Top 10 Worst Anime Characters of All Time

As great as anime is there have been a fare share of terrible anime characters.
The Top Ten
1 Shou Tucker - FullMetal Alchemist Shou Tucker is a fictional character from the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series and its adaptations created by Hiromu Arakawa.

I watched some Naruto awhile back. And I have to say, I honestly thought that Sakura Haruno was the abselute worst character... But then... I saw shou tucker admitting he was the one who transmuted and did an alchemy experiment on his only two family members, alexander his dog and his daughter nina to make a human dog hybrid like creature called a chimera, he also did the same thing to his wife before just for the same reasons he made a chimera with nina and alexander... Money... all for god damn money and so he could keep his humongous mansion! scum bag garbage like him have a special place in hell!

Tucker may be the worst father in anime history, but that's kind of the point of his character. He's meant to show the horrors of alchemy and the cost of science going too far. He forces us to question whether or not this alchemy thing is moral even in its smaller extremes. I think he succeeds in that task. Thus, I don't think I could really call him a bad character. He's just an evil character. There's nothing inherently wrong with that.

2 Sakura Haruno - Naruto Sakura Haruno is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto.

She's so annoying! Whenever Sasuke and Naruto come to save her together, she's like 'Sasuke! Sasuke! ' She cries all the time. She doesn't give a damn about Naruto, always Sasuke kun! Always because of her Naruto gets in troubles at their missions, because Sakura gets herself in idiotic troubles, and Naruto has to save her. I've never seen her fight once. She only did fight Sasori, and most of the work was done by Chiyo, and Sasori, despite that, also went easy on Sakura. She acts as if she's even stronger than Naruto and Sasuke! She's nothing like them or Tsunade! She's bthe second most weakest Naruto character, (after Hinata). Sakura never does anything on missions, but cry and fall in troubles so that Naruto would get distracted and he has to come save her! She never understood Naruto or Sasuke, or anyone else. She never has thanked Naruto, after all the times he has saved her worthless life, instead she repays him by giving a punch when he is being himself, childish and adorable?! She always annoyed Sasuke too. She didn't really 'FALL IN LOVE' with Sasuke. She had an extremely obsessive crush on Sasuke. And she claims that she truly loves him from the bottom of her heart. She's just a whiny, obsessive worthless girl.

3 Goku - Dragon Ball Son Goku (Kakarrot) is the main protagonist in Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. He has many abilities like, super strength, utilization of ki, flight, teleportation, super speed, enhanced reflexes, and Super Saiyan transformation that increase strength, speed, and durability... read more

Can't believe how many idiots like this guy. He's so selfish. Always leaving his family behind without a second thought. Barely ever there until his kids are grown. And people think he fights to save the world? Ha. No dummies. He fights cause he likes it. That's why he always let the villians. Worst father and husband.

He's amazing but people who have read the manga understand why he's on here. When the anime was coming to America the dubbing companies were like "uh oh. This character may not be relatable for current American audiences" so they decided on the..."let's make him Superman! "

Extremely overpowered. He shouldn't really have been given god damn super saiyan God power. They should have made him match in power levels to other anime characters like Naruto, Natsu and Luffy.

4 Sasuke Uchiha - Naruto/Naruto Shippuuden Sasuke Uchiha is a fictional character from the manga and anime franchise Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto.

I kinda feel bad for Itachi because he has the worst brother ever. Seriously after everything that he has done to SAsuke and the village, all Sasuke can do is whining forever and ever and he is just selfish. He keeps thinking that only his life is the worst and he only cares about him. He was like ok before joining Orochimaru, but after that he is just a bastard. Can't believe he is alive and that he was accepted back by everyone after all the stupid and harmful things that he has done

Sasuke does kind of suck. Even as one of the strongest characters in the series (thus far, I'm far from finished with it) he got practically all of his power from Itachi, and it wasn't really earned, it was given to him. Itachi never could've killed his younger brother, but Sasuke murders him without a second thought. Then (spoiler) takes his eyes. Just another thing a selfless older brother gives to a selfish brat, I guess.

5 Makoto Ito - School Days

The worst ladies man in history. Hey, lets mess up two girl's minds to their breaking point cause you know, I get to have sex with them, who cares how they feel? Who care if their hearts are broken by me?

Oh... Sex Buddy #1 snapped... she's stabbing me a dozen times. I am now in the afterlife, let's see what's going on at Earth? Oh? Sex buddy #2? She killed Sex Buddy #1? At least she got revenge for me and finally can move on with life. What the hell is going on? She chopped my head off and put it in the bag? Now she's giving #1 who is pregnant with my child to see... that there wasn't a child after all!? Now she's cradling my head on a boat with lifeless eyes...

Oh yeah, I toyed with her emotions too.

Just how do people even say Kirito is the worst character in the history of anime when Makoto Ito is clearly worse? Okay, Kirito may be overpowered, have a harem, have little to no character development, and be a bit stupid sometimes, but he is not a bad person like this guy! At least Kirito doesn't try to make girls go insane and break their hearts unlike Makoto! Makoto has no heart at all unlike Kirito who has a good heart and tries to protect those he loves and it pains me that Kirito gets more hate when Makoto is clearly the worst character in the history of anime and not Kirito. Seriously, Makoto is more like Sugou manifested into a Kirito lookalike, only Makoto has no heart at all.

6 Sugou Nobuyuki - Sword Art Online Sugou Nobuyuki is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara. He is the main antagonist of the Fairy Dance arc.

Laughs maniacally to appear menacing and evil? Check. Makes the "rape face" expression to appear menacing and evil? Check. Wants to rule the world? Check. Has idiotic and nonsensical motives behind his plans? Check. Wants to "get it on" with the main female character for virtually no reason? Check. Gropes the main female character and sexually abuses her to appear evil? Check. Constantly flaunts about how he's on a higher pedestal than everyone else? Check.
He's every single other cheesy, clichéd villain out there. There is nothing noteworthy or good about this character. If you're into well-written, complex villains like I am, then you should skip this villain (I'm using that word very loosely here), cause he's got the exact same bland, unrealistic personality as every other cliché villain out there.

I did love when Kirito sliced his hand and body in half, along with puncturing his sword into Sugou's eye. That was a well-deserving beatdown, indeed. At least it was worth watching all the way to the end of the Fairy Dance arc just to see this filthy man get his just desserts.

7 Naruto - Naruto Naruto Uzumaki is a fictional character in the anime and manga franchise Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto.

Now, I don't vote him... He isn't the worst, I mean, think about Makoto! (if you're even old enough to watch School Days) I actually liked how stupid Naruto was. It made his character, and anyways, most main characters are VERY smart, so this was a new concept back in the time that it released in 2002. (Kirito Kirigaya, Ciel Phantomhive, etc. are all pretty much masterminds.)

It also appealed to people that aren't abnormally intelligent in any ways.

But Naruto Shippuden/Season 4 of the original kind of ruined that factor in my opinion. Suddenly, he becomes...wise? This is pretty uncharacteristic of the guy. And one thing that I hated about this character in general was HIS STUPID VOICE.

The voice is that of an adolescent that's having a really rough time UP TO WHEN HE'S 15! (Shippuden) This is very possible, yes, but would you really be going through your incredibly-squeaky-voice phase as well as having a girlish high pitch for up until you're 15?

I feel bad for anyone reading this that will/does/did. That must be a horrid fate. My verdict:
Season 1-2=good. 3=Obnoxious. 4-Ship.= mediocre.

8 Pico - Boku no pico Pico is from the anime "Boku No Pico". Pico was produced by Natural High. Pico (ぴこ Piko) is a blonde boy who works part-time at Tamotsu's grandfather's bar in the summer. He's often shown swimming, usually naked or in a blue Speedo. He has worn girls' clothing ever since Tamotsu gave some to him as a gift. Later, hurt that Tamotsu wouldn't define their relationship, he rebels by cutting off some... read more

Pico is the WORST thing that has ever been created. She rose from the pits of hell and forced Natural High (studio) to make her money! So they made Pico her own show and she is now rich. she tortures people by making them watch her show. the hideous demon can't be stopped now!

I don't watch the anime and I'll NEVER I mean NEVER EVER EVER going to watch this crap, where hentai is more than hentai and filled with crappy, disgusting one shots yaoi. Don't get me wrong, I love yaoi, just not something like this. Just searching for this anime at anime websites, it never exists, and this cover is absurd.

Learning what the anime was about was traumatizing enough. Who in their right mind thought it was okay to make something so obscene?

9 Misa Amane - Death Note Misa Amane is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

Death Note would not be fulfilled without Misa, sure, but we could've at least picked a better romantic interest for Light instead of this annoying chick. I'll admit she's not the worst one on the list but I think the show could've dealt without. I do, however prefer her instead of that other chick Light went out with. She was always stupid to me. Misa just seemed way too attached to Light sometimes and her style creeped me out sometimes. Misa isn't the worst on this list, but I don't think the anime would've suffered without her.

I'm calling it right now! Since the live-action remake of Death Note will have a partially screwed up cast with Nat Wolff as Light Turner, Margaret Qualley as Misa Aname (get it?! Because Misa is a dainty control freak and Margaret Qualley is the love interest of Nat Wolff the same way Selena Gomez is, especially in Behaving Badly), I think they will portray Misa to be very useless, negative-tempered, excruciating and solely a doll used by other characters like in the anime. Oh my god... will this only be as great as Dragon Ball Z: Evolution?

10 Master Roshi - Dragon Ball Master Roshi is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Akira Toriyama.

Yeah, once DBZ came along, he didn't really do that much, did he? Except, maybe act perverted.

I prefer Master Mustard over this stupid Santa Claus with Sunglasses.

He's a pervert. I can't stand this guy.

The Contenders
11 Pan - Dragon Ball GT Pan (パン, Pan) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. She is the granddaughter of Earth's savior, Goku and the world champion, Mr. Satan. Pan's heritage is primarily Earthling, being the offspring of the Saiyan-Earthling hybrid Gohan and the Earthling Videl, thus making her 1/4 Saiyan.

Toriyam tries too hard to make Goku's family great but they're all stupid, annoying and little to no purpose to the plot, Pan and Goten especially.

A bit rude dude and nasty in many ways! Yeah! But why the worst! She's not that bad you fools! Curse yourselves!

Why isn't she number one?! Pan has to be the most annoying stupidest brat in anime history!

12 Chi Chi - Dragon Ball Z Chi-Chi is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Akira Toriyama.

She's constantly screeching to the point where I want to shove an apple down her throat to shut her up! Honesty WHY did Toriyama choose this harpy to be Goku's wife? Why not someone who would embrace his differences, the fact that he's NOT human and accept him for who he is. Instead of woman who just yells at him all the time and forces him to become a radish farmer. I wish he would have married Bulma instead, yeah she can be whiny sometimes but she'd never belittle Goku for wanting to train or their kids, she lets Trunks train with Vegeta.

She forbade Gohan when he wanted to save Piccolo ( after the fight with Vegeta) and selfishly scolded him for wanting to do so, think he had turned into a brat, resulting in the two most peaceful and naive people in the entire universe - Goku and Gohan - mad, irritated and annoyed.

I HATE HER! All she does is whine and complain and plus I just feel like she doesn't even love Goku Because she mostly screams at him for doing stuff like you training so the planet won't get destroyed killing everyone on it.

13 Lucy Heartfilia - Fairy Tail Lucy Heartfilia is a wizard in the guild, Fairy Tail. Her magic is called celestial spirit magic which allows her to summon spirits from another world. She currently possesses fifteen celestial keys, which is an extraordinary number for a celestial mage. She gets along best with Team Natsu, containing Natsu, Erza, Happy, and Gray, and Levy Mcgarden... read more

I freaking HATE Lucy. I can't even stand to look at her. She's so annoying and prissy. Worst of all, she's useless. She just get's Natsu, Erza, Gray and Wendy to do everything for her. She thinks she's so pretty when she's not. It pisses me off. And then she can't even fight herself, so she uses bloody keys/spirits to fight for her. She acts like she cares about her friends when she doesn't. She only cares about herself. She shouldn't have gotten with Natsu. Natsu should be with Erza.

Lucy in my opinion, is the most whiny, most annoying, most conceited and most selfish character in anime history ever. She has attitude and is really rude to Happy and Natsu even though most of the time they do nothing wrong. And she says "lame" and "pathetic" when Natsu or some other fight character messes up! Um, Why not try fighting yourself girlie, if you think all the other people fighting are lame?! She is annoying and is constantly whining about something. She's coldhearted, disses other characters and has this big fat attitude about EVERYTHING! She's useless, annoying, whiney, pathetic, selfish, rude and very, very conceited!

14 Nina Einstein - Code Geass Nina Einstein is a fictional character in the Sunrise anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion.

Racist? Check
Creepy? Check
Obsessive? Check
Opposes the protagonist? Check
Attempts to blow up everyone for no reason? Check
Creates a last minute trump card? Check
Kills millions of innocents? Check

How is it possible not to hate this chick? I feel like the writers were trying to create the worst possible character, and they succeeded. She's an obsessive, creepy-looking, hypocritical stalker who does nothing important but blow up a city and be racist at all the wrong times.

She is terrible in every sense of the word; she is close-minded, racist, a creep, a stalker, has a victim complex the size of Jupiter, a murderer, a traitor to all her friends and family, and still has the audacity to act like she is the morally right one.The creepy table scene aside, she is a very hateful person that gets away with everything and is liked by everyone. I have never wanted a character to die a painful a death so much.

15 Kirito - Sword Art Online Kazuto Kirigaya is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara.

The ultimate anime Gary Stu. I cringe every time I see that dumb face of his, probably facing a girl he'd seduce despite being in a relationship. Kirito is ridiculously overpowered and bland, and it is sad that he is the main character. I'd preferably watch a spin off with just the girls or even following Klein, as long as Kirito isn't tarnishing the decent animation and story of this anime. The other comments are suggesting that he isn't a bad character... Because he cries? He only cried a few times because the writers were trying to make the audience feel sympathy for this dull character. His fans likely consist of teenage otakus mindlessly falling in love with him.

Definitely the worst character in anime history. Why?
- Lazy color palette/design. I tolerated his clothing designs, but did he really have to have black hair, black (grey? ) eyes, and black clothing? Everyone else in SAO has magnificent and well thought out designs, especially Sinon, but why must the main character have the worst?
- Overpowered. Ugh... one of the worst parts of him. Just because he is the main character does not mean he must be extremely powerful.
- No character development. This adds onto the overpowered part. We don't see much reason for him being ridiculously
- Womanizer. Does every girl he meets really have to fall in love with him? Even his own sister? Come on.
- Terrible personality. Emo, loner characters can be beautifully written out and executed in an astonishing way... SAO failed to do this.
- An overall Gary Stu. This awful character made my friend (who writes) begin to dispense horrible characters just like him.

16 Sai - Naruto Shippuden

If Sai replaced Sasuke, and Sai is annoying, then it was a case of replacing an irritant with an irritant. But Sasuke has the greater irritancy.

He's supposed to replace Sasuke, why wouldn't he be annoying? It's like if Naruto got replaced by Konohamaru.

He is supposed to replace Sasuke why wouldn't he be annoying? It's like Naruto getting replaced by Konohamaru

17 Killer Bee - Naruto Shippuden Killer Bee is a fictional character from the manga and anime franchise Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto.

Wait...excuse me?
Killer bee...is at eight
He is hands down one of the funniest and badass characters! He defeats sasuke...EFFING SASUKE...and goes on to train Naruto!

This guy's amazing. Why on earth would he be on this list?

Hey! This guys awesome!

18 Hercule Satan - Dragon Ball Z

Let's say you work really hard on a work project in hopes to get that raise, bonus, promotion and recognition you earned. Now with this, you can have all the praise and glory you deserved.

Then this bastard will take credit for it, he gets all the things you wanted and will not only praise the work he stole from you, but also belittle you, making sure no one will find the truth.

That's Mr. Satan for you, the name fits him.

He's a coward who only helped when it suited him and insulted Goku; also he sees all the suffering the Z-fighters go through and he has the gall to suggest everything they're seeing is a trick and acts so retarded you just want to shoot him. Then the ass has the stones to make an entire world do his bidding by claiming he beat Cell when he did nothing but cower while the rest of the Z-fighters fought. He's a prick and it's not like Videl and Pan are any better.

Ney actually... Hercule is one of my favourite characters. People only see what is easiest to see... A snobby man who steals credit. But if you see deep enough, you'll see a human... A human trying to keep his glory that was rightfully his... But then came these gods who could destroy planets with a punch and people still respect him, so he wants not to dissapoint them. Hercule is by no means bad.

19 Yota - Naruto Shippuden
20 Yuma Tsukumo - Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

He's a terrible character. I would take any of the other Yu-Gi-Oh protagonists any day over him. He is constantly saying how he wants to be the best duelist in the world and he can't duel by himself. He say's that if you fail, you don't learn. Guess what? You'll never succeed unless you try. Astral helps you duel, helps you learn how to duel with your brain and not constantly just keep attacking but all you do is complain about him. If it wasn't for Astral, you would have been dead long ago. Why does he have a harem? I hate it when the lead has a harem and the lead is annoying like Makoto from School Days. Tori likes him just because, Cathy likes him just because and Anna likes him just because. Yuma is the sole reason this show can get as bad as it can and I hate him for it.

This kid is EXTREMELY annoying, easily the worst protagonist in Yugioh. In the first few episodes of Zexal, Yuma acts very disrespectful towards Astral, who's only trying to help him and should be the true protagonist. He's just annoying all-around. He wins all the time. In the entire show, he only lost THREE TIMES. He would've lost every one of those battles if it wasn't for Astral. And what does he do? Disrespect Astral some more. He never thanked Astral.

21 Karin - Naruto Shippuden

Karin is much better than Sakura. I hated her at first, but learned to like her the more we learned about her. She did fall in love with Sasuke when he saved her and with his chakra, which is an infinitely better reason than Sakura's "He's the popular guy in school! " And when you see what happened in her past, it's easy to understand why she latched onto Sasuke, who was one of the first ones to show her kindness after that. When she realized Sasuke didn't love her, she moved on. It is hinted that she still likes him, but she let go, because she wants Sasuke to be happy even if she is unhappy, she doesn't center her feelings around herself, but around him, which is what true love should be about. This is why she's infinitely better than Sakura.

The only part I still hate about Karin is how she always abuses Suigetsu. But, at least, she has likable aspects to compensate that, something Sakura will never have.

22 Danzo Shimura - Naruto Shippuden Danzō Shimura is a fictional character from the Naruto universe created by Masashi Kishimoto and developed into a media franchise, which consists of a series of manga, anime, soundtracks, OVAs, movies, video games, and other collectibles.

He's just... evil for NO REASON! I don't understand it! He's pretty much the reason that Itachi had to murder his clan, and he's the leader of the foundation, AND he killed all those people just to stick eyes on his arms! Like what!? What's his problem?!

(Also, side note - why does everyone hate on Sakura? I mean, #2, really?! Granted, she was fairly useless in the first series, but she's smart and strong and kicks butt! It's not her fault Naruto and Sasuke are basically gods. And if you can hate on her for always chasing Sasuke, then you should be able to just as easily hate on Naruto for the same reason, to be honest.)

Danzo should be higher than killer bee sakura Karin and naruto and even Sasuke. He committed so many atrocities and used people like itachi to get what he wants.

Itachi had to kill his clan, because of HIM!

23 Goten Goten is an anime fictional character from the anime series, Dragon Ball Z, created by Akira Toriyama.

Serves nothing to the show other than being Trunk's fusion partner.

24 Asuna - Sword Art Online

I don't get it. Asuna is the reason I quit watching the series. Out of all the girls Kirito could fall in love with why Asuna? And why are some of Cherami Leigh's characters so annoying? (I do like some of her characters though) But seriously Asuna is one of the most annoying things on the planet. I would've liked it a lot better if Kirito would've gotten with someone else like Sachi, Lizbeth, or even Silica.

Ok what the heck? How is Asuna not on the list but Kirito is? Kirito was the only character in SAO that I liked that was in it for more than 3 episodes. Seriously people? Asuna is the whole reason it took me forever to gain motivation to even watch the show. I'm just saying this girl brings me pain.

Okay, I just have to say this now. Asuna and Kirito should not be above Sugou. And don't compare me to a Frozen fangirl, but seriously. Sugou should at least be the first Sword Art Online character on this list to be hated, THEN Asuna and Kirito. That seems fair, right?

25 Iris - Pokemon Black and White

She's not that bad. Is there other reasons to hate her than a simple catchphrase? She's never been mean to Ash, Cilan, her Pokemon or anyone else, nor abused them, unlike Misty or Serena.

BAHAHAHHAHA! I've been waiting to see someone else who dislikes her. She can be funny but she's very rude. She's more of a little kid. Insulting and selfish.

She acts like she is better than everyone, and she is a lot like a hypocrite calling everyone "a little kid." She has got to stop insulting people

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