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.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
 Armored Trooper Votoms: Red Shoulder Document - The Roots of Ambition |
Rent |
Certain officers of the Melkian Space Force High Command are suspicious about a newly formed elite unit, known as "the Red Shoulders". The unit is shrouded in such top secrecy that even they know virtually nothing about it, except that it consumes tremendous amounts of resources and requires an amazing number of replacement soldiers. Colonel Peruzen, the Red Shoulder's commander, is uncooperative, pointing to evidence of fatal security breaches. Rumor has it that he is conducting bizarre research in hopes of creating "unkillable" soldiers. Meanwhile, a new batch of recruits arrives at the Red Shoulders' training camp--including one Chirico Cuvie... |
| G | ||
| Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | See Legend of the Galactic Heroes | |
| Gunbuster | Buy | See Top wo Nerae! |
| Gunbuster: Aim For The Top! | Buy | See Top wo Nerae! |
| K | ||
 Kido Keisatsu Patoreba |
Buy | In the future, (I guess now the past because it is set in 1998) great advancements are made with the creation of Labors, giant robots designed for construction. With the increased use of Labors, Labors crimes also skyrocketed. To combate this threat, Tokyo formed the Special Vehicals Section 2 and gave them Patrol Labors or Patlabors. |
| L | ||
 Legend of the Galactic Heroes |
This long running space-opera tells the story of a conflict between the (Prussia-like) Galactic Empire which is set on conquering and unifying all of known space, and its war with the Free Planets Alliance. While mainly focusing on the two opposing militaries' leaders - Reinhard Von Lohengram (of the Empire) and Yang Wen-Li (of the Alliance) – the story describes all levels of the war; from the tactical to the strategic; from street fighting to spaceship conflicts. | |
| LofGH | See Legend of the Galactic Heroes | |
| LOGH | See Legend of the Galactic Heroes | |
| P | ||
| Patlabor OAV | Buy | See Kido Keisatsu Patoreba |
| Patlabor: The Original Series | Buy | See Kido Keisatsu Patoreba |
| S | ||
 Starship Troopers |
Watch |
An anime adaptation of the classic science fiction novel. "Plotwise, this OVA is considered the most accurate adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's novel, despite the fact that many liberties were taken with characters and events." (Anime News Network) |
| T | ||
| Tokyo Project | Avoid | See Toukyou Vice |
 Top wo Nerae! |
Buy | Enthusiastic but inept, Noriko is chosen to join the crew of the starship Exelion to fight the aliens who killed her father. Friendship and love clash with the realities of war and lightspeed travel. |
 Toukyou Vice |
Avoid | One night at a club during a concert, a man comes up to Junpei and hands him a floppy disk and he dies. Junpei takes it to a friend of his who runs a private detective agency. Later that day Junpei gets into an accident with a military helicopter. What was on that disk that is worth killing people for? |
| U | ||
| Uchuu no Senshi (Japanese) | Watch | See Starship Troopers |
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