Best dystopian anime
290 anime about dystopian, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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4.3Attack on Titan
TV · 2013 · 25 ep
Attack on TitanShingeki no KyojinTV · 2013 · 25 ep4.3Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food…
4.3ONE PIECE
TV · 1999 · 1168 ep
ONE PIECEOne PieceTV · 1999 · 1168 ep4.3Gold Roger was known as the Pirate King, the strongest and most infamous being to have sailed the Grand Line. The capture and death of Roger by the World Government brought a change throughout the world. His last words before his death…
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4.3Attack on Titan Season 2
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
Attack on Titan Season 2Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2TV · 2017 · 12 ep4.3Eren Jaeger swore to wipe out every last Titan, but in a battle for his life he wound up becoming the thing he hates most. With his new powers, he fights for humanity's freedom facing the monsters that threaten his home. After a…
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4.3Attack on Titan Season 3
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Attack on Titan Season 3Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3TV · 2018 · 12 ep4.3Eren and his companions in the 104th are assigned to the newly-formed Levi Squad, whose assignment is to keep Eren and Historia safe given Eren's newly-discovered power and Historia's knowledge and pedigree. Levi and Erwin have good reason…
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4.3Attack on Titan Final Season
TV · 2021 · 16 ep
Attack on Titan Final SeasonShingeki no Kyojin: The Final SeasonTV · 2021 · 16 ep4.3It’s been four years since the Scout Regiment reached the shoreline, and the world looks different now. Things are heating up as the fate of the Scout Regiment—and the people of Paradis—are determined at last. However, Eren is missing…
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4.2The Promised Neverland
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
The Promised NeverlandYakusoku no NeverlandTV · 2019 · 12 ep4.2Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to…
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4.5Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2
TV · 2019 · 10 ep
Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2TV · 2019 · 10 ep4.5The battle to retake Wall Maria begins now! With Eren’s new hardening ability, the Scouts are confident they can seal the wall and take back Shiganshina District. If they succeed, Eren can finally unlock the secrets of the basement—and the…
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4.5Steins;Gate
TV · 2011 · 24 ep
Steins;GateTV · 2011 · 24 ep4.5Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, an otaku hacker. The three pass…
4.3Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
TV · 2006 · 25 ep
Code Geass: Lelouch of the RebellionCode Geass: Hangyaku no LelouchTV · 2006 · 25 ep4.3On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia's deployment of new mobile humanoid armor vehicles dubbed…
3.5DARLING in the FRANXX
TV · 2018 · 24 ep
DARLING in the FRANXXDarling in the FranXXTV · 2018 · 24 ep3.5The distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland. Within the city were pilot quarters, Mistilteinn, otherwise known as the “Birdcage.” That is where the children live... Their only…
4.2Neon Genesis Evangelion
TV · 1995 · 26 ep
Neon Genesis EvangelionShinseiki EvangelionTV · 1995 · 26 ep4.2In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special…
3.8Fire Force
TV · 2019 · 24 ep
Fire ForceEnen no ShouboutaiTV · 2019 · 24 ep3.8Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where human beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals.” While the Infernals are first-generation…Highest rated
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4.5Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2
TV · 2019 · 10 ep
Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2TV · 2019 · 10 ep4.5The battle to retake Wall Maria begins now! With Eren’s new hardening ability, the Scouts are confident they can seal the wall and take back Shiganshina District. If they succeed, Eren can finally unlock the secrets of the basement—and the…Mature
4.5Steins;Gate
TV · 2011 · 24 ep
Steins;GateTV · 2011 · 24 ep4.5Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, an otaku hacker. The three pass… 4.3ONE PIECE
TV · 1999 · 1168 ep
ONE PIECEOne PieceTV · 1999 · 1168 ep4.3Gold Roger was known as the Pirate King, the strongest and most infamous being to have sailed the Grand Line. The capture and death of Roger by the World Government brought a change throughout the world. His last words before his death…Mature
4.3Attack on Titan Final Season
TV · 2021 · 16 ep
Attack on Titan Final SeasonShingeki no Kyojin: The Final SeasonTV · 2021 · 16 ep4.3It’s been four years since the Scout Regiment reached the shoreline, and the world looks different now. Things are heating up as the fate of the Scout Regiment—and the people of Paradis—are determined at last. However, Eren is missing…
4.3Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
TV · 2008 · 25 ep
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2TV · 2008 · 25 ep4.3A year has passed since "The Black Rebellion" and the remaining Black Knights have vanished into the shadows, their leader and figurehead, Zero, executed by the Britannian Empire. Area 11 is once more squirming under the Emperor's…
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4.3Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 1
Special · 2023 · 1 ep
Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 1Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season - Kanketsu-henSpecial · 2023 · 1 ep4.3The fate of the world hangs in the balance as Eren unleashes the ultimate power of the Titans. With a burning determination to eliminate all who threaten Eldia, he leads an unstoppable army of Colossal Titans towards Marley. Now a motley…
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4.386 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 286 Part 2TV · 2021 · 12 ep4.3Having bid Lena farewell, Shin and the surviving members of the Spearhead squadron continue into the heart of Legion territory. There, they endure countless hardships until they're rescued by the Federal Republic of Giad, a reformed nation…Mature
4.3Attack on Titan Season 3
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Attack on Titan Season 3Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3TV · 2018 · 12 ep4.3Eren and his companions in the 104th are assigned to the newly-formed Levi Squad, whose assignment is to keep Eren and Historia safe given Eren's newly-discovered power and Historia's knowledge and pedigree. Levi and Erwin have good reason…Mature
4.3Attack on Titan
TV · 2013 · 25 ep
Attack on TitanShingeki no KyojinTV · 2013 · 25 ep4.3Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food…Mature
4.3Attack on Titan Season 2
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
Attack on Titan Season 2Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2TV · 2017 · 12 ep4.3Eren Jaeger swore to wipe out every last Titan, but in a battle for his life he wound up becoming the thing he hates most. With his new powers, he fights for humanity's freedom facing the monsters that threaten his home. After a… 4.3Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
TV · 2006 · 25 ep
Code Geass: Lelouch of the RebellionCode Geass: Hangyaku no LelouchTV · 2006 · 25 ep4.3On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia's deployment of new mobile humanoid armor vehicles dubbed…
4.3Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
ONA · 2022 · 10 ep
Cyberpunk: EdgerunnersONA · 2022 · 10 ep4.3Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an…
4.3Gurren Lagann
TV · 2007 · 27 ep
Gurren LagannTengen Toppa Gurren LagannTV · 2007 · 27 ep4.3In a far away future, mankind lives underground in huge caves, unknowing of a world above with a sky and stars. In the small village of Jiha, Simon, a shy boy who works as a digger discovers a strange glowing object during excavation. The…
4.3Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Movie · 1997 · 1 ep
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of EvangelionShinseiki Evangelion Movie: Air/Magokoro wo, Kimi niMovie · 1997 · 1 ep4.3NERV faces a brutal attack from SEELE, but with Asuka in a coma, and Shinji in a nervous breakdown, things soon turn into the surreal. This movie provides a concurrent ending to the final two episodes of the show Neon Genesis Evangelion…
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4.3To Be Hero X
ONA · 2025 · 24 ep
To Be Hero XTu Bian Yingxiong XONA · 2025 · 24 ep4.3This is a world where heroes are created by people's trust, and the hero who gains the most trust is known as X. In this world, people's trust can be quantified through data, and these values are reflected on everyone's wrist. As long as…
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4.2Steins;Gate 0
TV · 2018 · 23 ep
Steins;Gate 0TV · 2018 · 23 ep4.2The eccentric, self-proclaimed mad scientist Rintarou Okabe has become a shell of his former self. Depressed and traumatized after failing to rescue his friend, he has decided to forsake his mad scientist alter ego and live as an ordinary…
4.2Berserk
TV · 1997 · 25 ep
BerserkKenpuu Denki BerserkTV · 1997 · 25 ep4.2Set during a time that very much resembles Europe during the Middle Ages, Berserk is a story of revenge set in the castle town of Midland. Recently, the town has seen the rise of a wicked king, who uses demonic minions to control and…
4.2PLUTO
ONA · 2023 · 8 ep
PLUTOPlutoONA · 2023 · 8 ep4.2A murder occurs in an orderly world where robots are unable to kill humans. The robotic Europol investigator Gesicht takes the case, but the mystery deepens when he finds no trace of a human at the scene of the crime. As he pursues the…
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4.2NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
NIPPON SANGOKU: The Three Nations of the Crimson SunNippon SangokuTV · 2026 · 12 ep4.2A revolution sparked by nuclear war, natural disaster, and misrule leads to the collapse of Japanese society. The country splits into three nations vying for hegemony, and the Sangoku era begins. Aoteru Misumi, a former agricultural…
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4.2Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
TV · 2004 · 26 ep
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIGKoukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIGTV · 2004 · 26 ep4.2In a futuristic world where the internet and cybernetics has blurred the borders between societies; the members of Public Security Section 9 are reinstated to assist in solving numerous cases of cyber crime. A spate of similar crimes…
4.2Chiikawa
TV · 2022 · 355 ep
ChiikawaTV · 2022 · 355 ep4.2Meet Chiikawa and best friends Hachiware and Usagi as they navigate the ups and downs of everyday life in a world that's cute, fantastical and full of surprises. Together they work hard, enjoy tasty treats, face unexpected challenges, and…Mature
4.2The Promised Neverland
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
The Promised NeverlandYakusoku no NeverlandTV · 2019 · 12 ep4.2Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to… 4.2Neon Genesis Evangelion
TV · 1995 · 26 ep
Neon Genesis EvangelionShinseiki EvangelionTV · 1995 · 26 ep4.2In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special…
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4.286 EIGHTY-SIX
TV · 2021 · 11 ep
86 EIGHTY-SIX86TV · 2021 · 11 ep4.2Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in…
4.2Dorohedoro Season 2
ONA · 2026 · 11 ep
Dorohedoro Season 2ONA · 2026 · 11 ep4.2The anarchy continues as Caiman inches closer to the truth behind his cursed appearance and the mystery around the Cross-Eyes' boss begins to unravel. (Source: Netflix Anime)
4.1Gachiakuta
TV · 2025 · 24 ep
GachiakutaTV · 2025 · 24 ep4.1A boy lives in a floating town, where the poor scrape by and the rich live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. When he’s falsely accused of murder, though, his wrongful conviction leads to an…
4.1Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
TV · 2021 · 13 ep
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-Vivy: Fluorite Eye's SongTV · 2021 · 13 ep4.1An AI named Matsumoto appears before Vivy, the world’s first autonomous humanoid AI. Matsumoto’s mission is to rewrite history together with Vivy, in order to stop the war between AI and humans that will happen one century later. (Source…
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4.1Moriarty the Patriot Part 2
TV · 2021 · 13 ep
Moriarty the Patriot Part 2Yuukoku no Moriarty Part 2TV · 2021 · 13 ep4.1In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty…
4.1Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
TV · 2002 · 26 ep
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexKoukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone ComplexTV · 2002 · 26 ep4.1In the not so distant future, mankind has advanced to a state where complete body transplants from flesh to machine is possible. This allows for great increases in both physical and cybernetic prowess and blurring the lines between the two…
4.0PSYCHO-PASS
TV · 2012 · 22 ep
PSYCHO-PASSPsycho-PassTV · 2012 · 22 ep4.0Justice, and the enforcement of it, has changed. In the 22nd century, Japan enforces the Sibyl System, an objective means of determining the threat level of each citizen by examining their mental state for signs of criminal intent, known…
4.0Tengoku Daimakyo
TV · 2023 · 13 ep
Tengoku DaimakyoTengoku DaimakyouTV · 2023 · 13 ep4.0In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to…
4.0Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
TV · 2013 · 25 ep
Magi: The Kingdom of MagicTV · 2013 · 25 ep4.0After celebrating their victory against Al-Thamen, Aladdin and his friends depart the land of Sindria. With the end of the battle, however, comes the time for each of them to go their separate ways. Hakuryuu and Kougyoku are ordered to go…
4.0Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Movie · 1984 · 1 ep
Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindKaze no Tani no NausicaäMovie · 1984 · 1 ep4.0A thousand years after a global war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of only a few areas still populated. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley are engaged in a constant…
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4.0Kino's Journey
TV · 2003 · 13 ep
Kino's JourneyKino no Tabi: The Beautiful WorldTV · 2003 · 13 ep4.0Based on a hit light novel series by Keiichi Sigsawa, the philosophical Kino's Journey employs the time-honored motif of the road trip as a vehicle for self-discovery and universal truth. Deeply meditative and cooler than zero, the series…
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4.0MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
TV · 2021 · 13 ep
MEGALOBOX 2: NOMADNomad: Megalo Box 2TV · 2021 · 13 ep4.0In the end, “Gearless” Joe was the one that reigned as the champion of Megalonia, a first ever megalobox tournament. Fans everywhere were mesmerized by the meteoric rise of Joe who sprung out from the deepest underground ring to the top in…
4.0From the New World
TV · 2012 · 25 ep
From the New WorldShinsekai yoriTV · 2012 · 25 ep4.0Following a sudden outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1% of the population, a rapid transformation swept the world. The godlike ability to manipulate matter remotely turned many power wielders to violence, inciting a long period of upheaval…