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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3.2BUILD-DIVIDE -#FFFFFF- CODE WHITE
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
BUILD-DIVIDE -#FFFFFF- CODE WHITEBuild Divide: Code WhiteTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.2Neo Kyoto is now a city in ruins, looking nothing like it did before. The people are being rounded up by the King's servants, known as KUGE, and deposited into "Barrels" to steal their magical power. All in order to keep the King going…
3.2Pigtails
Movie · 2015 · 1 ep
PigtailsMitsuami no KamisamaMovie · 2015 · 1 ep3.2The earth shook. The sea roared. A far greater disaster followed. And then... There is a small house solitary standing by the seaside. A pigtail-braided girl is living there alone since that day. Mail is no longer delivered, but even this…
3.1Plunderer
TV · 2020 · 24 ep
PlundererTV · 2020 · 24 ep3.1Every human inhabiting the world of Alcia is branded by a “Count” or a number written on their body. Depending on how each person lives their life, this Count either goes up or down. For Hina’s mother, her total drops to 0 and she’s pulled…
Mature
3.1Japan Sinks: 2020
ONA · 2020 · 10 ep
Japan Sinks: 2020Nihon Chinbotsu 2020ONA · 2020 · 10 ep3.1The setting for this adaptation is moved from 1970s Japan to 2020, just after the Tokyo Olympics. The story centers on the Mutou family, and the siblings Ayumu and Gou. The four members of the Mutou family are caught in an earthquake that…
3.17SEEDS
ONA · 2019 · 12 ep
7SEEDS7 SeedsONA · 2019 · 12 ep3.1Scientists had predicted this disaster, and in response, the leaders of every country met to develop a plan for human survival before the meteor hit. The Seven Seeds project was developed out of this meeting. Each country froze a number of…
3.1SAKUGAN
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
SAKUGANSakuganTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.1In the distant future, humankind lives shoulder-to-shoulder in a cramped "Colony" divided by bedrock. Outside the colony extends a dangerous undeveloped area known as "The Labyrinth." Those who risk their lives to explore the Labyrinth and…
3.1A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-
ONA · 2018 · 12 ep
A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-A.I.C.O. IncarnationONA · 2018 · 12 ep3.1In Japan in the year 2035, an accident known as the "Burst" occurs during a research project, spawning an out-of-control artificial life form called "Matter" that has spread throughout the Kurobe Gorge. The research city that was once…
3.1BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-
ONA · 2022 · 24 ep
BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-BASTARD!!: Ankoku no Hakaishin (ONA)ONA · 2022 · 24 ep3.1In a postapocalyptic world of heavy metal fantasy, the only thing able to save humans from orcs, lizard men, and other monsters is something even MORE evil. Sealed within a 14-year-old boy, the chaotic wizard Dark Schneider is unleashed to…
3.1Devil Survivor 2: The Animation
TV · 2013 · 13 ep
Devil Survivor 2: The AnimationDevil Survivor 2 The AnimationTV · 2013 · 13 ep3.1When the world is under attack by a monstrous and seemingly unstoppable enemy, the only way to fight back is with warriors who have already died! Sidestepping a gruesome fate in a subway crash during an earthquake, two young men and a girl…
3.1Blassreiter
TV · 2008 · 24 ep
BlassreiterTV · 2008 · 24 ep3.1The story is set in a fictional Germany and centers around the outbreak of biomechanical creatures named "Demoniacs", who rise from corpses and attack people mindlessly. The Demoniacs have the ability to merge with most technology…
3.1Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
Movie · 2018 · 1 ep
Godzilla: City on the Edge of BattleGodzilla 2: Kessen Kidou Zoushoku ToshiMovie · 2018 · 1 ep3.1On Earth, Haruo and his companions make contact with the indigenous Houtua tribe. To defeat Godzilla, they set out for the old Mechagodzilla facility. (Source: Netflix)
3.1Garakowa -Restore the World-
Movie · 2016 · 1 ep
Garakowa -Restore the World-Glass no Hana to Kowasu SekaiMovie · 2016 · 1 ep3.1A floating space without gravity where an infinite number of lights shine in different colors: The "Box of Wisdom." Inside of this box, there are multiple worlds, multiple timelines, and there used to be many different people. This is…
Mature
3.1Muv-Luv Alternative Season 2
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Muv-Luv Alternative Season 2Muv-Luv Alternative 2nd SeasonTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.1Thanks to Professor Yuuko Kouzuki's technology and Kasumi Yashiro's psychic powers, Cadet Takeru Shirogane travels back to his original world. With no time to lose, Takeru aims to enlist Yuuko's help in his world to complete the…
Mature
3.1SHORT PEACE
Movie · 2013 · 4 ep
SHORT PEACEMovie · 2013 · 4 ep3.1An anthology of four standalone films encompassing different genres. Tsukumo (Possessions) A lost wanderer seeks refuge inside a shrine where he finds lots of possessed objects. Hi no Youjin (Combustible) The movie depicts the events that…
3.1Sky Blue
Movie · 2003 · 1 ep
Sky BlueWonderful DaysMovie · 2003 · 1 ep3.1The final version is set in 2142 A.D., a century after humanity’s carelessness resulted in the collapse of Earth’s biosphere. The only survivors are a technological society in a magnificent enclosed scientifically-designed…
3.1FIST OF THE NORTH STAR: HOKUTO NO KEN
TV · 2026 · 14 ep
FIST OF THE NORTH STAR: HOKUTO NO KENHokuto no Ken: Fist of the North StarTV · 2026 · 14 ep3.1In the year 199X, the world is engulfed in a nuclear inferno! The seas have vanished. The earth lies in ruins. It seems all life has been wiped out...but humanity has not perished! Across the scorched and broken land, survivors cling to…
3.1Tailenders
Movie · 2009 · 1 ep
TailendersMovie · 2009 · 1 ep3.1On Tellus, a half-explored planet inhabited by immigrant pioneers and plagued by terraforming machine-induced earthquakes known as the "Stampedes", a promising young racer named Shiro suffers life-threatening injuries while chasing after…
3.1Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
Movie · 2008 · 1 ep
Highlander: The Search for VengeanceMovie · 2008 · 1 ep3.1Colin MacLeod, the immortal Scottish Highlander, travels with the wise-cracking ghost Amergan in search of the immortal despot Marcus Octavius, who killed Colin's lover on the Celtic plains centuries earlier. The once great city of New…
3.1Rayearth OVA
OVA · 1997 · 3 ep
Rayearth OVARayearthOVA · 1997 · 3 ep3.1The Earth lies darkened and deserted. Despite the best efforts of the film's heroine, Hikaru, the evil-filled castle of Cephiro has taken over the world and stands in the center of a lifeless Tokyo. Before the ice-witch Alcyone can take…
3.1Cocolors
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
CocolorsMovie · 2017 · 1 ep3.1There is a world in which an endless rain of dark ash fills the sky, and covers the earth. Humanity, fearing the ash that burns and melts away human flesh, had no choice but to cover themselves in protective suits, and their faces with…
3.1Shaonu Qianxian: Renxing Xiao Juchang
ONA · 2019 · 24 ep
Shaonu Qianxian: Renxing Xiao JuchangONA · 2019 · 24 ep3.1Adaptation of the mobile game "Girls' Frontline". We follow the everyday life of the Tactical-Dolls
3.1Vexille: 2077 Isolation of Japan
Movie · 2007 · 1 ep
Vexille: 2077 Isolation of JapanVexille: 2077 Nihon SakokuMovie · 2007 · 1 ep3.1In an alternate 21st century, the robotics industry undergoes a period of rapid advancement worldwide. By the year 2050, Japan has firmly established itself as the leader in robotic technology and manufacture with Daiwa Heavy Industries…
Mature
3.1Kurogane Communication
TV · 1998 · 24 ep
Kurogane CommunicationTV · 1998 · 24 ep3.1In the near future, Earth has been devastated by an immense war. Haruka, one of the few survivors, lives in the ruins of Japan. Knowing no other survivors, she lives with five robots. Spike, the youngest robot, serves as her best friend…
3.1Tide-Line Blue
TV · 2005 · 12 ep
Tide-Line BlueTV · 2005 · 12 ep3.1The catastrophe, "Hammer of Eden", resulted in the loss of six billion lives and the flooding of 90% of the land. The New United Nations were formed to pursue peace on the ruined lands 14 years later. Keel is a boy living in a town called…
3.1Wild Arms: Twilight Venom
TV · 1999 · 22 ep
Wild Arms: Twilight VenomTV · 1999 · 22 ep3.1This anime is based on a PlayStation game under the same title. The story is about four people who travel the desolated land of Filgaea and carve themselves a legendary story while they`re at it. These adventurers are Sheyenne Rainstorm, a…
3.1Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?Naze Boku no Sekai wo Daremo Oboeteinai no ka?TV · 2024 · 12 ep3.1In a world where humans triumphed in a great war, Kai guards sealed crypts containing their enemies. But when “World Rebirth” overwrites history, he’s thrust into an alternate reality where humanity lost the war and he’s been forgotten by…
3.1Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
Godzilla: Planet of the MonstersGodzilla 1: Kaijuu WakuseiMovie · 2017 · 1 ep3.1The appearance of the giant living creatures “Kaiju's” and the ultimate existence that destroys all monsters, Godzilla, has incited a battle that lasted for half a century. Humanity has experienced continuous defeat, and finally plans to…
Mature
3.1Cagaster of an Insect Cage
ONA · 2020 · 12 ep
Cagaster of an Insect CageMushikago no CagasterONA · 2020 · 12 ep3.1The nightmare that wiped out two thirds of the human race thirty years ago wasn't caused by germs. It was bugs on an entirely different kind of scale: bizarre insects that mutate their victims into half-human creatures that rapidly evolve…
Mature
3.1Amon: The Apocalypse of Devilman
OVA · 2000 · 1 ep
Amon: The Apocalypse of DevilmanAmon: Devilman MokushirokuOVA · 2000 · 1 ep3.1Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could in fact be a demon…
3.1God Eater Prologue
Special · 2009 · 1 ep
God Eater PrologueSpecial · 2009 · 1 ep3.1A prequel to the video game by the same name. The video takes place in the year 2065, six years before the events of the videogame. In the video, three wielders of the "divine weapons" from the Fenrir Far East branch, an elite military…
3.1Sorcerer Hunters
TV · 1995 · 26 ep
Sorcerer HuntersBakuretsu HuntersTV · 1995 · 26 ep3.1Is someone kidnapping your local virgins? Are mysterious entities sucking the souls out of the peasants? Do you have a sorceress infestation that just won't go away? Big Momma has the perfect cure, a rough and ready team of Sorcerer…
3.1Innocent Venus
TV · 2006 · 12 ep
Innocent VenusTV · 2006 · 12 ep3.1In the year 2010 AD, Hyper Hurricanes born concurrently all over the world caused severe damage. Five billion people lost their lives, decreasing the world's population to 3 billion. Existing economies and militaries were wiped out…
3.1Saber Marionette R
OVA · 1995 · 3 ep
Saber Marionette ROVA · 1995 · 3 ep3.1Jr., the heir of Romana and his battle sabers Cherry and Lime, who have girl circuits are enjoying their peaceful life in Romana. Suddenly, the evil Star-Face and his sexadolls attack Romana in order to take over so Star-Face can become…
3.1Green Legend Ran
OVA · 1992 · 3 ep
Green Legend RanOVA · 1992 · 3 ep3.1A story of future Earth - A warning for mankind: In the future, our planet will be transformed into a strange new world where human life struggles on an Earth without rain or oceans - only vast, parched deserts. Two youths fight for…
3.0Fate/EXTRA Last Encore
TV · 2018 · 13 ep
Fate/EXTRA Last EncoreFate/Extra: Last EncoreTV · 2018 · 13 ep3.0Waking up in a strange virtual world with no recollection of the past, Hakuno finds himself forced to fight for survival in a war he does not understand for a prize beyond value; the opportunity to have one's wish granted. With only an…
3.0Qualidea Code
TV · 2016 · 12 ep
Qualidea CodeTV · 2016 · 12 ep3.0The anime takes place in a world where humans are continuing to fight a war against an enemy called UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN invaded several decades ago, and children entered a cold sleep to escape the invasion. When the children awoke, they found…