What is Post Apocalypse anime?

An anime that takes place on future Earth (or it could be an alternative universe) after a major cataclysm has occurred. World War III, an alien invasion, plague, global warming or some other general disaster are common themes to build a post-apocalyptic world upon, where the effects were severe enough that mankind barely survived.The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologised). Post-apocalyptic stories often take place in an agrarian, non-technological future world, or a world where only scattered elements of technology remain. There is a considerable degree of blurring between post-apocalyptic fiction and that which deals with false utopias or dystopian societies.

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Gachiakuta

0

Description:

A boy lives in a floating town, where the poor scrape by and the rich live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. When he’s falsely accused of murder, though, his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment—exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and to travel the path to vengeance against those who cast him into Hell, a boy will have to become a warrior… (Source: Kodansha USA)
Type

TV

Status

unreleased

Aired

2025-12-31

Nyaight of the Living Cat

(Night of the Living Cat)

0

Description:

In the near future, a unique disease has swept across the planet: a virus that transforms humans into cats! And the horde is expanding, since if these adorable kitties snuggle with a human, the human is transformed into yet another cat. A small group of cat-loving survivors is trying to escape the madness, but how can you defend yourself against a threat you just want to cuddle and pet?! This wild new take on a post-apocalyptic survival tale will make you roll over and purr with delight! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Type

TV

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

unreleased

Aired

2025-12-31

Rebuild World

0

Description:

The pinnacle of human civilization has come and gone, leaving only ruins in its wake. Society and science now struggle to rebuild, rediscovering scraps of knowledge from powerful ancient artifacts that defy comprehension. These relics of the “Old World” can make the fortunes of those who find them—if ancient security systems and rogue bioweapons don’t kill the relic hunters first. Akira, a young street orphan, sets out to become one such hunter to escape his brutal life in the slums. Untrained, malnourished, and poorly armed, Akira would be lucky to make it back from the ruins alive—until an encounter with Alpha, a mysterious, ghostly woman, changes his fate forever. Alpha needs a hunter, and she’s willing to train Akira to get one. Will her support be enough to help a penniless kid from the slums climb to the top of a crushing and merciless world? (Source: J-Novel Club)
Type

TV

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

upcoming

Aired

2024-12-31

Murder Mystery of the Dead

(Murder Mystery of the Dead)

0

Description:

The world has collapsed due to a zombie pandemic. The protagonist, Mikoto Amano, wakes up in an unfamiliar place with no memory and is taken in by six girls. However, a shocking incident occurs: a man who was taken in alongside Mikoto is murdered, and the culprit is one of them. Set in the Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, mysteries and secrets unfold one after another within the now-sealed building. Will the girls, who have begun to form a bond, be able to uncover the truth behind the incident? (animated Times, translated)
Type

TV

Status

current

Aired

2024-11-14

Terminator ZERO

(Terminator Zero)

7.26

Description:

2022: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: The AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity. Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system designed to compete with Skynet’s impending attack on humanity. As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he’s hunted by an unrelenting assassin from the future, which forever alters the fate of his three children. (Source: Netflix TUDUM)
Type

ONA

Episodes

8

Ep.Length

28 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2024-08-29

ATRI: My Dear Moments

7.15

Description:

In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. Ikaruga Natsuki, a boy who lost his mother and his leg in an accident some years earlier, returns disillusioned from a harsh life in the big city to find his old countryside home half-swallowed by the sea. Left without a family, all he has to his name is the ship and submarine left to him by his oceanologist grandmother, and her debts. His only hope to restore the dreams for the future that he has lost is to take up an opportunity presented to him by the suspicious debt collector Catherine. They set sail to search the sunken ruins of his grandmother's laboratory in order to find a treasure rumor says she left there. But what they find is not riches or jewels; it is a strange girl lying asleep in a coffin at the bottom of the sea. Atri. Atri is a robot, but her appearance and her wealth of emotions would fool anyone into think she's a living, breathing human being. In gratitude for being salvaged, she makes a declaration to Natsuki. "I want to fulfill my master's final order. Until I do, I'll be your leg!" In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for this boy and this mysterious robot girl... (Source: ATRI -My Dear Moments- VN Site)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2024-07-13

Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku?

(Train to the End of the World)

7.38

Description:

The anime's story is set in a town in a not-so-ordinary countryside, where a big and strange occurrence is happening to its residents. But a young girl named Shizuru Chikura has a strong desire to see her lost friend again. Shizuru and three other girls board an abandoned train, and they set out to the outside world, where survival is not certain. What awaits them at the last stop of the "Doomsday Train?" (Source: Anime News Network)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2024-04-01

Dr. STONE: NEW WORLD Part 2

(Dr. Stone: New World Part 2)

8.23

Description:

The second cour of the third season of Dr. STONE: NEW WORLD.
Type

TV

Episodes

11

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-10-12

Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake

(Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake)

0

Description:

Based on characters from the beloved “Adventure Time” franchise, this brand-new 10-episode series set in the land of Ooo follows the alternate universe versions of Finn and Jake on a multiverse-hopping journey towards self-discovery. When Fionna and her sidekick Cake find themselves in the crosshairs of a powerful new foe, they have no choice but to seek the help of former Ice King Simon Petrikov. (Source: Max)
Type

ONA

Episodes

10

Ep.Length

30 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2023-08-31

Dr.STONE: NEW WORLD

(Dr. Stone: New World)

8.21

Description:

The third season of Dr. STONE. Senku and the Kingdom of Science sail to new lands to uncover more scientific secrets! (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

11

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-04-06

Tengoku Daimakyou

(Tengoku Daimakyo)

8.2

Description:

In the year 2024, grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while the remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven. (Source: Hulu)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2023-04-01

Hikari no Ou

(The Fire Hunter)

6.54

Description:

The story is set in a world in the chaotic aftermath of humanity's Last War. A great forest, infested with flameling creatures and other fallen beasts, covers the world, and pockets of humanity live in small protected communities. Due to a special weapon used in the Last War, human beings spontaneously burst into flame even when merely getting close to a small source of fire. The only safe energy source for humanity lies within the bodies of flamelings, and the duty to hunt them falls to the sickle-wielding firecatchers who brave the depths of the great forest. Among the firecatchers, they whisper tales of one who would be "Firecatcher Lord," an individual who will be able to harvest the fire of the thousand-year comet, the "Wandering Spark" that has flown in the sky since it was sent up before the Last War, but is now returning to earth. (Source: Anime News Network)
Type

TV

Episodes

10

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-01-14

Ooyukiumi no Kaina

(Kaina of the Great Snow Sea)

6.88

Description:

A world blanketed in an endless and ever-growing ocean of snow. The people eke out a living, either huddled around the roots of enormous trees dotting the surface, or high in the canopy, which spreads over the planet's atmosphere. A chance meeting between Kaina, a youth from the canopy, and Liliha, a young woman from the surface, sets off a chain of events that will change the fate of the world. (Source: Polygon Pictures)
Type

TV

Episodes

11

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-01-11

NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a

(NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a)

7.44

Description:

The distant future, 5012. The sudden aerial invasion of Earth by <Aliens> and their creations <Machine Lifeforms>led mankind to the brink of extinction. The surviving number of humans who took refuge on the moon to organize a counterattack using <android> soldiers to recapture Earth. However, the war reaches a stalemate as the <Machine Lifeforms> continue to multiply infinitely. In turn, humanity deploys anew unit of android soldiers as an ultimate weapon: <YoRHa> Newly dispatched to Earth <2B> joins<9S>, the analyst currently stationed there, where amid their mission, they encounter a myriad of mysterious phenomena... This is the story of these lifeless <androids> and their endless fight for the sake of mankind. (Source: NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Official USA Website) Note: Episodes 9, 10, 11, 12 aired back-to-back on July 23, 2023.
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

13 teens or older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-01-07

TECHNOROID OVERMIND

(Technoroid OVERMIND)

6.69

Description:

The story of "wretched, beautiful androids" is set on the entertainment tower Babel, the new source of hope for humanity after climate change has submerged the world underwater. Several unique musical units compete to rise to the top of Babel, by moving the hearts of both humans and androids with their performances. (Source: Anime News Network)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-01-05

Megaton-kyuu Musashi 2nd Season

0

Description:

The second season of Megaton-kyuu Musashi.
Type

TV

Episodes

15

Ep.Length

25 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2022-10-07

Sekai no Owari ni Shiba Inu to

(Doomsday With My Dog)

6.84

Description:

A nameless high school girl and her adventurous Shiba Inu traverse the wastelands of a post-apocalyptic world. (Source: Crunchyroll, edited)
Type

TV

Episodes

72

Ep.Length

2 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2022-08-02

Love, Death + Robots Volume 3

(Love, Death + Robots Volume 3)

7.86

Description:

Third collection of shorts.
Type

ONA

Episodes

9

Ep.Length

20 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2022-05-20

FreakAngels

0

Description:

After civilization comes to a sudden and crashing end, twelve 23-year-old psychics living in the rubble of London must check their wild impulses and discover their better angels in order to rebuild society. (Source: CR)
Type

ONA

Episodes

9

Ep.Length

25 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2022-01-27

Sakugan!!

6.69

Description:

Far in the future, the human beings were pushed into the deep underground world called Labyrinth and they are living shoulder-to-shoulder. The Labyrinth has several colonies with severe settings such as one having an insanely high temperature, while another is full of gold and silver. Among those, in a colony of Pinyin, resides a curious nine-year-old girl named Memempuu and her father Gaganbar. As "workers" aiming for survival, they live with the lowest profession of riding a working robot to dig ore. One day, Memempuu pestered Gaganbar, a cave examiner who makes maps of the internal part of Labyrinth, to go travel together with her to find her mother. As a "marker," Gaganbar holds the most dangerous yet attractive profession. One step outside the colony is already deemed to be a dangerous area and meeting a huge mysterious creature that loiters the cave, one's chance of living will be cut down to five percent. Since it is a dangerous racket to explore the unknown world, the map they hold is valuable and can be sold at a high price. However, is the price for their curiosity higher? What could be the cruel truth that is hidden among them? What awaits at the end of the test? In this travel story between a father and a daughter surrounds adventure with family love. (Source: MAL News)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

23 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-10-07

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