Survival Anime
  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Gore
  4. Military
  5. Survival
  6. Suspense
  1. WIT STUDIO
Apr 6, 2013 at 12:58pm EDT

When the man-eating giants called Titans first appeared, humans retreated behind massive walls. After a hundred years of safety, a colossal-sized Titan smashes through the defenses, unleashing a flood of giants and carnage in the streets. Eren Jaeger watches helplessly as one of the creatures devours his mother.

He vows to kill every Titan walking the earth.

Eren and his surviving friends enlist to fight against the insatiable monsters. The future looks bleak, but there's more to Eren than meets the eye: he may be humanity's last hope against extinction.

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Gore
  4. Military
  5. Survival
  6. Suspense
  1. WIT STUDIO
Apr 1, 2017 at 9:00am EDT
SPOILERS
(Season 1)

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!

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Adventure
  2. Comedy
  3. Sci-Fi
  4. Survival
  5. Time Travel
  1. TMS Entertainment
Jul 5, 2019 at 9:00am EDT

Several thousand years after a mysterious phenomenon that turns all of humanity to stone, the extraordinarily intelligent, science-driven boy, Senku Ishigami, awakens.

Facing a world of stone and the total collapse of civilization, Senku makes up his mind to use science to rebuild the world. Starting with his super strong childhood friend Taiju Oki, who awakened at the same time, they will begin to rebuild civilization from nothing...

Depicting two million years of scientific history from the Stone Age to present day, the unprecedented crafting adventure story is about to begin!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Gore
  4. Military
  5. Survival
  1. WIT STUDIO
Jul 8, 2018 at 2:30pm EDT

After recovering Eren and Historia, the recruits are put under the care of Levi. Stuck out in the middle of nowhere, Hange subjects Eren to a series of experiments in an attempt to find out more about his ability. But when their link to the secrets behind the wall is murdered, the squad must move out and find a new refuge. Except, a figure from Levi’s past has his own plans to stop them.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Fantasy
  4. Gore
  5. Military
  6. Survival
  7. Suspense
  1. MAPPA
Dec 6, 2020 at 10:10am EST
SPOILERS
(Previous Seasons)

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?

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Gore
  4. Military
  5. Survival
  6. Suspense
  1. WIT STUDIO
Apr 28, 2019 at 11:10am EDT
SPOILERS
(Previous Seasons)

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?

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Adventure
  2. Comedy
  3. Sci-Fi
  4. Survival
  5. Time Travel
  1. TMS Entertainment
Jan 14, 2021 at 8:30am EST

Modern society is lost when a mysterious light leaves everyone petrified in stone! Thousands of years in the future, super genius Senku awakens and begins restoring civilization with his Kingdom of Science.

Now as he sets down blueprints for a smartphone in the stone world, Tsukasa and his Empire of Might prepare for the upcoming war. Who will be the victor in the fight for humanity?

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Horror
  2. Mystery
  3. Psychological
  4. Sci-Fi
  5. Survival
  6. Suspense
  1. CloverWorks
Jan 9, 2019 at 10:00am EST

※ NOTE: First episode premiered on streaming services ahead of regular broadcasting

Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as "Mom," all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn - what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing.

[Source: VIZ]

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Gore
  4. Military
  5. Survival
  6. Suspense
  1. MAPPA
Jan 9, 2022 at 10:05am EST
SPOILERS
(Previous Seasons)

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?

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Horror
  4. Supernatural
  5. Survival
  6. Suspense
  7. Zombies
  1. BUG FILMS
Jul 9, 2023 at 4:00am EDT

With three years under his belt at the company from hell, Akira Tendo is mentally and physically spent. All at the ripe old age of twenty-four. Even his crush from Accounting, Saori, wants nothing to do with him. Then, just when life is beginning to look like one big disappointment, it happens. The zombie apocalypse descends on Japan! Surrounded by hordes of hungry zombies, Akira comes to a realization that will forever change his life…

“Wait, does this mean I never have to go to work again?”

Confess to… party like it's… travel Japan coast to…

Now, with his nightmare job no longer, Akira's got his mojo back. Let the bucket listing begin!!

[Source: official English website]

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Gore
  4. Military
  5. Survival
  6. Suspense
  1. MAPPA
Mar 3, 2023 at 10:25am EST
SPOILERS
(Previous Seasons)

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?

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Gore
  3. High-Stakes Game
  4. Mystery
  5. Psychological
  6. Supernatural
  7. Survival
  8. Suspense
  1. asread.
Oct 9, 2011 at 10:00am EDT

This psychological thriller, based on the manga written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno, is about Yuki, a loner who's not very good with people. He prefers to write a diary on his cell phone and talk to his imaginary friend, Deus Ex Machina – The God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is more than a figment of his imagination when he makes Yuki participate in a battle royale with eleven others. The contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, each diary possessing unique features that give it both advantages and disadvantages. Within the next 90 days, the contestants must try to survive until there is only one left standing. The winner will become the new God of Time and Space.

[Source: FUNimation]

  1. Adventure
  2. Mystery
  3. Sci-Fi
  4. Survival
  1. Production I.G
Apr 1, 2023 at 9:00am EDT

Within the safety of the walls, youths are raised in a nursery-style setting by robots. While life there may appear stale on the surface, the children are full of potential and curiosity. In many ways it is like a slice of heaven. The outside world is a hellscape. It is almost entirely void of anything mechanical and is now inhabited by bizarre, yet powerful supernatural beings.

Maru, with the aid of Kiruko, is out there crisscrossing what was once Tokyo for heaven. But after searching for so long, maybe heaven is more of an untenable dream than a potential reality.

[Source: Denpa]

  1. Action
  2. High-Stakes Game
  3. Mystery
  4. Survival
  1. Nexus
Jan 3, 2020 at 10:00am EST

※ NOTE: First episode was a 1-hour special

An unpredictable battle of superpowers.

Kaname Sudo, an ordinary high school student, receives an invitation email to try a mysterious app called "Darwin's Game."

Kaname, upon launching the app, is drawn into a game where players fight one another using superpowers called Sigils.

Without knowing the reason for all this, can Kaname survive furious battles against the powerful players who attack him?

[Source: official English website]

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Fantasy
  4. Gore
  5. Horror
  6. Survival
  7. Zombies
  1. WIT STUDIO
Apr 7, 2016 at 11:25am EDT

At a time when the industrial revolution was carrying the world into the modern age, a horde of undead monsters suddenly appeared. They could not be killed unless their hearts, which were protected by a layer of iron, were pierced. These undead, which would later be known as "Kabane," exploded in population until they finally overran the world. The people of Hinomoto, built fortresses known as "stations" that have allowed them to survive the threat of the Kabane. Ikoma is a young steamsmith living at Aragane Station, working on developing a unique anti-Kabane weapon called a "piercing gun".

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Mystery
  2. Psychological
  3. Sci-Fi
  4. Survival
  5. Suspense
  1. CloverWorks
Jan 6, 2021 at 10:00am EST

Fifteen children escape Grace Field House, a false paradise, hoping for a chance at freedom. Instead, they encounter plants and animals they have never before seen, and are chased by demons. The outside world is so beautiful, and yet is almost too cruel to face.

Even so, the children refuse to give up. They are guided in their search for better lives only by a message from Minerva and a pen Norman left behind in order to fulfill their promise to return to the House to save those of their family who are still trapped within.

[Source: official English website]

  1. Adventure
  2. Drama
  3. Fantasy
  4. Gore
  5. Mystery
  6. Sci-Fi
  7. Survival
  1. Kinema citrus
Jul 7, 2017 at 8:30am EDT

The “Abyss” is the last unexplored region, an enormous and treacherous cave system filled with ancient relics and strange creatures. Only the bravest of adventurers can traverse its depths, earning them the nickname, “Cave Raiders.” Within the depths of the Abyss, a girl named Riko stumbles upon a robot who looks like a young boy. Tantalized by the Abyss, Riko and her new friend descend into uncharted territory to unlock its mysteries, but what lies in wait for them in the darkness?

[Source: Sentai]

  1. Action
  2. High-Stakes Game
  3. Psychological
  4. Sci-Fi
  5. Survival
  1. MADHOUSE
Oct 4, 2012 at 10:00am EDT

In the blink of the mind's eye, Ryouta Sakamoto suddenly finds himself transported from playing the hit Btoom! video game to being stranded on a mysterious island, equipped with a day's worth of provisions, a bag of bombs, a strange crystal embedded in his left hand and a huge gaping hole in his memory. But it doesn't take long to figure out what's going on, especially after the first person Ryouta meets tries to kill him. Someone is attempting to recreate the ultra-violent Btoom! game in real life, and the island has been filled with an army of other unwilling players, each armed with one of the multiple variants of explosive weapons called BIM. Fortunately, Ryouta's an ace Btoom! player, but this insane version of the game has no reset switch or second lives, and there's only one way off the island: kill seven other people before they can kill you! Can Ryouta repurpose his game based skills fast enough to survive?

[Source: Sentai Filmworks]

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Fantasy
  4. Isekai
  5. Survival
  1. MAHO FILM
Oct 2, 2020 at 9:00am EDT

Aloof and logical middle school third-year Yusuke Yotsuya is transported to a game-like alternate world. He becomes a third player and takes on a dangerous quest with his classmates Iu Shindo and Kusue Hakozaki, who were transported there earlier. The cold Yusuke eschews emotionalism and examines all elements with detachment, sometimes even toying with the lives of his companions. Can he protect his party from attacking monsters, difficult incidents, and powerful scheming enemies and win the game?

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Gore
  3. High-Stakes Game
  4. Horror
  5. Sci-Fi
  6. Survival
  1. Manglobe
Apr 16, 2011 at 12:00pm EDT

Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He's framed for the carnage, sentenced to die, and locked away in the most twisted prison ever built: Deadman Wonderland. And then it gets worse.

At Deadman Wonderland, convicts are forced into brutal deathmatches for the amusement of the masses, the cheers of the crowd drowning out the screams of the dismembered. Even when Ganta befriends Shiro, an unusual female inmate, his dark fate crushes all hope —until he discovers the strange ability to wield his spilled blood as a weapon. Ganta learns his new skill might be related to the murderous man in red and uncovers disturbing secrets that could expose those who stole his freedom. He's determined to see justice served —but first he'll have to fight for his life in a prison that holds a million ways to die.

[Source: FUNimation]

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Gore
  4. Survival
  1. WIT STUDIO
December 8, 2013 EST

[Episode 1 - Ilse's Notebook: Memoirs of a Scout Regiment Member]

An Abnormal. A body. A notebook.

On a Scouting Mission beyond the walls, Hange discovers the final writings of a Scout who perished on an expedition a year prior, leading to revelations that aid in their ongoing battle against the vicious Titans.

[Episode 2 - The Sudden Visitor: The Torturous Curse of Youth]

Make food, not war.

At the hest of a drunk Commander Pyxis, the still-in-training Jean (along with Armin and Annie) and Sasha (along with Conny and Reiner) face off with kitchen knives instead of fists to settle a row over a mishap during practice.

[Episode 3 - Distress]

When a training exercise goes awry and Christa is taken hostage, Jean and Eren must set aside their differences to track down and take out the perpetrators…without their mobility gear.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. High-Stakes Game
  2. Horror
  3. Mystery
  4. Psychological
  5. School
  6. Survival
  1. Lerche
Jul 4, 2013 at 12:35pm EDT

Makoto is an average student about to take the ultimate final exam.

Hope’s Peak High School is an exclusive private school that only accepts the best of the best. Graduates of this elite – yet enigmatic – institution have the world at their fingertips, but getting a cap and gown is easier said than done. The hallowed halls are ruled by the sadistic administrator Monobear, who declares that the only way to pass the class is by sending a fellow student home in a body bag.

If you can get away with murder, you’ll get your diploma. But if you’re caught red handed, you’ll find yourself on the receiving end of a deadly detention slip!

When your principal is psychotic and your finals are fatal, high school goes from being the best years of your life – to your last.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Adventure
  2. Drama
  3. Fantasy
  4. Gore
  5. Mystery
  6. Sci-Fi
  7. Survival
  1. Kinema citrus
Jul 6, 2022 at 9:30am EDT

※ NOTE: Second season of MADE IN ABYSS

SPOILERS
(Season 1)

There is no going back for Riko, Reg, and Nanachi. They have passed the point of no return and the surface is forever out of reach. Now, Riko's only way forward is to the bottom of the Abyss. However, the three friends weren't the first to enter the unknown; they were only the most recent. Whatever happened to all the other explorers who braved the deepest layers of the Abyss and were never heard from again? The trio are about to find out.

[Source: Sentai]

  1. Adventure
  2. Sci-Fi
  3. Space
  4. Survival
  1. Lerche
Jul 3, 2019 at 8:00am EDT

※ NOTE: First and last episodes were double-length

In the year 2063, eight high school students and a kid are flown out to Planet Camp, tasked with surviving on their own for a few days. But shortly after arriving, an ominous glowing orb warps them to an unknown quadrant of space, nearly 5,012 light years away. Now, the only way back home is a slow, dangerous trek across the universe—a journey that’ll test them in ways Planet Camp never could.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Adventure
  2. Drama
  3. Fantasy
  4. Gore
  5. Mystery
  6. Sci-Fi
  7. Survival
  1. Kinema citrus
January 16, 2020 EST

Dawn of the Deep Soul continues the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss’ treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White Whistle whose shadow looms over Nanachi’s troubled past. Bondrewd is ingratiatingly hospitable, but the brave adventurers know things are not always as they seem in the enigmatic Abyss...

[Source: Sentai Filmworks]

  1. Action
  2. Gore
  3. Survival
  1. Graphinica
Oct 3, 2017 at 10:30am EDT

The record of the bloody battle between the twelve proud warriors—

The 12th Twelve Tournament that gets held every twelve years… Twelve brave warriors who bear the names of the signs of the zodiac fight each other for the lives and souls. The participants are twelve very strange warriors: “Rat,” “Ox,” “Tiger,” “Rabbit,” “Dragon,” “Snake,” “Horse,” “Goat,” Monkey,” “Rooster,” “Dog,” and “Pig.”

The victor of this tournament gets to have one wish granted, whatever the wish may be. The one wish they want granted—

Who will be the final survivor? Whose tears will flow on the bloody battlefield filled with conspiracy and murder?

A soul-shaking battle royale is about to begin.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Adventure
  2. CGDCT
  3. Comedy
  4. Survival
Sounan desu ka?
TV (JP)
Released
Short-form
7.31
  1. Ezόla
Jun 30, 2019 at 8:30am EDT

Because of a plane crash…starting today, we're spending the springtime of our lives on a desert island!! There's nothing here, so we have to make everything!! And eat everything!! (Ugh!) Check out our high school girl survival story of courage and knowledge. We're actually doing pretty well! [Volume One Includes:] How to eat cicadas, how to build traps, a simple allergy test, how to eat hermit crabs, etc.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Horror
  2. Mystery
  3. School
  4. Slice of Life
  5. Supernatural
  6. Survival
  1. Lerche
Jul 9, 2015 at 8:30am EDT

Yuki’s high school has everything: solar power, a well-stocked school store, an amazing library, a garden on the roof, and the best friends she could ask for. She’s the most energetic member of the School Living Club, an exclusive club dedicated to fully integrating themselves within the school. They even live in it! Life couldn’t be more exciting for Yuki and her friends… except that their club holds a dark secret.

[Source: Sentai]

  1. Action
  2. High-Stakes Game
  3. Horror
  4. Mystery
  5. Psychological
  6. Survival
  1. Lerche
Jul 11, 2016 at 10:00am EDT

Despair’s the game, and hope has the losing card.

Makoto Naegi survived one death game…but does he have it in him for one more? Suspected of treason, he’s taken in by the Future Foundation—a group founded to save the world from the Remnants of Despair—and is about to be put on trial when suddenly everything goes dark. Everyone wakes up, confused and distraught, with brand-new bangles and a familiar face on the screen. As Monokuma’s grizzly grin greets them, they learn they’re in for a whole new death game where one among them is the killer. Same deranged Monokuma mutual-killing game, new deadly location. But the biggest twist? They each have a forbidden action displayed on their bangles, and once triggered—it’s instant death. As if surviving murder wasn’t hard enough!

With all hope depending on them, it’s up to Naegi, his former classmates, and a few new faces to uncover the truth behind this gruesome game. A tale of despair in which hope kills hope begins.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Action
  2. High-Stakes Game
  3. Horror
  4. Mystery
  5. Psychological
  6. School
  7. Survival
  1. Lerche
Jul 14, 2016 at 10:30am EDT

At Hope's Peak, the reign of despair is about to begin. Being top of the class isn't enough to cut it at Hope's Peak High School. To make the ranks, you've got to have an ultimate talent and be the best of the best! But for those desperate for the fame of attending this prestigious school, they fill the reserve class for talentless nobodies, just like Hajime Hinata. Desperate to join the main class, Hajime would kill to be special, to be unique. And even more so when he meets Super-High-School-Level Gamer Chiaki Nanami and gets a peek into what life's like for Hope's Peak elites. But his hope to become something more will lead him to make a deadly decision. A decision that will drag Hope's Peak High School down into the depths of despair and change everything for Chiaki and her classmates. In a world of hope, despair awaits to destroy all.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Gore
  4. Military
  5. Survival
  1. WIT STUDIO
July 16, 2020 EDT

※ NOTE: Film compiling the first 3 seasons (59 episodes).

Many years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the heroic members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls.

[Source: AnimeLab]

  1. Action
  2. Gore
  3. Horror
  4. Mystery
  5. Survival
  1. ZERO-G
Feb 25, 2021 at 3:00am EST

On the roof of a high-rise building, a young girl named Yuri witnesses a masked figure split a man’s head open with an axe! It’s not exactly an everyday occurrence for a high schooler, but things only get weirder from there. Yuri soon finds herself in a strange world of skyscrapers with only two options for escape—fight past the mysterious masked figures or leap to her death!

[Source: Seven Seas Entertainment]

  1. Adventure
  2. Fantasy
  3. Girls' Love
  4. Isekai
  5. Mystery
  6. Sci-Fi
  7. Survival
  1. LIDENFILMS
  2. FelixFilm
Jan 4, 2021 at 9:30am EST

Moments from death, Sorawo is saved by the mysterious Toriko in the world of the Otherside. Entranced by its beauty, she discovers that this dimension is inhabited by monsters once thought imaginary. Joining with Toriko in her search for a missing friend, they set out to explore this nightmare realm and maybe make a little money. What they encounter could bring enlightenment—or drive them mad!

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Gore
  4. Horror
  5. Sci-Fi
  6. Space
  7. Survival
  1. LIDENFILMS
Sep 26, 2014 at 11:30am EDT

In the far future, humanity seeks to resolve Earth’s growing overpopulation problem by terraforming Mars as their second home. Five hundred years later, the United Nations Aeronautics and Space Administration sends out an expedition team to explore this new world.

But an unintended side effect of the terraforming process has unleashed a horror no one could ever have imagined: the planet has become infested with Terra Formars, man-sized cockroaches that prey on humans.

Now humanity must bring together all its scientific resources and power to counter this monstrous threat, or face total extinction.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Adventure
  2. Fantasy
  3. Gore
  4. Sci-Fi
  5. Survival
  1. Kinema citrus
January 17, 2019 EST

Film compilation of episodes 9-13 of the 2017 television series. Riko and Reg descend to the third layer where Riko has her first experience of the Curse. They descend to the fourth layer where Riko's arm is injured by an Orbed Piercer and Reg tries to save her. Nanachi comes to their aid and saves Riko's poisoned arm. In return Nanachi asks Reg to kill her immortal companion Mitty. Nanachi then joins Riko and Reg in their quest to reach the bottom of the Abyss.

[Source: Wikipedia]

  1. Action
  2. Supernatural
  3. Survival
  4. Vampire
  1. Creators in Pack
Oct 1, 2016 at 8:00am EDT

60 years ago, a strange case of insomnia struck the population, forcing them to stay awake for more than a full week. The victims, completely sleep deprived, all went mad. To cure this illness, a new medicine was produced, but the side effects turned the patients into vampires. Humanity went to war against this new species and triumphed, but some of the vampires managed to survive. Born from a Human and a Vampire, the main character Mi Liu, “The Child of Hope”, is to represent the new hope that will connect the two species. Ringleader of a bank robbery, Mi Liu is arrested and transferred to a special prison of the National Defense Agency that monitors Vampires. Trying to break free with Anji, Mi Liu is attacked by strange monsters and he finds out that the prison location corresponds to the birthplace of Vampires, the old capital “Blue Town." Why are Vampires trapped in Blue Town? What are those strange monsters attacking them? Our heroes must fight to solve those mysteries.

[Source: Emon via Anime News Network]

  1. Adventure
  2. Fantasy
  3. Sci-Fi
  4. Survival
  1. Polygon Pictures
Jan 11, 2023 at 11:05am EST

A world blanketed in an endless and ever-growing ocean of snow.

The people eke out a living, either huddled around the roots of enormous trees dotting the surface, or high in the canopy, which spreads over the planet's atmosphere.

A chance meeting between Kaina, a youth from the canopy, and Liliha, a young woman from the surface, sets off a chain of events that will change the fate of the world.

[Source: FujiTV]

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