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Sci-Fi Anime from 1998

28 sci-fi anime that aired in 1998, ranked by score.

  1. 1
    Cowboy Bebop

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    Crime is timeless. By the year 2071, humanity has expanded across the galaxy, filling the surface of other planets with settlements like those on Earth.

  2. 2
    Trigun

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    Vash the Stampede is the man with a $$60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. The reason: he's a merciless villain who lays waste to all those that oppose him and flattens entire…

  3. 3
    Serial Experiments Lain

    TV · 13 ep · summer

    Lain Iwakura, an awkward and introverted fourteen-year-old, is one of the many girls from her school to receive a disturbing email from her classmate Chisa Yomoda—the very same…

  4. 4
    Outlaw Star

    TV · 24 ep · winter

    Gene Starwind has always dreamed of piloting his own ship out into the vast sea of stars. Unfortunately, not all dreams come true, as he spends his days working odd jobs…

  5. 5
    Saber Marionette J to X

    TV · 26 ep · fall

    Taking place mere months after the Saber Marionette J OVA series, this newest installment in the Saber Marionette line follows the continuing adventures of Otaru and his clan of…

  6. 6
    Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040

    TV · 26 ep · fall

    In the wake of an earthquake that devastated most of the city, Tokyo has been rebuilt in record time due to the development of humanoid robots known as boomers.

  7. 7
    Lost Universe

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    Millie Nocturne has one great goal in life: to be the best in the universe - at absolutely everything!

  8. 8
    YAT Anshin! Uchuu Ryokou 2

    TV · 25 ep · spring

    The space traveling company, YAT, is thrown into the unknown realms of the outer space. At the same time, the group encounters the psychic, Maron, and scientist, Note.

  9. 9
    Generator Gawl

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Ryo, Gawl and Koji are 3 young boys who travel back into the past with only 1 objective: change history.

  10. 10
    Hatsumei Boy Kanipan

    TV · 31 ep · summer

    The story revolves around Kanipan aiming to be the best inventor and his adventures while trying to accomplish this.

  11. 11
    Silent Möbius

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    The year is 2023 and Alien Beings known as "Lucifer Hawks" have begun invading earth from another dimension.

  12. 12
    Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam 13

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    On July 27 1996, Mr. Takeyuki Kanda died suddenly at the age of 52. Born August 11 1943, he was known as the director of several animations including VIFAM. Thus in 1998 a new…

  13. 13
    Eat-Man '98

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    The continuing adventures of Bolt Crank, the World's Greatest Mercenary, who has the ability to eat any object, mostly metal and weapons.

  14. 14
    Kurogane Communication

    TV · 24 ep · fall

    In the aftermath of a great and terrible war, Haruka finds herself the last surviving human on Earth. Though humanity may have been wiped out, she is not entirely alone.

  15. 15
    Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden

    TV · 48 ep · winter

    A long time ago, B-Da City was attacked by an evil force called the Dark B-Da (or dark beings) in their quest to control the entire Blue Solar System.

  16. 16
    Charge! Pappara Team

    TV · 25 ep · fall

    An elite soldier, whose nickname is God of Death, is transferred to another unit known as the PaPaRa Army.

  17. 17
    Burn Up Excess

    TV · 13 ep · winter

    Follows the exploits of Team Warrior, a special anti-terror wing of the Neo-Tokyo Police force.

  18. 18
    Cyber Team in Akihabara

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    A "patapi" is a cute mechanical creature which is like a cyber pet. It can eat, sleep, play, and even help out its owners with some stuff.

  19. 19
    All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Each episode centers on Nuku Nuku's adventures and mishaps in high school, and her relationship to students, the overall series plot centers on the evil Mishima Industries'…

  20. 20
    Android Announcer Maico 2010

    TV · 24 ep · spring

    In the year 2010, the Japanese radio industry is in decline. To reverse their flagging ratings, a station staffed with perennial losers makes a daring gamble: to hire the…

  21. 21
    Beast Wars Second Chou Seimeitai Transformers

    TV · 43 ep · spring

    Beast Wars Second features a new cast of characters set many years in the future, who travel to a post apocalyptic Earth now known as the planet Gaia.

  22. 22
    DT Eightron

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    Shu is from Datania, a country that makes young children work. He and his friends were trying to escape when they met the Returners.

  23. 23
    Flint the Time Detective

    TV · 39 ep · fall

    It is the 25th century. The dark lord has 'infected' history with time-devices that could damage history beyond repair.

  24. 24
    Brain Powerd

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    In the not so distant future much of the earth has been submerged under the sea or destroyed by earthquakes. At the center of the turmoil is the mysterious Orphan.

  25. 25
    Takoyaki Capeman

    TV · 77 ep · spring

    In order to protect the earth from the aliens, the god of Takoyaki created the five warriors of justice, Takoyaki Mantle Man. They risk their lives for justice.

  26. 26
    Super Milk-Chan

    TV · 14 ep · summer

    Milk-chan is a girl who lives in a house stuck on the side of a building with her two sidekicks: Tetsu-ko, a paranoid robot that looks like a bottle and Hanage, a green blob…

  27. 27
    Gandalla: The King of Burning Desert

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    A dispute between young band members and an unfortunate choice of melody inadverdently draws them all into the demonic horror known as the desert-god Gandalla.

  28. 28
    AWOL
    AWOL5.3

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Cyress is a peaceful place. People are going about their lives. Two lovers embrace, a family throws a birthday party for their child, a group of people party at a local…