Top Class Struggle Anime Recommendations

Shingeki no Kyojin

Also known as Attack on Titan.

Studio: Wit Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.

Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single titan and take revenge for all of mankind.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Kaiju , Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Military , Monster Boy , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Revenge , Philosophy , Anti-Hero , Swordplay , Gore , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Dystopian , Politics , Religion , Espionage , Monster Girl , Cannibalism , Shounen , Coming of Age , Class Struggle , Orphan , Steampunk , Mythology , Time Skip , Amnesia , Yandere , Rural , CGI , Primarily Male Cast , Unrequited Love , Kuudere , Adoption , Suicide

Shingeki no Kyojin 2

Also known as Attack on Titan Season 2.

Studio: Wit Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Eren Jaeger swore to wipe out every last Titan, but in a battle for his life he wound up becoming the thing he hates most. With his new powers, he fights for humanity's freedom facing the monsters that threaten his home. After a bittersweet victory against the Female Titan, Eren finds no time to rest—a horde of Titans is approaching Wall Rose and the battle for humanity continues!



Tags: Survival , Espionage , Post-Apocalyptic , Shapeshifting , Tragedy , Military , Kaiju , Dystopian , Primarily Teen Cast , Gore , Monster Boy , Monster Girl , Revenge , Philosophy , Politics , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Class Struggle , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Cult , Incest , Kuudere , Dissociative Identities , Coming of Age , Orphan , LGBTQ+ Themes , Matriarchy , Steampunk , Mythology , Cannibalism , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Swordplay , Unrequited Love , Rural , Tanned Skin

Shingeki no Kyojin 3

Also known as Attack on Titan Season 3.

Studio: Wit Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Eren and his companions in the 104th are assigned to the newly-formed Levi Squad, whose assignment is to keep Eren and Historia safe given Eren's newly-discovered power and Historia's knowledge and pedigree. Levi and Erwin have good reason to be concerned, because the priest of the Church that Hanji had hidden away was found tortured to death, making it clear that the Military Police are involved with the cover-up. Things get more harrowing when the MPs make a move on Erwin and the Levi Squad narrowly avoids capture. Eren is also having problems with his Titan transformation, and a deadly killer has been hired to secure Eren and Historia, one Levi knows all too well from his youth.



Tags: Conspiracy , Military , Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Politics , Memory Manipulation , Dystopian , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Revenge , Philosophy , Super Power , Crime , Kaiju , Gore , Survival , Shounen , Coming of Age , Yandere , Guns , Ensemble Cast , Class Struggle , Matriarchy , Steampunk , Anti-Hero , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Torture , Swordplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Crossdressing , Kuudere , Mythology

Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season

Also known as Attack on Titan Final Season.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

It’s been four years since the Scout Regiment reached the shoreline, and the world looks different now. Things are heating up as the fate of the Scout Regiment—and the people of Paradis—are determined at last. However, Eren is missing. Will he reappear before age-old tensions between Marleyans and Eldians result in the war of all wars?



Tags: War , Tragedy , Military , Kaiju , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Politics , Philosophy , Dystopian , Survival , Time Skip , Ensemble Cast , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Monster Boy , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Terrorism , Espionage , Gore , CGI , Body Horror , Foreign , Guns , Memory Manipulation , Coming of Age , Class Struggle , Shounen , Steampunk , Rotoscoping , Dissociative Identities , Tanned Skin , Rural , Kuudere , Matriarchy , Mythology , Baseball

Shingeki no Kyojin 3 Part 2

Also known as Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2.

Studio: Wit Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

The battle to retake Wall Maria begins now! With Eren’s new hardening ability, the Scouts are confident they can seal the wall and take back Shiganshina District. If they succeed, Eren can finally unlock the secrets of the basement—and the world. But danger lies in wait as Reiner, Bertholdt, and the Beast Titan have plans of their own. Could this be humanity’s final battle for survival?



Tags: Dystopian , Military , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Survival , Memory Manipulation , Shapeshifting , Super Power , War , Shounen , Espionage , Monster Boy , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Gore , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Mythology , Anti-Hero , Class Struggle , Steampunk , Swordplay , Primarily Male Cast , Drugs , CGI , Dissociative Identities , Baseball , Kuudere , Matriarchy

No Game No Life

Also known as No Game, No Life.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

Bored with life and considering the real world to be just a “crappy game,” savvy sibling shut-ins Sora and Shiro have withdrawn into their own fantasy world filled with video games.

However, one day they find themselves summoned to another world by a boy who calls himself “God,” their abilities are about to be put to the ultimate test! Now not only their fates — but the fate of all of humanity — will be decided by a series of games that may just be the hardest these super-geniuses have ever faced!



Tags: Isekai , Gambling , Alternate Universe , Video Games , Hikikomori , Magic , Male Protagonist , Politics , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Gods , Female Protagonist , Travel , Kuudere , Memory Manipulation , Kemonomimi , Meta , Class Struggle , Kingdom Management , Female Harem , Nudity , Nekomimi , Elf , Super Power , Judo

Black Clover

Also known as Black Clover.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are both found abandoned at a church on the same day. While Yuno is gifted with exceptional magical powers, Asta is the only one in this world without any. At the age of fifteen, both receive grimoires, magic books that amplify their holder’s magic. Asta’s is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent’s spells. Being opposite but good rivals, Yuno and Asta are ready for the hardest of challenges to achieve their common dream: to be the Wizard King. Giving up is never an option!



Tags: Magic , Shounen , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Orphan , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , Demons , Elf , Class Struggle , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Conspiracy , Adoption , Cult , Swordplay , Bullying , Lost Civilization , Heterosexual , Cultivation , Time Skip , Kuudere , Nun , Tsundere , Travel , Love Triangle , Disability , Food , Espionage , Suicide , Tomboy , Age Regression , Dungeon

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch

Also known as Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Thriller

On August 10th of the year 2010 the Holy Empire of Britannia began a campaign of conquest, its sights set on Japan. Operations were completed in one month thanks to Britannia's deployment of new mobile humanoid armor vehicles dubbed Knightmare Frames. Japan's rights and identity were stripped away, the once proud nation now referred to as Area 11. Its citizens, Elevens, are forced to scratch out a living while the Britannian aristocracy lives comfortably within their settlements. Pockets of resistance appear throughout Area 11, working towards independence for Japan.

Lelouch, an exiled Imperial Prince of Britannia posing as a student, finds himself in the heart of the ongoing conflict for the island nation. Through a chance meeting with a mysterious girl named C.C., Lelouch gains his Geass, the power of the king. Now endowed with absolute dominance over any person, Lelouch may finally realize his goal of bringing down Britannia from within!



Tags: Anti-Hero , War , Military , Politics , Revenge , Super Power , Class Struggle , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Tragedy , Real Robot , Dystopian , Philosophy , Super Robot , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Teen Cast , Amnesia , Ensemble Cast , Foreign , Urban Fantasy , Disability , Heterosexual , Nudity , Kuudere , Female Harem , Masturbation , School Club , Gore , Age Gap , Tanned Skin , Swordplay , CGI , Gambling

Kill la Kill

Also known as Kill la Kill.

Studio: Trigger
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

After the murder of her father, Ryuuko Matoi has been wandering the land in search of his killer. Following her only lead—the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade—she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a high school unlike any other. The academy is ruled by the imposing and cold-hearted student council president Satsuki Kiryuuin alongside her powerful underlings, the Elite Four. In the school's brutally competitive hierarchy, Satsuki bestows upon those at the top special clothes called "Goku Uniforms," which grant the wearer unique superhuman abilities.

Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Nudity , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Class Struggle , Dystopian , Super Power , Tomboy , Aliens , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Military , Anti-Hero , Cult , Psychosexual , Villainess , Incest , Bullying , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Tokusatsu , Delinquents , CGI , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tragedy , Orphan , Tsundere , Meta , Cosplay , Yandere , Cheerleading

Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season Part 2

Also known as Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological

The war for Paradis zeroes in on Shiganshina just as Jaegerists have seized control. After taking a huge blow from a surprise attack led by Eren, Marley swiftly acts to return the favor. With Zeke’s true plan revealed and a military forced under new rule, this battle might be fought on two fronts. Does Eren intend on fulfilling his half-brother’s wishes or does he have a plan of his own?



Tags: War , Tragedy , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Military , Survival , Philosophy , Memory Manipulation , Kaiju , Terrorism , Male Protagonist , Espionage , Foreign , Monster Boy , Primarily Male Cast , Super Power , Gore , Body Horror , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Slavery , Shounen , CGI , Amputation , Class Struggle , Steampunk , Alternate Universe , Guns , Cannibalism , Kuudere , Female Protagonist , Tanned Skin , Monster Girl , Mythology , Matriarchy

PSYCHO-PASS

Also known as PSYCHO-PASS.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Justice, and the enforcement of it, has changed. In the 22nd century, Japan enforces the Sibyl System, an objective means of determining the threat level of each citizen by examining their mental state for signs of criminal intent, known as their Psycho-Pass. Inspectors uphold the law by subjugating, often with lethal force, anyone harboring the slightest ill-will; alongside them are Enforcers, jaded Inspectors that have become latent criminals, granted relative freedom in exchange for carrying out the Inspectors' dirty work.

Into this world steps Akane Tsunemori, a young woman with an honest desire to uphold justice. However, as she works alongside veteran Enforcer Shinya Kougami, she soon learns that the Sibyl System's judgments are not as perfect as her fellow Inspectors assume. With everything she has known turned on its head, Akane wrestles with the question of what justice truly is, and whether it can be upheld through the use of a system that may already be corrupt.



Note: In the Summer 2014 season, Psycho-Pass was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot, ending up in 11 one-hour episodes. This edit included added scenes at the beginning and middle of the episodes, as well as fixing and improving animation.

Tags: Detective , Police , Dystopian , Cyberpunk , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Urban , Female Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Conspiracy , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Fugitive , Guns , Anti-Hero , Terrorism , Augmented Reality , Gore , Class Struggle , Tragedy , Robots , Body Horror , Nudity ,

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Also known as Gurren Lagann.

Studio: Gainax
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

In a far away future, mankind lives underground in huge caves, unknowing of a world above with a sky and stars.

In the small village of Jiha, Simon, a shy boy who works as a digger discovers a strange glowing object during excavation. The enterprising Kamina, a young man with a pair of rakish sunglasses and the passion of a firey sun, befriends Simon and forms a small band of brothers, the Gurren Brigade, to escape the village and break through the ceiling of the cave to reach the surface, which few believe exist.

The village elder won't hear of such foolishness and punishes the Brigade. However, when disaster strikes from the world above and the entire village is in jeopardy, it's up to Simon, Kamina, a girl with a big gun named Yoko, and the small yet sturdy robot, Lagann, to save the day.

The new friends journey to the world above and find that the surface is a harsh battlefield, and it's up to them to fight back against the rampaging Beastmen to turn the tide in the humans' favor! Pierce the heavens, Gurren Lagann!

Tags: Super Robot , Coming of Age , Found Family , Dystopian , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Adult Cast , Space Opera , Tragedy , Travel , Space , Class Struggle , War , Time Skip , Aliens , Politics , Desert , Anthropomorphism , Heterosexual , Outdoor , Henshin , Military , Animals , Alternate Universe , Guns , Cosmic Horror , Shounen , Urban , Nudity , CGI , Love Triangle , Suicide , Swordplay , Boys' Love

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2

Also known as Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Thriller

A year has passed since "The Black Rebellion" and the remaining Black Knights have vanished into the shadows, their leader and figurehead, Zero, executed by the Britannian Empire. Area 11 is once more squirming under the Emperor's oppressive heel as the Britannian armies concentrate their attacks on the European front. But for the Britannians living in Area 11, life is back to normal. On one such normal day, a Britannian student, skipping his classes in the Ashford Academy, sneaks out to gamble on his chess play. But unknown to this young man, several forces are eying him from the shadows, for soon, he will experience a shocking encounter with his own obscured past, and the masked rebel mastermind Zero will return.

Tags: Anti-Hero , War , Military , Revenge , Politics , Super Power , Philosophy , Tragedy , Class Struggle , Dystopian , Terrorism , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Super Robot , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Amnesia , Fugitive , Real Robot , School , Time Skip , Kuudere , Yandere , Nudity , Female Harem , Foreign , Swordplay , Tsundere , Assassins

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Also known as Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Studio: Trigger
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

An original anime series set in in the universe of Cyberpunk 2077.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk.



Note: The first episode received a pre-screening at Anime Expo on July 2, 2022. The first 3 dubbed episodes were streamed on Twitch as part of a co-stream promotion on September 12, a day before the show’s premiere.

Tags: Cyberpunk , Tragedy , Crime , Dystopian , Cyborg , Class Struggle , Gangs , Male Protagonist , Urban , Orphan , Body Horror , Guns , Gore , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Drugs , Heterosexual , Terrorism , Coming of Age , Nudity , Artificial Intelligence , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Software Development , Space , Cars , Age Gap , Robots

86: Eighty Six

Also known as 86 EIGHTY-SIX.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools.

Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.



Tags: War , Military , Class Struggle , Tragedy , Dystopian , Survival , Politics , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Proxy Battle , Memory Manipulation , Robots , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Real Robot , Guns , Primarily Teen Cast , Ghost , Necromancy , Achronological Order , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Artificial Intelligence , Lost Civilization , Kuudere , Travel , Unrequited Love , POV , Nudity , Gore , Seinen

BEASTARS

Also known as BEASTARS.

Studio: Orange
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

In a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, herbivores and carnivores coexist with each other. For the adolescents of Cherryton Academy, school life is filled with hope, romance, distrust, and uneasiness.

The main character is Legoshi the wolf, a member of the drama club. Despite his menacing appearance, he has a very gentle heart. Throughout most of his life, he has always been an object of fear and hatred by other animals, and he’s been quite accustomed to that lifestyle. But soon, he finds himself becoming more involved with his fellow classmates who have their own share of insecurities and finds his life in school changing slowly.



Tags: Anthropomorphism , Coming of Age , Animals , Cannibalism , Full CGI , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Male Protagonist , Boarding School , CGI , Psychosexual , Love Triangle , Gangs , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Crime , Bullying , Philosophy , School Club , Shounen , Primarily Animal Cast , Class Struggle , Female Protagonist , Acting , Mafia , Politics , Urban , Vore

No Game No Life Zero

Also known as No Game, No Life Zero.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

A movie adaptation of the sixth volume of the light novel series announced at the MF Bunko J Summer School Festival 2016 event.

Six thousand years before Sora and Shiro were even a blink in the history of Disboard, war consumed the land, tearing apart the heavens, destroying stars, and even threatening to wipe out the human race. Amid the chaos and destruction, a young man named Riku leads humanity toward the tomorrow his heart believes in. One day, in the ruins of an Elf city, he meets Schwi, a female exiled "Ex Machina" android who asks him to teach her what it means to have a human heart.



Tags: War , Gods , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Espionage , Dystopian , Class Struggle , Heterosexual , Magic , Elf , Survival , Kuudere , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Board Game , Super Power , Reincarnation , Isekai

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry

Also known as Chivalry of a Failed Knight.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Nexus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

The "school sword action" story revolves around Magic Knights, modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess and the "Number One" student. In this duel, "the loser must be obedient for life."



Tags: Swordplay , Male Protagonist , School , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Magic , Primarily Teen Cast , Class Struggle , Urban Fantasy , Nudity , Incest , Shounen , Bullying , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Politics , Transgender , Archery

Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season - Kanketsu-hen Zenpen

Also known as Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 1.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological

The fate of the world hangs in the balance as Eren unleashes the ultimate power of the Titans. With a burning determination to eliminate all who threaten Eldia, he leads an unstoppable army of Colossal Titans towards Marley. Now a motley crew of his former comrades and enemies scramble to halt his deadly mission, the only question is, can they stop him?



Tags: Tragedy , Kaiju , Survival , Super Power , Terrorism , Military , Gore , Philosophy , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Monster Boy , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Cosmic Horror , CGI , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Class Struggle , Suicide , Ships , Aviation , Tanned Skin , Kuudere , Matriarchy

Shinsekai yori

Also known as From the New World.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Following a sudden outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1% of the population, a rapid transformation swept the world. The godlike ability to manipulate matter remotely turned many power wielders to violence, inciting a long period of upheaval. Finally, after a chaotic era shaped by the rise and fall of oppressive regimes, the psychic humans were able to achieve a fragile peace by isolating their society, creating a new world bound by complex rules.

In the town of Kamisu 66, 12-year-old Saki Watanabe has just awakened to her powers and is relieved to rejoin her friends—the mischievous Satoru Asahina, the shy Mamoru Itou, the cheerful Maria Akizuki, and Shun Aonuma, a mysterious boy whom Saki admires—at Sage Academy, a special school for psychics. However, unease looms as Saki begins to question the fate of those unable to awaken to their powers, and the children begin to get involved with secretive matters such as the rumored Tainted Cats said to abduct children.

Shinsekai yori tells the unique coming-of-age story of Saki and her friends as they journey to grow into their roles in the supposed utopia. Accepting these roles, however, might not come easy when faced with the dark and shocking truths of society, and the impending havoc born from the new world.



Tags: Class Struggle , Dystopian , Lost Civilization , Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Super Power , Anti-Hero , Time Skip , Female Protagonist , Slavery , Conspiracy , Memory Manipulation , Politics , Revenge , Bisexual , Survival , War , Animals , Cosmic Horror , Magic , Rural , Environmental , Amnesia , Cult , Gore , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fugitive , Chimera , Heterosexual , Religion , Love Triangle , Torture , Anthropomorphism , School , Boys' Love , Yuri , Aviation