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* ''Anime/{{Kite}}'': [[DirtyCop Akai]].

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* ''Anime/{{Kite}}'': ''Anime/Kite1998'': [[DirtyCop Akai]].
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* All the ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' movies except the [[Anime/PokemonDestinyDeoxys seventh]], [[Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew eighth]], [[Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai tenth]], [[Anime/PokemonDiancieAndTheCocoonOfDestruction seventeenth]] and [[Anime/PokemonIChooseYou twentieth]] have a (usually human) Big Bad.

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* All the ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movies except the [[Anime/PokemonDestinyDeoxys seventh]], [[Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew eighth]], [[Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai tenth]], [[Anime/PokemonDiancieAndTheCocoonOfDestruction seventeenth]] and [[Anime/PokemonIChooseYou twentieth]] have a (usually human) Big Bad.
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** [[spoiler: Dante]] in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime]].

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** [[spoiler: Dante]] [[spoiler:Dante]] in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the first anime]].
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%% * ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Fermet.

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%% * ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'': Fermet.



* [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Sir Isaac Ray Peram Westcott]] from ''LightNovel/DateALive'', [[CorruptCorporateExecutive managing director of Deus Ex Machina Industries]], and creator of the Spirits who caused the war between them and mankind. He plans to use their power to [[AGodAmI become a god]] and [[InTheirOwnImage create a new world in his image]], purely ForTheEvulz. While he was relatively out of the picture for the first four volumes or so (the entirety of the anime's first season minus his involvement with Mana and Origami's new weapons), once he makes his appearance, it's made clear that he harbours ill intent towards the Spirits, and slowly overrides the story's initial ExcusePlot.

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* [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Sir Isaac Ray Peram Westcott]] from ''LightNovel/DateALive'', ''Literature/DateALive'', [[CorruptCorporateExecutive managing director of Deus Ex Machina Industries]], and creator of the Spirits who caused the war between them and mankind. He plans to use their power to [[AGodAmI become a god]] and [[InTheirOwnImage create a new world in his image]], purely ForTheEvulz. While he was relatively out of the picture for the first four volumes or so (the entirety of the anime's first season minus his involvement with Mana and Origami's new weapons), once he makes his appearance, it's made clear that he harbours ill intent towards the Spirits, and slowly overrides the story's initial ExcusePlot.



%% ** ''LightNovel/AnotherNote'' has Beyond Birthday, an AxCrazy SerialKiller who wants to upstage L.

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%% ** ''LightNovel/AnotherNote'' ''Literature/AnotherNote'' has Beyond Birthday, an AxCrazy SerialKiller who wants to upstage L.



* In the manga adaptation of ''LightNovel/DragonarAcademy'', which covers the first seven light novels in the series, there are two [[BigBad Big Bads]]. The first seven volumes of the manga has [[spoiler: the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon Mordred]], or more specifically Mordred's evil soul (he had two). The heir to the Dark Dragon house of Nehalennia, Mordred's plan is ultimately to force Eco, the heir to the rival Imperial House of Avalon, to unlock her extremely powerful dragon form so that he might [[DemonicPossession possess her]].]] From volumes 11 to 13, the BigBad is [[TheEvilPrince Prince Uriel]], third-in-line to the throne of Chevron, who orchestrates a plot to surreptitiously off his father and replace him as king, the first step in his goal to conquer the entire continent.

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* In the manga adaptation of ''LightNovel/DragonarAcademy'', ''Literature/DragonarAcademy'', which covers the first seven light novels in the series, there are two [[BigBad Big Bads]]. The first seven volumes of the manga has [[spoiler: the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon Mordred]], or more specifically Mordred's evil soul (he had two). The heir to the Dark Dragon house of Nehalennia, Mordred's plan is ultimately to force Eco, the heir to the rival Imperial House of Avalon, to unlock her extremely powerful dragon form so that he might [[DemonicPossession possess her]].]] From volumes 11 to 13, the BigBad is [[TheEvilPrince Prince Uriel]], third-in-line to the throne of Chevron, who orchestrates a plot to surreptitiously off his father and replace him as king, the first step in his goal to conquer the entire continent.



* Izaya Orihara in the ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' anime. In the light novels, [[spoiler:the Big Bad is revealed to be [[GreaterScopeVillain Yodogiri Jinnai]], who is apparently even worse than Izaya. However it's soon revealed that Jinnei is dead, and it's actually Kasane Kujiragi who is using his identity]].

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* Izaya Orihara in the ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' anime. In the light novels, [[spoiler:the Big Bad is revealed to be [[GreaterScopeVillain Yodogiri Jinnai]], who is apparently even worse than Izaya. However it's soon revealed that Jinnei is dead, and it's actually Kasane Kujiragi who is using his identity]].



* ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' has Araya Souren, who is responsible for everything before and after Ryougi Shiki, the main character, woke from her coma. Strangely enough, he is finished off in the fifth movie in a series of seven movies.

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* ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'' has Araya Souren, who is responsible for everything before and after Ryougi Shiki, the main character, woke from her coma. Strangely enough, he is finished off in the fifth movie in a series of seven movies.



* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':

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* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD''

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* Sekidousai in ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}'', whose inventions form the basis of early plots and those EvilPlan drives the second half of the show.

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* Sekidousai in ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}'', ''Literature/{{Inukami}}'', whose inventions form the basis of early plots and those EvilPlan drives the second half of the show.



* ''LightNovel/OkamiSan'': Shiro Hisujikai.

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* ''LightNovel/OkamiSan'': ''Literature/OkamiSan'': Shiro Hisujikai.



* ''LightNovel/TheSacredBlacksmith'': [[BigBadDuumvirate Siegfried and Augustus Arthur]]. Augustus Arthur is commander of the military of the Empire (later the Imperial Crowd Powers) who desires to harness [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Valbanill]] to conquer the entire Continent. [[DragonInChief Siegfried]], who's motive is to simply to [[StrawNihilist cause as much untold misery and death as possible]], is technically his subordinate, but he conceived of the plan to control Valbanill and it's clear that the two are partners.

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* ''LightNovel/TheSacredBlacksmith'': ''Literature/TheSacredBlacksmith'': [[BigBadDuumvirate Siegfried and Augustus Arthur]]. Augustus Arthur is commander of the military of the Empire (later the Imperial Crowd Powers) who desires to harness [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Valbanill]] to conquer the entire Continent. [[DragonInChief Siegfried]], who's motive is to simply to [[StrawNihilist cause as much untold misery and death as possible]], is technically his subordinate, but he conceived of the plan to control Valbanill and it's clear that the two are partners.



* In the first two seasons of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', the [[GodIsEvil Snake of the Festival]] is the ruler of the Crimson Denizens but [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] prior to [[spoiler:Yuji merging with the Snake of the Festival and [[FaceHeelTurn becoming]] the BigBad]], so the [[DragonInChief acting]] Big Bad is the [[BigBadDuumvirate Trinity]]- Bel Peol, Sydonay, and Hecate, interim leaders of [[DemonicInvaders the enemy organization Bal Masqué]] working on freeing their master and carrying out the [[ThePlan Grand Order]]. Bel Peol serves as TheStrategist, Sydonay as TheHeavy, and Hecate the EvilSorceress.

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* In the first two seasons of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', the [[GodIsEvil Snake of the Festival]] is the ruler of the Crimson Denizens but [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] prior to [[spoiler:Yuji merging with the Snake of the Festival and [[FaceHeelTurn becoming]] the BigBad]], so the [[DragonInChief acting]] Big Bad is the [[BigBadDuumvirate Trinity]]- Bel Peol, Sydonay, and Hecate, interim leaders of [[DemonicInvaders the enemy organization Bal Masqué]] working on freeing their master and carrying out the [[ThePlan Grand Order]]. Bel Peol serves as TheStrategist, Sydonay as TheHeavy, and Hecate the EvilSorceress.



* ''LightNovel/ShangriLa'': Ryoko Naruse.

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* ''LightNovel/ShangriLa'': ''Literature/ShangriLa'': Ryoko Naruse.



* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'':

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* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'': [[EvilOldFolks Count Magnus Lee]].

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* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'': ''Literature/VampireHunterD'': [[EvilOldFolks Count Magnus Lee]].
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* ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'': Pythie Frederica for the series itself. [[spoiler: Princess Deluge also becomes one after the QUEENS Arc]].

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* ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'': ''Literature/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'': Pythie Frederica for the series itself. [[spoiler: Princess Deluge also becomes one after the QUEENS Arc]].
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%% *** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M2DiablomonsCounterattack Diaboromon's Counterattack]]'': [[CameBackStrong Diaboromon, now back as Armageddemon]].

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%% *** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M2DiablomonsCounterattack Diaboromon's Counterattack]]'': ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M2RevengeOfDiaboromon Revenge of Diaboromon]]'': [[CameBackStrong Diaboromon, now back as Armageddemon]].
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* In ''Manga/InuYasha'', Naraku was behind almost everything that happened in the story from generational family curses to destroying an entire clan of youkai-slayers, to destroying tribes of {{youkai}} to pissing off technically neutral youkai, destroying the lives of the titular hero and his first love, and even being behind the heroine travelling through time. He's behind most of the major destruction of towns, villages, noble clans and even the destruction of entire sacred mountains. There's almost nothing he hasn't been responsible for... including ensuring the release of the UltimateEvil and the near-success of the true plan of the ArtifactOfDoom.

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* In ''Manga/InuYasha'', Naraku was behind almost everything that happened in the story from generational family curses to destroying an entire clan of youkai-slayers, to destroying tribes of {{youkai}} to pissing off technically neutral youkai, destroying the lives of the titular hero and his first love, and even being behind the heroine travelling through time. He's behind most of the major destruction of towns, villages, noble clans and even the destruction of entire sacred mountains. There's almost nothing he hasn't been responsible for... including ensuring the release of the UltimateEvil ultimate evil and the near-success of the true plan of the ArtifactOfDoom.
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%% * ''Anime/{{Basilisk}}'': Tenzen Yakushiji.

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* The second half of the ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' anime establishes [[EmotionEater Professor Croix Meridies]] as this. Notably, she's responsible for everything bad that ended up happening to [[TheHero Akko]] and [[CoolTeacher Ursula]] both in present and past.

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* The second half of the ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' anime ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017'' establishes [[EmotionEater Professor Croix Meridies]] as this. Notably, she's responsible for everything bad that ended up happening to [[TheHero Akko]] and [[CoolTeacher Ursula]] both in present and past.
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* ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'': Tamamo-no-Mae, the [[{{Kitsune}} Fair-faced Nine-tailed Fox]]. Reduced to a fragment of herself after being slain hundreds of years ago, she seeks to regain her full powers by devouring other ''[[{{Youkai}} ayakashi]]''. She wants [[CatGirl Himari Noihara]], a particularly powerful ''ayakashi'', as her main course and attempts to goad Himari into using her [[SuperpoweredEvilSide demonic powers]] to make her especially "filling."

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* ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'': Tamamo-no-Mae, the [[{{Kitsune}} [[AsianFoxSpirit Fair-faced Nine-tailed Fox]]. Reduced to a fragment of herself after being slain hundreds of years ago, she seeks to regain her full powers by devouring other ''[[{{Youkai}} ayakashi]]''. She wants [[CatGirl Himari Noihara]], a particularly powerful ''ayakashi'', as her main course and attempts to goad Himari into using her [[SuperpoweredEvilSide demonic powers]] to make her especially "filling."
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** The series initially presents [[MadScientist Orochimaru]] as the BigBad. The series becomes a BigBadEnsemble in Part II, featuring [[spoiler: Orochimaru, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Pain]], [[KnightTemplar Danzo]], [[{{Necromancer}} Kabuto]], Madara Uchiha, and Tobi]] as contenders for the title. However, the series appears to have settled on a BigBadDuumvirate [[spoiler: with [[OverarchingVillain Tobi]], aka [[FallenHero Obito Uchiha]], the true leader of Akatsuki and [[TheHeavy the one who instigated the events of the series]] and the resurrected [[WorldsStrongestMan Madara Uchiha]], his PredecessorVillain who came up with the EvilPlan and left it for Tobi to carry out after he died.]] Later on, [[spoiler:Obito makes a HeelFaceTurn and Madara, after being fully revived and becoming the next Sage of the Six Paths, is (literally) backstabbed by Black Zetsu, who reveals that he is not the manifestation of Madara's will, but [[PhysicalGod Princess Kaguya's]] will. The next chapter has Madara forced to absorb Black Zetsu and a ton of chakra, transforming him into Kaguya herself, becoming the penultimate villain of the series. And after Kaguya had been taken care of, the villain train finally stops at none other than [[RivalFinalBoss Sasuke Uchiha]] himself.]]

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** The series initially presents [[MadScientist Orochimaru]] as the BigBad. The series becomes a BigBadEnsemble in Part II, featuring [[spoiler: Orochimaru, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Pain]], [[KnightTemplar Danzo]], [[{{Necromancer}} Kabuto]], Madara Uchiha, and Tobi]] as contenders for the title. However, the series appears to have settled on a BigBadDuumvirate [[spoiler: with [[OverarchingVillain Tobi]], Tobi, aka [[FallenHero Obito Uchiha]], the true leader of Akatsuki and [[TheHeavy the one who instigated the events of the series]] and the resurrected [[WorldsStrongestMan Madara Uchiha]], his PredecessorVillain who came up with the EvilPlan and left it for Tobi to carry out after he died.]] Later on, [[spoiler:Obito makes a HeelFaceTurn and Madara, after being fully revived and becoming the next Sage of the Six Paths, is (literally) backstabbed by Black Zetsu, who reveals that he is not the manifestation of Madara's will, but [[PhysicalGod Princess Kaguya's]] will. The next chapter has Madara forced to absorb Black Zetsu and a ton of chakra, transforming him into Kaguya herself, becoming the penultimate villain of the series. And after Kaguya had been taken care of, the villain train finally stops at none other than [[RivalFinalBoss Sasuke Uchiha]] himself.]]

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* ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'':
** Finé is responsible for the events in season 1. She is also founded the villain organization F.I.S. that appears in ''G''.
** [[MadDoctor Dr. John Wayne Vercingetorix]], known as Dr. Ver, in ''G''. The F.I.S. are dependable from him, and he's leading them into a darker direction than they originally expected.
** Carol Malus Dienheim in ''GX'', who is leading the Auto-Scorers she created, and she created the Alca-Noise as well.


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** Finé is responsible for the events in season 1. She is also founded the villain organization F.I.S. that appears in ''G''.
** [[MadDoctor Dr. John Wayne Vercingetorix]], known as Dr. Ver, in ''G''. The F.I.S. are dependable from him, and he's leading them into a darker direction than they originally expected.
** Carol Malus Dienheim in ''GX'', who is leading the Auto-Scorers she created, and she created the Alca-Noise as well.
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* Giovanni, boss of Team Rocket, started out playing this role in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime before being [[DemotedToExtra phased]] [[OutOfFocus out]]. He returned to the role for two-thirds of the ''Black and White'' series, however, and is shaping up to reclaim the title again in the ''Sun and Moon'' series.

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* Giovanni, boss of Team Rocket, started out playing this role in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' before being [[DemotedToExtra phased]] [[OutOfFocus out]]. He returned to the role for two-thirds of the ''Black and White'' series, however, and is shaping up to reclaim the title again in the ''Sun and Moon'' series.



* All the Film/{{Pokemon}} movies except the [[Anime/PokemonDestinyDeoxys seventh]], [[Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew eighth]], [[Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai tenth]], [[Anime/PokemonDiancieAndTheCocoonOfDestruction seventeenth]] and [[Anime/PokemonIChooseYou twentieth]] have a (usually human) Big Bad.

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* All the Film/{{Pokemon}} ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' movies except the [[Anime/PokemonDestinyDeoxys seventh]], [[Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew eighth]], [[Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai tenth]], [[Anime/PokemonDiancieAndTheCocoonOfDestruction seventeenth]] and [[Anime/PokemonIChooseYou twentieth]] have a (usually human) Big Bad.
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** Her superior, Nomura, functions as the main antagonist in the ''Outbreak'' [=OVA=] being indirectly responsible for a killer virus leaking into Hinamizawa, and then has the village quarantined to further study the effects.

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* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', the BigBad is [[spoiler:nurse Miyo Takano, in what is a MilkmanConspiracy.]]

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* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
** The original main antagonist was
the BigBad is [[spoiler:nurse nurse Miyo Takano, Takano. She was the one who would murder Rika and destroy the village of Hinamizawa as a means of validating her grandfather's research and acquiring godhood.
** ''Gou'' and ''Sotsu'' has Satoko take the mantle due to deliberately trapping Rika
in what the endless loop of June 1983 to force her into staying in Hinamizawa. Her witch half then steals the title once she started to feel remorse.
** Eua, or "Oyashiro-sama,"
is a MilkmanConspiracy.]]the one who granted Satoko the ability to loop thus making her the true main antagonist of the sequel series, but also the overarching threat that needs to be vanquished.
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* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' has [[BigBadDuumvirate three:]]

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* ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}}'':
** ''Anime/{{Jewelpet 2009}}'': Dian. He takes over from Diana, who was always acting on his behalf, midway through the show. Aims to prove the supremacy of Jewelpets by stealing the Jewel Stick from the heroine and turning all humans into stone. Uses his powers to control Jewelpets to accomplish his goals and devises schemes to ruin the heroes' lives, which are usually carried out by his underlings, though he does it himself when it comes to the main heroine specifically.

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* ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}}'':
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** ''Anime/{{Jewelpet 2009}}'': ''Anime/Jewelpet2009'': Dian. He takes over from Diana, who was always acting on his behalf, midway through the show. Aims to prove the supremacy of Jewelpets by stealing the Jewel Stick from the heroine and turning all humans into stone. Uses his powers to control Jewelpets to accomplish his goals and devises schemes to ruin the heroes' lives, which are usually carried out by his underlings, though he does it himself when it comes to the main heroine specifically.
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* ''LightNovel/OokamiSan'': Shiro Hisujikai.

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%% * ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' has Skull, head of the [[TheSyndicate Black]] [[WarForFunAndProfit Ghost]].

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%% * ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' ''Manga/Cyborg009'' has Skull, head of the [[TheSyndicate Black]] [[WarForFunAndProfit Ghost]].



* ''{{Anime/Daimos}}'': [[spoiler:Olban]] was the real puppet master caused the conflict in the story, manipulating everybody to achieve power.

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* ''{{Anime/Daimos}}'': ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': [[spoiler:Olban]] was the real puppet master caused the conflict in the story, manipulating everybody to achieve power.



%% ** ''Anime/DigimonSavers[=/=]Data Squad'' had Merukimon then Akihiro Kurata and finally [[spoiler:Yggdrasil (again)]].
%% ** ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' has Bagramon (known as Lord Bagra in Digimon Fusion).

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%% ** ''Anime/DigimonSavers[=/=]Data Squad'' ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad''[=/=]''Savers'' had Merukimon then Akihiro Kurata and finally [[spoiler:Yggdrasil (again)]].
%% ** ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' has Bagramon (known as Lord Bagra in Digimon Fusion).



* Izaya Orihara in the ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'' anime. In the light novels, [[spoiler:the Big Bad is revealed to be [[GreaterScopeVillain Yodogiri Jinnai]], who is apparently even worse than Izaya. However's soon revealed that Jinnei is dead it's actually Kasane Kujiragi who is using his Identity]].

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* ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry'' has "Pharos" Hercules, a powerful Dream Demon who seeks to supplant the human population and alter it so Dream Demons can exist human hosts. [[spoiler: However, it turns out he was the pawn of [[GreaterScopeVillain Kyou Shiragi]], who loaned his power to him and seeks to make people's dreams come true by sacrificing Dream Demons after planting them inside the hosts. Anyone with short-term goals no longer have anything to strive for, making them just as lost those whose Dream Demons have killed. Others have come out of it intact, but at the cost of losing the Dream Demons accompanying them, friendly or not.]]
* Izaya Orihara in the ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'' ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' anime. In the light novels, [[spoiler:the Big Bad is revealed to be [[GreaterScopeVillain Yodogiri Jinnai]], who is apparently even worse than Izaya. However's However it's soon revealed that Jinnei is dead dead, and it's actually Kasane Kujiragi who is using his Identity]].identity]].



* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD''

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* Johan Liebert, the titular ''{{Anime/Monster}}''. For a while, it looked like Franz Bonaparta was TheManBehindTheMan. [[spoiler: However, he turned out to be TheAtoner]].

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* Johan Liebert, the titular ''{{Anime/Monster}}''.''Manga/{{Monster}}''. For a while, it looked like Franz Bonaparta was TheManBehindTheMan. [[spoiler: However, he turned out to be TheAtoner]].



* ''Manga/YumekuiMerry'' has "Pharos" Hercules, a powerful Dream Demon who seeks to supplant the human population and alter it so Dream Demons can exist human hosts. [[spoiler: However, it turns out he was the pawn of [[GreaterScopeVillain Kyou Shiragi]], who loaned his power to him and seeks to make people's dreams come true by sacrificing Dream Demons after planting them inside the hosts. Anyone with short-term goals no longer have anything to strive for, making them just as lost those whose Dream Demons have killed. Others have come out of it intact, but at the cost of losing the Dream Demons accompanying them, friendly or not.]]
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* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has Fate Averruncus[[spoiler:’s boss [[CastingAShadow Dynamis]]]], leader of [[NebulousEvilOrganization Cosmo Entelecheia]]. The plan he's trying to carry out, to [[spoiler:trap each inhabitant of [[MagicalLand Mundus Magicus]] in their own [[LotusEaterMachine personal paradise]] to [[WellIntentionedExtremist save them from the world's inevitable collapse]]]], is actually the [[GreaterScopeVillain Mage of the Beginning's (aka the Lifemaker)]], Cosmo Entelecheia's founder and Mundus Magicus' creator. [[spoiler:When the Mage of the Beginning is [[SealedEvilInACan unsealed]] she resumes her past position of BigBad]].

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* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has Fate Averruncus[[spoiler:’s boss [[CastingAShadow Dynamis]]]], leader of [[NebulousEvilOrganization Cosmo Entelecheia]]. The plan he's trying to carry out, to [[spoiler:trap each inhabitant of [[MagicalLand Mundus Magicus]] in their own [[LotusEaterMachine personal paradise]] to [[WellIntentionedExtremist save them from the world's inevitable collapse]]]], is actually the [[GreaterScopeVillain Mage of the Beginning's (aka the Lifemaker)]], Cosmo Entelecheia's founder and Mundus Magicus' creator. [[spoiler:When the Mage of the Beginning is [[SealedEvilInACan unsealed]] she resumes her past position of BigBad]].

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* In the manga adaptation of ''LightNovel/DragonarAcademy'', which covers the first seven light novels in the series, there are two [[BigBad Big Bads]]. The first seven volumes of the manga has [[spoiler: the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon Mordred]], or more specifically Mordred's evil soul (he had two). The heir to the Dark Dragon house of Nehalennia, Mordred's plan is ultimately to force Eco, the heir to the rival Imperial House of Avalon, to unlock her extremely powerful dragon form so that he might [[DemonicPossession possess her]].]] From volumes 11 to 13, the BigBad is [[TheEvilPrince Prince Uriel]], third-in-line to the throne of Chevron, who orchestrates a plot to surreptitiously off his father and replace him as king, the first step in his goal to conquer the entire continent.



* In the manga adaptation of ''LightNovel/SeikokuNoDragonar'', which covers the first seven light novels in the series, there are two [[BigBad Big Bads]]. The first seven volumes of the manga has [[spoiler: the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon Mordred]], or more specifically Mordred's evil soul (he had two). The heir to the Dark Dragon house of Nehalennia, Mordred's plan is ultimately to force Eco, the heir to the rival Imperial House of Avalon, to unlock her extremely powerful dragon form so that he might [[DemonicPossession possess her]].]] From volumes 11 to 13, the BigBad is [[TheEvilPrince Prince Uriel]], third-in-line to the throne of Chevron, who orchestrates a plot to surreptitiously off his father and replace him as king, the first step in his goal to conquer the entire continent.
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* ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' has Araya Souren, who is responsible for everything before and after Ryougi Shiki, the main character, woke from her coma. Strangely enough, he is finished off in the fifth movie in a series of seven movies.



* ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'' has Araya Souren, who is responsible for everything before and after Ryougi Shiki, the main character, woke from her coma. Strangely enough, he is finished off in the fifth movie in a series of seven movies.
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* ''{{Anime/Daimos}}'': [[spoiler:Olban]] was the real PuppetMaster caused the conflict in the story, manipulating everybody to achieve power.

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* ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'': Friend. [[spoiler: There are actually two men who take on the identity of Friend (Fukubei Hattori and Katsumata), each serving as an antagonist at a different point in the story.]]
* ''Anime/ActiveRaid'': Mythos in the first season. [[spoiler: Tomoki Hachijou in the second season, forming a BigBadEnsemble with [[CorruptPolitician Kotaro Inagi]].]]

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%% * ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'': Friend. [[spoiler: There are actually two men who take on the identity of Friend (Fukubei Hattori and Katsumata), each serving as an antagonist at a different point in the story.]]
%% * ''Anime/ActiveRaid'': Mythos in the first season. [[spoiler: Tomoki Hachijou in the second season, forming a BigBadEnsemble with [[CorruptPolitician Kotaro Inagi]].]]



** The first series has Rudolf and Neena Hagan who wish to kill all of humanity and replace them with Rudolf's children. He is later replaced by his DragonAscendant the White Delmo Commander who ties to [[AvengingTheVillain avenge Rudolf's death.]]
** Aika 16 has Risako, Aika's teacher who turns out to be an agent for a secret organization who tries to stop Aika's expedition.
** Aika Zero has Miyu Shiratori the leader of the Whit Knights that terrorize the school.

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%% ** The first series has Rudolf and Neena Hagan who wish to kill all of humanity and replace them with Rudolf's children. He is later replaced by his DragonAscendant the White Delmo Commander who ties to [[AvengingTheVillain avenge Rudolf's death.]]
** Aika 16 has Risako, Aika's teacher teacher, who turns out to be an agent for a secret organization organization, who tries to stop Aika's expedition.
** Aika Zero has Miyu Shiratori Shiratori, the leader of the Whit White Knights that terrorize the school.



* ''Manga/{{Arago}}'': The Patchman.

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%% * ''Manga/{{Arago}}'': The Patchman.



* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Fermet.
* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'':
** Season 1 has [[LightIsNotGood Naga]].
** Season 2 has [[EvilOverlord King Zenoheld]].
** Season 3 has [[OmnicidalManiac Emperor Barodius]]
** The first half of Season 4 has Mag Mel and Razenoid, who turn out to be [[spoiler: Barodius and Dharack after being mutated and sealed away by Code Eve.]] The second half has Wizeman, the alter ego of [[spoiler: the evil and rouge [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Mechtogan, Cordegon.]]]]
* ''Anime/{{Basilisk}}'': Tenzen Yakushiji.

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%% * ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Fermet.
%% * ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'':
%% ** Season 1 has [[LightIsNotGood Naga]].
%% ** Season 2 has [[EvilOverlord King Zenoheld]].
%% ** Season 3 has [[OmnicidalManiac Emperor Barodius]]
%% ** The first half of Season 4 has Mag Mel and Razenoid, who turn out to be [[spoiler: Barodius and Dharack after being mutated and sealed away by Code Eve.]] The second half has Wizeman, the alter ego of [[spoiler: the evil and rouge [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Mechtogan, Cordegon.]]]]
%% * ''Anime/{{Basilisk}}'': Tenzen Yakushiji.



* ''Manga/{{Biomega}}'': Niardi (Also known as Nyaldee)
* ''Literature/BattleRoyale'': Yonemi Kamon (manga).
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' mainly has the Godhand, and Griffith post-FaceHeelTurn in particular, as {{Big Bad}}s, but several arcs of the manga have seen Guts going against other servants of the Godhand. The Lost Children arc had Rosine, and the Conviction arc had Bishop Mozgus, with the following arc focusing on Emperor Ganishka. The worst part? [[spoiler:They only exist because humanity subconsciously ''wants'' a BigBad to blame for their suffering.]]
* ''Manga/BlackButler'': Undertaker is seemingly well on his way to becoming the this. He was the main antagonist of two arcs and has been shown to be up to something behind the scenes in recent arcs.

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%% * ''Manga/{{Biomega}}'': Niardi (Also known as Nyaldee)
%% * ''Literature/BattleRoyale'': Yonemi Kamon (manga).
%% * ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' mainly has the Godhand, and Griffith post-FaceHeelTurn in particular, as {{Big Bad}}s, but several arcs of the manga have seen Guts going against other servants of the Godhand. The Lost Children arc had Rosine, and the Conviction arc had Bishop Mozgus, with the following arc focusing on Emperor Ganishka. The worst part? [[spoiler:They only exist because humanity subconsciously ''wants'' a BigBad to blame for their suffering.]]
%% * ''Manga/BlackButler'': Undertaker is seemingly well on his way to becoming the this. He was the main antagonist of two arcs and has been shown to be up to something behind the scenes in recent later arcs.



* ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'': The unnamed Chriopteran attacking the school.

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%% * ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'': The unnamed Chriopteran attacking the school.



* ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'': [=RoMuska=] Palo Ul Laputa (Colonel Muska).
* ''VisualNovel/ChaosHead'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Norose Genichi]].

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%% * ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'': [=RoMuska=] Palo Ul Laputa (Colonel Muska).
%% * ''VisualNovel/ChaosHead'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Norose Genichi]].



* [[TheEmperor Charles zi Britannia]] of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' is a subversion. He's advertized as the prime villain, but he's generally inactive except for a couple episodes (which you can literally count on one hand). An argument can be made that the true main villain of the story is Schneizel el Britannia, Charles's son and Lelouch's AloofOlderBrother and EvilCounterpart.
* ''Anime/CombattlerV'': Empress Janera, even though she was working through pawns for the first half of the story.

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%% * [[TheEmperor Charles zi Britannia]] of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' is a subversion. He's advertized advertised as the prime villain, but he's generally inactive except for a couple episodes (which you can literally count on one hand). An argument can be made that the true main villain of the story is Schneizel el Britannia, Charles's son and Lelouch's AloofOlderBrother and EvilCounterpart.
%% * ''Anime/CombattlerV'': Empress Janera, even though she was working through pawns for the first half of the story.



* In [[Manga/{{Nora}} NORA: The Last Chronicle of Devildom]], Kneel is orginally the BigBad until Fall shows up, offically taking the role soon after Knell becomes TheStarscream. With Knell driving Nora to achieve his full strength [[spoiler:by becoming a "true" Cerberus and destroying everything]], he can be considered the GreaterScopeVillain.
** [[spoiler: That is, until the final chapter, where Knell shows up stronger than ever, nearly goes OmnicidalManiac on all of creation, and officially replaces Fall as the BigBad until he is consumed by the Cereberus Vortex.]]
* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': Embryo
* ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' has Skull, head of the [[TheSyndicate Black]] [[WarForFunAndProfit Ghost]].
* The same is true for ''Manga/DGrayMan'''s Millennium Earl. Though in later chapters, The Fourteenth and Apocryphos have been challenging him for the position, making it more of a BigBadEnsemble.

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%% * In [[Manga/{{Nora}} NORA: The Last Chronicle of Devildom]], Devildom]]:
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Kneel is orginally the BigBad until Fall shows up, offically taking the role soon after Knell becomes TheStarscream. With Knell driving Nora to achieve his full strength [[spoiler:by becoming a "true" Cerberus and destroying everything]], he can be considered the GreaterScopeVillain.
%% ** [[spoiler: That is, until the final chapter, where Knell shows up stronger than ever, nearly goes OmnicidalManiac on all of creation, and officially replaces Fall as the BigBad until he is consumed by the Cereberus Vortex.]]
%% * ''Anime/CrossAnge'': Embryo
%% * ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' has Skull, head of the [[TheSyndicate Black]] [[WarForFunAndProfit Ghost]].
%% * The same is true for ''Manga/DGrayMan'''s Millennium Earl. Though in later chapters, The Fourteenth and Apocryphos have been challenging him for the position, making it more of a BigBadEnsemble.



* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'': Rinichiro Hagire.
* ''Franchise/DeathNote'':
** ''Manga/DeathNote'' takes an unusual approach to this trope by making [[KnightTemplar Light Yagami]], [[VillainProtagonist the main character himself]] the Big Bad.
** ''LightNovel/AnotherNote'' has Beyond Birthday, an AxCrazy SerialKiller who wants to upstage L.
* ''Manga/DefenseDevil'': [[spoiler:[[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon Elimona.]]]]

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%% * ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'': Rinichiro Hagire.
%% * ''Franchise/DeathNote'':
%% ** ''Manga/DeathNote'' takes an unusual approach to this trope by making [[KnightTemplar Light Yagami]], [[VillainProtagonist the main character himself]] the Big Bad.
%% ** ''LightNovel/AnotherNote'' has Beyond Birthday, an AxCrazy SerialKiller who wants to upstage L.
%% * ''Manga/DefenseDevil'': [[spoiler:[[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon Elimona.]]]]



* ''Literature/DemonCityShinjuku'': [[EvilSorcerer Revi Rah]].
* ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'': [[MadDoctor Dr. Kazutaka Muraki]].
* ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'': {{Satan}}
** ''Manga/ViolenceJack'': The Slum King.
** ''Manga/DevilmanLady'': Lan Asuka from the anime.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' has the following, by series:
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' followed the ArcVillain trope with Devimon, Etemon, Myostimon and the [[BigBadEnsemble Dark Masters]] ([=MetalSeadramon=], Puppetmon, Machinedramon, Piedmon). Though it is revealed that Apocalymon was the [[ManBehindTheMan master mind]] and serves as the GreaterScopeVillain for the whole ''Adventure'' series, except for Diaboromon and the corrupted Kokomon in the movies.
*** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventurePilot Pilot]]'': Parrotmon.
*** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventureMovieOurWarGame Our War Game]]'': Diaboromon.
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' playing again with the ArcVillain, but it is revealed to be Yukio Oikawa behind the schemes of turning [[spoiler:Ken Ichijouji]] into Digimon Emperor (who created [[DemonicPossession the Devimon-possessed]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Kimeramon]]), creating [[CoDragons Arukenimon and Mummymon]] (who in turn created [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds BlackWarGreymon]]) as well as the Dark Spores which caused the Digimon Emperor persona and wants to implant them into other children. Though [[spoiler:it's part of a plan made by Myotismon's spirit to come back into a more powerful form: [[OneWingedAngel MaloMyotismon]]]]. There's also Daemon/Creepymon [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot who appears to be interesting and then is completely vanished]].
*** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M1TranscendentEvolutionTheGoldenDigimentals Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals!]]'': Kerpymon.
*** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M2DiablomonsCounterattack Diaboromon's Counterattack]]'': [[CameBackStrong Diaboromon, now back as Armageddemon]].
** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' first had HYPNOS, then Zhuqiaomon, and after this the D-Reaper. Impmon was originally intended to be this (which is why he's portrayed in typical BigBad fashion in the early promotional material), but Konaka later changed his mind.
** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' had Cherubimon and Lucemon.
** ''Anime/DigimonXEvolution'' had Yggdrasil.
** ''Anime/DigimonSavers[=/=]Data Squad'' had Merukimon then Akihiro Kurata and finally [[spoiler:Yggdrasil (again)]].
** ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' has Bagramon (known as Lord Bagra in Digimon Fusion).
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' has 3 choices as the candidate for the Big Bad (Meicoomon, Yggdrasil, and Homeostasis). Among all the three, Meicoomon's infections are the primary cause of the problem and is the main enemy that the Digidestined faces thus she could be considered the main villain of the anime.
* The ''Digimon'' manga has the following:
** ''Manga/CMonDigimon'' Shin and Desmon
** ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'' has Daemon
** ''Digimon Chronicles'' has the first incarnation of Yggdrasil.
** ''Digimon D-Cyber'' has Metal Phantomon, who got taken over by Dexmon.
** ''Manga/{{Digimon NEXT}}'' has Barbamon.
* ''Manga/{{Dokuro}}'': Kanehira Aiichiro, founder of the {{corrupt|Church}} {{Cult}} the Nirvana Church of Creation.

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%% * ''Literature/DemonCityShinjuku'': [[EvilSorcerer Revi Rah]].
%% * ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'': [[MadDoctor Dr. Kazutaka Muraki]].
%% * ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'': ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'':
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{{Satan}}
%% ** ''Manga/ViolenceJack'': The Slum King.
%% ** ''Manga/DevilmanLady'': Lan Asuka from the anime.
%% * ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' has the following, by series:
%% ** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' followed the ArcVillain trope with Devimon, Etemon, Myostimon and the [[BigBadEnsemble Dark Masters]] ([=MetalSeadramon=], Puppetmon, Machinedramon, Piedmon). Though it is revealed that Apocalymon was the [[ManBehindTheMan master mind]] and serves as the GreaterScopeVillain for the whole ''Adventure'' series, except for Diaboromon and the corrupted Kokomon in the movies.
%% *** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventurePilot Pilot]]'': Parrotmon.
%% *** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventureMovieOurWarGame Our War Game]]'': Diaboromon.
%% ** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' playing again with the ArcVillain, but it is revealed to be Yukio Oikawa behind the schemes of turning [[spoiler:Ken Ichijouji]] into Digimon Emperor (who created [[DemonicPossession the Devimon-possessed]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Kimeramon]]), creating [[CoDragons Arukenimon and Mummymon]] (who in turn created [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds BlackWarGreymon]]) as well as the Dark Spores which caused the Digimon Emperor persona and wants to implant them into other children. Though [[spoiler:it's part of a plan made by Myotismon's spirit to come back into a more powerful form: [[OneWingedAngel MaloMyotismon]]]]. There's also Daemon/Creepymon [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot who appears to be interesting and then is completely vanished]].
%% *** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M1TranscendentEvolutionTheGoldenDigimentals Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals!]]'': Kerpymon.
%% *** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M2DiablomonsCounterattack Diaboromon's Counterattack]]'': [[CameBackStrong Diaboromon, now back as Armageddemon]].
%% ** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' first had HYPNOS, then Zhuqiaomon, and after this the D-Reaper. Impmon was originally intended to be this (which is why he's portrayed in typical BigBad fashion in the early promotional material), but Konaka later changed his mind.
%% ** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' had Cherubimon and Lucemon.
%% ** ''Anime/DigimonXEvolution'' had Yggdrasil.
%% ** ''Anime/DigimonSavers[=/=]Data Squad'' had Merukimon then Akihiro Kurata and finally [[spoiler:Yggdrasil (again)]].
%% ** ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' has Bagramon (known as Lord Bagra in Digimon Fusion).
%% ** ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' has 3 choices as the candidate for the Big Bad (Meicoomon, Yggdrasil, and Homeostasis). Among all the three, Meicoomon's infections are the primary cause of the problem and is the main enemy that the Digidestined faces thus she could be considered the main villain of the anime.
%% * The ''Digimon'' manga has the following:
%% ** ''Manga/CMonDigimon'' Shin and Desmon
%% ** ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'' has Daemon
%% ** ''Digimon Chronicles'' has the first incarnation of Yggdrasil.
%% ** ''Digimon D-Cyber'' has Metal Phantomon, who got taken over by Dexmon.
%% ** ''Manga/{{Digimon NEXT}}'' has Barbamon.
%% * ''Manga/{{Dokuro}}'': Kanehira Aiichiro, founder of the {{corrupt|Church}} {{Cult}} the Nirvana Church of Creation.



* ''Manga/DragonBall'':
** Emperor Pilaf in the first arc.
** Commander Red in the Red Ribbon Army Saga, and later Staff Officer Black.
** Tsuru-sennin during the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai Saga with Tenshinhan as his DragonInChief.
** Piccolo, both senior and [[CardCarryingVillain junior]] at the last two arcs.
* The sequel anime, ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' has a {{Big Bad}} for each saga:
** The Saiyajin saga's main menace was Vegeta, who led the attack of the title alien race (which Goku is also a member of) on earth. He gets better.
** The Freeza Saga's main bad was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Freeza]], who it turns out was behind the destruction of Planet Vegeta. He is also the Big Bad of the ''Bardock: The Father of Goku'' Special and the 15th movie ''Anime/Resurrection F''.
** The Cell Saga has Cell, Dr. Gero's greatest creation, made using cells from all of the heroes and villains of the series so far.
** The Majin Boo saga has the titular SealedEvilInACan, who is unsealed by Babidi.
* Each of the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' movies also have one:
** ''Anime/DragonBallZDeadZone'' has [[OverlordJr Garlic Jr.]]. He later is the Big Bad of his own saga in the anime.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZTheWorldsStrongest'' has [[BrainInAJar Dr. Wheelo]].
** ''Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight'' has [[EvilCounterpart Turles]].
** ''Anime/DragonBallZLordSlug'' has Lord Slug, an {{Expy}} of King Piccolo.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZCoolersRevenge'' and ''The Return of Cooler'' both have Cooler.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZSuperAndroid13'' has the titular Android 13.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZBrolyTheLegendarySuperSaiyan'' at first has Paragus, though he's quickly disposed of by his son, Broly.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound'' has Bojack.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZBrolySecondComing'' has Broly, again.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZBioBroly'' has a gross, blob monster clone of Broly created by Lord Jaguar, Bio-Broly.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZFusionReborn'' has Janemba.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZWrathOfTheDragon'' has [[EldritchAbomination Hildegarn]].
** ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' has Beerus, God of Destruction. [[spoiler:Thankfully, he turns good.]]
** ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' has Freeza, having been brought BackFromTheDead by Sorbet.
* ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' also has one for each saga.
** The Black Star Dragon Ball saga has Dr. Myuu, being behind the majority of villains faced in this arc.
** The Baby saga starts off with Dr. Myuu as the Big Bad, though he is quickly disposed of by his creation, Baby. [[spoiler:Who is actually a creation of the Tuffles to get revenge of the Saiyans and Dr. Myuu's creator.]]
** The Super 17 saga has a BigBadDuumvirate of Dr. Gero and Dr. Myuu.
** The Shadow Dragon saga has the Shadow Dragons, especially Syn Shenron who later absorbs the Dragon Balls and transforms into Omega Shenron.
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'':
** The Arc retelling Battle of Gods has Beerus.
** The Resurrection of F Arc has Freeza.
** The Universe 6 Arc has Champa, holding a tournament with Beerus to see which Universe's fighters are stronger. Unlike other Big Bads, [[TheUnfought Champa is not fought]].

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%% * ''Manga/DragonBall'':
%% ** Emperor Pilaf in the first arc.
%% ** Commander Red in the Red Ribbon Army Saga, and later Staff Officer Black.
%% ** Tsuru-sennin during the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai Saga with Tenshinhan as his DragonInChief.
%% ** Piccolo, both senior and [[CardCarryingVillain junior]] at the last two arcs.
* The sequel anime, ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' has a {{Big Bad}} for each saga:
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saga. The Saiyajin saga's main menace was Vegeta, who led the attack of the title alien race (which Goku is also a member of) on earth. He gets better.
%% ** The Freeza Saga's main bad was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Freeza]], who it turns out was behind the destruction of Planet Vegeta. He is also the Big Bad of the ''Bardock: The Father of Goku'' Special and the 15th movie ''Anime/Resurrection F''.
%% ** The Cell Saga has Cell, Dr. Gero's greatest creation, made using cells from all of the heroes and villains of the series so far.
%% ** The Majin Boo saga has the titular SealedEvilInACan, who is unsealed by Babidi.
%% * Each of the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' movies also have one:
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZDeadZone'' has [[OverlordJr Garlic Jr.]]. He later is the Big Bad of his own saga in the anime.
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZTheWorldsStrongest'' has [[BrainInAJar Dr. Wheelo]].
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight'' has [[EvilCounterpart Turles]].
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZLordSlug'' has Lord Slug, an {{Expy}} of King Piccolo.
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZCoolersRevenge'' and ''The Return of Cooler'' both have Cooler.
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZSuperAndroid13'' has the titular Android 13.
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZBrolyTheLegendarySuperSaiyan'' at first has Paragus, though he's quickly disposed of by his son, Broly.
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound'' has Bojack.
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZBrolySecondComing'' has Broly, again.
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZBioBroly'' has a gross, blob monster clone of Broly created by Lord Jaguar, Bio-Broly.
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZFusionReborn'' has Janemba.
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZWrathOfTheDragon'' has [[EldritchAbomination Hildegarn]].
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' has Beerus, God of Destruction. [[spoiler:Thankfully, he turns good.]]
%% ** ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' has Freeza, having been brought BackFromTheDead by Sorbet.
%% * ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' also has one for each saga.
%% ** The Black Star Dragon Ball saga has Dr. Myuu, being behind the majority of villains faced in this arc.
%% ** The Baby saga starts off with Dr. Myuu as the Big Bad, though he is quickly disposed of by his creation, Baby. [[spoiler:Who is actually a creation of the Tuffles to get revenge of the Saiyans and Dr. Myuu's creator.]]
%% ** The Super 17 saga has a BigBadDuumvirate of Dr. Gero and Dr. Myuu.
%% ** The Shadow Dragon saga has the Shadow Dragons, especially Syn Shenron who later absorbs the Dragon Balls and transforms into Omega Shenron.
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'':
''Anime/DragonBallSuper'':
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** The Arc retelling Battle of Gods has Beerus.
%% ** The Resurrection of F Arc has Freeza.
%% ** The Universe 6 Arc has Champa, holding a tournament with Beerus to see which Universe's fighters are stronger. Unlike other Big Bads, [[TheUnfought Champa is not fought]].



** ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' has the eponymous [[CanonImmigrant Broly]].

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Note that Big Bad is not a catch-all trope for the biggest and ugliest villain of any given story. The BigBad is the one who turns out to be behind several other seemingly independent threats.

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* ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'': Friend. [[spoiler: There are actually two men who take on the identity of Friend (Fukubei Hattori and Katsumata), each serving as an antagonist at a different point in the story.]]
* ''Anime/ActiveRaid'': Mythos in the first season. [[spoiler: Tomoki Hachijou in the second season, forming a BigBadEnsemble with [[CorruptPolitician Kotaro Inagi]].]]
* ''Anime/AgentAika'':
** The first series has Rudolf and Neena Hagan who wish to kill all of humanity and replace them with Rudolf's children. He is later replaced by his DragonAscendant the White Delmo Commander who ties to [[AvengingTheVillain avenge Rudolf's death.]]
** Aika 16 has Risako, Aika's teacher who turns out to be an agent for a secret organization who tries to stop Aika's expedition.
** Aika Zero has Miyu Shiratori the leader of the Whit Knights that terrorize the school.
* ''Manga/AirGear'': [[spoiler:Sora Takeuchi]]; the over-arching plot of the series is their attempt to claim the Sky Regalia and become Sky King, and it's kicked into motion the second they get up off their ass and take personal control of Genesis.
* ''Manga/AkameGaKill'' has [[BigBadDuumvirate two]]. [[EvilChancellor Prime Minister Honest]] is the source of all that is rotten within TheEmpire, [[ManBehindTheMan manipulating the boy emperor]] [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans to create a brutal and corrupt regime whose sole purpose is to preserve his power and pleasure]]. However, despite being [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass more dangerous than he appears]], his rule would not be possible without the cooperation of [[DragonInChief General Esdeath]], the Empire's best general and a [[OneManArmy One-Woman Army]]. She helps maintain Honest's rule because its sheer brutality places the Empire in a state of almost constant internal rebellion and war with its neighbors, creating her [[SocialDarwinist ideal world where the weak are killed and the strong rule.]]
* ''Manga/{{Arago}}'': The Patchman.
* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': Shiro is the most recurrent antagonist Koro-Sensei and his students face over the course of the series, earning this spot by default. Then it's solidified when it's revealed that [[spoiler: he's really Yanagisawa, the MadScientist who transformed Koro-Sensei from a human into what he now is, making him responsible for the whole series in the first place. Then he and the God of Death, who he makes his [[TheDragon Dragon]], jointly serve as the FinalBoss at the series' climax.]]
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has the [[SeriesMascot iconic]] Colossal Titan, a {{Kaiju}}-like Titan that quite ''literally'' kicked off the series by ending a century of peace. [[spoiler: Revealed not to be true once his SecretIdentity is revealed. He's merely a guilt-ridden TykeBomb serving an even greater threat. That threat is revealed to be the Kingdom of Marley, a nation subjugating the Eldians and are using the power of seven out of the nine Titan powers they've gained in an attempt to acquire the resources of Paradis Island and later seek the genocide of the Eldians living there.]].
* ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'': Lord Drake Luft is responsible for the war in the setting, seeking to conquer all of Biston Well and rule supreme.
* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Fermet.
* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'':
** Season 1 has [[LightIsNotGood Naga]].
** Season 2 has [[EvilOverlord King Zenoheld]].
** Season 3 has [[OmnicidalManiac Emperor Barodius]]
** The first half of Season 4 has Mag Mel and Razenoid, who turn out to be [[spoiler: Barodius and Dharack after being mutated and sealed away by Code Eve.]] The second half has Wizeman, the alter ego of [[spoiler: the evil and rouge [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Mechtogan, Cordegon.]]]]
* ''Anime/{{Basilisk}}'': Tenzen Yakushiji.
* ''Beasts of Abigaile'': Aaron, the [[EvilTeacher sinister headmaster]] of Abigaile Island, a correctional "school" where [[WolfMan lugas]] are conditioned to become slaves. He's also responsible for revealing the existence of the lugas to the government, which in turn led to their country of Ruberia being conquered and them being enslaved in the first place.
* ''Manga/{{Biomega}}'': Niardi (Also known as Nyaldee)
* ''Literature/BattleRoyale'': Yonemi Kamon (manga).
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' mainly has the Godhand, and Griffith post-FaceHeelTurn in particular, as {{Big Bad}}s, but several arcs of the manga have seen Guts going against other servants of the Godhand. The Lost Children arc had Rosine, and the Conviction arc had Bishop Mozgus, with the following arc focusing on Emperor Ganishka. The worst part? [[spoiler:They only exist because humanity subconsciously ''wants'' a BigBad to blame for their suffering.]]
* ''Manga/BlackButler'': Undertaker is seemingly well on his way to becoming the this. He was the main antagonist of two arcs and has been shown to be up to something behind the scenes in recent arcs.
* ''Manga/BlackClover'': Licht, the leader of the Eye of the Midnight Sun, leads a group of rogue mages whose goal is to destroy the Clover Kingdom, putting him at odds with the kingdom's Magic Knights.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** [[ManipulativeBastard Sosuke Aizen]] is behind almost everything that's happened in this manga right down to even being responsible for Ichigo and Uryuu being born. [[spoiler:His hollowfication experiments bring Masaki and Isshin together, in the process destroying her planned ArrangedMarriage to Ryuuken and freeing them both to MarryForLove. In the final arc, Aizen manages to manipulate Yhwach with his power despite being imprisoned.]]
** In the final arc, [[GodEmperor Yhwach]], TheEmperor of the Vandenreich, is revealed to be involved in almost everything Aizen isn't and it's hinted that Yhwach may be the reason why Aizen became a villain in the first place. Yhwach is responsible for the existence of the Quincies and the GreatOffscreenWar with the Shinigami. Shutara claims he's more evil than Aizen. [[spoiler:He also caused the deaths of Yamamoto, Ichigo's mother and Uryuu's mother, and is the reason why Uryuu was denied Quincy training after Souken's death.]]
* ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'': The unnamed Chriopteran attacking the school.
* In ''Manga/Brave10'', UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu is responsible for the political machinations threatening Isanami, Yukimura, and Ueda's independence. Although he's portrayed as ineffectual and always at a distance, both UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo and UsefulNotes/DateMasamune are working for or through him to attack the Braves on all sides.
* ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'': [=RoMuska=] Palo Ul Laputa (Colonel Muska).
* ''VisualNovel/ChaosHead'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Norose Genichi]].
* In ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'', Aion's behind a huge chunk of the bad things that happen and is the final foe Chrono and Rosette have to face--although in the manga his morality is a little more [[WellIntentionedExtremist gray]] than his [[CardCarryingVillain anime counterpart]].
* In ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' [[HumanoidAbomination Priscilla]] looks like the most logical pick for this role, [[spoiler:until you find out that the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Organization]] has used the island ''Claymore'' is set in as a giant-sized research lab for the whole time as a mean to produce controllable Awakened beings, they created the Yoma and every single nasty thing that inhabits Claymore's CrapsackWorld ultimately exists only because of them, Abyssal ones and Priscilla included]].
* [[TheEmperor Charles zi Britannia]] of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' is a subversion. He's advertized as the prime villain, but he's generally inactive except for a couple episodes (which you can literally count on one hand). An argument can be made that the true main villain of the story is Schneizel el Britannia, Charles's son and Lelouch's AloofOlderBrother and EvilCounterpart.
* ''Anime/CombattlerV'': Empress Janera, even though she was working through pawns for the first half of the story.
* Vicious from ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. Due to the episodic nature of the show, he's only in 5 episodes, but he's not only the central threat of those episodes, he also plays a huge role in Spike's past.
** Vincent Volaju serves as the BigBad of TheMovie.
* In [[Manga/{{Nora}} NORA: The Last Chronicle of Devildom]], Kneel is orginally the BigBad until Fall shows up, offically taking the role soon after Knell becomes TheStarscream. With Knell driving Nora to achieve his full strength [[spoiler:by becoming a "true" Cerberus and destroying everything]], he can be considered the GreaterScopeVillain.
** [[spoiler: That is, until the final chapter, where Knell shows up stronger than ever, nearly goes OmnicidalManiac on all of creation, and officially replaces Fall as the BigBad until he is consumed by the Cereberus Vortex.]]
* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': Embryo
* ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' has Skull, head of the [[TheSyndicate Black]] [[WarForFunAndProfit Ghost]].
* The same is true for ''Manga/DGrayMan'''s Millennium Earl. Though in later chapters, The Fourteenth and Apocryphos have been challenging him for the position, making it more of a BigBadEnsemble.
* ''{{Anime/Daimos}}'': [[spoiler:Olban]] was the real PuppetMaster caused the conflict in the story, manipulating everybody to achieve power.
* [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Sir Isaac Ray Peram Westcott]] from ''LightNovel/DateALive'', [[CorruptCorporateExecutive managing director of Deus Ex Machina Industries]], and creator of the Spirits who caused the war between them and mankind. He plans to use their power to [[AGodAmI become a god]] and [[InTheirOwnImage create a new world in his image]], purely ForTheEvulz. While he was relatively out of the picture for the first four volumes or so (the entirety of the anime's first season minus his involvement with Mana and Origami's new weapons), once he makes his appearance, it's made clear that he harbours ill intent towards the Spirits, and slowly overrides the story's initial ExcusePlot.
* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'': Rinichiro Hagire.
* ''Franchise/DeathNote'':
** ''Manga/DeathNote'' takes an unusual approach to this trope by making [[KnightTemplar Light Yagami]], [[VillainProtagonist the main character himself]] the Big Bad.
** ''LightNovel/AnotherNote'' has Beyond Birthday, an AxCrazy SerialKiller who wants to upstage L.
* ''Manga/DefenseDevil'': [[spoiler:[[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon Elimona.]]]]
* ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' has the Lunatic Magician set up as us this in the first couple of pages, being the one who created the dungeon by sinking a whole kingdom into the ground, but [[GreaterScopeVillain seems to simply be a myth or legend]], with the Red Dragon taking the spotlight after eating [[DamselInDistress Falin]] alive, forcing the party to go save her. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss However]], after its revealed the Magician (aka Thistle) [[RealAfterAll very much exists]] and [[ManBehindTheMan is behind]] the Red Dragon, she solidly takes this role in the story. She cursed the residents of the Golden Kingdom with immortality, executes any who try to escape, attacked Team Touden with the monsters she controls, stole away Falin and mutated her into her chimera form, and is just murderously insane in general. Even the people she's "protecting" hate her.]]
* ''Literature/DemonCityShinjuku'': [[EvilSorcerer Revi Rah]].
* ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'': [[MadDoctor Dr. Kazutaka Muraki]].
* ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'': {{Satan}}
** ''Manga/ViolenceJack'': The Slum King.
** ''Manga/DevilmanLady'': Lan Asuka from the anime.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' has the following, by series:
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' followed the ArcVillain trope with Devimon, Etemon, Myostimon and the [[BigBadEnsemble Dark Masters]] ([=MetalSeadramon=], Puppetmon, Machinedramon, Piedmon). Though it is revealed that Apocalymon was the [[ManBehindTheMan master mind]] and serves as the GreaterScopeVillain for the whole ''Adventure'' series, except for Diaboromon and the corrupted Kokomon in the movies.
*** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventurePilot Pilot]]'': Parrotmon.
*** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventureMovieOurWarGame Our War Game]]'': Diaboromon.
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' playing again with the ArcVillain, but it is revealed to be Yukio Oikawa behind the schemes of turning [[spoiler:Ken Ichijouji]] into Digimon Emperor (who created [[DemonicPossession the Devimon-possessed]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Kimeramon]]), creating [[CoDragons Arukenimon and Mummymon]] (who in turn created [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds BlackWarGreymon]]) as well as the Dark Spores which caused the Digimon Emperor persona and wants to implant them into other children. Though [[spoiler:it's part of a plan made by Myotismon's spirit to come back into a more powerful form: [[OneWingedAngel MaloMyotismon]]]]. There's also Daemon/Creepymon [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot who appears to be interesting and then is completely vanished]].
*** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M1TranscendentEvolutionTheGoldenDigimentals Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals!]]'': Kerpymon.
*** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M2DiablomonsCounterattack Diaboromon's Counterattack]]'': [[CameBackStrong Diaboromon, now back as Armageddemon]].
** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' first had HYPNOS, then Zhuqiaomon, and after this the D-Reaper. Impmon was originally intended to be this (which is why he's portrayed in typical BigBad fashion in the early promotional material), but Konaka later changed his mind.
** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' had Cherubimon and Lucemon.
** ''Anime/DigimonXEvolution'' had Yggdrasil.
** ''Anime/DigimonSavers[=/=]Data Squad'' had Merukimon then Akihiro Kurata and finally [[spoiler:Yggdrasil (again)]].
** ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' has Bagramon (known as Lord Bagra in Digimon Fusion).
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' has 3 choices as the candidate for the Big Bad (Meicoomon, Yggdrasil, and Homeostasis). Among all the three, Meicoomon's infections are the primary cause of the problem and is the main enemy that the Digidestined faces thus she could be considered the main villain of the anime.
* The ''Digimon'' manga has the following:
** ''Manga/CMonDigimon'' Shin and Desmon
** ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'' has Daemon
** ''Digimon Chronicles'' has the first incarnation of Yggdrasil.
** ''Digimon D-Cyber'' has Metal Phantomon, who got taken over by Dexmon.
** ''Manga/{{Digimon NEXT}}'' has Barbamon.
* ''Manga/{{Dokuro}}'': Kanehira Aiichiro, founder of the {{corrupt|Church}} {{Cult}} the Nirvana Church of Creation.
* ''Doubt'' Trilogy by Yoshiki Tonogai:
** ''Manga/{{Doubt}}'': The Wolf, who uses [[spoiler:her hypnotic abilities]] to trap people in a mafia-esque game called “Rabbit Doubt”, with [[TheMole one of them]] [[TenLittleMurderVictims as the murderer]]. [[spoiler:At first thought to be ???? (the bald man found in the surveillance room.), it's then revealed to be [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Mitsuki]] [[LoveInterestTraitor Houyama]], who’s actually [[BrainwashedAndCrazy under the control]] of [[EvilCripple Rei]] [[TheChessmaster Hazama]], all because she was falsely accused of being a fraud and her parents killed themselves out of shame.]]
** In the sequel ''Manga/{{Judge}}'', the titular DeadlyGame is overseen by what appears to be a talking doll resembling some sort of fox-like animal. It calls itself the Judge, and it becomes clear that it’s a proxy for [[TheMole someone amongst the participants]]. In the end, the mastermind behind the ''Judge'' game is [[spoiler:actually ''[[TwoDunIt two]] [[BigBadDuumvirate people]]'', Hikari and ''[[VillainProtagonist Hiro]]'', as RevengeByProxy for a court case in which Hiro’s brother and Hikari’s lover, Atsuya, died and the perpetrator got off scot-free]]. Though, [[spoiler:of the two, Hikari’s more dominant, as seen when she kills Hiro at the end for indirectly being responsible for Atsuya’s death]].
** In ''Secret'', the mastermind is Shinichi Mitomo, the school’s guidance counselor who consults the students after a tragic bus accident. However, it’s subverted in that this game is not [[DeadlyGame lethal]]- he simply claims that three of them are murderers and that he has the evidence, and encourages them to confess. The real Big Bad would be the murderer who Mitomo suspects caused the [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident “accident”]]. [[spoiler:It’s then ''double subverted'' when it’s revealed that [[HanlonsRazor the crash really was an accident]], and Mitomo made it look intentional to pin it on two of the students and get another thrown in jail]]. Said person’s motive for doing this was to [[spoiler:kill everyone who he suspects [[MySisterIsOffLimits got his beloved sister pregnant]]- ''[[BrotherSisterIncest he wanted her for himself]]'']].
* ''Manga/DragonBall'':
** Emperor Pilaf in the first arc.
** Commander Red in the Red Ribbon Army Saga, and later Staff Officer Black.
** Tsuru-sennin during the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai Saga with Tenshinhan as his DragonInChief.
** Piccolo, both senior and [[CardCarryingVillain junior]] at the last two arcs.
* The sequel anime, ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' has a {{Big Bad}} for each saga:
** The Saiyajin saga's main menace was Vegeta, who led the attack of the title alien race (which Goku is also a member of) on earth. He gets better.
** The Freeza Saga's main bad was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Freeza]], who it turns out was behind the destruction of Planet Vegeta. He is also the Big Bad of the ''Bardock: The Father of Goku'' Special and the 15th movie ''Anime/Resurrection F''.
** The Cell Saga has Cell, Dr. Gero's greatest creation, made using cells from all of the heroes and villains of the series so far.
** The Majin Boo saga has the titular SealedEvilInACan, who is unsealed by Babidi.
* Each of the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' movies also have one:
** ''Anime/DragonBallZDeadZone'' has [[OverlordJr Garlic Jr.]]. He later is the Big Bad of his own saga in the anime.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZTheWorldsStrongest'' has [[BrainInAJar Dr. Wheelo]].
** ''Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight'' has [[EvilCounterpart Turles]].
** ''Anime/DragonBallZLordSlug'' has Lord Slug, an {{Expy}} of King Piccolo.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZCoolersRevenge'' and ''The Return of Cooler'' both have Cooler.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZSuperAndroid13'' has the titular Android 13.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZBrolyTheLegendarySuperSaiyan'' at first has Paragus, though he's quickly disposed of by his son, Broly.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound'' has Bojack.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZBrolySecondComing'' has Broly, again.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZBioBroly'' has a gross, blob monster clone of Broly created by Lord Jaguar, Bio-Broly.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZFusionReborn'' has Janemba.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZWrathOfTheDragon'' has [[EldritchAbomination Hildegarn]].
** ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' has Beerus, God of Destruction. [[spoiler:Thankfully, he turns good.]]
** ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' has Freeza, having been brought BackFromTheDead by Sorbet.
* ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' also has one for each saga.
** The Black Star Dragon Ball saga has Dr. Myuu, being behind the majority of villains faced in this arc.
** The Baby saga starts off with Dr. Myuu as the Big Bad, though he is quickly disposed of by his creation, Baby. [[spoiler:Who is actually a creation of the Tuffles to get revenge of the Saiyans and Dr. Myuu's creator.]]
** The Super 17 saga has a BigBadDuumvirate of Dr. Gero and Dr. Myuu.
** The Shadow Dragon saga has the Shadow Dragons, especially Syn Shenron who later absorbs the Dragon Balls and transforms into Omega Shenron.
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'':
** The Arc retelling Battle of Gods has Beerus.
** The Resurrection of F Arc has Freeza.
** The Universe 6 Arc has Champa, holding a tournament with Beerus to see which Universe's fighters are stronger. Unlike other Big Bads, [[TheUnfought Champa is not fought]].
** The Future Trunks Arc has Zamasu, a Supreme Kai in-training who murdered his own master to steal his Time Ring in order to enact his [[KillAllHumans Zero Mortals plan]]. While his present self [[BigBadWannabe ended up being killed before he can go through with this plan]], at least two alternate counterparts of him ([[spoiler:Goku Black and Future Zamasu]]) [[BigBadDuumvirate are working together]] in order to exterminate all of humanity starting from Future Trunks timeline. [[spoiler:[[FusionDance They both fuse into one]], becoming a singular BigBad in Merged Zamasu.]]
** The Universe Survival Arc has the [[BigBadDuumvirate both]] the present and future versions of [[ObliviouslyEvil Zen'o]], who imposes a penalty for losing the Universal Tournament as the universe and its inhabitants being erased immediately.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' has the eponymous [[CanonImmigrant Broly]].
* The Demon King Azatodeth is the main Big Bad of the ''Manga/DragonHalf'' manga, as the one ordering the monsters to cause havoc, and Mink’s goal is to defeat him; but [[BigBadEnsemble she must also deal with]] Princess Vina, who wants Dick Saucer all to herself and often clashes with Mink, and is the main Big Bad of the OVA [[AdaptedOut in which Azatodeth does not appear]].
* Izaya Orihara in the ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'' anime. In the light novels, [[spoiler:the Big Bad is revealed to be [[GreaterScopeVillain Yodogiri Jinnai]], who is apparently even worse than Izaya. However's soon revealed that Jinnei is dead it's actually Kasane Kujiragi who is using his Identity]].
* ''Manga/ElfenLied'': Director Kakuzawa runs the research facility and is responsible for all the horrific experiments the Diclonii suffer through. He plans to capture Lucy and use her to KillAllHumans then replace them with a new Diclonii race that he will rule over as [[AGodAmI a god]]. As such, he is essentially the living distillation of [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters the cruelty of humans]] ([[spoiler:though he believes himself to be a diclonus, this is proven false]]). [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss Once he is killed]], however, the Diclonius DNA voice takes over the role. She was the one manipulating [[VillainProtagonist Lucy]] and the one implied to be behind the Diclonii’s madness, and could be considered the [[ManBehindTheMan true antagonist]], especially when she nearly destroys the world.]]
* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'': Dewey Novak.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' tends to follow the ArcVillain formula, though the most proactive villain thus far has been Hades (even though he was regulated to DiscOneFinalBoss status). As of right now, there are two candidates for the role of Big Bad:
** The Black Mage [[TheArchmage Zeref]], the strongest and most evil mage in history. He created the Etherious, demons from the Book of Zeref, who have caused trouble throughout the series, and the Dark Guilds of the series are often more than not Zeref worshipers. Interestingly, [[spoiler:while he has been behind most of the villains in the series, the man himself has generally been presented as more of an AntiVillain who wants nobody to die but himself, and hates humanity only to stop himself from killing by accident.]]
** [[TheDreaded Acnologia]]: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Black Dragon of the Apocalypse]]. He is a being that even ''Zeref'' fears. He is also a strong candidate, further supported after [[spoiler:he killed Igneel, permanently putting him on the top of Natsu's [[ItsPersonal shit list]] and making him his ArchEnemy]].
** There is a third possible option for this position the Guild Master of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Tartaros]] and the most powerful Etherious made by Zeref [[SatanicArchetype E.N.D]] or [[spoiler: '''E'''therious '''N'''atsu '''D'''ragneel]]. Despite being sealed away in his [[TomeOfEldritchLore Book Of Zeref]] he can provide a threat in the current times should he be released, and Gray has made it clear he still intends to destroy this demon.
* ''Manhua/FengShenJi'': Shen Yen.
* ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'' gives us Earl Tyrant, who is [[spoiler: succeeded by Solijashy for FFU: After.]] A strong case could actually be made for [[spoiler: Oscha]] being the true villain, as well.
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' has Shin at the beginning, the man who engraved the seven scars on Kenshiro chest and took his woman away. However, [[TokenMotivationalNemesis he only lasts 10 chapters in the manga]] ([[AdaptationExpansion a bit longer in the TV series]]) and his role as Kenshiro's greatest rival is eventually taken over by Raoh, who serves as the main antagonist for most of the manga (being supplanted only by Souther at one point). [[PostScriptSeason The later half of the manga]] has Governor Jakoh, a DirtyCoward, followed by Kaioh, Raoh's [[BackupTwin long-lost brother]].
* ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'': [[{{Gonk}} Kouran]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Mori]].
* ''Animation/FloweringHeart'' has Cannabis, the Queen of Despair who's behind all of the problems the girls face.
* Whether you believe him to be truly evil or not, [[ObfuscatingStupidity Shigure]] provokes most of the conflict in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' in his attempt to [[spoiler:break the curse]]. He pushes everybody's buttons (including ''[[PsychopathicManchild Akito]]''), fully intending for them to lash out ([[ItsAllAboutMe just not at him, if he can help it]]).
* Father in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
** [[spoiler: Dante]] in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime]].
** ''[[Anime/FullMetalAlchemistTheSacredStarOfMilos The Sacred Star of Milos]]'': Security Chief Atlas.
* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' has the infamous Nakago. [[spoiler:In the {{OVA}}s, Tenkou takes the throne. He's a demonic king.]]
* Kazuhiro Mitogawa in ''Manga/GaRei'', virtually kick-starting the ''entire'' series as of ''Anime/GaReiZero'' by [[spoiler:giving a Sesshouseki to Mei, and then to Yomi]], and is also implied to have been the [[spoiler:spirit which killed Kagura's mother]].
** That said, he's still second to GreaterScopeVillain [[spoiler:Lord Tamamo]].
* Emperor Darius in ''Anime/{{Gaiking}}''.
* The 17th Emperor of Darius in ''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu'', [[spoiler:until TheDragon Proist murders him by accident, at which point she fully assumes her role as the BigBad]].
* ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'': Jinsuke Kurogane.
* ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'' has a sort of a BigBadEnsemble with [[EvilOldFolks Nurarihyon]], who in adaptations starting with the third anime he appears in various non-consecutive episodes and in some can even get some Yokai work for him, and [[FantasticRacism Backbeard]], the leader of the Western Yokai, appearing most notably in several ''The Great Yokai War'' and ''Yokai Rally'' adaptations. Uniquely, the 2018 anime adds new villain [[NoNameGiven Nanashi]] as the most recurring threat from the very first episode. [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Nezumi-Otoko]] can sometimes be seen as this as his greed and backstabbing disorder can either instigate the plot of an episode or giving an advantage to the VillainOfTheWeek.
* ''Manga/GetterRobo Go'': [[MadScientist Professor Rando]].
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' being a episodic [[GagSeries Gag Manga]] with the [[CerebusRollerCoaster occasional serious arc here and there]], had only ArcVillain and no Big Bad for the longest time. Good candidates for the role where the [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Tendoshu]], who have been rulling Japan since the amanto invasion, the Harusame, a massive fleet of SpacePirates, and [[RivalTurnedEvil Takasugi]], who seemed to be shaping up to become the manga main vilain. Then [[WhamEpisode Utsuro appeared]] [[spoiler: and hijacked most of the others factions involved. He quickly turned out to be the show biggest KnightOfCerebus, strongly tied to Gintoki's past, and having a massive impact on the plot, he clearly took the BigBad position.]]
* ''Anime/GoLion'': Emperor Daibazaal.
* ''Manga/GreenBlood'': Edward King
* ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'': GHQ.
* Most ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series have one.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'': The Zabi family as a whole counts, though [[TheEvilPrince Gihren]] is TheHeavy, the DragonInChief, and the ''de facto'' {{Big Bad}}.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'': Jamitov Hymem is the Big Bad for most of the show, but loses the position to [[DarkMessiah Paptimus Scirocco]] in the last five episodes.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'': [[TheBaroness Haman Khan]], with [[DragonWithAnAgenda Glemmy Toto]] making a play for this status in the last few episodes.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'': Char Aznable.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Gundam F91]]'': Carozzo "Iron Mask" Ronah.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Victory Gundam]]'': Fonse Kagatie.
** ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'': [[EldritchAbomination The Devil Gundam.]]
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'': Duke Dermail is the Big Bad at first; after his exit the role is split between Treize Khushreneda, Miliardo Peacecraft, and Quinze.
** ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'': [[BigBadDuumvirate Shagia and Olba Frost]], with Shagia as the more senior of the two.
** ''Anime/TurnAGundam'': Gym Ghingnham.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'': [[spoiler:[[OmnicidalManiac Rau Le Creuset]].]]
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'': [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist Gilbert Durandal]]]]
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'': [[spoiler:[[AGodAmI Ribbons Almark.]]]]
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Gundam Unicorn]]'': Full Frontal.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAge Gundam AGE]]'': Leader of Unknown Enemy [[spoiler:(aka Vagan), [[TheSocialDarwinist Lord Fezarl Ezelcant.]]]]
* ''Manga/GunXClover'': Sayuri Higuchi.
* The Claw from ''Anime/GunXSword'' [[spoiler:is a sweet old man,]] with a track record of crimes agains the protagonists as long as his artificial right arm. ''Every'' single bad thing in the series ultimately traces back to him.
* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
** The series doesn't really have a BigBad, but ''[[TheMovie The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya]],'' based on the novel of the same name, ultimately has [[spoiler:Yuki Nagato]] as the one responsible for the disruption of spacetime. An excellent example of a non-evil main antagonist, [[spoiler:the poor girl just wanted a world where she could [[IJustWantToBeNormal live as a normal human being.]]]]
** Within ''Dissociation'' and both volumes of ''Surprise'', [[spoiler:Fujiwara, a newly introduced time-traveler and Mikuru's EvilCounterpart, fulfills this role as the head of a faction believing Haruhi was not meant to be the true recipient of her [[RealityWarper God-like powers]].]]
* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'': While the manga has a MythArc, there isn't really an overarching BigBad, except during the "End of the World," Mykonos, and Finale arcs.
** For the first two arcs, the BigBad is [[Myth/ClassicalMythology King Midas]], a powerful spirit [[spoiler: who created the [[RealityWarper Royal Power]], the [[TheWonderland Royal Garden]], and the [[MineralMacGuffin King's Jewels.]]]] In "End of the World," he tries to keep Athena Tennos, [[TheHero Hayate Ayasaki's]] FirstLove, trapped in the Royal Garden. In the Mykonos arc, he is attempting to return to the Royal Garden. To this end, he manipulates and [[DemonicPossession possesses Athena]] in order to claim Hayate's King's Jewel.
** The Finale has a BigBadEnsemble. One of the [[BigBad Big Bads]] is Hisui Hatsushiba, [[LonelyRichKid Nagi Sanzen'in's]] chief and most dangerous rival for the Sanzen'in inheritance. [[TheUnfettered Completely amoral and utterly ruthless in the pursuit of her goals]], Mikado Sanzen'in fears that she would be a threat to the world if she got her hands on the Sanzen'in wealth, and all the political and economic power that went with it. It goes from bad to worse when Hisui learns of the Royal Power, stashed in the Royal Garden along with the {{MacGuffin}} needed to claim the Sanzen'in inheritance. The other two [[BigBad Big Bads]] form a BigBadDuumvirate. [[spoiler: They're [[AbusiveParents Hayate's parents]], who trick Hayate into revealing to Nagi that his LoveConfession to her was a miscommunication, prompting her to flee to the Royal Garden where she uses the Royal Power to trap herself in an [[LotusEaterMachine illusion.]]]]
* ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'': Minos
* The Major in the ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' manga and OVA series.
** The TV anime series has Incognito, and by extension his mysterious employer who may or may not be the Major.
* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', the BigBad is [[spoiler:nurse Miyo Takano, in what is a MilkmanConspiracy.]]
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD''
** Volume 1 has [[StarterVillain Raynare]], a fallen angel who murders Issei and Asia.
** Volume 2 has Riser Phenex
** Volume 3 has Kokabiel
** Volume 4 has Katerea Leviathan, a member of the Old Satan Faction who attacks the club at the peace conference.
** Volume 6 has Diodora Astaroth, the strange heir of the Astaroth clan who's obsessed with Asia and has been coordinating an [[EvilPlan Evil Plan]] to kidnap her since the very beginning, with Shalba Beelzebub acting as the [[GreaterScopeVillain Greater-Scope Villain]].
** Volume 7 has Loki
** Volume 11-12 and 24 has Hades.
** Volume 18-20 has Rizevem Lucifer, leader of the Qlippoth Faction and the Khaos Brigade's most powerful member.
** Volume 21 has the [[NumberOfTheBeast Trihexa]].
* ''Manga/{{Hiuri}}'': Soujin.
* ''Anime/{{Hyouka}}'': [[DistaffCounterpart Fuyumi Irisu "The Empress"]] is the closest character this show has to one as main antagonist. [[spoiler:She manipulated Oreki during the mystery of the unfinished film, after all.]]
* In ''Manga/InuYasha'', Naraku was behind almost everything that happened in the story from generational family curses to destroying an entire clan of youkai-slayers, to destroying tribes of {{youkai}} to pissing off technically neutral youkai, destroying the lives of the titular hero and his first love, and even being behind the heroine travelling through time. He's behind most of the major destruction of towns, villages, noble clans and even the destruction of entire sacred mountains. There's almost nothing he hasn't been responsible for... including ensuring the release of the UltimateEvil and the near-success of the true plan of the ArtifactOfDoom.
* Sekidousai in ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}'', whose inventions form the basis of early plots and those EvilPlan drives the second half of the show.
* ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}}'':
** ''Anime/{{Jewelpet 2009}}'': Dian. He takes over from Diana, who was always acting on his behalf, midway through the show. Aims to prove the supremacy of Jewelpets by stealing the Jewel Stick from the heroine and turning all humans into stone. Uses his powers to control Jewelpets to accomplish his goals and devises schemes to ruin the heroes' lives, which are usually carried out by his underlings, though he does it himself when it comes to the main heroine specifically.
** ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'': Alma Jinnai. Wants to kill BigGood Jewelina out of revenge and stops at nothing to accomplish it. Gets herself possessed by Dark Magic and nearly destroys Jewel Land.
** ''Anime/JewelpetKiraDeco'': the Dark General, leader of the Decoranain, who aim to cover Earth and Jewel Land in eternal darkness.
** ''Anime/JewelpetHappiness'': the Red Moon, which wants to contaminate everyone with Unhappiness out of spite, and possesses many people to further its plans.
** ''Anime/LadyJewelpet'': Joker. It's trying to undermine the Lady system, and, through it, bring chaos to Jewel Land. Is the cause of Luea's troubles and the creator of [[spoiler:Lillian]].
* Dio Brando in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Every arc that doesn't feature him as the main villain features one who is connected to him, however small. [[GreaterScopeVillain The Pillar Men]] (Part 2) created the Stone Mask that turned Dio into a vampire, Yoshikage Kira (Part 4) got his Stand abilities from one of the arrows that Dio once owned, Diavolo (Part 5) was directly responsible for Dio getting his hands on the arrow in the first place, and Enrico Pucci (Part 6) was Dio's closest confidante.
** Kira's role as BigBad of part 4 is noticeably downplayed, as despite being considered the official main villain he has no connection to the enemy Stand users encountered in the first half of the series, and spends the majority of the storyline just wanting to be left alone and live his quiet serial killer life while his father is the one creating new Stand users in the second half and doing all the scheming in trying to kill Josuke and friends.
** Part 7 breaks away from the trend of a main villain connected to Dio with President Funny Valentine, who holds the Steel Ball Run for his own agenda.
* ''Anime/{{K}}'': The Colorless King.
* The [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove little known]] manga ''Manga/KagerouNostalgia'' has [[TheManBehindTheMan Lord Gessho Kuki]], [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Shadow]], who is responsible for every horrific thing to occur in series. May actually be the host of an even GreaterScopeVillain to boot.
* ''Manga/{{Kaiji}}'': [[EvilOldFolks Kazutaka Hyo(u)do(u)]]
* ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'' has Araya Souren, who is responsible for everything before and after Ryougi Shiki, the main character, woke from her coma. Strangely enough, he is finished off in the fifth movie in a series of seven movies.
* ''Manga/{{Karas}}'' has Eko, the former Karas of Shenjuki, who doubles as a WellIntentionedExtremist.
* ''Manga/{{Karin}}'': While the bulk of the manga deals with Karin Maaka's relationship with [[LoveInterests Kenta Usui]] and her family, and the strain her unique vampire nature has on them (she's a vampire that ''produces'' and injects blood into others), the latter half of the manga reveals that the vampire [[FalseFriend Glark]] has a sinister interest in Karin. [[spoiler: He's working for Cecilia Brownlick, scion of the powerful Brownlick vampire clan. Karin is actually the [[BarrierMaiden Psyche]], a host for the being Sophia Pistis, whose blood is capable of turning vampires, many of whom are barren, fertile. Cecilia's goal is to hold Karin captive for the rest of her life, providing her blood to the Brownlicks until her sanguinary ability eventually killed her. Even more twisted, she intends to have Karin impregnated to ensure the bloodline of the Psyche will continue after her death.]]
* While [[BlobMonster The Ceruleans]] could be considered the overall main antagonists of the ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' anime, the [[EldritchAbomination Black Cerulean]] particularly stands out, as its mere existence, invulnerability and threat is the reason [[PatchworkMap Japari Park]] is abandoned, decaying and complete ruin.
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' presents us with Saiga Furinji, the eponymous One Shadow in the Yami organization's One Shadow Nine Fists group--essentially, the strongest martial artist in the organization--who is also the son of the series' BigGood, Hayato Furinji, and the DisappearedDad to Hayato's granddaughter Miu. [[spoiler:However, it seems Saiga may be [[AntiVillain a complicated case of this]], as he's been shown to still be a MartialPacifist despite being the leader of a group that advocates murderous martial arts]].
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil Student Council President]] [[KnightTemplar Satsuki Kiryuin]] runs Honnouji Academy as a dictatorship. Her mother, Ragyo Kiryuin, is the [[EvilOverlord ruler of the world]], as the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive head of REVOCS]], but she [[GreaterScopeVillain doesn’t directly antagonize]] [[TheHero Ryuko]] [[spoiler:until it turns out Ragyo is indeed the true Big Bad, as Satsuki’s [[StealthMentor actually been preparing Ryuko to help her defeat]] [[LukeIAmYourFather their mother]], and the [[AliensAreBastards Primordial Life Fiber]]. Satsuki is actually the BigGood, just one willing to be utterly ruthless in her quest to save humanity]].
* ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' has had, in terms of Big Bads that were actually dangerous, Robin Mask for the 20th Choujin Olympics arc, Warsman for the 21st Choujin Olympics arc, Buffaloman for the Devil Choujin arc, Akuma Shogun for the Golden Mask arc, the tag-team of Neptuneman and Big the Budo for the Golden Mask arc, and lastly Kinnikuman Super Phoenix for the Throne arc.
* ''Anime/{{Kite}}'': [[DirtyCop Akai]].
* ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg'': Queen Himika for the first half, Emperor Dragon for the second.
* ''Manga/{{Kurohime}}'': [[JerkassGods Yashahime]].
* ''Anime/LastExile'': Maestro Delphine Eraclea.
* The second half of the ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' anime establishes [[EmotionEater Professor Croix Meridies]] as this. Notably, she's responsible for everything bad that ended up happening to [[TheHero Akko]] and [[CoolTeacher Ursula]] both in present and past.
* A rare work where the "villain behind everything" isn't even a character is ''Anime/LupinIIIDeadOrAlive''. The {{Nanomachines}} are the ultimate source of conflict, providing an initial challenge, and defeating the Protagonists several times early on. The main plot for Lupin's gang is to discover the secrets of Drifting Island, which is protected by the nanomachines. [[spoiler: Even General Headhunter is subordinate to the nanomachines, because he is a robot constructed by them.]]
* ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'': Count Luis Yu Almeida.
* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'': The [[BeePeople Vajra]], who seek to assimilate humanity into their HiveMind, are led by the [[HiveQueen Vajra Queen]], who [[spoiler:turns out to be ''[[TheDogWasTheMastermind Sheryl’s manager]]'', [[MadScientist Grace]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing O'Connor]]]].
* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'': [[EldritchAbomination Lady Debonair]] from the anime’s second season.
* ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' likes using {{Mad Scientist}}s for their Big Bads, what with Precia Testarossa in season 1 and Jail Scaglietti in season 3.
** The Automatic Defence System of the Book of Darkness, also known as the Darkness of the Book of Darkness, also known as [=NachtWal=], is the BigBad in season 2.
** The sequel manga ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' has Curren Hückebein of the Hückebein family.
* ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'': Pythie Frederica for the series itself. [[spoiler: Princess Deluge also becomes one after the QUEENS Arc]].
** Unmarked Arc: Cranberry and [[AIIsACrapshoot Fav]].
** Restart Arc: [[TheChessmaster Keek]].
** Limited Arc: [[AxCrazy Pukin]] and [[WellIntentionedExtremist Pythie Frederica]].
** JOKERS Arc: [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Grim Heart]].
** ACES Arc: [[spoiler: [[FallenHero Princess Deluge]]]].
** QUEENS Arc: [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood Puk Puck]].
*** Breakdown SpinOff Arc: [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Agri]] and [[BitchInSheepsClothing Navi]].
*** F2P SpinOff Arc: [[VillainProtagonist The Resistance]].
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has Fate Averruncus[[spoiler:’s boss [[CastingAShadow Dynamis]]]], leader of [[NebulousEvilOrganization Cosmo Entelecheia]]. The plan he's trying to carry out, to [[spoiler:trap each inhabitant of [[MagicalLand Mundus Magicus]] in their own [[LotusEaterMachine personal paradise]] to [[WellIntentionedExtremist save them from the world's inevitable collapse]]]], is actually the [[GreaterScopeVillain Mage of the Beginning's (aka the Lifemaker)]], Cosmo Entelecheia's founder and Mundus Magicus' creator. [[spoiler:When the Mage of the Beginning is [[SealedEvilInACan unsealed]] she resumes her past position of BigBad]].
** He [[spoiler:(or she, [[AmbiguousGender whatever]])]] is the BigBad of the [[StealthSequel sequel]], ''Manga/UQHolder'', as well. [[spoiler:Taking place in an AlternateTimeline where the GoldenEnding to ''Negima'' did not occur, the Mage of the Beginning is still scheming to bring about her [[LotusEaterMachine lotus-eater]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans utopia]], and this time she's [[DemonicPossession using former protagonist Negi Springfield as her host]]! More backstory is revealed about her, such as her name (Ialda Baoth), [[IKnewIt confirmation]] that the killer of her previous host body [[BodySurf becomes the new host]], and what drives her, namely her ability [[TheEmpath Infinite Empathy]] that forces her to experience the pain and suffering of all humanity, past and present. [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity It drove her mad, and it inevitably drives her host mad as well.]]]]
* ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'': [[CardCarryingVillain Sicks]] ([[spoiler:Jody Tubulik]]).
* In ''Manga/{{MAR}}'', it's the Caldean Orb, the swirling mass of all of Earth's evil energy that formed a consciousness. It's behind the entire plot, manipulating everyone.
* ''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'', and ''Anime/ShinMazinger'': Dr. Hell, MadScientist and WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': [[GodOfEvil The Emperor of Darkness]], ruler of the Mykene Empire.
** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': [[GalacticConqueror Great King Vega]], [[HilariousInHindsight ruler of the Vegans]].
* Dr. Shiro Makinoha in ''Manga/MidoriDays'' often tries to kidnap the protagonist so he can research his [[ItMakesSenseInContext hand-girlfriend]] and become famous in the scientific community; that is, if a Big Bad can be henpecked by his daughter... via HyperspaceMallet...
* Apos in ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}''.
* ''Anime/MonColleKnights'': [[FallenAngel Redda]].
* Johan Liebert, the titular ''{{Anime/Monster}}''. For a while, it looked like Franz Bonaparta was TheManBehindTheMan. [[spoiler: However, he turned out to be TheAtoner]].
* The series ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' has the evil Moo.
* Enchu in ''Manga/MuhyoAndRoji''.
* ''Manga/{{MW}}'' has Michio Yuki.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' initially has All For One, founder and leader of the League of Villains. [[spoiler: Once he is defeated by All Might and incarcerated, the role goes to his protege and successor, Tomura Shigaraki.]]
* ''Manga/NabariNoOu'': The Mysterious Cloaked Guy [[spoiler: (Inasa/Fuuma Kotarou)]].
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** The series initially presents [[MadScientist Orochimaru]] as the BigBad. The series becomes a BigBadEnsemble in Part II, featuring [[spoiler: Orochimaru, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Pain]], [[KnightTemplar Danzo]], [[{{Necromancer}} Kabuto]], Madara Uchiha, and Tobi]] as contenders for the title. However, the series appears to have settled on a BigBadDuumvirate [[spoiler: with [[OverarchingVillain Tobi]], aka [[FallenHero Obito Uchiha]], the true leader of Akatsuki and [[TheHeavy the one who instigated the events of the series]] and the resurrected [[WorldsStrongestMan Madara Uchiha]], his PredecessorVillain who came up with the EvilPlan and left it for Tobi to carry out after he died.]] Later on, [[spoiler:Obito makes a HeelFaceTurn and Madara, after being fully revived and becoming the next Sage of the Six Paths, is (literally) backstabbed by Black Zetsu, who reveals that he is not the manifestation of Madara's will, but [[PhysicalGod Princess Kaguya's]] will. The next chapter has Madara forced to absorb Black Zetsu and a ton of chakra, transforming him into Kaguya herself, becoming the penultimate villain of the series. And after Kaguya had been taken care of, the villain train finally stops at none other than [[RivalFinalBoss Sasuke Uchiha]] himself.]]
** The {{canon}} movies, ''Anime/{{The Last|NarutoTheMovie}}'' and ''Anime/{{Boruto|NarutoTheMovie}}'', have two final villains for Naruto to help defeat before passing on the torch; Toneri Otsutsuki, a descendent of the before-mentioned [[spoiler:Kaguya]], and Momoshiki Otsutsuki, whom even [[spoiler:Kaguya]] feared ([[spoiler:her entire EvilPlan was so she could gain enough power to fight him off]]).
* Keel Lorenz of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is the head of the mysterious [[AncientConspiracy SEELE]] organization, and its even more exclusive inner circle, the [[AssimilationPlot Human Instrumentality]] Committee. As such, he is the leading force behind the strings being pulled within the [[UnitedNationsIsASuperpower United Nations]] and [[StateSec NERV]], and is later revealed to have had a direct hand in [[WhenItAllBegan the Second Impact]].
** He also serves as the BigBad (in the guise of SEELE 01) for ''[[Manga/ShinjiIkariRaisingProject Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project]]'', leading SEELE in its efforts to thwart the Center for Artificial Evolution's project to make Evas.
* ''Anime/NinjaScroll'': Gemma Himuro.
* ''Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan'' initially has Hagoromo Gitsune, [[spoiler: before her child Nue, aka Abe no Seimei, supplants her and drops her into hell upon his rebirth]].
* ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'': Tamamo-no-Mae, the [[{{Kitsune}} Fair-faced Nine-tailed Fox]]. Reduced to a fragment of herself after being slain hundreds of years ago, she seeks to regain her full powers by devouring other ''[[{{Youkai}} ayakashi]]''. She wants [[CatGirl Himari Noihara]], a particularly powerful ''ayakashi'', as her main course and attempts to goad Himari into using her [[SuperpoweredEvilSide demonic powers]] to make her especially "filling."
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' follows the ArcVillain example to the very ''bone''. It's an ongoing discussion over who'll end up as the Big Bad of the entire series, but it looks like [[BigBadEnsemble Blackbeard, Akainu, and Imu]] are potential contenders for the title.
** ''One Piece: The Movie'': El Drago.
** ''Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland'': Baron Omatsuri.
** ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld'': Shiki the Golden Lion.
** ''Anime/OnePieceFilmZ'': [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels Zephyr "Black Arm", aka Z]].
** ''Anime/OnePieceFilmGold'': [[GoldColoredSuperiority Gild Tesoro]].
* ''LightNovel/OokamiSan'': Shiro Hisujikai.
* ''Manga/OutlawStar'': Lord Hazanko.
* ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'': Mayor Takeshi Hirokawa leads the parasite organization. He uses his position as mayor to create feeding zones for the parasites and increase support for them. His plan and position of power are the cause of all the problems Shinichi and Migi face. [[spoiler:When he’s killed, [[TheDragon Gotou]] [[DragonAscendant takes over for him]].]]
* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
** ''Red, Green & Blue'' chapter/''[=FireRed=] & [=LeafGreen=]'' chapter: Giovanni, TheDon of Team Rocket.
** ''Yellow'' chapter: Lance, who aims to [[MisanthropeSupreme destroy humanity]] [[AnimalWrongsGroup for the sake of Pokemon]].
** ''Gold, Silver & Crystal'' chapter: The new leader of Team Rocket, the Masked Man/Mask of Ice A.K.A. [[spoiler:Pryce]].
** ''Ruby & Sapphire'' chapter: Archie and Maxie, the leaders of Team Aqua and Magma respectively.
** ''Emerald'' chapter: Mysterious knight Guile Hideout, [[spoiler: A.K.A. Archie.]]
** ''Diamond & Pearl'' chapter: Cyrus, leader of Team Galactic, who aims to [[AGodAmI create a new, perfect universe]].
** ''Platinum chapter'': Charon, who [[DragonAscendant takes over from Cyrus]].
** ''[=HeartGold=] & [=SoulSilver=]'' chapter: Archer, who takes over Team Rocket from Giovanni.
** ''Black & White'' chapter: Team Plasma’s King N[[spoiler:, except Ghetsis is controlling him]].
** ''Black 2 & White 2'' chapter: The leader of Neo Team Plasma is MadScientist Colress[[spoiler:, [[HijackedByGanon except he’s working for Ghetsis]]]].
** ''X & Y'' chapter: Lysandre, leader of Team Flare, who wants to [[KnightTemplar cleanse the world of it’s ugliness]].
** ''Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire'' chapter: Zinnia actively gets in the way of the protagonists and goes to extreme lengths to achieve her goals, but she ultimately turns out to be a stubborn WellIntentionedExtremist who is trying to stop a [[ColonyDrop meteorite from destroying the planet]], which was caused by [[spoiler:a Deoxys known as Organism No. 1]].
*** The mysterious Sird[[spoiler:/Saque]], however, seems to be a series-spanning BigBad, with a [[ArcWelding plan spanning several arcs.]]
* Giovanni, boss of Team Rocket, started out playing this role in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime before being [[DemotedToExtra phased]] [[OutOfFocus out]]. He returned to the role for two-thirds of the ''Black and White'' series, however, and is shaping up to reclaim the title again in the ''Sun and Moon'' series.
** The ''XY'' series had Lysandre, boss of Team Flare, who appeared throughout the Mega Evolution side-specials until becoming the outright ArcVillain of the show's final year.
* All the Film/{{Pokemon}} movies except the [[Anime/PokemonDestinyDeoxys seventh]], [[Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew eighth]], [[Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai tenth]], [[Anime/PokemonDiancieAndTheCocoonOfDestruction seventeenth]] and [[Anime/PokemonIChooseYou twentieth]] have a (usually human) Big Bad.
** ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'': Mewtwo, who seeks clone supremacy, [[HeelFaceTurn though he takes a heroic role later in the anime]].
** ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}'': Pokemon collector [[AllThereInTheScript Lawrence III]], who winds up triggering the apocolypse through his collecting.
** ''Anime/{{Pokemon 3}}'': The Unown. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Molly Hale]]'s actions are driven solely from the desire to be reunited with her missing parents, and they're the ones who granted her the power to do it. Plus, her father was trapped inside of their dimension to begin with.
** ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever'': A Team Rocket agent called The Iron Masked Marauder, who seeks to capture Celebi so [[TheStarscream he can take over Team Rocket]].
** ''Anime/PokemonHeroes'': [[PunnyName Annie and Oakley]], a pair of villainous LovelyAngels who also wind up triggering an apocolypic scenario.
** ''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker'': [[MadScientist Butler]]
** ''Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea'': The Phantom.
** ''Anime/PokemonGiratinaAndTheSkyWarrior'': [[MyHeroZero Zero]].
** ''Anime/PokemonArceusAndTheJewelOfLife'': [[spoiler: Marcus]]
** ''Anime/PokemonZoroarkMasterOfIllusions'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Gringis Kodai]].
** ''Anime/PokemonTheMovieBlackAndWhite'': Damon.
** ''Anime/PokemonKyuremVSTheSwordOfJustice'': Kyurem.
** ''Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened'': The Genesect Army, in particular the Red Genesect.
** ''Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges'': [[EnemyWithout Hoopa Unbound]].
** ''Anime/PokemonVolcanionAndTheMechanicalMarvel'': [[EvilChancellor Alva]].
* The ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise has currently nine Big Bads for ten seasons and also many Big Bads for the respective movies.
** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' and ''Max Heart'' have Jaaku King, the Witch in the first movie, and the brothers Freezen & Frozen are the BigBadDuumvirate in the second movie.
** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' has [[BigBadWannabe Akudaikan]] at first, but it turns out that [[spoiler:[[ManBehindTheMan Gohyan]] is the real BigBad]]. TheMovie has Sirloin.
** ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' has [[NonActionBigBad Desparaia]]. TheMovie has Shadow.
** ''Go Go'' has the Director (or the Boss in some subs). TheMovie has Mushiban.
** ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' has Moebius. TheMovie has Toymajin.
** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' first shows Professor Sabaaku as the BigBad who is actually TheDragon to Dune. TheMovie has Baron Salamander.
** ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' has [[BigBadWannabe Mephisto]], but [[spoiler:he has been [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] by Noise, the real BigBad]]. TheMovie has Howling.
** ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' has Pierrot. TheMovie has Maoh.
** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' has King Jikochuu, corrupted, but not possessed or controlled by the GreaterScopeVillain and PostFinalBoss, Proto-Jikochuu. TheMovie has Matthew.
** The ''[[Anime/PrettyCureAllStars All Star movies]]'' have Fusion in ''DX'', Bottom in ''[=DX2=]'', Black Hole in ''[=DX3=]'', Fusion again in ''New Stage'', and Kage in ''New Stage 2''.
* ''Anime/PsychoPass'': [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Shogo Makishima]].
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': Walpurgisnacht is effectively the head witch, and will destroy the world if not stopped. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss However,]] it is the [[CuteIsEvil adorable but duplicitous]] and secretive little HiveMind WeaselMascot Kyubey/Incubator [[ManBehindTheMan who created her and the other witches]]. It doesn't tell the {{Magical Girl}}s it creates certain key facts, including that Magical Girls are essentially liches, that the wishes they make with it [[JackassGenie frequently turn out badly for them]] [[LiteralGenie because they're not wishing for the right things]], that every [[EldritchAbomination Witch]] that the Magical Girls fight (aside from those born from familiars) was once a Magical Girl herself -- and that they're [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie ultimately doomed to become Witches themselves]]. Not only that, but it doesn't care one whit about humans as long as the universe itself continues to exist. Also played with, since while Kyubey does not directly oppose or antagonize the girls, [[NoBiologicalSex it]] is the reason why the bad events of the show happen.]]
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has Pantyhose Taro, Herb, and Saffron (manga only).
* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'': [[EvilSorcerer Wagnard]].
* Akio Ohtori of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. He [[spoiler: loses Anthy but it could be rightly said that otherwise, he [[KarmaHoudini got away with everything]], including being responsible for probably hundreds of deaths, if not thousands]].
* ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'':
** ''Anime/CombattlerV'': [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Empress Janera]].
** ''Anime/VoltesV'': Emperor Zu Zambojil, DirtyCoward extraordinaire.
** ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': King Olban.
* ''Anime/RoninWarriors'': [[EvilOverlord Lord Talpa (Arago)]].
* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' has [[BigBadDuumvirate three:]]
** In the first season, Hokuto Kaneshiro is the President of the student festival committee, but also the leader of Anti-Thesis [[spoiler:and a leader of Fairy Tale]] who plots to destroy Yokai Academy.
** The second season has Gyokuro Shuzen, the commander of Fairy Tale and the biological mother of Kahlua and Kokoa. Her plan is to revive Alucard and destroy the human world.
** Finally, Gyokuro’s [[spoiler:and Hokuto’s]] boss is a mysterious figure known as the [[MalevolentMaskedMen Masked King]]. [[spoiler:The revelation that Hokuto's organization Anti-Thesis is a "student branch" of Fairy Tale means that the Masked King is the GreaterScopeVillain for the first season as well. A further reveal is that the Masked King is Miyabi Fujisaki, who is in actuality Alucard.]]
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' had Makoto Shishio and Enishi Yukishiro:
** Shishio was the BigBad of the Kyoto arc by virtue of being Kenshin's replacement as the Ishin Shishi's top assassin, a SocialDarwinist whose views [[EvilCounterpart clashed with Kenshin's pacifistic ideals]], and his desire to overthrow the Japanese government that both his and Kenshin's swords helped to set up. He had the strength, connections, manpower and weaponry to start and maintain his campaign, plus being a [[MagnificentBastard magnificently]] ManipulativeBastard for a lot of people, both within his private army and on a wider scale; plus his aptitude for planning and executing strategies to keep himself two steps ahead of his enemies. What made him especially effective was that he was willing to cop to his faults whenever any aspect of his planning ''did'' fail [[spoiler:such as underestimating Sanosuke and not anticipating he'd have portable bombs powerful enough to destroy the Rengoku battleship]], he actually respected his underlings to a degree, and he proved powerful enough to stave off four of the strongest opponents he could have--while being physically impaired himself (his burns from the government's assassination attempt meant he couldn't fight longer than 15 minutes at a time or else he'd risk death by overheating).
** By contrast, Enishi, the BigBad of the Jinchu arc, has a much closer tie to Kenshin than Shishio did ([[spoiler:both Kenshin and Enishi had [[TheLostLenore Tomoe]] in common, and both got lasting marks from her death -- Kenshin got the second half of his scar, with the first half coming from Tomoe's slain fiance; Enishi, meanwhile, [[LockedIntoStrangeness had his hair turn white]] from the shock of seeing Tomoe die in front of him]]), being the only one to both physically defeat Kenshin in combat and [[HeroicBSOD psychologically break him]].
* ''LightNovel/TheSacredBlacksmith'': [[BigBadDuumvirate Siegfried and Augustus Arthur]]. Augustus Arthur is commander of the military of the Empire (later the Imperial Crowd Powers) who desires to harness [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Valbanill]] to conquer the entire Continent. [[DragonInChief Siegfried]], who's motive is to simply to [[StrawNihilist cause as much untold misery and death as possible]], is technically his subordinate, but he conceived of the plan to control Valbanill and it's clear that the two are partners.
* ''Anime/SacredSeven'': [[MadScientist Dr. Kenmi]].
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'' was no stranger to this concept, [[spoiler:but it was even more fond of setting up the season's [[TheDragon Dragon]] as the Big Bad, only to do a big reveal at the end]].
** First season: Queen Beryl [[spoiler:and Metallia]].
** ''Sailor Moon R'': Ail and En in Part One, and Prince Diamond[[spoiler:’s [[EvilChancellor advisor]] Wiseman/Death Phantom]] in Part Two.
** ''Sailor Moon S'': [[spoiler: Pharaoh 90]].
** ''Sailor Moon [=SuperS=]'': Queen Nehellenia.
** ''Sailor Stars'': Sailor Galaxia [[spoiler:except she’s working for Chaos (who is the original source of all the aforementioned except [[FillerVillain Ail and En]])]].
*** ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'', the manga that began before ''Sailor Moon'' but that ended after it, has Danburite as its Big Bad. Though in the scheme of things he's a small fry, being an underling of the leader of the very first QuirkyMinibossSquad.
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'':
** The Pope, a.k.a. [[spoiler:Gemini Saga]], in the Sanctuary Arc.
** [[AntiVillain Hilda]] in the Asgard Arc, and the respective titular villains of the Poseidon and Hades Arcs.
** The movies have their own Big Bads as well.
** ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'' has Mars, God of War.
* ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'': Ukyo.
* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' has Sosai (Leader) X.
* ''Manga/SchoolLive!'':
** The Zombies in general serve as this trope for a large chunk of the manga and the entirity of the anime, as their precense is what's caused the emotional and psychological turmoil that the girls go through, including killing many of their loved ones. Even with the manga later introducing other antagonists the zombies are still an important part of the story,
** The University arc has Takahito Tougo, the leader of the Melee Fight Crew. He's the biggest obsticle that the girls face throughout the arc and ends up causing them all sorts of trouble [[spoiler: before he eventually meets his demise in Chapter 54]]. With [[spoiler: his death]], it remains to be seen if his 2nd in command [[TheSociopath Ayaka Kamji]] will claim this role later down the line.
** The series has heavily implied that the Randall Corperation is behind the zombie virus and outbreak in Japan, and they also just so happen to be an {{Expy}} of [[Franchise/ResidentEvil The Umbrella Corperation]] while also sharing the same name as Creator/StephenKing's most famous antagonist [[Literature/TheStand Randall]] [[Franchise/TheDarkTower Flagg]]. So far the corperation has been more of a {{Greater Scope Villain}}, but with the girls planning on going to one of the company's buildings, they may end up taking a far more active roll soon.
* In the manga adaptation of ''LightNovel/SeikokuNoDragonar'', which covers the first seven light novels in the series, there are two [[BigBad Big Bads]]. The first seven volumes of the manga has [[spoiler: the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon Mordred]], or more specifically Mordred's evil soul (he had two). The heir to the Dark Dragon house of Nehalennia, Mordred's plan is ultimately to force Eco, the heir to the rival Imperial House of Avalon, to unlock her extremely powerful dragon form so that he might [[DemonicPossession possess her]].]] From volumes 11 to 13, the BigBad is [[TheEvilPrince Prince Uriel]], third-in-line to the throne of Chevron, who orchestrates a plot to surreptitiously off his father and replace him as king, the first step in his goal to conquer the entire continent.
* ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'':
** Finé is responsible for the events in season 1. She is also founded the villain organization F.I.S. that appears in ''G''.
** [[MadDoctor Dr. John Wayne Vercingetorix]], known as Dr. Ver, in ''G''. The F.I.S. are dependable from him, and he's leading them into a darker direction than they originally expected.
** Carol Malus Dienheim in ''GX'', who is leading the Auto-Scorers she created, and she created the Alca-Noise as well.
* ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'': [[spoiler: [[MonsterProgenitor Shikama Doji]], the First Progenitor.]] He's responsible for virtually all evils plaguing the world: the creation of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], the creation of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] and Demon Weapons, and the experiments on the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Seraph of the End]], the last of which caused the near extinction of humanity. [[spoiler: He also the possesses each head of the Hiragi family, rulers of Japan's occult community for centuries and leaders of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army.]] [[TheChessmaster Virtually every faction in the post-apocalyptic conflict between vampires and humans is his unwitting pawn.]]
* ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'': [[GodIsEvil The God of the Wired]] [[spoiler:A.K.A. [[MadScientist Masami Eiri]]]], who is trying to [[AssimilationPlot merge everyone's consciousness]] with [[{{Cyberspace}} The Wired]] [[AGodAmI and rule above them as a God]].
* ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'': Great [[LightIsNotGood Holy]] [[KnightTemplar Knight]] Hendricksen, though he is just a pawn for [[GreaterScopeVillain the unseen Demon King]].
* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Shurara.
* In the first two seasons of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', the [[GodIsEvil Snake of the Festival]] is the ruler of the Crimson Denizens but [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] prior to [[spoiler:Yuji merging with the Snake of the Festival and [[FaceHeelTurn becoming]] the BigBad]], so the [[DragonInChief acting]] Big Bad is the [[BigBadDuumvirate Trinity]]- Bel Peol, Sydonay, and Hecate, interim leaders of [[DemonicInvaders the enemy organization Bal Masqué]] working on freeing their master and carrying out the [[ThePlan Grand Order]]. Bel Peol serves as TheStrategist, Sydonay as TheHeavy, and Hecate the EvilSorceress.
** In the final arc/season, the Snake of the Festival becomes the Big Bad after being freed and [[spoiler:merging with [[VillainProtagonist main character]] and [[LoveInterestTraitor Shana’s love interest]] [[FaceHeelTurn Yuji]]]]. For a number of reasons, they [[spoiler:could be considered a non-evil Big Bad: they're {{Well-Intentioned Extremist}}s whose goals are to create a parallel world where Crimson Denizens can feed on limitless Power of Existence without preying on humanity and thus harming the fabric of reality, simultaneously ending the ForeverWar between Denizens and Flame Hazes, preserving humanity from further depredations, and creating the possibility of a peaceful future to enjoy a relationship with Shana. [[TheExtremistWasRight They actually]] ''[[TheBadGuyWins win]]'', but [[WinWinEnding the Denizens graciously accede to a compromise with the Flame Hazes to prevent any possibility of them eating humans' Power of Existence and threatening the world]]]].
* ''LightNovel/ShangriLa'': Ryoko Naruse.
* ''Manhwa/ShinAngyoOnshi'' (''Blade of the Phantom Master'')): Aji Tae
* ''Anime/{{Shinzo}}'': Lanancuras
* ''Anime/ShowByRock'': Dagger Morse, the CEO of Unicorn Virtual Music, Inc., a record label hell-bent on conquering Sound World. The second season has the Queen of Darkness.
* ''Manga/SilentMobius'': Ganossa Maximillian
* ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'' has at least one or two per season:
** ''Slayers'': Rezo-Shabranigdo and Copy Rezo.
** ''Slayers NEXT'': Chaos Dragon Gaav and Hellmaster Phibrizo.
** ''Slayers TRY'': Valgaav and Dark Star Dugradigdu
** ''Slayers Revolution'': Zanaffar (revived by Dulcis)
** ''Slayers Evolution-R'': [[spoiler:The ghost of Rezo-Shabranigdo.]]
*** And in the final original light novel, another piece of Shabranigdo, held within the soul of a mercenary named Luke, was a BigBad.
* ''Anime/SonicX'' has Dr. Eggman in the first two seasons and Dark Oak in the final season.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'' has one for every major story arc. In the first one, it's Medusa, the second, Arachnae, and the third, Noah [[spoiler:(The Greed Incarnation)]] but [[spoiler:actually it's the Book of Eibon's Table of Contents as the Noahs are artificial constructs created by it.]]. Although Medusa is notable, in that [[spoiler: she wakes up Kishin Ashura and wasn't killed in her arc, continuing to be an active villain until she was killed by Crona at the beginning of the Moon Arc ([[ThanatosGambit which was even part of her plan]])]]. While Kishin Asura could be interpreted as the Big Bad of the entire series (given that ''Soul Eater'' is about preventing Kishins from being born just like Asura, and that everybody is after him), for most of the story he qualifies better as the GreaterScopeVillain. While he did make a few recurring appearances in the story arcs, unlike Medusa and the other major villians most of his influence was indirect. It's only until the Moon Arc that he takes center role as the Big Bad.
** In chapter 104, [[spoiler: it seemed that Crona was going to take the role of the BigBad by [[HijackingCthulhu by hijacking Asura]] ]] but that was inverted in chapter 106 when it was revealed that [[spoiler: the GreaterScopeVillain, Asura, was SharingABody with Crona.]]
** In ''Soul Eater Not!'', Medusa's and Arachne's younger sister Shaula Gorgon can be qualified as the Big Bad in this arc.
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'':
** For the Aincrad arc (light novel volumes 1, 2, and 8, though only volume 1 focuses on the main plot), the BigBad is [[MadArtist Akihiko]] [[GameMaster Kayaba]], the creator of the VRMMORPG ''Sword Art Online'' who traps 10,000 players in a virtual reality [[DeadlyGame where death inside means death in real life]], all to turn a world he conceived of in his imagination into reality. Kayaba also serves as the GreaterScopeVillain behind most of the subsequent conflicts and antagonists. Strangely, an [[BrainUploading [=AI=] copy]] of him serves a more benevolent role, despite maintaining his predecessor's BlueAndOrangeMorality.
** For the Alfheim arc (volumes 3 and 4), the BigBad is [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Nobuyuki "Oberon" Sugou]], director of the RECTO corporation's research institute who acquires the ''SAO'' engine and servers and creates his own game, ''[=ALFHeim=] Online'', and, after [[TheHero Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya]] frees those trapped in ''SAO'', imprisons the minds of 300 ''SAO'' players before they can awaken. Among them in Asuna Yuuki, Kirito's girlfriend, whom Sugou is [[ArrangedMarriage engaged to]] and [[{{Yandere}} obsessed with]]. The other 299 poor souls are subjected to [[MindRape torturous experiments]] to research the extent one can manipulate memories and emotions through [=VR=] technology.
** For the ''Phantom Bullet'' arc, Death Gun is the BigBad, a SerialKiller player in the game ''Gun Gale Online'' with the ability to kill simultaneously in real life and the game. [[spoiler: Death Gun, however, is a CollectiveIdentity [[BigBadDuumvirate shared between Shouichi "Red-Eyed XaXa" Shinkawa, Atsushi "Johnny Black" Kanamoto, and Shouichi's brother, Kyouji.]] Both Shouichi and Atsushi are ''SAO'' survivors and [[PlayerKilling [=PKers=]]] obsessed with continuing the [[DeadlyGame game of death]], while Kyouji is a deeply mentally-ill young man who was fascinated by the other two's exploits in ''SAO'' and enraged at high-level ''GGO'' players who recommended a character build that ended up being [[CripplingOverspecialization unbalanced and useless]]. Kyouji and Atsushi also have a grudge against Kirito, one of the players responsible for the capture and dismantling of the their [=PK=] guild Laughing Coffin in ''SAO''. Kyouji in particular is incensed by Kirito's pretending he can just move on and forget about the trauma he both experienced and caused in ''SAO''.]]
** The ''Alicization'' arc has two [[BigBad Big Bads]], one for the first half of the story, the other for the second half.
*** [[AIIsACrapshoot Quinella]] was once one of the numerous artificial [[OurSoulsAreDifferent Fluctlights]] populating Underworld, a virtual reality, until she made two important discoveries: the [[FunctionalMagic sacred arts]] were actually system commands (and thus through experimentation was able to discover more) and killing living beings increased her stats and gave her authorization to use more advanced commands. Turning Underworld's Human Empire into a theocratic feudal system predicated around preserving her rule, she usurps the Administrator authority from the [[BenevolentAI Cardinal Sytem]] and, as a result, becomes [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans obsessed with regulating all aspect of life in the Human Empire]], establishing authoritarian religious law and brainwashing anyone who defies her.
*** [[TheSociopath Gabriel Miller]] is the CEO of an American [=VR=] tech company who, [[YourSoulIsMine obsessed since a young age with controlling the human soul]], enters Underworld, seizes control of the Dark Territory, and launches an invasion of the Human Empire to take take possession of the one fully-realized artificial Fluctlight in that world, become [[AGodAmI god over Underworld]], and turn the virtual reality into one where [[TheSocialDarwinist the strong rule and survive]].
** The BigBad of ''Sword Art Online Progressive'', a spin-off light novel series taking place during the Aincrad arc and focusing on Kirito and Asuna's exploits floor-by-floor, appears to be [[HeroKiller Vassago "PoH" Casals]], the leader of Laughing Coffin. While he has yet to appear in person and is operating mainly through proxies, he's trying to manipulate the ''SAO'' players to turn to PlayerKilling. The main series' light novels reveal that his reason for doing this is his pathological hatred for East Asians, the result of his Korean father abandoning his mother after knocking her up and his and his mother's being bought and shipped to Japan by a Japanese CEO.
** The BigBad of ''[[TheMovie Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale]]'' is [[spoiler: [[TragicVillain Shigemura Yuuna]]]], the designer of the [[spoiler: AugmentedReality device Augma and game ''Ordinal Scale''. Having lost his daughter in ''SAO'', Yuuna is using Augma and ''Ordinal Scale'' to steal the memories of ''SAO'' from ''SAO'' survivors to create an [=AI=] copy of his daughter. Not only does the theft erase the original memories, but his final step, performing a massive brain scan on thousands of survivors invited to an [=AR=] concert, threatens to kill the majority.]]
** In ''Sword Art Online: Girls Ops'', a spin-off manga that focuses on Suguha "Leafa" Kirigaya, Keiko "Silica" Ayano, Rika "Lisbeth" Shinozaki, and [[SixthRanger Hiyori "Lux" Kashiwazaka]], the BigBad is [[RebelliousSpirit Gwen]], Lux's former friend from ''Sword Art Online'' and an ex-member of Laughing Coffin. Believing that [[ItsAllAboutMe humans are naturally selfish]], she seeks to turn the game community of ''[=AINcrad=] Online'' to one where "do-as-you-please" becomes the code everyone lives by, regardless of how one's actions impact other players. She also seeks {{Revenge}} on Lux, [[spoiler: also a former Laughing Coffin member, albeit a coerced one, who chose to deny her membership and her friendship with Gwen when Laughing Coffin fell.]]
* ''Anime/TalesFromEarthsea'': Lord Cob
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has Lordgenome, ruler of the underground who seeks to keep the humans trapped inside [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss for the first half of the series]]. In the second half it's revealed he was provoked into his villainy by the Anti-Spirals]].
* ''Manga/TenjhoTenge'': Sohaku Kago.
* Lord Vilius from ''Anime/TenkaiKnights''.
* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'': [[spoiler:Albert Maverick]].
* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': Deep Blue.
* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' series:
** The original manga and anime have the mysterious One-Eyed Owl/King, leader of the [[AntiHumanAlliance ghoul supremacist organization]] [[TheSyndicate Aogiri Tree]]. The finale reveals that he is actually [[spoiler:[[SamusIsAGirl Eto Yoshimura/Sen Takatsuki]], Kaneki’s favorite author and the HalfHumanHybrid [[AntagonisticOffspring daughter]] of BigGood Kuzen Yoshimura]].
** [[BigBadEnsemble Also introduced as major antagonists]] are Rize Kamishiro, a FemmeFatale who serves as [[TheHero Ken Kaneki]]’s EnemyWithin (after trying to attack him and dying as a result) and [[spoiler:Dr. Akihiro Kanou, the MadScientist who turned Kaneki into a ghoul]].
** In '':re'', the One-Eyed Owl continues to be the central antagonist [[spoiler:until she is detained post-Tsukiyama Extermination, by which [[ChekovsGunman Souta]]/[[BitchInSheepsClothing Nimuru Furuta]]/[[BastardBastard Kichimura Washuu]] takes over after it is revealed that he was the one who sprung the steel beam incident which got Kaneki turned into a one-eyed ghoul all the way in the beginning, and gets himself involved in much more]].
*** [[BigBadEnsemble He’s also competing with]] [[spoiler:his father, Tsuneyoshi Wasshu, who is the chairman of the [[VanHelsingHateCrimes CCG]] and [[GreaterScopeVillain indirectly behind the series events]], but Furuta kills him and becomes the last major villain]].
** The prequel ''JACK'' has the titular ghoul, mainly known as Lantern, who kills Taishi’s friends, setting off his journey of revenge. It turns out that he is [[spoiler:Uruka Minami, a high school [[SamusIsAGirl girl]] and friend who Taishi [[LoveInterestTraitor had a crush on]]]].
** The side story ''JOKER'' has the [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] leader of the skull mask gang, as Juuzou is trying to track him down- and finds out that he is [[spoiler:a [[SamusIsAGirl girl]] ([[OnceAnEpisode again]]) whom Juuzou saved on a train from a [[TheChikan molester]]]].
** The game ''JAIL'' has Jail, the mysterious ghoul sought by Rio and Kaneki. It turns out Jail is [[spoiler:[[TomatoInTheMirror Rio]], who doesn’t remember. As such, the real Big Bad is Shiki Kijima, the investigator who killed Rio’s brother and provoked Rio into becoming Jail]].
* ''Manga/{{Tomie}}'': [[HumanoidAbomination Tomie]]
* ''Toilet-bound Hanako-kun'': Tsukasa Yugi, a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] ghost and [[spoiler: [[FriendlyGhost Hanako's]] [[CainAndAbel twin brother]] and murder victim]]. He's responsible for the [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly rumors]] transforming the [[TheSevenMysteries School Mysteries]] and other supernaturals into dangerous beings, [[JerkassGenie horrifically twisting wishes]], and utterly disrupting the relationship between the living world (Near Shore) and supernatural world (Far Shore). His overall plan and goals are still unknown, but his philosophy hints at a [[TheUnfettered rejection of any constraints or inhibitions on one's desires or actions]].
* Millions Knives in ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''.
* ''Anime/TowaNoQuon'': Genji Kamishiro.
* Fei Wong Reed in ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle''. For a long time he appears to be doing nothing at all, apart from watching the heroes on magic TV and remarking about how [[JustAsPlanned all is going according to his plan;]] he appears to be a remarkably useless villain. [[spoiler: However, that's because we're actually coming in halfway through his plan. As it turns out, [[FaceHeelTurn three of the four original main characters]] [[TheMole were his servants]].]]
** In the last arc, there's also the Platina Company.
* The Japanese continuations of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'':
** ''Anime/TransformersHeadmasters'' alternates between Galvatron and Scorponok.
** ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce'' has [[EnergyBeing Devil Z]].
** ''Anime/TransformersVictory'' has Deathsaurus
** The one-shot OVA and manga ''Anime/TransformersZone'' has Violen Jiger.
* ''Anime/UmiMonogatari'': Sedna, the being of Darkness that Urin accidentally frees. She then starts corrupting the sea creatures and everyone around her. [[spoiler:However, possibly [[NoAntagonist subverted]]- she is at least a non-evil Big Bad, as she is revealed to be the sorrow that the islanders cast away, rather than a truly evil being. The characters accept it rather than defeat it.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', Beatrice is this [[spoiler:at first, until she is usurped by Bernkastel and Lambdadelta. Because of this, Bernkastel is now a RogueProtagonist and FallenHero, since she was the amalgamation of all the dead Rika Furudes from ''Higurashi''.]]
* ''Manga/UshioAndTora'' has Hakumen no Mono, an EldritchAbomination that not only was behind a majority of events, was revealed to behind even things that originally didn't seem connected, like a few arc villains. And it [[NearVillainVictory almost wins.]]
* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'': [[EvilOldFolks Count Magnus Lee]].
** ''Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'': [[spoiler:Carmilla the Blood Countess]].
* ''Manga/ViolinistOfHameln'': [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Great Demon King]] [[TheDreaded Chestra]].
* Rain Devila in ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' is behind all the demons who attack Momoko and her friends [[spoiler: until her own HeelFaceTurn in the end.]]
* Anime/{{Windaria}} The king of the Shadowland appears to be this but its actually [[spoiler: Lagado.]]
* ''Manga/WolfGuyWolfenCrest'': Haguro Dou.
* ''Manga/{{Wolfsmund}}'': [[{{sadist}} Lord Magistrate Wolfram]], the bailiff of the titular Wolfsmund ("Wolf's Maw"). [[spoiler:But only for the first [=3/4s=] of the story; after Wolfram's defeat and execution, his boss Duke Leopold I takes over the role.]]
* Lord Darcia in ''Anime/WolfsRain'' is not only a Big Bad, his entire family line is responsible for anything evil involved in the story... even in its [[EarnYourHappyEnding "happy ending,"]] which is anything but because of him.
** Oddly enough, the original ending (the version that stops at episode 26) seems to present Lady Jaguara as the real villain, especially after [[spoiler:Darcia's apparent death]]. In the {{OVA}}, Darcia takes that position back hard.
* ''Manga/TheYagyuNinjaScrolls'': Akinari Kato.
* Onimaru Takeshi in ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'', your typical overlord. Also Kaguya and, during the Pyramid and Underworld arcs, Boss.
* In ''Manga/YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches'':
** Because he wishes to keep up the witch {{masquerade}}, Yamazaki is behind a lot of the problems encountered by the main character in the manga's first witch war as well the entire live-action drama and anime.
** Ushio fills the role for most of the manga's second witch war. [[spoiler:His wish of winning Odagiri back makes him oppose the student council, gather students in the Japanese chess club, and drive the plot. Yuri later takes over the role.]]
** Amamiya fills the role in both Yamada's and Leona's flashbacks, given that she [[spoiler:was the one who noticed that Yamada, Himekawa, Nancy, Leona, and Yamazaki all were trying to start a ceremony, and sent Rika to wipe their memories.]]
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': The [[Manga/YuGiOh manga]] and [[Anime/YuGiOh second series anime]] have an overall Big Bad, Dark Bakura (a.k.a "the Spirit of the Millennium Ring"), who works on his scheme the whole series. In terms of individual arcs:
** First Arc ([[Manga/YuGiOh Manga]] and [[Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries Season]] [[FanNickname 0]]): Shadi (though he's not ''evil'', he just subscribes to Ancient Egyptian standards of morality).
** Death-T (Manga and Season 0): Seto Kaiba.
** Monster World (Manga and Season 0): Dark Bakura (The Spirit of the Millenium Ring).
** Duelist Kingdom (Manga and [[Anime/YuGiOh Season 1]]): Pegasus J. Crawford (Maximillion Pegasus).
** Dragons, Dice & Dungeons (Manga): [[BigBad Mr. Clown]] (TheDragon: Ryuji Otogi).
*** [[AlternateContinuity Dungeon Dice Monsters]] ([[OverTookTheManga Season 1 End]]): [[InNameOnly Ryuji Otogi]] .
** Battle City (Manga and Seasons 2-3): Marik Ishtar then Dark Marik.
*** [[OvertookTheManga Virtual Nightmare Arc ]] ([[FillerArc anime]]): Gozaburo Kaiba.
** [[FillerArc Doma/Waking The Dragons (Season 4)]]): Dartz.
** [[FillerArc KC Grand Prix (Season 5 part 1)]]: Siegfried Schröder.
** Memory World (Manga and Season 5 part 2): Dark Bakura (The Spirit of the Millenium Ring) [[spoiler:[[BigBadDuumvirate and Akhenaden]] with [[GreaterScopeVillain Zorc Necrophades]] behind them.]]
** ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'': Alexander the Great and his ultimate monster, Reshef the Dark Being.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'':
** Season 1: Kagemaru
** Season 2: Saiou, possessed by the [[GreaterScopeVillain Light of Ruin]].
** [[GenreShift Season 3]]: Yubel, [[spoiler:corrupted but not possessed by the Light of Ruin]].
** [[MindScrew Season 4]]: Darkness.
** [[Manga/YuGiOhGX Manga version]]: Tragoedia.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'':
** Season 1: Rex Goodwin starts off looking like one, but turns out to be more of a StealthMentor. In the second half of the season, Rudger (Goodwin's brother and leader of ThePsychoRangers) seems to take over, but is soon [[DiscOneFinalBoss abruptly killed off halfway through his arc]], leaving the rest of it to his followers who had been DragonTheirFeet. The final three episodes of the season, however, reveal the guy behind everything: it really was Goodwin the whole time, playing everyone up to and including ''two deities'' for suckers.
** Season 2: Z-One, who was, through his followers, responsible for Goodwin and Rudger turning evil, and thus could be considered the GreaterScopeVillain for Season 1, as well.
** [[Manga/YuGiOh5Ds Manga version]]: Rex again, albeit with [[AdaptationPersonalityChange a totally rewritten backstory and motive]].
* ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal''
** Season 1: Dr. Faker, [with [[GreaterScopeVillain Vector]] behind him.
** Season 2: When we are led to believe that Durbe is leading the other Barian Emperors, Vector returns and takes the role of the leadership again and their plan is to revive their deity Don Thousand. But then, the true leader of the Seven Barian Emperors comes back to them, Nasch. However, Vector is still working behind the back of the other emperors; back-stabbing them and becoming the vessel of Don Thousand, so he can use his power. After Vector is defeated and consumed by Don Thousand, the deity himself takes this role, who was responsible of the events behind Seven Barian Emperors in the first place.
** [[Manga/YuGiOhZexal Manga version]]: [[MayorPain Mr. Heartland]], [[spoiler: usurped by [[OutsideContextProblem Kyoji Yagumo]], usurped at the last second by [[EldritchAbomination Despair Goddess E-Rah]]]].
* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': Professor Leo Akaba is the leader of Academia from the Fusion Dimension and is responsible of the invasion of Heartland in the Xyz Dimension, and he ordered [[TheDragon Yuri]] to can capture one of the bracelet girls, Ruri Kurosaki. He has also sent his agents and soldiers to Maiami City in Standard and to the City in the Synchro Dimension to capture the other bracelet girls: Yuzu Hiiragi from Standard, Rin from the Synchro Dimension, and the refugee Serena from the Fusion Dimension. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that Leo is attempting to restore his daughter, Ray Akaba, by fusing her 4 soul fragments in the form of the bracelet girls back together, as well working to destroy [[GreaterScopeVillain Zarc]], an even greater threat who serves as the original incarnation of the Dragon Boys, including our [[TheHero hero Yuya.]]]]
* ''Manga/YumekuiMerry'' has "Pharos" Hercules, a powerful Dream Demon who seeks to supplant the human population and alter it so Dream Demons can exist human hosts. [[spoiler: However, it turns out he was the pawn of [[GreaterScopeVillain Kyou Shiragi]], who loaned his power to him and seeks to make people's dreams come true by sacrificing Dream Demons after planting them inside the hosts. Anyone with short-term goals no longer have anything to strive for, making them just as lost those whose Dream Demons have killed. Others have come out of it intact, but at the cost of losing the Dream Demons accompanying them, friendly or not.]]
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' breaks these up by season as well (except the first, [[MonsterOfTheWeek where the villain in turn depends on the case Yusuke is in]]):
** Sakyo in Season 2. Although Younger Toguro looks like this as well, he's more the DragonInChief.
** Sensui in Season 3.
** The three main rulers of the Makai world. [[spoiler:One of them is revealed to be Yusuke's ancestor.]]
** In the manga, it's revealed that alot of the early villains had been pawns in [[spoiler: an enormously elaborate publicity stunt overseen by King Enma, the true villain.]]
** Yakumo in ''[[TheMovie Poltergeist Report]]''.
* ''Zashiki Onna'': The unnamed woman stalking Hiroshi.

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