Action (1265)

Exciting action sequences take priority and significant conflicts between characters are usually resolved with one's physical power. While the overarching plot may involve one group against another, the narrative in action stories is always focused on the strengths/weaknesses of individual characters and the effort they put into their personal battles with the opposing group's members. Contrast with Military or Sports where the narrative is on collective achievement, or monster-of-the-week where the brief action scenes are a predicted climax to the episode's plot.

Id

Kim, Daewoo 2024
We find Chunwha in a world beyond his own... There he will struggle to find his own purpose among the many inhabitants of the new world including elves, dwarves, and even mages! As we watch him grow in strength and spirit, the mangaka creates fascinating characters out of his companions and adversaries and moves past the simple concept of the antagonist vs the protagonist.

To find out what fate has in store for our hero, follow Id in a fantastic adventure, exploring a world where anything is possible!

(Source: MU)
2002 to 2013 | 178 chp | Publishing

Negima!? NeoNegima!? Neo: Magister Negi Magi

Akamatsu, KenFujima, Takuya 2024
Welsh magister magi in training, Negi Springfield (ten), is sent to complete his magical training in Japan. Although he's an English teacher in an all girls academy, his class is quite extraordinary for normal school girls... middle school girls, 32 of them, average age 14!
Sep 26, 2006 to Aug 20, 2009 | 35 chp | Publishing

Fairy Tail

Mashima, Hiro 2024
In the mystical realm of Earth Land, magic exists at the core of everyday life for its inhabitants, from transportation to utilities and everything in between. However, even with all its benefits, magic can also be used for great evil; therefore, to prevent dark forces from upsetting the natural order of things, there exists a system of magical guilds in the Kingdom of Fiore. Under the command of their respective guild masters, these guilds are made up of witches and wizards who take on various job requests to earn fame and fortune. One particular guild stands high above the rest in both strength and spirit, and its name is Fairy Tail.

In his quest to find his dragon foster father—Igneel—Natsu Dragneel, a fiery and reckless mage, and his partner Happy run into a young celestial mage by the name of Lucy Heartfilia, who reveals that it's her dream to become a full-fledged wizard and join the Fairy Tail guild. After rescuing her from an abduction attempt, Natsu offers her a home in Fairy Tail. Now a member of the guild, Lucy teams up with Natsu and befriends fellow wizards Gray Fullbuster and Erza "Titania" Scarlet. Together, this motley crew set out on their many adventures, gaining many faithful allies and deadly foes along the way.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Aug 2, 2006 to Jul 26, 2017 | 549 chp | Publishing

Seraphic Feather

Takeda, ToshiyaUtatane, Hiroyu 2024
A guy name Sunao and a girl Kei, two good friends while they were children, are suddenly separated when he moves to a lunar city construction. A few years later, Kei has become an U.N. Investigator and she travels to the same base, without knowing anything about Sunao. But this is not just about them. Rich enterprises and dark men will want to own the new businesses that living in the moon will have, and soon Sunao and Kei will find troubles with them.

(Source: MU)
Sep 25, 1993 to Jun 25, 2008 | 136 chp | Publishing

Bastard!! Ankoku no HakaishinBastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fan...

Hagiwara, Kazushi 2024
In a post apocalyptic world of heavy metal fantasy, the only thing able to save humans from orcs, lizard men, and other monsters is something even MORE evil. Sealed within a 14-year-old boy, the chaotic wizard Dark Schneider is unleashed to fight four mighty generals and their plot to resurrect the evil god Anslasax!

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Wizard!!: Bakuen no Seifukusha (pilot)
Volume 22: Binetsu Rouge
Volume 26: Virgin Tyrant
Oct 20, 1987 to May 19, 2010 | 144 chp | Publishing

Buraiden Gai

Fukumoto, Nobuyuki 2024
The story revolves around Kudo Gai, a mischievous 13-year-old all alone in the world. He despises his classmates who live by their free will, although supported by parents, but taking it for granted. Gai soon finds out he is contradicting himself for he is being raised at an orphanage as well, and makes an attempt for independence. His actions lands him in trouble, where he is framed for murder and sent to a place in an unknown location called the "human institute".
Mar 15, 2000 to Jan 24, 2001 | 38 chp | Publishing

Blue Dragon: RalΩGradoRalΩGrad

Obata, Takeshi 2024
In Blue Dragon, shadows can fuse with their hosts. This is the history of the teenager, Ral, and his shadow, the Blue Dragon Grado, that his father, a king, imprisoned together in the dungeon of the castle when Ral was a young baby. One day, when the shadows besieges the castle, his personal educator, Mio, releases him to protect the castle and repel the shadows.

(Source: MU)
Dec 4, 2006 to Jul 9, 2007 | 29 chp | Publishing

Mx0

Kano, Yasuhiro 2024
Taiga Kuzumi is a resolute student who hopes to enroll into the elite Seinagi Private High School. But for some reason, the school rejects him, despite believing he aced the written test. Also strange is that he is unable to recall the events of his interview. Nonetheless, Taiga does remember one thing: the laughter of a cute and attractive girl who was present at the time.

Eager to meet her again, Taiga wanders up to Seinagi's school gates in hopes of seeing her. Instead, he is met with the peculiar sight of a teacher hovering above the ground! As it turns out, Seinagi Private High School is actually a secret magic school, where its students are taught the arts of spellworking.

In order to conceal this fact, the school decides Taiga must join them as a first-year student. However, such comes with its own problems, as Taiga is the only one who cannot use magic in a school that otherwise brims with talented young magicians!

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
May 8, 2006 to May 12, 2008 | 99 chp | Publishing

Gunslinger Girl

Aida, Yuu 2024
The Social Welfare Agency in Italy is not what it seems. Yes, it rescues young girls who have been brutalized, but it then brainwashes them and turns them into ruthless killers for an elite and secret counter-terrorism unit for the Italian government.

Enter a young girl named Henrietta. After witnessing the savage murder of her family and barely surviving, the Agency takes her in and repairs her injuries using the latest in cybernetic technology. All traces of Henrietta's past are wiped from her mind, as she becomes one of the Agency's most lethal assassins.

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
May 21, 2002 to Sep 27, 2012 | 100 chp | Publishing

3x3 Eyes

Takada, Yuuzo 2024
Through a strange series of events, a young man named Yakumo Fuuji becomes the immortal slave of the last of a race of 3 Eyed immortals. The immortal, Pai, absorbs his soul to save his life, making him immortal in the process. Now, he begins a journey with the female immortal in an attempt to find a way of becoming human. Of course, there are many complications along the way, not the least of which being that the immortal is a female with a split personality, one achingly cute and the other being no-nonsense destructive power, and romances that develop between.
Nov 1987 to Aug 26, 2002 | 577 chp | Publishing

Galaxy Angel

Ootsuki, Yuuko 2024
The Angel Troupe consist of five members, the beautiful Milfeulle, Mint, Ranpha, Forte, and Vanilla. They have one mission, to protect Prince Shiva at all costs. Prince Shiva is the sole survivor of the royal family destroyed by a coup d'etat. They must complete the mission under the command of Takuto Meyers.

(Source: ANN)
Mar 27, 2001 to May 8, 2004 | 34 chp | Publishing

Galaxy Angel 2ndGalaxy Angel Beta

Ootsuki, Yuuko 2024
The Angel Troupe have arrived on the White Moon and are enjoying a short vacation. However, they must still protect Prince Shiva as they wait for the final battle against Eonia.
Jul 26, 2004 to Sep 26, 2005 | 14 chp | Publishing

Galaxy Angel 3rdGalaxy Angel II

Ootsuki, Yuuko 2024
The defeat of Eonia ushered in an era of peace, paving the way for the discovery of a gateway to NEUE, a previously unknown galaxy. With no more intergalactic threats to fight, the original Angel Troupe has disbanded, and the former Angels are helping to forge an alliance with their new neighbors.

As luck would have it, the gateway can only be controlled by Milfeulle, who must remain trapped until a replacement can be found. Admiral Takuto Meyers has mobilized the newly formed Rune Angel Troupe to save his bride, but are these rookies up to the challenge?

(Source: Broccoli Books)
2006 to 2008 | chp | Publishing

Vinland Saga

Yukimura, Makoto 2024
Thorfinn, son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, is among the finest fighters in the merry band of mercenaries run by the cunning Askeladd, an impressive feat for a person his age. However, Thorfinn is not part of the group for the plunder it entails—instead, for having caused his family great tragedy, the boy has vowed to kill Askeladd in a fair duel. Not yet skilled enough to defeat him, but unable to abandon his vengeance, Thorfinn spends his boyhood with the mercenary crew, honing his skills on the battlefield among the war-loving Danes, where killing is just another pleasure of life.

One day, when Askeladd receives word that Danish prince Canute has been taken hostage, he hatches an ambitious plot—one that will decide the next King of England and drastically alter the lives of Thorfinn, Canute, and himself. Set in 11th-century Europe, Vinland Saga tells a bloody epic in an era where violence, madness, and injustice are inescapable, providing a paradise for the battle-crazed and utter hell for the rest who live in it.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Apr 13, 2005 to ? | chp | Publishing

Dogs: Bullets & Carnage

Miwa, Shirow 2024
Sometime in the future, somewhere in Europe, a city has many levels of underground, secret, dangerous levels that have answers to the past. Mihai is a retired assassin who has returned home to settle a vendetta and start a new life as a restaurant owner. Haine was genetically experimented on as a child, which led to him possesing dog like attributes. Badou is his clumsy chain smoking partner who becomes deranged when denied cigarettes. Naoto was orphaned as a child and has amnesia was trained to wield the sword. Their pasts are somehow connected to the secret underground and the organization that controls it.

(Source: ANN)
Included one-shot:
Volume 2: Dogs: Hardcore Twins
Jun 18, 2005 to Mar 19, 2015 | 101 chp | Publishing

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind...

Miyazaki, Hayao 2024
Humanity, once a technologically advanced and thriving civilization, has been pushed to the brink of extinction following a cataclysmic war known as the "Seven Days of Fire." The remnants of the human race now live in scattered kingdoms to avoid the unrelenting spread of the "Sea of Corruption," a colossal forest infested with dangerous mutant insects and fungi that produce poisonous spores.

Nausicaä, sole heir to the throne of the agricultural kingdom Valley of the Wind, is thrust into a war after an ally kingdom, the imperialist Torumekia, invades the Dorok Empire. Forced to fight alongside the Torumekian military and their cunning princess Kushana, Nausicaä witnesses firsthand the horrors of war and its effect on both humanity and the environment. With her uncanny charisma and gentle nature, Nausicaä may be the only for hope for humanity as the ongoing war and the Sea of Corruption hasten the extinction of mankind.

Set against the backdrop of a devastated world, Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä depicts the aftermath of human folly and the immortal power of nature.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Oct 9, 1982 to Feb 10, 1994 | 59 chp | Publishing

Vagabond

Inoue, TakehikoYoshikawa, Eiji 2024
In 16th-century Japan, Shinmen Takezou is a wild, rough young man, in both his appearance and his actions. His aggressive nature has won him the collective reproach and fear of his village, leading him and his best friend, Matahachi Honiden, to run away in search of something grander than provincial life. The pair enlist in the Toyotomi army, yearning for glory—but when the Toyotomi suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of the Tokugawa Clan at the Battle of Sekigahara, the friends barely make it out alive.

After the two are separated, Shinmen returns home on a self-appointed mission to notify the Hon'iden family of Matahachi's survival. He instead finds himself a wanted criminal, framed for his friend's supposed murder based on his history of violence. Upon being captured, he is strung up on a tree and left to die. An itinerant monk, the distinguished Takuan Soho, takes pity on the "devil child," secretly freeing Shinmen and christening him with a new name to avoid pursuit by the authorities: Musashi Miyamoto.
Vagabond is the fictitious retelling of the life of one of Japan's most renowned swordsmen, the "Sword Saint" Musashi Miyamoto—his rise from a swordsman with no desire other than to become "Invincible Under the Heavens" to an enlightened warrior who slowly learns of the importance of close friends, self-reflection, and life itself.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Sep 3, 1998 to May 21, 2015 | 327 chp | Publishing

Haou♥Airen

Shinjou, Mayu 2024
One day while walking home from her job, Kurumi Akino finds a wounded young man, and saves his life. He mysteriously disappears after that, and leaves only the name "Hakuron." Next thing she knows she's been kidnapped from her school, and is on a private jet with that man, heading to China. It turns out she saved the life of the most infamous mobster in Hong Kong, and he wants her to stay with him.

(Source: Wikipedia)
Included the one-shot:
Volume 9: Kare wa Amai Yuuwaku (He Is a Sweet Temptation)
Feb 5, 2002 to Mar 19, 2004 | 52 chp | Publishing

Fairy Cube

Yuki, Kaori 2024
Ian and Rin used to just see spirits. Now Ian is one. Using the Fairy Cube, Ian must figure out how to stop the lizard-spirit Tokage from taking over his life and destroying any chance he has of resurrection. Ian is transported to another world by the fairy Ainsel, who promises to help him stop Tokage upon their return to the human plane.

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shot:
Volume 3: Psycho Knocker
Feb 19, 2005 to Mar 4, 2006 | 20 chp | Publishing

Excel Saga

Rikudou, Koushi 2024
When discussing conquest, Il Palazzo's motto would most likely be "start small." ACROSS, a group devoted to carrying out and accomplishing the ideals of absent-minded yet bishounen Il Palazzo, feels that the first step in conquering the entire planet would be conquering a single city. This city just so happens to be Fukuoka, where our story takes place.
Apr 1997 to Jul 30, 2011 | 178 chp | Publishing

Majutsushi Orphen Hagure TabiOrphen

Akita, YoshinobuSawada, Hajime 2024
A sorcerer who once been the top student of the famous Tower of Fang, now spends his time chasing around his hopeless clients as a moneylender; at least until his client comes up with a plan to make money: marriage fraud. Unwillingly being dragged in to the plan, Orphen encounters a monster who has long been his goal since the day he left the Tower of Fang. Between those who seek to kill the monster and Orphen, giving everything to protect the monster, his lousy but peaceful days end. Trying to turn back his sister, Azalie back to her true form leads to many more mysteries and the key to the secret to the world.
Dec 27, 1997 to Jan 27, 2001 | 36 chp | Publishing

Blade of the Immortal

Samura, Hiroaki 2024
Manji is an infamous swordsman in feudal Japan who is known as the "Hundred Man Killer," as he has killed one hundred innocent men. However, there is something far more frightening than his ominous reputation: the fact that he is immortal. This is the handiwork of eight-hundred-year-old nun Yaobikuni, who placed bloodworms capable of healing almost any wound in Manji's body.

To atone for his crimes, Manji resolves to kill one thousand evil men. Yaobikuni agrees to this proposal, saying that if he succeeds, she will undo his curse of immortality. Soon after this promise, Manji meets Rin Asano, a 16-year-old girl who requests Manji's assistance in killing those who slaughtered her parents.

Initially reluctant, Manji refuses Rin's desperate plea. However, owing to her evident lack of strength, Manji changes his mind and agrees to protect Rin for four years. With this partnership set in stone, the two embark on a perilous journey of bloodshed, vengeance, and redemption, each to fulfill their own life's cause.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Note: Originally published with 219 chapters, which were then recollected into 207 chapters in the tankoubons. Please do not change the chapter count.
Jun 25, 1993 to Dec 25, 2012 | 207 chp | Publishing

Akira

Otomo, Katsuhiro 2024
1988: It is World War III. Tokyo is decimated by a mysterious black explosion, unmatched in magnitude.

2019: Fast forward 31 years. Neo-Tokyo, hastily built on the ruins of old Tokyo, is a sprawling cityscape of neon extravaganza. It is a fusion of towering skyscrapers and cutting-edge technology that is permeated through and through with an explosive, hyper-violent cocktail of biker gangs, poverty, and revolutionaries. In this derelict metropolis live Tetsuo Shima and Shoutarou Kaneda, two bikers who are the best of friends and the fiercest of rivals, despite being affiliated with the same gang. Desperate to prove himself as Kaneda's equal, Tetsuo unwittingly pulls a stunt that culminates in the awakening of a cryptic existence that threatens to change both the face of Neo-Tokyo and the lives of those who call the city their home—the awakening of a government secret simply known as Akira.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Dec 6, 1982 to Jun 11, 1990 | 120 chp | Publishing

Highschool of the Dead

Satou, DaisukeSatou, Shouji 2024
On a normal day, mindless, flesh-eating zombies suddenly appear and send society into anarchy. In Fujimi Academy, second-year high school student Takashi Komuro witnesses these beasts' murderous nature firsthand. He flees to the roof with friends Rei Miyamoto and Hisashi Igou, only to discover the harrowing reality of their zombie-overrun world.

In High School of the Dead, Takashi and Rei must now rely on a band of eccentric individuals composed of: Saeko Busujima, the kendo club president; Saya Takagi, a wealthy genius; Shizuka Marikawa, their voluptuous school nurse; and Kouta Hirano, a firearm-obsessed otaku. Together they must defy all odds and survive against the horrifying undead.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Aug 9, 2006 to Apr 9, 2013 | 33 chp | Publishing