Attack on Titanisone of the most popular anime right now, and fans can’t wait to see the final season reach its conclusion after years of wait. The news about this season being split into two halves hasn’t been met with the most positive fan reception, but all will be forgiven if the animation quality justifies this long wait.
To call anyone an outright villain inAttack on Titanis hard because of how complex morality is in the series, with people on both sides having their mix of good individuals and bad apples. However, when anyone thinks about a villainous figure inAttack on Titan, then it’s only a matter of time before the following names pop up in their mind.
10Annie Leonhart
Annie served as a major antagonist in the first season ofAttack on Titan,being outed as the Female Titannear the end. Her motivations were unclear then, since viewers weren’t aware of the whole Marley-Eldia conflict until then.
RELATED:Attack On Titan: Levi’s Best Quotes, Ranked
While she has been absent for so long that her status as a villain has fizzled away, Annie’s recent appearance means that she’s going to play a major role in the war after a long time. Only time will tell if her interference bears any fruit inAttack on Titan.
9Floch Forster
Floch has come out of nowhere to become an antagonistic figure inAttack on Titan. Shades of this were seen when he outright told the trio that saving Armin over Erwin was the wrong decision, since it led to many higher-ups of Paradis Island harboring feelings of resentment towards the group.
Over time, he developed a bunch of radical ideologies and decided to aid Eren in his goal for genocide. The manner in which this character twists his wordsmakes him riveting in the final season. His villainous role lets him do most of the small things while Eren’s appearance is reserved for bigger and better moments.
8Reiner Braun
Reiner Braun is another conflicted figure who seems like a dastardly antagonist when people figure him out to be the Armored Titan. However, the guilt and delusion that plague his mind seem to suggest otherwise.
It’s clear that Reiner is nothing more than a victim of his own circumstances, being thrust into war at a young age and unable to comprehend the realities of the shame. The atrocities he’s committed end up taking a toll on his mind, and it takes his friends to pull him down from pursuing a drastic escape from this twisted world.
7Kenny Ackerman
Kenny is a riveting character who serves as the captain of the Anti-Personnel Control Squad. He’s a dastardly figure withties to Levi that are explored after his death.
RELATED:Attack On Titan: All Nine Titans & Every Character Who Inherited Their Powers
Kenny’s wild nature makes him an entertaining antagonist. However, his importance dwindles over time to the point where he becomes nothing more than a nuisance, which serves as a real waste of what was a great introduction to this character.
6Bertolt Hoover
Just like Reiner, Bertolt is another young individual tasked with the massive job of infiltrating Paradis Island to sow discord among the ranks and gain some valuable information. However, unlike Reiner, he refuses to get too attached to his “friends” and places Marley’s goal above everything else.
His work as the Colossal Titan made him a force to be reckoned with, and watching both Eren and Armin subjugate him was a blast. Bertolt managed to be vile antagonist, and fans weren’t saddened at all to see that he would be sacrificed so that Armin could live out his life once again.
5Gross
There are a few characters inAttack on Titanwho are downright heinous and have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Gross is one such character, who made himself public enemy number one after feeding Grisha’s sweet and innocent sister to the dogs as a form of twisted entertainment.
His disdain for the Eldians gave him personal joy whenever he tortured one of them or transformed them into Titans. Watching Kruger push him off the wall to be eaten by the Titans he helped create isone of the most cathartic moments in the series.
4Rod Reiss
Rod Reiss is the perfect depiction of what can happen to a person who prioritizes and idolizes royalty to an obsessive degree. In a bid to keep the Founding Titan’s power within the family, he spearheaded a disturbing ritual that saw members of his family being sacrificed for what he deemed to be the “greater good.”
At the end, Rod Reiss was nothing more than a person stuck in the past. While the Founding Titan’s powers outside the royal family could not be activated, that still wasn’t any reason for him to sink to the depths of depravity in a bid to retain this transformation.
3Zeke Jaeger
Zeke Jaeger is one of the most interesting characters inAttack on Titan.Initially appearing as the cold and calculated Beast Titan, his reveal as Eren’s half-brother shook the foundation ofAttack on Titanitself to its very core.
RELATED:Attack On Titan: Eren’s Best Quotes, Ranked
His transition from being a villain to Eren’s ally was fascinating to witness, especially when viewers finally got to see the hatred he harbored for Grisha. This is precisely what made his father’s apologies so hard to witness — it shattered Zeke’s resolve and gave Eren the upper hand in their conflict.
2Eren Jaeger
Of course, this list would be incomplete without Eren.Attack on Titan’s protagonist has gone through some serious changes and is now the biggest shonen villain in anime history.
Thesheer number of atrocities he’s committedmake people genuinely question if this is the same Eren they knew and love. Hopefully, the final season will finally shed some light on this twisted plans and why he chose to go down such a drastic route.
1King Fritz
King Fritz is the reason the entire world hates the Eldians. After stumbling upon the power of the Titans, he used Ymir like a tool to gain superiority over the lands and rule with an iron fist.
Even after saving Fritz from an assassination attempt, the king never cared for Ymir, and forced her daughters to eat her corpse in a bid to gain her powers. Each and every act he’s done in the anime has been for purely selfish reasons, regardless of the casualties that could arise from the same.
MORE:Attack On Titan: Every Opening Song And Intro From The Anime, Ranked
