Action TV Shows (
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TV shows in which the protagonist or protagonists end up in a series of challenges that typically include violence, extended fighting, physical feats, and frantic chases. These tend to feature a resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life-threatening situations, a villain, or a pursuit which generally concludes in victory for the hero.

Riddle Story of Devil

Tokaku Azuma is a heartless teenage assassin on a mission of death. She’s been sent to a prestigious, all-girls boarding school to compete in an assassination game against eleven other beautiful killers. The heinous mission: send the innocent and cheerful Haru Ichinose to an early grave.

RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne

An immortal female private investigator solves crimes in future Tokyo.

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Airdates: 2008

Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling

An animated web television special based on, as well as a continuation of, Joe Murray ‘s Nickelodeon series Rocko’s Modern Life.

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Airdates: 2019

Runaways

Six teenagers from different backgrounds unite against a common enemy — their criminal parents.

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Airdates: 2017 - 2020

RWBY: Hyôsetsu Teikoku

The four kingdoms of the world established academies that train young people to become huntsmen: warriors tasked with destroying the dangerous creatures known as Grimm.

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Airdates: 2022

Sabagebu!

Taking place at Aogiri Academy, the series follows a group of female high school students and their daily lives in a survival game club.

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Airdates: 2014

Sailor Moon

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS. If you didn’t understand that, it’s okay.

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Airdates: 1992 - 1997

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

A 20-something Toronto indie rocker’s adventures in getting and keeping jobs, avoiding being kicked out of his apartment, and surviving encounters with the seven evil exes of the new girl in town on whom he has a crush.

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Airdates: 2023

Servir y Proteger

The daily routine of a CNP police station on Madrid.

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Airdates: 2017 - 2023

Shadow and Bone

Dark forces conspire against orphan mapmaker Alina Starkov when she unleashes an extraordinary power that could change the fate of her war-torn world.

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Airdates: 2021 - 2023

Shadowhunters

fter her mother disappears, Clary must venture into the dark world of demon hunting, and embrace her new role among the Shadowhunters.

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Airdates: 2016 - 2019

Shangri-La

In the future, the carbon tax turns Tokyo into the world’s largest “jungle-polis” that absorbs carbon dioxide.