Line #116 EldritchAbomination/AnimeAndManga


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14	* ''Manga/AfterGod'': Each IPO's true form is weird, but Alula's is completely incomprehensible and can be described as "fractal [[BotanicalAbomination flesh flower]] drawing" due to having cells of other Gods.
15	* The [[OurGodsAreDifferent Gods]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demons]] from ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' are shown to be this. Early in the series they were stated to truly exist on a very higher-dimensional plane of existence, and their physical forms are merely 3D projections of themselves. [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm Those true forms are so incomprehensible]], [[WeirdnessCensor their sheer alien qualities are completely lost on humans]].
16	** While their true physical forms may be incomprehensible, they are psychologically much closer to human, to the point where god-human romances are common enough to warrant the creation of a heavenly "Inter-species Romance Department". When properly managed, these relationships can be incredibly loving and fulfilling for both parties. They may have the bodies and powers of eldritch abominations, but at heart they're not so different from regular people, a belief Keiichi himself expresses near the end of the manga.
17	* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'':
18	** The titans would better fall under HumanoidAbomination, but the nature of the power behind them--regeneration, nimbleness despite their gargantuan sizes, and the ability to manifest flesh, bone, and sinew from seemingly nothing, among other things -- are extremely alien, making it nearly impossible for our heroes to understand and combat them. However, one titan truly embodies this trope: [[spoiler:Eren Yeager's fully-realized Founding Titan dwarfs the Colossal Titan and even Rod Reiss' unusually large titan form in size, is made up almost entirely of bones, and doesn't look anywhere close to a human, instead more resembling a dinosaur or a caterpillar with how it walks with its ribs. His abilities in this form are also eldritch: he can flatten an entire continent in a few days with his control over ''thousands'' of Colossal Titans; summon an army of intelligent titans from the past; and finally has complete control over all Subjects of Ymir, being able to send them to an ethereal plane of existence, and can mind control, memory wipe, or even sterilize them.]]
19	** The unnamed... uh, ''thing'' that appears [[spoiler:to be the source of the Titans. It's also described as the "source of all life" and "the source of all organic matter". It somewhat resembles a disembodied human nervous system or perhaps a ''hallucingenia'', a type of extremely ancient sea worm. In the end, NOTHING at all is explained about this thing; a slave girl just randomly happened to encounter it underneath a tree, it bonded with her spine, and she became the first Titan, as well as the progenitor of the Eldian race. It is somehow able to bond itself with up to nine humans at once, seemingly passed on through a combination of spinal fluid and genetics.]]
20	* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''...hoo boy, where to start?
21	** The [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Godhand]]. [[PowersThatBe Incorporeal existence]] that resides deep within the [[SpiritWorld Astral realm]], they are beings that [[RealityWarper play around with reality at will]], [[WindsOfDestinyChange manipulating the strings of Causality]] to [[CrapsackWorld bring misery and suffering to the world]]. Since they are not physical, [[SelfConstructedBeing they have to possess objects]] to manifest in the physical realm. Although, once every 1,000 years, they ''can'' manifest physically through the Incarnation Ceremony. If they do this, they are even more powerful than when residing in the Astral realm, capable of empowering the world with magic and [[SpaceMaster manipulate dimensions]] at will. Helping their eldritch nature is their origin: each member of the Godhand [[WasOnceAMan were humans]] who had the [[CosmicPlaything sheer misfortune]] [[TheChosenOne to be chosen]] by the previous members of Godhand during the [[ViciousCycle Eclipse]] (which occurs once every [[NumberOfTheBeast 216]] years). Which raises one question, ''where did the first Godhand come from?'' [[spoiler:The answer is the Idea of Evil.]]
22	** The [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Apostles]]. [[WasOnceAMan Former-human]] beings who made DealWithTheDevil that is the Godhand members, they are capable of switching between their [[HumanoidAbomination relatively human]] forms and their [[OneWingedAngel Apostle form]]. Their Apostle form [[RuleOfSymbolism represents the forms of their souls within the Astral realm]], and bring it forth into the physical realm. Despite their often unnatural and hideous forms though, they are nowhere as reality-breaking as the Godhand, and is relatively just powerful physical monsters. Emperor Ganishka however, does qualify when [[spoiler:he reincarnates himself into a tentacled giant who resides between the physical and Astral realms, whose size dwarfs a whole city and can function as a bridge between the two realms]]. As a side-effect, he also becomes mindlessly destructive and spawns innumerable lesser abominations to kill and eat everything in their path.
23	** Then there's [[spoiler:the Idea of Evil]]. Its presence basically turns the whole story of Berserk into a CosmicHorrorStory. In a bit of subversion though, it is not an unfeeling monster, it is legitimately connected with humanity, which somehow makes it worse. [[spoiler:[[YouCantFightFate The ruler]] [[BecauseDestinySaysSo of Causality]] and [[GreaterScopeVillain creator of the Godhand]], it is the answer the [[TheHeartless collective unconscious]] gives to humanity for thinking that every suffering has a reason; the Idea of Evil ''must'' be [[GodIsEvil responsible for every suffering]], and therefore [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor it does just that]].]]
24	** The "sea-god" is an obvious Cthulhu {{Expy}}, and possibly the most powerful non-Godhand-related entity seen in the series to date; humans it consumes become tentacle-like extensions of itself that can stretch for tens if not hundreds of miles, and when Guts enters its body to kill it by destroying its "heart", he is assaulted by its spiritual presence, deafening heartbeat and terrifying hallucinations of deep-sea life that nearly overwhelm both him and Schierke (who is piggybacking him in astral projection to guide and empower him at the time).
25	* Raphaello from ''Anime/BtX'' is a homebrew version of this: amorphous, constantly growing, NighInvulnerable, and assimilating everything in its path.
26	* ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'':
27	** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Destroyer]]. Born from the FusionDance of two powerful beings, it has no sense of self or even attachment to life and expelled all of its emotion when it awoke, which was described as "life itself spilling out" by one of the spectators. Its true form is a black, shapeshifting tar-like mass of bodies that sucks out the life from anything it touches, and its energy is described as otherwordly and overwhelming. It also shoots things that either [[BodyHorror infect those they hit]] or turn into monsters.
28	** Priscilla, the strongest damn thing in the whole setting. In 3'rd Extra Chapter Rigardo, by observing Priscilla, came to realize that [[spoiler:her physical body (including her [[OneWingedAngel demon form]]), as absurdly powerful as it is, is little more than a shell that merely [[SealedEvilInACan contains an infinite chaotic raw power waiting to be released]]. On rare occasions when we see her damaged a mass of deformed tentacles pours out from the wound to devour everything in their path before reforming as the missing body part.]]
29	%%* Emperor Muge Zorbados, the BigBad of SuperRobot series ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}''.
30	%%* ''The Dark Myth'': [[spoiler:The Horsehead Nebula itself is one.]]
31	* ''Manga/TheDarkQueenAndIStrikeBack'' has Anomaly, a pair of twins who were once Seed Eight's experimental specimens. They were given a Divine Craft that allowed them to shapeshift, but lost their minds as a result. When Seed Eight decided to dispose of them along with many others, the twins absorbed the other specimens and became an enormous, grotesque monster with a potent HealingFactor. Anomaly continues to absorb people to expand its mass, with no regard for friend or foe. Notably, Anomaly seems to no longer be a living thing in the conventional sense, as Fleonell's first Arcana (which affects living things) is unable to revert its body.
32	* ''Manga/DeathNote'': The Shinigami King; in ''Death Note 13: How to Read'', all his statistics are given as inapplicable, unknown, or immeasurable, and his portrait is replaced by a text saying "Incomprehensible." In the artist interview in, Takeshi Obata says he was too scared to think of designing his appearance. However, a brief flashback in the manga does show him looking [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080430212320/deathnote/images/b/bd/King_of_Death.jpg quite eldritch]].
33	* {{God}} in ''Franchise/{{Devilman}}''. We don't see what he/she/it really looks like, but its chosen form is apparently [[LightIsNotGood a huge sphere of light]] that [[BrownNote kills any demon in its reach]] and [[MythologyGag turns any human who gets too close to it into salt]]. Plus [[spoiler:{{Satan}} [[HorrifyingTheHorror suffering a breakdown just from looking at it on TV]]]]. Which is understandable, since the reason why the ''Devilman''-[[TheVerse verse]] in all its incarnations is [[CrapsackWorld such a Happy Fun Place]] is because [[spoiler:God has total control over the cycle of death and rebirth of the universe [[GodIsEvil and uses it for the sole purpose of torturing Satan by crushing and ruining all he cares about over and over and over]]]].
34	* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
35	** The D-Reaper from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', a data-disposal program that got plugged into cosmic power. To fulfill its objective, a null-state for everything, it mutates into more and more alien forms, all inspired by the Franchise/CthulhuMythos (mixed correspondingly with designs of the Angels from ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]''). Unique in that it gets ''worse'' when it becomes aware of humans as entities; it taps into the agony and pain of ''one little girl'', amplifying and becoming TheHeartless and quite, quite insane by anyone's standards. It is both artificial and technological in origin, which is extremely rare outside the franchise, and unlike other franchise examples is most definitely '''''not''''' a digimon itself.
36	** Guilmon's Mega form, [[http://orig14.deviantart.net/0868/f/2013/217/0/a/megidramon_by_thenightmaredragon-d6gpt87.jpg Megidramon]]. Guilmon starts off as friendly, but his Mega form is such an abomination that its very existence can tear the digital world.
37	** Apocalymon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', a twisted mutant whose body is attached to an enormous geometric planetoid, and is composed of the data of Digimon who died failing to digivolve. He also seems to reside outside the Digital World proper (coming from beyond the "Wall of Fire") and his very presence in the Digital World warped its [[YearInsideHourOutside flow of time]] and also causing the creation of powerful evil Digimon.
38	** The ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' episode where Kari gets taken by some Scubamon to [[EldritchLocation the Dark Ocean]] is a rather obvious reference to the Mythos. The episode's climax reveals them to be digital lifeforms based on the Deep Ones. To top it off, the episode is named ''[[ShoutOut The Call of Dagomon]]''.
39	*** Dagomon ''himself'' appears in Episode 64 of ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'' "The Call", a reference to the original Dark Ocean episode. Not only are ''humans'' outright betwitched and transformed into Deep Ones, a ''very real'' and berserk Dagomon can be seen hiding within the same large, black illusion seen in ''Adventure 02''.
40	** The virus-infected Cherubimon from the ''Supreme Evolution! The Golden Digimentals'' movie (or the final part of ''Digimon: The Movie'', if you prefer) is an AngelicAbomination whose sheer existence warps space and is capable of bending time to his will. He is capable of regenerating virtually ad infinitum, and his insides are a chaotic pulsating mass of... something... filled with black spheres which represent the virus infecting him. Oh, and he's capable of appearing inside his own body somehow. Another one appeared in ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', but that one lacks these reality-warping powers and is thus significantly less frightening.
41	** Quartzmon from ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime'' looks less like a Digimon but an Angel from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. He's also one of the very few villains who manage to ''take over the world'' and traps every single human being and Digimon he absorbed alive and in an AndIMustScream state, and at one point he gleefully manifests said humans and Digimon from his many limbs to invoke a HostageSituation against Tagiru (again something that doesn't happen a lot with Digimon villains). To make things worse, there's no clear reason why he's even trying to take over the world, all of which makes a suprisingly dark villain for a light-hearted season and some of the most horrifying things in the series. His ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'' counterpart is a WellIntentionedExtremist leading a mass excursion of Baby Digimon, but he's still very disturbing because he drops his clones and masquerades them as food, while said clones outright starve and malnourish their hosts and mutates their mouth and limbs to resemble his a while later. ''And the heroine finds herself becoming one of the victims.''
42	** Millenniumon's line is yet another. In particular, his final form, [=ZeedMillenniumon=] is explicitly stated to be an abomination with no desire other than to roam around and destroy ''entire universes''. And whenever it appears anywhere, its intelligence and actual scope of harm may vary, but it's always taken seriously because it doesn't play around when it shows up. Special mentions to its ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'' counterpart who killed a woman and proceeds to roleplay [[Film/TheThing1982 the Thing]] inside her corpse with the sole motive of eradicating everything in the world.
43	%%** Arkadimon from ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'', once the thing reaches Super Ultimate.
44	* The Ghoul from ''Anime/DivergenceEve'', bizarre extradimensional maybe-biomechanical space monsters whose mere presence screws with space-time something fierce.
45	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
46	** ''Manga/DragonBall'': The anime-only [[https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/a/a1/Yami2.png/revision/latest?cb=20101020124053 Darkness]] is one of the most mysterious and disturbing beings in the early series. Residing in a deep dark maze-like cave beneath the land of ice, Korin doesn't explain what the Darkness is only that its guarding the Ultra Divine Water so that only the worthy can drink from it. Darkness has no clear form and its most mundane power is sending demonic snowmen to attack Goku and Yajirobi on the surface. Far more creepy is the fact Darkness can create perfect illusions of Goku's friends and Kami House within the cave to try convince him
47	to remain there ''forever''. The simple minded Goku is briefly fooled and doesn't even question why his friends are speaking in horrifying echoing voices, or why Kami House is sitting inside a dark cave. Goku escapes from the illusions and proves his worth by saving Yajirobi, this causes the Darkness to allow Goku to drink the Ultra Divine Water when offers it to him waking up Goku's latent power and gives him the strength to fight King Piccolo. The creepy part is the Darkness still lurks in below in the Dragon Ball World. On a side note, it appears to be based on the Umibōzu of Japanese folklore.
48	** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Majin Buu is one of the most mysterious villains of the series and the Dragon Ball equivalent to [[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Void Termina]]. The heroes think that he's a weapon created by Bibidi, but they're wrong; he has existed since the beginning of the universe, and Bibidi just learned how to summon him. He can absorb whoever he wishes, is stronger than most gods in base form, and can only be killed if atomized- ''smoke'' is enough to regenerate him completely.
49	** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'':
50	*** Episode 67 has [[MadGod Zamasu]] become a disembodied living metaphysical paradox, the result of killing a being that both is and is not immortal. The heroes [[spoiler:[[GodzillaThreshold have to resort to summoning Zen'O to defeat it at the cost of the entire timeline.]]]]
51	*** [[TopGod Zen'O himself]] is probably the best example: He erases entire universes that displease him, has the mentality of a child, and creates the Tournament of Power with the intent of destroying all the losing universes [[spoiler: except not really, since the whole thing was a SecretTestOfCharacter to see if all the universes were worthy of saving or destroying]]. In short, he's a serious version of [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Abridged Mr. Popo]]. [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu It's a very good thing he's friends with]] [[MoralityPet Goku.]]
52	* ''Manga/EdensZero'' has an entity called a Chronophage. A planet-sized SpacetimeEater that can only be perceived as a strange mass of energy drifting through the universe, it feeds on the "time" of planets in its path, which effectively rewinds those planets to an earlier state. Any person who happens to be on a planet the Chronophage feeds on will either be replaced with a past version of themselves, and if they weren't on the planet at the time that it gets rewound back to, they will simply cease to exist. There is ''nothing'' that can be done to stop its advance or fight it off, and the only way to truly survive is planetary evacuation.
53	* ''Manga/TheElderSisterLikeOne'' has that MonsterProgenitor abomination Shub-Niggurath being adopted as a big sister figure for a lonely young boy.
54	* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', [[spoiler:Acnologia, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse, definitely qualifies compared to what we know of other dragons.]] The gap between it and human beings is so immense that communicating with it to fathom its thoughts is completely impossible even though it's fully capable of understanding human speech.
55	-->[[spoiler:'''Zeref:''']] In spite of that, the reason it doesn't use words is because it doesn't think of humans as anything more than insects. You wouldn't stop and talk to a pest buzzing around you. It's the same for the [[spoiler:dragon]]. You also wouldn't bother taking an obnoxious insect seriously even for a moment. There are things in this world that you cannot oppose or fight back against, no matter how hard you try.
56	* The Novas of ''Manga/{{Freezing}}''. Their CombatTentacles and [[WaveMotionGun Wave Motion Guns]] aside, how they can [[spoiler: crush and subvert Pandoras]] is down right terrifying. They are NighInvulnerable even against [[AmazonBrigade Pandoras]] (which are humanity's only defense against them), [[HeroKiller leaving corpses and dismemberment in their wake]], but what ''really'' makes them frightening is how they can [[spoiler:''brainwash and infect'' the Pandoras, effectively mindraping and mutating them into becoming Novas.]]
57	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
58	** The GateOfTruth, which is a giant floating Necronomicon with a giant eye inside that spews black tentacles and that gives eldritch lore [[EquivalentExchange in return for sacrificing your limbs or others' souls]]. It's guarded by a being that calls itself [[HumanoidAbomination the Truth]], which appears to be nothing more than an empty white ''void'' in the shape of you... Unless you go through the gate and are forced to pay a toll, in which case he begins to fill himself in with ''your stolen body parts''. Every time Ed sees The Truth, it has his arm and leg. Add the constant [[SlasherSmile too-wide grin]] and he's unnerving in his own way.
59	** Some of the Homunculi, particularly Pride, when he isn't [[spoiler:[[AFormYouAreComfortableWith masquerading as a little boy]]]], is a [[LivingShadow colossal mass of shadows]] filled with eyes and mouths, often morphing into innumerable CombatTentacles, that could only be damaged by [[spoiler:essentially straining him through the Gate of Truth]]. Gluttony as well, being [[spoiler:a "fake" Gate of Truth]], essentially a black hole that can suck in an infinite amount of matter (there's a reason he's hungry all of the time). Envy seems to be this, with a OneWingedAngel form that resembles a huge chimera covered in the screaming faces of the people who make up his Philosopher's Stone, [[spoiler:although his true form is small and pathetic]].
60	** Their creator, Father, even more so. He originally looked like a black blob with eyes in a flask. Then he got a copy of [[spoiler:Hohenheim]]'s body that was actually a living Philosopher's Stone [[spoiler:made of hundreds of thousands of souls]]. Then he turned into a living blob of shadow covered with eyes and mouths that assumes a mostly human form. ''Then'' in [[WhamEpisode Chapter 104]], after [[spoiler:activating the nationwide transmutation circle and absorbing the souls of everyone in Amestris]], Father transforms into an immense, nightmarish creature, which he uses to [[spoiler:rip the Gate of Truth from the sky and cross the BishounenLine to become a PhysicalGod]].
61	* ''Manga/GetterRobo'': A HumongousMecha work of Creator/KenIshikawa gave us another eldritch abomination. It is immensely powerful. Its sheer size dwarfs planets. Its mere passing destroys worlds. It is told it is able to devour a whole universe. One single beam from it can blow to cosmic dust a planet and its fist can crush tears in the fabric of time-space. Vast armies and armadas have tried destroying it, only to be easily obliterated in turn without even managing to damage it slightly. Its name? [[spoiler:Getter Emperor]], the final evolution of [[spoiler:Getter Robo.]] The narration goes as far as to state: "The voice that quakes the universe itself was indeed that of [[spoiler:Ryoma Nagare]]".
62	* ''Anime/GunBuster'':
63	** The [[StarfishAliens Space Monsters]] are huge, mysterious, hatch from stars, and possibly [[KillAllHumans see mankind as a bacterial infection]] in the universe. The only thing that has kept us safe is [[PunyEarthlings not being noticed]], but we just had to [[TemptingFate keep poking into outer space]]. The [[spoiler:center of our galaxy is full of them]], [[IgnoranceIsBliss whatever that implies]]. To top it off, this is just the first batch encountered. Black holes merely [[SealedEvilInACan trap them]], and they will eventually [[spoiler:adapt to and take over that environment]]. Even after the [[SuperRobot ridiculously]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu victories]] [[spoiler:in the original, humanity had to [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu give up the fight]], ban all technology that could get the Monsters' attention, and safely hole up in the solar system.]] It bought time... against [[spoiler:[[FightingAShadow mere remnants]] of the original. [[ApocalypseHow Sacrificing the Earth]] would trap them again, while the means to [[DeaderThanDead actually kill them]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt endangers the entire universe]]. Which even gives us a healthy side order of HeWhoFightsMonsters, especially as mankind is evolving to resemble them.]]
64	** Taken as canon, the axed manga that would happen in between supplies plenty of reasons for the sequel's scenario. If the creatures so far are mere space antibodies, then the [[spoiler:Great Attractor]] turns out to be the [[NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus conscious will of]] [[GeniusLoci the universe]]. Being able to crush star systems with a thought is bad enough, but its body exists on a higher dimension that humans and their technology [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm cannot perceive through]]. And it has long ago shed that to become [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien God knows what]].
65	* The manga ''Manga/{{Hakaiju}}'' appears to be a condensed collection of different alien atrocities wrapped together in one CosmicHorrorStory in the form of a mysterious earthquake that leaves high school basketball player Takashiro fighting for his survival. The first chapter has the unlucky protagonist encountering what is a writhing mass of alien, three-fingered hands with biting mouths at their tips are only appendages of one of the least menacing ones.
66	* ''Manga/HandymanSaitouInAnotherWorld'': The Dark Spirit summoned by Primas manifests as a large pillar of fleshy stone covered in eyes that can shoot powerful destructive beams all around it, giving it incredible offensive and defensive capabilities; it takes the combined efforts of both Saitou's party and ''EVERY OTHER ADVENTURER THEY MET'' [[spoiler: as well as TWO of Morlock's trump card magics and a rare moment of lucidity]] to barely defeat it.
67	* ''Manga/{{Heavenly Delusion}}'' has the “Man-Eaters,” giant monsters of varying appearance such as animals and insects who devour humans in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] Japan. They are also armed with supernatural powers such as [[KillItWithIce freezing]] people and [[{{Invisibility}} invisibility]] to help them hunt their prey down, plus many are shown to be [[ItCanThink intelligent]], but the worst part is that it’s unknown if they even need to consume humans for survival.
68	* It's clear that Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' is just [[HumanoidAbomination Eldritch Abomination/God-Vampire]] when he reveals the reason he is so powerful is because he has the blood of ''every single person'' he's drunk from, which powers him up to PhysicalGod levels. When Alucard releases his familiars it comes out like a [[RiversOfBlood bloody]] and ''sentiment'' ocean. The only subversion comes from the fact deep down Alucard is a essentially a TragicMonster and still remembers [[WasOnceAMan when he was human]].
69	%%** Can't forget Alucard's [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1e/0a/6f/1e0a6f1e5936fa0fef7308f0ce4715b5.jpg ''Baskervile'' form]]... brings new meaning the words "Dog Food".
70	* ''Manga/{{Heroman}}'' has Vine Monsters in one episode that seem to evoke this trope; as it turns out, [[spoiler: the Vines are of Alien origin and a part of the BigBad, Kogorr, who is himself an Eldritch Abomination when he's gotten the spheres he sent back to himself; he's also eaten several worlds, and we're shown the worlds he had consumed.]]
71	* In ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind]]'', the Stand Notorious B.I.G. definitely qualifies. Birthed by the hatred of its user, [[WeHardlyKnewYe Carne]], Notorious B.I.G. is a growing blob-monster the color of raw flesh that attempts to destroy and consume anything that moves. The heroes only stop it by dropping it into the ocean, [[FridgeHorror and heaven help us if it ever reaches land...]]
72	** And then, from the same season, we have [[spoiler:Chariot Requiem]] and [[spoiler:Gold Experience Requiem]]. [[spoiler:Chariot Requiem is a soul-swapping, Stand-controlling juggernaut that mutates the bodies of every living thing on the planet, and its user has no control over it at all. Gold Experience Requiem is more controlled, but only comparatively, and it has a mind of its own and powers beyond the knowledge of even its user.]]
73	* In ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'', most of the cursed spirits, including the likes of Ryomen Sukuna, are depicted as grotesque and terrifying monsters. Although some of them approach Humanoid Abomination territory (e.g. Sukuna or Mahito), they also originate from the human subconscious, since cursed spirits are formed from negative human emotions such as pain or envy.
74	* ''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia'': The Gauna are massive, shapeshifting fetus-like creatures with with their extendible, prehensile CombatTentacles. No-one knows where they came from or what they want, and their only apparent goal is to assimilate humans, giving them access to that human's memories and appearance. While their outer "placenta" bodies can be injured, Gauna are only able to be killed if their True Bodies are destroyed, and become capable of [[OrganicTechnology replicating the technology used by the humans]].
75	%%* In ''Manga/TheLastSaiyuki'', many nightmare monsters awakened from humans' mou appear like this.
76	* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
77	** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' has the [[DarkIsEvil Darkness of the Book of Darkness]], an immortal, dimension-hopping, dimension-breaking, constantly morphing, bio-mechanical monstrosity that appears when you fill up all [[NumberOfTheBeast 666 pages]] of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Book of Darkness]]. If you manage to temporarily kill it, it will only rejuvenate in another dimension, where it will tempt another mage to fill up the pages of the Book of Darkness again, allowing it to be unsealed and go on another rampage. ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' showed through flashbacks that, during the time of the Ancient Belka War when it was most active, doomsday cults worshipped it as a god. However, when we actually see her personality she's shown to be a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, literally. Her original programming was corrupted, and she can't control her own actions, making her a more benign example.
78	%%** ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears Of Destiny'' revealed that the Book of Darkness was originally created by the {{Precursors}} as a [[SealedEvilInACan seal]] for an even ''worse'' Abomination called the Unbreakable Darkness.
79	%%* Several of them showed up in the Mazinger trilogy (''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Anime/GreatMazinger'', and ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer''), often overlapping with DiabolusExNihilo: [[GodEmperor Great Emperor]] of Darkness, [[spoiler:also known as Hades]] (BigBad from ''Anime/GreatMazinger''), Gilgilgan (of the Great Mazinger vs Getter Robo movie), Grangen (of the Great Mazinger vs Getter Robo G feature), Dragonsaurus (of Grendizer, Getter Robot G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu movie), Varon the Annihilator (BigBad of ''Manga/SuperRobotRetsuden'')... and, in the ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero'' manga, [[spoiler:Mazinger Z itself.]]
80	* A rare [[MechanicalAbomination mechanical]], [[AIIsACrapshoot robotic]] version of this trope coming from ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' is the Devil Gundam (or the [[{{Bowdlerise}} Dark Gundam]] depending on the dub). A Gundam designed to be completely autonomous and with no need for a pilot, and given the capacity for self-evolution, self-recovery, and self-replication, it's more akin to a giant MechanicalLifeform than a HumongousMecha. Given the resources, the Devil Gundam could build up its physical form at will, bordering on shapeshifting into configurations that look disturbingly organic. It could also infect people with "DG cells", with the progressing infection leading to influencing behavior, then possessing people, and even capable of ''overwriting them entirely''. It also [[BackFromTheDead resurrected twice]] over the series. The kicker is that it was intended to [[BenevolentAI help humanity]] (albeit not directly) by [[EarthThatUsedToBeBetter repairing and protecting Earth's biosphere]], so that humanity could live there comfortably again. It decided that its main goal would be best achieved by killing off the humans (who were responsible for wrecking it) that remained on Earth, and preventing them from returning. In the series climax, it possesses an entire colony (not the people on it, but ''the colony'') and intends to [[ColonyDrop crash it into the Earth]].
81	* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' has the Ten-Tails, an ancient entity that possesses nigh-incomprehensible levels of power and can only be controlled by those possessing Wood Release. It has no feelings or ideals as such, its chakra can only be sensed in the form of the same natural energy that pervades the world. It also serves as the progenitor of everything in the Shinobi world and it’s a nearly unstoppable force of nature. [[spoiler: It’s eventually revealed that its true identity, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, merged with the God Tree to take the chakra of her own sons before she was sealed away and the Ten-Tails itself was split into nine pieces by the Sage of Six Paths who are all the Tailed Beasts of today and are also this but to a lesser extent.]]
82	** [[spoiler: In the SequelSeries, ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'', it's revealed that there exists multiple Ten-Tails, and one of them is in possession of Kara. This Ten-Tails is smaller and implied to be much weaker, but it would still become a God Tree should it devour either Boruto or Kawaki.]]
83	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
84	** Most of the Angels do qualify, being made of... ''something'', have a human-like DNA, possessing barriers impenetrable to anything (and in some cases, can even become an entire sub-universe), but three in particular are noticeable. Leliel is an infinitely thin levitating disc that leads to AnotherDimension, with a 3-dimensional shadow [[MindScrew that casts its own shadow]]. Arael is [[LightIsNotGood colossal creature of light]] that can fire [[MindRape mind-raping]] beams from orbit. Armisael is a gravity-defying, double helix in a perfect circle that inflicts horrific BodyHorror on [=EVAs=] and the pilots by [[TheAssimilator attempting to assimilate with them]].
85	** The [=EVAs=] are artificial abominations. [[PoweredByAForsakenChild They can only be piloted by psychologically scarred children]], and are the only things that can fight Angels. Their true nature as [[spoiler:a clone of an Angel installed with a human soul]] is kept a secret until the end of the series, [[spoiler:as they are built to cause AssimilationPlot involving Adam and Lilith below]].
86	** Adam and Lilith ([[spoiler:the progenitors of the Angels and humanity respectively]]) are leagues above the Angels and EVA. The former's mere ''awakening'' killed off half of humanity and terrified the survivors so thoroughly they thought the [=EVAs=] were a good idea, and the awakening of Lilith, as seen in ''End of Evangelion'', is such pure MindScrew that it surpasses everything else seen in the series combined, [[GainaxEnding and even screws with our real-life psyches]]. [[spoiler:By extension, this makes Kaworu and Rei, the vessels for their souls, {{Humanoid Abomination}}s.]]
87	** The ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild]]'' films turned Ramiel, Sahaquiel, and Zeruel into this. Ramiel is now a living geometry that constantly morphs through [[AlienGeometries impossible transformations]] whenever it is about to attack with a WaveMotionGun capable of melting mountains in one shot, constantly ''singing'' with inhuman voices and ''screams'' whenever damaged. Sahaquiel becomes (by {{Kaiju}}-standards) a ''gargantuan'' thing that mixes traits from three Angels of the original series, including the aforementioned Leliel. Zeruel takes the cake, for while it visually doesn't look any different, now it has at least ''24 layers'' of AT-Field, can shoot off EyeBeams to one-shot a barrier that took Ramiel 10 hours to destroy, and [[spoiler:can consume an EVA whole, and transform its body (but not its head) into a naked, human woman body to gain the traits of an EVA]].
88	** The ''Rebuild'' made the [=EVAs=] even more of an EldritchAbomination. Unit-02 reveals a transformation with BodyHorror that makes it several times more powerful and wild, and even grows a mouth to roar with. But that is nothing compared to Unit-1 and [[spoiler:Unit-13]], after [[spoiler:devouring the core of an Angel, as both cause an apocalypse very similar to Adam's awakening above, if not worse]].
89	* The World of ''Manga/OnePiece'' features a handful of shadowy figures that are so impossibly huge, they can stand in the middle of the ocean as if on land. First are the Sea Behemoths, immense humanoids that appear to be wearing some kind of armor and wield massive weapons, and the Florian Triangle monster. The former scared the Straw Hats to death to the point where they didn't even want to see what it was, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness which for them is very unusual]]. The latter is the largest creature ever seen in the series at around 54,000 feet tall. It's implied to be incredibly ancient and malevolent, as it's been destroying ships that enter its territory for hundreds of years and has glowing red eyes. While the Behemoths are implied to simply be [[spoiler:the People of the Sky, whose shadows are reflected on the clouds and amplified]], the latter's real identity is still shrouded in mystery.
90	* In ''Manga/{{Psyren}}'', the giant asteroid Ouroborus hides an amorphous, silvery entity which, upon the asteroid's destruction, spread to cover the entire world, causing a massive global storm which destroyed the entire planet and turned it in the bleak wasteland that's the world of Psyren, ruled by the evil W.I.S.E. lead by Miroku Amagi. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that the thing inside the asteroid is a bona fide, planet-eating abomination called Quat Nevas, using the W.I.S.E. member Mithra as harald and manipulating Miroku and his life-generating Sephiroth Psi Power to gather enough energy to revive itself.]]
91	* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': Hoo boy...
92	** Witches exist as twisted abominations of AlienGeometries in their own chaotic dimension hidden and isolated from the rest of reality, crafting a realm and servants to carry out some nebulous and hopeless task, and having yourself touched by a witch will mind-control you into despair and suicide.
93	*** Technically [[spoiler:magical girls themselves]], the young, larval stage of witches. They [[HumanoidAbomination look human]], but that is simply a soulless shell they manipulate via remote control; their witch form is the true expression of their bodies and power.
94	*** Walpurgisnacht breaks the established laws ''of witches''. It doesn't even need a labyrinth and can apparently yank skyscrapers into the air just for the hell of it. It took everything [[spoiler:Homura]] could throw at it [[NoSell without a scratch]], and [[spoiler:in all the previous timelines]] defeating it was either impossible or came [[PyrrhicVictory at a terrible price]]. WordOfGod is that is formed from a FusionDance of ''multiple'' witches.
95	*** Kriemhild Gretchen, [[spoiler:the witch form of Madoka Kaname]] appears like [[LivingShadow a tower made of shadows]] with its top forming [[HumanoidAbomination the shadows of a girl]]. With time, it will [[AssimilationPlot absorb all of humanity into its barrier]]. Since it grows stronger [[spoiler:every time Homura resets time]], by the time of the series, it is explicitly the most powerful witch ''ever'', [[spoiler:born from the magical girl that one-shotted Walpurgisnacht]] and its size had grown to the point it reaches the far sky, and would assimilate the planet in 10 days.
96	** The Incubator, otherwise known as [[spoiler:Kyubey]], is a HiveMind spread across innumerable expendable bodies that's [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien advanced enough]] to create a system that breaks entropy, and [[LackOfEmpathy lacks anything resembling human emotions]] or [[BlueAndOrangeMorality morality]], seeing entire planets as nothing but livestock, putting it on the line between this or a ''very'' bizarre {{Starfish Alien\|s}}.
97	** [[spoiler:[[MessianicArchetype Ultimate Madoka]]]] is a benevolent example [[EldritchAbomination/MythologyAndReligion in the same vein as]] {{God}}. She is less a being and [[AbstractApotheosis more an abstract concept]], referred to as The Law of Cycles, powered by "multiple universes" all centered around her in a singularity, and when she was born she ''deleted a law of physics'' and rewrote the multiverse, past present and future, to insert herself as a ''fundamental force'' of all universes, [[spoiler:absorbing the full karma of existence's suffering to prevent Magical Girls who suffer despair from ever witching out and instead sending them to Heaven.]]
98	** The end of ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]]'' has [[spoiler:[[SatanicArchetype Akuma Homura]]. She manages to break apart ''the Law of Cycles'', takes Madoka's mortal self, then conquers ''existence'' and rewrites it to ''her'' designs as a paradise for herself and the human Madoka.]]
99	* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' has {{Alucard}}, a vampire who transformed himself into one by [[CannibalismSuperpower devouring other monsters]]. By the present day, the ''only'' thing he has in common with a vampire is drinking blood; his current form is a {{Kaiju}}-sized insectoid creature with a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph-like head]], CombatTentacles, and TooManyMouths, who wields the power to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
100	* The {{Big Bad}}s of the first, second, third, and fifth story arcs of ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Queen Metalia, Death Phantom, Pharaoh 90, and Chaos. Pharaoh 90 and Chaos are even closer to this trope in the first anime; the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] allowed them to speak at least, but the anime took away ''any'' human features, making them ''completely'' alien and unknowable.
101	%%* The Faceless warriors in ''Manga/SaintSeiyaEpisodeGAssassin''.
102	* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': An enormous black hole dragon, composed by milions of smaller negative matter dragons, which appears in one of the show's final episodes (7th season), easily slaughtering the combined force of the Keronian army. Of course, the series doesn't end with it destroying the universe. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu So, somehow, it's defeated.]]
103	* In the ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero'' series, it's the Mazinger Z itself, who seems to always lead to its creation of the rampaging titular Mazinger Zero.
104	* ''Manga/SoulEater'':
105	** [[spoiler:The Great Old Ones]] are this or HumanoidAbomination in appearance. They're {{anthropomorphic personification}}s of madness of various kinds (i.e order/rule of law, terror, power, rage, knowledge). [[spoiler:Asura]] is likely 'terror' and [[spoiler:Eibon]] 'knowledge'. [[spoiler:Shinigami and Kid]] are both 'order'. [[spoiler:Excalibur]] represents Rage.
106	** [[spoiler:Kishin Asura]], before he puts his skin back on. Also, [[spoiler:Asura's [[OneWingedAngel superpowered, gargantuan form]]]] that he gets after he eats [[spoiler:Arachne's]] soul. Fitting, as [[spoiler:he IS the aforementioned Great Old One of the madness of terror]].
107	* ''Anime/StarDriver'': [[spoiler: Samekh]]. Sure, it's a HumongousMecha, incredibly big even when compared to other Cybodies and scary looking, but that's far from being worthy the name of EldritchAbomination, right? Well, [[spoiler: it's of alien origin, sentient, and capable of resisting its Driver's will. It can destroy most Cybodies effortlessly, and those who are already broken can be resurrected as its slaves. It was [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]] in AnotherDimension by using four powerful [[BarrierMaiden Maiden Cybodies]], and once it breaks free, it will consume [[TheLifestream Earth's entire life force]], ''killing every single life form on the planet''. It can also control time and space at full power]].
108	* The Noise from ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'' - they have multiple forms, seems to be made of [[LightIsNotGood solid light]], annihilate their victims by just touching them, are capable of combining, and the only thing that can kill them is Symphogear users, because they resonate with Noise, forcing them to ''obey the laws of physics''.
109	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
110	** [[spoiler:The Anti-Spirals]], having godlike powers, allowing them to break up laws of physics, create living battle ships as they want, create power-draining oceans in the middle of space, or trap people into a LotusEaterMachine at will, live in their own pocket dimension they created, create galaxy-sized HumongousMecha at an instant, [[spoiler:without using Spiral Power]], and having very creepy forms, similar to a LivingShadow, with [[spoiler:the Anti-Spiral King]] resembling [[NonStandardCharacterDesign a living chalk drawing]]. In a slight subversion, [[spoiler:they are beings of ''order'', or at least see themselves as such, and they were originally a normal race that evolved into an ultra-powerful HiveMind]].
111	** [[spoiler:The Anti-Spirals]] are unique because [[spoiler:the reason why they attempted to ascend into TheSingularity in the first place is ''to stop what they consider to be a greater and more terrifying Eldritch Abomination'', this time [[RealityWarper able to create matter out of absolute nothing, kick all the laws of physics to the curb, warp and dismantle reality according to its will]], and powered by pure insanity, the abuse of which [[NegativeSpaceWedgie will create a supermassive black hole that will consume the entire universe]]]]. The cosmic horror is [[spoiler:[[HumansAreCthulhu Spiral Energy]], with the aforementioned "insanity" as ridiculous amounts of physics-disregarding willpower. The Anti-Spirals attempted to drive the Spirals into despair because of the dangers of Spiral Energy.]]
112	** The eponymous mech. It can only exist in a special space between dimensions, is impossibly large, and both it and the Grand Zamboa are able to weaponize galaxies. It's a giant robot that doubles as an EnergyBeing.
113	* ''Anime/TwinPrincessOfWonderPlanet'': The Black Crystal, which also serves as the GreaterScopeVillain. It takes the form of an otherwise inconspicuous crystal, but it has a will of its own and its real form is largely incomprehensible. It is an EmotionEater, and [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil as long as it can]] [[EmotionEater feed off of negativity]], it ''will'' continue to exist, no matter how many times it's defeated.
114	%%* The [[BlackMagic dark]] {{Magitek}} of [[TheEmpire the Wischtech Empire]] in ''Manga/UbelBlatt'' is focused on either creating abominations or bestowing {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s. Bonus points for its truly nightmarish use of HumanResources.
115	* In ''Manga/{{Uzumaki}}'', [[spoiler:[[GeniusLoci the]] [[EldritchLocation ruins]] [[BeneathTheEarth under the lake]]]] are [[TimeAbyss impossibly ancient]], the sole force responsible for the curse of the spirals and all the [[DrivenToMadness insanity]], [[BodyHorror mutations]], and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath deaths]] (and [[FateWorseThanDeath worse]]) throughout the manga... And they have done so before and will do it again probably for as long as there is sentient life on the planet.
116	* The Hiruken Emperor from ''Anime/XamdLostMemories'' certainly qualifies. Not only does it have an unsettling and unnatural appearance, blots out the sun when it awakens, and causes a rain that [[TakenForGranite turns every living thing it touches to stone]], we later find out that [[spoiler:it's [[CameBackWrong the product of a failed attempt]] at [[MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil resurrecting a dead infant]] by using Hiruko technology]].
117	* ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'' has Princess Kaguya's true form, which looks like a colossal, black blob with many hydra-bunnyish heads and huge grins. Then there's [[spoiler: Yamata no {{Orochi}}]], who is an [[spoiler: 8-headed, '''JAPAN-SIZED''' dragon that can erase whole countries in a matter of seconds.]]
118	* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
119	** Both the Orichalcos stones in the Doma filler arc, and the Light of Ruin that the Society of Light in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'''s second season is built around, are Eldritch Abominations that were born from spatial phenomena and have no purpose but to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt doom the universe under their whims]]. Judai's Neospacians tell him that the Light of Ruin is a danger to all the cosmos.
120	** Zorc of the [[http://www.alaerart.com/images/YGO-clrZork-300pc/YGOclrZorkSet214.jpg Dragoncrotch]]. An ancient demon... thing [[TheHeartless created by the darkness in human hearts]] who plans to bury the world in darkness. Although he's more of a GodOfEvil since he's blatantly malicious.
121	%%** The Earthbound Gods (aka Earthbound Immortals/Jibakushin) from ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', the evil entities sealed into the Nazca Lines and a serious threat to the protagonists. Apparently they're all just {{mooks}} compared to the King of the Underworld, but [[AbortedArc they decided that plot point wasn't important]].
122	** Don Thousand's final monster, Imaginary Chaos Number 1000: Numeronius Numeronia, is one. It is a Rank 13 monster with 100,000 ATK, in a game where levels and ranks normally have a maximum of 12 and monsters with ATK higher than 4,000 are rare, and it has the ability to make the opponent automatically lose if they don't attack it.
123	%%** [[spoiler: [[OmnicidalManiac Zarc]]]] from ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' becomes one after [[spoiler: fusing with his dragons.]] Its name is a reference to the imaginary value √-1, an "impossible" number.

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