Curated category
Fictional characters with superhuman strength
- Frankenstein's monsterFrankenstein's monster first appeared in 1818, in a novel written by Mary Shelley when she was barely out of her teenage years.
- Akuma (Street Fighter)Noritaka Funamizu asked designer Akiman to create a new character for the Street Fighter series in 1994. The request came after journalists had spread an…
- Dante (Devil May Cry)Dante, the silver-haired, red-coated demon hunter at the center of Capcom's Devil May Cry series, was almost something else entirely.
- Juri (Street Fighter)Juri Han arrived in Street Fighter in 2010, and she did not arrive quietly. The development team at Capcom cycled through 400 to 500 ideas before settling on…
- ZangiefIn 1991, Capcom released Street Fighter II: The World Warrior with eight playable characters. One of these fighters was named Vodka Golbalsky during early…
- Ichigo KurosakiIchigo Kurosaki is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Bleach manga series, created by author Tite Kubo.
- Pyramid HeadMasahiro Ito wanted to create a monster with a hidden face. He rejected his initial sketch which resembled a masked human.
- Guts (Berserk)Guts is the protagonist of the manga series Berserk, created by Kentaro Miura, and he arrived in the world under the most violent circumstances imaginable.
- Mega Man (character)Mega Man is a blue robot with an arm cannon who has been battling the same mad scientist, Dr. Wily, since 1987, and somehow the world never gets tired of…
- Cloud StrifeCloud Strife first appears on screen as a mercenary blowing up a power plant for money. He is cold, aloof, and utterly uninterested in the cause he is…
- Eric NorthmanEric Northman walks into Dead Until Dark carrying six feet and four inches of blond, blue-eyed Viking, and Charlaine Harris's narrator, Sookie Stackhouse…