Do you like sci-fi or sci-fi anime? In this guide we will share the best of the genre, along with a complete list of good anime that end up going unnoticed by people.
Sci-fi, or science fiction, is a genre of speculative anime based on imagination. They usually explore a new world, whether in the future or in the past, in addition to other planets and alternative lands.
The genre commonly presents humanity's curiosity and innovation as they struggle with new technologies, new societies or new frontiers in space. Most of the time these anime are theoretically possible by science.
Steins; Gate - The best Sci-Fi time travel anime
Without a doubt the best science fiction anime involving time travel is called Steins; Gate. A perfect work with a lot of psychological thriller, mystery and full of references to Otaku world, in addition to references to the real world.
The anime tells the story of a group of young people who end up creating a time machine using a microwave, it looks confused and crazy but WATCH! This is without a doubt the best anime I have watched in my entire life! Difficult to give a synopsis without spoilers.
The anime consists of 24 episodes plus an OVA, followed by a movie and a second season spin-off which shows an alternative timeline that has relevance in the main story, where events lead to the results of the first season.
Gintama - A Sci-Fi Comedy
Gintama is a huge success in Japan, being one of the greatest comedy anime of all time, focused on making parodies and references. In this anime we have a universe full of samurai, aliens and other flashy creatures.
Several space races known collectively as Amanto arrived in the era of the samurai. Amanto's highly advanced technology has resulted in total achievement and severe economic change. Now, ex-samurai like Gintoki turn to survive.
Gintoki's profession is that of yorozuya which consists of doing any job for money. However, he is unmotivated and spends most of the day on the couch reading the latest issue of Jump while being tormented by his employees Shinpachi and Kagura.
Sidonia no Kishi - Knights of Sidonia
An alien race called Gauna destroyed Earth, leaving humanity struggling to survive on board the ship Sidonia. Even though a century has passed since the last meeting with the Gauna, military service is mandatory.
For Nagate Tanikaze, whose grandfather secretly hid him in Sidonia's forgotten bowels, it is a strange new world, as he is forced to surface. However, their recruitment arrives just in time, as the Gauna suddenly reappeared.
Despite the CG, as soon as you get used to it, anime captures you and takes you to great emotions, with a good dash of action, romance and twists. Try giving this great sci-fi anime a try.
In addition to Sidonia no Kishi, I want to make honorable mentions of other anime involving space battles and mekain order to avoid similar anime on the list. Please give anime a try Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Aldnoah Zero.
Yakusoku no Neverland - The farm anime
Emma, Norman, Ray and many other "brothers" live in an orphanage isolated from the outside world. They live an enchanted life surrounded by friends and protected by Mama, their caretaker, all in the hope of finding a home until they are 12 years old.
The only rule is that they should never venture outside the gate that isolates them from the rest of society, as dangers await them. But one day, children learn the true horror of what is in store for their short lives ...
In this universe, creatures evolved and became predators of humans, by means of an agreement between them, these creatures cultivate children in farms similar to daycare centers in order to commercialize them as food.
Code Geass - Overthrowing an Empire
In this universe much of the world is dominated by an empire called Britannian. Japan is one of its domains, it receives the name of area 11 and the Japanese suffer prejudice in such a way that they are not even called Japanese, but eleven.
The forgotten son of Emperor Lelouch who is very intelligent, outraged by all the events in the world, one day ends up rebelling against the empire, stopping a vast mental battle using the power you have been granted.
In this universe full of Mekas, Lelouch receives a power that allows him to give an order per person when looking into his eyes. He uses this ability to manipulate people on both sides, creating a major rebellion over the name of a masked man named Zero.
Boku no Hero Academia - The world of heroes
In this universe more than 70% of the population has some special ability, some use these skills to become heroes. The protagonist Midoriya Izuku was born without any skills, but is passionate about the heroes and very much wants to be one of them.
One day the Super hero most powerful and famous on the planet All Might, offers a golden opportunity for the boy. Midoriya has the opportunity to inherit the power of All Might to be trained and become his successor.
With that Midoriya goes to study in the biggest school of Heroes in order to improve his skills and fight against the villains. Boku no Hero is a highly successful multi-season anime that you probably already know. Otherwise… Run to watch!
Remember that there are other anime of the fiction genre with heroes. We can briefly cite the case of One Punch Man, an anime with a lot of comedy and action. I decided to quote you briefly here to avoid several similar anime on the list.
Dr.Stone - If the world is lost everything?
Several thousand years after a mysterious phenomenon that turns all mankind to stone, the extraordinarily intelligent and science-oriented boy, Senku Ishigami, awakens.
Facing a world of stone and the total collapse of civilization, Senku decides to use science to rebuild the world. Starting with their super strong childhood friend Taiju Oki, who awoke at the same time, they will begin to rebuild civilization from nothing ...
The anime portrays human evolution and inventions well, has a very exciting story involving conflicts with people who do not want human evolution, natives who survived the freeze and much more.
Space Brothers - Uchuu Kyoudai
One of the my favorite anime and one of the most popular in Japan that goes unnoticed by Western society. In this everyday story we are in the shoes of Mutta, a 30-year-old unemployed man with a childhood dream of going to space.
His younger brother Hibito managed to fulfill that dream by becoming an astronaut. Mutta, although old, tries to reach his brother by enlisting to be an astronaut in order to go to Mars. It seems like a different theme, but it is very exciting.
Only with the synopsis I am not able to hold your attention, but this anime is simply epic! Mixing different genres, with a lot of drama and psychological, with a comedy and more realistic footprint. Watch the anime that won Japan's weekly TOP1 several times.
Psycho-Pass - Controlled by a system
In Psychi-Pass, a system called Sibyl is responsible for Japan's security. Through its technology, it can identify people's criminal coefficient, preventing them from committing crimes before they even think about doing so.
This creates a totally different universe, where people need to avoid stress, if they do not need to check in. A whole technological world, Dark and Punk, where a kind protagonist ends up being recommended to serve as an inspector.
Inspectors work alongside latent criminals called executors, who need to catch potential criminals, using a weapon that only fires if the person's coefficient is high. The weapon can paralyze or kill according to value.
Kiseijuu - The sci-fi anime of parasites
In this anime parasites invade the human brain taking his life and living in hiding while feeding on other humans. Thousands of murders have taken place and concerned society.
In this environment, a young man named Shinichi Izumi ends up being attacked by a parasite, but manages to defend himself using a headset, causing the parasite to lodge only in his right hand.
For the survival of Shinichi and the parasite lodged in his right hand, they both agree to coexist and work together to fight the parasites that are murdering humans. Will this work?
Other Sci-Fi Science Fiction Anime
If we take into account any different anime that has some scientific basis, the list of sci-fi and sci-fi anime is huge. For this reason, below we will share a very extensive list of these anime, ordered by the most popular:
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| Nome do Anime Sci-Fi | Year |
| Steins;Gate | 2011 |
| The Promised Neverland | 2019 |
| Gintama | 2006 |
| One-Punch Man | 2015 |
| Made in Abyss | 2017 |
| Cowboy Bebop | 1998 |
| Dr. Stone | 2019 |
| My Hero Academia | 2016 |
| Parasyte -the maxim- | 2014 |
| Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | 2007 |
| Psycho-Pass | 2012 |
| Space Brothers | 2012 |
| Overlord | 2015 |
| Aria the Origination | 2008 |
| Log Horizon | 2013 |
| Hinamatsuri | 2018 |
| Assassination Classroom | 2015 |
| Astra Lost in Space | 2019 |
| A Certain Scientific Railgun | 2013 |
| Full Metal Panic! | 2005 |
| Kino’s Journey | 2003 |
| Darker than Black | 2007 |
| Carole & Tuesday | 2019 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam 00 | 2007 |
| Planetes | 2003 |
| From the New World | 2012 |
| Megalo Box | 2018 |
| Aria the Natural | 2006 |
| Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond | 2017 |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion | 1995 |
| Kill La Kill | 2013 |
| Kaiba | 2008 |
| Girls’ Last Tour | 2017 |
| Macross Frontier | 2007 |
| Outlaw Star | 1998 |
| Den-noh Coil | 2007 |
| Tiger & Bunny | 2011 |
| Eureka Seven | 2005 |
| Super Dimensional Fortress Macross | 1982 |
| Symphogear XV | 2019 |
| Sword Art Online | 2012 |
| Future Boy Conan | 1978 |
| Last Exile | 2003 |
| Irresponsible Captain Tylor | 1993 |
| Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet | 2013 |
| The Irregular at Magic High School | 2014 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Wing | 1995 |
| Knights of Sidonia | 2014 |
| Darwin’s Game | 2020 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam SEED | 2002 |
| Plastic Memories | 2015 |
| Crest of the Stars | 1999 |
| Ergo Proxy | 2006 |
| Toward the Terra TV | 2007 |
| A Certain Magical Index | 2008 |
| Banner of the Stars | 2000 |
| DARLING in the FRANXX | 2018 |
| Blood Blockade Battlefront | 2015 |
| Deca-Dence | 2020 |
| Space Dandy | 2014 |
| Chrome Shelled Regios | 2009 |
| Aldnoah.Zero | 2014 |
| Kino’s Journey -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series | 2017 |
| Gundam Build Fighters | 2013 |
| Guilty Crown | 2011 |
| Serial Experiments Lain | 1998 |
| GaoGaiGar FINAL Grand Glorious Gathering | 2005 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam | 1979 |
| Tsuritama | 2012 |
| No. 6 | 2011 |
| Samurai 7 | 2004 |
| Bokurano | 2007 |
| Now and Then, Here and There | 1999 |
| Uninhabited Planet Survive | 2003 |
| Air Gear | 2006 |
| Motto To Love Ru | 2010 |
| Tenchi Universe | 1995 |
| Rainbow Sea | 2011 |
| Heroic Age | 2007 |
| Taikong Lixianji | 2010 |
| FLIP FLAPPERS | 2016 |
| Read Or Die TV | 2003 |
| Deadman Wonderland | 2011 |
| Kiznaiver | 2016 |
| Gundam Build Fighters Try | 2014 |
| Space Adventure Cobra | 1982 |
| Symphogear AXZ | 2017 |
| Sgt. Frog | 2004 |
| Accel World | 2012 |
| Dimension W | 2016 |
| Thunder Jet | 1994 |
| Chobits | 2002 |
| A Certain Scientific Accelerator | 2019 |
| Captain Harlock | 1978 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny | 2004 |
| Martian Successor Nadesico | 1996 |
| Armored Trooper Votoms | 1983 |
| World Trigger | 2014 |
| Black Bullet | 2014 |
| Level E | 2011 |
| Black Cat | 2005 |
| Aria the Animation | 2005 |
| Stellvia of the Universe | 2003 |
| Gleipnir | 2020 |
| Kuromukuro | 2016 |
| God Eater | 2015 |
| Mojakou | 1995 |
| Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W | 2013 |
| Vandread | 2000 |
| Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha | 2004 |
| Galaxy Express 999 | 1978 |
| Space Patrol Luluco | 2016 |
| Zegapain | 2006 |
| Date a Live | 2013 |
| RahXephon | 2002 |
| Mai-Otome | 2005 |
| Please Teacher | 2002 |
| Giant Gorg | 1984 |
| Trinity Blood | 2005 |
| Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam | 1983 |
| Symphogear G | 2013 |
| Symphogear GX | 2015 |
| Solty Rei | 2005 |
| Jyu-Oh-Sei | 2006 |
| Infinite Ryvius | 1999 |
| Tenchi Muyo! GXP | 2002 |
| Planet With | 2018 |
| Mobile Fighter G Gundam | 1994 |
| Scryed | 2001 |
| Valvrave the Liberator | 2013 |
| Tekkaman Blade | 1992 |
| Mahoromatic | 2001 |
| Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventures | 1999 |
| Gatchaman Crowds Insight | 2015 |
| The Asterisk War | 2015 |
| Mars Daybreak | 2004 |
| Gatchaman Crowds | 2013 |
| Genesis Climber Mospeada | 1983 |
| Turn A Gundam | 1999 |
| Gun x Sword | 2005 |
| Infinite Stratos | 2011 |
| GaoGaiGar | 1997 |
| Casshern Sins | 2008 |
| Saber Marionette J to X | 1998 |
| Excel Saga | 1999 |
| Brigadoon | 2000 |
| Sentou Mecha Xabungle | 1982 |
| To Love Ru | 2008 |
| Oh! Edo Rocket | 2007 |
| SSSS.Gridman | 2018 |
| Moonlight Mile | 2007 |
| Buddy Complex | 2014 |
| Heavy Object | 2015 |
| Blue Comet SPT Layzner | 1985 |
| Witchblade | 2006 |
| Urusei Yatsura | 1981 |
| High School Fleet | 2016 |
| Aquarion Evol | 2012 |
| Fafner Exodus | 2015 |
| Macross Delta | 2016 |
| AKB0048 | 2012 |
| Marude Dameo | 1991 |
| Needless | 2009 |
| Basquash! | 2009 |
| Fractale | 2011 |
| Oban Star-Racers | 2006 |
| Danball Senki Wars | 2013 |
| Majestic Prince | 2013 |
| Galaxy Angel A | 2002 |
| Saber Marionette J | 1996 |
| GANTZ | 2004 |
| Haiyore! Nyaruko-san | 2012 |
| UFO Robo Grendizer | 1975 |
| After War Gundam X | 1996 |
| Angelic Layer | 2001 |
| No Guns Life | 2019 |
| Kinnikuman | 1983 |
| Muteki Robo Trider G7 | 1980 |
| Desert Punk | 2004 |
| Cyber Formula | 1991 |
| The Big O | 1999 |
| Fantastic Children | 2004 |
| Rockman.EXE Stream | 2004 |
| Figure 17 | 2001 |
| YAT Anshin! Uchuu Ryokou | 1996 |
| The Diary of a Crazed Family | 2008 |
| Jurassic Tripper | 1995 |
| Twin Spica | 2003 |
| Bodacious Space Pirates | 2012 |
| Rockman.EXE Beast+ | 2006 |
| Kamisama Dolls | 2011 |
| Toushou Daimos | 1978 |
| Texhnolyze | 2003 |
| Eureka Seven AO | 2012 |
| Star Twinkle Pretty Cure | 2019 |
| Kiddy Grade | 2002 |
| .hack//SIGN | 2002 |
| Asura Cryin’ | 2009 |
| Cyborg Kuro-chan | 1999 |
| World Conquest Zvezda Plot | 2014 |
| Chou Denji Robo Combattler V | 1976 |
| Galaxy Angel Z | 2002 |
| Cybersix | 1999 |
| Cyborg 009 (1979) | 1979 |
| Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs | 1984 |
| Brynhildr in the Darkness | 2014 |
| Fafner | 2004 |
| Rocket Girls | 2007 |
| Zetman | 2012 |
| Ultra B | 1987 |
| Galaxy Angel X | 2004 |
| Phoenix | 2004 |
| Gear Fighter Dendoh | 2000 |
| Macross 7 | 1994 |
| Heat Guy J | 2002 |
| Strike Witches TV | 2008 |
| Starship Operators | 2005 |
| Gozonji! Gekkou Kamen-kun | 1999 |
| Queen Millennia | 1981 |
| Sky Girls TV | 2007 |
| Danball Senki W | 2012 |
| Rockman EXE Axess | 2003 |
| Hyper Police | 1997 |
| Mazinger Z | 1972 |
| Lost Universe | 1998 |
| Rockman.EXE Beast | 2005 |
| Cat Planet Cuties | 2010 |
| Dennou Boukenki Webdiver | 2001 |
| Great Mazinger | 1974 |
| The Legend of Black Heaven | 1999 |
| Time Travel Tondekeman! | 1989 |
| Terra Formars | 2014 |
| Blue Gender | 1999 |
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