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Antagonist is protagonist's opponent. Villain is a person with vile intentions.

Inspector Javert in Miserables is a lawful and jerky policeman, he's no villain, he's just doing his job. The protagonists are poor people stealing to survive and save their friends. Javert is against this like most cops.

In anime death not are villain protagonists and hero antagonists, because the former are serial killers and the latter are police and detectives doing their dangerous jobs.