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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4.0Ghost in the Shell
Movie · 1995 · 1 ep
Ghost in the ShellKoukaku KidoutaiMovie · 1995 · 1 ep4.02029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of “The Puppet Master,” a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts…
4.0Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans 2
TV · 2016 · 25 ep
Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans 2Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans 2nd SeasonTV · 2016 · 25 ep4.0Learning about the world from her journey to Earth, Kudelia founded Admoss Company to strive for the financial independence of Mars. While inspecting a mining site of halfmetal, Orga Itsuka, leader of Tekkadan hired by Admoss as guards…
Mature
4.0NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Cour 2
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Cour 2NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Part 2TV · 2024 · 12 ep4.0The year 11954. YoRHa Soldiers 2B and 9S are newly dispatched to Earth to carry out and support the 243rd Descent Operation. There, they succeed in destroying the machine lifeform core units, Adam and Eve. With the annihilation of these…
Mature
4.0Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations
OVA · 2007 · 3 ep
Tsubasa: Tokyo RevelationsOVA · 2007 · 3 ep4.0Continuing their journey from Record Country (the place that held the book of memories), Syaoran and company land into Tokyo Country, a blood-filled country under war from opposing factions for natural resources and survival. While…
Mature
4.0Let You Down
Special · 2022 · 1 ep
Let You DownSpecial · 2022 · 1 ep4.0Music video directed by Ilya Kuvshinov for the song Let You Down by Dawid Podsiadło. The music video takes place in the world of Cyberpunk 2077, which follows the story of Sasha, an edgerunner in Maine's gang. Note: This song also serves…
4.0Kill la Kill
TV · 2013 · 24 ep
Kill la KillTV · 2013 · 24 ep4.0After the murder of her father, Ryuuko Matoi has been wandering the land in search of his killer. Following her only lead—the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade—she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a high school…
Mature
4.0Akira
Movie · 1988 · 1 ep
AkiraMovie · 1988 · 1 ep4.0It's the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the start of World War III. A top-secret child with amazing powers of the mind breaks free from custody and accidentally gets a motorcycle gang involved in the project. This incident…
4.0No Game, No Life Zero
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
No Game, No Life ZeroNo Game No Life: ZeroMovie · 2017 · 1 ep4.0Six thousand years before Sora and Shiro were even a blink in the history of Disboard, war consumed the land, tearing apart the heavens, destroying stars, and even threatening to wipe out the human race. Amid the chaos and destruction, a…
4.0Dorohedoro
TV · 2020 · 12 ep
DorohedoroTV · 2020 · 12 ep4.0The story revolves around Kaiman, who does not remember who he was before he was transfigured by a Magic user. This transformation left him with a reptile's head, and a desire to find out the truth about who he really is. Accompanied by…
Mature
4.0Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Movie · 2000 · 1 ep
Vampire Hunter D: BloodlustVampire Hunter D (2000)Movie · 2000 · 1 ep4.0The story revolves around D, the infamous "dunpeal" (born of a vampire father and a human mother) outcast and renowned vampire hunter. His prowess at hunting the creatures of the night allowing his acceptance among humans, he is called…
4.0Kaiba
TV · 2008 · 12 ep
KaibaTV · 2008 · 12 ep4.0It is now possible to store memory data, so that the death of your body is not actually "death". As memories are stored in databanks, they can be "transferred" to new bodies. Because so-called "memory trading" now occurs, it is now…
4.0Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26
ONA · 2025 · 8 ep
Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26Fujimoto Tatsuki 17-26ONA · 2025 · 8 ep4.0An anthology series adapting 8 short stories created by manga artist Tatsuki Fujimoto between ages 17 and 26. 1) A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin' in the Schoolyard (Dir. Seishirou Nagaya, ZEXCS) 2) Sasaki Stopped a Bullet…
4.0Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
Movie · 2008 · 1 ep
Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's EndTengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie 1: Gurren-henMovie · 2008 · 1 ep4.0This is the story of a man who has yet to realize what destiny holds in store for him…. In the distant future, mankind has lived quietly and restlessly underground for hundreds of years, subject to earthquakes and cave-ins. Living in one…
3.9Fire Force Season 2
TV · 2020 · 24 ep
Fire Force Season 2Enen no Shouboutai: Ni no ShouTV · 2020 · 24 ep3.9Shinra and Company 8 have figured out the Evangelist’s goal: to gather Adolla Bursts from Shinra and Shou. After learning more about his past from Captain Burns, Shinra becomes more motivated to discover the truth about his mother and save…
3.9Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Movie · 2007 · 1 ep
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) AloneEvangelion Movie 1: JoMovie · 2007 · 1 ep3.9After the second impact, all that remains of Japan is Tokyo-3, a city that's being attacked by giant creatures that seek to eradicate the human kind, called Angels. After not seeing his father for more than eight years, Shinji Ikari…
3.9Fire Force Season 3
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
Fire Force Season 3Enen no Shouboutai: San no ShouTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.9Shinra and the team are about to uncover the world’s greatest secret. But just as the other Special Fire Force Companies unite to face the looming disaster, Obi is captured by the Tokyo Imperial Army, and Company 8 is branded as traitors…
3.9Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans
TV · 2015 · 25 ep
Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded OrphansKidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no OrphansTV · 2015 · 25 ep3.9300 years after a great conflict between Earth and Mars known as the "Calamity War," a woman named Kudelia sets out on a journey to Earth to speak for the independence of the Martian city of Chryse, which is under the control of the Earth…
Mature
3.9DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION
ONA · 2024 · 18 ep
DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTIONDead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction (ONA)ONA · 2024 · 18 ep3.9As the world is threatened by the sudden appearance of a mysterious alien mothership, best friends Koyama Kadode and Nakagawa “Ontan” Oran carry on about their high school life. But as they grow up, they face existential questions…
3.9Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III - Glorification
Movie · 2018 · 1 ep
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III - GlorificationCode Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch III - OudouMovie · 2018 · 1 ep3.9Third and final part of the three part theatrical film remake of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion and Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2.
Mature
3.9Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Special · 2006 · 1 ep
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State SocietyKoukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State SocietySpecial · 2006 · 1 ep3.9A.D. 2034. It has been two years since Motoko Kusanagi left Section 9. Togusa is now the new leader of the team, that has considerably increased its appointed personnel. The expanded new Section 9 confronts a rash of complicated incidents…
3.9Megalobox
TV · 2018 · 13 ep
MegaloboxMegalo BoxTV · 2018 · 13 ep3.9"To be quiet and do as you're told, that's the cowardly choice." These are the words of Junk Dog, an underground fighter of Megalo Box, an evolution of boxing that utilizes mechanical limbs known as Gear to enhance the speed and power of…
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3.9Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
Blood Blockade Battlefront & BeyondKekkai Sensen & BeyondTV · 2017 · 12 ep3.9Three years ago, a gateway between Earth and the Beyond opened in New York City, trapping extradimensional creatures and humans alike in an impermeable bubble. After the city's restoration, monsters, magic, and madness are common findings…
3.9Promare
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
PromareMovie · 2019 · 1 ep3.9Thirty years have passed since the appearance of the Burnish, a race of flame-wielding mutant beings who destroyed half of the world with fire. When a new group of aggressive mutants calling themselves Mad Burnish appears, the epic battle…
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3.9Clevatess
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
ClevatessClevatess: Majuu no Ou to Akago to Shikabane no YuushaTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.9The story centers on the titular Clevatess, the lord of Dark Beasts, who wields both uncanny intellect and destructive power. Frustrated by the 13 heroes tasked to destroy him, he has decided to be rid of humanity once and for all…
Mature
3.9TRIGUN STAMPEDE
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
TRIGUN STAMPEDETrigun StampedeTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.9Vash the Stampede’s a joyful gunslinging pacifist, so why does he have a $6 million bounty on his head? That’s what’s puzzling rookie reporter Meryl Stryfe and her jaded veteran partner when looking into the vigilante only to find someone…
3.9Patema Inverted
Movie · 2013 · 1 ep
Patema InvertedSakasama no PatemaMovie · 2013 · 1 ep3.9In an underground world where tunnels extend everywhere, even though they live in dark and confined spaces, people wear protective clothes and lead quiet and enjoyable lives. Patema, a princess in her underground village, loves to explore…
Mature
3.9Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Movie · 2000 · 1 ep
Jin-Roh: The Wolf BrigadeJin-RouMovie · 2000 · 1 ep3.9In a very different Tokyo from the one we know today, the totalitarian government rules with an iron fist. But a group called "the Sect" is staging demonstrations and challenging the government's martial law. Constable Fuse of the Capital…
3.9THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
TV · 2026 · 10 ep
THE GHOST IN THE SHELLKoukaku Kidoutai (TV)TV · 2026 · 10 ep3.9The year is 2029. In near-future Japan, where the world has become highly information-intensive, with a vast corporate network covering the planet, electrons and light pulsing through it. But the nation-state and ethnic groups still…
3.9PSYCHO-PASS 3: First Inspector
ONA · 2020 · 3 ep
PSYCHO-PASS 3: First InspectorPsycho-Pass 3: First InspectorONA · 2020 · 3 ep3.9Tokyo, 2120. In a society overseen by the Sibyl System, Inspectors Arata Shindo and Kei Mikhail Ignatov of CID Unit One clash over truth and justice. Koichi Azusawa, the mastermind behind a string of crimes, sets his sights on the CID…
3.9Arknights: RISE FROM EMBER
TV · 2025 · 10 ep
Arknights: RISE FROM EMBERArknights: Rise from EmberTV · 2025 · 10 ep3.9"She" was supposed to be a beacon of hope. But now her anger and hatred have turned into flames of war and are about to engulf the people. Only Rhodes Island, a neutral organization, can stop Reunion's rampage and the conspiracy behind it…
3.9Wolf's Rain OVA
OVA · 2004 · 4 ep
Wolf's Rain OVAOVA · 2004 · 4 ep3.9After leaving Jagara's keep, the story concludes as Kiba, Tsume, Hige, Toboe, Blue and Cheza struggle to finish their journey to Rakuen (Paradise), accompanied by the humans Hubb, Cher and Quent. Darcia confronts the protagonists at last…
3.9Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette
TV · 2007 · 52 ep
Les Misérables: Shoujo CosetteTV · 2007 · 52 ep3.9Based on the famous classic novel Les Miserables. Being a single mother is hard in early 19th Century France. When young Cosette was traveling with her mother trying to find a job and a place to live, they were always shunned away because…
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…
3.8Ergo Proxy
TV · 2006 · 23 ep
Ergo ProxyTV · 2006 · 23 ep3.8Something is wrong in the perfect domed city of Romdo. Between the sudden rash of murders and a virus affecting all AutoReivs-cyborg companions and workers who assist the people of Romdo - all is not right in their dome home. Detective…
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3.8Carole & Tuesday
TV · 2019 · 24 ep
Carole & TuesdayTV · 2019 · 24 ep3.8Fifty years have passed since mankind began migrating to the new frontier: Mars. It's an age where most culture is produced by AI, and people are content to be passive consumers. There's a girl. Scrapping a living in the metropolis of Alba…
3.8Texhnolyze
TV · 2003 · 22 ep
TexhnolyzeTV · 2003 · 22 ep3.8In a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter. On the brink of…