Here are the nominees thus far for best villain in anime.
Johan (Monster)
Cell (Dragonball Z)
Friagne (Shakugan no Shana)
Sephiroth (Final Fantasy)
Light Yagami (Death Note)
Leader Desslok (Space Battleship Yamato)
Lord Genome, the Spiral King (Gurren Lagann)
Gendo Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Ladd Russo (Baccano)
King Hamdo (Now and Then, Here and There)
Beatrice (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Piccoro Daimaou (Dragon Ball)
Joker (ROD TV)
Charles Solomon ((Not eligible for technical reasons.))
Yomi Isayama (Ga-Rei Zero)
Vegeta (Dragonball Z)
Freeza (Dragonball Z)
Lust (Full Metal Alchemist)
Lord Shishio (Rurouni Kenshin)
Char Asnable (Gundam)
Considering the number of bad guys throughout anime, this is a surprisingly short list. Who else should be on it?
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John C. Wright declared that April 22, widely observed as Lenin’s birthday “Earth Day,” was actually Pluto Day. Is Pluto really a planet? Of course it is; else why would it have its own Sailor Senshi?
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I recently found “Dennou Coil licensed” and “Dennou Coil Media Blasters” among recent search terms. Has the best show of recent years finally been licensed, or do the searches indicate wishful thinking? The latter, apparently. However, I do note that The Tatami Galaxy (Yojo-han Shinwa Taikei) has been licensed for streaming by Funimation, and if it is now possible to watch Masaaki Yuasa legally online, then there is still some hope that we may yet see Mitsuo Iso on DVD.
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Leiji Matsumoto made a video for “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
(Via Ogiue Matrix.)
It doesn’t work particularly well — the images have nothing to do with the lyrics — but it’s worth watching once for the curiosity value. If you want to see a better example of combining music with the Leijiverse, I recommend Interstella 5555. The best video of “Bohemian Rhapsody” remains the Muppets’.
You’re right, the Queen video doesn’t work at all, really. It’s pretty, but kind of pointless. (That Muppet video is a thing of hilarious beauty, however.)
Interstella 5555 was certainly more coherent and interesting, which admittedly isn’t saying much…
There’s a “Sailor Moon”, but Luna isn’t a planet… (nitpick)
Interesting that nobody nominated Naraku from Inuyasha. However he isn’t really a fun villain–just nasty like a large, bad-smelling, poisonous and very clever cockroach.
some other good villains:
diva – blood plus
priscilla – claymore
vicious – cowboy bebop
millenium earl – d.gray.man
dewey novak – eureka seven
orochimaru – naruto
knives – trigun
(spoiler removed by Don) – vandread
Don, I’m having email problems right now.
Yes, that’s a spoiler. It isn’t revealed until the second series.
That’s what I figured. Thank you.
very sorry about that, my bad.
No problem.
I would like to register a dissenting opinion. If you watch carefully, the video does refer to the lyrics — but only to certain lines. So you get the whole “blah blah blah MAMA!” effect. The important lines seem to be scattered throughout, and may be related to the English words that he understood back in the Seventies. 🙂
“Nothing really matters” = space really matters.
Beyond that, of course, there’s tons of weirdness. But it’s more comprehensible than a lot of rock videos out there.