Best lost civilization manga
67 manga about lost civilization, 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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SOIL
Manga · 2004 · 90 ch
SOILManga · 2004 · 90 ch3.8Something strange is going on in "Soil New Town." The sudden disappearance of a seemingly normal family leads the two detectives Yokoi and Onoda to the idyllic town in the middle of nowhere. What looks like a routine case at first quickly…
3.7Lord of the Mysteries
Manga · 2020 · 65 ch
Lord of the MysteriesGuimi Zhi ZhuManga · 2020 · 65 ch3.7With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears? Waking up to be faced with a string of…
Shutohel
Manga · 2008 · 90 ch
ShutohelManga · 2008 · 90 ch3.7Beginning of the 13th century. In the days of old existed a woman warrior named Shutohel, the Evil One, feared even by the Mongols, said to be the strongest army in history. At first, she was just a normal Tangut's soldier frightened by…
At the Mountains of Madness
Manga · 2016 · 25 ch
At the Mountains of MadnessKyouki no Sanmyaku nite: Lovecraft KessakushuuManga · 2016 · 25 ch3.7The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September 1930, and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. Throughout the story…
3.7Kaisou Toshi Danpenshuu
Manga · 2026
Kaisou Toshi DanpenshuuManga · 20263.7In a world approaching its end, humanity has built a colossal, multi-layered city that rises high into the sky through the power of advanced technology. As the city continues to expand, its inhabitants live their lives within and around…
3.6How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
Light Novel · 2016 · 261 ch
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the KingdomGenjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku SaikenkiLight Novel · 2016 · 261 ch3.6"O, Hero!" With that cliched line, Kazuya Souma found himself summoned to another world and his adventure--did not begin. After he presents his plan to strengthen the country economically and militarily, the king cedes the throne to him…
3.6Get Backers: Dakkanya
Manga · 1999 · 344 ch
Get Backers: DakkanyaGetBackersManga · 1999 · 344 ch3.6Blonde, hip, pragmatic and cool, Ginji Amano has the power to generate currents with his body like an electric eel. Brunette, equally hip, bespectacled and rambunctious, Ban Mido has the mystically mysterious 'Evil Eye,' the power to…
3.6Release that Witch
Manga · 2017 · 695 ch
Release that WitchFangkai Nage NüwuManga · 2017 · 695 ch3.6A modern-day engineer is transmigrated to a different world... where he becomes a prince. His surroundings remind him of medieval Europe, but it's not quite the same. In this world, witches actually exist, and they have real magic powers!…
3.6Tsui no Taimashi: Ender Geister
Manga · 2019
Tsui no Taimashi: Ender GeisterManga · 20193.6This protagonist, the most demonically strong exorcist. Akira the S-class exorcist sent from Germany to investigate a paranormal event in a certain city in Japan. He shoots creatures from other worlds with his beautiful exorcist partner…
3.6Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA
Light Novel · 2007 · 45 ch
Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMAEvangelion: ANIMALight Novel · 2007 · 45 ch3.6An alternate universe ending for the legendary anime! What would have happened if the Human Instrumentality Project–from the final two episodes of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion anime–had never reached fruition? This official light…
3.5Fairy Tail
Manga · 2006 · 549 ch
Fairy TailFAIRY TAILManga · 2006 · 549 ch3.5Cute girl wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician. Her only hope is Natsu, a strange boy she…
3.5Cage of Eden
Manga · 2008 · 185 ch
Cage of EdenEden no OriManga · 2008 · 185 ch3.5Danger and action abound after Akira Sengoku and his classmates crash-land on a deserted island while flying home from a class trip. The island doesn't exist on any maps but that's not even the strangest part: the animals they find on the…
The Drifting Classroom
Manga · 1972 · 44 ch
The Drifting ClassroomHyouryuu KyoushitsuManga · 1972 · 44 ch3.5Out of nowhere, an entire school vanishes, leaving nothing but a hole in the ground. While parents mourn and authorities investigate, the students and teachers find themselves not dead but stranded in a terrifying wasteland where they must…
3.5Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!
Light Novel · 2016
Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne!Light Novel · 20163.5When she turns ten years old, Adele von Ascham is hit with a horrible headache–and memories of her previous life as an eighteen-year-old Japanese girl named Kurihara Misato. That life changed abruptly, however, when Misato died trying to…
3.5APOSIMZ
Manga · 2017 · 54 ch
APOSIMZNingyou no KuniManga · 2017 · 54 ch3.5This story takes place on the frigid, massive artificial planet known as Aposimz. Eo, Biko and Etherow, residents of the White Diamond Beam, are in the middle of combat training when suddenly a girl appears, Rebedoan Empire soldiers in hot…
3.5A Centaur's Life
Manga · 2010
A Centaur's LifeCentaur no NayamiManga · 20103.5Being a teenager is never easy… especially for a centaur! Himeno is a sweet, shy girl, who like many teens her age, struggles with the trials and tribulations of attending high school. The difference is she’s a centaur; but she’s not…
3.5Starving Anonymous
Manga · 2014 · 64 ch
Starving AnonymousShokuryou Jinrui: Starving AnonymousManga · 2014 · 64 ch3.5It's a day like any other, and high school students Ie and Kazu are on the bus home from school when, suddenly, it floods with a mysterious gas. The pair pass out and wake up to find themselves aboard a truck packed full of human bodies…
3.5COLORLESS
Manga · 2019 · 81 ch
COLORLESSColorlessManga · 2019 · 81 ch3.5A cosmic disaster changed the Earth forever, stripping away every last drop of color from the world. Mankind also changed: the familiar human face is almost forgotten in a world now populated wholly by mutants. Against the backdrop of a…
3.4O-Parts Hunter
Manga · 2001 · 78 ch
O-Parts Hunter666: SatanManga · 2001 · 78 ch3.4In the not too distant future, mankind battles over O-Parts, relics from an ancient civilization. It takes a special kind of person to unlock the full potential of these remnants from the past, and a unique breed of humans known as O.P.T.s…
3.4A Cave King’s Road to Paradise: Climbing to the Top with My Almighty Mining Skills!
Manga · 2020
A Cave King’s Road to Paradise: Climbing to the Top with My Almighty Mining Skills!Doukutsuou kara Hajimeru Rakuen Life: Bannou no Saikutsu Skill de Saikyou NiManga · 20203.4Hiel was ridiculed for having a useless crest and was exiled to a remote island. When he grabbed an ice axe to reclaim the island, the true effect of his crest was revealed. With his production cheat, he will reclaim this uninhabited…
3.4The Barbarian’s Bride
Manga · 2021
The Barbarian’s BrideHime Kishi wa Barbaroi no YomeManga · 20213.4Serafina de Lavillant, the strongest female knight in the West, was sent to subjugate the barbaric tribes of the East. But when her mission fails spectacularly, she’s captured alive and imprisoned. Humiliated and dreading what horrific…
3.4Touring After the Apocalypse
Manga · 2020
Touring After the ApocalypseShuumatsu TouringManga · 20203.4All alone after the end of days, two girls bike through the empty ruins of Japan—and they’re not about to let the collapse of civilization get in the way of sightseeing! Even when the world ends, their journey goes on. (Source: Yen Press)
Getter Robo G
Manga · 1975 · 5 ch
Getter Robo GManga · 1975 · 5 ch3.4After Emperor Gore and the Reptilian empire is defeated, a new enemy, Emperor Burai and his Hyakki empire rises and threatens to take over Earth. Ryoma, Hayato, and newcomer Benkei pilot the new Getter Robo G to save Earth. (Source: Anime…
Orient
Manga · 2018 · 156 ch
OrientORIENTManga · 2018 · 156 ch3.3The new shonen action manga from the creator of Magi is here! Musashi is a teenager living under demon rule. As children, he and his best friend made a promise: to become the greatest warriors in the world and overthrow the demons. But…
3.3In Another World With My Smartphone
Manga · 2016
In Another World With My SmartphoneIsekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni.Manga · 20163.3After a freak accident involving some lightning winds up zapping him dead, 15-year-old Mochizuki Touya wakes up to find himself face-to-face with God. “I am afraid to say that I have made a bit of a blunder...” laments the old coot. But…
3.3Working for God in a Godless World
Manga · 2019
Working for God in a Godless WorldKaminaki Sekai no Kamisama KatsudouManga · 20193.3When the son of a cult leader is transported to a world without religion he must bring the god he despised with him to save the world! The first volume in an ongoing series (with a hit anime adaptation now on Crunchyroll) Working for God…
3.3SPRIGGAN
Manga · 1989 · 62 ch
SPRIGGANManga · 1989 · 62 ch3.3In the waning years of the Cold War era, national governments and paramilitary forces are in a race to uncover the relics of an ancient alien civilization that once ruled the Earth. The alien technology holds seemingly miraculous powers…
I Think I'll Cheat to Become a Spellsword in Another World
Manga · 2020
I Think I'll Cheat to Become a Spellsword in Another WorldIsekai Tenishita node Cheat wo Ikashite Mahou Kenshi Yaru Koto ni SuruManga · 20203.3Suzumiya Kaede has little to look forward to in life aside from online gaming, and even that's slipping away from him. After a three-day-long MMO bender, he passes out and finds himself waking up in an entirely foreign fantasy world full…
3.1Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!
Manga · 2015
Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!Manga · 20153.1Ichinomiya Shingo, a 25-year-old man working at a firm company, while thinking of tomorrow's busy working day, goes to sleep. However, when he woke up, he found himself in a room unknown to him and realized that he is inside a 6-years-old…
3.0The Strongest Wizard Making Full Use of the Strategy Guide -No Taking Orders, I’ll Slay the Demon King My Own Way-
Manga · 2019
The Strongest Wizard Making Full Use of the Strategy Guide -No Taking Orders, I’ll Slay the Demon King My Own Way-"Kouryakubon" wo Kushi Suru Saikyou no Mahoutsukai: <Meirei Sasero> to wa Iwasenai Oreryuu Maou Toubatsu Saizen RouteManga · 20193.0Magnus, a wizard who gets ordered around by the hero, is kicked out of the party. Right after that, he receives a book written in the language of the gods detailing all the information he would need to defeat the demon king-the ultimate…
2.9Isekai wo Seigyo Mahou de Kirihirake!
Manga · 2016 · 36 ch
Isekai wo Seigyo Mahou de Kirihirake!Manga · 2016 · 36 ch2.9Evan Douglas despite being born in nobility, he was bullied by everyone in his family due to his low mana capacity and even more due to his black hair and eyes that does not run in the family. The only person who is kind to him is his maid…