Eren Yeager begins Attack on Titan as a furious kid who just wants freedom, but by the final season, that rage turns into something far more catastrophic. After gaining the power of the Founding Titan, he unleashes the Rumbling, sending countless Colossal Titans marching across the world and crushing entire nations under their feet. The destruction wipes out a massive portion of humanity, pushing his kill count into the tens of millions and cementing him as one of anime’s most devastating figures. | © Funimation
Esdeath rises through the Empire’s ranks in Akame ga Kill! thanks to terrifying control over ice and a worldview shaped by brutal survivalism. She can summon entire armies of frozen soldiers and even stop time for a few seconds, turning battlefields into slaughterhouses in an instant. When she unleashed her power on northern tribes and froze vast regions solid, the casualties soared into the hundreds of thousands, proof that her strength always came without mercy. | © Sentai Filmworks
Guts survives in Berserk by swinging a sword that’s bigger than most men, and he never hesitates when someone stands in his way. During his time with the Band of the Hawk, he famously cut down one hundred soldiers in a single night to protect Casca, earning the name Hundred Man Slayer. Add years of mercenary battles, demons, and endless wars to that moment, and his body count climbs into the thousands, every kill carved out in close combat. | © Media Blasters
Noriko starts Gunbuster as an inexperienced trainee who just wants to live up to her late father’s legacy as a space commander. War against alien space monsters forces her to grow up fast, and once she takes control of the Gunbuster, hesitation disappears. Massive interstellar battles and desperate last stands against overwhelming swarms leave entire fleets of enemies wiped out, pushing her kill count into the billions in humanity’s fight for survival. | © Bandai Entertainment
Boros leads the Dark Matter Thieves in One Punch Man, roaming the universe in search of someone strong enough to satisfy his obsession with battle. Overwhelming speed, near-instant regeneration, and planet-level energy blasts mean most fights don’t end with a duel, they end with a world in ruins. Entire civilizations have fallen simply because he was bored, leaving behind a body count that stretches far beyond a single planet. | © Viz Media
Ryomen Sukuna doesn’t value human life, including his own host’s, and that’s what makes him terrifying in Jujutsu Kaisen. His cursed energy is overwhelming, letting him slice through entire areas in an instant, regenerate from brutal injuries, and incinerate targets without hesitation. As the strongest cursed spirit in the series, he’s slaughtered thousands over the centuries, treating entire crowds as nothing more than collateral damage. | © Crunchyroll
Meliodas might look small and harmless, but in The Seven Deadly Sins, he’s a former elite warrior of the Demon Clan with a long history of bloodshed. Long before leading the Sins, he fought in brutal wars that claimed countless lives. The destruction of the Kingdom of Danafor alone, triggered when he lost control after his lover’s death, wiped out most of its population, pushing his total kill count well past 350,000. | © Netflix
Genryusai Yamamoto has led the Gotei 13 for centuries in Bleach, and his reputation wasn’t built on diplomacy. One of his techniques is said to have claimed over a trillion souls, and even if that number sounds exaggerated, his lifespan alone guarantees a staggering body count. Between endless battles in Soul Society and the possibility of destroying the same soul more than once, Yamamoto’s kill count stretches far beyond what most characters could even imagine. | © Viz Media
Beerus entered Dragon Ball Super as the first God of Destruction fans ever met, and he immediately made it clear that entire planets mean very little to him. Keeping balance in the universe is his job, and that often involves wiping out worlds, civilizations, and alien races with a flick of his hand. After millions of years spent erasing planets that likely held billions of lives each, his total kill count isn’t just massive, it’s almost impossible to comprehend. | © Crunchyroll
Madara Uchiha isn’t just another villain in Naruto Shippuden; he’s a walking catastrophe. After being revived during the Fourth Great Ninja War, he tears through entire divisions of the Allied Shinobi Forces almost casually, cutting down thousands in a single stretch of battle. One man standing against an army, and the army that disappears, easily earns him one of the highest kill counts in the series. | © Viz Media
Lelouch Lamperouge builds his rebellion in Code Geass on strategy, manipulation, and the terrifying power of Geass, which lets him command absolute obedience with a single glance. He starts out targeting a corrupt empire, but the deeper he goes, the more blood stains his grand plan. Thousands die over the course of his campaign, including a massive wave of casualties triggered by a devastating superweapon near the end, all part of his decision to become the world’s enemy so peace could finally have a chance. | © Funimation
Father stands at the center of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as the cold, calculating force behind one of the series’ largest tragedies. Long before taking on a human form, he existed as the “Dwarf in the Flask,” manipulating events from the shadows and orchestrating the fall of Xerxes to harvest its countless souls for his own transformation. An entire civilization was sacrificed to fuel his ambition, placing his kill count in the tens of thousands, all executed through careful planning rather than brute force. | © Crunchyroll
Light Yagami’s body count doesn’t come from swords or superpowers, but from a pen and a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written inside. What starts as a twisted attempt to rid the world of violent criminals quickly spirals into a full-blown god complex, as he begins deciding who deserves to live and who doesn’t. By his own admission in an alternate ending, he wiped out 124,925 people, all while sitting behind a desk, convinced he was saving the world. | © Viz Media
Alucard isn’t just another vampire in Hellsing; he’s an ancient, near-immortal weapon unleashed against anything that threatens humanity. Beneath the red coat and tinted glasses is a being who has slaughtered millions over centuries, cutting down vampires, ghouls, soldiers, and anyone unlucky enough to stand in his way. He doesn’t rush it either, he toys with his prey, drags out the fear, and then finishes the job with a grin and a pair of oversized guns. | © Geneon Entertainment
Zeno may look like a harmless, wide-eyed child, but he’s the Omni-King of all 12 universes in Dragon Ball Super, and his power goes way beyond anything the gods can handle. He doesn’t fight, scheme, or struggle; he simply erases entire universes from existence like they never happened. There were once 18 universes in total, and after wiping out six in a moment of frustration, Zeno quietly secured one of the highest kill counts in anime history without breaking a sweat. | © Crunchyroll
Some anime characters fight to survive. Others fight for power, revenge, or a twisted sense of justice. These 15 characters didn’t just win battles, they left behind body counts that changed entire worlds.
