kid. He seems to like helping out, being the "delivery boy" of the neighborhood. He typically tries to act brave when it comes to something he's scared of doing, and is a sweet boy. When he was first shown, he was laughing at Mary's clumsiness, but tried to help her out a couple times afterwards. He is also shown to be helpful and selfless, as seen by wanting to ease his family's burden and sacrificing himself for Mary .


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Ponyo has two forms: her goldfish form and her human form. As a fish, she is cute, but as a little girl, she is magical. She has thick copper-red hair and has only two-piece clothing: an adorable little amaranth red dress with puffy sleeves and large. puffy white bloomers. She behaves just like a regular five-year-old child: intelligent, adorable, mischievous, and later in the film, sleepy. She's very happy, sweet, and barefoot all the time.

Ponyo is an extrovert, tending to go outside when her father is distracted doing his magic.  She also pleased when Sosuke finds her while he is playing by the sea by his house and frees her from a jar. Again, she pays him by licking his scar, and they bond and become friends.  Ponyo does not like her father at first, which is why she runs away from home at the beginning of the film, and she is also rambunctious, causing trouble around the house after Sosuke adopts her.  Soon, she withdraws magic and decides to live by Sosuke's side as a part of his family. She is a fish at first but becomes more humanlike when Sosuke self-injures his finger and she licks his scar, healing him.
Her favorite food is ham.


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As a child, Rie has short, chin-length black hair with bangs and wears a white blouse with a pink neckline, a blue jumper and beige shoes with pink socks. She seems to have a heavier set than ten year old Taeko. She usually has a bored or sad expression on her face.

She seems to be shy and introverted but is still able to handle her male classmates' bullying by laughing off their attempts at making fun of her.


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Riku has brown hair, brown/black eyes and he seems to be a bit taller than his two older sisters.


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Ronja is slender 10-year-old girl. She wears a salmon tunic and yellow tights. She has dark brown hair and brown eyes.

Everyone in Mattis ' fort is fond of Ronja, and respects and cherishes her. As an only child, she is spoiled with love. It powerfully nourishes her growth into an empathetic, intelligent, and lively girl. She's often happy, sweet, and giggly. She naturally takes on some character traits from her parents even if polarizing, such as Lovis ' cool rationality in problem solving, but Mattis' big emotions in interpersonal matters.
She develops a lot of courage and fearlessness; the simple principle she obeys to "never be scared in Mattis' forest" extends itself from reckoning with supernatural creatures, to being able to overcome Hell's Gap. She also discovers a pacifist ethic within herself that drives major aspects of the story.
In her energetic and childish way, every spring Ronja loves to do her "spring yell". She stands in the open forest and joyfully screams at the top of her voice to let the drudgery of the past winter out of her system.


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Satsuki has short, walnut brown hair and chocolate brown eyes (the eyes mostly appear black due to coloring and art style). She wears a tangerine skirt with tangerine suspenders, white bloomers, a sunshine yellow collared shirt, a sky blue pair of shoes, and a white hat (only worn in a few scenes).
In the second half of the movie she wears a yellow dress with white hems. During the end credits she has a yellow shirt and tangerine overalls on with a picture of a chibi Totoro embroidered onto the right leg. She is noticeably tall compared to her sister, and somewhat taller than a few of the children her age at her school.
Whenever she is inside the family household, Satsuki typically wears her choice of casual clothing or her pajamas during nighttime. Like her sister, she prefers to be barefoot when inside and/or around the house.

MISCONCEPTION: Satsuki does not wear a sky blue and carnation pink version of her normal outfit, the lighting is darker and changes the color pallete in the scene.

Satsuki is a bright and cheerful individual. She generally tries to be someone to look up to, most likely for her sister. She seems to idolize her mother's peaceful demeanor, and she even says that she wants her hair to cooperate to look like her mother's hair. Satsuki is hard working and intelligent, as shown when she is studying at school or helping out around her new home. She is also very open minded and pleasant towards people like Granny and even Kanta after getting to know his friendly side.

"I'm making this one for you, Mei."

Satsuki Kusakabe seems to be an independent and mature young lady. She does constantly feel grief and pressure, but does not let it show. The grief she feels for her mother being ill is only revealed towards the end of the movie when she breaks down in front of Granny. She also clearly feels very stressed to act like an adult and be a good role model for Mei.
Most of Satsuki's anger stems from Mei's contrasting irresponsibility. She gets easily frustrated, but is still a lovable character with good intentions.

Satsuki carrying a tired Mei at the bus stop next to Totoro


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Sawako wore a blue dress and a beige-yellow shirt underneath and carried a pink bag and red ruck-sack. By the time Sawako was reunited with Koro, she wore a yellow dress.


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Sayaka is a slender young girl and a little younger than Anna. Sayaka has  light brown hair tied in pigtails and teal eyes. She also has big round glasses and wears a yellow halter dress with orange stripes on the top and orange wavy stripes fading to sage green to orange.She wears white socks and strapped hot pink buckle shoes.

Sayaka is a very friendly and upbeat girl who considers the health and happiness of her friends (Anna) to be the most important part of her day.


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At the beginning of the film, Setsuko is shown to have the average body. As the film progresses, however, she is shown to have lost a considerable amount of weight. When Seita Yokokawa takes her to the doctor, she lifts up her shirt to reveal her agonizingly-haggard stomach; her ribs clearly visible, as well. She has dark brown hair cut short above her ears and shiny, dark brown eyes. She wears an off-white polo shirt and blue monpe , and a hooded cape of the same color and pattern and off-white bloomers along with tabi socks and getas (clogs). She also wears a red dress, and a white seifuku with black shoes and short socks in various flashback scenes.
As a spirit, Setsuko glows with an orange light, she is surrounded by fireflies and she is healthy once again.

Although Setsuko is young and naïve, she is shown to gain a deeper understanding of life and death as certain events unfold throughout the film. When she finds the dead fireflies that prompts the question "Why do fireflies have to die so soon?" and figures out that her mother is deceased, it is clear that Setsuko's outlook on the cycle of life has been cemented into her still-developing mind.
Setsuko loved sweets and once tried to eat stones thinking that they were her favorite candy drops. She also had a deep connection to her brother where she was overall a sweet and happy child. She also loved eating rice for dinner, except if it is rice porridge.


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Sho has navy blue/black hair and brown eyes.
He wears a white shirt and blue trousers, and is also seen wearing light blue pyjamas in the movie when it is his bedtime (he also wears a dark blue jacket when walking around in his pyjamas).

Sho is shown to be a quiet and very polite boy. However, he is initially listless and pessimistic about his operation, as he has no will to live, thinking that every living person will die, eventually, and he also has a low chance of survival from the operation.
This changes when he meets Arrietty , and he is inspired and amazed by her perseverance and strong will in rescuing her mother and thus gains the will to live on. It is shown in the very beginning of the film that he survives the operation, as he is reminiscing the time he met Arrietty.
In a director's interview, Hiromasa Yonebayashi describes him as "an ordinary 12-year-old boy," noting that he is younger than Arrietty who is 14, adding, "that adds a twist to the story." [1]


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Spiller is dark skinned with white stripes on both sides of his cheeks. His hair is uneven and spiky, most likely showing he doesn't cut it. His height is not determined but he is shorter than Arrietty. He is slightly muscly and has a sharp face.
He wears a brown fur coat and brown clothing underneath. He usually carries a bow along with some arrows in case danger lurks around the corner.

He’s fairly polite, not really being rude to the family he interacts with. He is especially nice to Arrietty , maybe due to him having a crush on her.


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Sōsuke is a 5-year-old boy who wears a sunshine yellow t-shirt and chocolate brown shorts, and white slip-on shoes. His hair is walnut brown with his hair shaven underneath. Also, he sometimes wears a sailor hat and binoculars.

Sōsuke is intelligent, smart, loyal, cute and heroic. He is willing to protect his friends (including Ponyo, starting from when she washes up on the shore near the house, stuck in a glass jar), even if doing so gets him in trouble with his mother or Ponyo's father (whom they hate).
He is interested in the sea, especially since his father is the captain of a ship. He also knows that Kōichi does his best for the family, as seen when Lisa gets angry at Kōichi and chides him for abandoning her family on a cliff.


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The Forest Spirit looks like deer, but with plant-like antlers and a human-like face. [1]
It can transform into a gigantic, translucent humanoid during the night called the Night-Walker.


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Gonta is a particularly stocky tanuki, with grey fur like Oroku's. He is distinguished by heavy black eyebrows, pockmarks on his face and tufts of scruffy fur on the top of his head. Like other clan elders, he has crow's feet around his eyes, and like most of the older males, he has a few whiskers on his upper lip that give the appearance of a mustache. His default clothing is a red vest with a single orange stripe across it. In his human form, which he only takes on a handful of times, he appears as a fat young man with short black hair, stubble on his chin, a red T-shirt similar to the vest of his tanuki form and pale blue jeans. When he leads an attack against the humans and takes a human form, he wears a red raincoat with a stripe a different shade of red across it, red trousers the same colour as his raincoat, and black boots.

Gonta is hotheaded and pugnacious. His wife is Otama, a docile, doting tanuki who worries about him constantly but is strong enough to fend off his attempts to woo her.
Gonta is combative and loves to argue with others. He threatens violence on tanukis who oppose his actions. In contrast, Shoukichi respects the opinions of other tanukis; for the most part, Shoukichi even listens to Gonta's ideas.
Both sides of their argument have valid points. While Shoukichi is right in that hurting humans is excessive, in retrospect he admits that Gonta was right on a couple of things. Gonta accurately observed that the developers are relentless and will become desensitized to hauntings if it means making a profit. He was also right that they were just wasting time by debating after the failure of Operation Specter.
He loves to assert power, but he's sensitive to criticism and will lash out if his ego is slighted in any way.
He leads the Red Tanukis to eliminate all humans, but all mentions of humans' food cause him to soften his approach a little. He really hates lazy tanukis. However, he, hypocritically, gets bored easily and would sometimes get distracted by a hamburger or doze off during important meetings.
Though he is proud and selfish, he respects Oroku and the Transformation Masters, and joins in on the celebration of Master Hage's birthday.


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Jihl has a tan beard and Brown Soldier uniform and possibly Brown pants with red necklace.


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Princess Lastelle is a beautiful young woman around Nausicaa's age. She has brown hair that goes a couple inches past her shoulders and brown eyes. She is seen wearing a long pink and yellow dress with a matching yellow hat, with jewels embedded in it and diamond earrings. She was a princess, but after her country was destroyed, she was reduced to a slave with her hands shackled. She then was moved to slave market by Airship Corvette.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Characters Main Cast Nausicaä | Teto | Gol & Gikuri Valley of the Wind Jhil | Yupa | Mito | Obaba Pejite Mayor of Pejite | Asbel | Lastelle | Lastelle's Mother Torumekian Empire Kushana | Kurotowa Miscellaneous Locations Valley of the Wind | Nausicaä's Tower | Pejite | Toxic Jungle | Torumekia Mechanical Designs Dreadnought | God Warrior | Mehve Creatures Fox Squirrel | Hebikera | Ohmu Glossary Miasma | Seven Days of Fire

V • T • E Studio Ghibli Animated features Feature films Castle in the Sky (1986) • Grave of the Fireflies (1988) • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) • Only Yesterday (1991) • Porco Rosso (1992) • Ocean Waves (1993) • Pom Poko (1994) • Whisper of the Heart (1995) • Princess Mononoke (1997) • My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) • Spirited Away (2001) • The Cat Returns (2002) • Howl's Moving Castle (2004) • Tales from Earthsea (2006) • Ponyo (2008) • The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) • From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) • The Wind Rises (2013) • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) • When Marnie Was There (2014) • Earwig and the Witch (2020) • The Boy and the Heron (2023) Short films Nandarō • On Your Mark • Ghiblies • Film Guru Guru • Ghiblies Episode 2 • Imaginary Flying Machines • The Invention of Imaginary Machines of Destruction • The Whale Hunt • Koro's Big Day Out • Mei and the Kittenbus • Looking for a Home • The Day I Bought a Star • The Night of Taneyamagahara • Water Spider Monmon • Iblard Jikan • A Sumo Wrestler's Tail • Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess • Treasure Hunting • Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo • Boro the Caterpillar Documentaries The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987) • Miyazaki and Kurosawa Fireside Chat (1993) • Ghibli Was Born This Way: A Birth Story Spelled Out With Reproduced Images (1998) • World Journey of My Memory / Journey of the Heart (1998) • How Princess Mononoke Was Born (2001) • Lasseter-San, Arigato! (2003) • Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CD (2004) • Yasuo Otsuka's Joy of Motion (2004) • Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum (2005) • Ghibli: The Miyazaki Temple (2005) • The Work of Toshio Suzuki (2006) • Scenery of Ghibli (2006) • A Ghibli Artisan – Kazuo Oga Exhibition – The Man Who Painted Totoro's Forest (2007) • How Ponyo Was Born (2009) • Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and Son (2011) • Ghibli's Bookshelf (2011) • The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013) • Until The End of The Creation of When Marnie Was There (2015) • Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2016) • NHK Image File: I Want To Meet This Person - Isao Takahata, Animation Film Director (2018) • 10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki (2019) • Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2023) Television series The Blue Seed (1992) • Ronja, the Robber's Daughter (2014) Concerts Joe Hisaishi in Budokan • Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: The Music of Studio Ghibli Video games Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Video Game) • Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu • Jade Cocoon 2 • Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color • Ni no Kuni (Series) • Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn • Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch • Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Printed works Animage • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga) • Starting Point: 1979-1996 • Turning Point: 1997-2008 • Kaze no Kaerubasho • People of the Desert • The Age of the Flying Boat • Hayao Miyazaki's Daydream Data Notes • To My Sister • The Journey of Shuna • Studio Ghibli's Trajectory as Seen on Animage (1984-2011) • The Art of My Neighbor Totoro • The Art of Castle in the Sky • The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service • The Art of Porco Rosso • Princess Mononoke: The First Story • The Place Where Totoro Was Born • The Bountiful Food of Studio Ghibli • Children's Picture Book Ghibli's Dining Table Earwig and the Witch Co-Productions Flying City Plan • Shiki-Jitsu ( Studio Kajino ) • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence • Nasu: Summer in Andalusia • Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase • Portable Airport • Red Crow and the Ghost Ship • Space Station No. 9 • The Red Turtle Pre-Ghibli works Hustle Punch (1965) • Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) • Animal Treasure Island (1971) • Lupin the Third Part I (1971) • Panda! Go, Panda! (1972) • Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974) • Dog of Flanders (1975) • Future Boy Conan (1978) • Anne of Green Gables (1979) • Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) • Chie the Brat (1981) • 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1981) • Gauche the Cellist (1982) • Sherlock Hound (1984) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Ghibli-related labels Animage • Animage Home Video • Ghibli ga Ippai Collection • Ghibli Museum • Ghibli Museum Library • Ghibli Park • Totoro no Furusato Foundation • Totoro no Mori Unproduced projects Border 1939 Related productions Like the Clouds, Like the Wind • Mary and the Witch's Flower • Modest Heroes • Natsuzora • World Masterpiece Theater