17 Anime Characters With Extremely High Kill Counts

A digital illustration featuring iconic anime villains and heroes known for their massive kill counts across universes, planets, and civilizations.

Anime is not only about heroes rescuing the world- it is also about villains, anti-heroes and mighty figures that have their destructive powers that leave devastating destruction behind them. Since they wiped out armies and civilizations and even entire universes, some characters have such high body counts that they can scarcely imagine it.

These murderers do not necessarily operate of pure evil--grief, revenge or perverse justice is often their motive. Yet whichever the cause, the consequences are disastrous. Following is a list of anime characters with some of the largest kill counts in anime history along with estimates of their destruction and impact of the same.

Zenō – Dragon Ball Super

Estimated Kill Count: 6 Universes.

The Omni-King, Zenos, appears as a sickly-looking child, however. Being the master of the world, he is able to destroy whole worlds with a thought. In one rage he once wiped six universes down to a blank. His strength is unquestionable and he is one of the most dreadful devastators of anime.

Alucard – Hellsing

Estimated Kill Count: About 3,000,000

Alucard is a vampire that fights on behalf of mankind but at the same time he loves carnage. Gifted with the capacity to regenerate, immense power and a sadistic nature, he has massacred millions of people over centuries. Man, vampires, as well as supernatural beings, have fallen on his ruthless guns.

Light Yagami – Death Note

Estimated Kill Count: Around 124,925

The fact that Light became the notorious Kira after being a bright student came as a shock to the fans. He starts by killing criminals using the Death Note, and it does not take long before he defends the reason behind such mass murder as a just cause. In one of the timelines, Light acknowledges that he had killed more than 124,000 individuals- qualifying Light as one of the deadliest humans in anime whom have no superhuman abilities.

Father -Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

Estimated Kill Count: Around 100,000

Being the architect of the death of Xerxes, Father employed the lives of a complete civilization to his transformation into a Philosopher Stone. His slewness and lack of respect towards life had made him a godlike being who could not be approached by anyone.

Madara Uchiha- Naruto Shippuden.

Estimated Kill Count: About 30,000

It is the resurgence of Madara in the Fourth Shinobi World War that caused a turn of the tide of battle immediately. He had Sharingan skills unparalleled and chakra levels that allowed him to kill tens of thousands of individuals in a single battle. His merciless ambition shattered whole armies.

Beerus – Dragon Ball Z

Kill Count: A few trillion.

Beerus is a God of Destruction, and balances this by destroying planets at his will. It is sometimes computed; sometimes it is as easy as burning down a planet on account of its food failing him. His sneeze had even once scattered celestial bodies alone--to emphasise the frightening magnitude of his power.

Boros – One Punch Man

Estimated number of Killed: Various Civilizations.

The unknown invader Boros wants worthy opponents, though his notion of fun easily translates to destruction of planets. his conflicts wipe whole cities and civilizations off the face of the earth, merely because his might is too great to be resisted by mortal things.

Anti-Spiral – Gurren Lagann

Estimated Kill Count: Essentially a whole Universe.

The Anti-Spiral is not so much an individual as it is a cosmic power that does not want to see the Spiral life develop. By so doing, it tries to extinguish whole species and whole worlds. Its horrifying capability of destruction readily makes it one of the most dangerous things in anime.

Ryoko – Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki

Kill Count: 28 Planets 69 Colonies (estimated).

Ryoko has a dark history of being controlled by Kagato and though she is depicted as being playful and mischievous she has caused havoc to galaxies. She has left behind dozens of planets and colonies that are totally wiped out.

She is Setsuna F. Seiei of Mobile Suit Gundam 00.

Approached Kill Count: Multiple Thousand.

Being brought up as a child soldier, the war instincts of Setsuna cannot be compared. He was a Gundam Meester and his operations killed thousands. Although he is not in the same scale as the gods or the cosmic beings, his stubborn efficiency is enough to make him one of the most dangerous mecha pilots in anime.

Noriko Takaya – Gunbuster

Kill Count: Several Billion, estimated.

Noriko starts as a strong willed student but turns out to be a pilot who can destroy things beyond imagination. She fights endless aliens with the help of the Gunbuster mecha destroying billions of them. Her experience on becoming a rookie to savior outlines the weight of being a carrier of such power.

Guts – Berserk

Estimated Kill Count: Around 1,000

The Hundred Man Slayer is called Guts, and he carved his legend in blood. Cited as a fighter who never gives up regardless of the odds, he has slain thousands of men during mercenary missions as well as demon fights- all the time being burdened with his evil fated destiny.

Lucy – Elfen Lied

Estimated Kill Count: Around 9,000

Lucy, using her unseen telekinetic hands, whips at the world which has disowned her. When she goes through traumatic experiences, her alter ego appears leaving behind her scenes of cold-blooded murder. Although her tale is tragic, her destructive power would make her one of the most deadliest female characters in anime.

Akame – Akame ga Kill!

Kill Count: Hundreds or More.

Akame is the Leaders of Night Raid and uses Murasame a cursed blade capable of killing at one strike. Her numerous missions to destroy the rotten Empire made her a rebellion icon - yet one of the most efficient assassins in anime.

Tanya Degurechaff - The Saga of Tanya the Evil.

Kill Count: Thousands.

A Japanese salaryman who is reincarnated as a cold-blooded child soldier, Tanya easily climbs the hierarchy of a war-deprived empire. Her tactical genius and ruthless character in the battlefield kill thousands of people, despite the fact that she looks very young.

Meliodas -The seven deadly sins.

Kill Count: Thousands (Kingdom of Danafor)

Meliodas lost his powers of control when grief engulfed him upon the death of Elizabeth. The consequence: the total ruin of the Kingdom of Danafor. It was unintentional but the number of people dying was disastrous.

Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan

Kill Count: Approximately 80 percent of Humanity.

Eren releases the Rumbling in one of the darkest turns in the history of anime. He frees the Titans that exist within wall and brings them forth to walk the earth destroying civilizations. His deeds almost destroy every living being except his country, which makes him one of the most devastating main characters in the history of anime.

FAQs

Ans: Zanō of Dragon ball Super has the most verified number of killed people, destroying whole universes.

Q. Are there no high-kill heroes?

Ans: Not always. Not all characters such as Eren Jaeger and Meliodas were evil, they were simply grieving, desperate, or had perverse views on justice.

Q. Are heroes also the ones to make huge kills in anime?

Ans: Yes. The mecha pilots such as Noriko (Gunbuster) and Setsuna (Gundam 00) have left massive destruction as they struggle to survive.

Final Thoughts

These characters have shown that anime is not afraid of attempting to go to the limits of devastation. They have changed worlds, and civilizations, and even universes, whether out of revenge, or of justice, or of nothing more than cruelty.

To the enthusiasts of the dark high-stakes anime these names are memorable specimens of the extent to which power can be pushed without check.