Child villians in anime/video games...

sletia · Post by **sletia** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:04 pm

Here's who I've thought of, anyone think of others? Evil children are just too cool - especially if they're a main villian and can kick the butts of the heroes.

Phibrizzo- Slayers Next
Mithos- Tales of Symphonia
Ascot- Rayearth
Wen- Cowboy Bebop
Janus (kind of)- Chrono Trigger
Ayako- Galaxy Fruelian Yuna

There were a few in Sailor Moon, too, I think?

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:32 pm

I'm really having difficulty coming up with a list of them. I guess I don't watch as much fighting/action anime so I can't remember them.

The characters I'm thinking of were either:

1. Not really children because they weren't really human. They just looked like a child or a subhuman adult or they took on human form.

2. They were "temporarily" possessed children and I'm having difficulty recalling those short scenes.

3. ...or of course, they're too old.

The only child villain I can think of right now is Rin from "Please Save My Earth". I liked him as a villain. He was really pissed, but I felt sorry for the guy. In his situation I would be pissed too.

This sounds like a fun list to compile. I hope Beta members are able to come up with others.

Personally...my favorite anime/game villains are Middle School or High School girls that are:

1. Cute, nasty and scary at the same time (but not because they're playing up for comedy).
2. Intelligently conniving and back stabbing (such as that main girl in Kussetsu). She was real good.

Caroline · Post by **Caroline** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:01 am

Rock, from Metropolis (he's more childish in the manga)
Atlas, from Astro Boy (do robot children count?)

that's all i got

Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:43 am

Wen was the first thing that came to my mind also.

But also from the Bebop universe we can't forget Pierrot Le Fou, he had the mind of a child. The innocense of a child is the most cruel.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:15 am

Tetsuo from Akira. The movie is different from the comic and Tetsuo isn't
really a villain in the traditional sense. But his tragic past and problems
with being a social outcast led to his rage. Very sad. He's a teenager, but
a lot of the issues revolve around his child-like immaturity.

Sugarflower · Post by **Sugarflower** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:09 pm

I can't remember his name but the kid from Please Save My Earth always creeped me out.

irmgaard · Post by **irmgaard** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:46 pm

OoOo.

There was this fascinating article I read about the scarcity of children in the aging Japanese society, and the lack of frequent contact between most Japanese and children, leading to feelings of alienation toward children in the general populous and demonization of them in the media.

But I CAN”T FIND IT!!!

I think it came out around the same time as Ringu………

I’ll keep looking…….

sugarcels · Post by **sugarcels** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:54 pm

Technically, Phibrizzo wasn't a kid - he simply took the form of one to trick people (although, what kid dresses like THAT?

).

I don't know if this counts, but Silky (from Tenshi ni Narumon) was a young teen, like Noelle, and was deceptively evil (well, not totally evil, but she wasn't going to win any niceness awards).

graymouser · Post by **graymouser** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:26 pm

Maybe not a complete villan, but there was Soujiro from Kenshin.

KT · Post by KT » Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:33 am

Technically the boy from the CowBoy BeBop episode (called something like) No Sympathy for the Devil, had a kid as a villain....

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:07 am

Colonel MacDonald from Spriggan. He needed an ass-whupping badly.

Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:10 am

KT wrote:Technically the boy from the CowBoy BeBop episode (called something like) No Sympathy for the Devil, had a kid as a villain....

His name is Wen. And we mentioned him already

sletia · Post by **sletia** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:39 am

The villian in the "form" of a child works as well. That's why I put Phibby in.

monkeyboy · Post by **monkeyboy** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:01 am

Al and his brother from Project ARMS, and Tabool from Now and Then, Here and There. Both of those anime are almost all about kids.

In Gilgamesh the "Gilgamesh" are teens when in human form.

I have to try to remember the names of the kids from Genshiken. You know the ones who give the club grief.

"Little Slugger" from Paranoia Agent was or wasn't.

crackpot27 · Post by **crackpot27** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:50 am

Let's see

Yu Yu Hakusho had a couple of kid villains (though I suppose neither were really bad

) Rinku and Gamemaster come to mind.
My favorite child villain was probably more teenager -ish she looked like a kid though does that count? Rio from Spiral (another who wasn't a villain very long) she was scary what with her stuffed animal bombs, and she was about half the size of any other character :hitting: