My favourite villains from different anime

So, this is something I sorta thought to do recently and that's going over different anime series and talking about my favourite villains in different series. I've spoken about a lot of these guys a lot, but also wanted to talk about them in an entry like this and talk about some characters that I may not have spoken about before. And, this will be fairly big because I really wanted to talk about these guys, especially the ones I've never spoken about before. This isn't gonna be a ranking on who's my favourite villain out of all of them, just going through the different franchises and my favourite villain in each one. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like this.

Naruto - Nagato:

Starting us off is the villain I've probably spoken about the most out of all these, Nagato from Naruto. Being, for me, one of the most, if not, the most sympathetic anime villain ever, Nagato's actions in regards to why he chose to do what he did are entirely understandable and you can't help but feel sorry for him, especially when he's explaining his backstory and telling Naruto his motivation. He may have caused so much death, sadness and destruction, but his past does still explain his choices. Some villains like Madara might be more popular and more well-regarded, but I'll always stand by that Nagato is my favourite villain in the whole Naruto franchise.

Fullmetal Alchemist - Father:

This is a bit of a tough one when I went back and thought about it. While I may have said that Father was my favourite villain in all of Fullmetal Alchemist in my list of my favourite villains of the series, when thinking about some of the other villains, especially someone like Wrath, it's a little trickier than I remember. But then I decided that Father really was my favourite. While someone like Wrath was definitely a fantastic villain in the series with having the best action scenes in the show, Father is another level of entertaining. Being the orchestrator of everything that had occurred in the series even before it began, Father was originally the Dwarf In The Flask who desired nothing more than becoming the perfect being. This led to him manipulating Hohenheim to give him a body and sacrificing a kingdom, creating the Homunculi, tricking an entire military so they would be his pawns, killing tons of innocence to make his dream a reality,

Dragon Ball - Frieza:

Dragon Ball has some the most famous villains in anime history, and none have ever lived up to its greatest ever, the space tyrant himself, Frieza. While little to nothing has been revealed about his past aside from one or two mentions here and there, Frieza's charm and charisma is what makes him constantly entertaining. With mocking everyone around him and thinking every being in existence should be beneath him, Frieza makes it a point to make sure whoever he kills is terrified and loves nothing more than annihilating life. Whether it's one or two people he might come across or a literal entire planet, Frieza has no standards for who he'll choose to kill. While he may have had to play something of a hero role during the Tournament Of Power, there's no denying his goal was completely self-serving. And, whenever he appears again, I'll really be looking forward to it.

One Piece - Blackbeard:

Eiichiro Oda has created some of the greatest anime villains of all time in his masterpiece manga series, but probably my favourite out of all of them is the potentially final villain in the whole series, Marshall D. Teach, A.K.A, Blackbeard. This was kind of a tough one for me because I have a lot of favourite villains from this series like Teach, Crocodile, Akainu and so on, but Teach himself made the cut for me. Being built up as the likely final obstacle Luffy will have to face in the series, Teach is one of the most charismatic villains in the series. Formally a member of the Whitebeard pirates, he used his position to hopefully get the Dark-Dark Fruit, which he eventually did and betrayed his captain and crew to become a captain himself. This led to him fighting Ace and handing him over to the marines, invaded Impel Down to recruit new members to his crew, kill Whitebeard and somehow steal Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit powers. While he may not show up much nowadays, there's no denying he'll play a large part towards the end. And given how his goal is the same as Luffy's and many others, to find the One Piece and become the King Of The Pirates, he's gonna be one strong opponent when it's time for Luffy to finally take him down.

Yu Yu Hakusho - Toguro:

The first of a Yoshihiro Togashi villain on here is Yu Yu Hakusho's Toguro. Sure, some villains like Sensui might be more sympathetic, but in terms of the villain in the series that I think is the most entertaining, I'm going with the younger of the Toguro brothers. Being obsessed with strength and wanting to keep his youth, Toguro threw away his humanity to become a strong warrior. This led to him forcing Yusuke and the others into participating in the Dark Tournament, killing Genkai and transforming into a monster with humongous muscles that it took Yusuke suffering deep sorrow just to be able to harm Toguro and then using all his power in his Spirit Gun to finally kill him. And, even, at the end, Toguro was still an entertaining villain with trying to convince Yusuke that strength was all that he needed and he could throw everyone and everything away just to acquire it.

Hunter x Hunter - Meruem:

Another amazing Yoshihiro Togashi villain, Meruem is, in my opinion, not only his best villain, but also his most sympathetic. After his mother gave birth to him to be the king of the Chimera Ants, he set out to devour humans and he did until he met a girl named Komogi, and he began to change and learn the value of life. Despite doing so many terrible things and killing so many innocent people, Meruem still grew to become one of the more tragic anime villains I've ever seen with his relationship with Komogi being especially heart-breaking. And, by the end of the Chimera Ant arc, you can't help but feel sorry for him when he dies 

Yu-Gi-Oh! - Yubel:

I did an entry about this recently. Me counting down my top 5 Yu-Gi-Oh! villains and I placed Yubel as my favourite in the whole Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. Everything I said in that post is still the same. I just find her awesome with everything she did in season 3 of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, her really cool design and Cassandra Lee Morris's performance is really cool, along with some really cool sound design along with it. And everything to do with her plan in the season is really cool to watch.

My Hero Academia - All For One:

Given how My Hero Academia is all about fighting villains, there's tons of bad guys to choose from in the series. But I decided to go with the main one for this one. While someone like Shigaraki might be shown more, All For One is really the big mastermind behind everything. Being a character with multiple quirks, he's accomplished so much like almost killing All Might, forming the League Of Villains, turning Shigaraki into a villain, having Kacchan kidnapped and being partly responsible for destroying most of the city when he and All Might had their fight. I'm really excited to see more of him and I think it would be really cool if he was somehow the final villain, especially if Deku had to fight him at some point.

One-Punch Man - Boros:

One-Punch Man is kind of a weird one because not many of its villains really stand out given how Saitama will usually end up smashing them into nothingness within seconds, but the one that I think is a particular stand out is the final villain of the first season, Boros. He's sorta like Frieza with being a galactic space tyrant looking for a strong opponent worthy of facing him. And for a long time, he searched for one believing a prophecy he once heard about someone out there being capable of fighting him with his full potential. This eventually led him to Earth where he and Saitama proceeded to smash everything around them. While Saitama really was just holding back, the fight between them was mindboggling with the two of them moving so fast that they destroyed everything around them. It's just nuts and it led to one of the most insane final battles in anime I've ever seen.

Bleach - Aizen:

Being by far one of the most popular anime villains ever, Sosuke Aizen is one of the coolest you'll ever see. While we know basically nothing about his past, that doesn't get in the way of showing just how awesome of a villain he is. For the longest time, he was pretending to be like any other Soul Reaper captain, until he betrayed all of them just so he could show just how superior he was to all of them. This involved him killing so many of his fellow Soul Reapers, tormenting them and doing everything he could to show just how powerful he is and how inferior they all are to him. Aizen is also one of the most cunning and smartest villains in anime.

The Seven Deadly Sins - Zeldris:

While most of the Ten Commandments do stand out in their ranks, Zeldris is, in my opinion, the one who stands out the most. Being one of the biggest main villains in the series, Zeldris was imprisoned like the other Commandments for a long time until they were eventually released and begin to use their powers to try to destroy the kingdom. He's done everything he could to show how strong he is compared to his fellow commandments and he even assisted Meliodas when he turned evil and was determined to become the Demon King

Berserk - Griffith/Femto:

This is pretty big spoiler for the Berserk series, but I think Femto is really cool villain. While he may have previously been a human named Griffith, that time has passed ever since his betrayal. As Griffith, he was the leader of mercenaries, became involved in a 100 year war and was close to accomplishing his dream, until he was imprisoned and tortured to the point never recovering. After this, he summoned the God Hand, sacrificed his friends to be eaten by demons so he could become one himself and proceeded to torture Guts in seriously messed up ways. While it's unknown what exactly his plan is now, I'm definitely excited to see it.

Fairy Tail - Acnologia:

And finally, finishing this all off is the final villain of Fairy Tail, Acnologia. I know I may have chosen someone like Faust for my favourite Fairy Tail villain a couple of years ago, but I've changed my mind a lot since then. While someone like Zeref may have been built up more as the final villain, Acnologia was the one that everyone was having to team up against at the very end. Being both a human and dragon, Acnologia is one of the all time strongest characters in the franchise. He's also the one responsible for killing Igneel and destroying so much at the end with his final battle against so many wizards. It even took all of them teaming up, as well as all the Dragon Slayers teaming up just to be able to defeat him once and for all. And so, yeah, those are really my favourite villains from different anime series. And so, everyone, thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.