Best Action Anime of 1985

10,000 years into the future, the world has transformed into a vastly different realm. Monsters freely roam the land, and while people possess advanced technology like high-powered weapons and cybernetic horses, they live a modest existence more reminiscent of centuries past. The narrative centers on a small hamlet suffering from monster attacks and living under the shadow of Count Magnus Lee, a powerful vampire lord who has ruled for millennia. When a young girl is bitten by the Count and chosen as his current plaything, she seeks the help of a quiet, wandering stranger named D. It so happens that D is one of the world's finest vampire hunters, and he takes it upon himself to cut through Magnus Lee's many minions and put an end to the Count's reign.

Shin Kazama is deceived by a trusted friend into signing a contract that forces him to serve as a fighter pilot for mercenary forces engaged in Aslan's civil war. Driven by the need to accumulate enough funds to break the contract and go back to Japan, Shin becomes a lethal pilot at the dangerous base known as Area 88. Confronted with constant danger of death, he questions whether he can readjust to normal life and preserve his identity if he succeeds in leaving the war.

In the waking world, Rem appears to be an ordinary woman, but within the realm of dreams, she transforms into a dream warrior dedicated to protecting humanity from the evil forces lurking there. When dream demons manage to cross over into reality, she combats them with the aid of her pets, which can assume the forms of a tiger and a wolf. This series originally debuted as a single-episode OVA containing explicit sexual material. Following its release, the production approach shifted; the first episode was reissued alongside a second episode, with all sexual content removed and replaced by new scenes. The subsequent second and third episodes followed this revised direction and likewise contain no sexual content.

When Lum was born, a mailing error prevented a witch who was a family friend from receiving an invitation to the celebration. Enraged, the witch placed a curse on Lum, ensuring she would never find happiness with her True Love. In the present day, a new amusement park opens in Tomobiki, and the group heads there to enjoy the attractions on its opening day. During a magic act, Ataru is magically turned into a giant pink hippopotamus. As Lum searches for the magician responsible for transforming her Darling, the situation becomes increasingly absurd and surreal.

In Manhattan, mysterious Babylonian tablets point to a tower made entirely of solid gold, a different version from the one described in the Bible. The Mob is trying to seize that wealth, but they are not the only ones—Lupin III is also after the treasure. As Lupin and his crew travel across continents on this global hunt, they run into a formidable Polish Mafia boss who carries a flyswatter, a squad of policewomen recruited from a beauty contest, the perpetually unlucky Interpol Inspector Zenigata, a secretive bag lady, and even Lupin’s own girlfriend. Trust is hard to come by in this high-stakes, world-spanning pursuit of a legendary fortune.

The Dirty Pair set course for the planet Ookbar, hunting down a vanished young woman. Kei and Yuri managed to follow Missinie's trail into Nolandia's woodlands, yet their progress hit a wall thanks to the Chief of Security, who proved more obstacle than aid. Still, a bit of red tape was never enough to stop the Dirty Pair.

This adaptation of Mikuriya Satomi's 1980 manga follows a different route than the original story. The plot that started in the prequel reaches its climax in this second OVA.

By the year 2099, humanity has spread across the Solar System, colonizing multiple worlds through advances in space travel. Seeking to push beyond these achievements, the starship Starlight is launched on a new mission. When the crew rescues a mysterious girl from debris drifting near the asteroid fields, they set course on a dangerous voyage toward the Canopus system, searching for the planet called only "Odin"—believed to hold the key to all life.

Four decades after the events of the original TV series, Remy Shimada—former pilot of the GoShogun—is caught in a catastrophic accident while heading to a gathering with her old robot-piloting comrades. As they hurry to her bedside, Remy teeters on the edge of life and death, swept up in visions of her past. Even more bizarrely, she finds herself in a hallucination where she and her friends, all restored to their youth, are stranded in a strange city crawling with violent fanatics. The reunion Remy hoped for quickly turns nightmarish when each member of the team receives a sinister letter foretelling their brutal deaths. With only two days left before their predicted end—both in the real world and inside her dream—Remy must find a way out of the City of Fate, clinging to the memories of her companions for strength, even as they gather around her hospital bed in the waking world.

Justy Kaizard serves as a hunter for the Cosmo Police, employing his formidable psychic powers to capture over two hundred criminal espers, among them the infamous Magnamam Vega. In the downtime between his perilous assignments, Justy spends time with his two sisters—one of whom is his secretly adopted sibling, Astaris Vega, the daughter of the criminal esper he once defeated. With his successes fueling growing hostility among galactic outlaws, they conspire to remove him from the picture so they can maintain their rule of disorder.

In the Area 88 movie, Kazama Shin is forced to serve as a fighter pilot for the distant nation of Arslan. His only way to escape the harsh realities of combat is to earn money by shooting down enemy aircraft—or die trying. Amid the ongoing conflict, Shin struggles with the moral weight of killing and the grief of comrades lost, all while desperately holding onto his dream of getting out of this living hell.

The narrative follows Daichi Meguru, a young boy, and Mayu, a pilot, as they escape their ruined home planet and begin a journey across space. During their travels, an android named Zero covertly boards their ship while they pass through Halley's Mirror.

Jun is a highly intelligent young girl who spends her time tinkering with various inventions. Her efforts eventually lead to the creation of two small robots, Kichinosuke and Yukinojo, who become her closest companions. Because of her exceptional intellect, Jun enrolls in college at an unusually young age, where she meets and develops feelings for a boy in her class named Zero. Zero has a passion for motorbikes and little interest in academics, often skipping his lectures. Having fallen behind in his studies, he is significantly older than the other students and endures ridicule because of it. Meanwhile, Jun is far too young and small to be in college and is also mocked for her age. Thanks to their shared love of mechanics, Zero feels a connection with Jun and agrees to have dinner with her at Harbor, the restaurant run by Jun's parents. What follows is a long series of lighthearted adventures and quarrels as little Jun tries to win the heart of her charming prince, who is twice her age.

The universe has been subjugated under the brutal military rule of the tyrannical Ventika empire. Yet the rebel police-state planet G.P.P has discovered a young girl named Muma who might just be the key to overthrowing the Ventika once and for all. Though her potential is frightening, Muma suffers from memory loss and is locked away in a maximum-security prison. To break her out and protect her, G.P.P sends one of its most hardened elite agents: Agent Kate. After Kate successfully completes this mission, she is immediately given another assignment: rescue yet another person vital to the empire's downfall. That person is Bavi Stock, an incredibly talented young man, but he too is currently imprisoned on a purpose-built Ventika prison planet. Can Agent Kate manage to extract him? And what exactly is Bavi Stock capable of? Bavi Stock is a two-part OAV series, beginning with Bavi Stock 1: Endless Target, followed by Bavi Stock 2: The Revenge of Iyzeman.

Crossover film combining two works by Motoo Abiko. Both casts become involved when an alien egg falls from the sky, which then hatches into a monster that seeks to destroy the Earth. It was screened as a double feature alongside Doraemon: Nobita no Little Star Wars.

Set during the 1920s in Chicago, this comedic take on Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam originally appeared as extra material on the VHS release of Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam: Keito no Kioku - Namida no Dakkai Sakusen.