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Envy -- Full Metal Alchemist When it comes to shapeshifting psycopathic
embodiments of evil, it's hard to find a better character than Envy.
Quite literally named for one of the Seven Deadly Sins, not only did Envy kill Maes Hughes,
the most beloved character in the entire show, he did so by impersonating Hughes' wife.
That said, Envy gets his comeuppance at the end when Roy Mustang fries him repeatedly
with his flame alchemy.
Johan Liebert -- Monster Johan goes down in the Villain Hall of Fame
for making even the worst villains take a step back and say, "Whoa, hold on now."
Start with his greatest hits: killing his adoptive family, killing the coworkers of
a surgeon that saved his life, convincing a group of students to kill each other....the
list goes on.
He even had a group of Neo-Nazis try to recruit him as the new Hitler.
Seriously.
When you're being tapped to take on the role of Hitler 2.0, you know you're bad.
But Johan didn't dig the idea of being Hitler, so he killed the Neo-Nazis, too.
Yikes.
Titans -- Attack on Titan It's terrifying enough when you're beleaguered
by massive creatures hell-bent on devouring you, but the fact that most of them look like
humans without their flesh—or worse, just plain psychopathic—then it takes on a new
level of disturbing.
That's part of what makes the Titans such great villains.
They don't exist for any reason except to consume humans.
And without specialized gear, there really isn't much that can be done to stop them.
Humans take on a role we've never before held: that of prey.
Vicious -- Cowboy Bebop Vicious is one of the most interest villains
in anime history.
He overthrew the Red Dragon Syndicate and became its leader, but only after rising through
its ranks under the supervision of Spike Spiegel.
When Vicious discovers that Spike and his ex-girlfriend Julia have a relationship, he
issues an ultimate to Julia: kill Spike or they both die.
Although the events of the past aren't totally clear, both Spike and Julia disappear.
Their reappearance marks a change in the series, and a chance in Spike.
The final battle between Vicious and Spike is one of the best-known parts of anime.
Frieza -- Dragonball Z Frieza is the iconic villain of Dragonball
Z.
He destroyed Goku's home planet, tried to take over Namek (and resulted in it being
destroyed by the Spirit Bomb in a later fight), and Krillin.
Frieza also spurred Goku to transform into a Super Saiyan, which not only led to his
defeat, but also paved the way for the rest of the series.
The odd-looking villain appears several times again throughout the series and movies, most
notably to be sliced apart by Future Trunks with a katana.
The Major -- Hellsing To start with, the Major is literally a Nazi.
That sets the bad-guy bar high right from the start.
But it gets better.
Not only is the The Major the primary antagonist for the Hellsing series, but he is the head
of Millenium—an organization dedicated to plunging the world into eternal war.
Why?
Because he likes it.
The Major is obsessed with war and all of its aspects, but he's not just psycopathic;
he's clever.
He uses his wits to defeat any opposition to him The Major doesn't even deny that he's
evil; in fact, he mocks those who call themselves righteous.
Light -- Death Note Light is a fantastic villain, simply because
he doesn't start out as one.
Throughout the series, viewers watch as he slowly descends into evil's grip.
He uses the Death Note to kill criminals who have escaped justice, but then he begins to
use it to kill those who have been captured and imprisoned.
Eventually, Light uses the Death Note to kill an innocent detective that discovered him
"for the sake of the greater good," or so he told himself.
By the end of the series, Light begins using the Death Note to kill anyone who opposed
him or that he decided was a criminal.
Hisoka -- Hunter x Hunter Hisoka is the closest thing the anime world
has to the Joker.
Not only does he dress himself like a clown, but he enjoys mayhem for mayhem's sake.
Hisoka kills because he wants to, and the series heavily implies that he receives almost
sexual gratification from murder.
What makes him even more terrifying is that he doesn't kill indiscriminately; Hisoka only
kills those he deems worthy, but killing doesn't bother him.
His lack of any morality is worse than being evil.
Shou Tucker -- Full Metal Alchemist Shou Tucker may be the most hated villain
of all time, and he never even murdered anyone.
Tasked with researching chimera, Tucker instead used alchemy to merge his adorable daughter
and her dog into a single being, transforming them into a hideous amalgamation of life.
He had previously done the same thing to his wife.
Ask any anime fan and they will tell you that no one ever recovers from what happened to
Nina in Full Metal Alchemist.
Vegeta -- Dragonball Z Even though he later becomes an ally, Vegeta
starts off as one of the worst villains you can imagine.
He embodies the principles of his race: a lust for power and a desire to become the
strongest fighter in the universe.
The fact that Goku stands in his way is just another reason for Vegeta to fight harder.
It isn't until Frieza appears and gives Vegeta and Goku a common enemy that the two put their
differences aside and begin to fight together.
The worst superhero villains can't hold a candle to the worst anime villains.
Bane never did anything as horrible as what Shou Tucker did.
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