Key Takeaways
- Anime and Donghua both excel at telling unique science fiction stories with fresh ideas and unconventional approaches.
- Knights on Debris, Ling Long: Incarnation, and Swallowed Star are excellent fairy tales with many sci-fi elements.
- Donghua, like Slay The Gods and Since The Red Moon Appeared, offers unique twists on sci-fi themes such as death games and natural disasters.
Sci-fi animation has had quite a strong presence in the animation and comics community for the longest time now. steins gate, psychopathMaybe something like this: code geass It was one of the most popular anime not only in the community but also in mainstream media. It's no exaggeration to say that the animation industry has set the standard for telling great, impactful science fiction stories.

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Focusing on a variety of technical concepts to convey the storyline, the series will appeal to fans of the subgenre.
That said, animation isn't the only big role in sci-fi animated games. As the popularity of fairy tales has grown, the industry has come a long way, adding fresh interpretations and creative twists to beloved tropes. The sci-fi fairy tale in particular stands out not only for its very unique premise, but also for its stunning signature 3D graphics that draw viewers into a very expansive world.
Of course, not all donghua are successful, but many are raising the level of animation with fresh ideas and unconventional approaches.
1 Knights on Debris
Sci-fi fantasy with a Star Wars feel
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Xinghaiqi City |
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complete |
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2020 |
Templar Remnants It's a strong one when it comes to fantasy and sci-fi elements. It revolves around phenomena such as wormholes and cryogenic sleep, and an alien race that exists to destroy humanity. It's a sci-fi fanatic's dream, and some might compare it to: star wars and star trek — It's not hard to see why.
story Templar Remnants It follows Mo Chen, a mechanic from the future who finds himself in the middle of a completely desolate and disintegrated planet. Originally sent there to investigate a mysterious asteroid that struck Earth, he awakens to find the planet in ruins, his team wiped out by a deadly disease, and survival looking pretty bleak. Mo Chen and his robots must now find a way to survive on this uninhabitable planet, and additionally must protect themselves from an alien race known as the Thorne, who share similar powers to The Force.
2 Ling Long: Avatar
A science fiction horror film that deals with deep psychological themes.
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ring cage |
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2019 |
Ling Long: Avatar is an apocalyptic science fiction fairy tale with a way of showing just how high the stakes are. The premise of the story is a perfect twist on Earth after the destruction of the universe, and it does a great job of incorporating it into a completely different 3D animation. It almost feels like AAA sci-fi horror. Alien: Quarantine or dead space (in terms of graphics). But what makes this particular donghua truly different from other sci-fi stories is that, despite its action-focused premise, the show strangely focuses a lot on human relationships and the characters' interpersonal interactions. What could have been an action-packed spectacle.

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Ling Long: Avatar It revolves around a large-scale cataclysmic event on Earth that takes the majority of life. It also causes terrible earthquakes that shake the world to its core, ultimately awakening dormant hostile creatures known as Extremozoans. The few remaining humans jump off the ship and begin life on a space station. The space station essentially works down to the core and has no other purpose. Until they are forced to return to the ruined planet.
3 swallowed star
Science fiction, martial arts, cultivation, and post-apocalypse
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Tunsi Singkong |
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2020 |
swallowed star It is a fairly famous name in the Donghwa community. The show is known not only for its sci-fi aspects, but also for its martial arts and nurturing metaphors that blend very seamlessly with its expansive futuristic setting.
The show follows the rise and fall of humanity and its attempts to rise again against the violent creatures that have taken over the Earth. These creatures are not the result of some kind of alien invasion or underground dormancy, but rather terrestrial animals infected with a deadly virus known as the RR virus. Humans built huge walls to protect themselves from them and essentially confined themselves to small cities as a protective measure. But just as animals are evolving, humans are also evolving. The most advanced humans, known as warriors, are tasked with fighting these creatures. One of these warriors is Luo Feng, a genetically superior warrior and the protagonist of the story.
4 kill god
Different metaphors that work perfectly together
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Zhan Shen: Fanchen Shenyu |
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2024 |
kill the gods, In one way or another, fairy tales cater to a very large segment of the population, given the diversity of their tropes. The whole show is a perfect mix of almost every action thriller related genre and for some reason it works. It has a unique premise and the graphic quality is straight out of a big budget movie.

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kill godThe world-building is unique in the way it is set on a planet that may seem ordinary, but something else lurks in the darkness. In this version of reality, divine beings and gods walk among humans, creating strange and unsettling fissures in the fabric of everyday life. At its center is a high school student with superhuman abilities who is tasked with working on behalf of these mysterious gods.
5 texture of mountains and seas
A mecha-themed fairy tale with existential themes.
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Shanhai Jihui |
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2023 |
texture of mountains and seas It's a mecha-style fairy tale focused on futuristic mechanical armored suits and, like most science fiction, a global-level cataclysmic threat that could lead to the end of the world. Fairy Tale may not be as popular as some of the other shows on this list, but the mecha-themed setting and characters may appeal to gamers who like this kind of genre.
texture of mountains and seas It revolves around two warring groups with completely opposite emotions and ideologies regarding the future of humans on Earth. The evil side known as Shanhai Jihui is under the impression that the only way to save the Earth from mass annihilation is to simply replace humans with more “modern” versions. The protagonists and opposing sides disagree and come together to stop Shanhai Jihui's plan to eradicate humanity.
6 After the red moon appeared
A unique twist on natural disasters around the world
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Kong Hong Yue Cai Si |
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2023 |
After the red moon appeared As the title suggests, it is a fairy tale with a story. While other science fiction shows and books feature very traditional planetary natural disasters, this one focuses on something different. It rotates around the red moon that appears above the Earth, causing a chain of disasters that cover the entire world.
The appearance of Dongwooha's red moon makes people lose their minds. It's basically like a zombie virus with too many transmissible symptoms. Even standing near an infected person is fatal to a healthy person, given the fact that the infected person emits actual radiation. But like all good science fiction stories, this one also has a small group of people who are immune to the infection and who work to fix what's already broken.
7 Infinitors
Game of death and game-like levels
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Wu Xian Shijie |
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2022 |
Infinitors It's the perfect “palliative” fairy tale for fans of the show: Alice in Borderlands or squid game. This is a very broad isekai series that features death games in supernatural, sci-fi, and sometimes horror settings, so the stakes are a bit higher than some of the other entries on this list. And considering that the life and death situation is condensed into the main character's fate, the conflict points are a little more weighty and serious, allowing viewers to witness his journey on a personal level rather than as a simple story. The “superhero saving the world” kind of thing.
The main character is an overworked and abused office worker who has been through some pretty devastating events, but can't seem to escape them. In his quest to find his true purpose in life, he discovers this connection that promises to reveal the secrets of the universe. But after clicking on it, he is thrown into a world where the goal is to survive by any means necessary. Even if it means participating in a deathmatch with only one winner.

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