Top Eco-Horror Anime Recommendations

Mononoke-hime

Also known as Princess Mononoke.

Studio: Studio Ghibli
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

A calm village residing in the mountains comes under attack from a demon-possessed boar one day.

Ashitaka, a young man and prince of the tribe, engages the creature in an attempt to save his village. During the battle, the boar bites him on the arm, leaving it blackened and cursed. Following his village's traditions, Ashitaka is exiled and becomes a wanderer, looking for a solution to the curse before it engulfs him.

Iron Town is a fortress under the leadership of Lady Eboshi. Through the clearing of the surrounding forests, Iron Town produces large amounts of Ironsand, used for gunpowder and other machinery. However, because of the forests destruction, nearby animal clans seek revenge led by a human girl of the Wolf clan called San.

When Ashitaka comes to Iron Town, he discovers the area consumed in battle. Horrified, he attempts to create peace and befriend the Wolf Clan. However, after the forest's eradication and the ongoing war between Human and Beast, will the Spirit of the Forest be forgiving and accept Ashitaka's request to expel his curse?

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Tags: Environmental , Animals , Mythology , Philosophy , Eco-Horror , War , Gods , Demons , Rural , Youkai , Revenge , Female Protagonist , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Guns , Disability , Travel , Archery , Urban Fantasy , Tomboy , Outdoor , Body Horror , Curses , Gore , Kaiju , Samurai , Slavery , Swordplay

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä

Also known as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Studio: Topcraft
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

A thousand years after a global war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of only a few areas still populated. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley are engaged in a constant struggle with powerful insects called ohmu, who guard a poisonous jungle that is spreading across the Earth. Nausicaä and her brave companions, together with the people of the Valley, strive to restore the bond between humanity and the Earth.



Tags: Environmental , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Lost Civilization , War , Aviation , Military , Eco-Horror , Kaiju , Survival , Primarily Adult Cast , Cosmic Horror , Travel , Anachronism , Guns , Politics , Orphan , Tanks , Cult , Nudity , Elderly Protagonist

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Also known as Tokyo Magnitude 8.0.

Studio: bones , Kinema Citrus
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

The premise of the project is the 70% possibility that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will occur in Tokyo in the next 30 years. The anime depicts what would happen if an 8.0 earthquake took place.

The story centers on Mirai, a middle school freshman girl who goes to Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island for a robot exhibition with her brother Yuuki at the start of summer vacation. A powerful tremor emanates from an ocean trench, the famed Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge crumble and fall, and the landscape of Tokyo changes in an instant. With the help of a motorcycle delivery woman named Mari who they meet on Odaiba, Mirai and Yuuki strive to head back to their Setagaya home in western Tokyo.

Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Survival , Tragedy , Urban , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Coming of Age , Post-Apocalyptic , Natural Disaster , Ghost , CGI , Military , Robots , School , Motorcycles , Eco-Horror

Nihon Chinbotsu: 2020

Also known as Japan Sinks: 2020.

Studio: Science SARU
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

The setting for this adaptation is moved from 1970s Japan to 2020, just after the Tokyo Olympics. The story centers on the Mutou family, and the siblings Ayumu and Gou. The four members of the Mutou family are caught in an earthquake that hits Tokyo, and attempt to escape the city, while disaster claws at their heels.



Tags: Survival , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Disability , Natural Disaster , Post-Apocalyptic , Language Barrier , Outdoor , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Coastal , Surreal Comedy , Eco-Horror , Cult , Athletics , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist , Lost Civilization , Transgender , Ships , Drugs , E-Sports , Time Skip , Religion , Agriculture

Ibara no Ou: King of Thorn

Also known as King of Thorn.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Panic spreads worldwide as the Medousa Virus threatens to wipe out the human race. Kasumi is one of 160 people chosen to be cryogenically frozen while a cure is found. When she awakens to find the facility overrun with thorny vines and ravenous monsters, Kasumi and six others struggle to survive this labyrinthine nightmare. If they survive, how long do they have to live?



Tags: Survival , Post-Apocalyptic , Seinen , Twins , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Pandemic , Military , Afterlife , Guns , Tanned Skin , Shapeshifting , Achronological Order , Gore , Video Games , CGI , Suicide , Eco-Horror , Clone , Fairy Tale , Religion , Body Horror , Nudity , Parenthood

Chikyuu Shoujo Arjuna

Also known as Arjuna.

Studio: Satelight
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi

Juna was just an ordinary high-school girl, right up until the day she died in a motorcycle accident. But there, in the twilight of death, she saw the future of the barren earth destroyed by the Raaja, and was offered a second chance at life if she would stop them. Now she must learn to cast aside her thoughtlessly destructive ways and face her destiny as the Avatar of Time, the one being who can decide the fate of the planet.



Tags: Environmental , Magic , Educational , Urban Fantasy , Eco-Horror , Gods , CGI , Reincarnation , Female Protagonist , Rural , Motorcycles , Archery , Love Triangle

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection

Also known as Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection.

Studio: Seven Arcs
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Mecha , Sci-Fi

A pair of researchers remain on their dying planet of Eltria with their two daughters, Amitie and Kirie, in hopes of finding a way to revive the planet, but it was no use. Against her older sister's wishes, Kirie sets off with her childhood friend Iris to seek help from a distant alternate world. They arrive in Japan on Earth to search for the key to their planet's regeneration.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Isekai , Revenge , Post-Apocalyptic , Motorcycles , Kuudere , Eco-Horror

11-nin Iru!

Also known as They Were 11.

Studio: Magic Bus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Sci-Fi

In the distant future, ten space cadets embark on a survival test that sets them adrift in a derelict spacecraft from which they must find their way home. Terror strikes when the cadets discover eleven of themselves aboard the ship. Who is the imposter, and what is his (or her) purpose? Paranoia runs rampant and lives hang in the balance as the cadets scrutinize one another for any wrong move. Can they identify the spy before it’s too late?



Tags: Survival , Space , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Agender , Super Power , Amnesia , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Gender Bending , Transgender , Memory Manipulation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Medicine , Eco-Horror

LILY-C.A.T.

Also known as Lily C.A.T..

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Horror , Sci-Fi

2264 A.D.: The Starship Saldes is sent into deep space to explore a newly discovered planet. The journey will take twenty years. The Saldes' crew of thirteen, mixing experienced space jockeys with eager but naive scientists, are prepared for anything - except an unseen alien invader with an insatiable appetite and the ominous force that takes over the ship's controls. The voyage becomes a grim struggle for survival in a vessel which has become a coffin orbiting the paradise world which was to be its destination.



Tags: Space , Survival , Fugitive , Tragedy , Body Horror , Animals , Aliens , Eco-Horror , Gore , Male Protagonist , Guns , Detective , Nudity , Artificial Intelligence , Time Skip , Revenge

Darwin Jihen

Studio: BELLNOX FILMS
Status: Not_Yet_Released
Genres: Sci-Fi , Thriller

Created in a biological science lab, Charlie is a half human, half chimpanzee hybrid known as a "Humanzee". Raised by his adoptive human parents, Charlie is now 15 and starting high school. There he meets Lucy, a clever loner who becomes his first-ever friend. But his “normal” life is shattered when the animal rights extremists who freed his mother from the lab fifteen years ago reemerge as terrorists bent on kidnapping Charlie at all costs.



Tags: Philosophy , Terrorism , Anthropomorphism , Environmental , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Eco-Horror

Roots Search

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Sci-Fi

When a research crew in deep space discovers the desolate ship "Green Planet" that warps into their area, they encounter Buzz, the commander and sole surivor of the ship. Being too incapacitated to make them aware of the situation of his ship, the research team will soon discover that they have found something far, far worse...



Tags: Space , Aliens , Gods , Super Power , Cosmic Horror , Survival , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Nudity , Body Horror , Suicide , Tentacles , Eco-Horror

JUNK HEAD

Also known as JUNK HEAD.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Mankind can no longer reproduce because of gene manipulation aimed at making life longer. The clones ruling the bottomless underworld may have become fertile. Parton is selected to go on a mission through a subterranean labyrinth crawling with monsters to secure humanity's future.

Tags: Stop Motion , Cyborg , Gore , Post-Apocalyptic , Clone , Dystopian , Amnesia , Body Horror , CGI , Surreal Comedy , Cyberpunk , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Pandemic , Lost Civilization , Eco-Horror , Slapstick , Puppetry , Matriarchy

Kyouryuu Tankentai Born Free

Also known as Return of the Dinosaurs.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

When a meteor crashes to Earth, it briefly changes the climate and dinosaurs once again roam the planet. It's up to a newly formed expedition team to relocate the dinosaurs to a safe environment.



Tags: Work , Outdoor , Travel , Foreign , Environmental , Dinosaurs , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Eco-Horror , Found Family , Animals , Natural Disaster , Tanks , Stop Motion , Orphan