‘Anime’ is getting more popular by the day. People are diversifying their tastes from shonen, shojo, and action. Amongst all the new genres that are getting popularity, horror, and gore and gaining popularity rapidly. With these animes becoming popular, things associated with them are also something fans are starting to love.
The creepy and scary characters in anime are getting attention nowadays. Fans are quite curious about them. Fans wish to know which are the creepiest and scariest anime characters, not only in the horror and gore genre but overall. Read to find out.Â
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10) Ryuk
Ryuk is a Shinigami from ‘Death Note’. Physically speaking, Ryuk’s appearance is a bit jarring for any fan. He seems a little scary if one looks at him for the first time. Whilst as the series progresses, his personality comes forth and he seems harmless, it is no secret that he dropped his death note in the human world just because he was bored and wanted to be amused. Safe to say, his wish came true when Light picked up his death note.
9) The TitansÂ
The titans from ‘Attack On Titan’ are creatures from a nightmare. These titans whilst do not possess intelligence, apart from a few, are extremely creepy and scary to look at. All the people who watched ‘Attack On Titan’ have had nightmares about the titans. This makes them one of the creepiest and scariest characters in anime.
8) Baby Hyakkimaru
Hyakkimaru from ‘Dororo’ is an anime character with one of the saddest backstories. Hyakkimaru was a victim of his father’s greed and ambition. As his father made a deal to keep his lands, the devils punished his son for it. Baby Hyakkimaru was born without skin, eyes, or ears. He looked extremely scary and off-putting even as an infant and his father abandoned him.
7) Bengé
Bengé is one of the three amazingly powerful bodyguards in ‘Vampire Hunter D’. These bodyguards are known as the barbarois. Physically, Bengé is quite frightening to look at with his pink beady eyes and elongated body. Add to that his powers, and he becomes one of the scariest and creepiest characters in anime.
6) Mad Pierrot
Mad Pierrot is one of the antagonists of ‘Cowboy Bebop’. Pierrot was a victim of some lab experiments which left him with a smile that never seems to leave his face and his deteriorating mental health. Due to his worsening mental health, Pierrot often goes on a killing spree and is very powerful. It is very uncomfortable watching Pierrot cause and see the destruction with a big smile on his face that never seems to waver.Â
5) Gotou
‘Parasyte The Maxim’ is famous for its gore and uncomfortable scenes. Almost all the characters in the series are very scary and have a jarring physical appearance, but Gotou takes the cake. Gotou has five parasites living inside him and that makes him the perfect killing machine. In addition to that, he has a very scary physical appearance due to five different parasites manifesting in different forms. This makes him one of the scariest and creepiest anime characters.
4) Mamoru UchidaÂ
Mamoru is one of the characters from Satoshi Kon’s ‘Perfect Blue’. Appearance-wise, Mamoru is not very pleasant to look at but it is his personality that is truly horrifying. He is obsessed with Mimi, who is the anime’s Protagonist and he stalks her obsessively. What makes this character so scary is the fact that it is a human doing all this, rather than a monster. This makes it real for the viewers.Â
3) YunoÂ
Almost everyone has heard of ‘Mirai Nikki’ and not because of good reasons. Yuno Gasai from the anime is one of the most popular Yandere characters in anime. Seeming like a sweet and nice girl, Yuno is one of the most twisted characters in anime. She is obsessed with Yukiteru and will kill anyone who hurts him or tries to separate the two of them. What’s even scarier is the fact that she doesn’t feel any remorse while doing it. This makes her one of the creepiest and scariest anime characters.Â
2) Shou TuckerÂ
‘Fullmetal Alchemist’Â is one of the most popular manga and anime of all time. Whilst the series is commended on almost every aspect, one thing the viewers hate about the series is Shou Tucker. Shou seems very demure and mild-mannered at the start, but as the series progresses, his true nature is revealed. To advance his scientific experiments, Shou fuses his wife and his daughter with animals to create chimeras. He feels that he did this for the advancement of science and does not feel sorry about it.Â
1) John LiebertÂ
Johan is the major antagonist of the anime ‘Monster’. The title of the anime completely fits Johan. He is regarded as one of the most intelligent and cunning anime characters of all time, but at the same time is considered a dark anime character. Johan feels no sympathy or remorse towards humans. What makes him worse than being a killer is the fact that he doesn’t just kill his victims, he tortures them with their worst nightmares first. This makes him one of the creepiest and scariest anime characters.
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