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Post-apocalyptic anime and manga
The guide lists 111 titles tagged post-apocalyptic. The genre peaked in the 2000s (28 titles). Studios with the most post-apocalyptic titles: Madhouse (5), Sunrise (4) and Wit Studio (4). It often comes paired with science fiction, action and mecha.
Best-known post-apocalyptic anime
- Attack on Titan 2013
- Cowboy Bebop 1998
- Turn A Gundam 1999
- After War Gundam X 1996
- Ergo Proxy 2006
- Wolf's Rain 2003
- Darling in the Franxx 2018
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress 2016
- Guilty Crown 2011
- Darker than Black 2007
- The Big O
- Blue Gender 1999
- Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet 2013
- Trigun 1998
- Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō
- Bubblegum Crisis 1987
- Now and Then, Here and There 1999
- Apocalypse Hotel 2025
- Innocent Venus 2006
- Casshern Sins 2008
- Solty Rei 2005
- Genesis Climber MOSPEADA 1983
- Trinity Blood 2005
- Seraph of the End 2015
- Beast King GoLion 1981
- Blue Submarine No. 6
- God Eater 2015
- New Fist of the North Star 2003
- MD Geist 1986
- Kemono Friends 2017
Best-known post-apocalyptic anime films
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984
- Akira 1988
- Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance 2009
- The End of Evangelion 1997
- Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone 2007
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001
- Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo 2012
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 2001
- Bubble 2022
- Origin: Spirits of the Past 2006
- Appleseed 2004
- Expelled from Paradise 2014
- Vampire Hunter D 1985
Best-known post-apocalyptic manga
- Attack on Titan 2009
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Land of the Lustrous 2012
- Highschool of the Dead 2006
- Seraph of the End 2012
- Battle Angel Alita 1990
- Dr. Stone 2017
- Excel Saga 1996
- Bastard!!
- Dorohedoro 2000
- Blame! 1997
- Girls' Last Tour 2014
- Eden: It's an Endless World! 1997
- Trigun 1995
- Coppelion
- Desert Punk 1997
- Touring After the Apocalypse 2020
- 7 Seeds 2001
- Big Order 2011
- Night of the Living Cat 2020
- Attack on Titan: No Regrets 2013
- Dragon Head 1994
- Needless 2003
- Fool Night 2020
- The Drifting Classroom 1972
- Violence Jack
- The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse 2022
- Apocalypse Zero
- Wāqwāq 2004
- Kurogane Communication 1996