Are you one who crave adventurous anime with good fights? Here is the last installment of our top shounen series, with the classics that you should keep on your must-watch list.
#1 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
With a large, well-developed cast and a world of mystery and magic – Magi is one of the newer works in the recent years to join the accolades of Shounen anime. With some genie power and magic, the series follows Aladdin and Alibaba as they fight against dark forces and corrupted rulers. While light-hearted with core shounen elements of fighting and friendship, this series does have its serious and political moments.
#2 Kateyo Hitman Reborn
“No-good Tsuna” is your typical clumsy, plain and average main character. Yet, the infamous blood of the Vongola family — a high profile Italian Mafia clan — runs in this unknowing teenage boy. As the clan head prepares for his own retirement, a mafia tutor named Reborn is sent to prepare and train Tsuna to take over the role. Despite his deceiving baby looks, Reborn proves to be a skilled hitman. In a humorous tale full of fights and action, Reborn trains a lazy and unwilling Tsuna to turn his life around.
#3 Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online is set in an MMO world. Main character Kirito purchases a promising virtual reality online game only to find that he and another 10,000 players are unable to log out. While trapped in the game, the game master announces that they must beat a 100-floored tower in order to regain their freedom. There is one catch – if you were killed in the game, you would also die in reality. Despite pacing and plot issues in the latter half of the series, the psychological intensity and the fluid animation of the fight scenes makes this series a must-watch.
#4 Fate/Zero
With an amazing soundtrack and a director who is famous for his dark writing and interpretation, Fate/Zero is the clear winner of the popular Fate series. Seven magic-users are chosen to participate in the chaotic 4th Holy Grail War, with each summoning their own fighting servant as support. Protagonist Kiritsugu Emiya and his servant fight to save the world with their own ideals. Unlike a lot of the more mindless series in the shounen genre, the fight scenes in this anime are lined with realism, intuition and strategic combats.
#1 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
With a large, well-developed cast and a world of mystery and magic – Magi is one of the newer works in the recent years to join the accolades of Shounen anime. With some genie power and magic, the series follows Aladdin and Alibaba as they fight against dark forces and corrupted rulers. While light-hearted with core shounen elements of fighting and friendship, this series does have its serious and political moments.
#2 Kateyo Hitman Reborn
“No-good Tsuna” is your typical clumsy, plain and average main character. Yet, the infamous blood of the Vongola family — a high profile Italian Mafia clan — runs in this unknowing teenage boy. As the clan head prepares for his own retirement, a mafia tutor named Reborn is sent to prepare and train Tsuna to take over the role. Despite his deceiving baby looks, Reborn proves to be a skilled hitman. In a humorous tale full of fights and action, Reborn trains a lazy and unwilling Tsuna to turn his life around.
#3 Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online is set in an MMO world. Main character Kirito purchases a promising virtual reality online game only to find that he and another 10,000 players are unable to log out. While trapped in the game, the game master announces that they must beat a 100-floored tower in order to regain their freedom. There is one catch – if you were killed in the game, you would also die in reality. Despite pacing and plot issues in the latter half of the series, the psychological intensity and the fluid animation of the fight scenes makes this series a must-watch.
#4 Fate/Zero
With an amazing soundtrack and a director who is famous for his dark writing and interpretation, Fate/Zero is the clear winner of the popular Fate series. Seven magic-users are chosen to participate in the chaotic 4th Holy Grail War, with each summoning their own fighting servant as support. Protagonist Kiritsugu Emiya and his servant fight to save the world with their own ideals. Unlike a lot of the more mindless series in the shounen genre, the fight scenes in this anime are lined with realism, intuition and strategic combats.
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