Genre guide

Science fiction anime

Technology, space, identity and speculative societies.

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ActionConflict, movement and tactical spectacle across fantasy, science fiction and supernatural stories.AdventureJourneys, quests and changing worlds where travel reshapes the cast.DramaCharacter decisions, consequence, grief and recovery.

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Compare technology-led speculation with magical systems or low-concept daily observation.

FantasyInvented worlds, folklore, magic and journeys beyond ordinary life.Slice of LifeEveryday routines, relationships and small changes given sustained attention.

TVScience fiction

Cowboy Bebop

A small crew of bounty hunters crosses the solar system aboard the Bebop, carrying unfinished pasts into stylish stand-alone cases and a larger story about consequence.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Complete

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TVAction

One Punch Man

Saitama has trained until no enemy can survive one serious punch, leaving him to search for purpose inside a hero industry that often mistakes reputation for value.

Studio: Madhouse and J.C.STAFF
Status: Multiple television seasons released

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MovieScience fiction

Ghost in the Shell

Cyborg public-security officer Motoko Kusanagi investigates a hacker known as the Puppet Master while questioning identity in a networked society.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Complete film

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TVScience fiction

Parasyte -the maxim-

High-school student Shinichi Izumi survives an alien parasite's attempt to take his brain and must coexist with the creature occupying his right hand.

Studio: Madhouse
Status: Complete

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ONAScience Fiction

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

After personal tragedy closes off David Martinez's expected future, he enters Night City's mercenary underworld and tests how much of himself ambition and cybernetic power can consume.

Studio: TRIGGER
Status: The original 10-episode story is complete; Edgerunners 2 is a separate standalone instalment announced for Fall 2026

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TVScience Fiction

Heavenly Delusion

Maru and Kiruko cross a collapsed Japan in search of a place called Heaven while children inside a sealed school begin questioning the protected world and adults surrounding them.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: The 13-episode television season is complete

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TVSports

IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix

After Team Satomi earns promotion from the lower IG-2 league, Takeshi Jin and his teammates enter IG-1, a futuristic championship where three-pilot teams race high-speed humanoid machines and physically contest position.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: The complete television production contains 26 episodes

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MovieScience Fiction

Summer Wars

Maths prodigy Kenji Koiso accompanies Natsuki Shinohara to her family gathering, then has to help the sprawling Jinnouchi family confront a rogue intelligence that has seized accounts and critical systems inside the virtual network OZ.

Studio: Madhouse
Status: Complete standalone feature film

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Kaiju No. 8

Kafka Hibino gets another chance to join Japan's Anti-Kaiju Defense Force after an accident gives him the dangerous ability to transform into the very kind of monster he has spent years cleaning up.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Two television seasons released

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Fire Force

Shinra Kusakabe joins Special Fire Force Company 8 to fight spontaneous human combustion and uncover the institutional conspiracy connecting the phenomenon to his family's tragedy.

Studio: David Production
Status: Complete television adaptation

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TVAdventure

Dr. Stone

Science prodigy Senku Ishigami rebuilds technology from first principles after humanity awakens from millennia of petrification, turning experiments and cooperation into tools for restoring civilisation.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Complete television adaptation

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Shangri-La Frontier

Expert player Rakuro Hizutome leaves his habit of mastering broken games to enter the polished virtual world Shangri-La Frontier, where knowledge, execution and collaboration matter more than a chosen-hero prophecy.

Studio: C2C
Status: Two seasons complete; season 3 confirmed

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