5 Overpowered Anime Characters That Break the Game

Was there ever any doubt? Saitama is the living, breathing definition of “overpowered.” He’s a hero for fun who got so strong through a comically simple workout routine that he can defeat any enemy with a single, serious punch. That’s not an exaggeration; it’s the entire premise of the show. Planet-destroying aliens? Done in one punch. Subterranean monsters? One punch. A meteor? You get the idea.

What makes Saitama so hilariously OP is that he’s bored out of his mind. He yearns for a real challenge, a fight that gets his blood pumping, but he’s just too powerful for his own good. His strength is a cosmic joke, making him not just one of the most powerful anime characters, but also one of the most existentially distressed.

4. Giorno Giovanna (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

In the wild world of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Giorno Giovanna and his Stand, Gold Experience Requiem, are on another level. Gold Experience Requiem has an ability that is just plain broken: it can revert any action and any willpower to “zero.”

Essentially, if you try to attack Giorno, that action is reset to a state of non-existence. You are trapped in an infinite loop of your own failure, never able to actually land a blow. Oh, and you can get stuck in a loop of dying, over and over again, for eternity. Yikes. Giorno is practically untouchable and it grants him a unique brand of invincibility that is as terrifying as it is absolute.

3. Grand Zeno (Dragon Ball Super)

When anime characters in Dragon Ball Super, (who can literally shatter planets with their fists), are terrified of someone, you know that’s a big deal. Enter Zeno, the Omni-King. He looks like a child and has the personality of one, but he possesses the terrifying ability to erase entire universes from existence – on a whim.

He doesn’t fight. He doesn’t power up. He just… erases. Zeno wiped out multiple universes without breaking a sweat, simply because he was in a bad mood. In a franchise defined by ever-escalating power levels, Zeno is the undisputed top, a being whose casual power makes everyone else’s struggles seem utterly insignificant.

2. Anos Voldigoad (The Misfit of Demon King Academy)

Anos Voldigoad is so ridiculously overpowered that it circles around to being pure comedy. The reincarnated Demon King is practically omnipotent. He can kill someone with his heartbeat, then resurrect them just to kill them again, and destroy castles with a flick of his finger.

Did you think you could defeat him by destroying his source? Too bad, he can regenerate from a single particle. His logic-defying magic makes him unbeatable in every sense of the word. Anos isn’t just an overpowered anime character; he is a walking, talking parody of the entire concept, and we love him for it.

1. Rimuru Tempest (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)

Starting as a humble slime, Rimuru Tempest has what is arguably the most broken ability in all of anime: Predator. He is able to absorb anything – from beings, to magical skills – and then analyze them to replicate their powers. Over time, this skill evolves, and Rimuru easily becomes a one-man army with a near-infinite arsenal of abilities.

He soon transforms to a Demon Lord and then a True Dragon, thus gaining control over causality, time, and space. He’s a God in a slime’s body – highly capable of creating and destroying worlds at will. His potential is limitless. This makes him the ultimate overpowered anime character in the anime world.

Summing it Up

Each of these anime characters offer a power fantasy that’s hard to resist. They operate on a totally different level so far beyond everyone else. The question is not if they will win, but how. Will it be with a single, devastating swipe at the target? Or will they toy their opponent for a bit before ending it with merely a casual flick of the wrist? It’s this display of absolute, unquestionable dominance which keeps us glued to our screens and anticipating the next epic takedown.