The ten most popular martial arts anime, ranked by how many fans follow them.
1. Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 3: Fire
2007 · 21 episodes · Finished. Watch on Netflix.
Third and final season focuses on Aang's quest to defeat the tyrannical Fire Lord. In the season's beginning, Aang and his friends Sokka, Katara, and Toph are traveling through the Fire Nation, conjuring a plan for invading the Fire Nation and looking for a…
2. Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 2: Earth
2006 · 20 episodes · Finished. Watch on Netflix.
Aang and his friends Katara and Sokka are on a quest to find an Earthbending teacher. After finding important information concerning the war with the Fire Nation, their journey leads to Ba Sing Se, the capital of the Earth Kingdom, where they uncover great…
3. Hunter x Hunter
1999 · 62 episodes · Finished.
Hunters are specialized in a wide variety of fields, ranging from treasure hunting to cooking. They have access to otherwise unavailable funds and information that allow them to pursue their dreams and interests. However, being a hunter is a special privilege…
4. Samurai Champloo
2004 · 26 episodes · Finished. Watch on Crunchyroll, Hulu.
Fuu Kasumi is a young and clumsy waitress who spends her days peacefully working in a small teahouse. That is, until she accidentally spills a drink all over one of her customers! With a group of samurai now incessantly harassing her, Fuu desperately calls…
5. Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1: Water
2005 · 20 episodes · Finished. Watch on Netflix.
Aang and his friends Katara and Sokka journey to the North Pole to find a Waterbending master to teach Aang and Katara. The Fire Nation is waging a seemingly endless war against the Earth Kingdom and the Water Tribes. Aang, the current Avatar, must master the…
6. Dragon Ball
1986 · 153 episodes · Finished. Watch on Crunchyroll, Hulu.
Gokuu Son is a young boy who lives in the woods all alone—that is, until a girl named Bulma runs into him in her search for a set of magical objects called the "Dragon Balls." Since the artifacts are said to grant one wish to whoever collects all seven, Bulma…
7. The Irregular at Magic High School
2014 · 26 episodes · Finished. Watch on t, Hulu, Crunchyroll.
In the dawn of the 21st century, magic, long thought to be folklore and fairy tales, has become a systematized technology and is taught as a technical skill. In First High School, the institution for magicians, students are segregated into two groups based on…
8. Black Bullet
2014 · 13 episodes · Finished. Watch on Hulu, Crunchyroll, HIDIVE.
In the year 2021, a parasitic virus known as "Gastrea" infects humans and turns them into monsters. What is left of mankind now lives within the Monolith walls, walls that are made of Varanium, the only material that can hurt Gastrea. To counter the threat…
9. Gintama Season 2
2011 · 51 episodes · Finished.
After a one-year hiatus, Shinpachi Shimura returns to Edo, only to stumble upon a shocking surprise: Gintoki and Kagura, his fellow Yorozuya members, have become completely different characters! Fleeing from the Yorozuya headquarters in confusion, Shinpachi…
10. Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files
1992 · 112 episodes · Finished. Watch on Hulu, Crunchyroll, Tubi.
One fateful day, Yuusuke Urameshi, a 14-year-old delinquent with a dim future, gets a miraculous chance to turn it all around when he throws himself in front of a moving car to save a young boy. His ultimate sacrifice is so out of character that the…
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