For every great anime hero, there must stand an equally compelling villain against whom they can measure their might. The medium has seen its fair share of amazing antagonists over the years, though some have shone just a little more brightly than others. These unstoppable and unforgettable rogues really are among the most powerful anime villains of all time.




15. Light Yagami 

(Death Note)



Light Yagami is the villain protagonist of the Death Note. Light is the only villain in the Death Note series to be Pure Evil, and, ironically, its main protagonist. In a further twist of irony, his father, Soichiro Yagami, is the only Pure Good in the Death Note series.






14. Father 
(Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)




he is able to perform alchemy without drawing a transmutation circle, clapping his hands together, or even moving at all. It is in this form that Father creates his seven sin Homunculus, gifting them with numerous powerful abilities such as the Ultimate Spear, Ultimate Shield, and Ultimate Eye





13. Shoyo Yoshida 
(Gintama)


He was born with the ability to gather and store a huge amount of Altana in his body like no other fighter in the universe. Besides his exceptional fighting skills, he was also immortal and immune to diseases.





12. Licht (Black clover)


As an elf and the leader of his race, Licht possesses an immense amount of magic power. By concentrating extremely large amounts of mana, Licht is able to float and levitate himself and other people. After being fully awakened, Licht's power is overwhelmingly vast but not oppressive for his allies.




11. Pain (Naruto)


Pain's actually quite strong The strongest of the Pains, the Deva Path was fighting on equal footing against SM Naruto, and reacted to multiple of his attacks




10. Zeref (Fairy tail)

Zeref is thought to be the strongest dark wizard alive. However,Acnologia is more powerful than Zeref, but even so, he can't kill Zeref. Zeref is an immortal cursed by Ankhseram and so the only way for someone to kill Zeref is to be cursed as well and “love" him so that their curse can kill him.



9. Acnologia (Fairy tail)


Acnologia holds tremendous raw strength even in his human form, as showcased when he slayed God Serena, the infamous strongest Mage of Ishgar himself and a Shield of Spriggan, with a single bare hand alone, ripping right through his abdomen and killing him in one swipe almost instantly.






8. All For One 

(My Hero Academia)



His quirk, All For One, allows him to steal and give out quirks just by touching somebody. He is known to have many powerful quirks, that would already be insanely overpowered





7. Boros 

(One Punch Man)



Boros is exactly as powerful as Goku from the Dragon Ball franchise. Boros technically count as a god level threat because he destroyed multiple civilization before he arrived on earth.





6. Frieza (Dragon Ball)



Frieza was the emperor of the universe, who controlled his own imperial army and was feared for his ruthlessness and power. And his golden form is definitely on par with super saiyan blue 





5. Madara (Naruto)



Madara Uchiha is a infamous anime character in the Naruto series. There are plenty of strong shinobi in the world of Naruto, but Madara Uchich could easily defeat nearly every ninja he comes across. Madara Uchiha is, undoubtedly, one of the strongest characters in the entire Naruto series





4. Meruem 

(Hunter x Hunter)



His type of Nen was Specialization, which made him different from all the other types. Meruem's most powerful Nen ability was called Aura Synthesis and it worked by him devouring other Nen users. Each time he ate them, their aura synthesized with his own and he became much stronger






3. Dio (Jojo)



Dio Brando is undoubtedly one of the strongest Stand users in all of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. His Stand, The World, has about the same power, speed, and precision that Jotaro's Stand, Star Platinum






2. Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach)



Sosuke Aizen is the easily one of the strongest illusionists in fiction history. He is one of the very few illusionists who is capable of completely tricking an omnipotent being who can see into, interact with, and alter, different future timelines while simultaneously keeping up with said beings speed. He has the maximum amount of spiritual pressure in entire franchise of bleach. 





1. Yhwach (Bleach)



When it comes to Bleach, there is no one stronger than Yhwach. The fighter was designed to be a god-like force for heroes to battle, and Kubo almost made the guy too overpowered.