25 Best Anime Supervillains Of All Time

17. Orochimaru - Naruto

If Harry Potter taught us anything, it’s to never trust people who socialise with snakes, and Orochimaru has a more intimate connection with serpents than I do with cake.

The immortality-seeking Orochimaru is an incredibly powerful ninja and one of the three Sannin, a legendary order whose credentials speak of the strength he possesses.

A skilled enough geneticist to create his own clones, Orochimaru’s evil is not to be questioned as he performed experiments on his former fellow villagers, which is obviously mental and Nazi-level villainy.

Frankly anyone who’s able to come back from the dead as many times as Orochimaru is bad news, but he’s also a veteran warrior and master of many jutsus in the series.

Between his magic, ninja techniques, immortality, rebirth, transformation powers and affinity for snakes, Orochimaru has completed villain bingo.