Every good hero needs a villain. This is as true for anime as for any other form of entertainment. Here are the best anime villains:
as for any other form of entertainment, but especially in the case of anime. With so much of anime being heavily focused on coming-of-age stories centered within action-adventure premises, it’s no wonder that villains are often some of the most widely recognized and, curiously enough, celebrated characters in anime fandom.
And while those other lists might go about the task of ranking anime’s most nefarious adversaries by what could be basically boil down to a popularity contest, we’ve gone about our approach to this a bit differently. Speculative comparisons of hypothetical power levels have no bearing on the rankings of these villains, as those traits, while memorable to audiences worldwide, are ultimately superfluous to the qualities which make these characters so fascinating in the first place.
With that in mind, here are our three categories. “Archetypal Adversaries” are those villains whose appearances and arcs within their respective series represent not only a milestone in anime’s aesthetic maturation as a medium, but to the medium’s growing intersections within a broader literary context and cinematic lineage beyond anime.
One final preface: In order to meaningfully discuss the merits of these characters, this list will contain key revelatory details concerning these villains’ actions, motives, and conclusions. If you haven’t watched these anime yet and are skittish regarding “spoilers,” bookmark this for later and come back when you’re finished watching.’ most celebrated works, and for good reason.
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