Best Villain ? ( Non Bleach )

[Geta Boshi]

Rated on Cruelty Ruthlessness and Intelligence

*Suitengeu from Speed Grapher Suitengu is actually a better developed/created character than Saiga himself .

* The Millennium Earl from D Gray deserves a special mention one way to describe him Calculating Twisted Freak . Earlier he was just an other ordinary anime villain but after he turned General Yeegar into a Ghost of himself , he got his esteemed place in the halls of villainy

*Orochimaru from Naruto : Epitome of Villainy

[Slev]

Here are my favorites:

Dio Brando (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
Mori Kouran (Flame of Recca)
Kuroro Lucifer (Hunter x Hunter)
Hisoka (Hunter x Hunter)
Griffith (Berserk)
Makoto Shishio (Rurouni Kenshin)
Johan Liebert (Monster)


And finally...

4Kids Entertainment

[Llama]

Shishio from Rurouni Kenshin(Best villain in my book)

Sensui from Yu Yu Hakusho

Younger Toguro from Yu Yu Hakusho

Frieza from Dragonball Z

Crocodile from One Piece

[Geta Boshi]

4Kids Entertainment

The best answer LMAO : D 4Kids Entertainment wins hand down Xp

[spacecat]

Legato in Trigun
Gonna agree with Llama and say Frieza in DBZ
Griffith in Berserk

[Ileenka]

Hum. I like Akabane Kurodo from GetBackers. ^_^

[Gintoki]

Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)
Crocodile (One Piece)
and of course Yagami Light (Death Note)

[Shannon]

Light (Death Note) - LOL. Of course. The anti-hero.
Lelouch (Code Geass) - Another anti-hero.

[Riekie]

Raito kun - Death Note
Legato - Trigun
Vegeta - Dragonball Z
Frieza - Dragoball Z (sorry 2 favorite bad guys in this one)

this is it for now

[Geta Boshi]

Crocodile deserves a special mention . Everyone antagonist underestimated Luffy till now but Crocodile was the antagonist who actually got into Luffy head and gave him a complex . That was good in a way it made Luffy stronger . But in One Piece Crocodile was the antagonist you truly hated from the bottom of your heart .

[Velius]

Vicious (Cowboy Bebop), Diva (Blood+), Papillon (ROFL, kidding), Light (DN), Garron (FMP), Sasuke (Narruto), Sara (Samurai Champloo), Scar (FMP), Frieza and Cell (DBZ)

[Geta Boshi]

Papillon (ROFL, kidding)

Pappy was really cool as a villian . his costumes were actually ..... Psychological warfare Xp Just staring at them the enemy had lost half the fight : )

[Velius]

lol. I guess that's one way of looking at it. Or one way of not looking at it. LMAO. He got cooler later on. But you could tell he was slowing moving to the good guys side.

[HELLA PINOY]

Cell - DBZ
Lex Luthor - Superman

thats all I can think of, lol

[Sexta Espada]

Shinobu Sensui (Yuyu Hakusho), Buu (DBZ), Unicron (Transformer The Movie) and Akatsuki Leader (Naruto).

[Byakuya]

Orochimaru.. =p my all-time favourite =3

[Syn]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Sephiroth...
And yes, Lex Luthor, what a villain.

[Velius]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Sephiroth...
And yes, Lex Luthor, what a villain.
Yes, Sehpiroth. One of the best ever. I guess games characters are 'anime'. Sure seems like it recently. AoC is anime, so yea.

[Byakuya]

Sephiroth is indeed awesome, he's probably my #3rd favourite villain. =3

[Syn]

Yes, Sehpiroth. One of the best ever. I guess games characters are 'anime'. Sure seems like it recently. AoC is anime, so yea.
Well, they made a 3D movie, so I guess it does count now? XD *cheats XD*

Indeed, Sephiroth is a great villain ^^

[Geta Boshi]

One Piece

Mr. 2 Bon Kurei from one piece a foe turned friend his battle with Sanji was epic . He was my favorite villain from Baroque Works . Crocodile was evil Bon was amusing . His seiyu was the best, its wonderful how the seiyu could portray verbally the madness that is Bon Kurei

[Velius]

Well, they made a 3D movie, so I guess it does count now? XD *cheats XD*

Indeed, Sephiroth is a great villain ^^
Yea, Advent of Children was the movie. :D Yea, it does count as anime. Not to mention Last Order, which was full anime. He was in there briefly.

[Sora Chan]

Joker from Batman. Then Legato and Knives.

[emoloz]

Light (death note)

Only one i can think of the best are just funny or really pathetic >.>

[Sola]

Probably Spandam from OP. He was one of the dumbest and funniest villians in OP.

[Serph]

Sephiroth!
His character is complex, in my opinion, and he's the best villain anime and game wise.

[ezxx]

1. The best villain evar - Yagami Light from Death Note
Gauron from FMP - just insane ;o
Kyutaro Ooba from Kemonozume - man did this guy fuck with everyone
Itachi from Naruto - "you lack hatred"
Griffith from Berserk >_>

[@lch3mizt]

Griffith
Johan Liebert
These 2 guys rocks....!!!!!!!!!!

[NightMare]

Broly from dbz

Femto from Berserk

P.Cell from dbz

Light from Death Note

[Surreal]

Legato from Trigun
Griffith from Berserk

and above everyone else

Aji Tae from Shin Angyo Onshi.

[Vizard_King]

The Millenium Nazis from the Hellsing OVA. Because Nazis are always the best Villains. And They are also kinda cool because they arn't Racist Nazis, they just want an Eternal War.
Oh, and they are all Vampires (Except for the Captain. He's the last Werewolf)

[Spartan27]

I will go with Legato as the best villain in terms of being a foil to the main character,
For orginality that honor has to go to the Millenium Earl D.Gray-man, I mean how many people expect a fat potbellied somewhat elf like clownish character to be so evil, some of his angry faces have been among the most intense that I have ever seen.

[Vizard_King]

Legato is evil, but Knives is worse,man.
As far as most unique villain, Kira/Light from Death Note.
Mainly because part of you thinks he is justifide for killing murderers and another part of you thinks he is wrong for killing.
It's the kind of thing that messes with your head

[Llama]

Archanfel and Richard Guyot from Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

[Agmaster]

34, Tanashi Miyoko. If I told you anymore it would ruin the surprise. But she is completely justified, and I still hate her.

[rei_ai]

I could only nod to what everyone had mentioned. (Legato, Knives, LIGHT, the Millenium Earl, Orochimaru etc.)

Naraku is a real evil, though I don't know what exactly happened to him, nor to Inuyasha >__<
Dante from Full Metal Alchemist anime. Out of her thirst for immortality, she made the two sibblings transferred to another world >__<
Aion from Chrno crusade. he's satan. and he didn't die even if the main characters did.

[Vizard_King]

Unnamed "Father" from Fullmetal Alchemist Manga. 10 times more evil than Dante. And 50 times stranger and crazier.

[Shinrin]

Well if personallity then:

Kurojaki from GNG, a Ninja that allow his troops to be Canibals, and willing do do everything to upheld the promises of his ancestors.
So much as to when the house and documents he was supposed to protect with his life were burning up he jumped in willingly burning up with it, shortly after came about 20 of his troops jumping into the inferno aswell.


Akakabuto is cool aswell, but he is a beast so creepy in another way since no human personallity.(GnG)



Yagami from D-Note good option


Urado from Ghost Hunt no doubt the creepiest character i've ever seen in an anime. That case was the best horror event i've seen in an anime

[Vizard_King]

Albert Wesker From the Resident Evil games (I know it isn't Anime but, he is an amazing villain)

[Agmaster]

I see no answers here that are better than Droopy-tan. Seriously, Light? Take away his little book and what do you have? Some smart spoiled brat. Femto, a crippled with demon powers and little more. Archanefel's not even evil, just in charge of a bunch of guys and trying to go home. Guyot? Pah! Can you get anymore cliche. Nazis make it too easy to be evil, so they're cool and all, but really how harmful can they be? Ok, world wars and all, but meh.

I will never say anything bad about Bluesummers-sama, but he follows another's path instead of creating his own.

So, in summation, Droopy-tan > Villains.

[Lady Orihime]

I'm going to go with Naraku from "InuYasha" and Diva from "Blood+"

[Riekie]

Meh, Diva wasn't that evil in my opinion:)

I need some über bad villians, so I can watch the anime:D Me loves villians.

[Velius]

Garron is still at the top of the list for me. He is the ultimate villain that just won't die. And not like in DBZ with Frieza or in Bleach with anyone. This guy literally had a warehouse of extra bodies to use. lol. At least it seemed that way with how many times he for sure got incinerated.

[Beee]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Sephiroth...
And yes, Lex Luthor, what a villain.

Meh, he's overrated :p Nah seriously, he's a good villain, he's wicked strong and has all that long gray hair + uberlong masamune going on... but for the rest, he's not THAT great =P (especially with his uberoedipus complex and his various ugly forms..creepy xD)

Shishio from RK is definitely up there imo :D

hm.. some others I can think of.. Evil Piccolo and Cell from DB, possibly Creed from Black Cat and Aka no Ou from SDK, Light for the first half of DN does a fine job, ...hm...

ugh, well I can't actually think of any villain I'd put up there as "best ever" (aside from Shishio) so I guess Sephiroth makes the list too xD (though he really hasn't impressed me in AC.. I expected waaaay more from him)

[vaizado]

If game counts, then Kefka hands down.

[earthforge]

And if Science Fiction counts, then Gul Dukat (he's self important, absorbed, and is a complete and utter psycho.)

In anime, I'd say...Gendou Ikari from Evangelion. He reminds me of my own father strange enough, but Gendou is devious, self absorbed, and likes making clones (Weird Al Yankovitch comes to mind...)

[Shadoblak]

I have a top 5 :p
5. Sylar- Heroes
4. Shinobu Sensui- Yu Yu Hakusho
3. Magneto- X-Men
2. The Joker- Batman
1. Millions Knives- Trigun Maximum

[Lady Orihime]

Meh, Diva wasn't that evil in my opinion:)

I need some über bad villians, so I can watch the anime:D Me loves villians.

Well, ths question is 'best villian', not 'evilest villian'...and Diva was one of the best; very f'ed up.

[Spartan27]

Diva was definently an evil character, think about it she literally raped the 12 year old brother of the main character. I remember thinking, "she didn't just do what I think she did." but it turns out she did.

Earthforge Star Trek fan huh? I remember the old DS9 series, in my opinion it was the best one of the bunch, I also remember ol Gul Dukat, a great villan. I love that sig, I actually downloaded that episode, I chuckled when I first saw that sig. Have you seen the list that states the 50 reasons why Sisko is the best Star Trek captain of the bunch, its pretty funny.

[PB|Ichigo]

Best villain? Definitely Johann from Monster, just icecold, baby, knives from trigun and the 'friend' from 20th century boys.

[Vizard_King]

"Two By Two, Hands of Blue..."
The unnamed guys after Simon and River Tam in FireFly

[Vizard_King]

Diva was definently an evil character, think about it she literally raped the 12 year old brother of the main character. I remember thinking, "she didn't just do what I think she did." but it turns out she did.

Earthforge Star Trek fan huh? I remember the old DS9 series, in my opinion it was the best one of the bunch, I also remember ol Gul Dukat, a great villan. I love that sig, I actually downloaded that episode, I chuckled when I first saw that sig. Have you seen the list that states the 50 reasons why Sisko is the best Star Trek captain of the bunch, its pretty funny.

I'm not a big Trek Fan but..
KHAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!
He was one evil guy,man.
Another good Trek Baddy is from the movie First Encounter. I forget her name but she was leader of the Borgs

[Spartan27]

Personally I not a huge Trek fan either, its more of a nostalgia thing for me, I remember growing up with the show. Khan was a good villian as well

[Vizard_King]

Yeah,I always grew up with Star Wars and Star Trek:First Encounter (Which was and still is a good movie)
But I've Loved the show Firefly for a long time now.
Another good badie:
The Entire Government in Firefly.
Browncoats all the way,man

[Spartan27]

Vizardking we've gone so off topic, that actually its a little funny, we've ended up talking about scifi villians in a anime forum.

Another villain that I thought up of is the Delphine Eracles from Last Exile, man talk about a selfish character.

[Vizard_King]

True,
Vincent Vilagu from the Cowboy Bebop Movie was a good bad guy.
Insane till the end is the way to be evil.

[Spartan27]

I liked Vincent, I think he would have been a good foil for Spike if he had been a second enemy of sorts in the general anime. Also that move where he just squeezes his enemies body is pretty sweet, I half expected him to rip out the guys heart, while in the background you hear some gruff voice saying "FATALITY, VINCENT WINS"

[Vizard_King]

Yeah, I can see that. I think he was squeezing the lung though.
That had to hurt like a bitch.

[Agmaster]

You people just don't understand. The ANSWER is Droopy-tan. Period.

[Nell]

More often than not, I support the good guys but there was only one time I really, truly liked a villain and support him till the end, though it was not an anime ^^;;; It was the Jackal performed by Bruce Willis. He was really a cool villain that it was such a shame that he lost to Richard Gere :yell well, that's it I guess :D

[Vizard_King]

Holy crap I almost forgot about the spirit of the Jackal, Willis.
He was a good one,Willis

[GIN_ofTheFunk]

Orochimaru (Naruto), of course. He rox as a villian (=

[Trakor]

Probably ...

Vicious from Cowboy Bebop ;)

also thought Schneizer from Code Geass was kinda cool , but we didnt see much of him up until now ...

[LUV]

Vicious from Cowboy Bebop


b/c he is one mean MOTHA FU****

I mean, he pretty much kept Julia, and made poor SPIKE suffer, not only that, he sure PWN Spike...

[gisaiagami]

Orochimaru (Naruto), of course.
I love orochimaru.

Shishio by Rurouni Kenshin
Suitengu by Speed Grapher

[Shdo]

anti-spiral.
a epic show need an epic enemy.

[Shadoblak]

I will reiterate.
Millions Knives

[mebidtt13]

Johan Liebert from "Monster". Good looking, smart and evil xD

[rvngu]

yeah the anti-spiral are pretty good villain. insanely powerful.
the wiseman/death phantom in sailor moon 2nd season. that guy is always creepy me out. the dub version is better than the original. i like villains who don't do anything and instead manipulates the minions to do their bidding. just like palpatine in star wars, better bad guy than vader in my opinion.

[Kolbertt]

Earl of Millenium -

Behind the caricature of an English-Man, lies a sadistic manipulative bastard who uses pain and suffering directly as the source of minnions. His joyful, parental personality that contrasts horribly with the monster he is, makes me vote for him as the most original idea of a villain.

Plus, who wouldn't love someone who has THIS shape?
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/943/earlyk0.png

[Qrαhms]

Takayanagi Mitsuomi from Tenjou Tenge.

I've never seen such a charismatic villian as him. And that manliness; he should've been the hero protagonist instead.

[directX07]

For me, nothing matches the pride/ego, deception, evil genius, craziness, dangerousness of Death Note's Yagami Light. The main character antagonist - an unusual mixture of traits for someone who everyone might call as the Demon-Angel. Physically, you might find him handsome and perfect, but inside lies a black heart willing to pound an uber-idealistic form of justice that shows no mercy. A teenager whose mind and deeds exceed those of your ordinary villains. A teenager so intelligent and self-assured who is willing to go through any lengths and means to achieve his goal. By far the most dangerous, for it only takes a name for him to finish you off. An inveterate manipulator and a sadistic strategist who never involves himself with anyone and never cares for his family (even uses own father to extract information). A villain who never cringes in the face of beings by far more powerful than himself and uses them as slaves (take Ryuk the Shinigami for that). There is so much color and darkness to Yagami Light that I consider him as the number one villain - a bad guy who can actually happen for real, but still the one of the typicals who shine in the midst of engulfing power. Other bad guys are just too good to be true. Light is more... human in nature. With a twisted sense of justice and vengeance. :D

[casin]

Makoto - School Days

[Geijutsu]

I don't like most villains, unless they're redeemed or are just plain awesome.

Dhaos - Tales of Phantasia
Benetnasch Eta Mime - Saint Seiya
Uchiha Itachi - Naruto
Deidara - Naruto

[stark espada]

The Millennium-Earl from D Gray
Lord Ilpalazzo-excel saga :lmao
The major-Hellsing
The captain-Hellsing
knives-trigun
To many other ones to count

[Drizzt]

Rossiu- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann He wouldnt count as a villian, but he is a really terrible leader. Plus, some of the political moves he makes werent really thought and ended up getting alot of people hurt and killed. He also did some terrible things to the main character.

Hansel and Gretal- Black Lagoon Twins who change identities and kill people are very scary, throw in some insest they become creepy.

[Nibbles]

The Bad Guy from Inuyasha (who's name excapes me)- Because he one sadistic mutha fuka and I respect others like me!

[La`Punyeta]

Mr. Crocodlie from One piece...

he had so many evil doings that I can't remember it all...well one notable thing he did is...blowing up the country he conquered along with the people in it....

[H!Mandy]

oh wow, I just LOVE the villains as a whole
it's very easy to make a good hero, but a good villain?
Bleach does a good job, but since this thread is 'non-bleach'...

let me see... my top fav goes to Raito, if you consider him a villain
as said before, he can be seen as evil, but he's human and you I could totally understand and even agree with his actions... he made me want to side with him :fangirl

the anime with the BEST villains ever in my opinion is D Gray Man: the Earl is pure win! he's such an evil master, does lots of awful things, but his personality... :lmao and his design is awesome too xD
Road and Tiki are so lovable too: very gothic design and somehow very believable, very true...not those villains like 'haha I'm evil imma gonna kill everyone c/cuz I hate good thingz'
and I'm absolutely in love with Jas&Devi and their crazy ways :love

oh, two of my top fav in Naruto are Orochimaru and Itachi too, for loads of reasons :inlove
that's mostly what came to my mind right now, maybe I'll post more later :3

[nathy_s2]

Medusa from Soul Eater. It's funny the way she plays with Stein.

[tari101190]

obviously light from death note. nobody else comes close.

he was the main character and the villian. a true master maniuplulator. fooling the whole world for like 7 years or wateva.

he's amazing.

[BleachOD]

obviously light from death note. nobody else comes close.

he was the main character and the villian. a true master maniuplulator. fooling the whole world for like 7 years or wateva.

he's amazing.http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/ichigowife/gifs/em080.gif

I was just going to say that! Yagami Raito (Light) GMV!:cool:

Seriously the guy was a pleasure to watch. Watching him scheme and worm his way out of complex situations. The lengths he went to, to do good. The way he thought was truly amazing...His reasoning everything. The GREATEST Anti-Hero that ever lived in Manga. I seriously wish Death Note would have ended differently

[Cara]

Does Haruhi count as a villain? No? Well, there went my vote...XD

[halfnhalf]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/ichigowife/gifs/em080.gif

I was just going to say that! Yagami Raito (Light) GMV!:cool:

Seriously the guy was a pleasure to watch. Watching him scheme and worm his way out of complex situations. The lengths he went to, to do good. The way he thought was truly amazing...His reasoning everything. The GREATEST Anti-Hero that ever lived in Manga. I seriously wish Death Note would have ended differently

I totally agree, its scares me, how I am so similar to him, I mean I probably would have done the same thing. The ending was...um.....reall good. It made Yagami and that green haired guy look so crazy(i mean thier faces were drawn all f'ed up) and that green hair guy was like (SEPPOUKOU!!!!!!!!!) on his heart......ya that blood was freakin crazy but ya Ryuk got the last word in and L won in the end, Yagami saw him before he died. I just finished watching it......it was soo good, gotta watch the movies. Wish Light became a Shinigami, instead of going to MEL(nothingness)

[Tatsuki]

!. Light Yagami=Best.Villian.Ever.
2. Shou Tucker (from Full Metal Alchemist)okay, he messed up his kid, But how DARE he mutilate his dog???? (based on a in-joke, LOL) Seriously, the guy is creepy.
3. Dante (again, FMA, anime) Going after immortality is usually a good indication of a villian...
4.Diva-She raped Riku...!!!!
5. Cruella DeVille-Again, being mean to puppies is a no-no

[Kakashi]

I seriously wish Death Note would have ended differently

I think the anime ending was good, hated the manga ending. In some ways I find it hard to label Light as a villain.

It doesn't really paint the critical issue of whether or not Light as Kira is evil or not in black in white. Throughout the anime, the question is raised over and over again whether or not Kira is actually evil. Matsuda brings it up early on, voicing the fact that crime has indeed been reduced by Kira's judgments--importantly, Souichirou Yagami, identified by the mangaka as the true personification of justice in the world of Death Note doesn't actually shoot him down, at least not at that point. Matsuda, who in many respects is the most normal and human member of the team, again brings up the point after Chief Yagami's death when he questions whether or not Kira is evil at all. Though he shoots Light in the finale, it's more out of his emotional distress over Light's betrayal and the perception that he had driven his father to his death. In the last pages of the manga, which will most likely be covered in the anime special, Matsuda is still questioning whether or not they did the right thing by assisting Near in Light's elimination.

It is true that Light slips further and further into darkness and his portrayal as the series progresses makes him harder and harder to view as an agent of justice, but before I address that L, Near, and Mello don't represent some sort of clear good in the world of Death Note. L and Near represent the law and the entrenched legal system, but they're never painted as truly "good." L is more righteous and honorable than Near by far, and the greater contrast in his way of thinking compared to Light (as well as the similarities) is part of what makes the first arc so good, but L himself is shown to be very capable of ruthlessness in upholding what he believes is justice. Right from the beginning, he sacrifices a prisoner's life, and is repeatedly shown to be willing to let a few people die so that he can make moves that will permanently put Kira down and prevent any more deaths after that. All very sensible things, but not the kind of things a traditional anime protagonist would be willing to do, and certainly not the type of behavior a traditional "do-good" hero would engage in. Near, who I do not like as much as L, is far more ruthless than L in many respects, and barely seems to value the lives of the FBI agents serving under him. So his defeat of Light hardly seems like a true black and white moral statement. This isn't a case of the hero beating the big bad villain and making a happy ending.

And now, Light himself. By the end of the anime he's started to go a bit insane, but I feel that the writer deliberately refrains from making some sort of blanket, all-encompassing moral statement on whether or not Light's mission, and his killings, were wrong. To me, Light is someone who started with genuinely good intentions, and with a mission, had he been able to stay true to it in the strictest sense (killing ONLY criminals and not the police agents pursuing him, and not those that assisted him in his journey like Takada) might really have become justice. But he's corrupted by the power of the Death Note; he is possibly one of the most capable humans that ever lived, but he couldn't handle it. And therein is the real moral message of Death Note; not that killing criminals is wrong, but with power of such magnitude, no human could possibly resist being corrupted and losing themselves. In the anime, when Light sees the person he used to be, it's again emphasized that Light was never a bad person at all before he found the Death Note--the sympathy we feel for him at the end is proof that the anime team didn't intend to completely vilify Light.
Luckily for me I watched the anime first, and read the manga ending soon after. I don't like the way the manga depicted Light in the end. The anime team truly outdid themsleves and saved what I thought was a terrible manga ending into a worthy ending for Death Note and Light himself. The ultimate anti-hero as you said, deserved a fitting demise.

Nevertheless Light is the best anti-hero, also for me the best anime character ever, followed closely by a few others.

[Akutabi]

Griffith (how many villains can say they've raped the main character's love interest in front of him)

Johan (In my eyes, Light without any excuses [he just likes killing people] and no Xanatos Roulette)

Aji Tae (Can make you explode with just a thought)

[directX07]

The Bad Guy from Inuyasha (who's name excapes me)- Because he one sadistic mutha fuka and I respect others like me!

I think that's Naraku you're referring to. :D

[rayne_himura]

Griffith from Bersek :hm

and hmm Naraku from Inuyasha? Because his only desire was to gain power for his own selfish desire. other villains i've come across so far tend to have a tragic story that made them...well, villains :ohh

[Kaori Machida]

I really despise Light Yagami, but I have to admit that he is a good villain. I label him a villain because, though he tried to do good, he became power hungry, and hurt those who didn't deserve to be hurt (I'm not going to go into detail here, I'll just leave it at that). He's a brilliant villain, but he's not the kind that I think is cool or would be my favorite bad guy, he's definitely my most hated character ever.

Uh...please don't hurt me!

[VizardMistress]

I'd have to say Orochimaru atw...

[Revan1990]

well I would say Uchiha Itachi...still after the latest chapters we cant really call him a villain

[CeriaHalcyon]

I seriously wish Death Note would have ended differently

I second this notion from the standpoint that Yagami was the first villian i ever wanted to win. I was truly disappointed after the entire series to have him lose.

Then there was the Count of Monte Cristo, you can't deny the awesomeness of Gankutsuou.

Diva from Blood+ as it was mentioned, sadistic biotch.

Orochimaru, Madera, Pein and Sasuke.

Who could forget Rukudo Mukuro

[Nejibana]

Maybe Muraki from Yami No Matsuei... he was a master mind XD

Death Note's end was...frustrating, I wanted light to end on a different way, he lost all his pride at the end ú.u

[CeriaHalcyon]

Silly me, i almost forgot about Ibaragi Soutetsu from Bakumatsu, as a playwright he was spectacular, and as a villian he was even more cunning.

[Fyrefox]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/ichigowife/gifs/em080.gif

I was just going to say that! Yagami Raito (Light) GMV!:cool:

Seriously the guy was a pleasure to watch. Watching him scheme and worm his way out of complex situations. The lengths he went to, to do good. The way he thought was truly amazing...His reasoning everything. The GREATEST Anti-Hero that ever lived in Manga. I seriously wish Death Note would have ended differently

Have ta agree with this. It took all of my brain just to keep up with him and L scheming.

Top Three Manga Villains
1. Light Yagami (Obvious)
2. Balmunk (He regenerates limbs, makes monsters out of his right arm, and collects music boxes. What more could you want?)
3. Katsura (Okay, so he's technically not a villain. But he's still a terrorist. That counts for something, right?)

[Kaori Machida]

Nejibana: Oh, how could I forget about Muraki! He is crazy, he makes a great creepy villain XD He freaks me out, molesting that wine glass while talking to Tsuzuki...

[Orihime Aizen]

Greatest villian of all time based on cruelty, ruthlessness, and intelligence, is none other than Emperor Palpatine!

Cruelty - Okay, it doesn't get any more cruel than telling a guy after he's just had a near death experience that he killed his one true love, and then smile creepily in the corner as he rips up the place in grief!

Ruthlessness - He sacrificed his home planet and his people in a bid for power in the Senate!

Intelligence - He was always 5 steps ahead of everyone, plotting and plotting. The only thing that lead to his downfall was a father's love for his son. Love conquers all, right? Only reason Darth Vader was kicked out of the villian hall of fame was for his redemption in chucking the greatest pure evil villian there ever was down a power chute.

Some villians come close, but most do not compare. :D

[balladbird]

Then there was the Count of Monte Cristo, you can't deny the awesomeness of Gankutsuou.
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True, the count was awesome, but in that particular series everyone from the older generation was a villian, so you can't really fault the count for wanting his revenge. ^^

There are so many kinds of villians that this question isn't really fair... Let's break it down a little.



Best sadistic villian- Judecca from Wild Arms, Hidan from Naruto


Best "evil's right hand man" villian- Kabuto from Naruto (last naruto one, I swear. ^^)

Best "To be the strongest" villian- Baki's dad from Baki the grappler, The blonde haired guy from Fist of the North Star.


Best "Destroy humanity/ the world" villian- Sensui from YYH, Fuuma Monou from X, Rau la Cruesset from Gundam SeeD

Best anti-hero- Falken from Escaflowne

Best "Political/time of war" villian- Treize Kushrenada from Gundam Wing, Smoker from One Piece.

Best "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" villian- Light Yagami from Death Note, possibly Lelouch Lamperouch from Code Geass.

[directX07]

I think the best modern anti-hero should be yagami light