History GreaterScopeVillain / AnimeAndManga

* In ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', [[NebulousEvilOrganisation The]] [[NGOSuperpower Tendou]][[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness shuu]]. They are an organization founded by rich Amanto centuries ago as an independent third party to monitor Altana usage in the universe (caused by a devastating war that lead to the Amanto in deciding have someone outside of any government control). They instead became a power unto themselves and used their granted influence to control other planets and taking the Altana as a means of studying it. They are indirectly responsible for making Earth, especially Japan, be invaded by the Amanto, leading to the Joui Wars and the resulting aftereffects within the series .

* ''Manga/DrStone'' has the mysterious voice they refer to as the "Why Man", after his first appearance consisted entirely of a morse code message repeating "Why?" He reappears later on with the clear intention of re-petrifying the world, and has adopted protagonist Senku's voice. They realize from this that the Why Man isn't human, and is also on the moon. Leading to the main goal of rebuilding society to get to the moon.

** The Five Elder Stars, a cabal of five leaders who thus far seem to be the highest rank in the world government, are ultimately the ones who pull the reins of most of the organizations which cause most of the events in the story: they control the Marines (which Akainu is now in command as the Fleet Admiral) and executing Gold Roger and trying to defeat Whitebeard indirectly gave them the means to ignite two Pirate Eras, which in turn caused the pirate boom in all the seas; employ the Seven Warlords of the Sea (which Blackbeard wanted to be part of as a means of recruiting several Impel Down prisoners and ultimately sparking the War of the Best to kill Whitebeard) and mostly pay no attention to them (which allowed Crocodile and Donquixote Doflamingo to act with impunity for long, as seen in their respective arcs); try to cover-up the Void Century even if it means to put several innocents on trial and execute them (how the Cipher Pol 9 tried to deal with Nico Robin), and completely ignore the crimes the Celestial Dragons do (such as slavery, which caused the incidents in Sabaody).

** Doflamingo is the greater villain of the Jaya (as the boss of ArcVillain Bellamy) and Sabaody Archipelago Arcs (being the owner of the slave auction house that the Straw Hats trash, leading to the World Nobles calling in an Admiral attack on the island). His presence in both arcs is minimal, having little to no stakes in their ongoings, but his influence can be felt. He only becomes a proper ArcVillain when the Punk Hazard and Dressrosa Arcs come by.

* Jesei is spoken of in the third to last episode of ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}'', and only after that does he affect the plot directly. The rest of the time, he was just an observer and instigator of an unknown part of another character's backstory.

** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'': Proto-Jikochuu was unsealed by the King of the Trump Kingdom, who wanted to save the life of his daughter Marie-Ange with the Eternal Golden Crown, which kept Proto-Jikochuu sealed inside a crystal fountain. After Princess Marie-Ange was saved, Proto-Jikochuu corrupted the King and turned him into King Jikochuu while residing inside him. However, Proto-Jikochuu was never in control of King Jikochuu and only corrupted his heart. King Jikochuu always acted on his own accord and was motivated by his own selfishness. Once King Jikochuu was purified in the penultimative episode, Proto-Jikochuu is consumed by Bel, who in turn is consumed by Proto-Jikochuu instead. As a result, Proto-Jikochuu becomes the MonsterOfTheWeek in the final episode.

** Megicula is another one in the second saga. She is responsible for placing the curses on the House Silva and the princess of the Heart Kingdom. Now it's no coincidence that Vanica, who is her host, is invading the Heart Kingdom, where Noelle is with the princess.

** Lucifero is this in the second saga (and also the first, due to Zagred being his subordinate). He’s the most powerful devil in the series, the devil who serves Dante and is also the source of his Gravity Magic, with Dante acting on Lucifero's behalf to form the Qliphoth and bring Lucifero to the living world.

** Lucifero is this in the second saga (and also the first, due to Zagred being his subordinate). He’s the most powerful devil in the series, the devil who serves Dante and is also the source of his power, with Dante acting on Lucifero's behalf to form the Qliphoth and bring Lucifero to the living world.

* In ''Literature/HighSchoolDxD'', Trihexa, the Beast of Apocalypse, is this to the story. When it is unsealed, it will wreak havoc on all the mythological realms, and the universe itself.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece''

* In ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowside'', initially, Shutendoji's goal was to gather the Youseiken so "The Princess" would awaken and take the human and Yo-kai Worlds... until it's ultimately revealed all of Shutendoji's efforts were to use the Youseiken to awaken The Overseer. A far greater destructive force, Soranaki almost drove the Yo-kai race into extinction, and was part of the BigBadEnsemble of ''Anime/YokaiWatchForeverFriends'', corrupted Shien and was fought by Enma and three Yo-kai Gods; and 90 years later, did the same with Fukurou, Douketsu and several other Shadowside Yokai.

** The Greatest Greater Scope Villain of the series is non other than Lucius Zogratis, the original identity of Julius Novachrono, he’s had this role as both the BigGood ''and'' the Greater-Scope Villain the entire time, being the oldest of his siblings who groomed them to become devil hosts with the goal of forming the Qliphoth to steal Lucifero's power, granting him enough power to lead a self-proclaimed holy war that he calls "Judgment Day". When he finally reveals himself after their defeats Lucius steps into the BigBad role.

** Another is the Ten-Tailed Beast, the original Tailed Beast, of whom the other nine are pieces of its chakra divided. Tobi aka Obito Uchiha wants to reform the Ten-Tails and become its Jinchuriki, so he can enslave everyone with the Infinite Tsukuyomi and complete the Eye of the Moon plan.

** Another is the Ten-Tailed Beast, the original Tailed Beast, of whom the other nine are pieces of its chakra divided. Tobi wants to reform the Ten-Tails and become its Jinchuriki, so he can enslave everyone with his Mangyeko Sharingan and complete the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.
** Madara Uchiha began the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan along with manipulating and twisting [[BigBad Tobi]] into his successor. Madara is indirectly responsible for almost every bad deed to happen within the context of the Akatsuki's actions and also being responsible for the Uchiha Clan having a tarnished reputation, indirectly fueling his descendants' future.

* ''Manga/BlackClover''

** The Ten-Tailed Beast, the original tailed beast, of whom the other nine are pieces of its chakra divided. Tobi wants to reform the Ten-Tails and become its Jinchuriki, so he can enslave everyone with his Mangyeko Sharingan and complete the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.

** The series' final arc revealed that the greatest Greater Scope Villain of all is Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the first chakra user, the true identity of the Ten-Tailed Beast/Gedo Statue, and a PhysicalGoddess more powerful than any other enemy fought so far and Black Zetsu, who is revealed to have been responsible for setting the entire generational conflict that began with Hagoromo's sons, jumped to Hashirama and Madara, and then Naruto and Sasuke. Every conflict and casualty from the warring clans era to the modern village wars and Akatsuki can be traced back to his constant manipulation of the world.

* In ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'', Trihexa, the Beast of Apocalypse, is this to the story. When it is unsealed, it will wreak havoc on all the mythological realms, and the universe itself.

* D in ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'' is not directly responsible for the world being in danger. She even offered a solution to solve the problem long ago, but it clearly doomed to failure from the start and only something she offered because the way it worked amused her: The world was drained of energy and on the brink of collapse, so the System she suggested to oversee the world's repair drew energy from people's souls by forcing them to basically live inside a combat RPG. If they fail to repair the world in a timely manner, the gradual damage to their souls will cause them to break apart. For her own amusement, she also continues to sabotage anything that seems like it would resolve the situation. Unfortunately, the idea of actually confronting her and making her pay for her crimes is laughable: She's nigh on omnipotent and capable of squishing ''gods'' like they were little baby spiders. You ''have'' to play by her rules.

* The [[GodEmperor Sacred]] [[MadScientist Ancestor]] in ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' is the vampire progenitor, the most powerful and ancient of the Nobility and responsible for the current state of the world -- [[AfterTheEnd a post-apocalyptic hellhole]] where vampires used to be the dominant species and humans were their playthings (though, things are slowly changing). He is heavily implied to be {{Dracula}} himself and as well as the titular protagonist's father, who has made his life goal to find and destroy him. However, the Ancestor is never seen in the story (except for the first OVA where we see his portrait where he resembles D very closely, while in the manga and illustrations, he is always covered in darkness) and D takes on individual villains on separate installments.

* In ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowside'', initially, Shutendoji's goal was to gather the Youseiken so "The Princess" would awaken and take the human and Yo-kai Worlds...until it's ultimately revealed all of Shutendoji's efforts were to use the Youseiken to awaken Soranaki. As a far greater destructive force, Soranaki almost drove the Yo-kai race into extinction, and was one of the BigBadEnsemble of ''Anime/YokaiWatchForeverFriends'', which was fought by Enma and three Yo-kai Gods, corrupted Shien, and 90 years later, did the same with Fukurou, Douketsu and several other Yokai in the present.

* Manga/{{Bleach}}: Prior to his proper introduction, [[GodEmperor Yhwach]] has had an influence on the world, with events going back as far as the earliest parts of the series being a result of his mere existence. He is the progenitor of the Quincies, the Emperor of the Vandenreich, the creator of the Sternritter; even the creation of the Gotei 13 is implied to be connected to him. Many centuries before the start of the series, a war broke out between the Soul Reapers and the Quincy, in which Yhwach was believed to be killed. In truth, he survived and would return 1,000 years later. He's responsible for the Echt culture that brought Ryuken and Masaki together and killed off both Masaki and Kanae. The Quincy bloodline that he is the progenitor of attracted Aizen's Hollowfication experiment White and provided a means of stabilizing the Visoreds. Neither Ichigo nor Uryu would exist, or even be the kind of people that they are, without Yhwach's influence.

** Currently Sakazuki/Akainu, Teach/Blackbeard and Kaido are prime candidates for the position of BigBad. However, the Five Elder Stars, a cabal of five leaders who thus far seem to be the highest rank in the world government, are ultimately the ones who pull the reins of most of the organizations which cause most of the events in the story: they control the Marines (which Akainu is now in command as the Fleet Admiral) and executing Gold Roger and trying to defeat Whitebeard indirectly gave them the means to ignite two Pirate Eras, which in turn caused the pirate boom in all the seas; employ the Seven Warlords of the Sea (which Blackbeard wanted to be part of as a means of recruiting several Impel Down prisoners and ultimately sparking the War of the Best to kill Whitebeard) and mostly pay no attention to them (which allowed Crocodile and Donquixote Doflamingo to act with impunity for long, as seen in their respective arcs); try to cover-up the Void Century even if it means to put several innocents on trial and execute them (how the Cipher Pol 9 tried to deal with Nico Robin), and completely ignore the crimes the Celestial Dragons do (such as slavery, which caused the incidents in Sabaody).

** Overshadowing Ryuk is [[UltimateEvil The Shinigami King]]. Although never seen in person, he casts a shadow over the entire world of ''Death Note'', having created the {{MacGuffin}}s in the first place. Indeed, he was the one who gave Ryuk another notebook that allowed him to kick off the entire story to begin with.
** Light Yagami himself became one in the ''[[Manga/DeathNoteSpecialChapter Death Note Special Chapter]]''. With Ryuk occupying the title of BigBad and Light becoming a [[VillainousLegacy posthumous villain]], Light's influence is still prominent for the universe of the series. In fact, his mere existence is the reason why humanity has changed considerably, why Japanese detectives are terrified of the Shinigami, and why Kira's name is so relevant to humanity in general. Ultimately, Light is who triggers the events of the ''Special Chapter'' and is ultimately responsible for Ryuk's interest in humanity.

* Manga/{{Bleach}}: Prior to his proper introduction, [[GodEmperor Yhwach]] has had an influence on the world, with events going back as far as the eariliest parts of the seires being a result of his mere existence. He is the progenitor of the Quincies, the Emperor of the Vandenreich, the creator of the Sternritter; even the creation of the Gotei 13 is implied to be connected to him. Many centuries before the start of the series, a war broke out between the Soul Reapers and the Quincy, in which Yhwach was believed to be killed. In truth, he survived and would return 1,000 years later. He's responsible for the Echt culture that brought Ryuken and Masaki together and killed off both Masaki and Kanae. The Quincy bloodline that he is the progenitor of attracted Aizen's Hollowfication experiment White and provided a means of stabilizing the Visoreds. Neither Ichigo nor Uryu would exist, or even be the kind of people that they are, without Yhwach's influence.

** Lucifero is this in the second saga. He’s the most powerful devil in the series, the devil who serves Dante and is also the source of his power, with Dante acting on Lucifero's behalf to form the Qliphoth and bring Lucifero to the living world.
*** Megicula is another one in the second saga. She is responsible for placing the curses on the House Silva and the princess of the Heart Kingdom. Now it's no coincidence that Vanica, who is her host, is invading the Heart Kingdom, where Noelle is with the princess.

* ''Manga/DrStone'' has the mysterious voice they refer to as the "Why Man", after his first appearance consisted entirely of a morse code message repeating "Why?" He reappears later on with the clear intention of re-petrifying the world, and has adopted protagonist Senku's voice. They realize from this that the Why Man isn't human, and is also on the moon. Leading to the main goal of rebuilding society to get to the moon.

** Dr. Gero is the GreaterScopeVillain of the Android Saga. When he appears properly, he's a BigBadWannabe who the Z-fighters ''think'' is one of the androids Future Trunks warned them about (apparently the ButterflyOfDoom meant that he decided to turn himself into an android instead of releasing the two much stronger androids who were responsible for the BadFuture), but he's the one who created Androids 17 and 18 (by kidnapping two runaway teens and turning them into cyborgs against their will), Cell, Super 17 (in ''GT''), Androids 13, 14, and 15 (in the movies), and Android 21 in ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterZ'' By turning ''his own freaking wife'' into an android monster with HorrorHunger who causes the plot of the game.

** Lucifero is this in the second saga. He’s the most powerful devil in the series, the devil who serves Dante and is the source of his power, with Dante acting on Lucifero's behalf to form the Qliphoth and bring Lucifero to the living world.
*** Megicula is another one in the second saga. It is responsible for placing the curses on the House Silva and the princess of the Heart Kingdom. Now it's no coincidence that Vanica, who is its host, is invading the Heart Kingdom, where Noelle is with the princess.