Darling in the Franxx is a fun anime with tons of action that many anime fans have become aware of this year. Whether they just know of the show's fun protagonist, Zero Two, or they've taken the time to watch the whole show, most anime fans are divided over the series. This is because many fans feel that Darling in the Franxx went off the rails during the later episodes when aliens appeared seemingly out of nowhere.
The plot also introduced a magical space mecha, which was the embodiment of Zero Two but made little sense when looking at the rest of the story. Luckily, it's not the only anime around that is set in a post-apocalyptic future, and many would say it isn't even in the genre's top ten.
10 Sunday Without God
Sunday Without God is a show about a world where people die but continue living on as sentient zombies that slowly decay over time. Gravekeepers are emotionless wanderers who have the ability to kill the zombies.
The story focuses on a young girl named Ai, who is half-human, half-gravekeeper as she meets her father and then travels the world to learn about how society has changed.
9 School-Live!
School-Live is another series that features zombies, but instead of focusing on the supernatural, it takes a look at psychology. Yuki is the one of the protagonists and a young girl who sees the world as it once was.
She was convinced by other survivors that she joined a club that lives at school. The girls in the club must work together to deal with the encroaching zombie threat while taking care of Yuki.
8 Humanity Has Declined
Humanity Has Declined takes a step away from anime traditions by using an unnamed protagonist to tell a story. This is a lighthearted anime— surprising, given the premise— that focuses on humans going extinct from a declining birthrate instead of a natural disaster.
The protagonist has the duty of balancing the human world with that of the magical creatures that have now started to populate the Earth in their place.
7 Dr. Stone
Dr. Stone is one of Shonen Jump's successful new series that proves just how powerful magic can be. The show follows genius high schooler Senku, who awakens after being turned to stone for thousands of years.
Senku will have to start from the very basics of science to help mankind once again work their way up to modern society— that is, if he can get around those who want to destroy it first.
6 Seraph of The End
Seraph of The End is another Shonen Jump series that got an anime but only continued in manga form. The series focused on a world that was taken over by vampires after a virus wiped out all humans above a certain age.
The remaining humans were all young children that were gathered up to be used as a food source. Several years later, Yuu escapes a vampire city and joins up with a human army to help reclaim the land.
5 Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
Gargantia is an anime made by the same creator behind Madoka Magica and Fate/Stay Night. It revolves around a future where humans no longer live on land but have built cities on massive boats.
When Ledo crash lands on Earth after spending his whole life fighting, he must get used to living a more peaceful way of life.
4 Danganronpa
Danganronpa has gained more and more popularity over the years due to the visual novel series receiving several anime and video game adaptations. The series takes place after a high schooler named Junko triggers the end of the world.
A group of students wakes up in their school, only to find out they must kill each other to escape. This starts a chain of gruesome murders that forces the rest of the class to solve the case or be killed themselves.
3 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
For fans of Darling in The Franxx, Gurren Lagann is a must as it is also focused on mechas and a post-apocalyptic world. The story starts with Simon, who is living underground digging tunnels with no knowledge of the outside world.
Things quickly unravel after a monster comes crashing down, revealing a whole Earth that many around him never believed existed. The boy grows up through the series and helps to make the world once again safe for humans.
2 Girl's Last Tour
For anime fans that enjoy a more cutesy art style, there is Girl's Last Tour. The series follows the adventures of Chito and Yuuri, two girls who are exploring the ruins of humanity in hopes of finding supplies.
Despite the art style of the show, it has some realistic points, such as having to fight for rations. The other characters introduced are also often depicted as selfish, giving the show an air of danger.
1 Desert Punk
Desert Punk is an older anime that has become more obscure throughout the years. This time the story takes place in a desert where the remnants of humanity have to fight with each other in order to survive.
The show follows a man named Kanta as he wanders through the desert on various missions. The world of Desert Punk is cruel and many of the humans left are willing to kill if it means getting the supplies they need to survive.