A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal layer that comprises liquid crystals (5a-5f) that have a negative dielectric constant anisotropy and are vertically aligned in an initial state; an array substrate that comprises a comb-shaped first electrode, which is a pixel electrode, an insulating layer and a comb-shaped second electrode arranged in this order, a first longitudinal direction of comb teeth of the first electrode and a second longitudinal direction of comb teeth of the second electrode being parallel to each other, and the first and second electrode define the area of a pixel or a sub-pixel, and the array substrate being partitioned into such pixels or sub-pixels; and a counter substrate that faces the array substrate via the liquid crystal layer and comprises a comb-shaped third electrode and a black matrix having openings that transmit light in a direction perpendicular to the substrate plane, the first longitudinal direction and a third longitudinal direction of comb teeth of the third electrode being parallel to each other, and the comb-shaped first electrode being arranged closer to the counter substrate than the comb-shaped second electrode, and the counter substrate being partitioned correspondingly into pixels or sub-pixels, wherein in a cross-section perpendicular to the first through third longitudinal directions and parallel to a thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer, the first, second and third electrodes (6, 7, 9) are formed at positions symmetrical about a central axis in said cross-sectional view of the pixel or the sub-pixel, a position of a comb tooth of the second electrode disposed nearest to a comb tooth of the first electrode is shifted from the position of said nearest comb tooth of the first electrode in a first direction being parallel to surfaces of the array and counter substrates (4, 3) to or from the central axis, a position of a comb tooth of the third electrode disposed nearest to a comb tooth of the first electrode is shifted from the position of said nearest comb tooth of the first electrode in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction to or from the central axis, and each comb tooth of the second electrode protrudes from its nearest comb tooth of the first electrode in the first direction by a protruding width, and each comb tooth of the second electrode and its nearest comb tooth of the first electrode overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to the substrate plane and comprise an overlapping width, wherein each of the pixels or sub-pixels corresponds to an opening of the black matrix, and the liquid crystals (5a-5f) are driven by oblique electric fields generated between the first electrode, the second electrode and the third electrode. a liquid crystal layer that comprises liquid crystals (5a-5f) that have a negative dielectric constant anisotropy and are vertically aligned in an initial state; an array substrate that comprises a comb-shaped first electrode, which is a pixel electrode, an insulating layer and a comb-shaped second electrode arranged in this order, a first longitudinal direction of comb teeth of the first electrode and a second longitudinal direction of comb teeth of the second electrode being parallel to each other, and the first and second electrode define the area of a pixel or a sub-pixel, and the array substrate being partitioned into such pixels or sub-pixels; and a counter substrate that faces the array substrate via the liquid crystal layer and comprises a comb-shaped third electrode and a black matrix having openings that transmit light in a direction perpendicular to the substrate plane, the first longitudinal direction and a third longitudinal direction of comb teeth of the third electrode being parallel to each other, and the comb-shaped first electrode being arranged closer to the counter substrate than the comb-shaped second electrode, and the counter substrate being partitioned correspondingly into pixels or sub-pixels, wherein in a cross-section perpendicular to the first through third longitudinal directions and parallel to a thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer, the first, second and third electrodes (6, 7, 9) are formed at positions symmetrical about a central axis in said cross-sectional view of the pixel or the sub-pixel, a position of a comb tooth of the second electrode disposed nearest to a comb tooth of the first electrode is shifted from the position of said nearest comb tooth of the first electrode in a first direction being parallel to surfaces of the array and counter substrates (4, 3) to or from the central axis, a position of a comb tooth of the third electrode disposed nearest to a comb tooth of the first electrode is shifted from the position of said nearest comb tooth of the first electrode in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction to or from the central axis, and each comb tooth of the second electrode protrudes from its nearest comb tooth of the first electrode in the first direction by a protruding width, and each comb tooth of the second electrode and its nearest comb tooth of the first electrode overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to the substrate plane and comprise an overlapping width, wherein each of the pixels or sub-pixels corresponds to an opening of the black matrix, and the liquid crystals (5a-5f) are driven by oblique electric fields generated between the first electrode, the second electrode and the third electrode.