When some strange events start happening to the world around her, Mana Inuyama writes a letter to the Youkai Post in hopes of finding some answers. Mana receives her answer in the form of Kitarou, a yokai boy who is the last member of the ghost tribe. Kitarou travels around fighting off the evil spirits that pop up around the country. With all sorts of youkai and mythical monsters appearing, Kotaro always has his hands full with enemies to face.

Carmilla is a vampire and a member of Backbeard's army. Carmilla looks like your typical vampire, with pale skin, long dark hair, and an all black and red outfit. Although she doesn't get much screen time and doesn't appear until episode 27 of the anime, Carmilla has plenty of amazing moments in her time in the anime. Her best moment comes during her battle with Neko-Musume where she gets to go all out and show just how powerful she is.

Recently, there has been a string of strange murders that are now being called the vampire murders. College student Tsukasa Taira finds herself in danger when she comes face to face with a vampire. Luckily, she is saved by a half-human half-vampire named Yuuki Anzai. Yuuki takes it upon himself to protect Tsukasa from any other vampires that may try to attack her. As they start to spend time together, their feelings for each grows. Now Yuuki must find a way to keep his relationship with Tsukasa without letting his vampire instincts take over and sucking her blood.

Thanks to his mixed lineage, Yuuki isn't like other vampires. Yuuki has the power of a vampire with the mentality of a human, leading to his internal struggle of sucking blood. While Yuuki isn't the most original vampire character, he is still a pretty cool character. With an awesome design and some fantastic action scenes to show off his vampire side more than earns a spot on the list.

Akari Amano heads into the woods alone after hearing a rumor about a mysterious girl who lives in the woods. After searching for hours, Akari is unable to find any signs of the girl and decides to head home. Unfortunately, Akari is unable to find her way out of the forest. Akari is saved by a vampire named Sophie Twilight, who uses her powers to get Akari home. Akari finds herself drawn to Sophie and her powers and starts visiting her so much that she asks if she can just live there. Sophie agrees to let her move in and the two begin their new lives as roommates.

While she may not be strong and hates drinking blood from humans, Sophie is still one of the best vampire characters in anime. Sophie is a good vampire who likes to spend her time hanging out with her friends using her abilities for good. Sophie is a small cute vampire girl with an elegant appearance. Despite her fancy and sophisticated way of living, Sophie is a major otaku and collects all sorts of anime memorabilia. With a cute appearance and a quirky personality, Sophie is one of the more unique vampires on the list.

While hanging out after school, Asahi Kuromine walks into his classroom and sees a vampire girl. The girl is his classmate Youko Shiragami who has managed to keep her family secret safe until now. Faced with the possibility of Youko and her family moving away, Asahi agrees to keep her secret safe despite his inability to lie. Jitsu wa Watashi wa follows Youko and Asahi as they bond over their secret while also dealing with all of the other supernatural beings that appear at the school.

Youko is an energetic and air headed girl who is always smiling and is a lot of fun to watch. Youko is a half-vampire, half-human hybrid with wings, fangs, and little bat friends. Although she is able to hide her wings while she is able to hide her wings at school, she is unable to hide her other vampire qualities and also has to do her best to avoid the sun while at school. While Youko may not be the most interesting vampire character ever, her vampire heritage makes up a good portion of the story and drives the plot of the anime.

In 1930, a group of vampire hunters arrives in Japan after following a group of vampires to Japan. These vampire hunters are called the Jaegers and they spend their time hunting vampires and searching for an item called the Ark of Sirius. With the power to change the world forever, the Ark of Sirius is a coveted item by both the vampires and the Jaegers. Yuliy is a werewolf and a member of the Jaegers who is determined to get revenge on the vampires for the death of his mother. Although Yuliy has always dreamed of destroying the vampires, things take a strange turn when he finds out a person from his past appears to be working alongside the Vampires.

One-half of the vampire twin sisters, Tamara is a self-centered and powerful vampire. Only the second villain to appear on the list, Tamara is by far the most powerful vampire character we have looked at so far. Outside of her sister, Tamra only cares about herself and is unwilling to put in any work if it doesn't benefit her. Tamara has the ability to fly, turn humans into vampires, and superhuman strength and agility. Her immense power and her appearance make her one of the creepiest vampires on the list.

As a child, Cardia Beckford's father placed an item called the Horologium into her chest. The Horologium has the ability to produce immense power, but it also causes anything Cardia touches to be destroyed instantly. Now as an adult, many people attempt to obtain the power of the Horologium, leading Cardia to be kidnapped by the British military. While being transported to her new home, Cardia is saved by Arsene Lupin and his friends. Now as a member of Lupin's group, CarDIA begins a journey that will lead her to discover the truth surrounding her past.

Delacroix II is one of the only remaining vampires in the world after they were destroyed by humans. Although he is still young, Delacroix II is stronger than the average human. Unlike most of the vampire characters on the list, Delacroix II doesn't get many opportunities to show off his cool vampire side. Despite his lack of screen time, Delacroix II is still a fun vampire character with a unique personality and a dapper design that makes him sound out amongst his contemporaries.

The once popular online game Yggdrasil has just shut down. In order to honor the game he loves, Momonga decides to stay logged into the game until its final moments. Even after the shutdown time had come and gone, Momonga finds he is still logged into the game. Momonga discovers he was transported inside of the game and now inhabits the body of his avatar. In order to honor his guild and send a message to any other player who may be trapped inside of Yggdrasil, Momonga changes his name to his former guild name Ainz Ooal Gown. Ainz now sets out to make the most out of his time in this new world as the Overlord of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

Evileye is a power vampire with enough magic power that she once destroyed an entire kingdom by herself. Although she is over 250 years old, Evileye retains the appearance of a 12-year-old. When she appears in the anime, she is a member of the Blue Roses and fights alongside them to maintain peace in the world. Despite her rough exterior, Evileye is actually a kind girl that cares dearly for the people around her. Evileye is a great character that balance out the cool things that come with being a vampire without making her vampire heritage her only defining trait.

Baileu Ton has just arrived in London in order to attend university, but on her first day there, she finds herself involved in a strange incident. Ton finds herself in a mysterious cafe that only opens up at midnight called Cafe Forbidden. There she meets a bevy strange men that all work at the cafe. These men protect the normal world from non-human creatures called Umbra that inhabit the darkness.

Vlad "Count Dracula" Garfunkel is an immortal being that just so happens to moonlight as a barista. Vlad has the ability to control bats and use echolocation to find things and people. Although he isn't the strongest guy amongst his group, his smarts, and experience dealing with the Umbra allow him to handle any situation that comes his way. Vlad is a cold and brooding guy, but can also be kind and caring to the people around him.

Tetsuo Takahashi is fascinated with a group of half-monster, half-human beings known as the Demi and wishes to interact with one in person someday. Luckily for Takahashi, there will be new Demi students at the school he works at. In order to learn more about them, Takahashi decides to interview the three students in his class Hikari Takanashi, Kyouko Machi, and Yuki Kusakabe. Takashi hopes to learn about the Demi and discover if they are really as strange as he thinks they are.

Outside of her fangs, you wouldn't be able to tell that Hikari was a vampire. Out of all of the light hearted vampire characters on the list, Hikari is the best. She is a fun and energetic character and always steals the show whenever she shows up in the anime. Her vampire traits are used to set up plenty of cute and funny moments as she shows that she is not a stereotypical vampire.

Mahiru Shirota has lived his doing everything he can to avoid troublesome situations. One day while walking home from school, Mahiru sees a stray cat and decides it would be less troublesome to bring the cat back home with him. Little did he know, bringing the cat home would serve as the catalyst to the most troublesome time of his life. The cat he had named Kuro was actually a vampire who only wishes to laze about. Kuro promises to leave once night falls, but after a series of mishaps, Mahiru and Kuro form a contract, forcing the two of them into a battle for their lives.

Kuro is one of the cooler vampire characters to show up in quite some time. A lot of the vampire characters in Servamp are pretty cool and don't follow the typical vampire tropes, but Kuro is the best out of all of them. Kuro has a fantastic design in both his human form and his cat form. While Kuro us already strong he is able to become even stronger by drinking Mahiro's blood. Kuro brings the whole package when it comes to vampire characters, with a cool design, powerful abilities, and some innovations to vampire characters, Kuro is one of the best vampire characters around.