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7 Perfect Sci-Fi Anime Ranked
Top sci-fi anime from 2016-2026 ranked by CBR.
In brief
Top sci-fi anime from 2016-2026 ranked by CBR. CBR ranks seven sci-fi anime from 2016-2026 based on storytelling and impact. Originally reported by CBR.
Astra Lost in Space Turns School Trip Into Survival Test
Astra Lost in Space flips a school trip into a survival game when the group is flung light-years away and left to survive on a cramped spaceship.
“Astra and her team float in space in Astra Lost in Space”
Dr. Stone Shows Scientific Progress as Team Sport
Dr. Stone features Senku rebuilding technology from scratch, inching from basic tools to inventions that could bring civilization back.
“Senku Ishigami looking melancholy during an episode of Dr. Stone: Science Future”
Heavenly Delusion Makes Ruined World Uncomfortably Strange
Heavenly Delusion flips between two settings: Maru and Kiruko searching for Heaven in broken Japan and kids locked in a high-security facility under harsh rules.
“Kiruko and Maru in Heavenly Delusion driving in a car”
Eighty-Six Reveals Human Cost Behind Nation's Machines
Eighty-Six shows people treated as less than human forced to pilot machines and die far from public view in the Republic of San Magnolia.
“Shinei Nouzen looks crestfallen in the opening sequence of 86: EIGHTY-SIX”
Vivy Fluorite Eye's Song Gives AI a Heart
Vivy is an AI built to sing and spread happiness who helps stop a war between humans and machines a hundred years away.
“Vivy's an AI built to sing and spread happiness”
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Shows Neon Future as Tragic
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners depicts Night City ruled by mega-corporations where body upgrades are treated as part of life and poverty drives teenagers into danger.
“David and Lucy relaxing in Night City in the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners”
Pluto Finds Human Question Inside the Machine
Pluto uses robot detective Gesicht to hunt murders connecting robots and humans, exploring grief and memory through violence.
“Atom aka Astro Boy wearing a yellow raincoat in Pluto”
Top 7 Sci-Fi Anime Ranked
CBR ranks seven sci-fi anime from 2016 to 2026 based on storytelling and impact.
“The 7 Most Perfect Sci-Fi Anime of the Last 10 Years, Ranked”
Astra Lost in Space
Astra Lost in Space takes a regular school trip and flips it into a full-on survival game.
“Astra and her team float in space in Astra Lost in Space”
Dr. Stone
Dr. Stone features Senku rebuilding technology from scratch, inching from basic tools to inventions that could bring civilization back.
“Senku Ishigami looking melancholy during an episode of Dr. Stone: Science Future”
Heavenly Delusion
Heavenly Delusion flips between two settings: Maru and Kiruko searching for Heaven in broken Japan and kids locked in a high-security facility under harsh rules.
“Kiruko and Maru in Heavenly Delusion driving in a car”
Eighty-Six
Eighty-Six shows people treated as less than human forced to pilot machines and die far from public view in the Republic of San Magnolia.
“Shinei Nouzen looks crestfallen in the opening sequence of 86: EIGHTY-SIX”
Vivy Fluorite Eye's Song
Vivy is an AI built to sing and spread happiness who helps stop a war between humans and machines a hundred years away.
“Vivy's an AI built to sing and spread happiness”
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners depicts Night City ruled by mega-corporations where body upgrades are treated as part of life and poverty drives teenagers into danger.
“David and Lucy relaxing in Night City in the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners”
Pluto
Pluto uses robot detective Gesicht to hunt murders connecting robots and humans, exploring grief and memory through violence.
“Atom aka Astro Boy wearing a yellow raincoat in Pluto”
The essence
CBR ranks seven sci-fi anime from 2016-2026 based on storytelling and impact.
