De Bedste post-apokalyptiske anime er også nogle af mediets mest spændende, da de finder sted i fængslende verdener helt forskellige fra virkeligheden. Som en konsekvens af kataklysmiske begivenheder, der næsten ødelægger og omdefinerer verden, ender samfundene enten med at regressere eller udvikle sig på nye og unikke måder og tilpasse sig deres nye forhold og behov.
Dese types of shows tend to have a few common strengths that make them as popular as they are. One would be their world-building, in the form of interesting broken-down cities and relics of the past, and another would be the characters and their journeys. When faced with desperate situations wherein survival is hardly guaranteed, the worst of humanity may be put on display, as instincts take over reasoning.
