Anos Voldigoad

Anos Voldigoad (アノス・ヴォルディゴード, Anosu Vorudigōdo) is the first and most powerful Demon King, and is the main protagonist of the series.

Appearance
Anos is the founding demon and has black hair and red eyes (Demon Eyes). He is usually seen wearing his school uniform which consists of a black shirt along with a white jacket and trousers along with a red belt.

After he officially becomes the Demon King, he is usually seen wearing the same Demon King outfit he wore 2,000 years ago.

Personality
Anos is the reincarnated man who was feared as the Demon King of Tyranny 2,000 years ago. He is resolute, stalwart, and invincible. His absolute power instills a veritable self-confidence that is only surpassed by his ego. Because of his overwhelming prowess, Anos possesses an easygoing attitude and an unrivaled sense of perseverance when facing any challenge that may come his way.

Despite his title as the Demon King, Anos has a definitive moral compass. Other people may see him as cruel, but his creed is not to kill people needlessly. Anos is also a strong believer in the well-being of his subordinates and followers, and is quick to reward them for their loyalty. He also takes great measures in assisting their development, in order for them to reach their full potential. Even if he would never admit it, Anos is very protective of his fellow subordinates and followers.

While Anos is not inherently evil, his chaotic and sometimes ruthless methods when dealing with his enemies, earned him his title. While he originally never proclaimed himself as the Demon King, he has openly embraced it as the rest of the world views him as such. Those who oppose him, fear his power, and are threatened by the mere fact that a single man possesses such power.

The legends of just his gaze striking fear into those who appear before him is not just a rumor either. Just using his demonic eyes to control others' actions is enough for some to go mentally insane.

History
2,000 years ago, in his previous life, Anos was an orphan. Humans killed his mother while she was pregnant with him and he was born from her corpse. He said that it was something he could never forget.

As the war between humans and demons raged on, Anos eventually grew tired of the constant fighting and decided that the only way peace could be achieved was by building walls between the four races, hoping they'd forget their grudge after a thousand years or so. Thus he formed an agreement with the Hero Kanon, Great Spirit Reno, and the God of Creation Militia and sacrificed himself to supply enough magic for the cause, saying that he would reincarnate after 2,000 years.

Volume 1
While Anos was reborn as the mixed-blooded child of Gusta and Izabella, his root restored his true demon form, immediately after his birth. As his parents were discussing what they should name him, Anos, having immediately inherited the memories from his previous life, tell them his name, shocking his parents. Finding an infant's body inconvenient, he quickly uses  to age himself into a child. Despite his odd behavior, Anos's parents assume that he is some sort of prodigy, and shower him with affection. Over time, Anos learns of the degradation of magic as well as the mixing of bloodlines that have occurred over the last 2,000 years.

One month later, Anos receives an invitation to the Demon King Academy. The messenger explains the purpose of the academy and, deciding to attend, Anos uses  again to age himself into a teenager. That night, Anos attempts to leave, only to be caught by his parents. He explains that he received an invitation to the academy, and his parents decide to go with him, to which Anos agrees.

When going to the entrance exam, Anos is loudly cheered on by his parents. He then meets Misha Necron, who is also being cheered at. Before they can enter the building, Zepes Indu mocks them for coming to the exam with their parents, only for Anos to ignore him and keep walking. Anos then mocks his magic power, angering him to the point of using fire magic to try and intimidate Anos. Anos, however, is unimpressed and proceeds to casually blow out the fire with a sigh. Angered even more, the boy tries to fight Anos, but Anos tells him to wait, and Zepes freezes, unable to move his body. He and Misha go on, but they ended up having to go to different sections.

Upon entering the arena for the combat portion of the exam, it is revealed that his opponent is Zepes. As the match begins, Zepes tries to attack Arnos with his flaming demon sword, but Anos easily extinguishes the flames once again. Zepes then mocks Anos, leading Anos to proclaim that he will defeat Zepes without moving or activating magic circles. This infuriates Zepes who tries to attack Anos again, only for blood to explode out of his body and he falls to the ground. Anos explains that he used magic to enhance the sound of his heartbeat to damage Zepes's organs. Zepes declares that he won't give up and that only way Anos could beat him is with compulsion magic. Anos takes that as a challenge and the two use  to prevent Anos from using compulsion magic with the match only ending if Zepes yields. Anos then flicks Zepes, causing his body to explode and scatter. He then uses  to revive Zepes, only to kill him again. He does this several times in succession, even cracking a joke before Zepes gives up. Anos is then declared the winner of the match.

A break before his next match is offered, but Anos declines. He then sees Zepes get killed by his older brother Leorig. Anos says that weakness is not a good reason for him to kill his brother, but Leorig argues that losing to one of mixed blood makes him a failure. Leorig then explains that royals hold the blood of the founder and are thereby superior. Anos mocks this mindset, and Leorig asks if he's making light of the founder, to which Anos explains that he is the founder. Leorig ad his cronies threaten Anos, to which Anos invites all of the royals in the audience to join in the fight, which they do. As the fight starts, Anos makes all of their magic power to go out of control, causing most of the royals to self destruct. Leorig then uses Origin Magic Girasd to attack Anos, but Anos remains unaffected, revealing that, as the origin who the spell borrows power from, he is immune to the spell. Anos decides to test Leorig, reviving Zepes as a zombie with . He explains that as a zombie, Zepes is now stronger then Leorig, so he has no reason to hate him. He then tells Leorig to attack his brother, telling Leorig to use their brotherly bond to snap Zepes out of his rage, explaining that the two of them together might be able to damage him. Anos, however, is disappointed when Leorig is unable to calm down Zepes, resulting in Zepes killing Leorig. He then revives the two brothers, leaving them behind as he proceeds to the next part of the exam.

Anos meets up with Misha in the magical evaluation section. As Anos goes to measure his power, he unintentionally overloads the device, resulting in the crystal shattering and Anos receiving a score of 0. After moving on to the aptitude portion, he is asked a series of questions about the founder, and he answers all of them with no issue. After the exam, Anos invites Misha to have dinner with his family, and she accepts. Anos teleports them to his home with . They are quickly greeted by Izabella who is thrilled that Anos passed the exam, but she and Gusta misinterpret Misha as Anos's girlfriend. After a dinner of Mushroom Gratin, Anos walks her home.

The following day, Anos receives many odd looks on his way to the academy. After entering his classroom, Anos tells everyone that he will rule them all as a joke, but no one reacts. He then sees Misha and sits by her. He asks her about everyone's odd behavior and she reveals the cross on his uniform designated him as a misfit, unfit to be demon king. Having a theory about how he was given that designation, Anos asks Misha to tell him the name of the Founder, but when she refuses, he reads her mind, learning that the founder is believed to be Avos Dilhevia. This new information leads Anos to speculate that the wrong name was passed down in recorded history.

Abilities
See: Magic
 * Immense Magic Power: As the Founder, Anos possesses an extraordinary amount of magic power which surpasses nearly all other beings on the planet. His power is so monumental, that it cannot be measured by normal means. Anos has mastered almost all magic, but he admits that he loses to Kanon in root magic. Below are many of the magic spells that Anos has been known to use.
 * Demon King Origin Magic Immunity: Origin Magic is a type of magic that borrows the power from an ancient being to cast. Being the Demon King himself, any spell cast that calls for his own power is rendered useless against him.
 * Spell Theory: Anos possess an extremely high level of knowledge into magic. Easily creating many powerful spells such as teleportation and the Demon King Army. He also masterfully enhances spells previously thought to be perfect and completed the fusion spell which one of the Elder Demon Emperors has spent thousands of years developing. Even the evil royals spent over 2000 years to study magic, they still couldn't beat him.
 * Blood Erosion: Anos's blood erodes the world.
 * Demon Eyes of Destruction
 * Hell Flame Annihilation Mortar : Said to be the highest-ranking of attack fire magic within the demons magic system, a powerful miniature jet-black sun which can be fired off at the enemylike a comet. As is the case with all forms of magic, the more powerful the user, the more powerful the spell becomes. In the Mythical Age, one caster could use multiple , but in the Magical Age, 20 people could only reach a 20% success rate. Anos is said to have burned down Dilhaide with this spell while half-asleep.
 * Black Root Source Death : Anos clads his hand in dense black magic particles and impales his spear hand towards his enemy, this directly attacks the root, possibly destroying it permanently if the attack is successful.
 * Demon Black Storm Emperor : Black lightning gathers on the user's hand, increasing in size and power until it becomes a destructive typhoon.
 * Four Worlds Wall : The wall that divided the world into four 2,000 years ago. It was made by combining the magic power of the God of Creation, the Great Spirit, the Hero, and the Demon King. It rejects everything and destroys them. However, Melheis has taken it before it disappears 1,000 years ago. Anos can clad any part of his body in the same wall that separated the Infernal Realm, the Human Realm, Spirit Realm, and God Realm for 1,000 years. This can act as either a protective barrier to strengthen his attacks.
 * Hell Flame Binding Magic Circle : Origin magic which builds up a magical technique to attack the enemy while simultaneously restricting the movements and magic of the enemy.
 * Demon Rock Crusade : Anos can summon countless meteors clad in black magic particles to rain down on any enemies.
 * Demon King Castle Summon : This great magic that moves the Demon King Castle Delzogade, capable of emitting enormous magic power because it was originally a fixed magic tool, which was certainly impossible 2,000 years ago. However, origin magic is older, and by borrowing from an entity with greater magical power, it is possible to produce extraordinary results. If we borrowed power from Delzogade 2,000 years ago, it is not impossible to summon Delzogade of this era, which has a close relationship with it. Anos can only use Venuzdonoa within his Demon King's Castle, however, he can summon his castle anytime he wishes in exchange for using up a lot of his magic power.
 * : Anos can superimpose some of his attacks on top of each other to increase its power output.
 * Wavy Body Covered Reveal : Anos's magic power fluctuates between possibility, so too, does his root and his body, when Anos uses this ability he encompasses all possibilities, the possibility that he attacks, or the possibility that he doesn't, all at once. Therefore, when using this ability, Anos could be standing still yet attacking at the same time.
 * Jiao Death Annihilation Brilliant Fire <Avia Stan Ziara>: Anos clads his hand in the powerful flame, often used to superimpose on top of other abilities.
 * Shackles And Collars <Nedonerias>: Anos summons a collar around the neck of a defeated enemy, which can induce them into a nightmare they will never wake up from unless either they fulfill certain conditions, or Anos releases them of his own volition.
 * Palm Demon Ash Purple Annihilation Thunderfire Electric Field <Laviers Gilg Gaveriizd>: Magic spell Anos ends up "inheriting" from his original father. Said to be a doomsday magic with power that far outstrips that of Black Thunder Emperor Girasd, immensely powerful purple lightning rains down from the heavens to simply annihilate anything in its way.
 * Grasping Magic Hand <Rayon>: A deep magic Anos acquires during the events of the "Silver Sea". Anos coats his hands in layers of special magic that can be used to "catch" magic directed towards him by an enemy, or magic he himself produces. He can then compound said magic multiple times back and forth between his hands to make it many times more powerful before shooting it back at an enemy.
 * Extreme Hell Destruction Ash Demon Mortar <Egil Grone Angdroa>: Destruction magic, the magic that Anos is the best at. Burn what is supposed to burn, destroy what is supposed to perish, and turn the whole world into ashes. A "fire" magic that exceeds <Hell Flame Annihilation Mortar>. The reason it is not positioned as the highest class of magic in the fire attribute is that only Anos can use it, and despite being in the form of a flame, it is totally another thing. When this world-destroying magic is cast, massive black flames dance across the entire world, burning anything and everything in existence to ashes.
 * Nirvana Seven Steps Conqueror <Gili Eliam Naviem>: The second of Anos' world-destroying magic. There are seven steps, with each step further raising his bottomless magic power. With every coming of Anos' steps, the entire world begins to shake more and more violently. If the seventh step is unleashed, the already fragile world will be completely destroyed.

Weapons and Equipment
Principle Destroying Sword <Venuzdonoa>: This is Anos's main weapon, it is the sword of the founder which can destroy all creation and the universe. No matter how strong, eternal or infinite Venuzdonoa will destroy them all. Venuzdonoa doesn’t follow reason nor anything number related or things related to distance whether it be magical or conventional, as anything that can be reasoned returns to nothing before it, hence it's useless to think about what it can or can't do. The only principle that Venuzdonoa allows to exist is the destruction of Anos's enemies. It can only be used inside the Demon King Castle Delzogade, but Anos can move the castle by using Demon King Castle Summon <Delzogade>.

See: Equipment

The Sword of the Almighty <Levine Girma>:  A divine sword created by Arcana. If one were to pull it out from its sheath, their root from the present, past, and future would instantly be permanently erased from existence. Anos is able to use this sword thanks to his Wavy Body Covered Reveal <Veneziara>. The true power of this weapon is that it can cut through anything no matter how indestructible it may be.

Two Rites Sword: A jet black magic sword that Anos acquires during the events of the "Silver Sea". By converting the body of the Two Rites Pretender Ronculus who's vessel could contain enormous magical power into Anos' own personal magic, this sword then came into existence. The Two Rites Sword contains the power of an Extreme Hell Destruction Ash Demon Mortar <Egil Grone Angdroa> that Anos casted within it, as it has the capability to take in a large part of Anos' Root of Destruction. A very powerful weapon overall, it has an ability to directly attack one's shadow, making the user of the weapon invincible during that time frame as well as doing immense damage to the real body of the one who's shadow was attacked.

Diamond Iron Sword: A handcrafted sword forged and gifted to Anos by his father, Gusta. Anos used it throughout the Magic Sword Tournament. While the sword does not compare to the magical power of many of his other personal items, Anos treasures it the most, as it was suffused with his father's love.

Heaven Gate God Seat Selection Summon <Guala Nate Forteos>: An allied beads that can summon selected god for the god seat. Anos uses this to summon Arcana.

Anos is said to possess various other weapons.

Misha Necron
The first person Anos meets after arriving that the Demon King Academy. Anos always help her out and give her new memories. That makes Misha feel bad because she cannot pay him back since Anos is good at everything. Anos tells her that it is not true, one day she will surpass him because she has good eyes and possess creation magic. She was surprised to hear that. Anos tells her that he is not omnipotent and the only thing that he is superior to anyone in the world is the power to destroy something. Also tells her if she wants to help him, she must get closer to the abyss of her magic. Misha tells him to wait for her and promise to get stronger. Anos tells her that he looks forward to that.

Sasha Necron
Anos originally befriended her because of Misha but slowly comes to care for her as he does for Misha. The first time they talk, he calls her understanding of magic shallow because she says that Misha is a doll and does not have a soul. He later on remarks that she has beautiful Demon Eyes. After she stabs Misha in a final attempt to make her hate her, Anos injures her but lets her run away at Misha's request, as she is leaving he states that he is tolerant to his subordinates betraying him. After learning the reason behind her actions he forgives her and protects her and Misha from Ivis Necron.

Gusta
Anos has a very close bond with his father despite only being reborn as his son, a little over a month prior. When Anos was selected to participate in the Demon Sword Tournament, Gusta worked himself haggard, so that he could forge a sword for his son. When Anos took pride in it, warning others to never underestimate what his father forged, Gusta was left crying tears of joy.

Izabella
Like Gusta, Anos has a very close bond with his mother despite having been reincarnated for only a month. Anos also never gets tired of eating mushroom gratin whenever Izabella makes it for him. This bond was especially shown when Anos told the eight girls that protected Izabella from being killed by Emilia, that he would never forget their names and that he was indebted to them.

Shin Reglia
Right-hand-man.

Kanon
In his previous life, despite being enemies with Kanon, Anos respected the hero greatly.

Lay Glanzudlii
Anos is friends with Lay, acknowledging his swordsmanship. Anos was Lay's first real friend.

Misa Ilioroagu
Misa is an admirer of Anos and wants to prove her worth to him. Anos respects her resolve and is interested in her half-demon/half-spirit physiology.

Unitary
This group is followers of Anos with eight of the known members protect Anos's mother from being killed by Emilia Ludowell. Anos memorized their names, noting that he was indebted to them after they risked their lives to protect his mother.

Trivia

 * His favorite food is mushroom gratin. After reincarnation, his mom makes it for him all the time.
 * In Episode 4, an alternative version of the opening theme was sung by Anos Voldigoad's voice actor, Tatsuhisa Suzuki.
 * Like Atsushi Nakajima from Bungo Stray Dogs, Anos Voldigoad belt acts like a tail.
 * Anos deeply treasures the love and support that he receives from his parents, Gusta and Izabella, as his past incarnation was orphaned, and grew up without any family at all.
 * While both of Anos' parents are human, one of his ancestors was a demon, causing the pure-bloods to still refer to him as a hybrid or mixed-blooded demon.
 * Many royals and pure-bloods are unable to see past the fact that Anos was "reborn" as a hybrid, and conceitedly refuse acknowledge that the Demon King of Tyranny would choose to reincarnate from anything other than pure-blooded parents. Even many pure-bloods who possess demonic eyes, would refuse to analyze his blood, due to this misconception.
 * Anos almost died, while still in his mother's womb. He believes that his root choose to reincarnate him through the unborn child, ultimately saving it, due to her prayers and her promise to always love and raise the child, no matter what the child turns out to be.