Five of the Creepiest and Underappreciated Anime Villains
With Halloween fast approaching, it’s the perfect time to curl up with some favorite scary anime — and what's a scary show without an incredible villain? From Makishima Shogo of Psycho-Pass to Kyubey of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, some villains stand out among the rest in complete infamy.
However, though these villains tend to steal the spotlight, there are some villains out there that don’t receive the attention they deserve. Whether because they are from lesser-known shows or because the extent of their villainy is more subtle than high body counts, these five characters are some of the creepiest there are, perfect for a Halloween binge fest.
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The King of Despair (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
Villains who target children are always especially reprehensible, and the way the King of Despair goes about it contrasts sharply with the pandemonium that the other Kings unleash. While Femt and Aligura are certainly a nuisance with a high body count, the secret organization Libra is able to defeat them fairly easily and often in darkly humorous ways. However, the King of Despair has been plotting for years, using the love that siblings William and Mary Macbeth hold for each other to take control of William’s body whenever he wishes.
This non-consensual body swap allows the King of Despair to infiltrate Libra and become friends with the protagonist, Leonardo Watch, with nobody the wiser. The only thing that differentiates William from the King is that the King’s eyes turn red, and he has a distinctive tune he likes to whistle. He delights in violence and the fear he receives before killing and stands out among the rest by the way he is contrasted as such a despicable, manipulative villain. Most unnerving is that, in the end, the King of Despair walks free, a panning of a city street echoing with his whistled tune as a final shot of the season.
Squealer (From the New World)
In a civilization set thousands of years from now, people have telekinetic powers, but careful training and gene manipulation make it so that those powers cannot be used to harm other people. The story follows five children as they grow up in their small town and test the boundaries around them, slowly discovering that the peace they thought they lived in is only maintained through violence. Early in the series, two of the children — Saki and Satoru — meet a creature called a monster rat. Monster rats are outcasts from human society, used mainly for labor as they struggle to survive in colonies. This particular rat is named Squealer, and he worships Saki and Satoru for their telekinetic powers.
Years later, when two others of the group run away from the town in fear of their lives, Saki and Satoru find Squealer again, although now he has banded groups of monster rats together and performed lobotomies on the colony queens so they can reproduce but no longer have conscious thought. Squealer promises to look for their missing friends, to no avail. However, hypothetically of course, if it were possible for monster rats to capture two human children, have them mate, kill them and then teach their offspring that they are not actually human, then that child would have no reservations about killing people. Squealer’s ability to play the long game is incredible and speaks to his deep resentment for humankind.
Berg Katze (Gatchaman Crowds)
Berg Katze is a subtle villain, which makes their actions harder to catch. They exist mainly as a villain for the secondary antagonist, Ninomiya Rui, for much of the show, right up until the end. Katze is an alien who has destroyed several planets in their past, but what makes Katze such a threat is how they mimic toxic behavior. They manipulate people into deals without revealing their full intentions, completely take over Rui’s life to the point Rui can’t have a moment of peace without fear of Katze showing up out of the blue, and claim ownership over Rui by constantly reminding him of their 'deal.' This is much in the same way an abusive partner might remind their significant other about the supposed importance of their relationship or guilt them into believing that 'they can’t live without them.'
Berg Katze has the uncanny ability to target a young and vulnerable character with no parents or friends in a way that perfectly exemplifies abusers. Rui has absolutely no defense against Katze, and so Katze reminds viewers of the worst behaviors exhibited in humanity. He doesn't come across as inherently threatening despite his massive body count, but the small ways he ruins Rui’s life through manipulation and human cruelty make him worthy of this list.
Ohtori Akio (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
When it comes to the title of 'worst sibling ever,' Ohtori Akio is certainly in the running. Not only is he manipulating the entire Ohtori Academy into perpetrating his plans, but he is also a representation of everything Tenjou Utena once held dear. Her ideal of becoming a prince only to find out that her idea of a prince was always fixed on Akio shakes her self-worth to the point where she finds herself wearing a gown instead of her iconic prince’s uniform in the culminating scene, and Akio torments her with the idea she will go around and around and never actually achieve any progress within his version of the world.
To top things off, Akio offers his sister, Himemiya Anthy, as a 'bride' who will do whatever the winner of the Rose Duels wishes, completely stripping her of agency. As if Akio’s sick version of the world isn’t bad enough, he — a man at least in his 20s — attempts to seduce Utena, who is 14, and probably would have succeeded if not for Anthy constantly intervening. He is also actively raping his sister. The action of Anthy being raped actually sets the girls against each other, as Utena sees it as a betrayal of her feelings, revealing just how much Akio has gotten into her head.
Gilles de Rais (Fate/Zero)
Gilles de Rais is overshadowed by Gilgamesh when it comes to villains in the Fate franchise, but that isn’t really fair for either character. Though Gilgamesh is the villain in the main three routes of the original story, he is shown to have a soft spot for characters who exhibit great loyalty and can even be considered a hero in Absolute Demon Front: Babylonia. In Fate/ Zero, Gilles de Rais steps up perfectly as a villain for the first cour of the show, teaming up with his master to unleash true evil.
De Rais is introduced by telling a young boy that he is safe and simply has to run to the front door. The boy is overjoyed at the chance to live, but just as he reaches the possibility of safety, de Rais summons a creature to reach out and devour the boy, delighted by the screams and even more delighted by the way he crushes the boy’s futile hopes of survival. He then goes on to collect children from all over town and kills them in gruesome ways. Gilles de Rais takes joy in killing the innocent, and there’s nothing creepier than that. At least Gilgamesh generally has a reason for his villainous actions, but de Rais simply revels in the bloodshed.
They may not be the most famous anime villains, but these five certainly earn their stripes. Whether it be through manipulation and gaslighting or the simple joy of murder and disaster, perhaps it’s time to update the Halloween roster to include some of these underrated villains. After all, they surely would enjoy some recognition for all their hard work.
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