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Mage Animus from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer.

Animus is an absolute sociopath. At a young age, he and his twin sister Anima discovered that they possessed psychic powers, which, in a tragic accident, resulted in Animus killing off a large number of people, including both of their parents. Sadly, the man who adopted him made the mistake of telling Animus that he considered him a god. Which ended in Animus going mad with power, destroying the world with a giant fucking hammer (yes, you read that correctly), then going back in time and doing it again and again and again. Thankfully, Anima managed to convince him into making a game of it, giving her a chance to stop him every time. And generally failing.

Now from this description, this may make Animus sound like some brilliantly written character, but honestly this isn't the case. He has his moments, but his backstory was way too rushed to make him an impressive character in that respect. So what makes Animus noteworthy?

Well, for an omnicidal maniac, he's a pretty nice guy.

It's pretty weird, really, that most of Animus' appearances in the series actually involve him having a friendly chat with one of our protagonists. He does occassionally mix it in with trying to antagonize them, but at least he's nice about it.

If anything, I think I would call Animus a brilliant example of someone who is Affably Evil. He doesn't really act villainous, he merely has a villainous agenda.

Overall, Animus is just generally fun to watch, making an amusing transition between being a nice person and a mentally unstable mass-murderer.

Favourite quote: "Shimaki, I'm disappointed. Oh well, let's call it a day now. See yuh."