Top 10 Best Action Anime
1. Shingeki no Kyojin
(Attack on Titan)
As humanity was left to live inside gigantic walls that fend off man-eating titans, there seems to be no hope left if nothing is done soon. Humans actually have lived in peace for a couple of years inside the walls, but one day, an abnormal colossal titan shatters the walls and breaks their peace.
After that tragic event, a boy named Eren Jaeger who survived the horror, vows to become a soldier to eradicate all the titans that exists. That’s not a simple thing to do though, as he finds out and discovers the truth about the titans and the whole of humanity.
2. Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online narrates the story of how the very first virtual online game turned into a huge disaster and controversy. Thousands of players were trapped inside the game and denied the ability to log-out until someone finished the game.
As if that wasn’t enough, and that might look like an enjoyable tragedy, there’s the fact that when a player dies in the game – they die in real life! Now, a black swordsman named Kirito takes on the role of a beater and tries to finish the game until the very end.
3. Hunter X Hunter (2011)
Hunters are the most professional of all professionals in the world. And so, they’re regarded as V.I.P.s and the most special people everywhere. Joining the ranks of the hunters isn’t an easy feat though.
There’s a deadly test (hunter exam) that requires very fine and attuned skills to pass. A boy named Gon Freecs is one of the applicants this year, and together with a few friends; the avenger Kurapika, the professional killer Killua, and the seemingly normal medical practitioner Leorio, they go through the dangerous hunter exam to pursue their own great dreams.
4. Kill la Kill
Kill la Kill is a story of revenge that follows Ryuuko Matoi’s exploits on seeking the person who killed his father—the woman with the scissor blade! As she travels from place to place, she finally comes upon an abnormal school where the students possessing ridiculous amounts of power through their Goku school uniforms. The whole student body is governed by the student council lead by the ruthless and powerful Satsuki Kiryuuin. This is Ryuuko Matoi’s biggest clue to exact her revenge.
5. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Gurren Lagann starts off in an underground world where humans now dwell and live, ignorant of the existence of the surface world. Living there is a humble digger boy named Simon who works hard to dig tunnels to expand the village.
One day, he discovers a peculiar drill-shaped object beneath the dirt. Not knowing what it is and what great change it’ll bring, Simon keeps it as necklace only to soon realize that his life will forever change in the most drastic and epic of turns.
6. Terra Formars
Terra Formars depicts the battle of humanity against mutated (or probably evolved) cockroaches on Mars. At first, humans were trying to make MARS habitable by sending moss and cockroaches there to begin the ecosystem.
But then, after several hundred of years, things take a darker turn. The cockroaches evolved into monstrosities and a deadly virus is on the loose in Earth. The only fix now is to capture the Terra Formars, study them and make an anti-virus from them, and if possible – eradicate them all!
7. Btooom!
Btooom is an action online game wherein the players use unique bombs and explosives as weapons. Unknown to most, there’s actually a conspiracy behind it where the developers capture hopeless people to play the game on a deserted island in real-life.
That means it’s a battle of life-and-death where a player who collects a certain number of chips would be able to leave the hellish nightmare. 22-year-old N.E.E.T. Ryouta Sakamoto (who happens to be a top-ranking Btooom online player) awakens on the island one day only to find out that he has no choice but to play the real-life game of Btooom and survive.
8. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood follows the story of the Elric brothers, Edward and Alphonse, after they had a tragic accident in alchemy trying to perform the taboo. They lose parts of their bodies in the process (or for Alphonse, his whole body).
Now, after receiving vast amounts of knowledge in alchemy and becoming state alchemists themselves, they embark on a journey to uncover the all-powerful Philosopher’s Stone and restore their bodies. Unbeknownst to them, as they get closer and closer to the stone, they also get closer to the undeniable and shocking truth about the whole world of alchemy.
9. Deadman Wonderland
Deadman Wonderland is a 2-in-1 facility that acts as both a high-security prison block and a carnival (hence the name Deadman Wonderland). All of that is a mere facade, however, because what lies beneath is actually a terrible secret that once shook the foundations of the country.
After witnessing the gruesome murder of all his classmates, middle school student Igarashi Ganta is framed as the culprit. Unknown to him, this tragic development in his life shall soon lead him to face the bloody truth of what exists in the shadows of Deadman Wonderland.
10. Guilty Crown
Guilty Crown starts off when 17-year-old boy named Shu accidentally meets the mysterious Inori Yuzuriha, a member of the infamous terrorist group, Funeral Parlor. After that fateful encounter, Shu gets mixed-up in a cruel conflict that involves a shadowy conspiracy and a deadly virus. Together with Inori, Shu obtains a top-secret power, the Guilty Crown, a power that enables him to extract voids from people’s hearts and manifest them as weaponry.
1. Shingeki no Kyojin
(Attack on Titan)
As humanity was left to live inside gigantic walls that fend off man-eating titans, there seems to be no hope left if nothing is done soon. Humans actually have lived in peace for a couple of years inside the walls, but one day, an abnormal colossal titan shatters the walls and breaks their peace.
After that tragic event, a boy named Eren Jaeger who survived the horror, vows to become a soldier to eradicate all the titans that exists. That’s not a simple thing to do though, as he finds out and discovers the truth about the titans and the whole of humanity.
2. Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online narrates the story of how the very first virtual online game turned into a huge disaster and controversy. Thousands of players were trapped inside the game and denied the ability to log-out until someone finished the game.
As if that wasn’t enough, and that might look like an enjoyable tragedy, there’s the fact that when a player dies in the game – they die in real life! Now, a black swordsman named Kirito takes on the role of a beater and tries to finish the game until the very end.
3. Hunter X Hunter (2011)
Hunters are the most professional of all professionals in the world. And so, they’re regarded as V.I.P.s and the most special people everywhere. Joining the ranks of the hunters isn’t an easy feat though.
There’s a deadly test (hunter exam) that requires very fine and attuned skills to pass. A boy named Gon Freecs is one of the applicants this year, and together with a few friends; the avenger Kurapika, the professional killer Killua, and the seemingly normal medical practitioner Leorio, they go through the dangerous hunter exam to pursue their own great dreams.
4. Kill la Kill
Kill la Kill is a story of revenge that follows Ryuuko Matoi’s exploits on seeking the person who killed his father—the woman with the scissor blade! As she travels from place to place, she finally comes upon an abnormal school where the students possessing ridiculous amounts of power through their Goku school uniforms. The whole student body is governed by the student council lead by the ruthless and powerful Satsuki Kiryuuin. This is Ryuuko Matoi’s biggest clue to exact her revenge.
5. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Gurren Lagann starts off in an underground world where humans now dwell and live, ignorant of the existence of the surface world. Living there is a humble digger boy named Simon who works hard to dig tunnels to expand the village.
One day, he discovers a peculiar drill-shaped object beneath the dirt. Not knowing what it is and what great change it’ll bring, Simon keeps it as necklace only to soon realize that his life will forever change in the most drastic and epic of turns.
6. Terra Formars
Terra Formars depicts the battle of humanity against mutated (or probably evolved) cockroaches on Mars. At first, humans were trying to make MARS habitable by sending moss and cockroaches there to begin the ecosystem.
But then, after several hundred of years, things take a darker turn. The cockroaches evolved into monstrosities and a deadly virus is on the loose in Earth. The only fix now is to capture the Terra Formars, study them and make an anti-virus from them, and if possible – eradicate them all!
7. Btooom!
Btooom is an action online game wherein the players use unique bombs and explosives as weapons. Unknown to most, there’s actually a conspiracy behind it where the developers capture hopeless people to play the game on a deserted island in real-life.
That means it’s a battle of life-and-death where a player who collects a certain number of chips would be able to leave the hellish nightmare. 22-year-old N.E.E.T. Ryouta Sakamoto (who happens to be a top-ranking Btooom online player) awakens on the island one day only to find out that he has no choice but to play the real-life game of Btooom and survive.
8. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood follows the story of the Elric brothers, Edward and Alphonse, after they had a tragic accident in alchemy trying to perform the taboo. They lose parts of their bodies in the process (or for Alphonse, his whole body).
Now, after receiving vast amounts of knowledge in alchemy and becoming state alchemists themselves, they embark on a journey to uncover the all-powerful Philosopher’s Stone and restore their bodies. Unbeknownst to them, as they get closer and closer to the stone, they also get closer to the undeniable and shocking truth about the whole world of alchemy.
9. Deadman Wonderland
Deadman Wonderland is a 2-in-1 facility that acts as both a high-security prison block and a carnival (hence the name Deadman Wonderland). All of that is a mere facade, however, because what lies beneath is actually a terrible secret that once shook the foundations of the country.
After witnessing the gruesome murder of all his classmates, middle school student Igarashi Ganta is framed as the culprit. Unknown to him, this tragic development in his life shall soon lead him to face the bloody truth of what exists in the shadows of Deadman Wonderland.
10. Guilty Crown
Guilty Crown starts off when 17-year-old boy named Shu accidentally meets the mysterious Inori Yuzuriha, a member of the infamous terrorist group, Funeral Parlor. After that fateful encounter, Shu gets mixed-up in a cruel conflict that involves a shadowy conspiracy and a deadly virus. Together with Inori, Shu obtains a top-secret power, the Guilty Crown, a power that enables him to extract voids from people’s hearts and manifest them as weaponry.