Top 30 Most Hated Anime Characters of All Time | Articles on WatchMojo.com (2025)

“Dragon Ball Super” (2015-18)
The Tournament of Power, being the multiversal slugfest that it is, was bound to have at least one combatant that didn’t gel with fans for one reason or another. Right at the top is Ribrianne, and her incessant bragging about the power of love. Look, we’re all for romance driving a character to throw hands…it’s just that Ribrianne’s approach to her lovey dovey creed makes her akin to Sailor Moon with the annoyance dialed up to eleven. It certainly made her defeat at the hand of Android 18 all the more satisfying – you know – someone who is actually in love?

“Pokémon” (1997-)
Yeah, it’s low hanging fruit, but come on – Brock was the man. He was the super simp we loved to see fail. He was funny and compelling. And then he left, and in his place, we were given the most milquetoast companion we’ve had the displeasure of meeting. Tracy is just fog. His character has nowhere near the strength of personality as Brock has, and was a much weaker foil for Ash and Misty as they continued their Johto journeys. Why they kept bringing this fool back we’ll never know.

“Darling in the Franxx” (2018)
Remember the time that #bitchigo went wild on social media? Well, it wasn’t due to fans suddenly deciding the blue-haired mecha pilot needed to be taken down a peg, it was all down to one scene. Just a single scene, in which Ichigo destroyed every ounce of likability. Despite Hiro clearly wanting to find Zero Two before she’s taken away, Ichigo did everything she could to keep him at bay – including forcibly kissing him and confessing her love at the worst possible time. Well, that waifu war ended rather snappily.

“Komi Can’t Communicate” (2021-22)
Socially inept and communicatively impaired Komi dreams of gaining a hundred friends. And while most have bold, hilarious or adorable personalities, there’s one from her ever expanding friend group that we have never truly accepted. And that’s Yamai. Why? Because she’s a psychotic stalker who worships Komi and was willing to kidnap Tadano because he was getting too close. That’s not endearing. That’s criminal behavior. Slap the cuffs on her and get her away from Komi!

“Future Diary” (2011-12)
You know you’ve reached the bottom of the barrel when people are more sympathetic towards the crazy, murderous, axe-wielding yandere than the stale-bread main character! Then again, Yuki is hardly innocent in the whole affair. Not only was he stupid enough to accept the killing game for the chance to become the God of Time, but he tried to use Yuno as a tool to help him win. Because manipulating a killer with a few loose screws and a hardcore crush couldn’t possibly backfire, right?

“Beyblade Burst QuadDrive” (2021-22)
Beyblade Burst knocked it out the park with their first lead character, Valt Aoi. But with each new installment, we got diminishing returns in this department and we ultimately ended up with the insufferable Bel Daizora. A little kid who roleplays as a demon lord is fun on paper, but the execution was the worst kind of diabolical. He’s easily one of the most annoying characters in the franchise. He’s a jerk to his friends, refuses to accept defeat, interrupts hyped up moments, and worst of all, he beats some of the fan favorite bladers with ease. All the while the rest of the cast laughs it off and says “oh that wacky little fella - isn’t he just the best?”. Honestly, it’s no wonder the Burst series ended after his run.

“Psycho-Pass” (2012-23)
Following such a sublime sci-fi series like the first season of Psycho-Pass was always going to be challenging, but it became downright impossible when they booted off leading man Kogami to god knows where, and strapped best girl Akane with a sub-par group of supporting characters. This is especially true for Shimotsuki. She’s insubordinate, impulsive, prejudiced and so naive that she plays right into the villain’s hands. She was an eyesore at the best of times, and was one of the major reasons this sequel fumbled so hard.

“Classroom of the Elite” (2017-)
Turns out in a school system where points are everything and your future living standards are on the line, hooligans and violent sadists still find a way to worm their way in. His intellect only offset by his love of instilling fear in others, Ryuen became instantly loathsome due to how much he enjoyed harassing others. Beating down the vulnerable with his fists or by blackmail, it was all entertainment to him. You can imagine the catharsis when we saw Ayanokoji beat the tar out of the dragon boy until he was left shaking in fear.

“Black Butler” (2008-10)
He’s the face of the poorly received sequel series that seemed to contradict the first season and source material, so Alois already had a handicap when he entered the arena of young masters and demon butlers. The fact he’s a spineless, clingy and oh so arrogant little shit was all his doing though. We’re not exactly inclined to feel sympathy for a character, when they spend the first episode gouging out the eye of their maid before acting like a rejected school girl every time they fail to gain the attention of the butler they’re boning for.

“Oreimo” (2010-13)
Aggressive and unlikeable despite harboring a secret that makes her a hypocrite, steals the idiot love interest away from the actual best girl of the series, and ends up going all the way with her brother. Any of these factors would immediately make a character’s popularity plummet, and Kirino accomplished all three. Sure, her brother’s an absolute moron for thinking with his junk and going the incest route, but it’s Kirino’s deplorable attitude and sense of entitlement that garnered most of the backlash. Why couldn’t we have just focused on Kuroneko?

“Sonic X” (2003-05)
You know all those creepy folks online that are obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog to uncomfortable levels? Well, they’ve got nothing on Christopher Bloody Thorndyke. At his best, he was about as tolerable as Amy Rose, at his worst, he was a whiny human sidekick who worked himself into every major landmark event of the Blue Blur’s canon of work like a cringy self-insert fanfiction character. This was made all the worse when he risked the chance of Sonic returning to his own world because he couldn’t live without his spikey companion.

“School Days” (2007)
Delusional dimwit deceives a dozen equally daft damsels into doing the downward dog day in and day out despite it dooming his dedicated darling to despair. That about sums it up as far as Makoto is concerned; anime’s ultimate heartbreaker who somehow rolls into one sexy scenario after the other without a care or even a bloody smile on his face. And yet he’s seemingly shocked to his core when he discovers that doing so many women dirty resulted in him getting his comeuppance – or in this instance, several stabs to the gut.

“Rent-A-Girlfriend” (2020-23)
Harem protagonists are a dime a dozen. Sometimes they’re bland. Sometimes they’re fun. Sometimes they’re gigachads. But we argue there is only one that is truly reprehensible. And that’s Kazuya. Sad and lonely like the rest of us, Kazuya’s delve into renting out girlfriends leads to a barrage of romances, drama and awkwardness that is the furthest thing from endearing. He’s pathetic in his approach to love, the way he clings to old flames, how he handles his obvious attraction to Chizuru, as well as his never-ending spiral of lies. We have Rentaro now, we don’t need the likes of Kazuya anymore!

“Made in Abyss” (2017-22)
He only appeared briefly in flashbacks, so how did this armoured White Whistle’s infamy skyrocket overnight? That answer lies at the bottom of the Abyss, wherein he tricked two orphans to take part in his experiment and sent them both plummeting to the lowest level, all to observe the effects the curse would have on their bodies – even if it killed them. With Nanachi left as a fluffy ball of regret and Mitty melted into an agonising glob, we’ve still hoping Reg shoves his Incinerator up Bondrewd’s tail hole one day.

“Sword Art Online” (2012-20)
Whether he’s jacked into Alfheim Online under the guise of Fairy King Oberon, or roaming the outside world as some suit, this guy remains one of the gaming world’s biggest scumbags. Thinking himself a god given his higher stats, there’s nothing that Oberon won’t do in order to get what he wants, including stringing up Asuna and attempting to assault her while making Kirito watch. Even after getting his ass kicked he still refused to slither away, attempting to stab Kirito back in the real world, only for him to once again get pathetically owned, by a teenager no less!

“Fate” franchise (2006-)
Kind of impressive that in a series that features child murderers and narcissistic emperors, Shinji was the one who managed to make fans blood boil. Maybe it’s due to how pathetic he is. Flaunting his superiority when in truth he’s the weakest participant in the Fifth Holy Grail War, the only thing more infuriating than Shinji’s ego is his attitude towards women. Abusing Sakura, making unwanted advances at Rin, it’s no wonder fans were happy to see him get his comeuppance on many occasion.

“Jujutsu Kaisen” (2020-23)
What’s one positive thing we can say about this curse? We loathe him to our very soul – so I guess that means he’s doing a good job as resident villain! Sadistic and apathetic to the lives of mortals, Mahito takes immense pleasure in physically and emotionally torturing our beloved cast of sorcerers on a regular basis. Whether he’s killing innocents or acting like a troll, Mahito is all too easy to hate. Made all the worse by his unshakeable belief in himself as he commits atrocity after atrocity.

“Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans” (2015-17)
She swept in at the last second to steal the glory, and as a result catapulted out of our good graces. Unlike her superiors, Julieta didn’t establish herself as a morally gray antagonist fighting for a cause, but just came across as a wishy-washy side-chick with a ridiculous amount of plot armor. The fact that she was the one who beheaded Mika and Barbatos after they had already died from overexerting themselves was just the bloody cherry on top. We’re guessing she was meant to be someone we could mellow towards over time, but in the end she was nothing more than a blight on a stellar sequel season.

“My Hero Academia” (2016-)
While some may have warmed up to this grape’s constant perverted actions and sole goal of becoming a pro-hero so he can get lucky with the ladies, but there’s no denying there’s a firm sect out there who think Mineta is the worst thing to happen to U.A High since their security system. He may have proven himself to have the potential to go all the way, but you can bet that he will take whatever deplorable means necessary just so he can get a peek at some skin. Peeping through into the girls’ changing room. Nearly climbing into the girl’s hot springs. Mineta’s quest to get his purple salad shaken is never-ending.

“Vinland Saga” (2019-23)
In spite of being a slave owner, for the most part, Kettle painted himself as a decent person. Sure, he had massive insecurities over his supposed legacy as a great warrior and the fact he had an obsession with Arnheid was a bit uncomfortable, but at least he was good to Throfinn and Einar. And then his true colors were revealed. Enraged over the notion that Arnheid had tried to flee, he beats her to near death, then sends the residents of his farm to their doom in a hopeless battle against the invading Canute. Kettle is a weak man masquerading as strong, and his pride brought immense grief to those least deserving of it.

“Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion” (2006-08)
Before we saw this genius student get intimate with table-kun, it was pretty clear she had an intense prejudice against the Japanese… and things got a lot worse once she had a mental breakdown. Following Princess Euphemia’s demise, Nina snapped, deciding that the obvious thing to do to get her revenge on Zero would be to try and blow up the school, as well as help develop weapons of mass destruction that would go on to slaughter many. Yeah, bet Euphe is real proud of you Nina…

“One Piece” (1999-)
For the sake of justice, no sacrifice is too big. That’s the creed of this admiral, whose list of accomplishments pretty much epitomize the dark side of the World Government. Killing civilians just to snuff out a single criminal? Using propaganda and deception in order to cover up their own horrendous actions? Akainu stands by it all. Kind of scary that a man like that is now running the Navy. Of course, nothing can compare to the time where he murdered Ace right in front of Luffy. That pretty much cemented him as the most hated figure in all four oceans.

“Tokyo Revengers” (2021-23)
Don’t you just hate it when an incel gains the power to manipulate time? Well, that’s essentially Kisaki. A loser in life whose rejection by Hina sends him to manipulate timelines for his own benefit, only to be thwarted each and every time by Takemitchy’s own timey wimey antics. Seeing everyone as an object, he’s a master manipulator who’s just desserts couldn’t come soon enough given all the horrendousness he put Toman through across countless scenarios in alternate realities. Thank goodness for Truck-kun.

“Naruto: Shippuden” (2007-17)
There’s no shinobi that doesn’t have blood on their hands, but they really can’t compare to the deceit employed by this power-hungry geezer. The way he manipulated his fellow ninja so as to secure himself the position of Hokage, the way he collected Sharingian in order to increase his own power, all the bullshit concerning Itachi and the massacre of the Uchiha clan, this war-hawk was a criminal mastermind unto himself, whose ambitions had a terrible habit of screwing over our favorite characters. Thankfully, it wasn’t anything a Chidori couldn’t fix. Thanks for taking one for the team Karin!

“Tower of God” (2020-24)
We knew it was coming. We knew something had to happen, after all, the internet wouldn’t be crawling with the hashtag “F” Rachel if Bam's treasured companion didn't pull a shady stunt. We just didn't expect her to do...that. With the Administrator's Test coming to a close, a weakened Bam celebrates with his wheelbound beloved over how they succeeded and could climb the tower together. At least until she promptly stands up, pushes him out of the Shinsu bubble, and sends him plummeting into the depths below, all out of a twisted sense of jealousy so she can become a star. Welcome to the shit list Rachel.

“Akame ga Kill!” (2014)
Speaking of justice-obsessed freaks. While she might seem all bubbly on the surface, this high-ranking member of the Jaegers lives to deal out death. Viewing all enemies of the Empire as nothing more than villains in dire need of being destroyed, it doesn’t take much to flip her kill switch, wherein she goes from sweet to psycho in a heartbeat. Her twisted beliefs go so deep that even when she finally met her match, she still believed herself to be doing what’s right. It’s just a damn shame she took so many of Night Raid’s best members with her.

“Attack on Titan” (2013-23)
We will say right off the bat – that Gabi might just have one of the greatest redemption arcs in anime. And that could only be accomplished if her initial characterisation earned immense scorn and vitroiol. Indoctrinated by Marlyean propaganda, Gabi fashioned herself into the ideal child soldier, despised those of her own race, and most damningly of all – killed fan-favorite character Sasha. From there, it was a painful walk to righting past wrongs, with many unable to find it in their hearts to forgive her even to this day.

“Berserk” (1997-98)
No one can deny the White Hawk’s charisma, strategy and drive. He was the perfect foil for the likes of Guts, with noble ideals accompanied with a ruthlessness that almost put him within reach of his dream. This just made his eventual betrayal all the more soul-shattering. Willing to sacrifice his comrades in exchange for divinity, the moment Griffith made his now iconic deal with the devils known as the God Hand, he cemented himself as one of the most hated traitors in the whole medium. We won’t deny that his descent into villainy was masterful, but damn it if we don’t despise him for it.

“Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood” (2009-10)
He may not have swallowed God, committed genocide or any of the crap that Father and the Homunculi pulled over the course of the series, but we just can’t un-see the horror of the Sewing Life Alchemist revealing a talking chimera with complete jubilee. A chimera made by fusing together his own daughter and her dog. It’s a chilling display of inhumanity that continues to haunt the Elric brothers well into their search for the Philosopher’s Stone, further illuminating how alchemy can be used for the most insidious means. Oh how we wish Tucker could have received a few more fullmetal punches before Scar zapped him.