Top 20 Stupidly Overpowered Anime Villains

“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” (2019-)

Everything comes from something. And demons all come from Muzan Kibutsuji. 1000 years old and capable of changing his appearance at will, Muzan is vastly more powerful than even his own demonic subordinates. He slaughters most of his lower ranked Demon Moons after just one of them was killed. Muzan can also easily overpower his Upper ranked henchmen too. He can change someone into a demon with a mere scratch. Even demons speaking his name out of turn will die instantly. While Muzan’s full capabilities in battle haven’t been demonstrated yet in the anime, manga readers know what’s coming - and he’s no pushover!

“Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters” (2000-04)

The final antagonist of the original “Yu-Gi-Oh!” series, Zorc Necrophades is the devilish god of evil and shadows. And with what he’s packing between his legs, Zorc has real big d-…ragon energy! After his revival, Zorc proves to be more powerful than anything Yugi and his friends have faced. All the most powerful monster spirits, from Exodia, to the Egyptian Gods, to Kaiba’s Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon prove no match for him. Zorc is intent on destroying all life on Earth. If not for the Egyptian Gods fusing into one, it’s likely he would have succeeded.

“My Hero Academia” (2016-)

The protege of All for One, one of the deadliest villains in the world, Tomura Shigaraki is arguably even stronger than his master. Shigaraki’s original Quirk is Decay, which lets him break down anyone and anything he touches. After training, he becomes able to turn entire cities (and the people living in them) to dust! As if that weren’t overpowered enough, AFO bestows Shigaraki his own eponymous Quirk, which lets him steal the Quirks of others. This, plus some enhancements from a mad scientist, makes Shigaraki superhumanly durable and gives him access to a host of powerful abilities. The creepy manchild is a walking disaster zone - Deku’s got his work cut out for him!

“One Piece” (1999-)

Named after the most notorious pirate of all time, this hairy chested terror is the main antagonist of Toei's flagship series and the only character to have more than one devil fruit power. As creating black holes at will isn't impressive enough, Teach can also unleash devastating earthquakes that annihilate anything, or anyone, in his path. Starting off as part of Whitebeard's crew, Blackbeard's strength and intellect made him an easy pick for the role of a commander. The kicker? This was before he had even eaten the Yami Yami no Mi fruit and gained his first ability.

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#16: Father

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“Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood” (2009-10)

Many villains like to boast about how they are or will become God - only to have it blow up in their faces. This guy? Well, he is a man of his word. To perform alchemy, there is one simple law: for everything created, something of equal value has to be given in return. Father is the only exception, allowing him to do as he pleases without any restrictions. A living philosopher stone and born pre-loaded with all of the world's knowledge, Father only needs to come into contact with something to fully understand it. So; no rules, obstacles or challenges? Dude, you're practically a walking cheat code.

“Hunter x Hunter” (2011-14)

King of the Chimera ants, this green monstrosity is an unparalleled biological weapon designed to eradicate all of humanity and look bored while doing it. Flawless in nearly every way, Mereum can shatter huge walls with one punch, tear off limbs with a lazy yank and kill other chimera ants with a single strike. Meruem's high intellect and huge aura allow near-instant mastery of En, Gyo and Ren, something that takes highly skilled hunters years to do. As shown in his battle with Netero, Meruem relies completely on hand to hand combat, as anything more would be overkill.

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#14: The God Hand

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“Berserk” franchise (1997-)

While their appearances and motives are anything but heavenly, this group of villains have power that approaches the divine. Each is a demon of impossible strength and evil, as they’re molded from humanity’s collective negativity. In addition to some level of foresight, that approaches omniscience, each is able to alter reality in some fundamental way, whether it be themselves or things around them. Even partially manifesting makes them stronger than even the mightiest of their demonic apostles. The God Hand are so overwhelming that defeating them in battle, much like a complete adaptation of “Berserk,” is hard to imagine ever happening.

“Jujutsu Kaisen” (2020-)

They don’t call him the “King of Curses” for nothing! Sukuna is a Jujutsu sorcerer-turned-curse. A thousand years old and tremendously powerful, Sukuna basically toys with all his opponents. Even his battles with some of the most opponents usually conclude with him not only coming away without receiving permanent damage, but he also with him flexing on his foes! Along with his immense strength, speed, and regenerative abilities, Sukuna’s innate techniques tend to rely on dicing and cleaving through just about anything - including most of Shibuya! Currently, he only controls his host body occasionally, but if Sukuna ever manages to incarnate fully into Yuji’s body, today’s sorcerers will have the work cut out defeating him.

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#12: Eren Jaeger

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“Attack on Titan” (2013-23)

He may be the protagonist of “Attack on Titan,” but by its ending, Eren Jaeger is also its villain. The angry Eldian wields the powers of not one, not two, but three different Titan shifting abilities! His Attack Titan is powerful enough, considering its size and ability to view his own future memories, and those of past users. That, plus the Warhammer Titan’s hardening abilities, is overpowered enough. But when touching a Titan of royal blood, Eren can use the Founding Titan, which lets him command other Titans, and become the largest one in the world. Oh, and he can summon up past holders of the Nine Titans, and unleash the devastating Rumbling, which annihilates most of the world’s population.

“Fate” franchise (2006-)

Sorry Saber, but if the holy grail war accepted bets, our money would be firmly on the King of Heroes. That self-confidence is just too infectious. Part of the Archer class, Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon contains a vast amounts of weapons, which can be thrown in mass towards his target. Rarely ever needing to get serious in a fight, his insanely high charisma level means that he can influence entire empires and armies to do his bidding. Even if someone were able to get close enough for a strike, his golden armor is damn near indestructible.

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#10: Hao Asakura

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“Shaman King” (2021-22)

When you’ve been reincarnated multiple times, you pick up a thing or two. Hao Asakura has lived several lives, but by his third, his furyoku (or mana) is orders of magnitude higher than everyone else. The shaman can use all 5 elements of nature, though he does favor his Spirit of Fire. After becoming the titular Shaman King and absorbing the Great Spirit, Hao is basically unstoppable, able to create supernovas and black holes. In fact, the only reason Hao doesn’t wipe out humanity is that the protagonists talk him into delaying his judgment on them. And who says procrastination never solved anything?

“Bungo Stray Dogs” (2016-)

A military police captain and secret terrorist leader, Fukuchi Ochi is as powerful in a fight as his mustache is tidy - and it’s quite the spruce bit of upper lip decoration! On the surface, Fukuchi’s ability, Mirror Lion, doesn’t sound too powerful - he can increase the power of any weapon by 100 fold. Okay, that’s actually really strong. But when wielding the katana Shintō Amenogozen, Fukuchi goes from overpowered to straight up broken! You see, this particular sword can cut through both space and time! And Fukuchi’s ability extends both its range and time period. So basically, nearly any fight with Fukuchi is a foregone conclusion, because he’s already won!

“Bleach” (2004-)

After Aizen, we didn’t think “Bleach” could get a villain that was more overpowered. [xref] We were wrong! Enter Yhwach! The king of the Quincies’ ability is known as The Almighty, and for very good reason. With it, Yhwach can view and alter all possible futures. Fights with him are a formality, and only other seemingly broken abilities even stand a chance against him. And this is on top of his ability to steal away a Shinigami’s Bankai ability, plus having the peak of all the usual Quincy abilities - strength, speed, bow creation, etc. As if all that wasn’t ridiculously OP enough, we haven’t even got to his final power-up.

“A Certain Magical Index” (2008-19)

When you’re packing the literal right hand of God, you’re not exactly going to be weak, are you? Fiamma of the Right’s ability is basically an instant win button. If he targets someone with the third arm he grows out of his shoulder, it’s over. Distance, strength, skill - none of it matters. It’s a testament to his power that Fiamma manages to match series protagonist Touma’s equally broken Imagine Breaker ability. Oh, and he also gains control of the Star of Bethlehem, a huge superweapon capable of destroying a continent. No big deal.

“JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean” (2021-22)

There are many overpowered “JoJo” villains, but the most absurdly strong one (so far) is Enrico Pucci. Most characters in the series have one Stand power - Pucci has three! Technically, it’s the same Stand that evolves, but each version is increasingly ridiculous. White Snake lets Pucci steal someone’s memories and Stand, and grant them to others. C-MOON lets the fanatical priest manipulate gravity and turn anything it hits inside out. Finally, Made in Heaven allows Pucci to accelerate the flow of time by affecting gravity - on a universal scale. The last of these broken powers is what Pucci uses to kill nearly every hero character and reboot the universe - twice!

“Re:Creators” (2017)

When fiction becomes reality, sometimes it wants to do some writing of its own. That’s basically the concept behind Altair. Originally an OC from a music video, Altair gains self-awareness and a positively broken ability in Holopsicon. This power essentially makes her omnipotent. She can enter both other fictional worlds and the real world. The Military Uniform Princess can rewrite the “plot” of reality in any way that suits her, from redirecting damage to creating her own universe. Altair even has abilities she doesn’t even know about, since she becomes stronger the more people write fanfiction about her! Truly, she is the ultimate god-mode Mary Sue!

“Dragon Ball Super” (2015-18)

As a god, Zamasu is already immensely powerful. However, after he fuses with his alternate self, Goku Black, the resulting fusion proves powerful enough to match Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks, all in their strongest forms. Although this form is unstable, resulting in his defeat, Zamasu lingers after death, effectively fusing with the fabric of reality as Infinite Zamasu. This new form not only easily withstands the aforementioned fighters’ attacks and unleashes devastation on the Earth, Zamasu also starts to affect other timelines with his devastating powers. It takes the Omni-King obliterating the entire universe in that timeline just to end him!

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#3: Uchiha Madara

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“Naruto: Shippuden” (2007-17)

Seriously, Madara? Where do we even start!? Besides his immense strength, speed, and skill, Madara has an unlimited stream of chakra at his disposal. A pyromaniac at heart, he can perform the deadliest fire-based attacks in existence and is able to identify someone else's powers by reading their chakra. Eventually, he masters Rinnegan – allowing all five elements to be used. Knowing Sharingan, Madara can predict and mimic the movement of his foes and even hypnotize them. If miraculously someone manages to land a hit, his healing abilities ensure that it is a short-lived victory. Also, did we mention the massive giant he can summon?

“Medaka Box Abnormal” (2012)

Don't let his smile and frail appearance fool you, this student council president is one scary highschooler. Thought to be a normal child at first, Kumagawa's minus turns special screws into long swords. After stabbing someone with the pointy end, their physical and supernatural abilities would transfer over to him. Using this method, he eventually learns "all fiction", which literally means to erase something right out of existence. Self-declared “the weakest person in the whole world”, he fully expects to fail at everything – making it impossible to put him down for good. Honestly, if it wasn't for all the murdering, his never say die attitude would be admirable.

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#1: Anti-Spiral

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“Gurren Lagann” (2007)

A being of collective consciousness, the Anti-Spiral is the embodiment of their entire race. They’re able to control mechas from vast distances, as well as affect the minds of those within their domain. Most importantly, they can alter the reality of their universe, and effectively do anything. Their final battle against Team Dai-Gurren sees them form an enormous mecha to do battle with the heroes. It’s so big that it uses galaxies as projectiles! However, the Anti-Spiral removed their Spiral Energy, which means they’re no match for heroes willing to do the impossible, see the invisible. Anyone else though - goners!

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