Prepare yourself for the darkest side of anime as we explore the most heinous acts committed by villains and anti-heroes alike. From betrayals that shook entire worlds to unspeakable experiments on children, these moments will leave you questioning the depths of human depravity.
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most heinous actions
00:12committed across the anime landscape.
00:22Number 20, False Accusations – The Rising of the Shield Hero
00:37One surefire way to make a character hateable is to toss an innocent soul to the wolves,
00:42and that's exactly what mine did, in the most despicable way imaginable.
00:46Due to her vanity and compulsion to lie, the princess befriended Naofumi to lull him into
00:52a false sense of security, only to then accuse him of assaulting her the next day.
01:08In one fell swoop, she turned the entire kingdom against him, driving the shield hero to the
01:13very depths of despair.
01:14Her comeuppance eventually arrived, but by then, the damage had already been done.
01:20Number 19, Pushing Bam – Tower of God
01:24As the only companion he had ever known, it makes sense that Bam would be so reliant on
01:28Rachel that she would be his entire world.
01:31Unfortunately, his devotion didn't allow him to see just how embittered she truly was.
01:48Immensely jealous of Bam being chosen by the tower over her, Rachel eventually steals
01:53her chance at making it to the top of the tower, by removing Bam from the equation.
01:58The reveal that not only is she not paralysed, but was willing to push her faithful companion
02:03to his demise in such a cold fashion made her instantly infamous.
02:14Number 18, The Ruse – Fate Zero
02:18The Holy Grail War, despite featuring the mightiest heroes across history and mythology
02:23alike, is rarely conducted with honour.
02:26In order to ensure that the odds are stacked in his favour, and that the Holy Grail falls
02:30into his hands, Kiritsugu plays 5D chess with masters and servants alike.
02:36His most sinister move, however, involves removing Lancer and his master from the board.
02:49By threatening his wife, he forces Caineth to use his command seal, and have Lancer unalive
02:55himself.
02:56While this would normally be enough, Kiritsugu doesn't want to take the risk, and has the
03:00two assassinated immediately afterward.
03:03Pretty much an ends justify the means kind of guy.
03:17Number 17, I Am Kira – Death Note
03:20Light's intellect has constantly proven itself to be a weapon more fearsome than even
03:25the Death Note, and nowhere is that more evident than during his encounter with Naomi Misora.
03:33After her husband is killed by Kira, Naomi goes on the hunt.
03:50Initially suspicious of Light, her detective mentality nearly spells his doom, just as
03:56his career as God of the New World is out of the starting gate.
04:00And yet, with nothing but wits and wordplay alone, Light is able to deceive, write her
04:05name in the Death Note, and stage it to look like she took her own life.
04:10And just to rub salt in the wound, he even confesses his identity as Kira just before
04:16the notebook does its work.
04:31Number 16, Novak Foundation Experiments – Eureka 7
04:35You can always trust the military in the wake of some matter of alien occupation to resort
04:41to the cruelest means to help turn the tide of the fight.
04:49Investigating the Novak Foundation as a means to save the deranged and dying anemone, Dominic
04:55witnesses the horrific way that girls with desperation disease are experimented on, all
05:01in the hope of turning them into humanoid Karelians.
05:04It's an upsetting sight, especially if you're picturing what would happen to Eureka if these
05:09guys got their hands on her.
05:19Number 15, Timebombing a Child – JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Diamond is Unbreakable
05:26Yoshikage Kira just wants to be left alone, and he'll kill anyone to ensure his continued
05:31tranquility, made all the easier given that his stand can turn anything it touches into
05:37a bomb.
05:56But when the JoJo's start impeding his happy murder time, both Kira and his killer queen
06:02resort to drastic measures.
06:04After stealing another man's face and identity, Kira turns his victim's son into a living
06:09time bomb, set to detonate whenever he attempts to inform Josuke of the truth.
06:15It's a time loop of death, and if not for some of that Joestar luck, Kira would have
06:19had perfect victory on his hands.
06:26Number 14, Experimenting on Eri – My Hero Academia
06:39Even in a world filled with supervillains as heinous as All for One, you have to be
06:43a special kind of scumbag to mutilate a child purely for the purpose of using her quirk
06:49as a means to undo quirks themselves.
06:51But that's exactly the kind of guy Overhaul is, so focused on his so-called big picture
06:57that he was willing to do whatever possible to ensure his vision for society's future.
07:02Given her ability to rewind things to a previous state, Eri's wounds may have healed, but
07:08that just meant Overhaul could continue his sadistic treatment of her continuously.
07:20Number 13, Shell of Horror – Devilman – The Demon Bird
07:34It is not easy being Akira Fudo.
07:37Sure going from wimp to a testosterone-laced super-bro who can turn into a devil might
07:42seem like an upgrade, but every step of the way he's met with one tragedy after another.
07:48One of which was his encounter with the turtle Jin-Man, who had a nasty habit of layering
08:04his shell with the souls of those he had slaughtered, all taking the form of anguished faces.
08:11This included Akira's own mother.
08:13The sight of seeing so many faces bound to such a hellish existence remains a truly haunting
08:18image, just one of many in Devilman's catalogue.
08:23Number 12, Killing the Thieves – Overlord
08:33While trying to loot a stronghold belonging to a supremely powerful undead being is certainly
08:37an error in judgement on behalf of these adventurers, we can't pretend that Ainz
08:42Algon didn't go overboard with his punishment.
08:48Luring them in with the promise of treasure, each member of the group meets a heinous end
08:54via Ainz's loyal monster troop.
08:56If they're not being devoured in a sea of bugs, they're getting mauled to death by
09:00a giant hamster or in the worst case scenario, tortured where you don't want to be tortured.
09:06We know Ainz is all about that neutral evil root, but jeez, have a little sympathy.
09:11Number 11, Raising Children to Eat Them – The Promised Neverland
09:17An orphanage atop a beautiful grassy plain, a place filled with love and laughter, the
09:22children living there, a single happy family tended to by the caretakers affectionately
09:28known as mothers.
09:30Life is good.
09:32That is until Emma and her friends discover it's all a lie.
09:36Their caretakers are actually their jailers, and when it's time, they're shipped off
09:40to be devoured by demons.
09:57The reveal is heart-wrenching, pitting a group of children against a world that only sees
10:02them as cattle.
10:11Number 10, Using the Cyclops System – Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
10:16Zaft may technically be the villains, but even then, no one deserves to go out like
10:20this.
10:27Tipped off to a looming invasion by Zaft forces, certain members of the Earth Alliance decided
10:33to set up a nasty surprise for them in Alaska.
10:36Overloading the Cyclops system, the resulting microwaves cause anyone within radius to literally
10:42explode, meaning a lot of Zaft soldiers, Eurasian soldiers, and civilians popped into red mist
10:57one after another in one of Gundam's most gruesome death montages.
11:02War is brutal.
11:04Number 9, Shishigami's Killing Spree – Inuyashiki
11:21Just because someone is inadvertently given great power doesn't mean they'll always
11:25have the responsibility to go with it.
11:28Case in point, Shishigami, a seemingly average student who gets turned into a cyborg by aliens.
11:35So what does he do now that he can do practically anything?
11:38He starts killing people, a lot of people, just because he can.
11:43The apathetic way he just guns down civilians and causes multiple planes to crash down is
11:48utterly chilling.
11:49He has no great cause, he doesn't revel in the slaughter, he just does it because
11:54he felt like it, and that's why he's terrifying.
12:06Number 8, Eradicating Xerxes – Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
12:25How does a dwarf in a flask go about becoming the most powerful entity in the world?
12:29A lot of luck and deception, that's how.
12:32After finding a naive ally in the likes of Van Hohenheim, the creature known as Homunculus
12:38incentivises him with the promise of freedom and knowledge.
12:41Together, they create an alchemic ritual that acts just as intended, wiping out the country
12:47of Xerxes in a single stroke, and in turn, granting the Homunculus a humanoid body of
12:54paralleled power.
12:55While all Hohenheim can do is grieve for the millions he inadvertently massacred, hell
13:00and good intentions, you know how it goes.
13:12Number 7, Destroying Planet Vegeta – Dragon Ball Z
13:16In spite of their pride and incredible potential for combat, the Saiyan race is a fraction
13:22of what it once was.
13:23And that's all down to the antics of a single space tyrant with an itchy trigger finger.
13:45Seemingly on a whim after being confronted by Bardock, Freeza decides it's time to
13:49burn all the monkeys to cinders.
13:52With but a flick of his wrist, he summons a supernova, which in turn incinerates Planet
13:57Vegeta and all its inhabitants, all the while laughing like a loon at his handiwork.
14:03You can see why Vegeta held a grudge.
14:17Number 6, Burning London – Hellsing Ultimate
14:21What is a city compared to a planet?
14:23Well, let's just say that instead of things being over in a blinding flash of light, the
14:28innocents here were met with a far more gruesomely intimate fate.
14:38Waging his beloved war, the Major has his thousand vampires give in to their desires
14:43and go buckwild.
14:53If they aren't bombing and burning everything in sight, they're feasting on the locals,
14:58turning them into the undead, who in turn start devouring their neighbours.
15:02It's a cycle of death only made more sickening by the Major's cavalier attitude to the
15:07whole thing.
15:08Number 5, Welcome to Sukuna's Malevolent Kitchen – Jujutsu Kaisen
15:14The King of Curses is a being of absolute swag and zero Fs given, which is demonstrated
15:20to its fullest through his destruction of Shibuya.
15:23In a bid to contend with the seemingly indestructible Mahoraga, Sukuna unleashes the vastness of
15:28his domain expansion.
15:40The endless barrage of slashes and cuts certainly do their job at whittling the pale beast down,
15:45but it also slices everything in a wide radius to pieces.
15:49This includes a whole bunch of civilians desperate to escape the devastation.
15:54And just because he can, Sukuna lets Itadori witness the horrific aftermath up close.
16:00What a jerk.
16:13Number 4, The Rumbling – Attack on Titan
16:17Turns out everyone underestimated what Eren was willing to do in order to protect those
16:22he loves.
16:23While initially believing that he simply wished to use the threat of the Rumbling as
16:27a means to guarantee the safety of all Eldians, Eren had a far more practical use in mind.
16:45Unleashing millions of colossal titans, Eren makes it clear he intends to stop the whole
16:50outside world until nothing is left.
16:53And you know what?
16:54He succeeds.
16:55By the time things come to a close, the Rumbling has crushed 80% of all life on the planet.
17:07Dude.
17:20Number 3, Breeding with Monsters – Kimono Jihen
17:24This one is horrendous on so many levels.
17:27While initially thought to be a decent guy, Shiki's uncle reveals himself to be single-minded
17:33in his pursuit of the Golden Thread – something that can only be formed from spider kimono,
17:38such as Shiki's mother.
17:46Shiki's crazed goal leads him to have monsters of all kinds forcibly do the unthinkable to
17:52her, in hopes that their union will create what he needs.
17:56The sight of so many mutated offspring paints a loathsome picture, one we were happy to
18:01see Kabane smash to pieces.
18:14Number 2, Dissecting His Daughter – Made in Abyss, Dawn of the Deep Soul
18:20Bondrewd is a terrible, terrible father.
18:23No way around it.
18:24His scientific brilliance and aptitude for exploring the Abyss may have made him a legend,
18:30but it also seems to have come with the caveat of draining him of all empathy and decency.
18:44Otherwise he would have never entertained the idea of using his daughter in his experiments,
18:50let alone dissecting her and using her fleshy remains as a battery to stave off the Abyss's
18:55infectious curse.
18:57Bondrewd already had quite the list of disgusting acts to his name, but this one easily takes
19:02the cake.
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19:22Number 1, Sacrificing the Band of the Hawk – Berserk
19:26The ultimate betrayal, the ultimate act of evil in anime, who else could it come from
19:32but Griffith?
19:33Given the chance to achieve his long-sought dream of a kingdom to call his own, the White
19:37Hawk accepts the offer laid out to him by the God Hand, and all he had to do was willingly
19:43offer up his comrades as a sacrifice.
20:00This leads to the Band of the Hawk being eradicated by a horde of Apostles, and if that wasn't
20:05traumatizing enough, upon his rebirth, Griffith showcases his true vile nature by assaulting
20:11his devoted Lieutenant, Casca, before the eyes of Guts.
20:27There is no redemption to be found here, only suffering and the promise of bloody vengeance.
20:33Which display of anime depravity made you shudder the most?
20:37Let us know in those comments below.