Random Most Horrible Anime Parents (21 items)

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  (#4) Kazekage Rasa From 'Naruto'

  Rasa is the Kazekage (basically the president) of the Land of Wind in the world of Naruto. He's also pretty freakin' awful at the whole dad thing, like most actual presidents. In order to deal with economic problems, Rasa decided he needed his ninja army to be more powerful. To make this happen, he seals the Shukaku, a powerful tailed beast, inside his unborn child. As a result, his son Gaara is born prematurely, and his wife Karura dies in childbirth.

  Gaara has to grow up with a rampaging beast living in his body, which forces him to go on killing sprees that isolate him from his whole community. Rasa repeatedly tries to eliminate his son for the safety of the village, but he fails every time. Remember, he was the one who made his son a monster in the first place. Meanwhile, nobody is really taking care of his other two kids, Temari and Kankuro. They just kind of have to raise themselves, while their father is busy trying to murder their brother. 
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  (#10) Momiji's Parents From 'Fruits Basket'

  Fruits Basket is one of those series with so many bad parents it's hard to choose just one. If you're talking about the manga, the answer is obvious: Ren Sohma is the absolute worst mother ever. But then again, Kazuma Sohma hooked up with his adopted son's high school friend, and that's pretty bad. But wait, there's also Yuki's mother, who basically sold her son to a sadistic cousin who whips him for fun. Those things are manga only, so what about the anime? It's still hard to choose, but the award for the worst parent in Fruits Basket has to go to Momiji's parents. 

  Momiji's mother was so disgusted by her son (a boy afflicted by the zodiac curse so he turns into a rabbit when held by a member of the opposite sex), she had her memories erased so she wouldn't remember Momiji existed. His father sucks pretty hard too. While he does provide for Momiji's physical needs, his allegiance is clearly with his wife, and he goes out of his way to make sure the two of them never meet. He also hides the existence of their second child, Momo, destroying any chance the siblings could have at a normal relationship. 
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  (#6) Gendo Ikari

  • Neon Genesis Evangelion, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, The End of Evangelion, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth, Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone

  Like Maximillian Pegasus of Yu-Gi-Oh! fame, Gendo Ikari of Neon Genesis Evangelion is so focused on trying to reunite with his dead wife he's willing to do basically anything to get there. Unlike Pegasus, though, Mr. Ikari has a kid he's supposed to be paying at least a modicum of attention to.

  But, no, Mr. Ikari has more important things to do, so he just abandons his kid, then randomly summons him to pilot a mecha. While 14-year-old Shinji is trying his best to take on this difficult and terrifying task, his dad gives him no guidance and no support, just a few vague insults and a whole lot of neglect. 
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  (#1) Shou Tucker From 'Fullmetal Alchemist'

  Shou Tucker is, far and away, one of the worst parents in fictional history. What makes him so awful? Well, in order to maintain his position as a state alchemist, Tucker uses alchemy to merge his daughter Nina with their pet dog. Let that sink in. Now go take a nine showers, and lament the fact that you still feel gross. 

  He briefly passes off the monstrosity as an "ethically" created chimera capable of speech, but it's quickly discovered he couldn't possibly have done this morally. While he's waiting to be arrested for his crimes against both human and animals, he tries to solicit sympathy from his mutated child by telling her he's misunderstood. Not much to understand, dude, you're willing to destroy your own child and your beloved family pet for a job.
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  (#13) Hayate Ayasaki's Parents From 'Hayate The Combat Butler'

  Hayate Ayasaki from Hayate the Combat Butler has parents who were wildly irresponsible, and they probably shouldn't have had kids in the first place. His father refused to get a job under any circumstances, and his mother was a compulsive gambler. This meant that from the moment Hayate was old enough to tie his own shoes, he had no choice but to work to support his useless parents.

  This child exploitation continued until his parents accumulated so much debt, they sold their child to the yakuza in order to pay it off. Hayate used to believe his parents would change, but he's become convinced they're a lost cause, and (intelligently) wants nothing to do with them.
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  (#7) Saki Arima From 'Your Lie In April'

  Saki Arima of Your Lie in April is a well-known professional pianist, and the mother of the show's protagonist, Kousei Arima. When Ms. Arima develops an unspecified terminal illness that makes it impossible for her to continue her musical career, she begins to live vicariously through Kousei. This means long, grueling practice sessions, and regular beatings whenever he makes a mistake.

  After his mother dies, Kousei stops being able to hear music, and it takes him nearly the entire series for his talent to be a source of pleasure instead of trauma.

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