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By Katherine Luther, About.com Guide to Anime

Best Action Anime Titles

Monday November 2, 2009

There's just something about a good action anime that gets your blood pumping, isn't there?

In fact, action anime continues to be one of the most popular genres, producing blockbuster after blockbuster as anime series go.

Action anime encompasses a wide variety of sub-genres and themes, including martial arts, ninja, adventure stories, thrillers and even a few comedies.

The key to a good action anime is that it has to have some "oomph" to it. You want it to leave you breathless, to get you excited and to be intense... at least part of the time. Will they escape? Will our hero win the battle? Will they find the secret key and save the Universe?

This is the stuff action anime series are made of and to show my appreciation of this genre, I thought it would be fun to share some of my top picks with you.

So, here they are... some of my favorite action anime titles.

Comments

November 19, 2009 at 9:51 pm
(1) chicknamedal says:

Bepop, Trigun, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Lupin the Third. Excellent choices! I love them all. I have to go classic, though, and add a mecha action or two: Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny.

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