Just because an anime character happens to be the protagonist of a show doesn’t mean they’re the most interesting person to focus on. Sometimes the most fascinating character is a compelling villain, the one trying to upset the status quo by introducing some calculated destruction. Some series have a multitude of horrifying anime villains, and it’s hard for the protagonist to…
While it can sometimes be cathartic to watch a particularly nasty villain die, the same can’t be said when the villain is sympathetic. The saddest anime villain deaths tend to involve evildoers whose motivations make sense, as most people can relate to the bad thoughts that enter one’s mind when pushed into a corner. If a villain was clearly birthed…
Though many recent animated films like Encanto and Turning Red have villains who are misguided instead of evil, there are still plenty of villains who are bad to the bone. In fact, some of them are even worse than most people realize. Let’s take Claude Frollo from Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The man not only ended a woman’s life,…
