let's make a list of series with actual good action scenes

[dacXlee]

What came in my mind, that you didn't mention in your post already, is

- Michiko to Hatchin
- Trigun
- Gungrave
- Slayers (but sometimes it might be repeatable due to spell casting methods)
- Ergo Proxy (not THAT much action, but when it happens, well, they have skills)
- Keroro Gunsou (maybe, thinking of repeatable action scenes, none comes in my mind because Keroro is a fool, but a quite creative character; but since there are so many episodes, it might repeat sometimes....)

Aaaaand, if I remember clearly (but not sure):

- Escaflowne
- Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
- Gurren Lagann

And he, how about Street Fighter? I didn't see that much of it, but I remember it was quite fine in terms of action.

[Mkid]

Nakama Power (Nakama is the JP term for comrade/very close friend):
Thing is one of my biggest pet peeves about many series. The main character is on the ropes, he's beaten to a pulp and has exactly 0% chance of beating his enemy. However, because his friends are supporting him and he's filled with their hopes and dreams (aka Nakama Power) he somehow gets a huge surge of power and makes a comback, beating his opponent and saving the day. I HATE THIS! I'm all for happy endings but I can't stand people winning just because they are main characters and have lots of people cheering them on. Have a little damn skill please.

So true!

Now.
you might wanna try:

Spriggan
Soul Eater
Panty And Stocking With Gaterbelt
Naruto (That awkward moment)

[Mkid]

Nakama Power (Nakama is the JP term for comrade/very close friend):
Thing is one of my biggest pet peeves about many series. The main character is on the ropes, he's beaten to a pulp and has exactly 0% chance of beating his enemy. However, because his friends are supporting him and he's filled with their hopes and dreams (aka Nakama Power) he somehow gets a huge surge of power and makes a comback, beating his opponent and saving the day. I HATE THIS! I'm all for happy endings but I can't stand people winning just because they are main characters and have lots of people cheering them on. Have a little damn skill please.

So true!

Now.
you might wanna try:

Spriggan
Soul Eater
Panty And Stocking With Gaterbelt
Naruto (That awkward moment)

[Haus Haberdasher]

It's a movie, rather than a series, but Sword of the Stranger has some great action scenes.

[Kazemon15]

Katekyo Hitman Reborn! ....'nuff said. It does suffer from some of the explaination stuff, but most shounen anime do. At least it has interesting fight scenes and doesn't focus solely on the main character.

[Haar119]

A lot of anime films and good OVAs avoid re-using scenes. First one that comes to mind for me is that Fist of the North Star movie. The TV series, on the other hand, had plenty of reused scenes.

Cyber City Oedo 808 had some good fights, in my opinion.

Other than all the photon beam spamming, Mazinkaiser had relatively "fresh" animation.

And who could forget the Ninja Scroll OVA?