Anime’s Most Unforgivable Characters


Recently Japanese media site Biglobe posed the question of ‘Who are the most unforgivable anime characters?’ Over 3000 Japanese anime viewers sent in their response to the question. Answers spanned from the early days of anime to modern times with a widely varied group of characters that anime fans just could not forgive, for one reason or another. The most unforgivable anime characters are as follows (be warned spoilers may be abound):

1.) Kyubey (Madoka Magica)
2.) Makoto Ito (School Days)
3.) Aunt (Grave of The Fireflies)
4.) Albert Maverick (Tiger & Bunny)
5.) Nadja (Ashita no Nadja)
6.) Muska (Laputa: Castle in the Sky)
7.) Sekai Saionji (School Days)
8.) Mikono (Aquarion EVOL)
9.) Tomohiko Kazami (Another)
10.) Takano Hifumi (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
11.) Athrun Zala (Gundam SEED)
12.) Muruta Azrael (Gundam SEED)
13.) Kurisu Makise’s Father (Steins;Gate)
14.) Rose Marie (Ashita no Nadja)
15.) Takako Sugiura (Another)
16.) Android 17 (Dragon Ball Z)
17.) Kaz Kobayashi (Z Gundam)
18.) Kotonoha Katsura (School Days)
19.) Nina Purpleton (Gundam 0083)
20.) Rin Kokonoe (Kodomo no Jikan)
21.) Akito Sohma (Fruits Basket)
22.) Alexander Tagosaku Oyajide (Magical DoReMi)
23.) Queen Lacets (Science Fiction Saiyuki Starzinger)
24.) Rossi (Romeo’s Blue Sky)
25.) – tie – Dinogeist (Brave Exkaiser)
25.) – tie – Apollonius (Genesis of Aquarion)
25.) – tie – Kirei Kotomine (Fate/zero)
28.) Kazuya Aoi (Freezing)
29.) Katejina Loos (V Gundam)
30.) Ali Al-Saachez (Gundam 00)
31.) Oryo Sonozaki (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
32.) Hibiki Hojo (Suite PreCure)
33.) Job Trunicht (Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
34.) Magneton (Pokémon)
35.) Furude Hanyu (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
36.) Frit Asuno (Gundam AGE)
37.) Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi Suzumiya)
38.) – tie –  Chizuru Honda (Bokurano: Ours)
38.) – tie – Nico Robin (One Piece)
40.) Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)
41.) Miss Minchin (Princess Sarah)
42.)  – tie – Riddhe Marcenas (Gundam UC)
42.) – tie – Suzaku Kururugi (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion)

You can check out Biglobe’s poll in full here. What anime character can you just not forgive? Let us know who and why in the comments section below!

Luke Halliday
Luke Halliday
Senior Editor & Anime Specialist