Best Sci-Fi Manga
393 sci-fi manga ranked by community score. Scores come from the wider anime community; ratings on AnimeHunt are shown on each title.
Top rated sci-fi manga
4.0Battle Angel Alita
Manga · 1990 · 54 ch
Battle Angel AlitaGUNNMManga · 1990 · 54 ch4.0In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her…
4.0Shangri-La Frontier
Manga · 2020
Shangri-La FrontierShangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kami ge ni Idoman to suManga · 20204.0Second year high school student Rakuro Hizutome is interested in one thing only: finding "shitty games" and beating the crap out of them. His gaming skills are second to none, and no game is too bad for him to enjoy. So when he's…
4.0A Certain Scientific Railgun
Manga · 2007 · 180 ch
A Certain Scientific RailgunToaru Kagaku no RailgunManga · 2007 · 180 ch4.0Welcome to a world where mysticism and science collide, and supernatural powers are derived from either science or religion. At the heart of this world is Academy City, an advanced metropolis whose population is comprised mostly of…
4.0The Hunter's Gonna Lay Low
Webtoon · 2024
The Hunter's Gonna Lay LowHunter-neun Joyonghi Salgo SipdaWebtoon · 20244.0Life's never quiet when you've got S-Rank Rizz. Former S-Rank Hunter Ui-Jae, a.k.a. J, saved humanity from eldritch horrors emerging from dimensional rifts, only to time-leap 8 years into a future where he's presumed dead. Now a manager at…
4.0Sword Art Online Progressive
Light Novel · 2012
Sword Art Online ProgressiveSword Art Online: ProgressiveLight Novel · 20124.0"There's no way to beat this game. The only difference is when and where you die..." One month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba's deadly game began, and the body count continues to rise. Two thousand players are already dead. Kirito and…
4.0Planetes
Manga · 1999 · 28 ch
PlanetesManga · 1999 · 28 ch4.0Haunted by a space flight accident that claimed the life of his beloved wife, Yuri finds himself six years later as part of a team of debris cleaners on a vessel called the Toy Box charged with clearing space junk from space flight paths…
Mature
4.0Eden: It's an Endless World!
Manga · 1997 · 131 ch
Eden: It's an Endless World!EDEN: It's an Endless World!Manga · 1997 · 131 ch4.0In the near future, a large portion of humanity is wiped out by a brutal, new virus that hardens the skin while dissolving internal organs. Those who aren't immune are either severely crippled or allowed to live with cybernetically…
Mature
4.0Fool Night
Manga · 2020
Fool NightManga · 20204.0The earth of the distant future is covered in thick clouds, and the sun no longer shines. Plants wither, and oxygen is thin. To fight extinction, humankind has developed a technology that turns humans into plants, providing a small amount…
4.0Ponkotsu Ponko
Manga · 2019 · 79 ch
Ponkotsu PonkoManga · 2019 · 79 ch4.0The near future, in a quiet seaside town. Yoshioka, who had recently lost his wife, just wants to spend the rest of his days in peace. However, Yoshioka's children, worried about their father's health, sent a housekeeping robot to help…
4.0Date A Live
Light Novel · 2011 · 146 ch
Date A LiveLight Novel · 2011 · 146 ch4.0Shidou Itsuka has a problem. The world has been racked by massive quakes of an unknown source for years now, though life goes on. Then one day, Shidou's calm life ends forever when in the middle of a quake in his city, he meets a girl…
4.0Doraemon
Manga · 1969 · 821 ch
DoraemonManga · 1969 · 821 ch4.0Doraemon, a cat shaped robot which came from the 22nd century in the future, goes back in time in order to help Nobita, a below average lazy kid, to make his life less miserable and improve his descendent's life. With many of Doreamon's…
Mature
4.0Orange
Light Novel · 2015 · 20 ch
OrangeLight Novel · 2015 · 20 ch4.0Everyone has regrets in life. So who wouldn’t take the chance to change the past if given the opportunity? When sixteen-year-old Takamiya Naho receives a mysterious letter, claiming to be from her twenty-seven-year-old self, her life is…
4.0Kagerou Daze
Light Novel · 2012 · 81 ch
Kagerou DazeLight Novel · 2012 · 81 ch4.0Shintarou Kisaragi, a NEET–person “Not in Education, Employment, or Training”–has refused to leave the comfort of his room for two whole years. But Shintarou’s easy and solitary life is about to take an unexpected turn when his computer…
Mature
4.0Getter Robo Go
Manga · 1991 · 28 ch
Getter Robo GoManga · 1991 · 28 ch4.0Years after the events of Getter Robo/Shin Getter Robo, Hayato Jin is the leader of NISAR; a private owned research and weapons development organization based in Japan. He, and Professor Tachibana, have been developing various weapons and…
Mature
4.0orange
Manga · 2012 · 39 ch
orangeManga · 2012 · 39 ch4.0Everyone has regrets in life. So who wouldn’t take the chance to change the past if given the opportunity? When sixteen-year-old Takamiya Naho receives a mysterious letter, claiming to be from her twenty-seven-year-old self, her life is…
Mature
4.0Fist of the North Star
Manga · 1983 · 245 ch
Fist of the North StarHokuto no KenManga · 1983 · 245 ch4.0One day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people—a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto…
4.0No. 6
Manga · 2011 · 35 ch
No. 6NO.6Manga · 2011 · 35 ch4.0For Shion, an elite student in the technologically sophisticated city No. 6, life is carefully choreographed. School, study, and the occasional visit with his friend and classmate Safu. One fateful day, however, he takes a misstep…
4.0GUNSLINGER GIRL
Manga · 2002 · 100 ch
GUNSLINGER GIRLManga · 2002 · 100 ch4.0The Social Welfare Agency in Italy is not what it seems. Yes, it rescues young girls who have been brutalized, but it then brainwashes them and turns them into ruthless killers for an elite and secret counter-terrorism unit for the Italian…
4.0Battle Angel Alita: Last Order
Manga · 2001 · 124 ch
Battle Angel Alita: Last OrderGUNNM: Last OrderManga · 2001 · 124 ch4.0Gally loses consciousness in a battle with Nova. When she awakes, she finds herself in Zalem. However, Zalem, which was thought to be a technological paradise, has been devastated and turned into a hell filled with death and violence. In…
4.0Otherside Picnic
Manga · 2018
Otherside PicnicUra Sekai PicnicManga · 20184.0In this sci-fi/fantasy survival thriller, the dangerous and deadly realm of the Otherside--where urban legends, cryptids, and folkloric legends roam--calls to two women, both in search of something. As they set out to sate their curiosity…
4.0NieR:Automata: Long Story Short
Light Novel · 2017 · 12 ch
NieR:Automata: Long Story ShortNieR:Automata: Nagai HanashiLight Novel · 2017 · 12 ch4.0When alien forces invade with an army of Machines, the remnants of humanity must depend on Androids of their own design – the placid 2B and the excitable 9S – to survive. (Source: VIZ Media)
3.9Fire Force
Manga · 2015 · 305 ch
Fire ForceEnen no ShouboutaiManga · 2015 · 305 ch3.9Terror has paralyzed the clockwork metropolis of Tokyo! Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Fire Force, ready to roll on a moment's notice to fight…
3.9Memories of Emanon
Manga · 2006 · 9 ch
Memories of EmanonOmoide EmanonManga · 2006 · 9 ch3.9The year is 1967, and a young Japanese man is thinking about the future. On one side of the water, the war is raging in Vietnam; far away on the other side, the Apollo Project has just met with disaster as three astronauts die in a capsule…
3.9The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse
Manga · 2022
The Color of the End: Mission in the ApocalypseUsuzumi no HateManga · 20223.9A girl walks alone in a world without humans. Her mission—to search for survivors and cleanse the land. But is anyone still out there in the lonely, beautiful ruins, waiting to be found? (Source: Yen Press)
Mature
3.9Ultra Heaven
Manga · 2001 · 25 ch
Ultra HeavenManga · 2001 · 25 ch3.9In the future, any mood you want is just a pump away. People flock to legal “pump bars,” where licensed medical professionals, known as bar doctors, prescribe their customers the perfect pharmaceutical blend. But when the standard dosage…
3.9Astra Lost in Space
Manga · 2016 · 53 ch
Astra Lost in SpaceKanata no AstraManga · 2016 · 53 ch3.9Itʼs the first day of Planet Camp, and Aries Spring couldnʼt be more excited! She, along with eight other strangers, leave for Planet McPa for a weeklong excursion. Soon after they arrive, however, a mysterious orb appears and transports…
3.9The Irregular at Magic High School
Light Novel · 2011 · 243 ch
The Irregular at Magic High SchoolMahouka Koukou no RettouseiLight Novel · 2011 · 243 ch3.9The year is 2095. Magic has been tamed as another form of technology, and the practice of magic is now a rigorous discipline. Brother and sister Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba are just about to start their first year at the renowned First Magic…
3.9The Music of Marie
Manga · 1999 · 17 ch
The Music of MarieMarie no Kanaderu OngakuManga · 1999 · 17 ch3.9Pirito is a utopia protected by the mechanical goddess Marie, who looms large as she orbits the skies above. Down in the factory town of Gil, Pipi’s heart yearns for Kai, but as the only one who can hear Marie’s ever-present music, will he…
3.9Cheolsu Saves the World
Webtoon · 2022 · 69 ch
Cheolsu Saves the WorldCheol-Su-reul GuhasioWebtoon · 2022 · 69 ch3.9A massive asteroid is about to hit earth! Humanity has failed to stop a giant asteroid from plummeting into Earth, and life as we know it has ended. An ordinary Korean office worker named Cheol-Su is somehow given the chance to go back in…
3.9Twin Spica
Manga · 2001 · 116 ch
Twin SpicaFutatsu no SpicaManga · 2001 · 116 ch3.9In a Tokyo of the not-too-distant future a young girl looks up to the stars with melancholy in her heart and hope in her eyes. Thirteen-year-old Asumi Kamogawa’s life has been tied to those stars; her future may very well be among…
3.9Danganronpa Kirigiri
Light Novel · 2013 · 35 ch
Danganronpa KirigiriLight Novel · 2013 · 35 ch3.9Follows Kyoko Kirigiri's past of working as a detective with the 16 year old Yui Samidare.
3.9A Certain Scientific Railgun: Astral Buddy
Manga · 2017 · 31 ch
A Certain Scientific Railgun: Astral BuddyToaru Kagaku no Railgun Gaiden: Astral BuddyManga · 2017 · 31 ch3.9Hokaze Junko, one of the top “handmaidens” of Shokuhou Misaki, has always blended into the background of Tokiwadai–an easy feat when you go to an all-girls’ school full of powerful psychics. But when a ghostly figure starts stalking her…
3.9Gantz
Manga · 2000 · 383 ch
GantzGANTZManga · 2000 · 383 ch3.9Tokyo teens Kei and Masaru are killed by a subway train but awaken in a room with an ominous black orb that gives them weapons, suits and orders. Fighting bizarre alien monstrosities in a deadly game, will they win their freedom or die for…
Mature
3.9Takopi's Original Sin
Manga · 2021 · 16 ch
Takopi's Original SinTakopii no GenzaiManga · 2021 · 16 ch3.9Takopi travels from his home of Happy Planet to spread happiness across Earth, but meets the unsmiling Shizuka upon landing. Her friends at school and home life seem to be the source of her somber expression—and the pure-hearted Takopi is…
3.9Undead Unluck
Manga · 2020 · 244 ch
Undead UnluckManga · 2020 · 244 ch3.9What happens when an unlucky girl meets an undead guy? Pure chaos! All Fuuko wants is a passionate romance like the one in her favorite shojo manga. Unfortunately, her Unluck ability makes that impossible. But just as Fuuko hits rock…
Mature
3.9Dai Dark
Manga · 2019
Dai DarkManga · 20193.9Zaha Sanko’s body has great and terrible powers–they say that possessing his bones will grant you any wish, even the desire to become ruler of the universe. But Sanko is still a teenage dude with his own life, and he isn’t about to let…Looking for something else? Filter sci-fi manga by year, status and format.