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The Top 25 Action Anime Shows of All Time

by ajacayen-90247 • Created 7 months ago • Modified 1 week ago
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  • Daiki Yamashita in My Hero Academia (2016)

    1. My Hero Academia

    2016– 167 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.2 (92K)
    A superhero-admiring boy enrolls in a prestigious hero academy and learns what it really means to be a hero, after the strongest superhero grants him his own powers.
    CreatorKôhei HorikoshiStarsDaiki YamashitaJustin BrinerNobuhiko Okamoto
  • Takahiro Sakurai, Toshihiko Seki, Hôchû Ôtsuka, Hiro Shimono, Satoshi Hino, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Natsuki Hanae, Shizuka Ishigami, and Akari Kitô in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019)

    2. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

    2019– 69 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.6 (187K)
    A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive - Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.
    StarsNatsuki HanaeZach AguilarAkari Kitô
  • Takahiro Sakurai, Akio Ôtsuka, Miyu Irino, and Setsuo Ito in Mob Psycho 100 (2016)

    3. Mob Psycho 100

    2016–202237 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.5 (56K)
    A psychic middle school boy tries to live a normal life and keep his growing powers under control, even though he constantly gets into trouble.
    StarsSetsuo ItoTakahiro SakuraiMiyu Irino
  • Keiji Fujiwara, Miyuki Sawashiro, Mariya Ise, and Megumi Han in Hunter x Hunter (2011)

    4. Hunter x Hunter

    2011–2014148 epsTV-14TV Series
    9.0 (164K)
    Gon Freecss aspires to become a Hunter, an exceptional being capable of greatness. With his friends and his potential, he seeks out his father, who left him when he was younger.
    CreatorYoshihiro TogashiStarsIssei FutamataMegumi HanCristina Valenzuela
  • Megumi Hayashibara, Unshô Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, and Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)

    5. Cowboy Bebop

    1998–199926 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.9 (154K)
    The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.
    StarsKôichi YamaderaUnshô IshizukaMegumi Hayashibara
  • Hiroaki Hirata, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Mayumi Tanaka, and Kappei Yamaguchi in One Piece (1999)

    6. One Piece

    1999– 1146 epsTV-14TV Series
    9.0 (297K)
    Rubber-bodied dreamer Monkey D. Luffy gathers an eclectic pirate crew and braves the perilous Grand Line, battling tyrants and monsters to claim the legendary "One Piece" and become King of the Pirates.
    CreatorEiichirô OdaStarsMayumi TanakaAkemi OkamuraLaurent Vernin
  • Romi Park and Rie Kugimiya in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)

    7. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    2009–201068 epsTV-14TV Series
    9.1 (221K)
    Two brothers search for a Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their deceased mother goes awry and leaves them in damaged physical forms.
    CreatorHiromu ArakawaStarsKent WilliamsIemasa KayumiVic Mignogna
  • Dragon Ball Z (1996)

    8. Dragon Ball Z

    1996–2003277 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.8 (162K)
    With the help of the powerful Dragonballs, a team of fighters led by the saiyan warrior Goku defend the planet earth from extraterrestrial enemies.
    StarsDoc HarrisChristopher SabatScott McNeil
  • Naruto: Shippuden (2007)

    9. Naruto: Shippuden

    2007–2017501 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.7 (198K)
    Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.
    CreatorMasashi KishimotoStarsAlexandre CrepetJunko TakeuchiMaile Flanagan
  • Yûichi Nakamura, Asami Seto, Yuma Uchida, and Jun'ya Enoki in Jujutsu Kaisen (2020)

    10. Jujutsu Kaisen

    2020– 48 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.5 (154K)
    A boy swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - and becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.
    StarsAdam McArthurJun'ya EnokiYuma Uchida
  • Unshô Ishizuka, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono, Kenta Miyake, Daisuke Hirakawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu, and Fuminori Komatsu in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)

    11. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

    2012– 195 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.5 (43K)
    The story of the Joestar family, who are possessed with intense psychic strength, and the adventures each member encounters throughout their lives.
    StarsDavid VincentMatthew MercerDaisuke Ono
  • David Matranga and Yûki Kaji in Attack on Titan (2013)

    12. Attack on Titan

    2013–202398 epsTV-MATV Series
    9.1 (611K)
    After 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.
    StarsJessie James GrelleBryce PapenbrookTrina Nishimura
  • Assasination Classroom (2013)

    13. Assasination Classroom

    2013–201649 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.9 (24K)
    A powerful creature claims that within a year, Earth will be destroyed by him, but he offers mankind a chance by becoming a homeroom teacher where he teaches his students about how to kill him. An assassination classroom begins.
    CreatorYûsei MatsuiStarsJun FukuyamaMai FuchigamiBryce Papenbrook
  • One Punch Man (2015)

    14. One Punch Man

    2015– 39 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.7 (202K)
    The story of Saitama, a hero that does it just for fun & can defeat his enemies with a single punch.
    StarsMakoto FurukawaKaito IshikawaMax Mittelman
  • Bleach (2004)

    15. Bleach

    2004–2023393 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.2 (82K)
    High school student Ichigo Kurosaki, who has the ability to see ghosts, gains soul reaper powers from Rukia Kuchiki and sets out to save the world from "Hollows".
    CreatorTite KuboStarsJohnny Yong BoschMichelle RuffStephanie Sheh
  • Parasyte: The Maxim (2014)

    16. Parasyte: The Maxim

    2014–201524 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.2 (56K)
    17-year-old Shinichi Izumi is partially infected by a Parasyte, monsters that butcher and consume humans. He must learn to co-exist with the creature if he is to survive both the life of a Parasyte and a human as part monster, part person.
    StarsAya HiranoNobunaga ShimazakiRinka H.B.B.
  • Chainsaw Man (2022)

    17. Chainsaw Man

    202212 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.3 (76K)
    Following a betrayal, a young man left for dead is reborn as a powerful devil-human hybrid after merging with his pet devil and is soon enlisted into an organization dedicated to hunting devils.
    CreatorTatsuki FujimotoStarsKikunosuke ToyaRyan Colt LevyTomori Kusunoki
  • Ayako Kawasumi, Kazuya Nakai, and Ginpei Sato in Samurai Champloo (2004)

    18. Samurai Champloo

    2004–200526 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.5 (60K)
    Fuu, 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 WatanabeStarsKazuya NakaiGinpei SatoAyako Kawasumi
  • Black Clover (2017)

    19. Black Clover

    2017–2021170 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.2 (42K)
    Asta and Yuno were abandoned together at the same church and have been inseparable since. As children, they promised that they would compete against each other to see who would become the next Emperor Magus.
    StarsDallas ReidJill HarrisCris George
  • Akio Ôtsuka, Naoya Uchida, Kenshô Ono, Ken'ichirô Matsuda, Yûto Uemura, and Aleks Le in Vinland Saga (2019)

    20. Vinland Saga

    2019–202348 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.8 (101K)
    Following a tragedy, Thorfinn embarks on a journey with the man responsible for it to take his life in a duel as a true and honorable warrior to pay homage.
    StarsYûto UemuraShin'ya TakahashiMike Haimoto
  • Maryke Hendrikse and Megumi Toyoguchi in Black Lagoon (2006)

    21. Black Lagoon

    200624 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.9 (20K)
    A 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.
    StarsMegumi ToyoguchiDaisuke NamikawaBrad Swaile
  • Code Geass (2006)

    22. Code Geass

    2006–200854 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.7 (91K)
    After being given a mysterious power to control others, an outcast prince becomes the masked leader of the rebellion against an all-powerful empire.
    CreatorsGorô TaniguchiIchirô ÔkouchiStarsJun FukuyamaTakahiro SakuraiJohnny Yong Bosch
  • Noragami (2014)

    23. Noragami

    2014–201529 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.8 (21K)
    A minor god seeking to gain widespread worship teams up with a human girl he saved to gain fame, recognition and at least one shrine dedicated to him.
    StarsHiroshi KamiyaMaaya UchidaYûki Kaji
  • Fairy Tail (2009)

    24. Fairy Tail

    2009–2019339 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.9 (30K)
    Lucy, an aspiring Celestial Wizard, becomes a friend and ally to powerful wizards Natsu, Gray, and Erza, who are part of the (in)famous wizard guild, Fairy Tail.
    CreatorsHiro MashimaMasashi SogoStarsCherami LeighTodd HaberkornTia Lynn Ballard
  • Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yûko Miyamura, Megumi Ogata, Fumihiko Tachiki, and Yuriko Yamaguchi in Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)

    25. Neon Genesis Evangelion

    1995–199626 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.5 (98K)
    A teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.
    CreatorHideaki AnnoStarsMegumi OgataMegumi HayashibaraKotono Mitsuishi

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