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 | ||
| Adeu's Legend | See Lord of Lords Ryu Knight: Adeu's Legend | |
| 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 | ||
 BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution |
In a future networked world, the option of existing in the virtual network world rivals the real world (or wired reality). The hacker group known as SteppenWolf have decided on one final hack-attack before disbanding and have set their sights on attacking FLAK, the UN Cyber Security Bureau’s servers. And everything went very wrong. Their leader, Nonomura Yuuya was killed in the cyberworld, and while the remaining three hackers succeed in jacking-out, they returned only to be arrested by the army. One of the STEPPENWOLF team, Soma Toru finds himself forcibly recruited into FLAK as an anti-hacking 'diver'. While working for the ‘otherside’, Toru still harbors strong resentments at those who killed Yuuya. But the ongoing battle and competing agendas between FLAK, the VSS security enterprise and the FEI DAO terrorist group appear to be converging on a single point in cyberspace. | |
| Bōnen no Xamdou (Japanese) | See Xam'd: Lost Memories | |
| G | ||
| Gunbuster 2 | See Top wo Nerae! 2 | |
| L | ||
| Lord of Lord Ryu Knight OAV | See Lord of Lords Ryu Knight: Adeu's Legend | |
 Lord of Lords Ryu Knight: Adeu's Legend |
This OAV is a remake of Lord of Lords Ryu Knight and tells of Adeu's attempt to become the best knight in the land. |
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| M | ||
 Megazone 23 |
Rent |
(1ST AND 2ND MOVIE)In the distant future mankind has totally worn out the earth. In a desperate attempt to save the earth, all of mankind is sent into space on pod spaceships known as Megazones. Each megazone carries a billion people, and they are to remain in space till the earth has reclaimed the whole planet. But space is a dangerous place, and the last two remaining megazones, one of them named "Megazone 23", are finally coming back to earth. |
| N | ||
| Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge | Rent | See Vampire Hunter |
| R | ||
 Rean no Tsubasa |
New series scheduled to air on Japanese TV in Mid-December. Based on the manga series by the Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. |
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| T | ||
 Top wo Nerae! 2 |
While Gunbuster`s final mission destroyed the space monsters` star system, the intergalactic war still continues. Earth`s only hope lies in the hands of "TOPLESS", an elite mecha group with children possessing supernatural powers and new Buster Machines. Among their ranks is a rookie named Nono and the ace pilot Raruku - whom Nono looks at as a "big sister." Together with their teammates Nicola and Chiko, they must aim for the top and protect all of mankind from the wrath of the space monsters. |
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| Tristia of the Deep blue Sea | Rent | See Aoi Umi no Tristia |
| V | ||
 Vampire Hunter |
Rent | In another world, another time, all the old legends of vampires...of ghosts...of werewolves...and all manner of things that go bump in the night...are real. And as all the old legends make so very clear, humans are the natural enemies of...The Darkstalkers. Donovan Baine is a man whose blood is half-tainted by the blood of the Dark and has made it his mission to eliminate the invading Darkstalkers. The clashes between mankind and Darkstalkers get the attention of the fiery omniscient being, Pyron, who becomes interested in the activities of the Darkstalkers. |
 Vandread Taidouhen |
Watch | The male-only planet of Tarak and the female-only planet of Mejale do not like each other. So when Tarak's newest battleship is launched (built around the original colony ship), some Mejale pirates are determined to capture it. Jettisoning the old original ship from the new battleship, the Tarak military plans to blow it and the pirates to hell. But something happens and both the pirate ship as well as the only three remaining males on the Tarak ship are sent across the galaxy. To further complicate matters, both ships have now merged into a new ship, the Nirvana. In addition, three of the Majale dread fighters and one of the Tarak mecha fighters have been modified by the same substance that fused the two large ships. Now men and women must learn to trust each other as a new enemy appears, one determined to wipe the Universe clear of humanity.</p> |
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