And besides, even though the devs have deconfirmed anime characters, we could at least get a few more form an anime that's represented in SSF2, like Android 17, Broly, (his Dragon Ball Super appearance, not the original.) and Gohan for Dragon Ball. The developers didn't say anything about THAT, right?

going back to 2008 or whenever ssf2 started and telling cleod 9 to get rid of the bleach guys and put in the jojo and hunter x hunter guys and being like "these will be much more popular in 10 years just believe me"

how dumb do you think the devs felt for shooting down Jojo characters when they saw Joker and his Stand in Ultimate

They did.

Even if the anime is already represented, an anime character is still an anime character. There are no more anime characters happening outright.

no playable ones at least

Lame

Finally. Someone who speaks English.

Now we got Lucario and Ryu, oh don't forget Waluigi is finally sprited, coded and programmed to wah. What would we expect at the next year.

My guess is: Knuckles, Klonoa and another veteran.

That veteran will be Cloud I hope, because those third characters you and I predict are the third rep for each third party game (Knuckles from SEGA, Klonoa from Namco and Cloud from Square Enix).

I think Snake, Cloud, and Banjo & Kazooie are all pretty safe bets.

I really hope we get Knuckles. Snake is unlikely, but it would be nice. Oh and Ganondorf should be in too.

Hope Zero still has a chance.

Being Completely and Totally Serious
I love what they did with the most recent update. if anything I've spent about 8 hours playing around with the new update and just falling in love. Before i place my predictions i would like to say check out this link because this person makes really good move-sets for smash characters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osb2rdvA2BA
Now my predictions:
Lucas: because who the hecc would separate ness and lucas like are you crazy?
Pokemon Trainer or Charizard, Squirtle and Ivesaur as 3 different characters
Cloud From FFVII
Noctis from FFXV
Snake From MGS
Raiden From MGSR
Deku From BNHA (i saw Naruto had a skin for him so i hope you can do this)
Vegeta From DBS: So we can have Goku vs Vegeta fights
Frisk From Undertale
Ridley From Metroid
Ike From Fire Emblem
Zoro From One Piece
Sasuke....actually no
King K. Rool from Donkey Kong
Ganondorf from Legend of Zelda: i actually just really want him in the game and i would love to see what moves you could use for him instead of making him a Captain Falcon clone
Roy from Fire Emblem
Wolf from Star Fox
Toon Link from Wind Waker: Please for the love of god if you put him in the game DONT USE SMASH ULTIMATES SLIDE SMASH PLEEEEEASE
Lucina from Fire Emblem
The Knight from Hollow Knight
Shantae from Shantae Half Genie Half Hero
Terry from Fatal Fury/KOF 98': only because Ryu is in the game
Kirito from Sword Art Online
Boruto from Boruto Next Generation
Undyne from Undertale
Cuphead/Mugman from Cuphead: Dont Deal With The Devil
Geno From Super Mario RPG
King Dedede from Kirby
Joker from Persona 5:because about everyone wants it
I cant think of much else but if i had anymore characters to reference then i'd probably use popular fighting games for games that are already in 8 to 16 bit

I love your effort, but why didn't you put sans into your exponentially said and be it comfortable wishlist.