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.

Newest Post Apocalypse Anime You might like

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

unreleased

Aired

2024-12-31

Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku?

(Train to the End of the World)

7.51

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

current

Aired

2024-04-01

Dr. STONE: NEW WORLD Part 2

(Dr. Stone: New World Part 2)

8.22

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)

6.57

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)

6.9

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)

7.46

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)

6.75

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)

6.87

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)

7.85

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!!

6.7

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

Megaton-kyuu Musashi

6.63

Description:

The story takes place after 90 percent of humanity wiped out due to an invasion. Survivors live in a shelter where their lives are monitored, and memories of the invasion erased. Three teenagers from the shelter are chosen to pilot three machines that combine to form the Musashi robot, made out of a material named Megatronium alloy. The series will balance robot action with school life. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2021-10-01

Sidonia no Kishi: Ai Tsumugu Hoshi

(Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars)

7.61

Description:

After the Earth was destroyed by mysterious alien lifeforms known as the Gauna, surviving remnants of the human race escaped to space in the enormous generation ship Sidonia. Having drifted through space for millennia, the Sidonia found itself once more under attack from Gauna for the first time in a century. Once again facing the threat of extinction, a temporary victory against the Gauna was eked out thanks to the human-Gauna hybrid Tsumugi Shiraui and ace Guardian mech pilot Nagate Tanikaze. 10 years later... The people of Sidonia enjoy a brief respite. Peaceful days pass, during which Tsumugi begins to realize her feelings for Nagate, who is now celebrated as a hero of Sidonia. However, as Captain Kobayashi has always known, as long as the Gauna remain, peace cannot last. The decision is made: a final battle, upon which rests the fate of humanity's last survivors. As the end approaches, will the crew be able to protect those they love? (Source: Polygon Pictures)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

110 Min

Rating

Violence, Profanity

Status

finished

Aired

2021-06-04

EDEN

6.74

Description:

The upcoming sci-fi fantasy series Eden is set thousands of years in the future, where a city known as “Eden 3” is inhabited solely by robots whose former masters vanished a long time ago. On a routine assignment, two farming robots accidentally awaken a human baby girl from stasis questioning all they were taught to believe -- that humans were nothing more than a forbidden ancient myth. Together, the two robots secretly raise the child in a safe haven outside Eden. (Source: Netflix)
Type

ONA

Episodes

4

Ep.Length

25 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-05-27

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

(Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time)

8.2

Description:

In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There, each of them live a life far different from their days as an Evangelion pilot. However, the danger to the world is far from over. A new impact is looming on the horizon—one that will prove to be the true end of Evangelion. Finally, the Human Instrumentality Project is set in motion, and WILLE makes one last grueling stand to prevent the Final Impact. (Source: Anilist)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

154 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2021-03-08

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