Action
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the action genre. The genre features intense or high-pressure situations often related to combat or quick maneuvering.
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Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo
‘Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo’ is one of many animated Super Robot movies from the ’70s featuring some of Japan’s most iconic cultural heroes. (read more)
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Armored Trooper Votoms: The Big Battle
This one-off OVA was released two years after the TV series’ conclusion. Chronologically taking place before the series conclusion with no impact on its continuity, is it worth your time? (read more)
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Armored Trooper Votoms
One of the most influential works in mecha anime, ‘Armored Trooper Votoms’ delivers a gritty dystopian setting and raw, low-tech combat. (read more)
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Getter Robo: Armageddon
Everything hits the fan in Getter Robo: Armageddon, a retelling, celebration, and epic finale to the iconic super robot franchise. (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
The 08th MS Team grounds the Gundam franchise in guerilla warfare, with relatable characters and focused, tight storytelling. (Includes "A Battle with the Third Dimension," "Miller’s Report") (read more)
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Appleseed (2004)
Masamune Shirow’s ‘Appleseed’ is once again adapted into animation—this time in full CG. (read more)
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
The most expensively-produced anime ever made at the time, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex explores its source material’s unique sci-fi concepts to greater extents than ever before. (Includes 2nd GIG, Solid State Society, and Uchikomatic Days) (read more)
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Ninja Scroll
Exotic powers and fantastical fights galore and gore in ‘Ninja Scroll,’ essentially an R-rated "battle shonen" adventure. (read more)
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Rebuild of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
The original ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ was a well-paced, impressively animated, and affecting story. But, hear me out: what if they made it again, except it wasn’t those things? I am (not) impressed. (Includes ‘Beautiful World’) (read more)
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Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
This dead-end pilot for a cancelled ‘Fire Emblem’ anime series was better than I expected, and it does about as good a job of adapting its source material as one could hope for. (read more)