Some of the longest running conversations in the fandom are for ranking the strongest anime characters or winning in a fight. These debates can continue every season until a new anime airs. Anime can tell a wide range of stories, and the nature of animation allows anime to tackle every genre of fiction, from slice-of-life to science fiction. However, fighting-focused anime (usually in the anime category) tend to be some of the most popular and commercially successful anime in the area.

With so much fighting in anime, it’s no surprise that arguments about which character is stronger than the other are a staple of fandom. Of course, with more anime being released than ever before and heroes constantly gaining power in ongoing stories, these arguments can change by the day. It’s impossible to say for sure who would win in a one-on-one fight, but the most powerful characters in anime can be ranked as the strongest and most powerful.

25 Kaneki – the most powerful goal

Tokyo Ghoul

Over the course of Tokyo Ghoul, Ken Kaneki went from a shy bookworm to the iconic cult figure of the One-Eyed King. Instead of eating only coffee and human flesh, 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 can command monstrous beasts that can easily destroy entire cities and turn others into ghouls. This makes him a borderline invincible fighter, only getting stronger with each injury.

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24 Ichigo Kurosaki – the ultimate combination of soul reaper and quincy

Bleach

As the main hero of Bleach, Ichigo wields various powers that come from all the factions that have appeared in the series. His Soul Reaper ability allows him to wield a spiritual weapon known as the Zanpakutō, while his Hollow ability allows him to control the dark powers of the brutal Hollows. Ichigo even displays some Quincy techniques, such as Blue Vein, which can protect him from attacks, and at one point had the ability to use Fullbring, a special form of spirit power possessed by humans (such as Chad).

Although Ichigo certainly has more abilities than ever seen on screen, his return in the Thousand-Year Blood War anime gave him another chance to prove himself.

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23 Alucard – the strongest vampire of the anime

Hellsing Ultimate

A legendary character like Dracula should be able to deliver in the power department, and Alucard in Hellsing Ultimate does just that. Practically immortal at the beginning of the series due to the number of souls in him, and literally immortal after that, Alucard cannot finish. He has excellent strength, speed, and incredible strength, making him far superior to human level.

In addition to many other powers such as the ability to pass through walls, Alucard can control and control blood. His combo guns are basically cannons, and he can summon the souls of the people he eats to form an army of minions. As if those abilities weren’t enough, Alucard has an army of demon dogs that will tear apart any enemy that tears him apart in the most painful moment.

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22 Lucy – threat of extinction

elfen lied

Although her split identity disorder means she has many voices that make up her elf-like “Lucy” character, Lucy strives to be the strongest of the group. It is Lucy who makes the most of the characters’ many abilities. Lucy is both a brave fighter and a perfect archer, but it’s her telekinetic abilities that stand out most of the time. She uses psychic “vectors” that act as invisible arms to extend her reach and power. At its strongest, Lucy’s vectors can use it to sink landmasses the size of small countries. She can destroy the whole world thinking that she ranks among the strongest anime characters.

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21 Jotaro Kujo – the most famous permanent user

JoJo’s Strange Adventure

Jotaro Kujo is the main character of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. As a person, he is strong and intelligent enough to recognize and withstand the abilities of anyone who challenges him. His stand-up ability, Star Platinum, is one of the most powerful in the series despite its short range. After taking on Dio, Jotaro learned how to freeze time for several seconds, allowing him to cry out as enemies stood helpless. Those without a stand can’t see them either, so Jotaro can easily defeat any character without a stand, without letting them in on what just happened.

20 Muzan Kibutuji – The ancestor of all demons.

Demon Slayer

Muzan Kibutuji is a race of demon-slaying demons who gained their powers 1,000 years ago when tested by a scientist with a rare blue spider lily. Muzan has the ability to turn others into demons and his blood kills those who disagree with him. He is an absolute ruthless killer who can create weapons by sculpting and sculpting his body. Muza’s only weakness is sunlight; As a demon he cannot go out during the day and spends most of his life desperate to find a cure for this one defect. But in the Dark Age, Muza’s ability to regenerate is limitless, and because of this, he has killed many, many demon slayers over the years.

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19 Isaac Netero – the strongest hunter

Hunter x Hunter

The former chairman of the Hunter Association, Isaac Netero, is one of the strongest martial artists in anime history. After subjecting himself to the training that was supposed to complete him, Netero gained incredible speed and strength, able to throw punches faster than the speed of sound. His ultimate ability is the 100-type Guanyin Bodhisattva, the manifestation of Nene’s powers is at a level that even no other character in the series can match. Even if he is somehow defeated, a small nuclear bomb planted in his chest destroys everything possible to destroy him and poisons anyone who survives the blast.

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18 Eren Yeager – The Undisputed King of the Titans

Attack on Titan

Titan Protagonist Eren Yeager is a super powerful character with the ability to transform into a 15 meter tall Titan with amazing regeneration abilities. However, the reason why he ranks so high among the strongest anime characters is because of his ability to command the power of the Titans, the founder of the Titans. Using this ability, Eren can destroy entire kingdoms with a simple command that summons thousands of 50 meter tall Titans into action. Not all armies can resist this ability, and that makes Eren one of the most powerful characters in anime.

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17 Mob – A danger-level psychic with a real heart

Mob Psycho 100

Mob Psycho 100’s Shigeo Kageyama, commonly known as Mob, is an extremely powerful esper who can destroy anyone or anything with a simple thought. His power is so powerful that he has to restrain his emotions so they don’t run wild, which means he doesn’t often use them. However, if he feels something too much or falls unconscious, his psychic powers come rushing to the surface. In his ???% realm, Mob equates his powers to massive natural disasters. Not only was the nature of the abilities almost impossible to protect them, but the strength behind them was so great that even the strongest psychics in the world would stand in their way. Mob is one of the strongest anime psychics, though not the strongest.

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16 All for one – the ultimate anime supervillain

My Hero Academy

My Hero Academia’s Big Bad, a villain who has been around since the beginning of Quirks for All, uses his personal powers to collect Quirks that enhance his powers and allow him to live indefinitely. In the time since Kierke’s dawn, he has amassed hundreds of different powers all for one, from physical attacks to radio wave emission to regeneration. All can redistribute the kirks they stole to one another, giving new power to those below, allowing him to gain favor. All in all for a savvy social cheat is actually one of its most dangerous features and the reason why 9 Generation One for All users are so close to taking it down.

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15 Satoru Gojo – the strongest sorcerer

Jujutsu Kaisen

Gojo is consistently considered the strongest sorcerer of the Jujutsu Kaizen, and for good reason. Already incredibly smart and strong, the cursed techniques that put him over the edge are Limitless and Infinities. With Limitless, Gojo essentially dominates space, giving him incredible offensive and defensive capabilities. In Limitless, Gojo also has the Infinity Technique, which causes any attack launched against him to be forever close to him, but surprisingly never touches Zeno’s Paradox. Gojo may not be impossible to defeat with Kaizen Jujutsu, but his raw power makes him the strongest of the series by a wide mile.

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14 Simon – The anime’s strongest mech pilot

Gurren Lagann

Guren Lagann’s Simon is a simple earthling who harnesses his twisted energy against the giant mecha’s attacks with devastating results. A mech that spans galaxies, Simon is able to create a drill that can rip apart reality and destroy anything that stands in its way. With god-like command over life and the afterlife, as well as reality itself, this metaphysics-bending warrior is unstoppable and would destroy the universe itself if he so desired. Only beings capable of destroying the entire universe could hope to stand a chance against Simon.

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13 Giorno Giovanna – the strongest permanent user

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

Jorno is the main character of JoJo’s fifth episode known as Golden Experience. The golden experience allows him to invigorate living things and inanimate things with life force, causing them to come to life temporarily or greatly increase their powers. However, Giorno’s true power is not revealed until the end of the series, when he is struck by a Standing Arrow and his Stand evolves into the Golden Wind Requiem. The Golden Wind Requiem becomes a rare statue that can act independently of its master and can nullify and negate actions taken against it. Once struck by the Requiem of Golden Experience, one is trapped in a state of reliving their death forever—a cold, terrifying force that no one wants to face.

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12 Broly – the strongest saiyan

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

A legendary Super Saiyan himself, Broly was canonically cast in the Dragon Ball Super movie of the same name, proving that he still lives up to his fame from the 90s to the present. Broly was so powerful that even Golden Frieza, Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta weren’t enough to keep him busy. Goku and Vegeta had to join Gogeta and use their Super Saiyan Blue abilities to defeat him, but even that wasn’t enough to kill him. Broly is later seen training with Beerus on his homeworld in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero , suggesting that Broly’s powers are increasing over time.

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11 Koro-sensei – the ultimate master of anime

Killing room

Koro-sensei is an “alien” who possesses dozens of incredibly powerful tentacles, which form the bulk of his body. Koro-sei is incredibly fast, able to zip through the world on his lunch break and dodge machine gun bullets without breaking a sweat. Koro-sensei can only be killed by a special “anti-emotional” material, which is harmless to ordinary people even though it works in weapons. Koro-sei is also a master assassin, skilled in various forms of combat – a skill that is useful even without a human body. His strength is incredibly high, though not infinite, so if Koro-sensei hadn’t trained people to kill him, he would have been close to unstoppable.

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10 Rimuru Tempest – Isekai anime’s most defeated hero

Then I got reincarnated as Slim

Getting reincarnated as Atela was the best thing that ever happened to Rimuru Tempest, transforming him from a lone mercenary to a force to be reckoned with in a new fantasy world. Rimuru forms an alliance with the powerful dragon, who shares a large part of his power. This allowed Rimuru to build a following by naming monsters, which gave them new powers, and in turn allowed Rimuru to possess new powers. Rimuru receives guidance from an AI-like Great Sage who gives advice and assesses situations. Rimuru has the amazing ability to absorb power from anything he eats, which is the fate of many villains. Rimuru isn’t just about physical power, though; As the leader of a monster kingdom, he wields tremendous political power.

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9 Satan / Ryo Asuka – the king of the devil himself

Devilman Crybaby

Few anime characters come to regret their awesome powers like Devilman Crybaby Ryo. Although Akira’s best friend spends most of the anime series plotting behind the scenes, it is eventually revealed that Ryo is actually Satan. As Satan Ryo commands a massive demon army that destroys all of humanity and the more powerful demons. No reluctance to fight back himself though, Ryo unleashes the series’ devilish demon Akira in a tragic brawl that splits the heroic devil in two. Ryo’s villainy and raw power cost him the only person he loved, making Devilman Crabbe one of the saddest and most powerful anime characters ever.

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8 Kaguya Otsusuki – the origin of all shinobi

Naruto: Shippuden

Fans often think of Naruto as the most powerful character in his anime, but even he can’t defeat the series’ ultimate villain on his own. Known as the Rabbit Goddess, Kaguya is the most powerful villain in the Naruto franchise, and easily ranks among the strongest anime women. Not from Earth at first, Kaguya traveled to the planet to take the fruit of the God Tree. Her plan was to unite people by making them fear her, which isn’t hard when she can read minds, manipulate memories, travel through space, and control the elements. Once she eats the fruit of the God Tree, she can also heal her own injuries, making her indestructible. Kaguya’s powers make her one of the strongest anime villains of all time.

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7 Luffy – cartoonishly overpowered

one piece

Monkey D. Luffy bit a piece of gum and developed the power of stretching his body, at the expense of swimming. This may seem like a huge loss 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 big time. Luffy’s special transformations go from “Gear 1” to “Gear 5”, each of which is extremely different, using his rubbery nature to enhance his fighting abilities. Luffy is a master of Heiki, a method of using spiritual energy for both combat and non-combat purposes. Although these abilities don’t seem that strong on the surface, Gear 5 gives Luffy the powers of a god as he turns reality into a cartoonish parody of himself. These abilities make Luffy one of the strongest anime heroes of all time.

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6 Tetsuo Shima – Anime’s strongest psychic

Akira

Akira’s antagonist, Tetsu Shima, awakens his immeasurable psychic powers after an encounter with another psychic. His powers grow rapidly in strength, and soon he threatens to destroy the entire universe. Thankfully, before this happens, he warps himself into a space outside of reality and the power of his psychic blast gives birth to a new universe. All of this adds up to making the Testsuo anime a strong psychic, and that’s no small feat. Few other anime characters have the ability to create and destroy reality, and this is what ranks Tetsuo among the most powerful characters in the medium.

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