Best post-apocalyptic anime
356 anime about post-apocalyptic, 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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3.8Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
Zom 100: Bucket List of the DeadZom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no KotoTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.8Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even…
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…
3.8Undead Unluck
TV · 2023 · 24 ep
Undead UnluckTV · 2023 · 24 ep3.8All Fuuko wants is a passionate romance like the one in her favorite shoujo manga. Unfortunately, her Unluck ability makes that impossible. But just as Fuuko hits rock bottom, Andy sweeps her off her feet—literally! Now she's become Andy's…
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3.8Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Movie · 2012 · 1 ep
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) RedoEvangelion Movie 3: QMovie · 2012 · 1 ep3.814 years after third impact, Ikari Shinji awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, Nerv has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against him. Befriending the…
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3.8Blast of Tempest
TV · 2012 · 24 ep
Blast of TempestZetsuen no TempestTV · 2012 · 24 ep3.8One day, a sorceress princess was stuffed into a barrel and banished. One day, a single girl was suddenly murdered, and the culprit still runs free. And one day, a battle spanning time and space over magic and revenge began! Sanity and…
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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…
3.8Angel's Egg
OVA · 1985 · 1 ep
Angel's EggTenshi no TamagoOVA · 1985 · 1 ep3.8In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she carries everywhere. A mysterious man enters her life... and they discuss the world around…
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3.8Fist of the North Star
TV · 1984 · 109 ep
Fist of the North StarHokuto no KenTV · 1984 · 109 ep3.8Nuclear war has devastated the planet, turning one fertile ground into a barren, inhospitable landscape on which mankind struggles desperately to stay alive. Society has collapsed and a fight for control wages between vicious dictators…
3.8Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks
Special · 1993 · 1 ep
Dragon Ball Z: The History of TrunksDragon Ball Z Special 2: Zetsubou e no Hankou!! Nokosareta Chousenshi - Gohan to TrunksSpecial · 1993 · 1 ep3.8It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now Trunks must figure out a…
3.8La Maison en Petits Cubes
Movie · 2008 · 1 ep
La Maison en Petits CubesTsumiki no IeMovie · 2008 · 1 ep3.8An old man lives in a town that has become submerged in water. As the water level rises, he's forced to build additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay above water. One day he accidentally drops his favorite pipe…
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3.8Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Washio Sumi Chapter
TV · 2017 · 6 ep
Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Washio Sumi ChapterYuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Washio Sumi no ShouTV · 2017 · 6 ep3.8In the year 298 from the era of the gods, elementary school girls Sumi Washio, Sonoko Nogi, and Gin Minowa are tasked with an important mission. They are to become heroes and fight Vertex, a mysterious enemy that is attacking Shinju-sama…
3.8Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Hero Chapter
TV · 2017 · 6 ep
Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Hero ChapterYuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Yuusha no ShouTV · 2017 · 6 ep3.8Having fulfilled their destiny during the events of Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru, Sanshu Middle School's Hero Club—consisting of Yuuna Yuuki, Karin Miyoshi, and siblings Fuu and Itsuki Inubouzaki—is back in full swing, helping out those in…
3.8Planetarian: Storyteller of the Stars
Movie · 2016 · 1 ep
Planetarian: Storyteller of the StarsPlanetarian: Hoshi no HitoMovie · 2016 · 1 ep3.8In the future after much of the world has been devastated by nuclear and biological warfare, a young scavenger or 'Junker' exploring a quarantined and abandoned city comes across a service robot still faithfully awaiting customers in the…
3.8Armored Trooper Votoms
TV · 1983 · 52 ep
Armored Trooper VotomsSoukou Kihei VotomsTV · 1983 · 52 ep3.8A century of bloodshed between warring star systems has plunged nearly 200 worlds into the flames of war. Now, an uneasy truce has settled across the Astragius Galaxy... Chirico Cuvie, a special forces powered-armor pilot is suddenly…
3.8DARKEN
Special · 2021 · 1 ep
DARKENKuraku KurokuSpecial · 2021 · 1 ep3.8Music video directed and animated by Koudai Watanabe for the song DARKEN by ZUTOMAYO.
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3.8Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Seraph of the End: Battle in NagoyaOwari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-henTV · 2015 · 12 ep3.8Yuuichirou has reunited with Mikaela at the Shinjuku Battle. But Mikaela was turned into a vampire... To save the "family," and to protect his fellow members, Yuuichirou needed to gain knowledge and power. He searched for ways to bring…
3.8WorldEnd: What are you doing at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
WorldEnd: What are you doing at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?TV · 2017 · 12 ep3.8Five hundred years have passed since the humans went extinct at the hands of the fearsome and mysterious ‘Beasts’. The surviving races now make their homes up on floating islands in the sky, out of reach of all but the most mobile of…
3.8Humanity Has Declined
TV · 2012 · 12 ep
Humanity Has DeclinedJinrui wa Suitai ShimashitaTV · 2012 · 12 ep3.8For years, declining birth rates have forced what's left of the human race to cede more and more territory to other beings who have appeared to take advantage of the emptying ecological niche. Now, only a handful of humans remain among the…
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3.8Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of UnatoKoutetsujou no Kabaneri Movie 3: Unato KessenMovie · 2019 · 1 ep3.8The film follows a battle between humans and Kabaneri at Haikou Station on the coast of the Sea of Japan, half a year after the story of the original television anime series. (Source: Anime News Network)
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3.8Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet NineSidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei SenekiTV · 2015 · 12 ep3.8Having narrowly avoided the collision with the asteroid, the Sidonia sets a course for the Lem system in order to wipe out the Gauna nest. (Source: Polygon Pictures)
3.8Arpeggio of Blue Steel - Cadenza
Movie · 2015 · 1 ep
Arpeggio of Blue Steel - CadenzaAoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Movie 2 - CadenzaMovie · 2015 · 1 ep3.8This is one of the movies announced in the August issue of Shonengahosha's Young King Ours magazine. This will be an entirely brand-new work.
3.8The World's Continuation
Special · 2022 · 1 ep
The World's ContinuationSekai no TsuzukiSpecial · 2022 · 1 ep3.8Music video directed and animated by Stole for the song Sekai no Tsuzuki by Uta (Ado).
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3.7Blood Blockade Battlefront
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Blood Blockade BattlefrontKekkai SensenTV · 2015 · 12 ep3.7A breach between Earth and the netherworlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They've lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi…
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3.7SCHOOL-LIVE!
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
SCHOOL-LIVE!Gakkougurashi!TV · 2015 · 12 ep3.7Why would anyone form a School Living Club? Could four girls, their advisor, and a puppy really love their school so much that they’d want to live in it? Or is there another reason, something that lurks behind the façade of their…
3.7Wolf's Rain
TV · 2003 · 26 ep
Wolf's RainTV · 2003 · 26 ep3.7In some distant future, it's common knowledge that all wolves have been extinct for 200 years. However, it seems this is false as wolves have not disappeared but rather have taken human form. Kiba, a lone wolf, wanders into a city, trying…
3.7Sound of the Sky
TV · 2010 · 12 ep
Sound of the SkySo Ra No Wo ToTV · 2010 · 12 ep3.7In a lonely corner of the world, on the edge of No Man’s Land, sits Clocktower Fortress. It’s home to the 1121st Platoon of the Helvetian Army, and their newest member is a 15-year-old volunteer named Kanata Sorami, who…
3.7Casshern Sins
TV · 2008 · 24 ep
Casshern SinsTV · 2008 · 24 ep3.7In the distant future, where cyborgs and humans struggle to survive after the war which destroyed the world, a being in white suit awakens. His name is Casshern and he remembers nothing of his own past. In barren and dark dystopian world…
3.7Last Exile
TV · 2003 · 26 ep
Last ExileTV · 2003 · 26 ep3.7It's the dawn of the Golden Age of Aviation on planet Prester, and retro-futuristic sky vehicles known as vanships dominate the horizon. Claus Valca – a flyboy born with the right stuff – and his fiery navigator Lavie are…
3.7Planetarian
ONA · 2016 · 5 ep
PlanetarianPlanetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no YumeONA · 2016 · 5 ep3.7Hoshino Yumemi is a companion robot working at an abandoned planetarium. It’s been thirty years since her last customer, but she continues to wait. When a customer finally appears, she enlists his help to fix the planetarium so she can…
3.7Yokohama Shopping Log
OVA · 1998 · 2 ep
Yokohama Shopping LogYokohama Kaidashi KikouOVA · 1998 · 2 ep3.7This is not so much a story as it is a slice of life. Or rather, it is a look into portions of the life of a girl named Alpha, together with the people around her. Alpha runs a little cafe on the outskirts of Yokohama. There are almost no…
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3.7Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction
Movie · 2024 · 1 ep
Dead Dead Demons Dededede DestructionMovie · 2024 · 1 ep3.7The Japan Self-Defense Forces are still looking for a way to combat the alien threat, but so far conventional weapons have had no effect. Maybe it’s time to try something unconventional. Meanwhile, Kadode Koyama and her best friend avidly…
3.7Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That Burns
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That BurnsKoutetsujou no Kabaneri Movie 2: Moeru InochiMovie · 2017 · 1 ep3.7When mankind is threatened by a sudden emergence of undead monsters, those who are bitten become "Kabane" - one of them. To survive under the rise of Kabanes, the Hinomoto people have built fortress stations and barricaded themselves…
3.7Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shou 1 - Tomodachi
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shou 1 - TomodachiMovie · 2017 · 1 ep3.7The first movie in the Washio Sumi no Shou trilogy.
3.7Fafner Exodus 2
TV · 2015 · 13 ep
Fafner Exodus 2Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Exodus Part 2TV · 2015 · 13 ep3.7The convoy from Srinagar is underway to the place where hope can be found. While at the same time Tatsumiyajima Island is under attack by the Festum called Walker. While these events unfold, new allies emerge along with new enemies. Alas…
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3.6Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Seraph of the End: Vampire ReignOwari no SeraphTV · 2015 · 12 ep3.6The story takes place in a world where an unknown virus has killed the entire human population except for children under 13. Those children were then enslaved by vampires. The manga centers on Yuichiro Hyakuya, a human who dreams of…