Best space opera anime
124 anime about space opera, 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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3.2Starship Operators
TV · 2005 · 13 ep
Starship OperatorsTV · 2005 · 13 ep3.2For the 73rd class of cadets of the Defense University of the small planet Kibi, a shakedown cruise on the fleet's new starship "Amaterasu" is a fitting lead-up to graduation. As they are returning to their home planet, however, they are…
3.1Tytania
TV · 2008 · 26 ep
TytaniaTV · 2008 · 26 ep3.1One Man vs. an Empire! Through fear and conquest, the Empire of Valdana holds the future of most of human space within its iron hands, and for generations, those hands have belonged to the Landless Lords of the ruling Tytania dynasty. But…
3.0Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative
Movie · 2018 · 1 ep
Mobile Suit Gundam NarrativeKidou Senshi Gundam NTMovie · 2018 · 1 ep3.0U.C. 0097. The year the Laplace's Box was opened. Despite the revelation of the original charter for the Universal Century, which acknowledges the existence of Newtypes and their rights, the world remains largely unchanged. After the…
3.0Dragon's Heaven
OVA · 1988 · 1 ep
Dragon's HeavenOVA · 1988 · 1 ep3.0In the year 3195, there was a war between an army of robots and the humans. When Shaian, a sentient combat armor, lost his companion in battle, he shut down until his internal systems spotted a new human. It's now almost a 1000 years…
3.0Toward the Terra
Movie · 1980 · 1 ep
Toward the TerraTerra e...Movie · 1980 · 1 ep3.0In the future, mankind's seemingly utopian society is strictly controlled by the government, and anything that threatens to disrupt the status quo is ruthlessly suppressed. When 14-year-old Jomy begins to question the way the society is…
3.0Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199
Movie · 2024 · 26 ep
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199Yamato yo, Towa ni: Rebel 3199Movie · 2024 · 26 ep3.0A new Space Battleship Yamato project which is a sequel to the Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2205: Aratanaru Tabidachi films.
3.0Glass Fleet: The Legend of the Wind of the Universe
TV · 2006 · 24 ep
Glass Fleet: The Legend of the Wind of the UniverseGlass no Kantai: La Legende du Vent de l'UniversTV · 2006 · 24 ep3.0A revolution stirs in the dark reaches of space. Michel Volban leads The People’s Army against the oppression of self-proclaimed Holy Emperor, Vetti Sforza. Just as it appears the rebellion will be crushed, a hero arrives to join the…
3.0Project A-ko: Uncivil Wars
OVA · 1990 · 2 ep
Project A-ko: Uncivil WarsA-Ko The VersusOVA · 1990 · 2 ep3.0A-ko and B-ko are bounty hunters in an untamed world. When a young heiress, C-ko, falls out of the sky and into their hair, they find themselves battling space pirates and galactic police. Turns out the high-pitched, hungry C-ko holds a…
3.0Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden: Golden Wings
Movie · 1992 · 1 ep
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden: Golden WingsGinga Eiyuu Densetsu Gaiden: Ougon no TsubasaMovie · 1992 · 1 ep3.0Reinhard von Müsel, a poor nobleman's son, one day discovers that his sister, Annerose, has been sold to the royal family. To get her back he sets out to rise quickly through the military along with his friend Siegfried Kircheis. (Source…
3.0The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again
OVA · 1992 · 6 ep
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers AgainMacross II: Lovers AgainOVA · 1992 · 6 ep3.0A.D. 2089 - 80 years have passed since Space War I changed the lives of both human and Zentraedi races. Both races are at peace on Earth when a new alien race called the "Marduk" appear within the Solar System. While covering the first…
3.0The Ideon: A Contact
Movie · 1982 · 1 ep
The Ideon: A ContactDensetsu Kyojin Ideon: Sesshoku-henMovie · 1982 · 1 ep3.0A movie recap of the Space Runaway Ideon TV Series. Humanity's pursuit of knowledge leads them to the planet Solo, where they find mysterious remains of a long dead alien civilization, including the 3 part super robot 'Ideon', and a…
3.0Macross Fb7 Listen to My Song!
Movie · 2012 · 1 ep
Macross Fb7 Listen to My Song!Macross FB7: Ore no Uta wo Kike!Movie · 2012 · 1 ep3.0In 2059, five decades after the Space War I conflict seen in the first Macross story. Macross Frontier, the 25th New Macross Class super-long-distance colonization fleet, is journeying through the galaxy to a new paradise to call home…
2.9Xenosaga: The Animation
TV · 2005 · 12 ep
Xenosaga: The AnimationXenosaga The AnimationTV · 2005 · 12 ep2.9The year is T.C. 4767. Four thousand years have passed since humanity abandoned its birthplace, the planet Earth. Beset by the hostile alien Gnosis, mankind is now scrambling to find ways to defeat this threat to their existence. The…
2.9The Missing 8
ONA · 2021 · 8 ep
The Missing 8ONA · 2021 · 8 ep2.9A devastated world ── Androids and robots live there. "Poppy" is an android that looks like a human. Android "Punkun" who is not interested in human. One night, a star fell in front of them looking up at the sky ... FUZI's original work…
2.9Gundam: Reconguista in G
TV · 2014 · 26 ep
Gundam: Reconguista in GGundam: G no ReconguistaTV · 2014 · 26 ep2.9Some time has passed since the end of the Universal Century, a history marked by space colonization and space warfare. Humanity's prosperity, which ushered in a new era known as Regild Century (R.C.), was believed to endure alongside the…
2.6Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory - Mayfly of Space
Special · 1992 · 1 ep
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory - Mayfly of SpaceKidou Senshi Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory - Uchuu no KagerouSpecial · 1992 · 1 ep2.6Mayfly reveals Cima's backstory in flashbacks as she reflects on her past prior to the events of Episode 13. It reveals that Cima and her unit poisoned a Side 5 colony using G-3 nerve gas, under orders, but were treated as pariahs…