Best Anime Villain: Two Monsters Enter, One Walks Out

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Nobody on our side decided who counts as a villain. The Villains Wiki keeps a category called Anime Villains, and every character in this bracket sits in it. The second filter is AniList: a character needed at least 300 favorites there to get in. Both lists were read in October 2026, and 524 characters made it through.

The wiki files anyone who spent an arc on the wrong side, not only the final boss. That is why Vegeta and Piccolo are here next to Frieza and Cell, why Itachi Uchiha and Eren Yeager have to answer for themselves, and why Light Yagami starts on even terms with Ryuk, the shinigami who dropped the notebook.

Some cards are left out on purpose. A dark persona the wiki keeps on its own page, like Dark Naruto or Inner Moka, did not pull the main character in with it, and neither did versions from spin-off games or alternate timelines. A character with no aired anime yet had nothing to show, so they wait for the next count.

Pick the one you would least want to meet, or the one you would follow anyway. Either way, only one walks out.