Anime: Princess Mononoke
The Wolf Girl herself, San, was abandoned as a baby and raised by the wolf goddess Moro.
She concerns herself entirely with protecting the forest, driven by an animalistic nature.
But over the course of the story, and due to meeting Ashitaka, sheโs driven to reflect upon human nurture and the environment on a more macroscopic level.
Nonetheless, sheโs ferocious and vindictive, pushing herself to assassinate Lady Eboshi and end Irontown at any cost.
With her necklace and fur cape, red facial war paint, and opal earrings, her character design is easily the coolest to me.
10/10