Top 10 Anime: Action
The highest-graded action anime we have reviewed, best first.
Hunter x HunterThe rare shonen that treats its power system as a legal document and its villains as philosophers.Read the review
Attack on TitanA siege story that keeps widening its own frame until the walls are the least of it.
Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodSixty-four episodes with no fat on them, and a villain whose plan was in place before episode one.
JoJo's Bizarre AdventureA serialised absurdity that reinvents its own rules every generation and commits absolutely to each one.
Hellsing UltimateTen episodes with a feature budget each, spent entirely on a vampire enjoying himself.
Vinland SagaA revenge story that spends two seasons dismantling the appeal of revenge, and Askeladd is why it works.
NarutoThe character writing is top tier and the episode-to-episode craft frequently is not, and it lands anyway.
One PieceThe best-plotted long-form adventure in the medium, delivered at a pace that tests your patience.
Cowboy BebopTwenty-six sessions of jazz, bounty work and unfinished business, and not one of them is wasted.
Neon Genesis EvangelionThe mecha show that turned its own genre inside out, then ran out of money and got stranger for it.
