Best Martial Arts TV Shows

2026 • Rating 9.0 • action & adventure, animation

In the year 199X, the world was engulfed in nuclear fire!! Yet...humanity somehow survived!! A lone man with seven scars on his chest emerges. His name is Kenshiro, heir to Hokuto Shinken. In a world where only the strong survive, Kenshiro forges a path with his iron fists!

Genre: Action & Adventure, Animation

Style: Futuristic

Audience: Adult, Family

Plot: Martial Arts, Post Apocalyptic Future, Remake, Based On Manga, Shounen, Anime, 1990S, In The Year, The World Was Engulfed In Nuclear Fire, Yet

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, Future, 2026-04-11

Place: Japan, Japanese, Future City

Cast: Shunsuke Takeuchi, Daiki Yamashita, Mao Ichimichi, Wataru Takagi, Tsuguo Mogami, Taiten Kusunoki

2005 • Rating 8.8 • animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.

Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Style: Psychological

Audience: Family

Plot: Saving The World, Monk, Martial Arts, Asia, Magic, Villain, Child Hero, Reincarnation, Friendship, Honor

Time: Year 2005, 2000S, 2005-02-21

Place: South Korea, United States Of America, Malaysia, Singapore, English

Cast: Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack De Sena, Dante Basco, Michaela Jill Murphy, Dee Bradley Baker

2011 • Rating 8.7 • animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy

Gon, a young boy who lives on Whale Island, dreams of becoming a Hunter like his father, who left when Gon was still young.

Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Style: Mind Bending, Surreal, Suspenseful

Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: Martial Arts, Bounty Hunter, Affectation, Virtual Reality, Training, Friendship, Friends, Remake, Revenge, Travel

Time: Year 2011, 2010S, 2011-10-02

Place: Japan, Japanese

Cast: Megumi Han, Mariya Ise, Issei Futamata, Miyuki Sawashiro, Keiji Fujiwara

2020 • Rating 8.6 • animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy

Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.

Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Style: Dark

Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: Martial Arts, Exorcism, Secret Organization, Sorcery, Supernatural, Possession, Paranormal, Curse, Tragedy, Sorcerer

Time: Year 2020, 2020S, 2020-10-03

Place: Japan, Japanese, Tokyo

Cast:

1971 • Rating 6.4 • action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, drama

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic, Mind Bending, Surreal

Audience: Date Night

Plot: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Cyborg, Martial Arts, Monster, Hero, Secret Organization, Villain, Biker, Superhero, Tribe

Time: Year 1971, 1970S, 1971-04-03

Place: Japan, Japanese

Cast: Ryutaro Imai, Maho Horiguchi, Kenta Mishima, Rina Onuki, Miki Yagi, Yuki Furukawa