Action: Lots of shooting, explosions, and the like. Contains subcategories of more specific types such as Gun-Action, Martial Arts, and Swordplay; see also: Fighting.
This is a genre of anime which features mechanical fighting machines. Often these take the form of giant robots but this isn't the only form mecha can take. There are tons of examples of mecha titles considering the popularity of the series. Blue Gender, Shin Seiki Evangelion, Tenkuu no Escaflowne, and Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 are all classic mecha titles.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| Aim for the Top! Gunbuster 2 | See Top wo Nerae! 2 | |
 Aoi Umi no Tristia |
Rent |
Nanoca, an awarded genius girl scientist, has settled on the city-island of Tristia as a home for her workshop. While being interested in the economic revival Tristia, she is just having too much fun with her new ideas and creations. But her creative success has drawn not only the interest of a competing company, but also the ire of a past school rival, who both choose to use the 1st Annual Tristia Golem Competition as a forum to achieve their different goals. |
| B | ||
 Bakuretsu Tenshi |
Rent | In a near future year, acting in concordance with a General Public Order, the carrying of firearms has been permitted to a restricted and select elite. Major parts of Tokyo have been designated as unrestricted free fire zones. And those that live within these zones suffer a life of oppression and a constant threat of violence. But a movement is underfoot to rebel against the syndicate that controls the city through terror and destruction. Four girls, who at a glance might appear to be adolescent teenagers, show their skills and determination against anyone who might interfere with their work. |
| Burst Angel | Rent | See Bakuretsu Tenshi |
| F | ||
| Fafner in the Azure Dead Aggressor | Rent | See Soukyuu no Fafner |
| FMA | Buy | See Hagane no Renkinjutsushi |
| Full Metal Alchemist | Buy | See Hagane no Renkinjutsushi |
| Fullmetal Alchemist | Buy | See Hagane no Renkinjutsushi |
| G | ||
| Gunbuster 2 | See Top wo Nerae! 2 | |
| H | ||
 Hagane no Renkinjutsushi |
Buy |
Edward and Alphonse Elric are brothers who were born with an extraordinary gift for the magical science known as alchemy. Their father, also very gifted in the craft of alchemy, disappeared leaving their ordinary mother to raise them in the country. But when their mother passed away, the boys vowed to learn the arts of alchemy to the fullest. The goal -- to bring their mother back to life, one of two things Alchemist are forbidden from doing. They attempt to bring back their mother with devistating consequences. Edward loses an arm and a leg and Alphonse loses his body, his soul sealed into a suit of armor by Edward at the last moment. For all of this, the thing they created wasn't even human and didn't live long. |
| K | ||
 Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak |
Rent |
On a Mars covered in ice and oceans, people have learned to survive by building large floating city-ships in which they can live. And by using submarines to travel beneath the ice and harsh winds that rage overhead, humanity has been able to develop a global community. But during a distant galactic war, Earth looked to Mars as important water resource to support their war efforts. Now that the war is over, Earth still values the wealth of resources that Mars provides, and is reluctant to release their firm control over their smaller step-sister. |
 KURAU Phantom Memory |
In the year 2100, a special project is under way on a moon colony to explore strange and new aspects of energy power. Amani Kuaru, the daughter of the project’s leading scientist, is happy to be able to spend her 12th birthday with her father, even if is in his laboratory at work. But something goes amiss and she struck by strange bolts of light. Thereafter, she is forever changed. Possessed by the Rynax, an energy being, she now has strange powers. And some ten years later, she becomes a special agent specializing in infiltrating and counter spying, but she is seeking her Rynax partner from whom she was separated from when she first occupied Kuaru’s body. |
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| KURAU: Phantom Memory | See KURAU Phantom Memory | |
| M | ||
| Mars Daybreak | Rent | See Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak |
| S | ||
 Soukyuu no Fafner |
Rent |
A first glance, the quiet bucolic village nestled between two peaks on isolated island might appear to be a perfect place to live. But beneath the ship that looks like an island is one of the most advanced weapons development labs on earth, where they are building the new generations of the Fafnir combat robots to help defend earth against an alien off-world enemy. An enemy that appears to intend on the annihilation human race through assimilation and destruction. |
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