Stephanie Jurs appreciates an animated character with … well … character.

Jurs, a senior political science major, said she has always focused on the story’s players rather than the story itself.

“I am more of a character-driven person,” she said. “If they’re the brooding, silent, mysterious type, then all the better. Complexity of character is a plus as well. If there’s something more than meets the eye, I’m intrigued.”

Here are Jurs’ top 10 animated characters of all time:

10. Underdog from “Underdog” – “I used to watch ‘Underdog’ when I was in high school, and I always found it funny that this meek little dog who worked as a shoe shiner could suddenly pop into a phone booth and save his babe. For such a meek little pup, it was just hilarious hearing him shout, ‘There’s no need to fear! Underdog is here!’”

9. Shigure Takimi from “Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Shishi” – “I don’t exactly know why, but the first time I saw the movie, he struck me as this honorable, decent individual whom, unfortunately, fate decreed he would be on the losing side of the battle when he and his partners tried to overthrow the government.”

8. Annerose von Grunewald from “Legend of Galactic Heroes” – “In order to ensure a better future for her brother, she sacrificed herself and her own life and became an imperial concubine.”

7. Char Aznable from “Mobile Suit Gundam” – “For a complex series such as ‘Gundam,’ which deals with the horrors of war, Char is most likely its most complex character. Because of his obsessions with his past and his rival, his true intention gets washed away, which I found to be pretty sad for a character that could have been a great leader.”

6. Arisugawa Juri from “Revolutionary Girl Utena” – “Juri is a character that I could relate to on a lot of levels. Her emotional aloofness and the air of ‘she knows more than she lets on’ is why I loved her character. Her secrecy is also something that drew me to her as well, as she has kept all her emotional pain contained literally in a locket.”

5. Natarle Badguriel from “Gundam SEED” – “Natarle is probably one of my favorite characters out of the entire ‘Gundam’ universe. She’s smart, willing to take action no matter what the cost and doesn’t really care about people’s feelings until the end of the series. It is her dedication to duty and her tough-as-nails character that really made me like her..”

4. Atobe Keigo from “Prince of Tennis” – “‘Prince of Tennis’ was one of the animes that I thought would be boring, but a friend of mine would not stop talking about it, so I finally watched it, just out of curiosity. Although many would find Atobe’s ego incredibly annoying and his diva-antics even more so, he’s actually enormously talented and has the tennis skills to back up that amazingly huge ego of his.”

3. Yzak Joule from “Gundam SEED” – “Absolutely no top ten list of mine would be correct without the mention of the number one candidate for anger management classes. Yzak is known for his intense anger and his obsession for the lead character of the series, Kira Yamato, whom he regards as his mortal enemy just because in battle, he cut his face and left a gaping scar.”

2. Reinhard von Lohengramm from “Legend of Galactic Heroes” – “Reinhard’s ambition and pride are great gifts to him, but they also lead to his downfall, which I found quite tragic. I like him for the fact that he is more of a hero gone wrong more than a man who clawed himself up from poverty to rule almost the entire universe.”

1. Ibu Shinji from “Prince of Tennis” – “When I first saw him, I was sort of dismissive of him, thinking that, ‘Oh great, a character who just walks around mumbling.’ But what isn’t seen until the tennis matches in the series is that his mumbling has a point to it, and that behind the mumbling is one incredibly talented player.”