(SPOT.ph) Are you the type of person who wants a little bit of drama, action, or any kind of excitement to add to an otherwise mundane day? Please don't text your ex. Are you also the one who goes on to have a breakdown when things do happen? Guilty. Just in case you want the chaos (as if the world's current situation isn't enough) but would just rather watch, literally, from the sidelines, we round up some adrenaline-pumping and action-filled anime series on Netflix for you.
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Here are exciting action anime series on Netflix:
Attack on Titan (2013 - 2023)
After 100 years, the human civilization living inside enormous and gigantic walls because of human-eating Titans was turned upside down with the appearance of the Colossal Titan and Armored Titan. With the fall of Shiganshina, his hometown, (and by extension, humanity, once again), and his mother's death at the hands of the creatures—Eren Yeager seeks revenge and swears to kill all the ones who caused the chaos.
Netflix has four seasons of Attack on Titan. The final part of the series will premiere in 2023.
Assassination Classroom (2015 - 2016)
As students, our goal is to study and learn inside the walls of our classrooms. In this series, however, the students of Kunugigaoka Middle School Class 3-E have only one mission in mind, no, not homework or quizzes: It's to assassinate their Koro-sensei, their octopus-like homeroom teacher before he destroys the Earth.
Want to know if they succeed? Assassination Classroom has two seasons on Netflix.
Demon Slayer (2016 - 2020)
Demon Slayer follows teenager Tanjirou Kamado, who—after finding his family slain and his younger sister, Nezuko, turned into a demon—is on a quest to slay all the demons in revenge for his family and at the same time turn Nezuko into a human again. In order to do so, he trains to become one of the Demon Slayer Corps.
Demon Slayer has two seasons on Netflix.
Jujutsu Kaisen (2020)
Joining clubs at school seems like a fun and harmless thing. Well, not until you and your clubmates-slash-friends in the Occult Club picked up a cursed object, released and attracted malevolent spiritual beings, and you end up being a host to a demon—and not just any simple demon, but a powerful one. Yep, that's what happened to high schooler Yuji Itadori. Curious about what happens next? Watch to find out.
Jujutsu Kaisen has one season with 24 episodes on Netflix.
One Punch Man (2015 - 2019)
Saitama has unrivaled strength and power. He can defeat any opponent with a single punch—get it? Perhaps like you, who have fallen into a mundane routine since the pandemic and have grown bored and tired of it, the superhero lost the thrill of battling due to the lack of challenge. If you want to see how he regains excitement again, watch One Punch Man on Netflix.
One Punch Man has two seasons on the streaming giant.
Kengan Ashura (2012 - 2018)
In a world where business deals and disputes are settled in underground gladiator hand-to-hand combat, you're sure to get brutal and bloody action in Kengan Ashura. The anime series follows Ohma Tokita, one of the fighters, and his sole mission to prove himself as the best among the rest.
Bungou Stray Dogs (2016 - 2019)
When it's something the police cannot control— a.k.a the mafia, the supernatural, or most of the time, both, and a lot more others—it's up to the Armed Detective Agency to protect the citizens of Yokohama from harm. Bungou Stray Dogs focuses on Atsushi Nakajima, a human that can turn into a weretiger, and the rest of the detective team who also has supernatural abilities. The fights between these supernaturals, as well as the enigmas they solve, will surely have the gears in your head moving while you're on the edge of your seat.
Bungou Stray Dogs has the first and third seasons up on Netflix.
Tokyo Ghoul:Re (2018)
This horror-slash-action anime, which is a sequel to Tokyo Ghoul (also available on Netflix,) follows Haise Sasaki, a half-human half-ghoul, and a mentor of the special team of investigators that stop man-eating ghouls from killing people.
Tokyo Ghoul:Re has 24 episodes on Netflix.
Hunter x Hunter (1999 - 2001)
When we want or do something, we all have our reasons. So when 12-year-old Gon Freeccs wants to become a Hunter, it's to find his father, who is also a hunter, named Ging, and follow in his footsteps. He applies for the deadly and high-risk selection Hunter Examinations and meets friends in the process. Would Gon succeed in his goal? Find out in Hunter x Hunter on Netflix.
It has six seasons.
Darwin's Game (2020)
Be wary of downloading game applications on mobile these days, especially when it turns into reality and some "knife-wielding man in a panda suit" attacks you. That's what happened to high school student Kaname Sudou after a classmate invited him to play Darwin's Game. It's all fun and games until you're already fighting for your own life.
this strange new world.