Best space anime
473 anime about space, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
Highest rated
3.6Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki Season 2
OVA · 1994 · 6 ep
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki Season 2Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 2nd SeasonOVA · 1994 · 6 ep3.6This OVA series gives the viewer more in-depth details on Sasami, Washu, and Ryo-ohki, as well as introducing members of the Juraian royal family. (Source: Anime News Network)
3.6Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth
Movie · 1982 · 1 ep
Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my YouthWaga Seishun no ArcadiaMovie · 1982 · 1 ep3.6Earth has been conquered by the evil Illumidus Empire, with parallels drawn to the U.S. post World War II occupation of Japan. Captain Harlock with a group that will become his life long friends begin their fight against this tyranny…
3.6Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199: Hoshimeguru Hakobune
Movie · 2014 · 1 ep
Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199: Hoshimeguru HakobuneMovie · 2014 · 1 ep3.6A new super weapon has emerged and Gamilas ships vanish from the seas. In the meantime, the Yamato has left the Large Magellanic Cloud and is on its way back to the Milky Way Galaxy. During the voyage, the crew is hit by a gatlantean…
3.6Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205
OVA · 2021 · 8 ep
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2205: Aratanaru TabidachiOVA · 2021 · 8 ep3.6The sequel to "Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2202." Note: Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2205 received a special theater screening as a movie duology with 4 episodes spliced together for each movie; "Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2205: Aratanaru Tabidachi - Zenshou…
3.6Unison
Special · 2021 · 1 ep
UnisonSpecial · 2021 · 1 ep3.6Animated music video for the song Unison by Houshou Marine and Yunomi.
3.6Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
TV · 2013 · 13 ep
Gargantia on the Verdurous PlanetSuisei no GargantiaTV · 2013 · 13 ep3.6The story begins in the distant future in the far reaches of the galaxy. The Human Galactic Alliance has been constantly fighting for its survival against a grotesque race of beings called "Hidiaazu." During an intense battle, the young…
3.6Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
Irina: The Vampire CosmonautTsuki to Laika to NosferatuTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.6Set in a fictional world, 10 years after a long war divided the world into two superpowers: the Union of Zirnitra Republics in the east, and the United Kingdom of Arnak in the west. Both of these superpowers now test their ambitions…
3.6Children of the Sea
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
Children of the SeaKaijuu no KodomoMovie · 2019 · 1 ep3.6One summer vacation, Ruka meets two boys, "Umi" and "Sora," whose upbringing contains strange and wonderful secrets. Drawn to their beautiful swimming, almost more like flying, Ruka and the adults who know them are intertwined in a complex…
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3.6Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
Movie · 1987 · 1 ep
Royal Space Force: The Wings of HonnêamiseOuritsu Uchuugun: Honneamise no TsubasaMovie · 1987 · 1 ep3.6"I will not give up. I will realize my dream...even if it means death!" When cadet Shiro Lhadatt signs up with the Royal Space Force, he encounters ridicule and apathy from manipulative leaders and a cynical public. But a chance encounter…
3.6Infinite Ryvius
TV · 1999 · 26 ep
Infinite RyviusMugen no RyviusTV · 1999 · 26 ep3.6The year is AD 2225. Kouji Aiba and Aoi Housen are serving as astronauts in-training in Liebe Delta which is located on the edge of the Geduld Sea. When saboteurs with unknown intents suddenly strike during a routine dive procedure, the…
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3.6After War Gundam X
TV · 1996 · 39 ep
After War Gundam XKidou Shinseiki Gundam XTV · 1996 · 39 ep3.6When one space colony declared its independence from the Earth Federation, the devastating 7th Space War, an all-out war between Earth and space, resulted. The Federation responded to the Space Revolutionary Army with mobile suits, called…
3.6Oban Star-Racers
TV · 2006 · 26 ep
Oban Star-RacersTV · 2006 · 26 ep3.6Eva's birthday has just passed, and she hasn't heard from her father. Despising the Boarding School she attends, she escapes using her Rocket Bike that she just completed. Taking on the alias "Molly," Eva sneaks with the Earth team to…
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3.6Fantastic Children
TV · 2004 · 26 ep
Fantastic ChildrenTV · 2004 · 26 ep3.6A group of enigmatic white-haired children has been spotted at different times and places in Europe for over 500 years. Always with the appearance of 11-year-olds, they behave far more mature than they should be, never grow old, and seem…
3.6Fate/Grand Order CMs
Special · 2014 · 80 ep
Fate/Grand Order CMsFate/Grand OrderSpecial · 2014 · 80 ep3.6Assorted commercials for the Fate/Grand Order mobile RPG. These short animations are aired on TV and posted to Type-Moon's official YouTube channel, and advertise the game itself or promote a new in-game event. The animation is unique to…
3.6Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
OVA · 1997 · 3 ep
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless WaltzShin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing: Endless WaltzOVA · 1997 · 3 ep3.6After Colony 196 - One year has passed since the war between Earth and its colonies ended. Heero, Duo, Trowa and Quatre bid farewell to their Gundams and jettison them to the sun. Relena Darlian is now the deputy minister of the Earth…
3.6Sailor Moon SuperS the Movie: Black Dream Hole
Movie · 1995 · 1 ep
Sailor Moon SuperS the Movie: Black Dream HoleBishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Sailor 9 Senshi Shuuketsu! Black Dream Hole no KisekiMovie · 1995 · 1 ep3.6Everywhere around the world, the children sleep. Unaware of danger lurking in the shadows. But tonight, a strange darkness floats in the wind. And the children, one by one, begin to disappear. It seems to be a supernatural force that feeds…
3.6Daicon III Opening Animation
Special · 1981 · 1 ep
Daicon III Opening AnimationSpecial · 1981 · 1 ep3.6A girl is visited by two men from a space ship. They give her water she needs to water her daicon (radish). On her journey to deliver the water, this girl has to fight demons and giant robots. (Source: Anime News Network)
3.6Tenchi Muyo! In Love
Movie · 1996 · 1 ep
Tenchi Muyo! In LoveTenchi Muyou! in LoveMovie · 1996 · 1 ep3.6The demonic space criminal Kain has escaped from prison and destroyed the Galaxy Police headquarters. To ensure that the Jurai will not stop him, Kain travels back to 1970 to eliminate Tenchi's mother before he is even born. Now, Tenchi…
3.6Banner of the Stars III
OVA · 2005 · 2 ep
Banner of the Stars IIISeikai no Senki IIIOVA · 2005 · 2 ep3.6Jinto and Lafiel were riding on a light-armed transport ship "Bokbrusue" and navigating at the planar space of the Hyde System. This was for Jinto to govern the Hyde System, which returned to Empirial rule after the Union retreated…
3.6Urusei Yatsura Movie 5: The Final Chapter
Movie · 1988 · 1 ep
Urusei Yatsura Movie 5: The Final ChapterUrusei Yatsura Movie 5: Kanketsu-henMovie · 1988 · 1 ep3.6The Urusei Yatsura story comes to a climax in this animated retelling of the final Manga story (although not the final movie). Lupa, yet another one of Lum's fiancés, arrives on the scene, and Lum and Ataru have to repeat their game of tag…
3.6Space Brothers #0
Movie · 2014 · 1 ep
Space Brothers #0Uchuu Kyoudai: Number ZeroMovie · 2014 · 1 ep3.6"The previously unwritten true beginning of the manga, which embodies Japan in dreams and emotions, is being made into an animation film. This is the origin story. This is chapter 0."
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3.5Waiting in the Summer
TV · 2012 · 12 ep
Waiting in the SummerAno Natsu de MatteruTV · 2012 · 12 ep3.5When a group of friends decide to make a movie over a long summer holiday, they end up learning a little about filmmaking and a lot more about each other and themselves. What begins as a simple way to avoid the summer doldrums quickly…
3.5To Love Ru Darkness 2
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
To Love Ru Darkness 2To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2ndTV · 2015 · 12 ep3.5The dispassionate, transforming assassin Golden Darkness returns to peer deeper into the mysteries surrounding her new life, while a sinister Nemesis manipulates her younger sister Mea from the shadows. Along with their newly discovered…
3.5A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion
Movie · 2013 · 1 ep
A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of EndymionToaru Majutsu no Index Movie: Endymion no KisekiMovie · 2013 · 1 ep3.5In the movie's story, just before the completion of the Academy City space elevator "Endymion", the main characters Kamijou and Index encounter a level 0 girl named Arisa. The Magicians are after Arisa, and they attack Academy City. A…
Mature
3.5Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
TV · 1995 · 49 ep
Mobile Suit Gundam WingShin Kidou Senki Gundam WingTV · 1995 · 49 ep3.5Mankind has moved into space. Thousands of people live on giant orbiting space colonies called "Sides." However, the Earth Government, which rules the colonies, is unjust and cruel. A group of revolutionaries build five robotic weapons…
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3.5Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
TV · 2004 · 13 ep
Magical Girl Lyrical NanohaMahou Shoujo Lyrical NanohaTV · 2004 · 13 ep3.53rd grader Takamachi Nanoha stumbled upon an injured talking ferret after hearing his telepathic cries for help. The ferret turned out to be Yuuno, an archeologist and mage from another world who had accidentally scattered the dangerous…
3.5Heroic Age
TV · 2007 · 26 ep
Heroic AgeTV · 2007 · 26 ep3.5When the Golden Race invited other races to join them in the stars, three sentient races answered their call. The Goldens called them the Bronze, Silver and Heroic Tribes. Just before the Gold Tribe left to travel to another Universe, a…
3.5Level E
TV · 2011 · 13 ep
Level ETV · 2011 · 13 ep3.5Hundreds of aliens inhabit our Earth today. Some friendly, some belligerent - some are here for research purposes while others came for the sake of committing crime. It is only us humans who have yet to realize their existence. One day, a…
3.5Mobile Suit Gundam I
Movie · 1981 · 1 ep
Mobile Suit Gundam IKidou Senshi Gundam IMovie · 1981 · 1 ep3.5It is the year Universal Century 0079. Over 90 million humans populate the Earth, and many have been forced to live in space. People now live in large cylinder-like colony clusters called Sides, all ruled over by the "Earth Federation…
3.5Tenchi Muyo! Tenchi Universe
TV · 1995 · 26 ep
Tenchi Muyo! Tenchi UniverseTenchi Muyou!TV · 1995 · 26 ep3.5Tenchi Masaki may be a 17-year-old young man in rural Japan, but little does he know how bad his day will be getting. When a space pirate chased by a pair of Galaxy Police officers crash-lands at his grandfather's temple, Tenchi is sucked…
3.5Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition
ONA · 2014 · 36 ep
Japan Anima(tor)’s ExhibitionNihon Animator MihonichiONA · 2014 · 36 ep3.5Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition is the showcase of the animations produced by various directors with love and energy, which are planned from original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Music PV, and VJ Films etc... Episodes…
3.5Dirty Pair
TV · 1985 · 24 ep
Dirty PairTV · 1985 · 24 ep3.5If you're in big trouble, call the World Welfare Work Association or WWWA for short. They will send out a team of highly trained and capable agents called Trouble Consultants who can solve your problems. But if the team they send you is…
3.5Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
Movie · 1981 · 1 ep
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of SorrowKidou Senshi Gundam II: Ai Senshi-henMovie · 1981 · 1 ep3.5As the War continues, Amuro and the White Base crew must make their way toward the Earth Federation Headquarters, Jaburo. On their way they will meet several new enemies and face off against impossible odds. They will fight in Operation…
3.5Cowboy Bebop: Yose Atsume Blues
Special · 1998 · 1 ep
Cowboy Bebop: Yose Atsume BluesSpecial · 1998 · 1 ep3.5Due to the violence portrayed in the Cowboy Bebop world and violence in Japanese schools, the series was briefly cancelled and an extra session was created as a final episode to the first thirteen episodes aired. Called "Session XX…
3.5Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar
TV · 1974 · 26 ep
Star Blazers: The Quest for IscandarUchuu Senkan YamatoTV · 1974 · 26 ep3.5In the distant future, the war between the human race and the Gamilon has taken its toll on the planet Earth. Constant bombardment of radioactive asteroids has rendered the planet's atmosphere uninhabitable. As a means of relief aid, Queen…
3.5Magic Knight Rayearth II
TV · 1995 · 29 ep
Magic Knight Rayearth IITV · 1995 · 29 ep3.5Soon after Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu return to Tokyo, the three of them meet at Tokyo Tower to talk. Hikaru says that she wishes they could return to Cephiro and do something good for the land that Princess Emeraude protected so dearly. Umi and…