My fav anime ladies in no particular order...
Tohru - Fruits Basket.
I really love her, I guess I can say that Tohru is my top favorite. She actually encourged me to strive to be a better christian and to be more forgiving of others. Plus, I find her to be quite beautiful and I really love her english voice, Laura Bailey does an outstanding job.
Iku Kasahara - Toshokan Sensou (That's Library Wars to you who don't know.)
Iku is great, no, wait; fantastic. I love her, because I can really relate to her. She says and does alot of things I would do, and things I actually do. (Minus fighting in the military and having a 'prince'. ;^^)
Ahiru (Or 'Duck') - Princess Tutu
I haven't finished this series yet, but I absolutley love Ahiru. She's so sweet and cute and... she's like a little duck! (DUH) She reminds me of my little sister when she was small too, so whenever I see Ahiru it's like I see my sister.
Princess San - Princess Mononoke
San is so brave, noble, and protective of her loved ones, also I think it's super cute how she feeds Ashitaka and then becomes all protective of him. (You'd have to have seen the movie to know what I'm talking about.)
Even if she acts a little bit like a wolf, you can tell she's a princess. ^^
Misao - Rurouni Kenshin
She's so tiny yet crazy confident, plus Misao is one of the few anime girls whose fangurling over a guy I don't hate.
(I actually think it's sweet how fiercely loyal she is to him. =3) And I like her nickname.
Sheeta - Laputa: Castle in The Sky
I can't believe no one has mentioned her yet, Sheeta is pretty, kind, thoughtful and brave.
[spoiler]She didn't flinch when her crazy cousin shot off her pigtails, one at a time, she just stood there, staring him down.[/spoiler] She really went up in my character rankings after she sacrificed her friendship with Pazu to save him, even if it meant he hated her.
(I looooove Sheeta.)
Ran - Detective Conan
First of all, she knows karate, that alone is awesome. But then, you have to add the fact that Ran is actually a very likeable, real character. Ran is brave, loyal, beautiful, loves her father a lot (I'd have a hard time loving Kogoro since he's such a lazy, selfish bum) and... she cries, yes. Yes I do like that part of her character. Seriously, if your boyfriend just up and disappeared one night, and won't tell you where he is or what was wrong; you'd cry sometimes too.
Balsa - Seirei no Moribito
I like her for the same reason everyone else does, she's wise, has motherly side, she kicks some serious butt, she actually is a very deep character and....
I think she's rather pretty.
(I know there are more then these, but I've got to head out of the house, so I'll add the rest laters~)