9 Famous People Who You Wouldn't Have Guessed Liked Anime
1. Robin Williams
Robin Williams flaunted his love of anime on several different occasions, including in his movie One Hour Photo. In his Reddit AMA, he mentioned he liked Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Akira, and Blood: The Last Vampire in addition to Neon Genesis Evangelion. May he rest in peace.
2. Tobey Maguire
The main man behind the first set of Spiderman reboot movies is a massive Robotech fan, and by massive I mean such a huge fan that he actually acquired the rights to the series with his production company and has a new movie in the works.
3. Zac Efron
Also rumored to be a fan of some Shonen Jump manga, Zac Efron has talked about loving Death Note and the possibility of playing the lead character Light in an adaptation.
4. Christian Bale
We've talked about him before because he voiced Howl in the English dub of Howl's Moving Castle. So it's not too surprising that Bale is a fan of Miyazaki films.
5. Keanu Reeves
We almost got to "see you space cowboy" with Reeves. He is a fan of Cowboy Bebop and he was passionately working on a new adaptation with himself as main man Spike. Unfortunately, the project fell through.
6. Kanye West
There have been many public outbursts of Kanye's love of anime. In fact, when he debuted his album Graduation, he ran hentai in the background...
7. Quentin Tarantino
As a fan of both Blood: The Last Vampire and Ghost in the Shell, he personally asked Production I.G. to do the animated scenes for Kill Bill.
8. Hayley Williams
The lead singer of the band Paramore mentioned in an interview that she went with her now signature orange hair because she wanted to look like an anime character. Heck, she even cosplayed as Saya from Blood: The Last Vampire on stage as seen above.
9. Hulk Hogan
He likes Pokemon, and that makes sense seeing as he is basically Machoke.
