MAL Writers' Favorite Anime Quotes
If you've been a long-time reader of our Featured section, you'll have seen that we have a diverse range of writers from different countries and fandoms! Below we've collected our favorite anime quotes from shows that are just as diverse as we are!
You'll see cool or memorable anime lines and quotes from different characters, and even characters that think the same thing, even though they are from very different anime! Some anime quotes apply to real life, some maybe only make sense with context. Either way, these quotes from our beloved anime characters will strike a chord with you! See how many of these anime quotes you recognize!
Archer
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
"I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to Death, Nor known to Life
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer CriticalAndroid
Calcifer
Howl no Ugoku Shiro (Howl's Moving Castle)
"May all your bacon burn"
~Anime Quote chosen by writer RJames84
Charles Beams
Eureka Seven
"Freedom is something that you need to actively acquire. It's not something that's given with no strings attached. To be free means to take responsibility, and to prepare yourself for what's to come."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer samcook
Deneil Young
Uchuu Kyoudai (Space Brothers)
"All we can do is live until the day we die. Control what we can...and fly free!"
~Anime Quote chosen by writer kami_nomi
Edward Elric
Fullmetal Alchemist
"A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain something without sacrificing something else in return. But once you have recovered it and made it your own... You will gain an irreplaceable Fullmetal heart."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer Aiwin
Gildarts Clive
Fairy Tail
"Fear is not evil. It tells you what weakness is. And once you know your weakness, you can become stronger as well as kinder."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer Ascension1101
Gintoki Sakata
Gintama
"The country? The skies? You can have them. I’m busy just protecting what’s right in front of me. I don’t know what’ll happen to me in the future, but if something has fallen at my feet, then the least I can do is pick it up."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer NyxStovell
Hiluluk
One Piece
"When do you think people die? When they are shot through the heart by the bullet of a pistol? No. When they are ravaged by an incurable disease? No. When they drink a soup made from a poisonous mushroom!? No! It’s when they are forgotten."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer Law_Light
Ikki Kurogane
Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry (Chivalry of a Failed Knight)
"In order for a mediocre man to defeat a genius, he has to become a monster."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer Kvasir369
Jae-ha
Akatsuki no Yona (Yona of the Dawn)
"If you simply obey orders without question to protect your master, that isn't your greatest wish, but your greatest tragedy."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer akirajasmine
Kaitou Kuroba
Magic Kaitou 1412
"I'm not here tonight as the son of Touichi Kuroba, your mentor in magic, nor as the second-year high school student you call 'Young Master'. Tonight I'm the one they're all talking about. I'm the villain putting on a show."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer melodius
Kenshin Himura
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
"Whatever you lose, you'll find it again. But what you throw away you'll never get back."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer HazColumn
Kenshirou
Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star)
"You are already dead."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer MisterD98
Kino
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World (Kino's Journey)
"The world is not beautiful, and that is why it is beautiful."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer RilakkuLina
Kuu
Haibane Renmei
"Inside my mind, there's a beautiful cup. A very beautiful, clear cup. And tiny drops kept falling into it, 'drip, drip, drip', slowly but steadily, everyday. And today, I felt the cup had finally become completely full."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer Littoface
Mikasa Ackerman
Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)
"The world is cruel, but also very beautiful."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer JoWinterfeld
Mitsuyoshi Anzai
Slam Dunk
"When you give up, that's when the game ends."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer futarochan89
Motoko Kusanagi
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
"We weep for the blood of a bird, but not for the blood of a fish. Blessed are those with a voice. If the dolls could speak, no doubt they'd scream, "I didn't want to become human."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer Cato5
Satsuki Kiryuuin
Kill la Kill
"Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! Those are the facts of this world! And you will all surrender to them, you pigs in human clothing!"
~Anime Quote chosen by writer AlanV
Son Gokuu
Dragon Ball Z
"I am the hope of the universe. I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace. I am protector of the innocent. I am the light in the darkness. I am truth. Ally to good! Nightmare to you!"
~Anime Quote chosen by writer NicWat10
Usagi Tsukino
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
"You can't judge how beautiful a girl really is by the way she looks."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer enchantedsloth
Yuu Himura
ef: A Tale of Memories
"There are no miracles in this world. There is only coincidence and necessity, and what people make of it."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer llezur17
Yuuko Ichihara
xxxHOLiC
"There is no such thing as a coincidence in this world. There is only the inevitable."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer Ai_Sakura
Yuuta Takemoto
Hachimitsu to Clover (Honey and Clover)
"As time passes, the day will come when everything will fade to memories. But those miraculous days, when you and I, along with everyone else, searched together for just that one thing, will continue revolving forever somewhere deep in my heart, as my bittersweet memory."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer Yukisakura7
Ending Title Card
Cowboy Bebop
"You're gonna carry that weight."
~Anime Quote chosen by writer une3valentine
