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Action Anime from 1997

13 action anime that aired in 1997, ranked by score.

  1. 1
    Berserk

    TV · 25 ep · fall

    Guts, a man who will one day be known as the Black Swordsman, is a young traveling mercenary characterized by the large greatsword he carries.

  2. 2
    Slayers Try

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    For nearly a millennium, demons have imposed a magical barrier that has impeded the people trapped within it from reaching the outside world.

  3. 3
    Cooking Master Boy

    TV · 52 ep · spring

    The story takes place in 19th century China during the Qing Dynasty, where the Emperor was weakened and the country was close to chaos.

  4. 4
    Pokémon

    TV · 276 ep · spring

    Pokémon are peculiar creatures with a vast array of different abilities and appearances; many people, known as Pokémon trainers, capture and train them, often with the intent of…

  5. 5
    Flame of Recca

    TV · 42 ep · summer

    Most people think that ninjas are a thing of the past, but Rekka Hanabishi wishes otherwise.

  6. 6
    Vampire Princess Miyu

    TV · 26 ep · fall

    Evil Shinma (shape-shifting monsters and vampires) roam the Earth on a mission to unleash their darkness upon the Human race.

  7. 7
    Hyper Police

    TV · 25 ep · spring

    Sasahara Natsuki is a poor bounty hunter in a world where monsters and humans live together.

  8. 8
    CLAMP School Detectives

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    The CLAMP school, with its integrated curriculum from kindergarten to post-graduate studies, was founded by the largest of Japanese business empires, the House of Imonoyama.

  9. 9
    Cutey Honey F

    TV · 39 ep · winter

    On her sixteenth birthday, Honey Kisaragi goes to meet her father. However, he shows up injured and on the run. Out of nowhere, a group of thugs and a monster show up.

  10. 10
    Master of Mosquiton '99

    TV · 26 ep · fall

    Catholic schoolgirl Inaho discovers that a vampire, Mosquiton, is feeding off of her classmates.

  11. 11
    Hareluya II Boy

    TV · 25 ep · spring

    Hareluya Hibino has one ambition in life: to conquer the entire world! Despite his tough exterior, he's not a bad person, and when push comes to shove, he'll do his best to help…

  12. 12
    Eat-Man

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Meet Bolt Crank, mercenary extraordinaire, and the man who eats metal! Through his travels, he stops along the way to make a few bucks and occasionally rescue damsels in…

  13. 13
    Super Express Hikarian

    TV · 156 ep · spring

    Chou Tokkyuu Hikarian is about a series of bullet trains that are turned into robots. The robots, along with two humans named Tetsuyuki Shinbashi and Minayo Kanda, have to stop…