In the Avatar series, Aang must master the four elements to save the world, but he's already in good company. There are plenty of characters in anime who also have control over the elements. Of course, with different cultures often having their own list of elements, different anime often has different sets of traditional elements. Some series prefer the Greek elements, the Chinese elements, or the Japanese elements. Taking influence from video games, some anime even settle on just having fire, ice, and lightning as the three basic elements.
In anime, these characters can often take on different forms that reflect the individual elements, meaning they can only control one at a time. In fiction, characters who control the mysterious "fifth" element, like aether, void, or quintessence, often can control the other elements as well.
10 Black Clover: Grey Can Transform Any Element Into Another Element
In the world of Black Clover, magic is usually divided into four elements: wind, fire, water, and earth, with most attributes being derived from them, in addition to a few irregular ones, like time. Generally, a person can only control one such attribute, with most exceptions being only dual attributes.
Grey, however, found a loophole with her Transformation Magic, since she has the power to transform any elemental attack into any element she wants. Because of this, she effectively has power over every magical element. This implies her powers are much more than they seem and also classifies her as an Arcane Stage mage.
9 Pretear: Himeno Can Control Seven Elements Through The Leafe Knights
In Pretear, Himeno isn't like most magical girls: instead of transforming with a catchphrase and trinket, she essentially fuses with one of her Leafe Knights to become the Pretear. Depending on the Knight, she can wield power over wind, sound, light, fire, water, ice, or, in the manga, plants.
Her ultimate form is the White Pretear, which she must learn to access on her own, without any of the knights. In this form, she can control the Snow of Miracles, which can even restore the dead to life.
8 Rainbowman: Rainbowman Has Seven Different Costumes (Or Robots) For Each Element
Rainbowman is the titular hero of a Tokusatsu series-turned-anime. He has different forms reflecting one of the following elements: fire, water, earth, wood, and metal, as well as the sun and moon.
In the original live-action show, he was a superhero who transformed into different heroes, called "Dashes," reflecting which element he was using. In the anime, however, he instead piloted seven robots that corresponded to each of the elements.
7 Mob Psycho 100: Toichiro Suzuki Controls The Elements As Part Of His Esper Abilities
In Mob Psycho 100, Toichiro Suzuki, the founder and leader of Claw, is a powerful esper. With his immense psychic powers, he's shown to have significant control over the elements: aerokinesis, pyrokinesis, cryokinesis, and electrokinesis, representing air, fire, ice, and electricity.
This is just the start of the list of his powers, from manipulating gravity and creating ethereal clones of himself. He's also one of the few espers with the ability to transfer and absorb psychic energy, just like Mob.
6 Rave Master: Elemental Master Sieg Hart Lives Up To His Title
In Rave Master, Sieg Hart, also known as Sieghart Caeser, is a powerful swordsman who is known as an elemental master. He controls the five classical elements of wind, water, fire, earth, and aether, but that's just the start.
His wind powers allows him to fly, he can control thunder and lightning, he can conjure streams of fire, and even has a few unusual elements, like space, plasma, blood and poison.
5 Corrector Yui: Yui's Power Depends On Which Element Suit She's Wearing
In Corrector Yui, Yui becomes a magical girl in the digital world and her exact powers depend on her costume, since she has access to four different Element Suits that reflect fire (red), earth (yellow), water (blue), and air (green).
Unlike most examples, the connection to the elements aren't always too literal: earth gives the wearer super strength and wind gives super speed and the ability to know the future. The fire and water suits, however, give control over their respective elements.
4 Cardcaptor Sakura: Even Without Clow Cards, Syaoran Li Can Control Five Elements
In the world of Cardcaptor Sakura, while the Clow Cards can reflect all sorts of abilities, Syaoran Li has also shown an affinity for controlling the five elements through the use of his ofuda and his sword. His set of elements are lightning/thunder, fire, wind/air, water, and ice.
In addition, in the original series, some of the cards he claims over the series include The Time, The Storm, The Return, The Dash, The Freeze, The Dream, and The Twin, among others.
3 Samurai Deeper Kyo: Shindara Is Said To Control The Four Elements, But At A Price
In Samurai Deeper Kyo, Shindara is said to control the four elements of earth, wind, fire, and water. While this is presumably true, in practice, he only shows his power over water and fire.
It's implied that he also lacks in prowess what he makes up for in variety, as Hotaru and Shinrei are shown to be more capable than him when it comes to their elements.
2 Fate/Stay Night: Rin Was Born With A Rare Affinity For All Five Elements
In Fate/stay night, Rin was literally born with a rare Elemental affinity: she can master all five of the Great Elements. Thanks to her family history, she casts her spells and incantations using German.
The Great Elements are the traditional Japanese elements of fire, earth, water, wind, and void. In the series, two imaginary elements are also brought up, called hollow and nothingness.
1 Naruto: Rinnegan Users Control All The Elements As Just One Of Its Many Benefits
In the Naruto universe, the Rinnegan eye technique is extremely powerful, allowing users to master the five elements of nature, which include fire, water, earth, wind, and lightning. This is just one of the Rinnegan users' abilities, which can even include the power to revive the dead.
A few characters have become Rinnegan wielders throughout the series, from Nagato to the infamous Sasuke Uchiha.