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Sci-Fi Anime from 2008

29 sci-fi anime that aired in 2008, ranked by score.

  1. 1
    Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2

    TV · 25 ep · spring

    One year has passed since the Black Rebellion, a failed uprising against the Holy Britannian Empire led by the masked vigilante Zero, who is now missing.

  2. 2
    Aria the Origination

    TV · 13 ep · winter

    In the 24th century on the planet Aqua, three girls—Akari Mizunashi, Alice Carroll, and Aika S. Granzchesta—continue to work hard toward achieving their goal of becoming Prima…

  3. 3
    Kaiba

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    In a world where memories exist in memory chips separate from the body, death of the body no longer means death of the soul.

  4. 4
    Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Second Season

    TV · 25 ep · fall

    In the year 2311 AD, a world that once saw itself full of inter-continental conflict now stands unified, led by the Earth Sphere Federation (ESF). The ESF established a…

  5. 5
    Macross Frontier

    TV · 25 ep · spring

    Following a catastrophic war against a race of giants known as the Zentradi, humanity has escaped towards the center of the galaxy aboard a fleet of colonial vessels called the…

  6. 6
    Casshern Sins

    TV · 24 ep · fall

    In a distant future, Earth has become a wasteland and humanity as we know it has died out. All that remains are sentient robots.

  7. 7
    Birdy the Mighty: Decode

    TV · 13 ep · summer

    While pursuing an alien fugitive, Birdy Cephon Altera—a bombastic police officer from the Space Federation—finds herself on Earth.

  8. 8
    A Certain Magical Index

    TV · 24 ep · fall

    Academy City, Japan, is at the forefront of science. Besides being 30 years ahead of the world technologically, more than three-fourths of this peculiar city's population…

  9. 9
    Top Secret: The Revelation

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    In the future, a new MRI technology analyzes the brains of deceased crime victims and eyewitnesses within 48 hours of their death to extract images of their memories.

  10. 10
    Kyouran Kazoku Nikki

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    Midarezaki Ouka is used to having strange things happen to him -after all, he is the head of the Great Japanese Empire Paranormal Phenomena Bureau of Measures.

  11. 11
    Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne

    TV · 6 ep · winter

    Immortality is something many people would wish for. But would it be such a coveted ability if people knew they would be subject to countless attacks because of it?

  12. 12
    Gunslinger Girl: II Teatrino

    TV · 13 ep · winter

    When the Social Welfare Agency investigates the disappearance of an operative, their inquiry leads them right into the lair of their rival, the Five Republics.

  13. 13
    Real Drive

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    2061 AD. Fifty years have passed since mankind developed the Network society. It was anticipated that this new infrastructure would realize a utopia where people connected with…

  14. 14
    To Love Ru

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    Timid 16-year-old Rito Yuuki has yet to profess his love to Haruna Sairenji—a classmate and object of his infatuation since junior high.

  15. 15
    Strike Witches

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    In the year 1939, humanity was on the verge of destruction. Equipped with weapons of devastating power, a mysterious alien race, known as the Neuroi, began an invasion of the…

  16. 16
    Linebarrels of Iron

    TV · 24 ep · fall

    Fourteen-year-old Kouichi Hayase's life has always been a mediocre one, if not dismal. However, those days of being bullied by classmates and escaping to a fantasy of being a…

  17. 17
    Blassreiter

    TV · 24 ep · spring

    Modern Germany is plagued by an outbreak of "Amalgams." Existing solely to wreak havoc, these cybernetic entities spawn from rotting flesh and can fuse with technology to gain…

  18. 18
    Kurozuka

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    In 12th-century Japan, swordsman Kurou escapes ghastly pursuers into a deep forest with his servant Benkei.

  19. 19
    Tytania

    TV · 26 ep · fall

    One Man vs. an Empire! Through fear and conquest, the Empire of Valdana holds the future of most of human space within its iron hands, and for generations, those hands have…

  20. 20
    Web Ghosts PiPoPa

    TV · 51 ep · spring

    About a young boy named Akigawa Yuta who gets sucked into a virtual world through his cell phone.

  21. 21
    Fireball

    TV · 13 ep · spring

    Fireball takes place during the war between humans and robots. There is no real story, just individual episode skits.

  22. 22
    Dinosaur King D-Kids Adventure: Pterosaur Legend

    TV · 30 ep · winter

    Sequel series to Kodai Oja Kyoryu King. The Alpha Gang and the Ancients return. While the parents are talking, they are kidnapped by Gunenco, a member of the Zanjark Space…

  23. 23
    Kemeko Deluxe!

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    When Sanpeita Kobayashi was a child, his lovely friend had to move away, but she vowed that in ten years, they would meet again—as husband and wife.

  24. 24
    Persona: Trinity Soul

    TV · 26 ep · winter

    The stage is Ayanagi City, a city near the Japan Sea. It is a futuristic city that was built to carry out the recovery from the calamity caused by the "Apathy Syndrome" ten…

  25. 25
    Mission-E

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    Chinami and her friends have formed an organization called OZ, with the financial backing of the Kujo Group.

  26. 26
    Ayakashi

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    As a child, Yuu Kusaka made a vow upon a shooting star that he would stand on the side of justice and defend the weak.

  27. 27
    ChäoS;HEAd

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Throughout Shibuya, a series of murders dubbed the "New Generation Madness" gained widespread attention As these crimes gained infamy, they became a hot topic of discussion…

  28. 28
    Glass Maiden

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    Rags Town is the garbage dump of Japan. The place where people who want to forget their pasts run to.

  29. 29
    Ultraviolet: Code 044

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    044 becomes the strongest female soldier excelling in combat through gene manipulation using a virus. However, in exchange for her abilities, her days become numbered.