Top Natural Disaster Anime Recommendations

Gake no Ue no Ponyo

Also known as Ponyo.

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

A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship and discovery before Ponyo's father, a powerful sorcerer, forces her to return to her home in the sea. But Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the delicate balance of nature and triggers a gigantic storm. Only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true.



Tags: Natural Disaster , Primarily Child Cast , Environmental , Kids , Coastal , Rural , Magic , Anthropomorphism , Urban Fantasy , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Ships , Gods , Mermaid , Swimming , Chibi

Suzume no Tojimari

Also known as Suzume.

Studio: CoMix Wave
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

The story follows Suzume, a 17-year-old girl from a quiet Kyushu town who meets a young man looking for a door. They find a door within ruins in the mountain, and Suzume opens it. Soon, more doors begin to open around Japan, bringing disasters from the other side. The film depicts Suzume's liberation and growth, as she closes the doors that are causing disaster.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Travel , Coming of Age , Magic , Shapeshifting , Orphan , Family Life , Gods , Kaiju , Natural Disaster , Animals , Found Family , Age Gap , Environmental , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Parenthood , Heterosexual , CGI

Kaze Tachinu

Also known as The Wind Rises.

Studio: Studio Ghibli
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Although Jirou Horikoshi's nearsightedness prevents him from ever becoming a pilot, he leaves his hometown to study aeronautical engineering at Tokyo Imperial University for one simple purpose: to design and build planes just like his hero, Italian aircraft pioneer Giovanni Battista Caproni. His arrival in the capital coincides with the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, during which he saves a maid serving the family of a young girl named Naoko Satomi; this disastrous event marks the beginning of over two decades of social unrest and malaise leading up to Japan's eventual surrender in World War II.

Tags: Aviation , Historical , Work , Biographical , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Time Skip , War , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Marriage , Drawing , Natural Disaster , Foreign , Trains

Uzumaki

Also known as Uzumaki.

Studio: Akatsuki , Fugaku
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Four episode anime adaptation of the Junji Ito manga.

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...



Tags: Achromatic , Cosmic Horror , Body Horror , Gore , Tragedy , CGI , Rotoscoping , Natural Disaster , Denpa , Female Protagonist , Augmented Reality , Seinen , Heterosexual , Survival , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Coastal , Episodic , Lost Civilization , Surreal Comedy , Cannibalism , Curses , Philosophy , Monster Boy , Unrequited Love , Detective , Yandere

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

Zombie Land Saga: Revenge

Also known as ZOMBIE LAND SAGA REVENGE.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Supernatural

The second season of Zombie Land Saga.

From throughout the ages, a group of legendary girls have become zombie idols to save Saga Prefecture. It's the return of the cutting-edge zombie idol anime! One day, Minamoto Sakura lost her life in an unfortunate accident. Then, ten years later… After Sakura wakes up in a strange mansion, mysterious idol producer Tatsumi Kotaro tells her that she will be joining a group of legendary girls to form an idol unit. The seven girls are charged with a quest to save the fading Saga Prefecture and adopt the group name Franchouchou. After overcoming the difficulties stemming from their different ages and different periods of history, their undead zombie bodies allow them to defy expectations of what idols can be. During the final winter of the Heisei era they performed their first featured concert at Karatsu's Furusato Exhibition Hall, Arpino, taking another step towards becoming a legend. Now, in the modern Reiwa Era… The curtain rises on a new chapter in the story of Franchouchou, as they march towards a bright future full of hope.



Tags: Idol , Female Protagonist , Zombie , Primarily Female Cast , Surreal Comedy , Dancing , Historical , Parody , Work , Natural Disaster , Revenge , Monster Girl , Satire , CGI , Oiran , Ensemble Cast , Transgender , Time Skip , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Episodic , Bar , Tragedy , Rakugo , Achronological Order , Swordplay , Aliens , Urban Fantasy

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 Activities , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Coastal , Surreal Comedy , Eco-Horror , Cult , Athletics , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Cosmic Horror , Lost Civilization , Transgender , Ships , Drugs , E-Sports , Time Skip , Religion , Agriculture , Male Protagonist

NegaPosi Angler

Also known as Negative Positive Angler.

Studio: NUT
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

The anime's story centers on Tsunehiro Sasaki, a university student with a large debt and is told by his doctor that he only has two years left to live. Living the rest of his days in depression, Tsunehiro one day gets chased by a debt collector and falls into the sea. He is rescued by Hana, a girl who loves fishing, and her fishing friends including Takaaki.
Hana urges Tsunehiro to experience fishing for the first time in his life and he starts to develop friendship with other fishing enthusiasts. Things start looking up for Tsunehiro as he starts working at the convenience store where Hana and Takaaki work, and he slowly gets hooked into fishing.



Tags: Fishing , Rehabilitation , Found Family , Konbini , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Outdoor Activities , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Hikikomori , Work , Estranged Family , Educational , Food , Gambling , Ships , Bisexual , Homeless , Suicide , Chibi , Fugitive , Primarily Male Cast , Natural Disaster , College , Cosplay , Economics

Overtake!

Also known as OVERTAKE!.

Studio: TROYCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Haruka Asahina is a 16 year old high school boy racing F4 cars while staying at Komaki Motors, an auto-body shop in Shizuoka prefecture. Komaki Motors is a family-run shop that regularly competes in F4 with the team comprised of: owner Futoshi Komaki who is also a mechanic, his son Kotarou Komaki, and now Haruka Asahina. Because this is a family-run business, they receive no support usually from any major manufacturers. Haruka Asahina boldly confronts the top teams head-on to get the attention of these revered companies in hopes of making it to the podium himself.



Tags: Cars , Male Protagonist , Photography , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family , Kuudere , Coming of Age , Natural Disaster , Work , Rural , CGI , Achronological Order , Adoption

Witchblade

Also known as Witchblade.

Studio: GONZO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Masane Amaha and her daughter Rihoko are on the run from a government child welfare agency that wants to take Rihoko away from her mother. They are caught and Rihoko is taken away. Meanwhile, Masane is attacked by an advanced weapon that can disguise itself as a human being. When faced with the danger, a strange light emits from her wrist and she transforms into a powerful being. She destroys the weapon and consequently becomes involved in a power struggle between powerful organizations, with her at the center of their attention. Because she holds the greatest power of them all, the legendary Witchblade.



Tags: Super Power , MILF , Parenthood , Amnesia , Nudity , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Primarily Adult Cast , Henshin , Natural Disaster , Tragedy

Saishuu Heiki Kanojo

Also known as She, The Ultimate Weapon.

Studio: GONZO
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

Shuuji and Chise are third year students at a high school in Hokkaido. The shy Chise is finally confessing to Shuuji, and finally the two of them are starting to exchange diary awkwardly. One day, Shuuji tries to escape from a sudden enemy air raid on Sapporo. While desperately escaping from the air raid, Shuuji sees a scene that he could not forget for his life. He sees Chise, with a huge weapon looking as if it was part of her hand, shooting the enemy fighters down one by one. Apparently, Chise is the ultimate weapon with destructive power which is important for the war.



Tags: Military , Anti-Hero , Coming of Age , War , Tragedy , Heterosexual , School , Cyborg , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Guns , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Primarily Adult Cast , Psychosexual , Urban , Robots , Age Gap , Motorcycles , Natural Disaster , Work , Unrequited Love , Nudity

Taifuu no Noruda

Also known as Typhoon Noruda.

Studio: Studio Colorido
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The film takes place on a certain isolated island, at a certain middle school, on the eve of the culture festival. A boy quits baseball after playing his whole life, and has a fight with his best friend. Then they suddenly meet a mysterious, red-eyed girl named Noruda, and a huge typhoon hits the middle school.



Tags: School , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Natural Disaster , Rural , Baseball , Primarily Child Cast , CGI , Heterosexual , Nudity

Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange

Also known as Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange.

Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

Toake Daigo burns with remarkable talent and unparalleled determination. Onoda Shun struggles against the walls blocking his own path. Nakamura Yuki hopes to become one of the few female members of the special rescue corps known as "Orange." When these three young firefighters who share the goal of becoming members of Orange come together, the story of how Japan will one day be saved begins... and what looms before them is a crisis that endangers the entire country!



Tags: Work , Firefighters , Primarily Adult Cast , Rescue , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Episodic , Bullying , Coming of Age , Natural Disaster

SHY: Tokyo Dakkan-hen

Also known as SHY Season 2.

Studio: 8-bit
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Shy has grown up a little after fighting against the 'Amalareik,' led by the mysterious boy Stigma. When she returns to Japan, she meets a girl named Ai Tennouji who has run away from her ninja village. Ai tells Shy that she left the village to chase a member of the 'Amalareik.' Meanwhile, an incident occurs in which Tokyo is suddenly enveloped in a black ball and disappears. The heroes are dispatched to rescue Tokyo.



Tags: Superhero , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Ninja , Tragedy , Twins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Femboy , Ghost , Natural Disaster

Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi

Also known as Summer Days with Coo.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

Kouichi Uehara is a fourth grade student living in the suburb of Tokyo. One day, he picks up a large stone which turns out to be a fossil of a baby "Kappa" sleeping underground for the past 300 years, and names it "Coo". Koichi and Coo become good friends and starts living with his family. However, Coo could not adjust to the life style in Tokyo and starts to miss his family. On a hot summer day, Koichi and Coo decide to go on an adventurous road trip to find his peers.



Tags: Youkai , Environmental , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Rural , Family Life , Kaiju , School , Historical , Natural Disaster

UniteUp!

Also known as UniteUp!.

Studio: CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

The anime's story centers on Akira Kiyose, who sings on a video streaming site under the singer name "KIKUNOYU." One day the talent agency sMiLea Production scouts him. sMiLea is an agency founded by the retired legendary idol pair AneLa to train new budding idols. Akira then forms an idol group with Banri Naoe and Chihiro Isuzugawa, who were also scouted. Their new group, Protostar, will have their debut alongside other new idol groups with sMiLea Production: Legit and Jaxx Jaxx.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Work , Urban , Found Family , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Dancing , Episodic , CGI , Otaku Culture , VTuber , School , Travel , Band , Baseball , Natural Disaster , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tsundere , Restaurant

Violence Jack: Harem Bomber

Also known as Violence Jack: Slumking.

Studio: Soei Shinsha , Ashi Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror

Kanto Hell Earthquake has demolished the metropolitan completely. After the earthquake, Slum King is kidnapping girls and sell them as sex slaves. Mari is wandering on the devastated field looking for her lover, Ken. But she is also kidnapped by them. While she is tortured and trained as a sex slave, Ken saves her. Ken has become the member of Slum King. The king offers condition to him; in return for releasing her, he has to kill Violence Jack.



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Motorcycles , Gore , Nudity , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Gangs , Slavery , Bar , Natural Disaster , Guns , Shounen

T・P Bon

Also known as T・P BON.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

Ordinary junior high school student Bon Namihira encounters Time Patrol member Ream Stream, a girl from the future, along with a strange creature called Buyoyon. The Time Patrol agents save those who died unfortunate deaths that don't significantly alter the course of history. During these missions, anyone who sees Ream and the other agents has their memories erased. However, Bon's memory remains mysteriously intact, so he is brought in as a Time Patrol agent-in-training. Teaming up with Ream to carry out missions, Bon is excited about using tools of the future, including the "time boat" that can sail through time and space. Bon gets carried away at times, but through the missions, he touches the lives of people who lived wisely in each era. Go on an epic journey throughout Earth and the history of humanity along with T・P BON!



Tags: Time Manipulation , Historical , Shounen , Male Protagonist , War , Episodic , Foreign , Travel , CGI , Slavery , Natural Disaster , School , Gore , Dinosaurs , Suicide , Nudity , Witch , Torture , Religion

Violence Jack: Jigokugai

Also known as Violence Jack: Evil Town.

Studio: Studio 88
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror

The World as we know it has been torn apart shattered by a series of natural disasters that have turned civilization into a brutish nightmare of survival and has left whole cities buried beneath the Earth. It's now a lethal and chaotic place, a place where only the strongest and most savage remain alive. The strongest of them all is a giant warrior known as Violence Jack…

Violence Jack tries to avert a civil war brewing among the wretched inhabitants of a subterranean metropolis called Evil Town. Based on a character created by manga horror specialist, Go Nagai.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Gore , Motorcycles , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Cannibalism , Transgender , Demons , Natural Disaster , Guns

Tanoshii Moomin Ikka: Moomindani no Suisei

Also known as Comet in Moominland.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Unusual things have been happening in Moominvalley. Moomin, Sniff and Mee leave for the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to confirm the Muskrat's words: a comet is about to hit Moominvalley and destroy everything. On the way they meet Snufkin, the Hemulen and the Snorks and experience many adventures.



Tags: Astronomy , Environmental , Rural , Animals , Family Life , Classic Literature , Anthropomorphism , Kids , Iyashikei , Natural Disaster