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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3.5Arpeggio of Blue Steel - DC
Movie · 2015 · 1 ep
Arpeggio of Blue Steel - DCAoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Movie 1 - DCMovie · 2015 · 1 ep3.5This is one of the movies announced in the August issue of Shonengahosha's Young King Ours magazine. This movie will be a compilation of last year's television anime series with new story sequences. (Source: Anime News Network)
3.5Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Right of Left
Special · 2005 · 1 ep
Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Right of LeftSpecial · 2005 · 1 ep3.5Yumi Ikoma and Ryou Masaoka are children who have been selected to take part in a top secret mission, to be the pilots of the first Fafner combat units; the last chance of survival for the human race. The enemy is ruthless, remorseless and…
3.5Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Kenshiro
Movie · 2008 · 1 ep
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of KenshiroHokuto no Ken Zero: Kenshirou DenMovie · 2008 · 1 ep3.5Last of the Shin Kyuuseishu Densetsu pentalogy. A prequel set between Kenshiro's defeat at the hands of Shin and the beginning of the manga. (Source: Wikipedia)
3.5Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth - Endless Orbit SSX
TV · 1982 · 22 ep
Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth - Endless Orbit SSXWaga Seishun no Arcadia: Mugen Kidou SSXTV · 1982 · 22 ep3.5At the end of Arcadia of My Youth Capitain Harlock and the crew of the space ship Arcadia had been banished from Earth. The Earth, as well as many other planets in the universe had been taken over by the Illumidus, a race of destructive…
3.5Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce Fighting
Movie · 2007 · 1 ep
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce FightingHokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden Gekitou-henMovie · 2007 · 1 ep3.5The third chapter of the pentalogy (3 Movies + 2 OVAs). A retelling of Kenshiro's final battle with Raoh. (Source: Wikipedia)
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3.5ALDNOAH.ZERO
TV · 2014 · 12 ep
ALDNOAH.ZEROAldnoah.ZeroTV · 2014 · 12 ep3.5In 1972, the Apollo 17 mission found a hypergate to Mars on the surface of the moon. Upon landing, astronauts discovered a enchanted utility later referred to as 'Aldnoah', giving the astronauts a status of superiority. Soon, many humans…
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3.5Sabikui Bisco
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Sabikui BiscoTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.5Japan’s post-apocalyptic wasteland replete with dust can only be saved by one thing—fungus. Bisco Akaboshi, a wanted criminal and skilled archer, searches for a legendary mushroom, known as Sabikui, said to devour any and all rust. Joining…
3.5The Dungeon of Black Company
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
The Dungeon of Black CompanyMeikyuu Black CompanyTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.5Work sucks and Kinji was avoiding it beautifully by investing every penny. Good plan ’til he found himself in a new world…with DEBT! Now under the rule of an evil mining company, avoiding work is gonna be a tough grind. Does he have what…
3.5Arknights: PRELUDE TO DAWN
TV · 2022 · 8 ep
Arknights: PRELUDE TO DAWNArknights: Prelude to DawnTV · 2022 · 8 ep3.5In the land of Terra, natural disasters of unknown causes have been occurring irregularly in many areas. Therefore, the majority of the people, in order to escape those natural disasters, came to live in mobile cities developed over the…
3.5UN-GO
TV · 2011 · 11 ep
UN-GOUn-GoTV · 2011 · 11 ep3.5He pursues his job as the "Last Great Detective". Others call him the "Defeated Detective". What's certain is that he's Shinjurou Yuuki, a young man with a passion for mysteries and a talent for solving them that has made him the target of…
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3.5Vampire in the Garden
ONA · 2022 · 5 ep
Vampire in the GardenONA · 2022 · 5 ep3.5One cold winter, humanity lost its battle with the vampires, and with it, most of where they called home. A small population of survivors created a wall of light in a small town to protect them and give them a place to live in peace. Our…
3.5ATRI -My Dear Moments-
TV · 2024 · 13 ep
ATRI -My Dear Moments-Atri: My Dear MomentsTV · 2024 · 13 ep3.5In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. Ikaruga Natsuki, a boy who lost his mother and one of his legs in an accident some years earlier, returns disillusioned from a harsh life…
3.5Expelled From Paradise
Movie · 2014 · 1 ep
Expelled From ParadiseRakuen TsuihouMovie · 2014 · 1 ep3.5Angela Balzac is an agent at the space station DEVA, whose inhabitants have no physical bodies, their minds digitized and processed into a virtual reality environment. After failing to track down the hacker known as "Frontier Setter", she…
3.5Utawarerumono The False Faces
TV · 2015 · 25 ep
Utawarerumono The False FacesUtawarerumono: Itsuwari no KamenTV · 2015 · 25 ep3.5When I came to, I realized I was standing in the middle of a vast, snowy plain I knew nothing of. I didn't know how I got there. And to add to that, I couldn't remember anything, not even my name. I stood there, dumbfounded at my absurd…
3.5Gun x Sword
TV · 2005 · 26 ep
Gun x SwordTV · 2005 · 26 ep3.5Van, a lanky and apathetic swordsman, is on a journey to kill the murderer of his fiancé. The only characteristic he has to go by is that the murderer has a claw for an arm, hence the murderer being referred to as The Claw Man…
3.5Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet OVA (2014)
OVA · 2014 · 2 ep
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet OVA (2014)Suisei no Gargantia: Meguru Kouro, HarukaOVA · 2014 · 2 ep3.5Six months has passed since the battle with Kugel's fleet. Fleet that has been released from the tyranny of the machine caliber Striker is about to join the Gargantia fleet, and new people are coming onboard.Ledo, while working with…
3.5Harlock: Space Pirate
Movie · 2013 · 1 ep
Harlock: Space PirateCaptain HerlockMovie · 2013 · 1 ep3.5Many years into the future, battle has been raging across the galaxies as 500 billion humans, whose forebears were exiled from Earth, plan to return to what is still called home. Forced to flee a ravaged Earth, humans have now depleted the…
3.5Robot Carnival
OVA · 1987 · 9 ep
Robot CarnivalOVA · 1987 · 9 ep3.59 of Japan's leading animators were asked to create a short segment that followed the theme of "Robots," for their inclusion in this film. Essentially, this "movie" is 9 short films, all independent of one another. The common element is…
3.5Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Quiet Country Cafe
OVA · 2002 · 2 ep
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Quiet Country CafeOVA · 2002 · 2 ep3.5In the near-future Japan, global warming has brought the large city Yokohama underwater, and only the hills remain above the ocean surface. What used to be one of the largest cities in Japan now feels like a small town. Basically, the…
3.5Zegapain
TV · 2006 · 26 ep
ZegapainTV · 2006 · 26 ep3.5Kyo, an avid swimmer tries his best to keep the high school swimming club going, which is pretty hard when he's the only member. Facing the prospect of the club being closed by the student council, he tries to enlist beautiful Misaki to…
3.5Patema Inverted: Beginning of the Day
Special · 2012 · 4 ep
Patema Inverted: Beginning of the DaySakasama no Patema: Beginning of the DaySpecial · 2012 · 4 ep3.5This is an online distribution of the prologue of the movie, illustrating the first day of the entire story. A world, forever beyond your expectations. In a dark, cramped, underground world of endless tunnels and shafts, people wear…
3.5Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust
Movie · 2012 · 1 ep
Mardock Scramble: The Third ExhaustMovie · 2012 · 1 ep3.5The final plans to finish Shell off in court have been made by Easter, Balot, and Oeufcoque. But in order to execute those plans, they must set foot into Shell's domain: the BlueEgg Casino in the center of Mardock City, and find the chip…
3.5Synduality Noir Part 2
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Synduality Noir Part 2Synduality: Noir Part 2TV · 2024 · 12 ep3.5Despite returning victorious from a dangerous struggle, Kanata and his friends have, in a sense, lost a key ally, the amnesiac magus Noir. Having partially recovered her memory, Noir reverted back to her former personality: that of…
3.5Saber Marionette J
TV · 1996 · 25 ep
Saber Marionette JTV · 1996 · 25 ep3.5In the distant future, since the Earth has become overpopulated, efforts to find and colonize on other planets have begun. However, one of the ships, the "Mesopotamia" malfunctions and all but 6 of its inhabitants are all killed. the…
3.5Overman King Gainer
TV · 2002 · 26 ep
Overman King GainerTV · 2002 · 26 ep3.5In the distant future, mankind is forced to live in domed cities called Domepolis after an environmental cataclysm. These cities are maintained and supplied by private corporations, but at what cost to the inhabitants living within them?…
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3.5Fist of the North Star Movie
Movie · 1986 · 1 ep
Fist of the North Star MovieHokuto no Ken MovieMovie · 1986 · 1 ep3.5Following a cataclysmic nuclear war, the world teeters on the brink of complete destruction. Civilization is polarized into a degenerate society where opposing packs of marauding scavengers prey on helpless, homeless nomads. For those who…
3.5The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye
TV · 2006 · 24 ep
The Third: The Girl with the Blue EyeThe Third: Aoi Hitomi no ShoujoTV · 2006 · 24 ep3.5In the distant future, because of an interplanetary war that had continued on for centuries, civilizations were ruined. Human beings have lost everything, and only 1/5th of the population survived. A strange breed of humans, ''The Third''…
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3.5Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in Love
Movie · 2006 · 1 ep
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in LoveHokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden Junai-henMovie · 2006 · 1 ep3.5Kenshiro is the heir of the legendary martial arts known as Hokuto Shinken, which can kill a man with a single blow, by striking the pressure points in the enemy's body. Hokuto Shinken can be passed only to one successor at a time. When he…
3.5Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Toki
OVA · 2008 · 1 ep
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of TokiHokuto no Ken: Toki-denOVA · 2008 · 1 ep3.5The fourth part of the new Hokuto no Ken pentalogy (3 movies, 2 OVAs).
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…
3.5Guilty Crown
TV · 2011 · 22 ep
Guilty CrownTV · 2011 · 22 ep3.5Shuu's entire world was shattered after a meteorite crashed into Japan, unleashing the lethal Apocalypse Virus. The chaos and anarchy born of the outbreak cost Shuu his family and reduced him to a timid, fearful shell of the boy he'd once…
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3.5Danganronpa: The Animation
TV · 2013 · 13 ep
Danganronpa: The AnimationDanganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The AnimationTV · 2013 · 13 ep3.5A group of 15 elite high school students are gathered at a very special, high class high school. To graduate from this high school essentially means you'll succeed in life, but graduating is very difficult. The school is presided over by a…
3.5takt op.Destiny
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
takt op.DestinyTakt Op. DestinyTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.5Music is the light that illuminates people's hearts-- and that "light" was suddenly taken from the world. The world changed the night the black "Kuroya Meteorite" fell. Grotesque monsters known as D2 emerged from the meteorite and began to…
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3.5God Eater
TV · 2015 · 13 ep
God EaterTV · 2015 · 13 ep3.5The Far East, 2071. The domain of the mad gods. In the early 2050s, unknown life forms called “Oracle cells” begin their uncontrolled consumption of all life on Earth. Their ravenous appetite and remarkable adaptability earn them first…
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3.5I'm Quitting Heroing
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
I'm Quitting HeroingYuusha, YamemasuTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.5After saving humanity from the despicable Demon King, Leo Demonhart does not earn a hero’s standing. Instead, he is regarded with suspicion and hostility by those he fought to protect. Treated as a pariah with nowhere else to turn, exiled…
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3.5Record of Grancrest War
TV · 2018 · 24 ep
Record of Grancrest WarGrancrest SenkiTV · 2018 · 24 ep3.5The series takes place on a continent ruled by chaos. The chaos breeds disaster, but the Lords of the continent have the power of "Crest" (Holy Seal) that can calm the chaos and protect the people. However, before anyone realizes it, the…