Top 10: Action anime

I meant to post this yesterday, but I got distracted and was playing Titanfall from 2:30 in the afternoon until 2:30 in the morning. (That's not a joke. It's kind of creepy actually.) Anyway, thanks to the people who are checking out my blog, I really appreciate it. If you like my posts, please spread the word. So, here was one of the hardest countdowns to come up with,  my top ten action anime series. I'm actually trying to introduce people to anime that isn't super-mainstream, so things like Bleach, One Piece, Naruto, Soul Eater, and Attack on Titan won't be in the countdown. I'd like you to keep in mind that those shows are very good though.

10: Freezing 

Freezing is a show that has lots of blood and nudity, so I wouldn't go around watching it with little kids. (That would be a tad bit creepy if you did...) Nonetheless, this show is about girls with special abilities who fight against giant creatures called the Nova. Each girl is paired with a guy who can use a special ability called 'freezing' that is designed to impede or stop the nova's movements. Freezing has 2 seasons each with 12 episodes, and almost every episode is packed with action, suspense, and a little comic relief from time to time. Although, the comic relief is mostly limited to the first three or four episodes of each season.

9: Coppelion

This show is based in the year 2016 . A nuclear meltdown killed off lots of people and now Tokyo is almost completely abandoned. Coppelion follows the lives of three girls who were 'born' with an immunity to the radiation that killed most of the population of Tokyo. In actuality, they're test-tube babies made by the government in order to search the radioactive area and rescue people who were stranded in the city when the meltdown occurred. Later on you learn more about the past of these three girls and you also learn about the other kids like them. Coppelion has only 1 season so far and even though there are only 13 episodes, there's so much action, you'll wish there were more ( Which there might be in the future)


8: Ghost in the shell- Standalone complex

I said that I would keep mainstream stuff off of the countdown, but this is one of the shows that's just unpopular enough to make me angry. The movies that released first were extremely popular, but when the show came out, barely half of that audience even decided to watch it. Ghost in the shell is about a special arm of the Japanese government called Public security section 9. They use high tech weapons and equipment to take down terrorists and their leader is the fearless and powerful Motoko Kusanagi, who also happens to be a genius super-hacker. This show has more plot twists than anything else I have ever seen, so it will keep you on your toes, and with two seasons of 26 episodes, there's plenty of action to keep you interested.

7: Murder Princess

I wanted to put this show in the number one slot, but with only 7 episodes, it's more of an OVA than an actual series. However, don't let the length of the show fool you. These 7 episodes feel like the have more action than the entire original Naruto series. (Of course i'm exaggerating a bit, but over half of the show was filler. By percentage, Murder princess has more action). This show is about a master swords-woman named Falis who, under strange circumstances, ends up switching bodies with a princess who wanted Falis' help to save her kingdom. So, with the help of Falis the kingdom is saved, but with Falis in the princess' body, now she has to live the life of a princess, which is almost the opposite of her previous life as a bounty hunter. It's hard to synopsis a show like this without spoilers, so I'll just say that there's a reason the show is called murder princess.

6: Air Master

Air master follows the life of Maki Aikawa, a street fighter who used to be a gymnast, and shows her progression to being the best street fighter around. Her fighting style makes the show extremely different from any other fighting shows because she practically flies through the air, delivering powerful kicks to the opponent. However, as the show progresses, she learns from and defeats people who have very different fighting styles, Air master has 27 episodes and is extremely action-packed. Every single episode has at least part of a fight in it. I want to say that I recommend it for everyone to watch, but, I can't because in one episode, Maki almost get's raped, and added to that there is one running joke in the show that's about one girl's boobs, so I can't say that it's exactly kid-friendly.

5: Mekaku City Actors

This show is another show from the makers of the Monogatari series, which if you didn't know, IS MY FAVORITE ANIME SERIES OF ALL TIME. The reason I love this series is because of the signature animation style. It's kind of choppy and cuts in and out and changes focus randomly, the best way to describe it is ADHD. That's my point. I love how random the animation is. It will cut from a pure black screen to a few seconds of walking, to a bright red screen, and then back to the characters right as the begin speaking. It makes very good use of the time when the characters wouldn't be saying anything, plus it cuts out conversations that aren't interesting or aren't related to the story at all. I love it. If you don't understand what I'm saying, watch this 12 episode series and see how ridiculously amazing it is. Despite having my favorite animation style however, it's this show doesn't have the story strength of the Monogatari series or the shows higher on the list. It's about 9 Kids who all have strange powers tied to a strange event that happened hundreds of years in the past. There's not much else I can describe about the story without spoiling it, so go watch it.

4: Durarara

This show is crazy and I can't begin to describe it properly. There's a psychopath who deals in information, a guy with superhuman strength and a horrible temper, a black Russian who sells sushi, and if that wasn't crazy enough, three kids who are all somehow tied in to a massive gang war that's happening behind the scenes. It's a gritty show with gritty animation and monstrous plot twists. I loved every second of this show and I would love to see a second season, but that won't happen anytime soon. It's 26 episodes and every single one is packed full of suspense and action. Check it out and you won't be disappointed.

3: K

This show is super cool and super smooth. The animation is beautiful, and the characters all develop fully during the series. The fight scenes are super-charged battles between energy wielding fighters who server under different 'Kings'. I can't go into too much detail because of spoilers, but if you like Naruto, or Bleach, definitely give this show a try. There are 13 episodes in both sub and dub if you want to watch it.

2: Ikki Tousen

This is another one of those shows with tons of fan-service, but not nearly to the excessively sexualized level of Freezing. It's all about fighting in this anime. Every fighter wears a sacred bead that has the soul of an ancient warrior in it, the main characters all carry the fate of the masters of fighting and the generals. The story of this show is an old tale that is played out over and over again with different people. Don't understand what i'm saying? Watch the first season. It's in both dub and sub and there are 13 episodes in the first season and countless more in the next three. To top it off, there's an hour-long OVA that closes the whole series.

1: Log Horizon

This show is a gamer's fantasy. The world gets turned into your favorite mmorpg. In this show, these kids don't get stuck inside a game, the world literally becomes the game. Every aspect of the game is now real life. There are 25 episodes, and a second season may be coming soon. I really love this show, and I know you're thinking: "It's just sword art online with different characters" That's where you are wrong. The idea from this show is similar to that of sword art online, but it's completely different aside from that. The game becomes real rather than the characters being trapped inside. When someone dies, they actually respawn in a city, and the characters are completely different with completely different personalities. If an actual MMO was created based off of elder tale, the game in this show, I would pay subscription fees or whatever I had to do to play that game because it is ridiculously intense. With 8 races, 12 classes and more than 20 subclasses, this game would be fun just for the character creation. 

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Honorable Mentions 

-Sword art online II:

-RWBY

-Black Bullet

-High School of the Dead

-Blood+

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Thanks for reading and be sure to check out at least one of these shows. Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email at animeandgames4@gmail.com. I really love doing these anime countdowns because they bring back feelings and thoughts from when I watched these shows, so if you want to suggest an anime that I should review, or a countdown that I should do, feel free to contact me. Again, thanks for reading and be sure to spread the news.

-K.G.