Anime and manga have created quite the thrill and sensation among people in the past decade. With the production and promotion of various kinds of anime, more and more people are getting into this game. Needless to say, even celebrities have started to get on this bandwagon in the past few years.
After all, that is exactly what anime is all about; you can’t just stay away from it once you start getting into that world. There have been few celebs who have been hardcore fans even before they got famous. And given the fact that they tend to have an influence on the general public, a lot of people are getting inspired by them and starting to watch anime themselves.
In this article, I will be talking about some of these popular celebrities who have expressed their love and devotion to Japanese animated content and made it an essential part of their lives. These celebrities have gotten inspired by the anime that they watch, enough to incorporate them into their own art.
So come, let us take a look at the 11 celebrities who watch anime and who have expressed their love for it again and again!
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List of 11 Celebrities Who Love to Watch Anime
| Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Profession | Favourite Anime |
| Cole Sprouse | August 4, 1992 | Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy | Actor | One Piece, Death Note, Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Dragon Ball Z |
| Kanye West | June 8, 1977 | Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Musician and Rapper | Akira |
| Elon Musk | June 28, 1971 | Pretoria, South Africa | CEO of SpaceX and Tesla | Death Note, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Princess Mononoke, Ghost in the Shell, Spirited Away, Fullmetal Alchemist and Kimi no Nawa |
| James Cameron | August 16, 1954 | Kapuskasing, Canada | Canadian Filmmaker | Battle Angel Alita |
| Ariana Grande | June 26, 1993 | Floria, United States | American Singer | Spirited Away |
| Disha Patani | June 13, 1992 | Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India | Bollywood Actress | Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Naruto Shippuden |
| Bhuvan Bam | January 22, 1994 | Vadodara, Gujarat, India | Comedian and YouTuber | The Dragon Ball series |
| Sorabh Pant | September 14, 1981 | Bombay, Maharashtra, India | Stand-Up Comedian and Writer | Attack on Titan, One Punch Man, Death Note, My Hero Academia |
| Eden Hazard | January 7, 1991 | La Louviere, Belgium | Footballer | Naruto, Naruto Shippuden |
| Manpreet Singh | June 26, 1992 | Jalandhar, Punjab, India | Field Hockey Player | Not known as of yet |
| Ronda Roussey | February 1, 1987 | Riverside, California, U.S.A | Professional Wrestler | Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z |
Hollywood Celebrities Who Watch Anime
Cole Sprouse
American actor Cole Mitchell Sprouse is the first among the top 11 celebrities who watch anime. He is best known for his role as Cody Martin from the beloved Disney series, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and its spin-off The Suite Life on Deck. He is also popular for his role of Jughead Jones on the popular The CW T.V. series Riverdale.
Cole has expressed his love for anime time and again, be it by deriving style inspiration from One Piece character Sanji or cosplaying Eren Jaegar, the popular protagonist of the hit series Attack on Titan.
He has also used the picture of L, the genius detective from the legendary series Death Note as his Instagram profile picture before. And has also cosplayed the character Howl from Studio Ghibli blockbuster, Howl’s Moving Castle.
Born: August 4, 1992
Birth Place: Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
Profession: Actor
Favourite Anime: One Piece, Death Note, Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Dragon Ball Z
Kanye West
The eccentric rapper and musician is another of the celebrities who watch anime and is known for his love of it for a very long time. Other than being a full-time musician, it seems that he is also a part-time anime fanatic, vehemently vocalizing his love for the classics like Akira on Twitter.
Apparently, the rapper was also influenced by this anime movie in creating the set design and visualizations of the music video for his song titled “Stronger”.
West has released several popular albums like Yeezus, The Life of Pablo, Ye, with DONDA being his recent hit.
Born: June 8, 1977
Birth Place: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Profession: Musician and rapper
Favourite Anime: Akira
Elon Musk
The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and the world’s richest man right now, hasn’t shied away from verbalizing his love for anime and manga time and again.
He has been known for tweeting about his affection for Makoto Shinkai hit ‘Kimi no Nawa’ and has even expressed his desires for creating a ‘mecha’, a term derived from giant fighting robots in anime shows and movies.
His ex-girlfriend and baby momma Grimes is also known to be a fan of anime and manga deriving much of her fashion inspirations from anime characters.
Born: June 28, 1971
Birth Place: Pretoria, South Africa
Profession: CEO of SpaceX and Tesla
Favourite Anime: Death Note, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Princess Mononoke, Ghost in the Shell, Spirited Away, Fullmetal Alchemist and Kimi no Nawa
James Cameron
The legendary Hollywood director who has directed major hits, such as Avatar, Titanic, Terminator 1 and 2, Aliens, and the most recently, Avatar: The Way Of Water is also a huge fan of animes.
He is personally a big fan of the manga series Battle Angel Alita, and he even got the rights to Alita back in 2003. Back at the time, he was in double mind to direct, either Avatar or Alita, fate was in Avatar’s favour and it got released in 2009.
Still, he didn’t give up on Alita and gave more than 1000 pages worth of notes to director Robert Rodriguez and he even wrote the screenplay of the film.
The live-action adaptation of Alita came to theatres on 8th Feb 2019 and it ended up grossing $400 Million Dollars at the box office!
Born: August 16, 1954
Birth Place: Kapuskasing, Canada
Profession: Canadian Filmmaker
Favourite Anime: Battle Angel Alita
Ariana Grande
Known for her melodious voice, Ariana Grande is also an anime fan.
She hasn’t talked a lot about her love towards Anime, but she has a tattoo of the character Chihiro from Spirited Away, which is considered to be one of the best Anime films ever to be released.
If having a tattoo isn’t enough for telling you how much you like a particular character, then I don’t know what it.
Ariana Grande has been known worldwide and even if you don’t know about her, you must have listened to her songs, such as 7 rings, Side to Side, Thank U, Next, Stuck With U, etc.
She is a world-class singer who performs live concerts worldwide.
Born: June 26, 1993
Birth Place: Florida, United States
Profession: American Singer
Favourite Anime: Spirited Away
Bollywood Celebrities Who Watch Anime
Disha Patani
Popular Bollywood actress Disha Patani, who has worked in blockbuster hits like M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story and Baaghi 2 is one of the most popular Indian celebrities who watch anime has been a fan for a very long time.
She is known to be a fan of the popular series, Dragon Ball Z, even going so far as to name her dog Goku, after the protagonist of the series. She is also known to be a fan of the popular Shounen series, Naruto and Naruto Shippuden.
Born: June 13, 1992
Birth Place: Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Profession: Actress
Favourite Anime: Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Naruto Shippuden
Bhuvan Bam
Bhuvan Bam is an Indian comedian and YouTuber best known for his channel, BB Ki Vines, an internet sensation that grabbed the attention of thousands of fans, all across the country.
The star is also known to be a Dragon Ball fanatic and is known for sharing Dragon Ball related posts and memes on social media.
Born: January 22, 1994
Birth Place: Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Profession: Comedian and YouTuber
Favourite Anime: The Dragon Ball series
Sorabh Pant
This Indian stand-up comedian and writer have gained massive popularity in recent times for his exceptional talents at stand-up and a sick sense of humour. He has performed in over 250 cities all across the country and has been rated amongst the top 10 stand-up comedians in India right now, by the Times of India.
He also hosts shows on his personal YouTube channel titled “Wake Up with Sorabh” where he interviews famous celebrities as well as his audience on any given topic. He has also mentioned his love for anime and the Japanese culture citing One Punch Man and Attack on Titan as being his two, favourite series of all time.
Born: September 14, 1981
Birth Place: Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Profession: Stand-Up Comedian and Writer
Favourite Anime: Attack on Titan, One Punch Man, Death Note, My Hero Academia
Sportsmen Who Watch Anime
Eden Hazard
Eden Hazard is a popular Belgian footballer who is known for being the captain of the Belgian national team. He is also the winger or the attacking midfielder for Real Madrid.
Hazard has been speculated to be a lover of anime after he was pictured watching Naruto on his laptop while on a flight. This spread rumours among his fans who are also into anime, about the footballer being a huge Naruto fan after all.
Born: January 7, 1991
Birth Place: La Louviere, Belgium
Profession: Footballer
Favourite Anime: Naruto, Naruto Shippuden
Manpreet Singh
Manpreet Singh, who is the captain of the Indian Men’s national field hockey team is known to be an anime fanatic.
The sports star revealed his love for anime in a conversation with Kapil Sharma on the latter’s hugely popular late-night talk show, The Kapil Sharma Show.
Born: June 26, 1992
Birth Place: Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Profession: Field Hockey Player
Favourite Anime: Not known as of yet
Ronda Rousey
Ex-UFC champion Ronda Rousey is known to train for the ring and also for the Pokemon Stadium. The professional wrestler is known to be a huge fan of anime with her favourites being Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z.
She once revealed in an interview that she has a “cartoon crush” on Dragon Ball Z character Vegeta and also cosplayed Pikachu for an ESPN promo.
Born: February 1, 1987
Birth Place: Riverside, California, U.S.A
Profession: Professional Wrestler
Favourite Anime: Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z
Final Thoughts
While these celebrities are having a go at the wonderful world of anime and manga, there are many others who have been hardcore fans of Japanese animated entertainment for ages. Celebs like Pharell Williams, Ariana Grande, Michael B. Jordan, Zac Efron and many others have been quite vocal about their love and passion for anime and manga. And given the hype that anime has created in recent times, it is no wonder that more and more celebrities are getting into this dazzling world to keep themselves entertained.
Do you know of any other celebrity who watches anime? Let us know in the comments!
