It is no secret that anime is extremely popular all over the world, and this is mainly due tothe variety of topics it covers. Every anime series has to center on a single person or aspecific group of individuals, regardless of how diverse the stories are in each one.A tale works better with a malicious figure at the helm, even if the protagonist in moststories is a loving and compassionate person who chooses to follow the right path despitethe challenges they face along the way. The main characters of many anime series havebeen villains, but not all of them are bad in the same way.So, lets look at the top 10 Japanese anime where the main character is a villain.
1. Death Note
Death Note is undoubtedly the most well-known anime to accomplish this, even if itwasn't the first to do so. The story centers on Light Yagami, a high schooler whodiscovers a notebook called a Death Note that belonged to a Death God called Ryuk.Light first uses the book to murder criminals to bring about genuine justice. But after gaining the ability to choose who lives and who dies, he soon loses his morality, which is why he subsequently uses the book on innocent people to avoid being apprehended.
2. Elfen Lied
The severe violence committed by the main character of Elfen Lied earned it the distinction of edgiest anime ever when it debuted 15 years ago. Lucy is a Diclonius, a type of person that can grip objects with invisible arms. Although Elfen Lied is brutal, it's also very emotional and poignant, and Lucy's acts have a purpose. She was subjected to extensive rounds of hell and testing by the government, and when she is ultimately set free, her trauma prevents her from feeling regret as she slaughters everyone in her way.
3. Code Geass
The protagonist of Code Geass is Lelouche Lamperouge, an exiled British royal who accuses his father of carrying out his mother's horrific murder in front of his young sister, who was traumatized and rendered crippled as a result. After receiving Geass power, which grants him the once-only ability to direct another person behavior or influence their thoughts or memory.
To make the world a better place for his sister to live in, he resolves to use this power to kill his father and the whole Britannian Empire. He accomplishes this by taking on the identity of Zero, the masked head of Japan's opposition movement.
4. Terror In Resonance
Despite not having a large following, the television series Terror in Resonance is one that you should see. A nuclear weapon for use against the Settlement is the aim of the terrorist cell Nine and Twelve, a couple of adolescent teenagers who decide to form Sphinx .The Japanese government employed the brilliant kids placed in the Settlement as subjects for their experiments and as human resources. However, Nine and Twelve handled to escape, which is why they are so bent on vengeance. The majority of the children died as a consequence.
5. Saga Of Tanya The Evil
Originally from Japan, Tanya Von Degurechaffor is reincarnated in a different version of Europe after being killed in 2013. However, it is not the only alteration he must contend with because he is now inhabiting the body of a 9-year-old girl. Tanya grows up to be a powerful wizard and military officer despite her youngage, and she has no respect for human life. Although she lacks any morality and is essentially a psychopath, she behaves this way because she wants to enjoy a trouble-free existence and pass away peacefully.
6. Overlord
Even though Overlord takes place in virtual reality, it is a narrative about a powerful individual who lacks moral inhibitions. When the servers close in YGGDRASIL, the world continues to run, with the NPCs living their own lives, even if the player remains loggedin The main character, Momonga, is trying to figure out what has caused this phenomenon since he cannot log out. Later, Momonga gains in-game enhancements that change his behavior to the point where he has no regrets about killing characters.
7. Hellsing Ultimate
There is several vampire-related anime, but none is as bloody as Hell sing Ultimate which finally shows a conflict between the Vatican, the Hell sing Organization, and a last-standing Nazi element that seeks to rule the globe through vampires.The series protagonist, Alucard, is the strongest vampire in the entire universe and serves as Hell sing supreme weapon. His willingness to murder any vampire, demon ,or human who would endanger the security of England or the entire globe makes him a clear anti-hero
8. 91 Days
In stories involving gangsters, the antagonist nearly always plays an important role, and91 days is no different. Angelo Lagusa, the protagonist of the anime, is on a mission tavenge the deaths of his parents and younger brother and bring down the Vanetti family. Angelo is only regarded as a bad guy because he is entirely motivated by a desire for revenge and is prepared to extinguish and torment anybody who could be even tangentially related to the deaths of his family.
9. Lupin The Third
Lupin The Third is by far the oldest anime on our list, making it among the first to ever include a villain as the main character. An inspector named Koichi Zenigata is continuously after Lupin, the boss of a gang of criminals, but he always manages to getaway from him. Even though Lupin is the most wanted burglar in the world, there are instances when he decides to take on other criminals who have committed even worse offenses. In these situations, Lupin occasionally transforms into an anti-hero.
10. Angels Of Death
Rachel Gardner, a young girl, and Zack, a nasty serial murderer, must work together to rise through the building floor by floor after being trapped within a mystery structure with just one way out. Each floor contains a boss equally as evil and vicious as Zack. Zack is Rache's ally and friend as they attempt to flee the horrors of the building, even though he would be considered the antagonist. Even Rachel isn't as pure or as lovely as she seems. Viewers find out that she has a mystery that is just as terrible as Zack during the series.
