Best anime villain
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Sho_Nuff82
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But he takes no joy in it, unlike many of his predecessors, and he's only interested in them as a source of sustenance or as potential army converts.
He personally only kills less than a dozen people, whereas even Colt has killed hundreds (by capturing/sacrificing them to be Queen meatballs) by the time he was even born.
He quickly develops a sense of morality, mercy, and fair play, and
these virtues cost him his life in his only real fight.
NaDannMaGoGo
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As pointed out from Shinsekai Yori (From the New World) -
Afterwards I'd go with Griffith, although speaking only of the original TV adaptation, we get to see only little of it. I do really like his characterization though and this comment from Snacks gives a nice explanation for his motivations during the eclipse.
Unfortunately the manga isn't finished and might as well never be, so I'm cautious of calling this guy one of the best villains if the entire story isn't told yet.
http://a.pomf.se/qsfdvc.webm
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Afterwards I'd go with Griffith, although speaking only of the original TV adaptation, we get to see only little of it. I do really like his characterization though and this comment from Snacks gives a nice explanation for his motivations during the eclipse.
Unfortunately the manga isn't finished and might as well never be, so I'm cautious of calling this guy one of the best villains if the entire story isn't told yet.
http://a.pomf.se/qsfdvc.webm
True Savior
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You should run
About the structure , its a little different in the manga. It's a one adventure and then a bigger storyline where Femto also intervenes . The flashback starts with Guts being born out of a dead woman. It's more about him and how did he became the man we now know. It's not about Griffith and his ascension.
About his rise to power , whom are you thinking specifically (moron) ? Adon ? Because his role is much smaller in the manga. He forms a group with a bunch of thieves , slowly rising as a simple mercenary group and ends up being part of the Royal Midland Army putting end to an 100 year war between them and Tudor. Hardly a small accomplishment. He reshapes the entire Midland court , scheming against the ones who try to confront him. He goes to great lengths to put the band in position to conquer that statute.
As for the dull , i disagree immensely. He's extremely complex and not an evil person , he's simply engulfed in the pursuit of his dream. He's able to suppress his own emotions in favor of his dream. But he actually shows guilt in his actions. He asks his most dear comrade if he thinks he is a bad person. Casca knows fully well he who he is behind the stoic figure he represents.
Guts is the only thing he ever come face to face that makes him rethink about his dream. He is the only one who shatters Griffith's own reality. When he defeats him , he breaks that one reality. The dream is over. The defeat is imminent. For the first time he felt inferior.
Now , there's another thing that obviously escapes anime watchers only , because its not mentioned outside of the title card in the beginning. Berserk world is bound by the laws of Causality. Every action has a reaction. His entire life was orchestrated for him to accept the sacrifice. His imminent victory followed by his crushing defeat is something which he cannot escape. Nor the consequences of that. Everyone is a pawn in the world of Berserk.
AquaWateria
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Yamori
You definitely do not want to get tortured by this asswipe. You most likely will lose your insanity (what's 1000 minus 7).😵
The Pierrot
These fuckers are the worst, fuck them fuck them.😤
I started reading TG about 4 weeks ago; Read all of TG and am caught up on TG:Re. Maybe I read it too fast and can't keep up with all the characters, but the clowns haven't seemed too bad so far. Obviously they started out bad before the main story but to say they are the worst? Why do you say that?
AquaWateria
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Well technically I have a indifferent relationship towards them.
I like them in how they are calm and chill and that nothing really affects them. Though there comes a time where I dislike them and think they are the worst. The fact they laugh at people's tragedies especially at Kaneki's pisses me off. Plus you have Itori who was fucking with Kaneki and manipulating him. And then there's Roma who loves seeing people suffer especially Kaneki. The recent Re chapter emphasized how sadistic and disgusting Roma is, I mean she literally shredded an investigator while drinking his blood.
They may not be the worst at times but goddamn are they one of the best manipulative Villains.
Black_Stride
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Aizen from Bleach.
My favorite Shonen Villain by far.
How many other villains can stop the hype music of the hero with one finger?
Johan's charm is way too dangerous.
My favorite Seinen villain....heck my favorite villain overall to be honest.
I just need some shonen in my life which is why Aizen gets a mention.
"This bomb will have a blast radius of 5 kilometers. I imagine your lovely landscape will change quite a bit."
Crocodile, One Piece.
"Hehe...HAHAHAHAHAHA! What's the matter!? Ain't you gonna do anything, candy ass!! Me? Scared of this wuss? Don't make me laugh! You want to know why I keep taunting him? Because I can't wait for the match. I want to kill him right now! Whenever I get a match lined up I get excited, I tense up, I feel ready to beat someone to death and I can't get any sleep! That's why I pick up all those women! Besides, it's not like some puny Japanese is gonna beat me, no matter what he tries! You want to beat me, huh!? Then give me all your women! I'll give you my genes! I'll spread my seed across this country! And in 20 years you'll be crawling with world champions, sounds great right!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
Bryan Hawk, Hajime no Ippo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2paH1rqNMDE
Watching that puts a huge smile on my face. Such a badass, what a beast.
Link has spoilers to the fight.
Light Yagami... He's just so perfect as a villain. He becomes so twisted and ruthless that it's too enjoyable to watch
his fall
Nui Harime(Kill la Kill). A really fun villain to watch as she has such an odd presence on screen. Right from the start you can tell there is much more to her than meets the eye. It's revealed later that
she is some kind of crazy alien fiber/human hybrid created in a lab
Frieza is possibly my favorite anime villain ever, though. He's just such a perfect villain. He takes absolute pleasure in being a complete dick, destroying planets and ending entire civilizations just because he is the strongest known presence in the universe for a good while. The battle on Namek was the coolest fight in the show because the stakes felt so high. Goku was away from Earth and any possible help in the form of allies or senzu beans and he was trapped on a planet facing down what was essentially an alien demi-god at the time. Who else could have brought Goku to the brink like that and caused him to go SSJ for the first time? It was the most satisfying fight and victory in the entire show. It felt so good to see Frieza fail. I also quite liked the design of Mecha Frieza when he comes to Earth a bit later.
Phoenician_Viking
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Tyki Mikk is so awesome. I really miss D Grey-Man. We did not even have a closure and the manga did not finish yet
Sheriff_Battlesnake
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Boy do I love me a
well intentioned, but misguided
Show: Gurren Lagann
Character: Lordgenome
No one is worse than this guy from "Berserk". Don't really want to mention his name just so you can experience what leads up to the "Eclipse"
And we are done with this thread...
Novel Mike
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Seems like I really need to read Berserk.
Also seems like we need better actually villains in manga/anime thinking about it while there are certainly several characters I could name very few end up actually being a real villain and most are just anti-heroes(Lelouch, Light) or characters that are misguided and end up going to the good side in the end(Vegeta). Also many of the villains I've seen mentioned in this thread generally have very boring reasons for doing what they try to do or are made out to be sympathetic instead of just actually being ruthless and evil.
That said, villains do come in many forms I just more of these forms were actually explored in more animes.
That said, couple of personal favorites...
Johan from Monster (really should rewatch this some time)
Azula in Avatar - Maybe not Japanese animation(animated by a Korean studio but produced in the US) but its as anime as anime can generally be. Seriously though, for a kids show Azula was one of the best portrayed villains I've ever seen in pretty much anything, she was strong, ruthless, sadistic, and portrayed the 'villain' of the series much better then the actual villain of the series (her father) but wasn't ever so over the top that she became unlikeable as a character, and while I think her arc could have ended better I think they did what they could with what they had (again, kids show).
Also seems like we need better actually villains in manga/anime thinking about it while there are certainly several characters I could name very few end up actually being a real villain and most are just anti-heroes(Lelouch, Light) or characters that are misguided and end up going to the good side in the end(Vegeta). Also many of the villains I've seen mentioned in this thread generally have very boring reasons for doing what they try to do or are made out to be sympathetic instead of just actually being ruthless and evil.
That said, villains do come in many forms I just more of these forms were actually explored in more animes.
That said, couple of personal favorites...
Johan from Monster (really should rewatch this some time)
Azula in Avatar - Maybe not Japanese animation(animated by a Korean studio but produced in the US) but its as anime as anime can generally be. Seriously though, for a kids show Azula was one of the best portrayed villains I've ever seen in pretty much anything, she was strong, ruthless, sadistic, and portrayed the 'villain' of the series much better then the actual villain of the series (her father) but wasn't ever so over the top that she became unlikeable as a character, and while I think her arc could have ended better I think they did what they could with what they had (again, kids show).
Boy do I love me avillain. He has so much intrigue as soon as you learn about him.well intentioned, but misguided
Show: Gurren Lagann
Character: Lordgenome
That's another great choice! My friend and I were just talking about him last night. The parallel works about his origin is fucking awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e2CiFbmQEg
Tyki Mikk is so awesome. I really miss D Grey-Man. We did not even have a closure and the manga did not finish yet
So true. D Gray Man should receive HxH/FMA treatment.
iShouldGoPro
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They see me trollin!Aizen from Bleach.
Haha I was hoping no one would mention this OP fool
It's hard not to say Yagami Light in this thread.
There isnt a villain like him
EDIT: and if we're talking Naruto villains, Zabuza is the best hands down.
Sheriff_Battlesnake
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And he has one of my very favorite character designs!
Eternal Gamer
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Objectively the best. Many villains that will be in this thread will owe their existence to him, yet won't be as good.
I don't know if him is the best villain, but man, Char's Counterattack was so memorable.
Evil for Evil's sake can be a lot of fun, it's why Dio is so charming. But not doing it right can give a lame villain.
Griffith man, Christ. Can't think of anyone more despicable.
I liked Enel because he looked like Eminem.
I liked Enel because he looked like Eminem.
the_log_ride
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No one is worse than this guy from "Berserk". Don't really want to mention his name just so you can experience what leads up to the "Eclipse"
Dammit. I see this guy being quoted over and over. Haven't read or watched this series, but if I start, will it take long for me to reach this guy? My interest has been piqued.
BKatastrophe
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Enel had a god complex. He was an insanely powerful atheist on an island where the king was referred to as "God." The entire arc could be viewed as basically Oda talking about what "God" really means, but I'm not going to get into that.
Basically, he wanted to "ascend." He was more powerful than God, so he became God, and then tried to leave. He wasn't evil, so much as he was selfish and uber-powerful and the power went to his head. I can understand the love for him. Plus Skypeia was a fun arc. It was literally just Treasure Island but in the sky.
Tyki Mikk is so awesome. I really miss D Grey-Man. We did not even have a closure and the manga did not finish yet
You both have excellent taste. The Noahs are awesome. Best part about DGM. It'd be nice if FUNimation could at least get the rest of the existing series dubbed and distributed. I have no idea why that fell through.
Boss Doggie
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The opening post has me a bit worried lol
Well I'd argue he isn't much of a villain per se.
anyway
Yazan is just hilarious. He is very aggressive but at the same time hilarious.
Cooler is superior to Freeza in every way and I feel like his role is so undermined being just a movie villain
Pretty hilarious, they're actually quite proficient when not facing Yatterman, and are very memorable with their 70's humor
Braiking Boss from the original series is very intimidating and powerful. Forced a lot of people to retreat and even Casshern had a hard time dealing with him.
DarkKnightmon is a suave villain who manipulates A LOT of people, has a really cool voice, and has an amazing theme song.
Kurata meanwhile is a racist who commits genocide and has absolutely no redeeming value on him, and that makes him so good to hate.
MASTER ASIA
Every other villain loses to this guy.
Well I'd argue he isn't much of a villain per se.
anyway
Yazan is just hilarious. He is very aggressive but at the same time hilarious.
Cooler is superior to Freeza in every way and I feel like his role is so undermined being just a movie villain
Pretty hilarious, they're actually quite proficient when not facing Yatterman, and are very memorable with their 70's humor
Braiking Boss from the original series is very intimidating and powerful. Forced a lot of people to retreat and even Casshern had a hard time dealing with him.
DarkKnightmon is a suave villain who manipulates A LOT of people, has a really cool voice, and has an amazing theme song.
Kurata meanwhile is a racist who commits genocide and has absolutely no redeeming value on him, and that makes him so good to hate.
Pegosaurus
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surprised I haven't seen this guy yet
shou tucker - fma/b
CHUNKYBOWSER
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Boy do I love me avillain. He has so much intrigue as soon as you learn about him.well intentioned, but misguided
Show: Gurren Lagann
Character: Lordgenome
Came here to post this.
True Savior
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13 volumes , although he appears in the 3rd one too.
Magnetic_North
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Would you say he was... Cooler?
Chaotic-Strike
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I can't really agree with that Cooler is basically Freeza if you stripped him of his personality made him more serious all the time and took away his faux gentlemen personality, and then you end up with any villain ever.
His fifth form was pretty cool I admit before he got jobbed 5 seconds later.
Besides Freeza did it......
OricWindstar
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Show is only 25 episodes long, so not really. Though, be ready to want to read the manga as soon as it's done.
Romars202129
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Legacy wise, I'm gonna say Frieza, cause Frieza is so damn iconic.
But character wise, Yohan from Monster, and Griffith from Berserk.
But character wise, Yohan from Monster, and Griffith from Berserk.
TheGreatDirector
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How so?
Dio.
Dio is definitely one of my favorite villains, because he's just the worst.
Hypemaster
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No one is worse than this guy from "Berserk". Don't really want to mention his name just so you can experience what leads up to the "Eclipse"
Just recently started reading Berserk and just finished the Eclipse part so I'm definitely going with this guy, holy shit.
Previously I would have went with Dio or Johan but they ain't even on this guy's level.
Johan's charm is way too dangerous.
Johan is pretty much THE correct answer.
Would you suggest watching the anime first before reading the manga?
Berserk spoilers:
I can't even begin to imagine how it was to read Berserk when there weren't a lot of volumes available. The anxiety before the Eclipse must've been too damn high.
Read the manga. It's perfect.
Yeah read the manga, it's pretty fantastic. Miura's art is just ridiculous. Then go watch the anime/movies if you want to. I think I read through the Golden Age Arc, then watched the movies, then went right back to the manga.
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