Who doesn’t know about Battle Royale anime? This drama has been everyone’s favorite for a very long period. And has been popular for decades. Based on the background of the Battle Royale film, the theaters depict how the protagonists face different challenges in their lives.
Along with this, the drama also shows the extreme powers of the competitors, which are mainly accumulated to destroy the main character. However, the theaters are surrounded by straightforward plots with some fighting sequences.
The article’s upcoming segment will convey the 20 best battle royale anime of all time.
20. Deadman Wonderland
- Director: Kōichirō Hatsumi
- Writer: Yasuyuki Mutō
- Cast: Monica Rial as Shiro, Aaron Dismuke as You Takami, Jamie Marchi as Karako Koshio, Trina Nishimura, Apphia Yu as En, Micah Solusod
- IMDb Ratings: 7.1/10
- Streaming Platform: Netflix
Deadman Wonderland is the best battle royale anime of all time. The story of the drama is about a young man who had been imprisoned falsely in a murder case. However, after a long struggle, he learns how to survive over there. Along with this, he also tried to clear out his name from this mysterious murder case.
19. Phantom: Requiem For The Phantom
- Director: Koichi Mashimo
- Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
- Cast: Ayahi Takagaki, Miyu Irino as Reiji, Isshin Chiba as Scythe Master, Aya Hisakawa as Claudia McCunnen
- IMDb Ratings: 7.6/10
- Streaming Platform: Funimation, Crunchyroll
Ein and Zwei are the two main characters of Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom. The story of the drama is about two assassins who were brainwashed. In the entire show, both try to regain their lost memory through different kinds of events.
However, all these happened to them as they were on the most fundamental hireling of the Inferno crime syndicate.
18. Magical Girl Raising Project
- Director: Hiroyuki Hashimoto
- Writer: Takao Yoshioka
- Cast: Manami Numakura as Kano Sazanami, Kurumi Mamiya, Satsumi Matsuda, Asuka Nishi, Saori Hayami, Risae Matsuda, Satomi Arai
- Crunchyroll Ratings: 3.5/5
- Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll
This battle royale anime is about a social network game named the “Magical Girl Raising Project.” This game allows the players to be magical girls in reality.
However, in the mobile game, each had different types of proficiency to protect people from evil powers like a real magical girl. In return for this, the magical girl will gain Magical Candies after their work.
17. Gakkougurashi! (School-Live!)
- Director: Masaomi Andō
- Writer: Norimitsu Kaihō
- Cast: Kei Fukura, Asuka Yamazaki, Takema Okamura, Satoshi Fukao, Toshiyasu Hayashi, Yūki Muramatsu, Sugi Kubota
- IMDb Ratings: 7.1/10
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Videos
The story of the drama School-Live! is about a group of young girls who are in school. They all try to lead an everyday life after zombies invade their city. Finally, after a long hassle, each one attempts to save the entire city by different means.
16. Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou No Shichinin
- Director: Hiroshi Kōjina
- Writer: Hideo Takayashiki
- Cast: Shun Oguri, Rikiya Koyama, Romi Park, Takaya Kuroda, Keiji Fujiwara
- IMDb Ratings: 8.3/10
- Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll
Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin is one of the best battle royale anime ever. The seven heroic spirits who share the same cell in prison are the main characters of this drama.
Despite coming from different backgrounds, they all fall under the same fate circle. However, during all of these, suffering and pain have constructed an unbeatable bond among them.
15. Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)
- Director: Tetsurō Araki, Yuichiro Hayashi
- Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Seko
- Cast: Yuki Kaji as Eren Yeager, Hiroshi Kamiya as Levi, Yū Shimamura as Annie Leonhart, Shiori Mikami as Historia Reiss
- IMDb Ratings: 9/10
- Streaming Platforms: Netflix, Hulu
Attack on Titan is a notable battle royale anime. The drama illustrates the appearance of some man-eater on the earth.
As the show proceeds, it indicates how the youngsters try to kill every Titan who has taken off their mother’s life. In Attack On Titan, these kids are the main characters who stand up in front of evil with their sword art to take revenge.
14. Eden Of The East
- Director: Kenji Kamiyama
- Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
- Cast: Ryōhei Kimura as Akira Takizawa, Saori Hayami as Saki Morimi, Takuya Eguchi as Satoshi Osugi, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Yutaka Itazu
- IMDb Ratings: 7.5/10
- Streaming Platforms: Netflix, Hulu
The story of this battle royale anime Elden of the East is about a teen boy. During the lack of a brainwashing procedure, he lost all his memory.
After this, Akira Takizawa got to know Saki Morimi in Washington, D.C. However, the story takes a turn when Saki Morimi is helped by Akira Takizawa when she gets into trouble.
13. Danganronpa: The Animation
- Director: Seiji Kishi
- Writer: Makoto Uezu
- Cast: Megumi Ogata as Makoto Naegi, Akira Ishida as Byakuya Togami, Masaya Matsukaze as Yasuhiro Hagakure, Yōko Hikasa as Kyoko Kirigiri
- IMDb Ratings: 6.8/10
- Streaming Platform: Hulu
The story of Danganronpa: the animation starts when a group of school students gets stuck in the “Hope’s Peak Academy.” their high school. Over there, a bear named Monokuma threatens them to play a deadly game.
He suggested that talented students kill one another to stay alive. However, Monokuma presented a life-or-death situation in front of them.
12. Alice In Borderland
- Director: Shinsuke Sato
- Writer: Shinsuke Sato, Yoshiki Watabe
- Cast: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Takahiro Sakurai, Maaya Sakamoto, Minako Kotobuki
- IMDb Ratings: 7.6/10
- Streaming Platform: Netflix
In this battle royale anime, Ryōhei Arisu is the main protagonist. He is a high school student who doesn’t have much fun in his life. However, during a firework celebration, Arisu and his best friend moved to a post-apocalyptic universe named Borderland.
11. Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
- Director: Yūji Yamaguchi
- Writer: Takuya Satō
- Cast: Kana Ueda as Rin Tohsaka, Ayako Kawasumi as Saber, Junichi Suwabe as Archer, Tomokazu Seki as Gilgamesh, Hiroshi Kamiya as Shinji Matō
- IMDb Ratings: 8/10
- Streaming Platform: Netflix
Fate/stay night: unlimited blade works is one of my favorite battle royale anime. A group of high school students who live in Fuyuki City, Japan, are the main protagonists of this drama. The story turned when everyone was forced to face rather than be in the Fifth Holy Grail War.
10. Mirai Nikki (The Future Diary)
- Director: Naoto Hosoda
- Writer: Katsuhiko Takayama
- Cast: Masaki Okada as Arata Hoshino, Kanata Hongō, Ayame Goriki as Yoshino Furusaki, Mayuko Fukuda as Haruna Okie, Yuri Nakamura
- IMDb Ratings: 6.8/10
- Streaming Platform: Netflix, Crunchyroll
The Future Diary revolves around a high school student who gains a random diary from the God of Time and Space in a journal with every detail about the future.
The items from the future log were enough to save the earth and fight against the deadly energies appearing to destroy the world. However, after this, a fatal competition commenced between him with other similarly powerful future diaries owners.
9. Mujin Wakusei Survive
- Director: Shōji Yonemura
- Writer: Yuichiro Yano
- Cast: Yukiko Iwai, Kiyoe Koiidzuka, Mitsuaki Madono, Mabuki Andou, Akimitsu Takase, Junko Minagawa
- IMDb Ratings: 8.1/10
- Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll
The entire plot of this drama is set in a future where humanity is leading its lives in an artificial space realm. However, the story turns when a mysterious girl named Luna enters the scene. She finds herself in trouble when she acquires a scholarship at the prestigious Soria Academy.
8. Terra Formars
- Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki
- Writer: Shōgo Yasukawa
- Cast: Erica Lindbeck, Ben Diskin, Max Mittelman, Stephanie Sheh
- IMDb Ratings: 6.4/10
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Videos, Hulu
The drama Terra Formars can is considered one of the greatest battle royale anime of all time. The story starts with the background of the 21st century when scientists were involved in terraforming the planet.
They wanted to use modified algae to make the earth a better place. However, this algae can comprehend sunlight and purify the atmosphere.
7. Highschool Of The Dead
- Director: Tetsurō Araki
- Writer: Yōsuke Kuroda
- Cast: Jun’ichi Suwabe, Eri Kitamura, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Marina Inoue
- IMDb Ratings: 7.2/10
- Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Videos, Hulu
High school students are trapped in the city with the start of the zombie apocalypse. This battle royale anime named Highschool of the Dead is set where the entire globe faces a pandemic where the humans turn out as zombies. However, this situation is a deadly game for the whole planet.
6. Gantz
- Director: Ichiro Itano
- Writer: Masashi Sogo
- Cast: Hiroshi Kamiya, Masanobu Hojou, John Swasey, Naozumi Saito
- IMDb Ratings: 7.2/10
- Streaming Platform: Netflix
The drama Gantz depicts the tale of a teenager named Kei Kurono. After her death, she finds herself in a distinct environment with an active body. However, with that appearance, she has been compelled to participate in a game where she has to kill the alien who is behind her.
5. King’s Game The Animation
- Director: Tokhihiro Sasaki
- Writer: Kenji Konuta
- Cast: Mamoru Miyano, Shinnosuke Tachibana, Mao Ichimichi, Yui Horie, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- IMDb Ratings: 4.9/10
- Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime Videos
The battle royale anime named King’s Game The Animation starts when the class of 32 students obtains a strange message on their cell phones.
However, they all get these messages from a single person named the “King.” The announcement stated that everyone had to follow every instruction of his or it would lead to death as a punishment.
4. Kyochuu Rettou (The Island of Giant Insects)
- Director: Takeo Takahashi, Naoyuki Tatsuwa
- Writer: Yasutaka Fujimi
- Cast: Mao IchiOribe, Mutsumi Oribe, Rika Tachibana, Chitose Naruse, Momo Asakura, Mami Miura, Misato Fukuen, Ayumi Matsuoka
- IMDb Ratings: 4.1/10
- Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll
The story of Kyochuu Rettou starts when Oribe Mutsumi and her classmates stand on a deserted island when their airplane crashes during a school trip. With the other survivors, she tries to rescue each one of them. But, first, they pledge to everyone that they will save them from this place within three days.
3. Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance)
- Director: Shinichirō Watanabe
- Writer: Shōten Yano, Hiroshi Seko, Jun Kumagai, Kenta Ihara
- Cast: Kaito Ishikawa, Sōma Saitō, Atsumi Tanezaki, Shunsuke Sakuya, Megumi Han
- IMDb Ratings: 7.8/10
- Streaming Platform: Netflix
Zankyou No Terror is one of the best battle royal anime of all time. The drama started when Tokyo faced a deadly terrorist attack with no imprint of the culprit except an internet video. However, two children tried to figure this out and took all the responsibility for the earth.
2. Mayoiga (The Lost Village)
- Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
- Writer: Mari Okada
- Cast: Kōdai Sakai, Yuka Aisaka, Taku Yashiro, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Hiromi Igarashi, Ai Kakuma
- IMDb Ratings: 5.5/10
- Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll
The story of the drama Mayoiga is about Nanakimura village, the safest place for everyone. People who want to escape from reality reside there. But the story turns when some of the village’s inhabitants go missing.
1. Sounan Desu ka? (Are You Lost?)
- Director: Nobuyoshi
- Writer: Touko Machida
- Cast: Hiyori Kono, Kiyono Yasuno, Azumi Waki, Akio Ōtsuka
- IMDb Ratings: 6.1/10
- Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll
The story of Sounan desu ka? It starts when four high school girls named Homare, Asuka, Mutsu, and Shion drop anchor on an Island after a plane crash. Among them, Homare chose to rescue everyone by using her father’s skills. First, however, they all try their best to eliminate this situation.
Hopefully, those, as mentioned earlier, 20 Best battle royale anime will help the readers to figure out their favorite ones. So keep your eyes on this website to know more about such dramas or movies.
