If you are interested in stories and events occurring in the post-apocalyptic world, then Scarlet Nexus and other anime similar to it will definitely entertain you with their suspense and thrilling experience. Let’s know about the Scarlet Nexus anime before moving with other similar anime.
Have you ever imagined a world with monsters that eat human brains as their food? Scarlet Nexus comes with the story that the monsters named as “Others” are making a havoc in the life of humans. To survive such situations, humanity successfully discovered their ability to use psionic powers against Others. Hence, they formed Other Suppression Forces (OSF) that consists of humans that can use psionic powers to combat monsters.
People also refer Other Suppression Forces (OSF) as Scarlet Nexus Guardians. Yuito Sumeragi and Kasane Randall have joined the forces as fresh recruits. Yuito is the son of the founder who is optimistic and kind whereas Kasane is skilled and brave who needs to fulfill dream and uncover truth that surrounds her.
As a team, Yuito and Kasane completes assigned missions and tries to fight dangerous monsters with gambling their lives on the mission. They soon discover other type of monster that is linked with the appearance and existence of Others.
So, if you like similar type of genre and theme, then you are welcomed in the list of 8 anime like Scarlet Nexus that will provide you with great visuals and storyline. You will be able to understand the importance of friendship and trust with the presence of action, sci-fi, and drama.
Seraph of the End
Due to the attack of an unknown deadly virus, only children under the age of 13 are alive! Soon, the children are kept as blood banks for vampires that have emerged from the shadows. So, will the children be quiet about this situation or will there be resistance from them?
Yuichirou Hyakuya and Mikaela Hyakuya were living with their family under the reign of vampires as their blood bank. Since Mikaela was a genius among them, he proposed a well-planned escape route but there was a gap in his plan. Hence, it lead to the killing of his family with Yuichirou remaining as the sole survivor of the attack.
Yuichirou was found by Moon Demon Company, which is a military unit that helps to eliminate the vampires in Japan. He becomes a member of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army to avenge his family that was killed by the vampires. Seraph of the End consists of various characters that are well-developed which gives viewers the taste of relationships of humans and vampires with their struggle to gain power.
Code Geass
The world is in full of chaos of various empires to gain power and expand territory. In Japan, one of the empires is the Holy Britannia Empire that started establishing and expanding its territory and naming it as Area 11. Exiled prince of the Holy Britannia Empire, Lelouch Lamperouge, decided to remain underground as student in Area 11 to bring the fall of the current empire to create a better place for his sister Nunnally.
He meets a mysterious girl during the attack of empire, who grants Lelouch the power to control anyone who makes eye contact with him. Lelouch realizes the potential of the power and initiates a rebellion against the Britannia Empire with the disguised name “Zero.”
With support of the mysterious girl named C.C., he challenges the current empire and its citizens about the emerging of the new emperor in the near future to stop the oppression and discrimination of the current emperor.
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Nier: Automata Ver1.1a
Here, the world became a complete wasteland with no means of sustainability of humans and therefore, they shifted to the Moon for their survival. Earth was taken over by machines leading to the destruction of the planet. Now, Humans have sent group of androids to Earth as their last hope to analyze the condition of the planet.
The androids are called as YoRHa soldiers. 2B and 9S are the two androids that were sent to analyze the situation, but they soon discover the truth about the war that is currently waging between humans and robots. The question arise in their system that whether there will be an another war or there will be peaceful coexistence between them.
With beautiful visuals, detailed environment and background music, you will be able to experience the storyline more clearly with some action and sci-fi elements. The anime has aired 8 episodes and is being delayed due to COVID-19, yet you will be able to enjoy the episodes that have aired so far. Also, you do not need to wait much because soon the team has announced that they will air all the remaining episodes i.e. 9-12 at the same time in the near future.
Sword Art Online
We always dreamed of living in the world of video games. But what will happen if you get a real chance of entering the world in the game? In Sword Art Online (SAO), players are able to enter in the virtual reality multiplayer game that needs NerveGear to control the characters in the game with their mind.
This dream of childhood soon became a nightmare when the creator of the game announced that the players that logged in the game will face death in real life if they die in the game. With no option of Log-Out, they need to clear the game in order to stay alive in the real life. The protagonist, Kirito, quickly analyzed the situation and made the necessary actions that will help him to discover the mechanisms of the game.
He then teams up with Asuna and other players in order to complete the game without making anyone to sacrifice their lives. SAO comes with great storyline and action-packed scenes that keeps the viewers entertained while having the taste of character development.
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Psycho-Pass
In Japan, with the implementation of a system that monitors each citizen’s threat level, the government uses the mental state of the people to determine any sign of criminal activity. This system is known as Sibyl system.
Public Safety Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Division is the government controlled organization that runs and controls this system. Akane Tsunemori is the now the member of it along with her teammate Shinya Kogami, who is a veteran Enforcer, branded as a criminal. They both are assigned work as a team to monitor the behavior of the veteran Enforcer as well as the stability among citizens.
Soon they started doing progress in the assigned missions but Akane begins to question the usage of the system and its consequences if its control is in evil hands. Psycho Pass let viewers question themselves about the importance of freedom in such well-monitored system and the route to the true meaning of justice in such situation.
Guilty Crown
Similar to the above mentioned Seraph of the End, a deadly virus attacks humanity dealing a massive damage to the all the citizens. GHQ is formed and takes control of the Japan to maintain law and order in such chaotic situation.
Funeral Parlour is a resistance group against the GHQ for taking control even after the stability of the situation. Story focuses on Shu Ouma who acquires power to control physical manifestation of people’s emotions. Realizing the importance of such power, he is now stuck in the web of conflicts, power and politics.
Guilty Crown contains elements of action, romance and sci-fi that keeps viewers entertained throughout the storyline. It gives the message of importance of power to use it to take responsibility for the benefit of the weaker sections of the society.
God Eater
Due to the emergence of man-eating monsters, humans are now in the verge of extinction. To save themselves, an organization called Fenrir was formed which develops God’s Arcs, weapons to kill the monsters called Aragami. Aragami can only be killed by the God Arcs which can only be used by those people who contain Oracle cells that are also needed in the making of God Arcs.
One of the people who contain Oracle cells is Lenka Utsugi with God Arc that can take the form of both, a blade and a gun. He sets a desire to kill every Aragami in the world and tries to master his weapon with ultimate training.
God Eater gives the meaning of survival and importance of sacrifices that one makes in their life. It also helps viewers in understanding the experiences one gets in their time of struggle.
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World Trigger
Neighbors are the alien creatures that now constantly threaten the world and destroys everything that comes in their way. An organization called Border is formed to defend itself and to maintain peace and stability in the chaotic situation. Border uses weapons called Triggers to defeat Neighbors.
A new trainee, Osamu Mikumo, joined the organization to become a high-ranking agent. Another student, Yuma Kuga, joins the organization and is teamed up with Osamu to perform training together with the help of Triggers.
World Trigger gives the message of the importance of training with determination in any situation. It helps viewers to experience the course of character development in the storyline with a thrilling experience of action and sci-fi moments.
