Anime Like Moonrise

After surrendering global decision-making to an AI named Sapientia, the Earth has achieved prosperity and peace. Now, humanity lives by loyally obeying Sapientia’s decisions. In order to preserve a growing Earth population, the AI has deemed that criminals and various by-products and pollutants should be sent to the Moon colonies.

After years of being Earth’s dumping ground, the children of the Moon have risen up and attacked Earth, destroying the new global lunar elevator, causing a massive loss of life on Earth and kicking off a war of rebellion.

For Jacob “Jack” Shadow, the son of the family that launched the lunar elevator project, he watches his family die in the lunar elevator attack and, vowing revenge, joins the military. Yet, the truth of his past waits for him on the Moon.

In the 22^nd century, the justice system has changed. The Sibyl System now determines the threat level of each citizen by examining their mental state for criminal intent. This has become known as their Psycho-Pass.

Once criminal intent has been identified, Inspectors like Akane Tsunemori are in charge of subjugating them.

However, this tough job is not without dangers. This is why Inspectors are paired with Enforcers, like Shinya Kougami, latent criminals with just the right amount of psychopathy to keep other criminals in their place.

On an artificial island in Tokyo Bay labeled as the Tokyo 24^th Ward, a fire at a middle school changed the lives many, including three childhood friends, Ran, Kouki, and Shuuta.

Having drifted apart after the incident, they are brought together on the first anniversary of the fire when their phones ring simultaneously and they receive a call from Asumi, a girl that died in that fire, showing them a tragedy that will come to pass and asking them to choose the future.

Upon the discovery of a hypergate on the moon that could teleport humans to Mars, humanity became split. After years of warfare, an uneasy peace was forged between Martians and Terrans until the Martian princess was allegedly assassinated on Earth.

Inaho Kaizuka, a high schooler who witnessed the assassination, suddenly finds himself pulled into this interplanetary conflict. He had helped the princess escape assassination, and is now trying to keep her safe until she can secure the peace between their two planets.

For years, the Republic of San Magnolia has been at war with the Giadian Empire. They were constantly plagued by their hordes of unmanned drones until the government created an unmanned solution of their own, finally able to wage their war without casualties.

However, that is not quite the truth. The “unmanned” combat weapons are actually used by those of the 86^th sector of the Republic, but they are not considered even human.

This is the tale of both Shin, an 86er and battle commander, and Lena, their sympathetic handler who remotely commands the detachment from inside the city.

In a future where trade federations have dominated the solar system and are constantly in conflict, a young man looking to escape his restrictive homeland of Japan decides to join the military.

On the recommendation of a military cook friend, Akira Ihotsu joins an orbital drop infantry unit that he discovers has a 70% casualty rate, dubbed Yakitori for how expendable they are.

After the Calamity War, Earth is now ruled over by economic blocs with the military organization Gjallarhorn keeping the peace. However, Mars is heavily dependent on Earth, and often left wanting.

Appalled by the conditions on Mars, young aristocrat Kudelia Aina Bernstein hires the local Chryse Guard Security to escort her to Earth in order to negotiate economic conditions. However, they soon find themselves under attack by Gjallarhorn who seek to assassinate the revolutionaries that threaten their agenda.

Specialized troops armed with state-of-the-art weapons, Mithril is an organization tasked with stopping terrorism and keeping the peace on earth. However, their success hinges on the Whispered, individuals that possess remarkable knowledge of machinery and devices.

Enter Sousuke Sagara who is tasked with protecting Whispered candidate, Kaname Chidori. In order to do so, he joins her in high school as a student. While Sousuke has a talent on the battlefield, it seems that doesn’t transfer as well to the classroom.

However, the enemies of Mithril are just beginning to make their move.

After a terrorist attack on a Japanese nuclear facility, the country was paralyzed to act. After six months of searching for the perpetrators, the public is shown a video of two boys known as Sphinx who take credit for a recent bomb attack. The pair are soon linked to the terrorist attack on the nuclear facility by police.

Threatening more mayhem to come, it is up to the police to catch these terrorists. However, Sphinx has been very careful to never kill anyone with their attacks. Instead, they hope to use them to expose a secret government experiment and its cruelty.

After a disaster fifteen years ago caused society to collapse, the survivors struggle to eek out an existence. Alongside trying to scrounge together food, clean water, and electricity, these survivors are also plagued by the appearance of man-eating monsters.

Two young survivors, Maru and Kiruko, wander the wasteland and make money off Maru’s ability to kill these man-eaters with a touch. Together, they are searching for a place called Heaven that they both hope will hold the answers to the tragic burdens that they hold in their heart.