In D.Gray-Man, new character Wisely seems to have the power to do this to people.
Instead of showing his head asplode, they show an explosion of dice instead. In the episode when Mello kills off most of the SPK, one guy kills himself by blowing his own brains out.
Death Note: Performed with an interesting visual metaphor.
In episode 95 of Dragon Ball Super Frieza has become so powerful in his golden form that he can make his opponents' heads explode with a single poke to the forehead, which he demonstrates on four Assassins from Universe 9.
Of course, this was edited for the televised dub. Ironically, he dies when Buu punches his head off.
In the Dragon Ball Z Majin Buu saga, Babidi made the head of any Muggle that annoyed him explode without warning.
In Dirty Pair Flight 005 Conspiracy, when Kei is drowning her sorrows at a bar believing Yuri was killed on an explosion, she asks the bartender, who unbeknownst to her is an assassin, to make her another drink, he spikes it with an unknown poison and hands it to her, her new partner Danny tells her that she's had enough and drinks it instead, he then convulses in pain and his head explodes, splattering his brain and skull fragments in her face.
The main characters of Cyber City Oedo 808 are fitted with explosive collars, with gory results if they try to remove it or fail to accomplish their mission in time.
In Coyote Ragtime Show, the only way to kill the SISTERs is to blow up their heads.
Shunsui's Bankai does this to Lille Barro during their fight. Reminiscent of how Yamamoto and Aizen could incapacitate people by focusing on them, he looks at the Arrancar until its head pops like a water balloon.
Bleach: The leader of the Vandenreich does this to an Arrancar who didn't give his exact message to Soul Society.
During the Eclipse, this is the fate of Gaston, the last member of the Band of the Hawk to die during the Eclipse, by way of a parasitic demon.
In fact, clean decapitations are almost nonexistent most of the time, when Guts hits above the shoulders, the victim's head shatters. note But not the anime which, despite the large amounts of blood, is fairly sanitized.
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The sequel series even does it to its own Big Bad.
Battle Angel Alita has this quite often, with guns, fists, melee weapons blunt objects or whatever strikes your fancy as the cause.
Basilisk: Never has there been a head gone ka-goosh with more satisfaction than that of Tenzen Yakushiji, which happens when Oboro regains the use of her Magical Eyes and turns their power upon him as he's reviving himself after he is killed by Gennosuke, rendering the evil ninja dead for good.
In Baldr Force EXE Resolution, this tends to happen to those who meet a certain Virtual Ghost.
In Akumetsu, this happens to the title character whenever he dies.
More like Ludicrous Gibs considering what happened to his body. The most iconic example is Yamagata, who gets offed like this by Tetsuo.
Happens at times in AKIRA thanks to psychic powers.