Top 30 Most Powerful Anime Characters of All Time
They're beyond all others. Join Ashley as we count down our picks for the strongest characters in anime
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the absolute strongest anime
00:21characters to ever exist.
00:34Number 30, Eren Yeager.
00:36Attack on Titan.
00:38As far as stupidly overpowered abilities go, transforming into a raging titan is a pretty
00:43good start.
00:56All it takes is a little pin break and Eren gains unconquerable strength, near instantaneous
01:01regeneration and a lot of pent up aggression.
01:05But we didn't call it a start for nothing.
01:16Over the years, Eren absorbed more than his fair share of titan abilities, eventually
01:20gaining supreme control over the founding titan itself.
01:25The rumbling that nearly trampled all of humanity alive?
01:28Yeah, that was Eren's doing.
01:36It was all a part of his time-travelling plan.
01:39Oh yeah, he can also control the future.
01:41Calling him a mere attack titan is a major understatement.
01:46Number 29, Juhevar.
01:48Bleach – Thousand Year Blood War.
01:51It takes some serious guts to plot a bloody takeover of the Soul Society, and even more
01:56to actually go through with it.
01:58Not that Juhevar had anything to worry about.
02:08He spent almost a thousand years locked away, storing his strength.
02:12And when he finally got out, he made most of the Soul Reapers look like nothing more
02:17than a light warm-up.
02:19That includes Captain Yamamoto.
02:31Considering that when this guy is still rusty, it's a miracle Ichigo survived a fight with
02:36him at all.
02:37Really, it's surprising the Quincy King needed an army in the first place.
02:42With his incredible might, he probably could have destroyed the Soul Society by himself.
02:52Number 28, Dark Schneider.
02:55Bastard!
02:56Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy.
02:57You'd think a few years in a magical seal would dull your skills a bit, but if anything,
03:04it's only made Dark Schneider deadlier.
03:15Upon release, he sets out to remind everyone he's the greatest wizard in the universe.
03:21And honestly, he makes a pretty compelling argument.
03:24Now, with something to prove, Dark Schneider wreaks havoc across the realm with all sorts
03:29of lethal spells.
03:31The same kind that don't leave any survivors.
03:39Schneider's also super strong, sneaky as can be, and can literally regrow limbs at
03:45the drop of a hat.
03:46If Schneider isn't the strongest wizard in the universe, we aren't sure who is.
03:57Number 27, Sukuna.
04:00Jujutsu Kaisen.
04:01You do not get a name like the King of Curses for nothing.
04:05Sukuna's legacy stretches all the way back to the Heian era, where he was revered as
04:10the most powerful Jujutsu sorcerer the world had ever seen.
04:19He's so strong, in fact, that death couldn't even beat him.
04:26Instead, Sukuna spread his soul into 20 fingers.
04:30That's how he ended up in modern day, causing more mayhem in the body of Yuji Itadori.
04:36Let's just say anyone who sees his domain expansion is as good as dead.
04:48If that's what Sukuna can do in another vessel, then the world isn't ready to see
04:53him at full power.
04:55Number 26, Kaguya Otsutsuki.
04:57Naruto Shippuden and Boruto Naruto Next Generations.
05:02You know the saying, I wrote the book on it?
05:04Well, Kaguya didn't quite do that, but she did the next best thing.
05:09She's the reason Chakra exists in its current form.
05:21Her quick bite from a god tree created the entire Shinobi power system, and since Kaguya
05:27made it, she's got quite a few tricks up her sleeve.
05:30Also, bone projectiles that melt people.
05:40Alongside portal hopping, unlimited chakra, and world-shaking ninjutsu, Kaguya can't
05:46even be truly defeated.
05:49The best you can do is seal her away and hope it sticks.
05:53Even then, you've still got her overpowered family tree to deal with.
05:57The Otsutsuki are just something else.
06:08Number 25, Hau.
06:10Shaman King.
06:11Looks can be deceiving.
06:13For example, look at Hau.
06:15While he appears to be an average, snot-nosed brat, he's actually an incredible sorcerer
06:20who's retained the knowledge of his past two lives, including the mastery of all five
06:25elements.
06:31We won't even mention his guardian spirits.
06:34It just makes this seem even more unfair.
06:37Hau's strength forces Yoh and the others to ask, how do you fight an unbeatable foe
06:42with two and a half lifetimes of experience?
06:45The short answer is, you don't.
06:54All-seeing, all-knowing, and most certainly all-powerful, a title like Shaman King isn't
07:00enough for Hau.
07:01He's not royalty, he's a god.
07:11Number 24, Hades.
07:13Saint Seiya franchise.
07:15There's no killing someone who's immortal.
07:18But that's doubly the case when said immortal is also the god of the underworld.
07:23Yeah, talk about a killer opponent.
07:30Realistically, most challengers won't even make it to Hades' doormat.
07:41The god commands endless armies of spectres from the underworld.
07:45If you somehow fought through them all, he could resurrect a new battalion just like
07:50that.
07:54That's not to say Hades sits on the sidelines all the time, though.
08:02He's still a god, and he has the ludicrous strength to put even titans in their place.
08:08Much like death itself, there is no way to really escape Hades.
08:13He is inevitable.
08:25Number 23, Arceus.
08:28Pokemon franchise.
08:29Pokemon has a lot of legendaries, but only one god.
08:34Its name is Arceus.
08:43Legend says it created the Sinnoh region and potentially the entire Pokemon universe as
08:49we know it.
08:50With that kind of power, it's no wonder it puts every other Mon in the dex to shame.
09:03Pseudos?
09:04A breeze.
09:05Mythicals?
09:06Get real.
09:07Maxed out legendaries with perfect movesets?
09:11Still nothing in the face of the original one they call Arceus.
09:15Its signature move, which can change types to be always super effective, by the way,
09:20is called Judgment for a good reason.
09:34Whenever Arceus fights, it's serving as judge, jury, and executioner.
09:40Number 22, Devil Gundam.
09:42Mobile fighter G Gundam.
09:45In the age-old rivalry of man versus machine, the appropriately named Devil Gundam is a
09:51ringer.
09:52It originally crash-landed on Earth with orders to salvage the environment.
09:59Unfortunately, it decided the best way to do that was to eradicate humanity.
10:08In minutes, its inventors saw firsthand just how devastating its Vulcan cannons could be.
10:25To make matters worse, the Devil Gundam can repair itself endlessly and is programmed
10:30to self-evolve.
10:32Even if humanity could rally and make a better Gundam, it'd only be a matter of time before
10:38the Devil would catch up.
10:40It's unbreakable, uber-powerful, and gets stronger with time.
10:44Who approved this thing?
10:56Number 21, Mob.
10:58Mob Psycho 100.
11:06While he spends most of his time exercising small-time ghosts beneath his far less powerful
11:12boss, Regan, Mob has been shown to absolutely leather any rival espers that come his way.
11:22His psychic abilities more than make up for his poor physical strength, as he's capable
11:27of shifting entire buildings with the flick of a wrist.
11:31If it weren't for his passive nature, we're sure Mob's powers could easily level entire
11:36cities with minimal effort.
11:46Number 20, Beatrice.
11:48Umineko When They Cry.
11:50While more powerful entities end up appearing down the line in the visual novel, this golden
11:55witch absolutely dominates in the anime adaptation.
12:08With the title of the Endless Witch, Beatrice is able to control life and death, and is
12:14able to endlessly destroy and repair anything she chooses, which just so happens to be very
12:20useful in setting up multiple murder mysteries.
12:30Not only does she have the power to summon powerful servants, such as the Stakes of Purgatory,
12:35but she can also command the Shoulder Towers, which fire deadly beams of light.
12:43Number 19, Fiamma of the Rite.
12:45A Certain Magical Index.
12:48Isn't that always the way?
12:50Esper that serves the Catholic Church suddenly decides that he should rule above it, and
12:55God as a whole.
12:56He's a bit of a hubristic dick about it, but when you're armed with something as
13:01monumental as the Holy Rite, you can kind of get away with it.
13:12Able to create miracles and crush all he sees as evil, there's nothing more sinister
13:18than watching the Third Arm emerge from his body and wipe out whatever heretic is caught
13:23in its crosshairs.
13:33And he briefly attained the highest reachable status in the magic site, La Persona Superior
13:40Adio.
13:41No wonder he was able to start World War III.
13:51Most isekai protagonists tend to find themselves gifted with extraordinary abilities, especially
13:57if the world they've been shipped off to is based around a video game.
14:02Even amongst that little pantheon, the undead ruler of Nazarick stands atop them all, thanks
14:07to both an endless series of top-tier insta-kill spells, an entire kingdom filled with boss
14:13monsters to act as his minions, not to mention a devotion to his evil archetype that doesn't
14:19put him above subjugation, deceit and slaughter.
14:28While these days he loves nothing more than to let his henchmen cut down his foes, he's
14:32certainly not above the occasional sacrificing of 70,000 soldiers to summon eldritch tentacle
14:39goat demons.
14:53The no-name community sure are lucky they got the all-star Ace of Psychic Children on
14:58their team, because very few can hope to match this hothead in the gift games.
15:07Primarily it's his monumental strength and durability that you've got to watch out
15:12for.
15:13Gods, mountains, other problem kids, few can hope to withstand the force of his fists.
15:23When he gets going, this vulgar scene becomes an engine of destruction that won't stop
15:28until his foes are pummeled beyond recognition.
15:31So, best not to insult Black Rabbit when around him.
15:46While the efforts of Hohenheim and the Elric Brothers certainly brought down the ultimate
15:50being's power level with their counter-transmutation circle, the father of the homunculi is not
15:56one to be underestimated.
16:03Not only did he succeed in swallowing the very concept of God, but was able to raise
16:08the dead, disable all alchemy with just a tap of his finger, and for one singular shining
16:14moment created a miniature sun in the palm of his hand.
16:30Whatever stage he's at, the former dwarf in the flask is not something your regular
16:34state alchemist can vanquish.
16:44The guy who just wants to live a mundane life, just so happens to be the most powerful
16:52psychic to ever exist.
16:54Ain't that a hoot?
16:58Honestly, the sheer amount of ability Psyche has to his name is just as big as Kaido's
17:05daydreams of one day defeating Dark Reunion.
17:08Teleportation, telepathy, telekinesis, clairvoyance, invisibility, flight, mind control, petrification,
17:16psychometry, super strength, time travel, x-ray vision, and so much more.
17:28All of which is also constantly restrained thanks to his suppression antenna.
17:33The boy could wipe out the world if he got serious for even a moment, but thankfully
17:38he loves putting too much to even entertain such an idea.
17:55And you thought regular heroic spirits were off the chain.
17:59Turns out, when compared to the likes of one of the seven beast-class servants, Archer
18:04and that are pretty much paltry.
18:15As one such god-like being, Tiamat only lives to eradicate humanity.
18:21Which is a bit tragic, since she sort of gave birth to the species as a whole.
18:31Honestly, she's got so much cosmic power that even the concept of death eludes her.
18:38To the point, it took a grand servant, a grand candidate, four goddesses, Archer Gill, about
18:44eight ass-balls, and a bland teenage protagonist to take her down.
18:53There are Giant Mecha, and then there's Nono.
19:04While she's something of an airhead and sweet as pie, the truth is that she's secretly
19:09a living buster machine, and one capable of taking on an entire alien fleet all by her
19:15lonesome.
19:24Traversing across the galaxy in the blink of an eye?
19:27Easy.
19:28Landing a kick that would make a solar system shake?
19:31No problem at all.
19:32Her buster beam wiped out practically everything in its path.
19:43Of course, the truest example of her mechanical might comes from how she was able to grasp
19:48and move a black hole.
19:51Let that sink in.
19:52He's a bonafide loser with a perpetual smile that is constantly underestimated when the
20:13truth of the matter is, he's probably the deadliest thing in a school uniform.
20:22Normally, someone who can summon giant screws would be terrifying enough, but through his
20:30ability to slowly remove aspects of reality just for shits and giggles, it's kind of
20:35a miracle this guy ever lost a fight.
20:42After all, it doesn't matter if you're an artist with supernatural paintings, Kumagawa
20:46will just remove colour until the world is black and white.
21:02This Italian stallion has a dream – to become someone of such influence within the underworld
21:08– a gangster, if you will – so that he can protect the innocents from true evils
21:14of the world, and control the rampant chaos that crime has divulged into.
21:25Bet he never expected to skip over that, and go all the way to being a super being capable
21:31of instantly overpowering whatever stand user steps up to him.
21:44After becoming fused with the arrow and unlocking Gold Experience Requiem, Giorno wasn't only
21:49given a major power boost, but his stand demonstrated the innate ability to negate – and undo
21:56– even the time-erasing shenanigans of King Crimson.
22:03Whether you're a colossal monster made of pure nightmare fuel, a tyrant that's conquered
22:14entire galaxies, or literally just anything else, it just doesn't matter.
22:20Wanna know why?
22:21Because everything falls before the might of Saitama's fist.
22:33His strength is so absolute, so without limits, that every foe that he swung at has either
22:39been reduced to a corpse in a rapid-fire manner, or knocked into the next year.
22:51Serious or casual, we'd wager at this point Saitama could punch out God – he's already
22:57bested everything else.
23:11While the rest of her fellow magical girls might be flashier, none can hope to compare
23:16to the sheer scope of Madoka's divine power following her wish.
23:20After managing to pull a fast one on Kyubey by calling for an end to all witches, Madoka
23:26pretty much became a deity.
23:34As a result, the universe essentially rewrote itself to accommodate for her transcendence.
23:40That and her newfound habit of saving every magical girl across history by preventing
23:46their shift to the dark side.
23:58Now everywhere, nowhere, and able to snipe down a planet-sized witch without any effort,
24:04you won't find a cuter reality shifter than her.
24:16You don't mess with the Military Uniform Princess.
24:28Pretty scary when one so full of hatred in their Vocaloid heart has so much power to
24:34their name.
24:35And we're not just talking about those floating swords of hers.
24:46And with her holopsion, Altair proved to be a tad on the omnipotent side of things, since
24:51she can alter and rearrange a created story – i.e. completely trash their abilities
24:57– while also create an entire new universe of her own.
25:10Full disclosure, there really isn't much to know about Yua.
25:13She came out of nowhere, her origins are a mystery, and the only reason she has a name
25:19is because she asked Sadako for one.
25:21The only thing we know for sure is she isn't someone to mess with.
25:36It seems that trapping people in time loops is Yua's favourite hobby.
25:40Well, that and laughing at Hanyu when she blasts her into oblivion.
25:45Based on Yua's track record with time manipulation, it seems her powers might truly be limitless.
25:51It's chilling to think that, even after everything, we haven't even scratched the surface of
25:57what Yua's capable of.
26:06With the single goal of halting the Spiral Nemesis, this stagnated entity was more than
26:12happy to regress and crush all races of the universe.
26:21It also had the means to do so, whether by pulling the members of Team Daiguren into
26:27a prison made from their own dreams, or by simply smashing them to pieces with all the
26:32force of an exploding star.
26:43Then there's the fact he can also grow to the size of whole galaxies in order to really
26:47bring the pain.
26:49He would have likely brought all of space and time to a halt if not for Simon and his
26:53shootless fisticuffs.
27:02The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
27:05What's worse than a narcissistic, annoying high school girl with absolutely no filter?
27:10How about one that unknowingly has the power to drastically alter reality and shape the
27:15universe with just a thought?
27:27A being who has caught the attention of time travellers, datamines and all other crazy
27:33characters to descend to Earth, the only thing to stop Ms. Suzumiya from reducing everything
27:38to zero is one cynical git named Kyon.
27:52She is quite a marvel, in that even though she can make time on itself just to extend
27:58her summer vacation, she manages to inspire exasperation as opposed to awe.
28:12You'd think after the first few times this adorable lass altered reality, the dimensional
28:19hopping factions and their dragon knights would take a step back and realise hunting
28:24her down is a bad idea.
28:31As the ultimate observer, Haruka is both blessed and cursed to rearrange space-time and quantum
28:38probability however she sees fit.
28:41Which basically means, if she wants to reject someone's existence, then every parallel
28:46universe has to bend to her whims and get to restitching itself.
28:57Along with the dragon talk acting as her multi-dimensional deterrent, she's somewhat untouchable.
29:12While Goku trains enough to one-up this little jellybean, the Omni-King stands somewhat tall
29:18as the Dragon Ball franchise's most powerful entity.
29:24It's not so much that all gods of destruction, angels and kai's bow before him with absolute
29:33fear and humility, it's more so the awe-inspiring spectacle of watching this child-like thing
29:39casually erase an entire universe with but a wave of his hand.
29:54That's setting the bar pretty damn high.
30:00While his actual combat prowess is hard to measure, the fact pointing a finger is enough
30:05to squash a whole realm is pretty hard to beat.
30:19Overshadowing all demons, humans and other creatures of the four worlds, this entity
30:23is both creator and destroyer, forever seeking to return all life to the Sea of Chaos.
30:32She's the kind of mother you do not want to test your mettle against.
30:36On account there is nothing out there that can even come close to her power.
30:48Given how just by partially tapping into her essence, Lina was able to unleash such monstrous
30:53techniques as the Giga Slave and Ragna Blade, it's shuddering to think what would happen
30:59if she decided it was time to discipline her countless offspring.
31:26While very little is known about this all-knowing creator that's been reincarnated inside
31:31one of the very first Harem protagonists, the fact he's regarded as a supreme being
31:37that's all-knowing and boundless speaks volumes.
31:42He's calmed the goddess-killer known as Counter-Actor with zero effort, infinite wisdom
31:50and maximum suave.
31:52And there was that one time he nearly caused the end of all things, simply because the
31:57human Tenshi ascended into his god mode earlier than expected.
32:08Guess all the other OP Harem masters are just trying to catch up to this guy and his
32:26power.