15 Best Revenge Anime of All Time

Revenge anime series offer viewers thrilling and dark adventures that take them on epic and terrifying rides.

Thanks to these captivating stories, anime enthusiasts can delve into the lives of some of the most complex characters in the world of anime, who are driven by a desire for justice in the face of the tragedies they’ve experienced.

Anime enthusiasts can encounter anime characters driven by intense emotions, leading them down a path of darkness where they transform into formidable adversaries, warriors, and malevolent spirits.

These haunting entities assist others in seeking retribution against heartless wrongdoers and killers.

These captivating and exhilarating stories vividly portray the depth of human emotions and the intense pursuit of revenge.

Updated June 21, 2024, by Shagun Singh: Stories throughout history have been driven by the powerful theme of revenge. From ancient epics like The Epic of Gilgamesh to timeless novels like The Count of Monte Cristo, and even modern films like Memento and John Wick, the desire for vengeance has captivated audiences for centuries. At times, these stories take a straightforward approach and provide a valid reason for the hero’s quest for revenge.

Just like in manga and anime, the mediums’ diverse stories have delved into revenge from various perspectives. In addition to the modern classics and underrated series, this list has been refreshed with additional examples of iconic revenge anime. In addition, the entries have been adjusted and expanded, and organised based on the significance of revenge in their narratives.

Here Are Some Of The Best Revenge Anime

15. Dororo

Dororo is an action fiction, dark fantasy, and historical fantasy anime.

A samurai lord offered the organs of his newborn infant to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield.

Yet the abandoned infant is saved by a doctor and the child decides to take revenge on those who did wrong to him.

He was ready to kill demons and foes because, with each death, he recovered his part.

On his journey, he meets an orphan boy, Dororo.

The two boys decide to fight together for their survival.

14. Berserk

It is a dark, high fantasy, sword, and sorcery drama.

Guts is the leader of a mercenary band known as Band of the Hawk, he knows he is destined to suffer he’s going to have a cruel end.

In a world infested with evil, he wants to kill a man who took advantage of him.

He makes friends and goes on a journey to take revenge.

13. Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens

Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens is neo-noir action anime.

 the city of Fukuoku is filled with criminals and detectives who try to catch them.

Zenji Banba is trying his best to stop criminals but for him, it is not an easy word to do.

But one day when an organization sends Lin, a hitman to kill Banba, instead of killing Banba he decides to join hands with him to eradicate crime from the city.

12. Blade of the Immortal

Blade of the Immortal is an action revenge anime drama.

Manji has turned into an immortal swordsman; he was not able to protect his little sister so he swore to kill a thousand villains.

In his journey to kill villains, he meets a little girl, Rin, who lost her parents to a swordsmen group known as Itto-Ryu.

This anime has quite an interesting storyline.

11. Sirius the Jaeger

Sirius the Jaeger is Action, thriller anime.

The story takes place in the year 1930 when a group of people known as “jaegers” go on slaying vampires.

Amongst them, there is a werewolf, Yuliy, who lost his village to vampires. Since then, he has hunted them.

This is a perfect revenge anime to watch.

10. Blast of Tempest

Blast of Tempest is a dark fantasy and mystery anime. This anime has unique plot

Hakaze, the princess of the Kusaribe clan, gets betrayed by the people of her clan; they seek to revive the tree of Exodus, but she knows it can put whole humanity in danger.

But Hakaze has little magic so seeks help from Mahiro Fuwa, who agrees to help her on one condition: if she can track the murderer of her sister.

9. Claymore

Claymore is an anime that combines adventure fiction, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery, and magic.

The story is set in a world where monsters known as Yoma can blend into human society by taking on human appearances, and they feed on humans.

There exist Claymores, who are half-demon, and half-human, and are meant to stop demons.

Raki, a young boy banished from a village, joins the journey with a claymore named Clare.

8. 91 Days

91 Days is a crime drama with 12 episodes.

It’s the story of Angelo Lagusa and his quest to seek revenge against the Vanetti Family.

Angelo Lagusa, a young man whose family was murdered in a mafia dispute while he was the only one to survive,

Seven years later, he gets a letter with the name of the people who murdered his family and he decides to end each of the men involved in the killing of his family.

The way the writer has narrated the story and described Angelo’s character is beautiful, it’s anime with a much darker theme, and things like violence, gruesome killings, and fast pacing are inevitable.

So it may not please all but with each episode, the story will progress and gets really compelling.

7. Castlevania

Castlevania is Horror, Action, Drama, Adventure, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror fiction, and Action fiction anime.

Lisa Tepes, the beloved wife of Dracula was burned by the people of Wallachia for the accusation of witchcraft, so Dracula unleashes the power of hell upon the people of Wallachia.

But the last son of the Belmont clan, Trevor Belmont decides to fight against Dracula.

This anime has excellent action scenes and a great storyline.

6. Yona of the Dawn

Yona of the Dawn is Adventure fiction, High fantasy anime.

Princess Yona was living a peaceful life in her palace; she had no problem except wanting to get married to her cousin su-won.

But one day her father gets murdered, and Yona had to escape from the kingdom along with her bodyguard.

How will she reclaim her kingdom?

5. Guilty Crown

Guilty Crown is science fiction, Mecha, Science Fantasy, Action fiction, and Political thriller anime.

Shu Ouma is a boy who acquires an ability known as the Power of King that enables him to draw out weapons from another person.

He joins a known “Funeral Parlor” that aims to restore the independence of Japan from an organization called GHQ

4. Redo of Healer

Redo of Healer is a Dark fantasy anime.

Keyaruga was a hero of healing so he was used by the princess and her brutal underlings for healing.

One day in a fight with the demon king he finds an item that has the power to revert time.

Keyaruga becomes the hero of healing and gets used by the princess and her brutal underlings.

But in a fight with the demon king, he finds an item that can revert time.

After going back in time Keyaruga decides to take revenge on the princess and her underlings.

3. Attack on Titan

Attack on Titan is Action fiction, Dark Fantasy, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and Drama. It is one of the popular anime.

The story is set in a world where humanity lives inside cities surrounded by enormous walls, one day the first wall was broken by a Colossal Titan, and as a result, other titans got an opportunity to enter the inside wall.

 Eren Jaeger a young boy witnessed his mother getting eaten by a titan. After that Eren swore to kill every single titan from the face of the earth.

This revenge anime has intense actions and a great storyline.

2. Code Geass

Code Geass is one of the most imaginative animes it is full of surprises.

Japan was conquered by the Holy Empire of Britannia. locals kept on rebelling against the oppression even after the takeover. 

Lelouch Lamperouge a Britannian student got caught up in a clash between rebels and the Britannian forces, with a strange girl’s help he got out alive, but also attained a special power called Geass.

Lelouch was using his power to take revenge on Britannia and end the terrible reign of the Empire.

1. Vinland Saga

Vinland Saga is an Adventure fiction, Epic, Historical Fiction drama.

It is one of the best revenge anime.

The story begins with a young boy Thorfinn who always loves to listen to the stories of Vinland where nothing else but peace.

When the war between England and Danes was going on, he and his father set sail but unfortunately his father gets murder by a mercenary leader.

After his father’s death, Thorfinn decides to avenge his father’s death.