Allen Walker

Allen Walker
D.Gray-man character
Allen Walker, alongside Timcampy, by Katsura Hoshino
First appearance	D.Gray-man manga chapter 1 (2004)
Created by	Katsura Hoshino
Voiced by	Japanese Sanae Kobayashi Ayumu Murase (D.Gray-man Hallow) English Todd Haberkorn

Allen Walker (Japanese: アレン・ウォーカー, Hepburn: Aren Wōkā^?) is a fictional character who appears as the protagonist of the manga D.Gray-man by Katsura Hoshino. He is also the protagonist of its two anime adaptation series, D.Gray-man and its sequel D.Gray-man Hallow, and has appeared in three light novels, two video games, and several crossover fighting games. In the series, set on 19th-century Earth, Allen Walker is a teenager who joins the Black Order, a group of soldiers known as Exorcists. As an Exorcist, Allen is able to use a mysterious object known as Innocence to fight demons known as Akuma. Allen's Innocence takes the form of a giant left arm initially, but evolves over time and gives him new abilities. Over the course of the series, Allen uses these powers to fight the Millennium Earl, who created the army of Akuma to destroy the world, and his super-human followers, the Noah Family. During his adventures, Allen learns he is connected to the Noah and might turn into one of them.

Hoshino based Allen's character design on Robin, the shorter-haired female protagonist of her one-shot comic titled Zone. She designed Allen's clothing to resemble nineteenth-century outfits, and gave him a ribbon tie and other accessories to make him look gentlemanly. She also gave him a scar in the shape of a pentagram to project a scary-looking image, and a calm demeanor different from her typical rambunctious and rude characters. In the anime television series and related franchise, Allen was voiced by Sanae Kobayashi. In 2016, for the new television anime series D.Gray-man Hallow, the voice parts were recast and Ayumu Murase replaced Kobayashi. In the English adaptation of the anime series, Allen has been voiced by Todd Haberkorn.