Top 25 Most Powerful Anime Characters Of All Time

Anime is famous for having great visuals, fantastic animation, and a plot. However, the thing anime is most famous for are the strong characters. These characters range from humans to demons to cyborgs and gods. Each of these characters has a unique and distinct fighting style.

It is extremely hard to choose the strongest character. However, we hope this list helps. Here are the top 25 most powerful anime characters.

25) Akira

Akira is the main character in ‘Devilman‘. He is both a human and a demon and struggles to maintain the balance between both sides. He is mighty regardless of the battle between the two natures. That is why he is one of the top 25 most powerful anime characters.

24 ) Shigeo Kageyama

Kageyama Shigeo proves that heroes need not have flashy hair, or colorful eyes to be powerful. Shigeo is an introvert and is socially awkward. However, that doesn’t change the fact he is one of the best users of telekinesis and can easily cause a massacre if he wishes to.

23) Sinbad

Sinbad is a character that doesn’t possess any supernatural. However, that doesn’t mean that he is not strong, Sinbad’s strength comes from his brain and his swordplay. He is quite experienced with his swordplay which makes him suitable for one of the top 25 most powerful anime characters.

22) Edward Elric

Edward is the youngest state alchemist in ‘Fullmetal Alchemist‘. That alone is a testament to his strength. However, the true reason why he is so powerful is that, unlike other alchemists, Edward doesn’t need to draw circles to transmute, he can do so by simply joining his hands. That makes him strong.

21) Ryuko Matoi

Ryuko is on a path of vengeance, she wants to find her father’s killer. On this journey, she finds a garment made of life fibers that greatly increase her strength and abilities. In addition to that, since Ryuko is partially made of life fibers herself, she merges with the garment, and becomes almost impossible.

20) Guts

‘Berserk‘ is one of the most tragic animes to date. Guts, the main character of ‘Berserk,‘ has been a soldier since he was nine years old. He is also branded with a brand of sacrifice which means that he is constantly hunted by flesh-eating demons. However, he has only grown strong despite these challenges. He can single-handedly defeat a troop of over a hundred soldiers.

19) Luffy

Everyone knows about Luffy, the captain of the Straw Hat pirates. Luffy is extremely strong and fast. Additionally, the rubber-like nature of his body allows him to defect and dodge most attacks aimed at him.

18) Tetsuo

Although he was found injured and on the verge of death, Tetsuo grew to be extremely strong. After he unlocked his potential for psionic abilities, he was able to do various things such as fly and generate force fields and more. That put him in one of the top 25 most powerful anime characters of all time.

17) Escanor

Escanor is one of the strongest characters in ‘Seven Deadly Sins‘. His ability allows him to gain energy from the sun and it makes him almost invincible at noon when the sun is at its highest. He is known as the strongest holy knight and he proves it time and time again.

16) Ainz Ooal Gown

Ainz is the protagonist of ‘Overlord‘. He has mystical powers which he uses to obliterate evil spirits and his foes. He is also the strongest character in the overlord.

15) Kusuo Saiki

Saiki is proof that one necessarily doesn’t have to battle foes to be considered strong. ‘Saiki K‘ is a slice-of-life anime but that doesn’t change the fact that Saiki with his psychic powers isn’t extremely strong and worthy of being in the top 25 most powerful anime characters.

14) Otosaka Yuu

Otosaka Yuu is another psychic on this list. His ability allows him to possess people for a few seconds and then steal their psychic abilities if they possess any. This makes him incredibly dangerous and strong at the same time.

13) Urameshi Yusuke

Yusuke is the spirit detective in ‘Yu Yu Hakusho’. He is half human and half demon. He is also the son of the top three demons in the demon world. He has a signature move, in which he blasts energy from his right finger. This move started quite weak but is now Yusuke’s strongest move.

12) Kurosaki Ichigo

Kurosaki Ichigo is the substitute soul reaper. He is also a mix between a human, Quincy, and hollow which means that he possesses the powers and abilities of all three. This makes him exceptionally strong and worthy of being in the top 25 most powerful anime characters.

11) Lucy

Lucy is from a new species called Diclonious. Due to her being a new breed of human, she can use telekinesis. With her abilities, she can easily kill a group of humans, simply with a flick of her head. This makes her extremely dangerous.

10) Uchiha Madara

Madara is another one of those characters that everyone knows whether they have watched the anime or not. Madara was the most skilled Uchiha to possess the rinnegan. After getting the rinnegan, Madara was able to hypnotize the tailed beasts which was a big feat. This makes him one of the top 25 most powerful anime characters.

9) Gon Freeccs

‘Hunter x Hunter‘ protagonist, Gon Freeccs, is a true example of don’t take my kindness for granted. He is a little ball of sunshine but when he gets angry, he is a force to be reckoned with. His fast reflexes, unnatural healing speed, and his bottomless potential are what make him one of the top 25 most powerful anime characters.

8) Eren Yeager

Eren is one of the most complicated protagonists in anime history. He possesses three of the nine founding titans and he is extremely smart. The attack titan’s ability to see the future and past combined with the founding titan’s ability to cause the rumbling makes Eren a dangerous foe.

7) Saitama

Saitama is another one of those rare shonen anime protagonists who do not possess any supernatural ability and have just honed their natural skills. Saitama only needs one punch to defeat his opponents. What sets him apart from the rest of the heroes is that he is too strong to truly enjoy being a hero.

6) Naruto

‘Naruto‘ is one of the big three anime. Naruto, the main character is exceptionally strong and that fact was proven at the end of the series when he defeated Otsutsuki Kaguya. He has the nine-tailed fox inside him and he can use the sage mode perfectly. These abilities make him one of the top 25 most powerful anime characters.

5) Satoru Gojo

Gojo Satoru is the strongest sorcerer ever born in history. He possesses both infinity and six eyes, both of which are extremely powerful abilities. He easily handled one finger Sukuna which is a difficult task as even with a single finger, Sukuna is extremely powerful. In addition to his abilities, Gojo is also extremely smart.

4) Goku

Goku is the hero of the anime heroes. He is the main character of the most popular anime ‘Dragon ball’. He has been the hero of the entire franchise and no matter who the opponent is, Goku always manages to defeat them. He has gone through many super Saiyan transformations and has always become stronger than before.

3) Kaguya Otsutsuki

Kaguya was the final villain in ‘Naruto‘. She is the mother of Ninjutsu and it is because of her that Chakra and ninjutsu ever came into existence. Kaguya is the most fearsome antagonist in Naruto.

2) Whis

Whis is the martial arts teacher of Beerus and he is also the strongest creature of universe 7. Whilst Goku at his super Saiyan god mode was barely able to handle the half-angry Beerus, Whis managed to stop a full-on raging Beerus with a single chop to the neck. This proves why he is second in the top 25 strongest anime characters.

1) Zeno

Zeno is not only the strongest character in ‘Dragon Ball,’ but he is also the strongest anime character of all time. Zeno is the only creature capable of erasing people from existence even if they are immortal by using an ability called Erase. What makes him dangerous is his child-like way of using his abilities as he plays around with galaxies as if they were toys.