Top 6 Best Sci-Fi Anime Films

1. Parasyte: The Maxim

Parasyte: The Maxim tells the story of mysterious parasites invading human brains, taking over their hosts. Shinichi, a high school student, finds himself in a struggle for survival after a parasite fails to take over his brain and instead inhabits his right hand. Now, with two minds and one body, Shinichi and his parasitic companion are drawn into a fierce, silent war between parasites and humans.

How will Shinichi fare in this battle? Tune in to find out!

• Release Date: Fall 2014
• Studio: Madhouse

The setting of Accelerated World takes place in the year 2046. Haruyuki Arita, described as a short, overweight, and ugly boy, constantly feels marginalized by society. Escaping his reality, he seeks solace in the virtual gaming world, where everything changes when he meets Kuroyuki Hime, the most popular girl in school. She gives him software that allows him to enter the virtual world of Accel World. Here, Haruyuki becomes a Burst Linker, a knight protecting the princess.

Haruyuki Arita is a shy boy, not good at socializing in real life but excels in handling situations in virtual online games. Alongside Haruyuki Arita are always beautiful ladies.

• Author: Reki Kawahara
• Aired: April 6, 2012 – September 21, 2012

Battle Angel Alita is a name deeply ingrained in Japanese popular culture and has been adapted into a film. Set in a dystopian future where technology flourishes while human life deteriorates, Doc Ido - a doctor specializing in repairing robots - finds a female cyborg discarded in a junkyard. He decides to bring her home for improvements and names her Alita.

The film follows Alita's journey to discover her purpose amidst a chaotic world under the rule of powerful tech tyrants. This journey thrusts her into fierce battles, filled with intrigue, bounty hunts, and even elements of love between man and machine.

• Author: Yukito Kishiro
  
• Release Year: 1993

In the setting of Trigun on the barren planet Gunsmoke, humanity is striving to seek a second chance to establish a position for itself in the universe, harnessing electrical energy from creatures known as 'plants.'

One such plant moves and converses freely as if he were human: he is Vash the Stampede, known as the humanoid typhoon, a character with a painful past, seeking to carve a path for humanity where it can live in peace without resorting to violence and bloodshed.

• Release: Spring 1998
• Producer: Manglobe

The Gundam franchise is an enduring licensing phenomenon that has become a cultural icon with significant influence in Japan and globally. If there's one name that represents this franchise, it must undoubtedly be Zeta Gundam.

In addition to being the first to bring the Gundam brand to the small screen, the series reveals the harshness of a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by war and opens up the ongoing struggle between good and evil factions.

Furthermore, in such a chaotic world, Zeta Gundam's lack of a conventional happy ending for the righteous characters showcases the series' difference, making it one of the most memorable titles among post-apocalyptic science fiction anime.

• Release Year: 1985