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The Action Anime category on Netflix is identified by the secret code 2653 . Below are 100 Action Anime titles currently traceable on Netflix, sorted by rating. Top picks include Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), Death Note (2006), Hunter X Hunter (2011) (2011).
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Last updated: 28 Sep 2021. Independent reference, not affiliated with Netflix.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) After both suffer physical damage -- brothers Edward and Alphonse battle nefarious forces to try to reclaim their bodies in this supernatural anime.
Year: 200970204981 · IMDb
Death Note (2006) When a Japanese high schooler comes into possession of a mystical notebook, he finds he has the power to kill anybody whose name he enters in it.
Year: 200670204970 · IMDb
Hunter X Hunter (2011) (2011) To fulfill his dreams of becoming a legendary Hunter like his dad, a young boy must pass a rigorous examination and find his missing father.
Year: 201170300472 · IMDb
Attack on Titan (2013) With his hometown in ruins, young Eren Yeager becomes determined to fight back against the giant Titans that threaten to destroy the human race.
Year: 201370299043 · IMDb
One Punch Man (2015) The most powerful superhero in the world can kill anyone with one blow. But nothing can challenge him, so he struggles with ennui and depression.
Year: 201580117291 · IMDb
VINLAND SAGA (2019) After his father is killed, young Thorfinn joins the mercenary band of his murderer Askeladd, waiting for his revenge while Askeladd plots politics.
Year: 201981249833 · IMDb
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019) After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.
Year: 201981091393 · IMDb
Gin Tama (2006) After Japan's Shogunate is occupied by an alien army, a samurai forced to work as a handyman forms a squad of swordsmen to fight back.
Year: 200680018959 · IMDb
Naruto Shippuden (2007) After training abroad for more than two years, Naruto Uzumaki returns home and joins forces with Sakura Haruno to battle an evil organization.
Year: 200780000603 · IMDb
Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) Brothers Edward and Alphonse use alchemy to resurrect their mother, but they unleash a chemical reaction that tears apart their bodies.
Year: 200370204980 · IMDb
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006) A high-schooler who's granted powers to make anyone instantly obedient dons a mask to lead Japan's rebellion against a long-invading Britannia.
Year: 200680065146 · IMDb
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter (2002) In the wake of the Saints' battle with Poseidon, Hades, the god of the underworld, rises again with plans to kill Athena and rule the world.
Year: 200270299044 · IMDb
Samurai Champloo (2004) After a waitress saves two warriors from execution, she demands that they accompany her on a journey to find 'a samurai who smells of sunflowers.'
Year: 200470213065 · IMDb
Rurouni Kenshin (1996) A nomadic swordsman arrives at a martial arts school in Meiji-era Japan, where he lands in the middle of a conflict involving the opium trade.
Year: 199680016571 · IMDb
My Hero Academia (2016) After he saves a bully from a Villain, a normal student is granted a superpower that allows him to attend a high school training academy for Heroes.
Year: 201680135674 · IMDb
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) This manga-inspired anime follows the intrepid Section 9 security force in their ongoing efforts to battle crime and cyberterrorism.
Year: 200270213091 · IMDb
Mob Psycho 100 (2016) Middle schooler Shigeo looks normal, but he's secretly a formidable psychic whose powers threaten to break free unless he represses his emotions.
Year: 201680179798 · IMDb
Saint Seiya (1986) A band of young warriors in magical armor vow to defend the reincarnation of Greek goddess Athena against evil forces and to return her to the throne.
Year: 198670267476 · IMDb
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) Fifteen years after the Second Impact, Shinji Ikari joins his father's group NERV as one of several teenage mecha pilots fighting the monstrous Angels.
Year: 199581033445 · IMDb
Gurren Lagann (2007) When a young laborer escapes to the world aboveground, he discovers a violent land in which humans battle robots controlled by a power-hungry noble.
Year: 200770213196 · IMDb
Princess Mononoke (1997) A prince infected with a lethal curse sets off to find a cure and lands in the middle of a battle between a mining town and the animals of the forest.
Year: 199728630857 · IMDb
Kingdom (2013) In the Warring States period, young orphan Xin vows to aid King Zheng of Qin in his quest to unify China by becoming a general himself.
Year: 201380172949 · IMDb
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2016) Multiple generations of the Joestar family -- all with the same nickname -- confront supernatural villains through a series of time periods.
Year: 201680179831 · IMDb
Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1995) After dying to save a boy, delinquent tough guy Yusuke Urameshi is granted another chance at life by redeeming himself as a 'Spirit Detective.'
Year: 199581005375 · IMDb
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (2009) This anime adventure follows the battle between a saint of Athena and an avatar of Hades who's working on a painting that could destroy the world.
Year: 200970273371 · IMDb
Fate/Zero (2011) After three unsettled battles for the mystical Holy Grail, an artifact that grants a miracle to those who hold it, a fourth war begins.
Year: 201170304256 · IMDb
Madoka Magica (2011) One day, Madoka Kaname has a very magical encounter, one that can change her destiny. This is the beginning of the new story of magical witch girls.
Year: 201170302572 · IMDb
Naruto (2002) Guided by the spirit demon within him, orphaned Naruto learns to harness his powers as a ninja in this anime adventure series.
Year: 200270205012 · IMDb
Trigun (1998) An outlaw named Vash the Stampede, who has a massive price on his head, wanders from town to town on a deserted planet that resembles the Wild West.
Year: 199870202899 · IMDb
Hellsing Ultimate (2012) Sworn to protect England from the supernatural, Sir Integra of the Hellsing Organization fights alongside her protector, the immortal vampire Alucard.
Year: 201280988066 · IMDb
Gintama: The Movie (2010) In medieval Tokyo (then known as Edo), aging samurai Gintoki finds himself defending a Japan that has been invaded by aliens.
Year: 201070142785 · IMDb
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya (2013) A time traveler sends Gintoki into the future, where mankind is on the verge of extinction and he must solve the mystery of his own death.
Year: 201380090982 · IMDb
Psycho-Pass (2012) In the year 2113, people are given brain scans to determine how likely they are to commit a crime. Those who fail are apprehended, or even killed.
Year: 201280006146 · IMDb
Sailor Moon R (1993) When bewitching alien Kisenian threatens to replace the solar system's positive energy with negative waves, youthful adventuress Sailor Moon and her four fellow Sailors jump into action in this feature-length film based on the popular anime series.
Year: 199326588007 · IMDb
Ju Chang Ban PSYCHO-PASS saikopasu (2016) In a future Japan, a network of crime-predicting surveillance tools is poised to be launched worldwide when terrorists infiltrate the system.
Year: 201680100171 · IMDb
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2008) In the energy-scarce future, the paramilitary group Celestial Being wages a war to end war using Gundams, technologically advanced piloted robots.
Year: 200880146384 · IMDb
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985) Amateur Gundam pilot Kamille Bidan fights with the Anti-Earth Union Group against the tyrannical Earth Federation and its elite Titans task force.
Year: 198580146402 · IMDb
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012) An interstellar war has left humanity on the brink of extinction, its only hope a new technology from the benevolent ruler of an alien world.
Year: 201280117264 · IMDb
Dr. Stone (2019) Awakened into a world where humanity has been petrified, scientific genius Senku and his brawny friend Taiju use their skills to rebuild civilization.
Year: 201981046193 · IMDb
Dorohedoro (2020) Amnesiac Caimain seeks to undo his lizard head curse by killing the sorcerer responsible, with his friend Nikaido's help. In the Hole, that's a threat.
Year: 202080991903 · IMDb
DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai (2020) Young Dai embarks on an epic journey to become a legendary hero, training with his loyal companions to save the world from the resurrected Demon King.
Year: 202081374392 · IMDb
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (2020) The daughters of Sesshomaru and Inuyasha travel between feudal Japan and the present day, searching for their memories of the past that they've lost.
Year: 202081336398 · IMDb
Bleach (2004) After teenager Ichigo Kurosaki acquires superpowers from wounded soul reaper Rukia Kuchiki, the two of them join forces to round up lost souls.
Year: 200470204957 · IMDb
Eureka Seven (2005) On a vastly transformed Earth ten millennia in the future, the young air-surfer or 'lifter' Renton joins a rebel group and befriends the pilot Eureka.
Year: 200580006212 · IMDb
The Twelve Kingdoms (2003) The first set in the epic tale of Twelve Kingdoms follows Youko, an ordinary girl from Japan who's escorted into a magical alternate universe. She must find her own way in this strange new world, armed with a mystical sword and her own wits.
Year: 200370302833 · IMDb
Yona of the Dawn (2015) Traumatized by the murder of her father by her beloved suitor, a young princess vows to protect her kingdom and reclaim the throne.
Year: 201580150601 · IMDb
The Rising of the Shield Hero (2019) A gamer is magically summoned into a parallel universe, where he is chosen as one of four heroes destined to save the world from its prophesied doom.
Year: 201981058649 · IMDb
The End of Evangelion (1997) Seele orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can trigger Third Impact and Instrumentality under his control.
Year: 199760024788 · IMDb
Black Clover (2017) Two orphans raised as brothers become rivals as they vie for the title of Wizard King, the highest magical rank in the land.
Year: 201780238012 · IMDb
Fairy Tail (2009) When four young wizards team up to take jobs across the kingdom, they forge a bond more powerful than any magic and grow stronger with every mission.
Year: 200970266998 · IMDb
Akira (1988) In this animated film based on the anime series, two childhood friends are pulled into the underworld of Neo-Tokyo and forced to fight for survival.
Year: 198860021103 · IMDb
Ghost in the Shell (1995) In this cyberpunk anime classic, a government cyborg is tasked with apprehending a hacker who's taking over the minds of computer-enhanced humans.
Year: 1995540533 · IMDb
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014) High school students Rin and Shiro pair up as allies when they're chosen to compete in a secret tournament for possession of the Holy Grail.
Year: 201480040330 · IMDb
Bakemonogatari (2009) After a peculiar homeless man makes him human again, ex-vampire Koyomi helps other high school students with their own supernatural predicaments.
Year: 200980060347 · IMDb
Black Lagoon (2006) A successful Japanese businessman, presumed dead after he's abducted by pirates, reinvigorates his life by joining his captors.
Year: 200670308852 · IMDb
Ushio and Tora (2015) When he stumbles upon Tora, a demon who's been impaled by a spear, young Ushio frees the beast and demands his help in fighting other agents of evil.
Year: 201570309073 · IMDb
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1998) Based on the classic manga, this series centers on an evil group's plans to take over the world using technology that once nearly destroyed Earth.
Year: 199880098496 · IMDb
Assassination Classroom (2015) A destructive alien who is threatening Earth becomes a schoolteacher whose students are tasked with killing him, even though they adore his fun ways.
Year: 201580045948 · IMDb
Sailor Moon Crystal (2014) Middle schooler Usagi Tsukino and her friends learn that they have the power to transform into Sailor Guardians, protecting the world from darkness.
Year: 201480145747 · IMDb
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996) A vicious guerrilla war in the jungle turns personal when the heroes of Zeon and the Earth Federation discover that they have a history together.
Year: 199680146281 · IMDb
Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 3: Confession (2016) With Meicoomon gone, the DigiDestined struggle to prevent infected Digimon from further harming the real world, but a reboot may be the only answer.
Year: 201680156916 · IMDb
Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society (2006) Major Kusanagi quits Section 9 after a rash of refugee suicides, leaving her colleagues to battle the hacker known as the Puppeteer without her.
Year: 200670071919 · IMDb
Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015) As the Seventh Hokage of Konoha village, Naruto is now inundated with duties, which puts a strain on his relationship with his son, Boruto
Year: 201580075823 · IMDb
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (2018) Mikami's boring life ends abruptly when he's reincarnated in another world as a slime monster. He then forms a party of monsters, changing everything.
Year: 201881028712 · IMDb
KENGAN ASHURA (2019) Ohma Tokita enters a hidden world where corporate disputes are settled in brutal gladiator bouts. Forget the money, he just wants to fight -- and win.
Year: 201980992228 · IMDb
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019) While putting their hero skills to use on the peaceful island of Nabu, the Class 1-A kids face a sudden attack from a formidable villain known as Nine.
Year: 201981398907 · IMDb
Kill la Kill (2013) The 'woman with the scissor blade' -- Ryuko Matoi -- searches for clues all around the world for the truth behind her father's death.
Year: 201370305217 · IMDb
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (2012) A land of mysterious ruins and a magical treasure hunt await young Aladdin and his courageous friend Alibaba for the adventure of their lives.
Year: 201280009097 · IMDb
Hellsing (2001) When the undead lay siege to England, the Hellsing Organization and a renegade vampire must stamp out the threat before things spin out of control.
Year: 200180007226 · IMDb
Soul Eater (2008) Maka and the other students at the Death Weapon Meister Academy must kill 99 evil humans and one witch, absorbing their spirits when they die.
Year: 200870205024 · IMDb
Noragami (2014) Though he's a deity, nobody really worships Yato. But after he teams with a young girl, the pair sets out to bring him the recognition he craves.
Year: 201480005821 · IMDb
Tokyo Ghoul (2014) Tokyo is haunted by ghouls who resemble humans but feast on their flesh. As a ghoul-human hybrid, Ken Kaneki finds himself caught between two worlds.
Year: 201480023687 · IMDb
InuYasha (2000) Yanked down a well, schoolgirl Kagome Higurashi emerges in feudal Japan, where she must reassemble a sacred jewel while eluding half-demon InuYasha.
Year: 200070204995 · IMDb
Durarara!! (2010) A young man looking for excitement moves to Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, where he finds a world of mystery in which the past and present mesh.
Year: 201080040119 · IMDb
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013) A year after he left the Band of the Hawk, Guts rejoins them in an epic battle to vanquish the God Hand and save Griffith from a hellish fate.
Year: 201380063025 · IMDb
Lupin the 3rd: Episode 0: The First Contact (2002) Jigen tells a reporter the story of how he, Lupin, Fujiko, Goemon and Inspector Zenigata first met and became entangled in one another's lives.
Year: 200270132671 · IMDb
Akame ga Kill! (2014) Tatsumi sets out on a journey to help his poor village. When he's rescued by a band of assassins, he joins their fight against the corrupt government.
Year: 201480052714 · IMDb
Basilisk (2005) The year is 1614, and two warring ninja clans each support a different son of the ailing ruler as the next shogun in this anime adventure.
Year: 200570204952 · IMDb
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991) The crew of the Earth Federation assault carrier Albion tries to recover a stolen nuclear-armed Gundam mobile suit, only to discover a larger plot.
Year: 199180146416 · IMDb
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2002) Set in the year 2071, this engaging animated tale follows an eclectic crew of space bounty hunters as they hunt down a biochemical terrorist on Mars.
Year: 200260027581 · IMDb
Mobile Suit Gundam UC (2014) When Banagher Links meets the mysterious Audrey Burne, he inherits the Unicorn Gundam and is swept up into the battle for space colony independence.
Year: 201480189183 · IMDb
Megalo Box (2018) Created for the 50th anniversary of manga 'Ashita No Joe,' mechanized human fighters known as Megalo Boxers battle each other for boxing supremacy.
Year: 201880987707 · IMDb
One Piece Film Z (2012) Luffy and his gang save a disillusioned Navy admiral named Z who has one goal -- to slaughter every pirate in the world, including the Straw Hats.
Year: 201280198443 · IMDb
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2016) On a terraformed post-disaster Mars, a group of child security agents rebel against the adults who betrayed them and the oppressive Earth government.
Year: 201680150290 · IMDb
Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) A powerful young Saiyan and his father were exiled by the king long ago. Now freed, he wants his revenge on the king's son: Vegeta.
Year: 201881100765 · IMDb
Banana Fish (2018) A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.
Year: 201881218604 · IMDb
Tower of God (2020) They say everything can be yours at the top of the Tower. Baam climbs in pursuit of his dear friend Rachel, but to ascend he has to pass its tests.
Year: 202081329313 · IMDb
Macross Frontier (2008) As the human-Zentradi interstellar fleet confronts an alien threat, the paths of pop star Sheryl, rising idol Ranka and aspiring pilot Alto intersect.
Year: 200881380345 · IMDb
Golden Kamuy (2018) A Russo-Japanese War veteran partners with an Ainu girl to find a treasure stolen from her people, but they’re not the only ones pursuing the gold.
Year: 201881423281 · IMDb
InuYasha: The Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2002) The Great Dog Demon beaqueathed one of the Three Swords of the Fang to each of his two sons. Now the evil power of the third sword has been awakened.
Year: 200270036200 · IMDb
Captain Tsubasa (2001) As pro soccer player Tsubasa Oozora prepares for a game that will be crucial to his future, he reflects on his lifelong devotion to the game.
Year: 200170205631 · IMDb
Digimon Adventure (1999) While at summer camp, seven kids come across Digivices and are transported to a strange world where they befriend creatures called Digimon.
Year: 199970283208 · IMDb
BERSERK: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012) For three years, Guts believed his mission was to pursue Griffith's dream together with him. But in order to become Griffith's equal and truly be called his friend, Guts realizes he will have to leave the Band of the Hawk.
Year: 201270276596 · IMDb
Darker Than Black (2007) The vast drama of this intricate anime series begins when a strange area -- dubbed Hell's Gate by the locals -- suddenly emerges to transform Tokyo.
Year: 200770204969 · IMDb
Angel Beats (2010) In a high school that's a way station to the afterlife, a teenager gets caught up in the battle for the rights of those in this purgatorial world.
Year: 201070201870 · IMDb
Overlord (2015) In 2138, the last player of the online game Yggdrasil somehow stays logged in after its shutdown. Now he's on a quest to learn what happened and why.
Year: 201580132110 · IMDb
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982) With the conflict's end in sight, the Earth Federation prepares to take the war into the Duchy of Zeon's home territory. Gundam pilot Amuro Ray, now a seasoned veteran, returns to space for the final battle.
Year: 198270014613 · IMDb
Mazinger Z (1972) In order to avenge his inventor grandfather, teenager Koji Kabuto captains a super-robot to battle an evil mad scientist.
Year: 197280004485 · IMDb
Drifters (2016) A commander from medieval Japan is pulled into a mysterious world of legendary warriors and magical semihumans to battle evil as a 'Drifter.'
Year: 201680191083 · IMDb
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly (2019) Shiro deepens his relationship with Sakura as he continues his fight in the Holy Grail War -- despite no longer being a Master.
Year: 201981169358 · IMDb
