Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Everyone's already watched Demon Slayer and JJK to death, so let's talk about the action anime that somehow slipped through the cracks. This list is full of shows that go absurdly hard with the fight choreography, the power systems, and the "oh he's actually him" moments, but never got the hype they deserved. Some of these are old, some are recent, a few you've probably scrolled past on a streaming service without giving them a chance. That ends today.
I tried to keep the obvious heavy-hitters off this one and dig into the stuff that real action fans sleep on, so if your favourite underrated banger made the cut, let me know in the comments. And if I missed one, drop it down there too because I'm always hunting for the next hidden gem.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
0:27 Altair: A Record of Battles
1:35 Ushio and Tora
2:30 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
3:28 Karakuri Circus
4:36 The Ambition of Oda Nobuna
6:35 The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
7:56 The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace
9:34 Vampire in the Garden
10:44 Super Crooks
12:10 Darwin's Game
13:26 Blast of Tempest
14:09 Wolf's Rain
15:34 Mo Dao Zu Shi
16:37 Eden of the East
17:37 Land of the Lustrous
18:41 Gleipnir
19:54 Ajin: Demi-Human
20:57 Bungo Stray Dogs
22:01 The Garden of Sinners
22:55 The Heroic Legend of Arslan
23:54 Yozakura Quartet
24:56 The King's Avatar
25:53 Tsubasa Chronicle (Tokyo Revelations OVA)
26:57 Canaan
27:45 Real Drive
28:48 Scissor Seven
29:45 Buso Renkin
30:51 Beelzebub
31:41 Symphogear
32:50 Sengoku Basara
33:50 Casshern Sins
34:53 High Card
35:33 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
36:31 Helck
37:18 Pluto
Credits to:
Voiceover by Jas Rao: jasrao.co.uk
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Everyone's already watched Demon Slayer and JJK to death, so let's talk about the action anime that somehow slipped through the cracks. This list is full of shows that go absurdly hard with the fight choreography, the power systems, and the "oh he's actually him" moments, but never got the hype they deserved. Some of these are old, some are recent, a few you've probably scrolled past on a streaming service without giving them a chance. That ends today.
I tried to keep the obvious heavy-hitters off this one and dig into the stuff that real action fans sleep on, so if your favourite underrated banger made the cut, let me know in the comments. And if I missed one, drop it down there too because I'm always hunting for the next hidden gem.
Patreon: patreon.com/ViniiTube
Join this channel to get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UCd21m0AHf4Vx88Znty7v4Cw/join
2nd Channel: youtube.com/c/ViniiTubeKai
Twitter: twitter.com/ViniiTube
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#ViniiTube #Anime #AnimeTops
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
0:27 Altair: A Record of Battles
1:35 Ushio and Tora
2:30 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
3:28 Karakuri Circus
4:36 The Ambition of Oda Nobuna
6:35 The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
7:56 The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace
9:34 Vampire in the Garden
10:44 Super Crooks
12:10 Darwin's Game
13:26 Blast of Tempest
14:09 Wolf's Rain
15:34 Mo Dao Zu Shi
16:37 Eden of the East
17:37 Land of the Lustrous
18:41 Gleipnir
19:54 Ajin: Demi-Human
20:57 Bungo Stray Dogs
22:01 The Garden of Sinners
22:55 The Heroic Legend of Arslan
23:54 Yozakura Quartet
24:56 The King's Avatar
25:53 Tsubasa Chronicle (Tokyo Revelations OVA)
26:57 Canaan
27:45 Real Drive
28:48 Scissor Seven
29:45 Buso Renkin
30:51 Beelzebub
31:41 Symphogear
32:50 Sengoku Basara
33:50 Casshern Sins
34:53 High Card
35:33 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
36:31 Helck
37:18 Pluto
Credits to:
Voiceover by Jas Rao: jasrao.co.uk
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
