Skip to content

Genres

Sci-Fi Anime from 2016

34 sci-fi anime that aired in 2016, ranked by score.

  1. 1
    Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season

    TV · 25 ep · fall

    Tekkadan has now become a direct affiliate of Teiwaz after procuring a new trade agreement with Arbrau.

  2. 2
    Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096

    TV · 22 ep · spring

    By the year 0096 of the Universal Century, a fragile peace emerges from the ashes of conflict.

  3. 3
    Orange

    TV · 13 ep · summer

    Naho Takamiya's first day of her sophomore year of high school is off to an uneasy start. After waking up late, she receives a strange letter addressed to her.

  4. 4
    Flip Flappers

    TV · 13 ep · fall

    Cocona is an average middle schooler living with her grandmother. And she who has yet to decide a goal to strive for, soon met a strange girl named Papika who invites her to an…

  5. 5
    Space Patrol Luluco

    TV · 13 ep · spring

    Living an abnormal existence in Ogikubo, an intergalactic melting pot of humans and aliens as well as the only Space Immigration Zone on Earth, Luluco is a bubbly middle school…

  6. 6
    Kiznaiver

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    Katsuhira Agata is a quiet and reserved teenage boy whose sense of pain has all but vanished.

  7. 7
    Macross Delta

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    Eight years after the events of Macross F, a mysterious phenomenon known as the Var Syndrome is gradually consuming the galaxy.

  8. 8
    Dimension W

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    In the near future, humans have discovered a fourth dimension, Dimension W, and a supposedly infinite source of energy within.

  9. 9
    Kuromukuro

    TV · 26 ep · spring

    During the dawn of the 21st century, the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute was established in Japan to investigate an ancient artifact, which was discovered during the…

  10. 10
    Concrete Revolutio The Last Song

    TV · 11 ep · spring

    Titans from outer space, life forms from a mystical world, phantoms and goblins from ancient times, cyborgs created by scientists, relics that rose out of the ruins of ancient…

  11. 11
    Brave Witches

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    As humanity's war with the Neuroi—a mysterious, hostile alien race possessing weapons of unparalleled power—continues being fought across Europe and Africa, a new fighter…

  12. 12
    Schwarzes Marken

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    The year is 1983. The Cold War is in full effect, and humanity is under attack. Strange aliens, given the name "BETA," have descended to Earth with the goal of destroying all…

  13. 13
    BBK/BRNK: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Sequel of Bubuki Buranki.

  14. 14
    Beyblade Burst

    TV · 51 ep · spring

    The story revolves around Valt Aoi and Shu Kurenai as well as their teammates, Rantaro Kiyama, Daina Kurogami and Wakiya Komurasaki at the Beigoma Academy school in Japan.

  15. 15
    Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    With the invention of anti-gravitational shoes known as Grav-Shoes, the ability to fly freely has become an everyday experience for the people inhabiting a four-island…

  16. 16
    Terra Formars: Revenge

    TV · 13 ep · spring

    In Terra Formars Revenge, the crew members of the Annex I continue to fight against Terraformars—the large humanoid cockroaches that evolved from the ones sent to Mars centuries…

  17. 17
    Digimon Universe App Monsters

    TV · 52 ep · fall

    Everyone in the world uses smartphone apps. But inside them lurks unknown creatures called "Appli Monsters," or "Appmon." The Appmon are AI lifeforms with the ability to think…

  18. 18
    Norn9

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    In a futuristic era, "The World" is a peace-bringing entity. Though no one knows its location, it has watched over Earth for so long that war has become merely a fable.

  19. 19
    Pandora in the Crimson Shell

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Onboard a cruise ship heading to the scenic Cenancle Island, the full-body cyborg Nene Nanakorobi, a bubbly young girl who dreams of world peace, meets inventor Uzal Delilah.

  20. 20
    Time Travel Girl

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    Mari Hayase is the daughter of a scientist, Eiji, who vanished three years ago. He left behind a pendant known as the armillary compass.

  21. 21
    Qualidea Code

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    On a quiet and peaceful day, the skies split open and extradimensional beings, designated as the Unknown, launch a swift and brutal attack against humanity.

  22. 22
    Active Raid Second

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    Set in a part of Tokyo that has descended into a quagmire, the story follows Unit 8 of the 5th Special Public Security Section's 3rd Mobile Assault Division, popularly called…

  23. 23
    Hundred

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    When an extraterrestrial organism known as "Savage" attacks mankind, the only technology capable of combating the enemy is a weapon known as “Hundred.” A survivor of a Savage…

  24. 24
    Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    In the year 2027, the video game Phantasy Star Online 2 is all the rage at Seiga Academy. Every student is on board the fad—except for Itsuki Tachibana, a well-rounded student…

  25. 25
    Trickster

    TV · 24 ep · fall

    Kogorou Akechi is the founder of a private investigation firm known as the Boy Detectives' Club. Together, this group takes on cases both great and small.

  26. 26
    BBK/BRNK

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Away from home for 10 years, Azuma Kazuki had no idea what was awaiting him upon his return.

  27. 27
    HEYBOT!

    TV · 50 ep · fall

    The anime takes place on the screw-shaped island country of Nejigajima and follows the two "Bokyabots" Hebot and the Yurui Prince Nejiru as they collect different "Bokya Neji"…

  28. 28
    Ange Vierge

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    Five separate worlds—Black, White, Green, Red, and Blue—are linked by the "Halo" and exist in a harmonious balance.

  29. 29
    Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars

    TV · 13 ep · summer

    In the kingdom of Rimgarde, two mysterious giant robots begin a duel that erases nearly all human life before they disappear.

  30. 30
    Active Raid

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    In a futuristic, post-disaster Tokyo, the "Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit," or "Unit Eight," is a police unit specializing in handling…

  31. 31
    Divine Gate

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    The legend of the Divine Gate is a story told to young children that depicts the merging of the living world, the heavens, and the underworld. "Adapters"—people born with unique…

  32. 32
    Scared Rider Xechs

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    The Blue World, which symbolizes reason, is under constant attack by the creatures called the Nightfly O'Note originating from the Red World, symbolizing instinct.

  33. 33
    Crane Game Girls Galaxy

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    After utilizing the power of crane games to protect Earth from certain destruction by asteroids, the Crane Game Girls successfully become the planet's most popular idol group.

  34. 34
    Crane Game Girls

    TV · 13 ep · spring

    One day, Saya, an agent of the World Space Association, receives a sudden message that says a large number of asteroids are on a collision course with Earth, and it is her…