Top 10 Worst Anime Parents

Shou Tucker (Fullmetal Alchemist / Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

Shou Tucker is a fictional character from the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series and its anime adaptations, created by Hiromu Arakawa. He is known as the Sewing-Life Alchemist and plays a pivotal role in one of the series' most tragic storylines. Tucker's actions involve unethical experiments with human-animal... read more

Anime America explained it well, and I'm certain everyone who's commented on this explained their points well. This man is absolutely selfish and cruel. He abuses and uses his child for his own silly research, and he basically did the same to his wife! And his form... I ran out of the room screaming! Overall, not only was he an awful parent, but an awful person. He is selfish and will use anything and anyone to get his own way, even if it involves his family.

It was pretty obvious who number one would be. And I haven't even watched Fullmetal Alchemist yet.

Gendo Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Gendo Ikari is a fictional character from the anime and manga series Neon Genesis Evangelion. He is the commander of NERV, the organization responsible for protecting humanity from mysterious beings known as Angels. Gendo plays a central role in the series, especially in its exploration of psychological... read more

Medusa Gorgon (Soul Eater)

Shou Tucker's female version. For real, though, she used her own child as an experiment. If that ain't enough, she created him just to become a weapon she could turn to whenever she couldn't do things on her own. She made him betray his friends and loved ones who actually cared for him just to satisfy her. She cared so little for him that, in fact, I am pretty sure she would commit any crime on him just to save herself.
Whenever he did something that didn't satisfy her expectations, she locked him up in "his" own room for days until he was ready to fulfill her requirements again. Crona deserved and needed a better parent. Enough said!

Hayate Ayasaki's Parents (Hayate the Combat Butler)

The worst type of parents. What type of parents make their son do all the work because they are too lazy to do work, take all of his money, and give him a debt of 156,804,000 yen for a Christmas present?

Makes their son have to work part-time to support the family, only to take his money and then give him 1.3 million dollars of debt as a present.

Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)

Sasuke Uchiha is a fictional character from the Naruto manga and anime franchise, created by Masashi Kishimoto. He is a member of the Uchiha clan and one of the main characters in the series. Sasuke is portrayed as Naruto Uzumaki's rival and follows a complex path throughout the storyline.

She literally almost killed her daughter by destroying the house and never even apologized. She called her a "stupid child" and refers to her as "my daughter" rather than Sarada. This girl really wants to show everyone she has a kid with Sasuke, smh. She told Sasuke to continue his work on missions and that they're fine after Sarada literally said there's no difference when he's not in the village.
She is the worst parent ever. At least Sasuke didn't recognize her when he was about to kill her. She did it knowing all too well she could have gotten hurt and killed just because she's stupid and can't answer a normal question.
Sakura, you're freaking 32 years old. Act like it.

Charles zi Britannia (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion)

Charles Zi Britannia is a major antagonist in the anime series "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion." He is the Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire, a powerful autocratic nation that practices social Darwinism.

Charles promotes a philosophy that the strong should dominate the weak, and his... read more

I am ashamed to have been born on the same day he was. But then again, Obama and I were both born on the same day this horrible father was.

Ragyo Kiryuin (Kill la Kill)

Ragyo is a real monster. She experimented on her newborn daughter (major spoiler: main protagonist Ryuko) with Life Fibers, subjected her first daughter Satsuki to questionable treatment (I'm not saying what it was because everyone already knows), ordered her surrogate third daughter Nui to kill herself and merge with the Primordial Life Fiber, and planned to turn the entire planet into a food source for Life Fibers.
Satsuki said it best: "You gave your humanity to Life Fibers." This woman is... okay, maybe not the worst anime parent of all time, but she's definitely worse than Gendo.

This woman gave birth to countless children not to care for them, but to use them as weapons. Almost all of them died because of her experiments.

Jiemma Orland (Fairy Tail)

While he is by far the best Fairy Tail character, he is still a pretty bad parent. At least he tried to make his daughter stronger thanks to his horrible parenting.

Terrible father. He treated his own daughter and guild members like garbage. I am so glad Sting and Rogue finally kicked his ass.

Even though he is a terrible parent, he is not as bad as Shou Tucker from Fullmetal Alchemist.

Vinsmoke Judge (One Piece)

One of the worst fathers I have ever seen. He experimented on his unborn kids to make them lose their emotions, wanting them to become unfeeling killing machines despite his wife's wishes. He called his son a failure for being born human and rejected him for being weak. He let the other children bully him relentlessly. He faked his son's death, put him in prison in an iron mask to forget his existence.
When his son escaped the cell, he asked him to never reveal he was his father because he was too ashamed of him and told him he hoped he would die out there. Then, when that same son finally made a name for himself later in life, he went after him to use him like a pawn, blackmailing him with his adoptive father's life.
Worst. Father. Ever.

Enji Todoroki (My Hero Academia)

I'm so glad someone was smart enough to add Endeavor to this list. Not only is he far from what a hero should be by only seeking pride and glory and not to help society, but the things he's done to his own family are nothing short of atrocious. Manipulating his own offspring, including Shouto, just to raise them as his successor to surpass All Might, to mentally breaking his own wife that he saw nothing more than a tool.
Endeavor is more of a villain than a hero, if not an abusive parent to any extent.

MANGA SPOILERS SPOILERS! Can we all agree that this man needs mental help, not his wife? How could he try to take advantage of precious Shoto? When he attempted to act better and have a conversation with Shoto, it felt so wrong. I loved it when Shoto smacked Endeavor's hand back.
Also, some manga spoilers ahead, so run if you don't want spoilers. Natsuo also can't stand him. He didn't even know that Shoto's favorite thing was cold soba because his evil father isolated him. On the other hand, his sister Fuyumi tried to be nice and forgiving. Seriously, it's unbelievable.

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James's Parents (Pokémon)

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Fritz (Attack on Titan)

Momiji Sohma's Mother (Fruits Basket)

How do you refuse to hold your own child? She sickens me.

Satan (Blue Exorcist)

He's the Devil. What did you expect?

Sakura Haruno (Naruto)

Sakura Haruno is one of the primary heroines of the series Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden. She is the only female ninja in Team Seven, which originally consists of Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and their sensei Kakashi Hatake. Her family includes her mother, Mebuki Haruno, and her father, Kizashi Haruno... read more

A terrible mother. She doesn't even seem to be the creator of a psychological support clinic for children. Why does she treat her daughter so badly, to the point of breaking her home and making her cry by screaming at her for a simple question? Not to mention Sarada's trauma of not having her father, which she doesn't seem to mind, always saying it's okay, but it's not!

She could have easily killed her child when she destroyed her house over a question. Enough said.

She broke a house just to be mad at her daughter and terrified her to tears.

Hiromi Shiota (Assassination Classroom)

Oh, I'm sorry! You didn't have a girl like you wanted, so I guess you're just going to have to force your son to grow out his hair and wear things he doesn't want to. I hate her so much. Nagisa shouldn't have had to save her. I would've been fine if she died. Not only did she want to burn the school down because Korosensei wanted Nagisa to stay in 3-E, she abused him and yelled at him in front of Korosensei. I feel bad for Nagisa. He deserves a better mother.

Delia Ketchum (Pokémon)

I'm sorry, but who in the actual hell allows their child to run around a world full of potentially dangerous Pokémon? I mean, shouldn't you be worried? Out there looking for him? Calling him every once in a while? I bet she doesn't even know that Ash nearly got turned into stone, got electrocuted hundreds of times, gets whipped with Vine Whip, and meets legendary Pokémon.

People slag off a toddler's show about a 6-year-old who travels with a monkey. But Pokémon is about a child, yes older, he is 10 but is still a child.

Irene Belserion (Fairy Tail)

Irene Belserion is a fictional character from the Fairy Tail manga, created by Hiro Mashima and launched in 2006. The series was later adapted into anime form by A-1 Pictures in 2009.

Irene is one of the major antagonists of Fairy Tail and a prominent member of the Spriggan 12, serving as its... read more

After being tortured by her husband for three years straight, she suppressed her pregnancy and tried her best to protect Erza from harm. On the day of her execution, she turns into a dragon and escapes. She later meets Zeref, who gives her back her human form. However, she lacks the qualities of being human (lack of taste and lack of sleep).
She drives herself into insanity and wishes to be reborn as a human, so she tries to enchant herself into Erza to become human again. Her enchantment fails, and shortly after giving birth to Erza, Irene abandons her in a village, where she is later captured and turned into a child slave at the Tower of Heaven.

Genma Saotome (Ranma ½)

Rasa (Naruto)

I'm aware that he later apologized when he was reanimated, but he caused Gaara so much pain. He tried to assassinate him multiple times, lied to him, and ruined his childhood.

Ren Sohma (Fruits Basket)

She is so jealous of her own child that she forces her to pretend to be a boy and repeatedly psychologically mistreats her for years, which drives Akito crazy. Akito then repeats the cycle of abuse with others in her clan. This lady should have been locked up when she threatened to kill her kid if she didn't act like a boy.
The leader, her husband, should've said, "Sure, anything you say, honey," to Ren's face, then once she gave birth, locked this psycho up. I don't care how much you love someone. When they threaten your kid, that's when the gloves come off.

Jude Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)

He was terrible for neglecting Lucy, but at least he had enough sense to change by sending her 7 years' worth of rent money.

Teppei Houjo (Higurashi: When They Cry)

Kyo Sohma's Father (Fruits Basket)

Fruits Basket, the show of parents who can't accept the fact that their children can transform into zodiac animals. I don't think I need to demonstrate any further...

Kyoko Sakura's Father (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Saki Arima (Your Lie in April)

Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Yes, what she did and how she treated Asuka was horrible, and I am in no way trying to justify these actions. However, one thing some people don't realize is that this woman was confirmed to be clinically insane.

She caused such a young child so much trauma.