I LOVE Blackbeard's introduction. In a way, it is telling the audience, "Yeah, these two are very similar... but cannot be more different." Their attitudes are the same towards the meals and for dreams... but their opinions and ideals are vastly different. Blackbeard is the PERFECT foil for Luffy.

"Any betrayal you can see is trivial... But what is truly frightening, is the betrayal you cannot see".

Aizen is the villain who create the hero.

Personally I like the introduction of King Bradley from fullmetal alchemist brotherhood because at first he seems like a good guy he is a central figure in the story nobody suspects him to be evil while he is secretly working for Father. I also like Undertaker's introduction from black butler because when he first appears he seemed like a creepy side character who is obsessed with coffins wants to laugh but later on he is revealed to be the strongest grim reaper being able to make Sebastian scared and has a past with the phantomhives.

The reason why Aizen is my favourite villain is cause he's not in just one of these categories , He's the crazy calculated guy , he showed the true levels of power and how he's miles stronger compared the protagonist , he tricks his own former captain as his part of experiment , he is a crazy guy , he doesn't care about any relations he had for centuries , he doesn't care who it is , he's obsessed with changing the functioning of the world , he ruins lives of people just cause he's bored or as a part of experiment , Ichigo bluntly put is his experiment to create a transcendent being who could challenge him when he himself succeeds , as said by ichigo himself after aizen's defeat is that he was lonely since he was a child , all Aizen wanted was someone to challenge him and his ideology on his way , the only man who was greater than him in intelligence (urahara) was laid back and never came back , he wanted someone else to challenge his ideology and be equal to him in strength , that's why he created Ichigo , he oversaw ichigo's whole life to see his growth, he was crazy obsessed with his experiment like a mad scientist while also doing everything to fool Soul society for years

Yhwach is an amaizing villain on the level of Aizen for me, I'm so excited to see him in the Bleach's new anime!

I dont want to be annoying by mentioning this, but most of the villain reveals in JoJo are amazing too The Pillar Men awakening scene is still one of my favourites moments in all of media. A buff Mexican stripper wakes up out of stone, insults and then kills about 40 nazis, strikes multiple amazing poses, and awakens his other two Bustas in the span of like 2 minutes, all the while Aztec dubstep plays.

I’m writing an anime-style story, and the villain introduction was something I worked very hard on. Throughout the first book, the protagonists are introduced. It focuses on a romance plot, but something is off about it the whole time. The girl’s grandfather was an incredibly powerful mage who had nearly succeeded in taking over the world before he literally died from being too powerful for his physical body. It sets this unusually dark feel for a high fantasy romance novel, and even drives the girl to near suicide. Then, book two comes around. The girl’s father figure reveals he’s been trying to resurrect her grandfather from the dead, and he uses her magic to make it work. With all the set up from book one, it’s a moment that inspires fear. The girl’s first response is to try and kill him, but he basically shrugs it of and gives her a slap across the face like he’s a parent instead of reacting to the fact she tried to kill him. He then takes her boyfriend hostage and steps outside. The following scene is one where he decimates half of her home town all by himself. Then, he points at the other half and tells her, “Your turn.” By far one of my favorite intros I’ve made, and I’ve made a few.

Madara still has the greatest villian intro to me, Luffy and Blackbeards might carry more weight near the end game but Madara was too damn good

Bondrewd is Orochimaru but with a writer who has the balls to go through with it.

This was a cool look into how a villain makes an introduction and how villains are written, this gives me a good relook into just what these villains are like. I got to say I always enjoy it when a villain displays their skills and shows off why the characters and us the audience should fear and tremble at their might. I can't wait for your future villain videos and it would be cool to see videos on stuff outside of anime as well. Awesome video Axel~!!

Soul Eater's Asura is another one with a great entrance. We've heard of him throughout the show so he has build up, then his escape from his skin bag and causing madness and hallucinations to the characters just for getting near him is fucking fantastic.

You know I'm going to say. villain characters are about as interesting as hero characters. I think what makes it even more of an interesting trope for a villain. is using that villain as a main character like overlord for example the main character ain't a good guy he's a pinnacle of the undead. he torments humans for nothing more but selfish ideals for his own purposes. villains are a very interesting concept.

My favorite Villian is one where you kinda understand why their doing the action that their doing like elves from black clover I get why their doing what their doing they want revenge humans treated like trash slaughter their loved ones all because the elves had something the humans wanted

Kaido had wonderful introduction

Great Video!!! One thing to this day I will never understand, is how someone who is master class in writing antagonists, Kishimoto, could screw up Madara so badly. While how he went out, was resonant with his themes of distrust, and inability to lead, its the execution which was the issue. Had we known more about Black Zetsu and there were hints to him having alternative motives, the scene would've been completely fine, but we didn't. It was revealed after the betrayal, so it felt retconned. Including Kaguya, there were very few issues I had with the series, but it is still in my top 5 manga, even though I didn't grow up with it. I will never regret picking it up, and how there is so much hate surrounding it, ironic given one of the key themes of the story being hatred, is beyond me. I will never get an answer to whether Kaguya was on Kishimotos behalf, or the publishing company's for wanting to continue the story for money, since Kishimoto isn't allowed to speak bad of Shueisha, because he still works for them.

Bondrewd's the only villain here who completely screws the audience's perception post introduction.

I know I might sound crazy af but how Halekulani is introduced in Bobobo-Bobobo-bobo is awesome to me and done super well but a villains intro can really make or break them sometimes plus another video yeah yeah

I literally just found out about Bondrewd only five minutes ago, and I already feel he's going to become one of my favorite villains of all time.

I totally love Bondrewd, because this character just touched me so badly. For so many reasons. I'm absolutely curious of what more you have to say about him. And his introduction is beyond great. But most of all I wanted to praise you for your videos like this one. You do so well and I hope you enjoy these as much as you seem to. I bet they are lots of work, but you really are doing a great job.

I have never forgotten when Madara shows his true susanoo to the five kage, and the absolute overpowered bastard just says the its a *good* thing for the kage that Hashirama, his only equal, wasn't also resurrected... because with just him the "maps will only have to be redrawn "a little"". What a psychotic badass

I adore the Blackbeard introduction. For everything you mentioned and more. Blackbeard is the antithesis for every character he fights in some way or another. Ace vs Blackbeard, ace is the brightness of fire, Blackbeard is pure darkness; Blackbeard Vs Whitebeard, black Vs white; spoilers for what’s happening recently in the manga, but now the fight between law and Blackbeard, where you have a crew with only one devilfruit user, vs a crew where everyone is a devilfruit user. As well as, they all have something in common, for every fight Blackbeard had, it’s all against members of the will of D. it’s so interesting when you start thinking about all this opposition and connection, Blackbeard is such an amazing villain

I love this video I wish I could articulate myself better but all I can say is YES more villains more talking about the villains and every way they appear 🙏🏽♥️

One thing I do love about the Madara fight isn't all the super combat or that awesome fucking "What will you do about the second one?" line. It's just that moment where he looks back and forth a few times to analyze what's going on. Which kind of shows he's not just some magical entity with infinite ability to know everything and avoid moves by near future sight. But it shows he actually is still trying. It seems effortless but I think that moments shows he still have to pay attention to everything that's happening around him to still succeed. I just thought that part was pretty cool to show how he still has to keep his senses about him rather than being so strong that swords just deflect off of him and he doesn't even have to really try.

I am so glad I watched all of these shows. Lol because this was informative and good. Please upload more videos like this.

Your videos give off the same vibe as Hello Future Me and Overly Sarcastic Productions. I hope this channel blows up in popularity. Been binge watching your videos because damn finally some good writing content I haven't consumed again.

I'm new to anime so this put tons of new shows on my radar, and I'm also excited to watch more from this series! Guess I'm gonna have to subscribe now...

Two villains I'd like to mention are garou from one punch man and zagred from black clover. Black clover has a few really good villain introductions but I'm gonna go with zagred because he's appeared in the anime. Garou's introduction was just brutal and badass. He shows up out of nowhere, says he's gonna be a monster and take out the heroes, and then slaughters everyone in the room. The scene where he ripped off the blue fire guys arm was just incredible to show how dangerous he is. Zagred's introduction was truly amazing though. Him being the cause for the entire elf massacre and pretty much everything leading up to that moment was a complete curveball. From the moment the elf he was impersonating started acting off, everything was tense. There was such an unnerving feeling, and then he got his body and the design alone gave me chills at first. It just screams "evil". And then he immediately reveals one of the most op powers we had seen up until then. He could say anything and it would happen. Two really great villains imo

Dude, these villain vids have been amazing. Immediate subscriber, I love your analysis style

You should do a video on on Master Plan Revelations like Aizen's, Madara's, or Kenjaku's plans being fully revealed to the reader and main characters.

Great video Axol! I will literally reference this whole series when I attempt to write a story one day for sure ;w;

Axel beats out with more fire videos!

Love this video!

Half this video, I kept thinking of Made in Abyss. So glad you mentioned it.

Love the mention of the hero vilian! Working on somethings like that for the jrpg part of the big game I'm writing. First, and antagonist, is the leader of the church. If you choose to not commit genocide on what he calls "demons" you will defeat him. Second is the hero of legend, (not you. You aren't that special) who you can challenge to win the title hero, but dying here will have a game over instead of a death. Third isn't an antagonist, you can never really defeat it, just manage its influence over others. Top 3 inspirations are Flowey from Undertale, Hylean/the crystal from FFXIV, and the Ideal Masters from Elder Scrolls. This is part of the horror aspect this game has, and I'm super excited for!

Love the video and keep up the great work

Yes, please extend your examples to other media. As a wannabe writer, your videos are very instructive to me.

when ever I see DBZ clips all I can hear is DBZA makes me laugh this is an amazing video tho Aizen stopping the music and the sword with his finger and the reveal later when he takes off his glasses are some of my fav villain reveals in anime for sure

I would love to see more of this especially with other animation

Thank you Axelbeats i will use this knowledge to make a great villain😭

You know, I typically like the way they introduce the next villain in DC Conan. Now, the problem is that the story is so slow that it takes several years for these stories to be resolved, but it's always done well. The way they introduced Vermouth for example, playing a prank on Gin who is the face of the organization at this point. Or just the way they introduce Kir just by her calling a number. Or other organization members in the same special episode (which is more like a movie) where it looks like they are assassinating someone etc. I really hope that at some point, after it ended that someone will take that story and re-release it with actual pacing. Because it's really well done when you don't have to wait for years for the next thing to happen.

Woah, that guy from the Made in Abyss is pretty terrifying. Also, I would like to see your future video on media outside of anime. Can we make recommendations?

Epic

Dbza frieze intro is perfection itself

Yes there are great villain introductions in cartoons like Bill cipher and Tuffy

21:46 I think that's the episode I saw! Lots of angel people in a forest. Was the only episode I saw besides some of the first bunch when it came out.

the back ground music at peak

Shockingly enough the most memorable villain intro for me was from a damn sports anime. Revealing Akashi for the first time in Kuroko no basket was surprisingly chilling mostly because you’re seeing it through the lens of an ordinary freshman meeting the most impressive players who we’ve seen in action the past seasons. It made seeing the leader of these ridiculous characters, who responded to his summons immediately and without question, far more impactful. The character himself did not disappoint, straddling the line between impressive and borderline insane. That line is where I like my villains, not crazy but outside the borders of common sense.

I love it how Tykki Mikk was introduced in D.Gray-man

Also, Zeke from attack on titan uses both the unsettling and the power thing in his introduction

Is might help with some of my villains character

The Chimera Ants from HxH are a pretty great set of villains imo. Their build up throughout that arc was great

Something important to say is that Yoshikage Kira's theme in the anime version, as stated before that it should, did a great job to him also into giving this air of unsettling. It's common, but you can feel there's something strange in the air Also, unhapilly i didn't get this point in the introduction of blackbeard at all. I felt kinda like "so that's kinda a nice guy! Cool!". I'm terrible at taking tips

Cool vid.😺

I remember when I first watched MHA episodes 9-11 of season 3, and All for One's introduction sold me on tje spot. I realized immediately that this guy is a true threat

Yes I would love it if you covered Invincible and any other non-anime shows

Going to watch made in abyss series finally.

something else about Aizen's reveal... that finger bankai stop move... was the last time we heard thet song as Ichigo's theme...

Killing Madara by Kaguya's plan was so cheap. After Madara I haven't watched for some months 😮‍💨

I'm writing down notes for the future.

as a yugioh player and an australian i can confirm gx is a reliable source of everything australian

I really like the intro of both sir crocodile and hisoka, both are so great at convaying their danger and character. An friezer i guess, he is such a good villain, I think a good thing for a villain to have some trait, that unles they are a force of nature one, hae something human, positive or negative, like a villain can be human in being the worst way. unless they are just a fun bad guy lik gouma , which i love, but he isnt the main villain and hasnt to carry that much thematic weight. Ok he dos fit very well with shinous tht tries to vcare an o seem cold and dos care whil he is the opposite, so i guess he is as that villain. Its oppoing, aharing or mirroring the protags theme.

i truly want to talk about the great build up that is to one of the best villian (my opinion) from the great (my opinion) manga Megaka Box. And that is how like through all the character growth and adventures that Medaka had early in the series - this powerful and unstoppable women, that is always this absolute menacing memory of hers about the only person that she couldnt help, and who really brought the worst in her. I want to mention Kumagawa Misogi. Throughout the first two arcs he is a nightmare from the past, and when he comes into light - when you see the face of Medaka in fear and shock and then his absolutly stupid happy-go-lucky smile, at that moment you feel how truly monstrous he is.

I have never seen made in abyss or heard of Bondrewd before this so I’m just looking at the thumbnail thinking, “Is that Daft Punk?”

what I kinda missed a bit was MHA, and it's introduction of All for One. Maybe I'm just a sucker for his theme music but boi, the moment he just walks out their and the strings are playing in the background.....

Let's not forget characters that were a sort of hero but become the villain. Biggest examples being Light Yagami and Griffith. Or maybe characters that play both roles like President Valentine and Meruem.

Interesting video

I think Digimon did a good job of introducing their villains, especially in early series! The way Devimon seeps out from the shadows, how Etemon loudly and bombastically whirls onto the scene, the dark mystery of Myotismon, then the overwhelming brute force of the Dark Masters! 02, Ken's manipulations, forcing good Digimon to do his bidding before creating his own abomination in Chimeramon, which we later learn is jus maintaining the cycle of Milleniumon's birth through his jogress with the Dark Master, Machinedramon, and then Arukenimon and Mummymon and Aikawa, although MaloMyotismon was out of nowhere, they did do a fine job teasing us with Dagomon and it's only a shame we never got more out of Daemon! The 12 Devas were more antagonists than villains, although, tell me how you could do it better than a giant winged armour-clad tiger who kicks Kyubimon and Gargomon to the curb! I would say that Frontier doesn't get as much love as it deserves, but the buildup of Lucemon as this great ancient evil that the 10 Legendary Warriors could only seal away, only for him to manipulate not jus one, but two Royal Knights into serving him and aiding in his return, only for him to kick seven bells out of everyone who dares stand before him! Kurata was more cartoonish, but we enjoyed him getting his comeuppance all the same! And then we have Bagramon, the Leviathan and the Great Catastrophe from the next three series... I haven't gotten round to Ghost Game and I'm near the end of Adventure 2020 and I still need to finish Appmon!

I was done with Naruto but still reading it so when madara showed up I was like sasuke "never heard of him" but he got me back to naruto

If a surprise villain is done right, those are the best too

Another one interesting thing about Bondrewd. He is not a evil, thing he does to childrens is fucked up yes, but this experements are actually helping to save lives. You can call him a monster, but you cant just trow away a fact, that he found a way to deceive the Abyss rules from floor under him, with those containers he created humans can actually climb back without turning into monsters. He is one of most memorable characters really, he is scary, he is interesting, and he is in a leage of his own

Yhwach’s intro in the anime was pretty damn good

Glad to know I'm not a villain because I always like before I watch your videos Axel and I BEEN subscribed 😁

I feel like you should make an extension of this video if there is something to be said. But it would be interesting to compare and contrast anime with its western counterparts.

Damn you right. I completely forgot about Kaguya from Naruto lmaoooo. I think most of us just kinda... forget and insert Madara there mentally lmao

In bondrewd defense, the guy did nothing wrong according to his own moral compass, and anything he did to those children he would just as easily have done to himself if that had been an option: At that point in the story, he had already experimented so much on himself the abyss didn't even recognise him as human anymore He genuinely considers them as his children and thinks he's giving them a fair (and enviable...) chance at being part of scientific progress, something he consider a true honour

The originator of chakra that it leave it there. I never bothered commenting about this online when watching it for the first time/watch through. I just consumed the show and loved it over all but I'm glad I'm not alone in not liking her at all.

In the vein of sympathetic villains, your thoughts on Emet Selch from Final Fantasy 14 would be interesting

nah pains theme will forever be godly to me😩

The big 3 have some of the best written villains and characters Cept for ten ten, she has less screen time and development than narutos frog wallet

Shou Tucker : Why is it when I experimented on my child everyone hated my character, but when you did it on a much bigger scale, everyone liked you!? Bondrewd : heh (Anya smile)

Always felt villains are much easier to work with in writing because you don't need to take care to alienate your audience as much as you do with heroes. Villains can be uncompromising, brutal and irredeemable to an extreme. You can make them larger than life, a marry sue without the backlash and just the smartest person in the room, all because everyone knows on some level that they'll lose. For every cunning plan or asspull, the audience will almost always allow it in a way heroes could never get away with. A villain I feel is where you can best see the writer let loose. Getting to do what they're normally never allowed to which is what I feel makes them so fun to watch. Also why when I see a boring villain I tend to shut off with a series. It feels like such a wasted opportunity and until that villain is hopefully replaced I sort of tune out whenever that bad villain is on screen.

Johan Liebert has to be one of my favourite villains. I also really like Altena from Noir. I actually kind of wanted her to win if I'm honest...😅

Slade in teen titans was imo like this

aizen is one of those villains who is impossible to hate, instead it's impossible not to respect/admire him, if u don't believe me, go watch bleach episode 293 😏

I like super smart villains. Those that are ten steps ahead of the heroes just undermine the plot for a happy ending. I can’t stand them but can’t help but respect their crazy abilities. I’m talking about intellectuals like Aizen, Makima, Muzan, Eros, from the WEBTOON Your Throne.

Hah I literally just came to the conclusion Aizen is my favorite villain ever rn. Even says it in the Blood War Arc, hope they translate it the same, but what i read was he's like my only purpose is to give a middle finger to any shit that thinks it can rule or control me ( in this case even the life/death gods/devils soul cycle shit i think), i can dig it.

can you do a video like this about power systems in anime and manga ?

GOD introduction in OPM 🥶

it was nice of you to make the vid shorter by not including every One Piece antagonist. Btw: hail Bondrewd!

Bondrewd is my favorite villain in anime.

Tjats why Madara Uchiha will be one of favourite Villians in anime history next to Kirschtaria Wodime. Both summoned literally Astorites to earth to nuke the heros absolutely terrifying

PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON PAIN!! 😈

MY favorite villain introduction in anything is Lagato meeting Vash in the original Trigun series. If anyone reads this comment, i urge you to watch that scene and then it might convince you to watch the anime.

I just love Madara and I hate how the f*** he was wasted! KISHIMOTO!!!!!!!!!

Exactly how you felt about Kaguya, is how I felt about Madara. (And kayuga though, but as soon as she was introduced I bounced because it was crazy bad) just because we had heard about him before doesn’t mean I acknowledged it as foreshadowing, especially since Obito was playing as Madara. Obito wa snot a crazy reveal because everyone suspected it, but I believed him to be a better villain or at least introduction. We saw him in the background whether we noticed it or not, we saw who committed those crimes and how they evolved the story, it was very very clearly planned and made sense. We never saw Obitos body when he ‘died’. For me, it was a better read then seeing Madara just enter a war and then die almost immediately. I don’t believe he writes good villains with good reasons either. Pain, I’d say is more an anti|hero. And Danzo was just a waste of my goddamn time.

The best villians imo are the ones who, justify their purpose of being a villians like Itachi akaza who we can sympathize after learning their backstory or are straight up psychopaths like hisoka. They should have great character development and should not just enter the story out of nowhere.

When the screen shows Ichigo saying "I'd fight the law", I immediately thought, "You forgot the other half of that sentence."

I fucking lost it at "the disco milf" 🤣🤣

It's a crime that nobody mentions Legato Bluesummers from Trigun (1998). The very second he appears on screen petting that little girl and threatening to kill her in front of Vash is terrifying, even more so after he just leaves a decapitated head in a bag and frames him for it. You know the show isn't going to be the same lighthearted action comedy it was up to that point. Another great and more underrated one is The Hakumen no Mono from Ushio and Tora, the only thing we get to see from them up to that point is other Yokai telling Ushio about how scary they are through legends, but when the titular boy and Yokai duo travel a thousand years into the past during the Chinese dynasty, they see first hand from the moment the Chinese women contort and puke him up in this body horror type way before brutally murder all the swordsmiths, including Girou and Jie Mei's loved ones which Ushio desperately tries to avoid to no avail, which in turn sparks Girou's madness arc leading into the equally haunting creation of the Beast Spear, aswell as Tora facing it off in a fire-breathing contest for selfish reasons because a tiger demon couldn't care less about humans getting massacred.