With abundant combat-centered content in the anime genre, it is no big surprise that long-running debates about the most powerful anime characters are a staple of anime popularity.
Over time, innumerable hours have been devoted to trying to establish which are the strongest anime characters created and what makes them unique. A string of notable contenders to pick from makes it a difficult conundrum for anime lovers.
All popular anime characters own their unique superpowers and abilities, but some of them have got legendary status. Although there’s no conclusive answer, fans haven’t stopped arguing, and you can also try to find one by watching some of the best anime on HBO Max in Australia.
If we inquire from you about the TV series that injected the love for anime into your veins, then it’s likely that the names like Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and Bleach might come out of your mouth. Over and over again, these intimidating anime superheroes and baddies have established themselves as the most mettlesome challengers the anime world has to offer.
When striving to reach a categorical conclusion about our topic of discussion, several factors need to be taken into consideration. Unquestionably, the most salient of these factors is the strength of the characters; things like fighting style, durability, and special combat skills must also be counted in.
In fact, it’s impossible to declare the winner of a one-on-one fight between these characters. We will explore the 10 strongest anime characters ever created and why.
10. Vegeta – Dragon Ball
You might notice a fair share of Dragon Ball characters popping up in this list, and rightly so. After all, while talking about the strongest anime characters, the first anime series that crosses one’s mind is, you guessed it right, Dragon Ball Z.
Taking this into account, Vegeta definitely deserves a spot on this list as he is among the A-list fighters when we talk about power. Attaining the Super Saiyan Blue evolution also empowered him to get a boost from divine energy and turn into an even more dynamic character.
9. Father – Fullmetal Alchemist
Let us apprise you in advance that as we will move ahead in this list, omnipotence will somewhat become a running factor for apparent reasons. Father, the villain of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime series, would be a perfect forerunner of the powerful characters to come.
The Alchemy regime of Fullmetal Alchemist runs on the fundamental theory of Equivalent Exchange; to acquire something, an equally valuable thing must be surrendered. However, after obtaining omnipotence, Father gets exemption from these rules, letting him conjure whatever he wants.
8. Ichigo Kurosaki – Bleach
Ichigo Kurosaki, an orange-haired Shinigami, possesses a wide array of superpowers that make him vanquish even the mightiest of foes. He attains the Soul Reaper powers, and with his unmatched strength, he takes down supreme deities and reality-bending demiurges. With every victory over his foes, Ichigo gains a new set of powers.
His aptness for adapting to new antagonists is almost unmatched and he beats all of them with a bend of his acute intellect and lethal powerful gashes. Even if anime fans didn’t witness the full potential of his extraordinary prowess in the Bleach series, Ichigo is among the strongest anime characters.
7. Kaguya Otsutsuki – Naruto
Let’s talk about the concealed villain of the Naruto franchise who made heaps of fans agitated for fathomable reasons. The character who got expelled from the heavens for devouring the fruit of the God Tree and became the first person to employ chakra, the Shinobi (Ninja) world would not have come into being without Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
However, notwithstanding her eminence as a deity, Kaguya is still comfortably confronted by Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. This puts her a little far on the list, pegging her down from where she actually should have been.
6. All For One – My Hero Academia
All for One is the iconic character who has evidently lived for almost more than a century in a world where others struggle to persist for long. He is one of the main antagonists of My Hero Academia and the prime nemesis for All Might and forced him into retiring.
All for One possesses the unique powers of absorbing other people’s superpowers and making them his own. Needless to say why this powerful Quirk makes him one of the most powerful and fearsome anime characters.
5. Naturo Uzumaki – Naruto
Of course, now it is time to name the person who got a complete series named after him, and minds you, it is not just any anime. Naruto comes in one of the most famous and liked Japanese anime and manga of all time. One reason behind this is the legendary main character – Naruto Uzumaki.
Naruto’s skill, Sage Mode, topping his control on the Demon Nine-Tailed Fox, makes him extremely strong and able to form massive monsters around him from his chakra.
The ability to create enormous Chakra creatures frequently comes in handy as he is prone to trouble and sets out to save his village, Hidden Leaf, and the world.
4. Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki – Naruto
The strongest and most powerful anime character in Naruto and landing fourth position in our list is the Sage of the Six Paths. Yep, we are talking about Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki himself, one who came up with the whole idea of ninjutsu for the modern world.
His teachings were the root at which the shinobi world was shaped, making him pivotal to building the modern shinobi way and creating the Naruto universe.
3. Goku – Dragon Ball Super
If you are an anime fan, you knew that at one point or another that was coming. After all, there is no chance that we list the strongest characters and leave out that one name everyone instantly thinks of upon this title.
Goku already became incredibly powerful by the end of Dragon Ball Z, but his powers became unreachable in Dragon Ball Super, peaking with the unbelievable Ultra Instinct form.
2. Zeno – Dragon Ball Super
Fans would like to see Son Goku be the most powerful when we talk about characters in Dragon Balls. However, he can not control reality. Zeno is the sovereign of all realities in Dragon Ball. He can create and demolish all of existence in an instant.
He has destroyed many realities just for his mere entertainment. There isn’t any character in anime to beat this god but only ONE who stands a chance against Zeno in a fight.
1. Saitama – One Punch Man
Finally, it is time now to talk about that ONE series that became famous wholly due to its protagonist: One Punch Man, particularly the character Saitama, who is The Most Powerful Character in Anime of all Time.
His training routine has scored the level of legend, and you can only ponder one thought if there is any character created in the anime ever that can give him a little entertaining battle, let alone exceed his level of power.
Saitama is considered the strongest character in anime due to the entire point of his character which is that pursuing strength and one’s goal is far more fulfilling rather than reaching that position.