If you enjoy watching a character grow and battle terrifying enemies in the name of saving humanity, then these titles are for you.
As monsters become more terrifying and cunning, anime heroes must find more ways to defeat them. To do this, they must level up themselves, study viruses, confront various gods, and find new ways to survive.
1. Solo Leveling, 2024-...
An alternate universe where magic has seeped in, and with it, bloodthirsty monsters that even the military cannot defeat. For ten years, portals to the dungeon world have been appearing all over the world.
To prevent monsters from entering the human world, you must defeat the main boss. Only hunters with supernatural powers can do this. Hunters are divided into levels, with the E rank being the lowest level, and the strongest S rank allowing hunters to change the balance of power in the world.
Jin-woo cannot even deal with a weak monster because he has the lowest level. Everything changes when he goes with a team of hunters to a low level dungeon.
2. God Eater, 2015-2016
The plot of the anime takes place in the distant future, where humanity is fighting a deadly life form, the Oracle Cells, which consume everything in their path and take the form of giant monster gods.
They cannot be killed with conventional weapons, so humanity creates the organization Fenrir. Its fighters use divine mechanisms – living weapons created from Oracle Cells.
The main character, Lenka Utsugi, becomes the bearer of a new type of living weapon. After facing death and losing a friend, he hated monsters even more. This made him focus on revenge and the desire to save the dying human race.
3. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, 2016
Japan is infected with a dangerous virus that turns humans into aggressive undead creatures – Kabane. Defeating them is not easy: you must pierce their heart, which is hidden behind a layer of iron.
Firearms and steam weapons are useless against the evil monsters, so people build fortress cities, between which you can only travel by locomotive.
Ikoma, a young mechanic, manages to test a weapon he has developed that can pierce a monster's iron heart. He uses it when the undead succeed in breaking into the city. The attempt is unsuccessful: he is bitten and becomes a hybrid of Kabane and human.
4. Kaiju No.8, 2024
Giant Kaiju have been terrorizing Japan for decades. To fight them and protect ordinary people, an elite squad was created, as well as a cleaning team that cleans the streets after killing the monsters.
Kafka is a 32-year-old cleaner who dreams of joining the ranks of the defenders. One day, Kafka learns from a colleague that the Defence Force has raised the age for joining, giving him a chance to show his strength. But his plans change when a Kaiju enters his body and turns him into a humanoid monster.
Now the protagonist must do the impossible: pass a difficult selection for the ranks of defenders and hide his new identity from everyone.
5. The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs the World's Greatest Clan, 2024
Noel is the genius grandson of the most famous and renowned hunter of monsters that invade the world from the Void. All thanks to the opening passages – gates that appear when the concentration of mana reaches a certain level.
Noel wants to continue his grandfather's work, but fate has other plans: while others become assassins, masters of negotiation or informants, he gets the weakest profession.
He is the Talker who can boost the skills of monster fighters. Noel decides to gather the strongest clan of the best fighters to glorify his name and gain the status of the best hunter.