Shinichiro Watanabe is my favourite anime director making it no surprise that my fav anime characters come primarily from his shows. Namely, Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop is one of my fav noir characters from any media. He's wonderful combination of a smooth/put-upon protagonist who in lesser hands would be rendered as the stereotypical brooding hero. Not to say that he doesn't sulk every now and then but for the most part he's a happy go-lucky smartass with king-fu skills that rival Bruce Lee.
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I really love this image of him, it captures his lazy brand of cool so effortlessly and the black and white colour scheme gives him a sense of melancholy which also rings true of the character. If I can find a better quality image of this I'll probably use it in a personalised calendar I'm making here which will also include my other fav anime characters like Zoro from One Piece and Guts from Berserk.