First released in 1984, the Dragon Ball manga has grown into a popular anime series, multiple films, and numerous successful video game adaptations. The diverse cast of heroes is one of the factors that contributes to this enduring success. But the villains are just as important, if not more so. Interestingly, Dragon Ball Z has always featured truly formidable villains, each with their own unique style.
And now, artificial intelligence is giving us a whole new look at these iconic Dragon Ball villains. Beerus is the God of Destruction of the 7th Universe out of the 12 Dragon Ball Universes. As his name suggests, he is tasked with destroying planets to restore balance to the universe. Beerus is the first villain in a feature-length film to have a perfect victory over Goku.
Jiren is the main antagonist of the Tournament of Power saga in Dragon Ball Super, where eight teams of 10 compete in a multiverse-oriented fighting competition, to ensure the survival of their respective universes.
Android 18 was created by Dr. Gero to destroy Goku and the Z Warriors. The blonde girl is known for her overwhelming strength and cold personality. Along with Android 17, Android 18 caused great chaos on Earth, especially in the future where Trunks came from.
Since his birth on the Saiyan planet, Broly's power level has reached 10,000. He made a strong impression when he first appeared in the movie “Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan”. Broly's overwhelming power is not only a threat to Goku and Vegeta, but also a symbol of endless destruction.
Kid Buu has the power to destroy the Earth with just a wave of his hand. To defeat him, Goku had to use his strongest move, the Spirit Bomb.
Frieza is known as the most cruel and evil villain in the universe. He is also the one who exterminated the Saiyan race.
Saiyan Prince Vegeta was originally an extremely arrogant character. Initially, he and the two remaining members of the Saiyan race, Nappa and Raditz, had the ambition to conquer Earth to restore their forces, but were then miserably defeated by Goku and the Z warriors. After the battle against Frieza on planet Namek, the arrogant Saiyan gradually put aside his hatred, focusing on training to one day be able to compete fairly and defeat Songoku.
Created by the mad scientist Dr. Gero, Cell is a perfect design that possesses all the power of the greatest warriors in the universe such as Frieza, Goku, Vegeta. Cell is the first villain to ever successfully finish off Goku.