40 Strongest Anime Characters of All Time

Some of the oldest conversations in the fandom center on the classification of strongest anime charactersor who would win a fight. These debates will likely continue as new anime airs each season. Anime can tell a wide range of stories, and the nature of animation allows anime to cover almost every genre of fiction, from slice-of-life to science fiction. However, anime focused on combat (usually in the shonen category) tends to be some of the most popular and commercially successful anime out there.

With so much fighting in anime, it's no surprise that debates over which character is stronger than another are a staple of the fandom. Of course, with more anime airing than ever before and heroes of ongoing tales constantly receiving power-ups, these debates can change from one day to the next.. It may be impossible to say for sure who would win in a one-on-one fight, but the most powerful anime characters can be ranked when they are at their strongest and most capable.

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Ken Kaneki

Character from Tokyo Ghoul by Studio Pierrot; Based on the manga by Sui Ishida

Throughout Tokyo GhoulKen Kaneki goes from a shy bookworm to a figure of worship known as the One-Eyed King. In exchange for being able to consume only coffee and human meat, Kaneki gained superhuman strength and the ability to regenerate limbs and even his entire body.

After transforming into a half-Ghoul and training his body, he is able to easily destroy entire cities and command legions of monstrous beasts that can turn other people into Ghouls. This does Ken Kaneki, a nearly invincible fighter who only grows stronger with each injury he maintains.

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Muzan Kibutsuji

Ufotable Demon Slayer Character: Kimetsu No Yaiba; Based on the manga by Koyoharu Gotouge

Muzan Kibutsuji is the progenitor of the Demons of Demon Slayerwho gained her own powers when a scientist experimented with a rare blue spider lily over 1,000 years ago. Muzan is capable of turning others into demons and his blood will completely kill those who are incompatible with him.. He can shape and form his body to form weapons and is an absolutely vicious killer.

Muzan's only weakness is sunlight; like a demon, he can't go out during the day, and he spent most of his long life desperately searching for a cure for this flaw. When in the dark, however, Muzan's ability to regenerate is nearly limitless, and as a result, he has killed many, many demon slayers over the years.

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Yoriichi Tsugikuni

Ufotable Demon Slayer Character: Kimetsu no Yaiba; Based on the manga by Koyoharu Gotouge

Yoriichi was not only one of the first Demon Slayers, he was also arguably the strongest. Yoriichi invented the solar breathing style that everyone Demon Slayer other breathing styles derive. As a basic breathing style, Solar Breathing alone is incredibly powerful and effective against demons, causing Yoriichi is an absolute nightmare for any of Muzan's followers.

In addition to the power of Solar Breath, Yoriichi is also just a strong fighter. His skill with a sword is unparalleled and he was in peak physical condition even at the age of eighty..

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chainsaw man

MAPPA's Chainsaw Man Character; Based on the manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Fans of the anime series may not know, but Chainsaw man The titular hero is among the strongest characters in all of anime and manga. Before Pochita merged with Denji, he was the original Chainsaw Man and was one of the most feared creatures in Hell for good reason. In addition to his incredible resistance, strength and regeneration, the original Chainsaw Man was able to distort reality by 'eating' demons and erasing them from existence.

As a result of Pochita, major events in world history have just been erased from existence. Although Denji's desire for connection makes him easy to manipulate, his potential power as Chainsaw Man could make him one of the anime's strongest characters if and when the series returns.

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Korosensei

Character from Lerche's Murder Classroom; Based on the manga by Yusei Matsui

Koro-sensei is an “alien” who wields dozens of incredibly powerful tentacles, which make up the majority of his body. Koro-sensei is incredibly fastable to cross the world at lunchtime and dodge volleys of bullets coming from machine guns without breaking a sweat.

Koro-sensei can only be killed by special “anti-sensei” material, which is harmless to ordinary humans even when turned into weapons. Koro-sensei is also a master assassin, skilled in various forms of combat – a skill that is useful even without a humanoid body. While your stamina isn't unlimited, it is incredibly high, so if Koro-Sensei wasn't training people specifically to kill him, he would be nearly unstoppable.

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Tetsuo Shima

Akira character from TMS Entertainment; Based on the manga by Katsuhiro Otomo

Tetsuo Shima, the de facto antagonist of Akiraawakens his immeasurable psychic powers after a collision with another medium. His powers grow quickly and in a short time he risks destroying the entire universe. Fortunately, before this happens, he teleports to a place outside of reality and the force of his psychic blast gives rise to an entirely new universe. All of this contributes to making The strongest psychic in the anime Testsuoand that is no small achievement.

Few other anime characters have the ability to create and destroy reality, and this is what places Tetsuo among the strongest characters in the medium.

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Eren Yeager

MAPPA Attack on Titan Character; Based on the manga by Hajime Isayama

Attack on Titan the protagonist Eren Yeager is a very powerful character who has the ability to transform into a 15 meter tall Titan with incredible regenerative abilities. However, the reason he ranks so highly among the strongest anime characters is because of his ability to command legions of Titans with the power of the Founding Titan..

Using this skill, Eren can bring entire nations to ruin with a simple command that summons thousands of 50-meter-tall Titans into action. Entire armies could not resist this ability, and this makes Eren worthy of a place as one of the most powerful characters in the anime.

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Sung Jinwoo

Character from A-1 Pictures' Solo Leveling; Based on the novel by Chugong

The protagonist of the great success of 2024 Ground LevelingSung Jinwoo is the strongest hunter in the world and a major force to be reckoned with. Not only does he have incredible physical attributes like strength, speed and durability, Jinwoo also has the incredible ability to substantially increase his powers after the end of each battle.. More than anything else, this ability to grow and develop was what propelled Jinwoo to the position of best hunter.

Sung Jinwoo might be one of the newest anime heroes, but it's already clear that he has the potential to rank among the strongest anime characters of all time.

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All for one

Bones My Hero Academia character; Based on the manga by Kohei Horikoshi

The great villain of My Hero AcademyAll for One has been a villain since the beginning of Quirks, who has used his personal power to gather Quirks that increase his power and allow him to live indefinitely. Over time since the start of Quirks, All for One has collected hundreds of different powersranging from physical attacks to radio wave emission and regeneration.

All for One is also able to redistribute the Quirks he steals, allowing him to gain favor by providing new power to subordinates. All for One's cunning social manipulation is actually one of its most dangerous traitsand why it took 9 generations of One for All users to come close to taking it down.

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Crowd

Character from Bones' Mob Psycho 100; Based on the manga by a

Psycho Mob 100 Shigeo Kageyama, better known as Mob, is an ultra-powerful esper who can destroy anyone or anything with a simple thought. His powers are so intense that he needs to control his emotions to stop them from running wild.which means he doesn't use them often. However, if he feels something very strong or becomes unconscious, his psychic powers will come to the surface.

In his ???% state, Mob wields powers equivalent to those of large-scale natural disasters. Not only does the nature of their abilities make it impossible to protect them, but the force behind them is also so great that even the strongest psychics in their world give way under them. Mob is among the strongest anime psychics, although not the strongest.

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Isaac Netero

Character from Madhouse's Hunter X Hunter; Based on the manga by Yoshihiro Togashi

Former president of the Hunter Association, Isaac Netero is one of the strongest martial artists in anime history. After undergoing training that was supposed to finish him off, Netero gained incomprehensible speed and strength, being able to throw punches faster than the speed of sound. His ultimate ability is Type 100 Bodhisattva Guanyin, the manifestation of his Nen powers on a level that no other character in the series comes close to matching.

Even if he loses somehow, he has a small nuclear bomb implanted in his chest that will destroy anyone who manages to finish him off and poison anyone who manages to survive the explosion.

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Zeref Dragneel

CloverWorks Fairy Tail character; Based on the manga by Hiro Mashima

Zeref Dragneel is the titular and final antagonist of Fairy taleknown as the Black Magician because of his powerful Dark Magic. Zeref's magic is often seen bringing instant death to anything it touches. and has also been used to create numerous catastrophic demons seen throughout the series. A side effect of this magic is that Zeref is not only immortal, but also possesses powerful regeneration.

However, Zeref's strongest magic by far is his Time Magic, which allows him to cast a powerful spell called Neo Eclipse that can completely reset time, completely erasing the world from the current timeline and replacing it with a new one.

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Jotaro Kujo

Character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, by David Production; Based on the manga by Hirohiko Araki

Jotaro Kujo is the main protagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. As a person, he is as smart as he is tough and capable of discerning and combating the abilities of anyone who challenges him. Its support capacity, Star Platinum is one of the most physically powerful Stands in the seriesdespite its short range.

After facing Dio, Jotaro also learned how to stop time for several seconds, allowing him to cry at enemies as they are left defenseless. Those without Stands can't even see them, so Jotaro could easily defeat any character without a Stand.without even giving them clues as to what just happened.

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Voldigoad years

Academy Character The Misfit Of Demon King from Silver Link; Based on Shu's light novel

Although it is a newer series in comparison, the Demon's Misfit AcademyAnos Voldigoad from the film quickly joined the ranks of the strongest anime characters. As the reincarnated Demon King, Anos not only possesses incredible strength and speed, but, unsurprisingly, also wields powerful magic. this allows him to destroy anything just by looking at it.

Your Magic Eyes of Destruction can destroy even gods and their magic is often seen wreaking havoc on a meteoric scale.

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Monkey D. Luffy

Character from Toei Animation's One Piece; Based on the manga by Eiichiro Oda

Monkey D. Luffy took a bite of gum and developed the power to stretch his body, at the cost of being able to swim. This may seem like a big disadvantage for a pirate, but Luffy has made it seem like no big deal over the years.. Luffy trained for ten years to master this power, and all that training paid off.

Luffy's special transformations range from “Gear 2” to “Gear 5,” and each presents a radically different way of using his rubbery nature to enhance his battle prowess. Luffy is also a master of Haki, a means of utilizing spiritual power for combat and non-combat purposes. Although these abilities may not seem that strong on the surface, Gear 5 gives Luffy the powers of a god as he warps reality into a cartoonish parody of himself. These abilities make Luffy one of the strongest shonen anime heroes of all time.

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Alucard

Character from Graphinica's Hellsing Ultimate; Based on the manga by Kouta Hirano

A character based on a legend like Dracula has to be able to deliver in the power department, and Alucard in the Final Hell does exactly that. Functionally immortal at the start of the series due to the number of souls within him, and then literally immortal at the end, Alucard cannot be terminated. He has super strength, speed, and incredible durability, which puts him far above the level of a mere human.

Alucard can manipulate and control blood, as well as a multitude of other strange powers, such as the ability to walk through walls. His dual pistols are also essentially cannons, and he is able to summon the souls of those he has eaten to form an army of servants. As if these skills weren't enough, Alucard also has an army of demon dogs at the ready which can destroy almost any enemy it destroys in an extremely painful instant.

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Satoru Gojo

MAPPA Jujutsu Kaisen character; Based on the manga by Gege Akutami

Gojo is continually highlighted as Jujutsu Kaisen the strongest sorcerer for good reason. Although he is already incredibly intelligent and strong, what really puts him over the edge are his cursed Limitless and Infinity techniques..

With Limitless, Gojo can essentially control space, giving him incredible offensive and defensive capabilities. With Limitless, Gojo also has the Infinity technique which makes him any attack launched against him can only come infinitely close to him but never touch him, in a surprisingly literal take on Zeno's Paradox.. Gojo may not be impossible to defeat in Jujutsu Kaisenbut his raw power makes him one of the strongest in the series by a mile.

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Lucia

Elfen Lied character; Based on the manga by Lynn Okamoto

Although dissociative identity disorder means Elfen Lied “Lucy” has many voices that make up her character, Lucy tends to be the strongest of the group. It is Lucy who most often uses the character's numerous abilities. Lucy is a skilled fighter and a near-perfect shot, but it's her telekinetic abilities that stand out most. She makes use of psychic “vectors,” which act as invisible arms that she can use to extend her reach and power.

In their strongest form, Lucy's vectors can be used to sink landmasses the size of small countries. She could conceivably destroy the entire world, granting her a position among the strongest anime characters.

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Gilgamesh

Character from Fate/stay night by Ufotable; Based on the visual novel by Kinoko Nasu

Gilgamesh is an Archer-class servant who appears in almost every episode of the series. Destination franchise and is arguably the strongest heroic spirit in the verse. Also known as the King of Heroes, Gilgamesh is the oldest known heromaking him and his myth the origin of all other heroic myths. As such, Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm, the Gate of Babylon, contains the Noble Phantasms of each Heroic Spirit, including those who killed those heroes.

That being said, what really makes Gilgamesh the strongest is his unique sword Ea, that can tear the fabric of reality itself. Ea can only be owned by Gilgamesh and cannot be replicated even by Shirou Emiya due to its unusual properties that are impossible to comprehend.

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Satan/Ryo Asuka

Science Saru's Devilman Crybaby character; Based on the manga by Go Nagai

Few anime characters have regretted their incredible powers as much as Crying Devilman Ryō. Although Akira's best friend spends much of the anime series plotting behind the scenes, It is eventually revealed that Ryo is actually Satan.

As Satan, Ryo commands a massive army of demons that exterminates all of humanity as well as the most powerful demon-men. However, no slouch in combat, Ryo, as Satan, actually defeats the series' titular demon, Akira, in a tragic fight that leaves the heroic demon cut in half. Ryo's misanthropy and raw power ended up costing him the only person he ever loved, making him Crying Devilman Satan, one of the most tragic and powerful anime characters.