Americans/Brits in Anime?

I'm American and I love Japanese culture. And I know that some (ex-)Americans actually live in Japan. But do they ever show up in Anime? It seems natural to me that they would be represented occasionally and I'm curious how they were portrayed and who voiced them.

Can anyone think of an anime that has either an American or British character in it? I want to check it out.

I'm thinking of loads, but mostly the general idea of the character/title, and can't recall specifics. Tina in Ai Yori Aoshi and whatsherface in This Ugly Yet Beautiful World are two examples (and also the Bottle Fairy types).

Usually, if a character is blonde and blue-eyed, there's a really huge chance that he or she is American or British (or else half-), though other European countries get it, too, even if it's much less likely from someone from Italy to be blonde and blue-eyed. :P

Code Geass is basically about Americans (British? it's an alternate history thing, so) colonising Japan.

The "But Not Too Foreign" TVTropes page lists a bunch of characters who are half-Japanese if you open the anime folder: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButNotTooForeign

I couldn't figure out if there's a list of fully American or British characters in anime or manga, though.

I believe Chris from Itazura na Kiss was supposed to be full Brit, but I'm not 100% sure right now (I'm blanking on her mother...).

Nodame Cantabile had quite a few non-Japanese characters, just because of the international set for the music scene, although I can't remember if there were Americans or Brits in it (Germans, Italians, French, etc... yes)

There are quite a few in manga, but since we're talking about anime and VAs... I think a lot of them were just given the stereotypical accent. Were you looking for VAs who had to speak English for their roles?

Hmm, according to The Anime Cafe, there's a "Law of Anime" which states: "Americans in Anime appear in one of two roles, either as a really nasty skinny 'Bad Guy' or a big stupid 'Good Guy'." *snickers* And I agree with you, it's fun (not to mention interesting) to see how we're portrayed in anime. http://www.abcb.com/laws/index.htm

To answer your question - there's an Australian in Ghost Hunt; John Brown.
http://myanimelist.net/character/1275/John_Brown

And Kaleido Star takes place in the U.S., so there are TONS of Americans. :)
http://myanimelist.net/anime/427/Kaleido_Star/characters

There are a few Americans in Beck scattered about here and there, because a couple of the main characters grew up in America.
http://myanimelist.net/anime/57/Beck

And the Weiβ Kreuz OVA has some villainous Americans in it.
http://myanimelist.net/anime/1024/Wei%CE%B2_Kreuz_OVA

And of course, let's not forget Mr. K from Gravitation. He's a bit...shall we say...trigger-happy. ^_^;
http://myanimelist.net/character/700/Claude_Winchester

Hellsing mostly takes place in Britain, and I think there are a few German characters, too.
http://myanimelist.net/anime/270/Hellsing

I'm not sure if this counts, but Licensed by Royalty takes place it what could be described as an "alternate" Britain...although they call it Ishtar.
http://myanimelist.net/anime/1456/Licensed_by_Royal

I thoguht of two more:

In Pastel, I'd say five or six volumes in, at least? one of the characters who goes to American returns with an American friend for a visit.

In Lucky Star, there's Patricia, an American exchange student who goes to school with Konata & co.

Both these characters are otaku-stereotypes, I guess you'd say (Patricia works in a cosplay cafe and everything). Talking about speaking English, I don't think Patricia does in the anime, but the girls in Pastel (I have no idea if that was adapted from the manga) do speak some.

Awesome! Thanks guys, I'm going to check these out!

Feel free to keep adding to the list, any new ones you think of :3

L from Death Note is part British and lived in England for a few years, which means that they gave him mannerisms that are stereotypically British. One thing he does is consume large amounts of tea and sweets. There are also several minor characters that live/work at an orphanage in Britain.

Read or Die/Read or Dream has lots of British characters and probably some Americans as well.

Monster has lots of German characters, as Germany is the main country it takes place in. There are so many characters in Monster I really can't remember if any of them were from Great Britain, though it is likely.

In Kyo Kara Maoh! the mother of the main character is from the US.

Genshiken has some characters that only appear for a few episodes from America, in the second season.

Berserk is set in medieval Europe, a specific country is not given.

Chrono Crusade is set in 1920's America.

I am pretty sure that the most of the main cast in Hellsing are British. At least Seras, Integra, and Walter are British.

Oh, just recalled another - technically, there are two (three?) American or British characters in Axis Powers Hetalia - appropriately enough, they are America and England. Also I guess Canada shows up some, and maybe he also counts?

Gunsmith Cats is set in Chicago. It's mainly a manga series, but there was an OVA as well.

Kanuka Clancy from Patlabor is a half-Japanese, half-American NYPD officer on temporary assignment to Section 2.

Pet Shop of Horrors takes place in Los Angeles, so the majority of the characters are Americans. The anime's only 4 episodes, but it's the first one I can think of that has Americans as the main characters.

I think in the Marmalade Boy anime an American boy eventually shows up in some of the later episodes, but I never finished the series so I'm not 100% sure on that one.

Oh! I CAN'T believe I forgot Baccano! It's currently one of my favorite anime series and it takes place almost entirely in the U.S. (mostly New York) spanning mostly from the mid-1920's through the mid-to-late 1930's.

http://www4.funimation.com/baccano/

wow this is hard, lol.

I think that Rei from Mars is part American. I believe they mention that he lives with an aunt and uncle for a while in the US.

John Brown in Ghost Hunt is Australian as previously mentioned.

In Gundam Wing, Duo is American, Trowa is from Latin America, Quatre Raberba Winner is Arabian, Relena Peacecraft is European, Lady Une is German, etc.

Emma by Kaoru Mori
Victorian setting (England)

I think that Dramacon is set in Canada

I think that Steady Beat is set in the US

The movie Steamboy has both Brits and Americans. The scenes involving the train station were set just around the corner from where I live (albeit an alternate reality version).

There is hetalia, which has the characters england and america, And It Also Has most Other Countrys.

violet evergarden I think?