Best Action Anime (that I've seen)
A list of the best (mostly melee focused) action anime... that mine own eyes have witnessed! - There will likely be horror in the list as well, perhaps I will make a separate horror/ psychological list at some point.
*I would also count Avatar and Korra on this list, but as they aren't LITERALLY anime, I've left them off, despite their excellence.
*Samurai X, Witchblade, Vampire Hunter D, Sword of the stranger, Blood+ are on my watchlist - any more suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks for reading! I'll update it as life goes by
*I would also count Avatar and Korra on this list, but as they aren't LITERALLY anime, I've left them off, despite their excellence.
*Samurai X, Witchblade, Vampire Hunter D, Sword of the stranger, Blood+ are on my watchlist - any more suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks for reading! I'll update it as life goes by
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- DirectorToyoo AshidaStarsAkira KamiyaYuriko YamamotoKenji UtsumiIn a post-nuclear hellscape, a master of the deadly martial art "Hokuto Shinken" allies with two kids and an expert in "Nanto Suicho-Ken" to battle the tyrants who kidnapped his lover.Amazing classic. I've watched all the 'fist of north star' anime products and the original film is the best, with the more modern series behind it.
The anime series is just an extremely long and less violent version of the film, if you have the time for it, it is good. - StarsTakeshi KusaoYûko MizutaniHideyuki TanakaSho and his friend Tetsurou stumble upon an odd alien artifact while walking through the woods. Then, the alien artifact breaks free of its metallic bonds and enters Sho's body, turning him into the Guyver. With this new power, Sho must do battle with the evil Chronos corporation and their genetically enhanced Zoanoids, who seek to get the Guyver back into their labs. No one close to Sho is safe from Chronos. He must fight.Guyver does have a more modern HD reboot. I do appreciate the modern version, but for me, the more 'raw' art style and more artistically honest level of horror, make the original series a superior classic, and a genre defining series, rather than the modern Guyver's more tame, and slightly more generic take.
The PC present we live in... - DirectorRintarôStarsTomokazu SekiJunko IwaoKen NaritaIn 1999, a battle takes place between two factions of divine warriors for the fate of the world.No... this isn't a series.. Oh but it is! I haven't seen the series yet, only the film, but the film was excellent, if a bit rushed, which is an issue that the, now classic series fixes, so I do recommend it.
- CreatorMasatoshi KawaharaStarsMarc ThompsonLex WutasMarc DiraisonThis anime is about a family called Mutsu they use their fists to fight and there three heroes Mutsu Yakmu and his son Takto and Mutsu IzumiThe animation isn't amazing, but this is here because it's one of the few that focuses on unarmed combat as a fighting style (a made up one). And it's excellent for what it is, alot of fun.
- CreatorNorihiro YagiStarsTodd HaberkornStephanie YoungHouko KuwashimaHybrid warrior Clare and her comrades fight to protect their land from shape-shifting demons.Great animation and violent action. But a fairly bland story, although it does have an interesting twist (the good guys are all women that *gasp* aren't sexualised.. at all if I remember correctly). It's a shame it didn't go on for longer!
- DirectorYoshiaki KawajiriStarsKôichi YamaderaEmi ShinoharaTakeshi AonoA vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.Another amazing original. Everything after the first film was awful however. (the 2nd film and series)
- StarsKeith SilversteinKaren StrassmanMela LeeIn medieval Japan, a witch curses a master swordsman with immortality. After many years he grows tired of it and asks her to make him mortal again if he atones for his sins by killing a 1000 evil men. A girl seeking revenge helps him.Not an amazing work overall, but the interesting twist with the main character - that you don't see in any other anime, is one that made me buy the manga, and really hope for more that never came...
- CreatorKentaro MiuraStarsMarc DiraisonNobutoshi CannaCarrie KeranenGuts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.Excellent, the modernised film trilogy adaptation is also excellent/ better. But this has that classic animation style that we all love, and the story is amazing. Just a shame it's another one where the ending, is really where the manga just gets started! Awww... (and the manga is extremely hard to find, which doesn't help)
- CreatorTakashi OkazakiStarsSamuel L. JacksonPhil LaMarrYuri LowenthalA Black samurai goes on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father in a futuristic feudal Japan.
- StarsDoc HarrisChristopher SabatScott McNeilWith the help of the powerful Dragonballs, a team of fighters led by the saiyan warrior Goku defend the planet earth from extraterrestrial enemies.
- StarsR. Bruce ElliottChristopher SabatSean TeagueA small village gets raided by bandits every harvest season. The villagers can't take it anymore, and decide to recruit samurais to defend them in exchange for rice. Will the villagers find who would defend them from the bandits?
- CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsKazuya NakaiGinpei SatoAyako KawasumiFuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
- CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsKôichi YamaderaUnshô IshizukaMegumi HayashibaraThe futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.
- CreatorKazuki NakashimaStarsTetsuya KakiharaShizuka ItouYuri LowenthalTwo friends, Simon and Kamina, become the symbols of rebellion against the powerful Spiral King, who forced mankind into subterranean villages.
- StarsMegumi ToyoguchiDaisuke NamikawaBrad SwaileA Japanese businessman, captured by modern-day pirates, is written off and left for dead by his company. Tired of the corporate life, he opts to stick with the mercenaries that kidnapped him, becoming part of their gang.
- CreatorTakahiroStarsSôma SaitôCorey HartzogSora AmamiyaA countryside boy named Tatsumi sets out on a journey to The Capital to make a name for himself and met a seemingly dangerous group of Assassins known as Night Raid. Their journey begins.
- StarsJessie James GrelleBryce PapenbrookTrina NishimuraAfter his hometown is destroyed, young Eren Jaeger vows to cleanse the earth of the giant humanoid Titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction.
- StarsDaisuke NamikawaEmi ShinoharaSeizô KatôThe series starts off at a tournament where a one armed samurai faces a blind one and quickly flashes back to reveal the history between the two fighters.
- DirectorGisaburô SugiiStarsKôjiro ShimizuKenji HagaMiki FujitaniA crime boss searching for the world's best fighters pursues a talented Japanese drifter and his American ex-classmate, while an Interpol agent and a US Army captain seek to bring him down.