# Top 21 Action OVA Anime of the 1990s

> Budgets were small and the shelves were VHS, yet the gunfights, mecha duels and sword clashes still hold up. Cult obscurities rub shoulders with rental-store staples.

*By YPB Team · Published October 18, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-21-action-ova-anime-of-the-1990s*

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1. **Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team** — score 1000/1000
   A grounded 1996 jungle-war Gundam OVA, praised for its soldier's-eye view.
2. **Burn-Up!** — score 897/1000
   1991 OVA about a female special-police team with big guns and fast cars.
3. **Blue Submarine No. 6** — score 786/1000
   1998 OVA of a submarine fleet fighting a sea-borne apocalypse, known for early CG integration.
4. **Battle Angel** — score 717/1000
   A 1993 two-episode OVA adaptation of the cyberpunk manga Gunnm.
5. **Crying Freeman** — score 636/1000
   1988-94 OVA series about an assassin with a conscience, full of gun and martial-arts set pieces.
6. **Ushio & Tora** — score 636/1000
   1992-93 OVA about a boy and a captured demon fighting monsters, later revived as a TV series.
7. **Macross Plus** — score 636/1000
   1994 OVA of rival test pilots, an AI idol and spectacular aerial dogfights.
8. **Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory** — score 538/1000
   1991 Gundam OVA of stolen nukes, rogue officers and some of the franchise's best mecha animation.
9. **Devilman: The Demon Bird** — score 538/1000
   1990 follow-up to Go Nagai's Devilman, a dark action OVA of demon battles.
10. **JoJo's Bizarre Adventure** — score 538/1000
   The 1993-94 OVA adaptation of Stardust Crusaders, the first anime take on Jotaro's journey.
11. **Getter Robo Armageddon** — score 418/1000
   A gritty 1998 OVA reboot of the classic super robot team, full of heavy violence.
12. **Bastard!!** — score 418/1000
   1992-93 dark-fantasy OVA following an overpowered wizard and his sorcery battles.
13. **Golden Boy** — score 418/1000
   Short 1995 OVA about a scrappy genius drifter, mixing slapstick with sharp action.
14. **Armitage III** — score 418/1000
   1995 sci-fi noir OVA about a cop and a robot detective on Mars.
15. **Giant Robo: The Animation** — score 0/1000
   A lavish 1992-98 OVA of giant robots and secret societies, styled after Tetsujin-28 and Showa-era spectacle.
16. **Cyber City Oedo 808** — score 0/1000
   1990 cyberpunk OVA trio about convicts forced to hunt criminals in a neon future.
17. **Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki** — score 0/1000
   1992 OVA that launched a franchise of space pirates, alien princesses and swordplay.
18. **Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal** — score 0/1000
   1999 OVA prequel of the legendary swordsman Battosai during the Bakumatsu war.
19. **Genocyber** — score 0/1000
   A notoriously extreme 1994 OVA about a monstrous cyber-weapon unleashed on the world.
20. **Kite** — score 0/1000
   1998 OVA about a teenage assassin, famous for its brutal action and controversy.
21. **Gunsmith Cats** — score 0/1000
   1995 OVA about bounty hunters in Chicago with heavy firepower and sharp car chases.

Tags: 90s, animation, action, japan, ova