What is this genre all about? There are space battles in this anime. Usually between Earth forces and some alien invader, but ship to ship skirmishes in deep space are just as common.
We present you the list of Space Battles anime you should watch right now.
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Top 20 Space Battles anime you should watch right now. [2026 List]
- 20. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- 19. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway - Circe no Majo
- 18. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
- 17. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- 16. Kidou Senshi Gundam GQuuuuuuX
- 15. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
- 14. Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
- 13. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans 2
- 12. Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster
- 11. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie 2: Lagann-hen
- 10. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo - PROLOGUE
- 9. Kidou Senshi Gundam: GQuuuuuuX - Beginning
- 8. Seikai no Monshou
- 7. Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Gekitotsu
- 6. Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Arata Naru Tatakai no Overture
- 5. Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Waga Yuku wa Hoshi no Taikai
- 4. RobiHachi
- 3. Robotech: Macross Saga - First Robotech War
- 2. Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin - Zenya Akai Suisei
- 1. Kakumeiki Valvrave 2nd Season
20. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Simon and Kamina were born and raised in a deep, underground village, hidden from the fabled surface. Kamina is a free-spirited loose cannon bent on making a name for himself, while Simon is a timid young boy with no real aspirations. One day while excavating the earth, Simon stumbles upon a mysterious object that turns out to be the ignition key to an ancient artifact of war, which the duo dubs Lagann. Using their new weapon, Simon and Kamina fend off a surprise attack from the surface with the help of Yoko Littner, a hot-blooded redhead wielding a massive gun who wanders the world above.
In the aftermath of the battle, the sky is now in plain view, prompting Simon and Kamina to set off on a journey alongside Yoko to explore the wastelands of the surface. Soon, they join the fight against the "Beastmen," humanoid creatures that terrorize the remnants of humanity in powerful robots called "Gunmen." Although they face some challenges and setbacks, the trio bravely fights these new enemies alongside other survivors to reclaim the surface, while slowly unraveling a galaxy-sized mystery.
Gurren Lagann has finished airing and it has 27 Episodes. It is also Known as: 天元突破グレンラガン, Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, Making Break-Through Gurren Lagann, Heavenly Breakthrough Gurren Lagann, TTGL, Gurren Laggan
19. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway - Circe no Majo
The second movie in the trilogy celebrating the Gundam franchise's 40th anniversary, and the second project in the "UC NexT 0100 Project" that will tackle the future of the UC timeline.
Haunted by past trauma, Hathaway is drawn to the mysterious girl Gigi Andalucia, whose strange powers stir memories within him. While swayed by her cryptic words, he continues preparing for Mafty’s mission — the attack on the Adelaide Conference. Meanwhile, Kenneth Sleg of the Federation Forces prepares a defense operation for the Adelaide Conference and a plan to eliminate Mafty, when he is approached by Handley Yoxon of the Criminal Police Organization with a secret proposal. As Hathaway and Kenneth pursue their respective goals, Gigi also sets off for Hong Kong to fulfill her own role.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway - The Sorcery of Nymph Circe has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 機動戦士ガンダム 閃光のハサウェイ キルケーの魔女, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway's Flash 2, 機動戦士ガンダム 閃光のハサウェイ2, Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway 2
18. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
The United Earth Sphere Alliance is a powerful military organization that has ruled over Earth and space colonies with an iron fist for several decades. When the colonies proclaimed their opposition to this, their leader was assassinated. Now, in the year After Colony 195, bitter colonial rebels have launched "Operation Meteor," sending five powerful mobile suits to Earth for vengeance. Built out of virtually indestructible material called Gundanium Alloy, these "Gundams" begin an assault against the Alliance and its sub organization OZ.
One Gundam, whose pilot has taken the name of the slain colony leader Heero Yuy, is forced to make a crash landing into the ocean after an atmospheric battle against OZ's ace pilot Zechs Marquise. Upon coming ashore, he is found by Relena Peacecraft, daughter of a peace-seeking politician, who witnesses Heero's descent to Earth. Although neither of them realize it yet, this encounter will have a profound impact on both their lives, as well as those on Earth and in space colonies.
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing has finished airing and it has 49 Episodes. It is also Known as: Shin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing, 新機動戦記ガンダムW, New Mobile Report Gundam Wing
17. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
For 150 years the galaxy has been locked in an interstellar war between the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance, fighting battles with thousands of spaceships and millions of soldiers on both sides. The crumbling Goldenbaum dynasty rules the Empire while the Alliance is in an increasingly dysfunctional democratic state.
Two new commanders enter the stage: Imperial Admiral Reinhard von Lohengramm and the FPA's Yang Wen-Li. Reinhard is a talented minor aristocrat given a high station—and a powerful grudge—after the Kaiser took his older sister as a concubine. Wen-Li originally joined the military only to fund his university education, but has become a brilliant though reluctant leader. Each begins to attract a circle of similarly gifted soldiers, generals and thinkers around him, and in time the rivalry between these two very different men will shatter the existing stalemate. As they deal with superiors and subordinates, maneuver through personal and political problems, plot strategies and fight battles, both will bend the course of events to their will and, in turn, be tested and changed by the greatest war in human history!
Legend of the Galactic Heroes is a vast, sentimental and thoughtful military space opera. This 110-episode OVA is the central part of the franchise, and the other connected titles are supplements to it.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes has finished airing and it has 110 Episodes. It is also Known as: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu, 銀河英雄伝説, LoGH, LotGH, Gin'eiden, GinEiDen, Heldensagen Vom Kosmosinsel
16. Kidou Senshi Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space.
When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle.
Under the entry name "Machu," she throws herself into fierce battle day after day, piloting the GQuuuuuuX. Then an unidentified Gundam mobile suit pursued by both the space force and the police appears before her, along with its pilot, a boy named Shuji.
Now their world is about to enter a new era.
Note: Prior to broadcasting, "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-" — a theatrical version using re-edited episodes — is scheduled to debut in Japan on January 17, 2025.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 機動戦士Gundam GQuuuuuuX, Kidou Senshi Gundam GQuuuuuuX
15. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
300 years after a great conflict between Earth and Mars known as the "Calamity War," a woman named Kudelia sets out on a journey to Earth to speak for the independence of the Martian city of Chryse, which is under the control of the Earth government. Escorting her is the private security company CGS members Mikazuki Augus and Orga Itsuka. When a group named Gjallarhorn attacks CGS and Kudelia, Orga sees this as a chance to rebel against CGS and launch a coup. Mikazuki and Orga are thrust into a new conflict. To fend off Gjallarhorn, Mikazuki rides an old mobile suit from the Calamity War, powered by a nuclear reactor, the Gundam Barbatos.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans, 機動戦士ガンダム 鉄血のオルフェンズ, G-Tekketsu
14. Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
—Do you know the Nejen?
If you know it, then I'll take you there—
The year is U.C. 0105. Twelve years have passed since the end of the second Neo Zeon War (Char's Rebellion). Even after "the Axis Shock," which seemed to indicate the future of humanity and the Universal Century, the world is still in a chaotic situation where intermittent military conflicts continue to break out. The Earth Federation government is more corrupt than ever, and its leadership has not only accelerated Earth's pollution but also implemented an inhuman "Man Hunting" policy in which civilians are forcibly exiled to outer space.
The anti-Federation government organization "Mafty," led by someone called "Mafty Navue Erin," has taken a stand against the corruption of the Earth Sphere. Mafty carries out fierce acts of terrorism, assassinating high officials of the Federation government one after another, but it gains a certain level of support from the populace who are growing more opposed to the Federation government.
The person who calls himself "Mafty" and leads this organization is Hathaway Noa, the son of Bright Noa, an officer of the Earth Federation Forces who once participated in the One Year War. Hathaway himself joined the forces trying to stop Char’s Rebellion. With firsthand knowledge of the ideals and ideologies of Amuro Ray and Char Aznable, he has become a warrior following in their footsteps and plans to clear a path forward through armed resistance. His destiny, however, is drastically altered as he encounters the Federation Forces officer Kenneth Sleg and a mysterious young beauty named Gigi Andalucia.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway, 機動戦士ガンダム 閃光のハサウェイ, Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
13. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans 2
Second season of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.
Learning about the world from her journey to Earth, Kudelia founded Admoss Company to strive for the financial independence of Mars. While inspecting a mining site of halfmetal, Orga Itsuka, leader of Tekkadan hired by Admoss as guards, senses an attack from a new enemy and heads out to confront them, along with Mikazuki in the mobile suit Gundam Barbatos Lupus.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2 has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: 機動戦士ガンダム 鉄血のオルフェンズ 第2期, G-Tekketsu 2
12. Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster
In the near future, humanity has taken its first steps towards journeying into the far reaches of the galaxy. Upon doing so they discover a huge race of insectoid aliens known as “Space Monsters.” These aliens seem dedicated to the eradication of mankind as they near closer and closer to discovering Earth. In response, humanity develops giant fighting robots piloted by hand-picked youth from around the world.
Shortly after the discovery of the aliens, Noriko Takaya, the daughter of a famous deceased space captain, enters a training school despite her questionable talents as a pilot. There, she meets her polar opposite, the beautiful and talented Kazumi Amano, and is unexpectedly made to work together with her as they attempt to overcome the trauma of war as well as their own emotions.
Gunbuster has finished airing and it has 6 Episodes. It is also Known as: トップをねらえ！ GunBuster, Top wo Nerae!, Aim for the Top!
11. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie 2: Lagann-hen
Seven years have passed after the battle of Teppelin... Humans have since reclaimed the surface of the earth and enjoy an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity. However, humanity's increasing population growth triggers the sudden emergence of an unknown, powerful enemy.
The fearsome, manipulative power of the mysterious Anti-Spiral proves too overwhelming for humans to even fight back. When everyone becomes desperate and loses hope, Team Dai-Gurren members reunite to stand up once again!
Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 天元突破グレンラガン 螺巌篇, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie 2
10. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo - PROLOGUE
The prologue of Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury.
At Fólkvangr, a front constructed inside an asteroid, the Gundam Lfrith is undergoing operating tests in the Vanadis Institute's laboratory. The Lfrith has not yet managed to meet the conditions imposed by the council, and test pilot Elnora Samaya is growing impatient.
That same day, her daughter is celebrating her fourth birthday...
Note: Released in the summer of 2022 before the October broadcast of the TV anime series in the fall. Premiered for the first time at "GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE -LINK THE UNIVERSE-", an event that will take place across venues such as GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA and THE GUNDAM BASE Virtual World, and later on shown at other events all over the world, such as San Diego Comic-Con 2022.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 PROLOGUE, Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo - PROLOGUE
9. Kidou Senshi Gundam: GQuuuuuuX - Beginning
Amate Yuzuriha is a high-school student living peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. When she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle.
Under the entry name "Machu," she throws herself into fierce battle day after day, piloting the GQuuuuuuX. Then an unidentified Gundam mobile suit pursued by both the space force and the police appears before her, along with its pilot, a boy named Shuji.
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 機動戦士 Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, Kidou Senshi Gundam: GQuuuuuuX - Beginning
8. Seikai no Monshou
Based on a science fiction novel series, Crest of the Stars (Seikai no Monsho) is the first installment in this sci-fi saga. The story follows Jinto, whose world was taken over by the largest empire in the galaxy: the Abh. Jinto's father, the planet's prime minister, handed their world over to the Abh in exchange for a standing in the Abh Empire. As a result, Jinto became a prince and was shipped off for an Abh Education. There he meets a princess of the Abh Empire, Lafiel, whom he quickly befriends despite her cold exterior. The Abh Empire is plunged into war soon after and the story continues from there...
Crest of the Stars has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 星界の紋章, Seikai no Monshou
7. Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Gekitotsu
Continuation of the Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These series.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Clash has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 銀河英雄伝説 Die Neue These 激突, The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis, LotGH, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Collision
6. Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Arata Naru Tatakai no Overture
Based on a series of sci-fi novels, this series tells the story of a massive conflict between the Prussia-like Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance. It describes all levels of the war, from the tactical to the strategic, but focuses most on the two opposing militaries' leaders: Reinhard Von Lohengramm and Yang Wen-Li.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 銀河英雄伝説外伝 新たなる戦いの序曲[オーヴァチュア], Legend of Galactic Heroes Movie 2, LoGH: Overture to a New War, Ginga Eiyu Densetsu Aratanaru Tatakai no Jokyoku, Legend of the Galactic Heroes MOVIE (1993)
5. Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Waga Yuku wa Hoshi no Taikai
This movie, based on an anecdote of "Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu" written by novelist Tanaka Yoshiki, preludes the 110-episodes TV series by describing the first encounter between the ambitious young man Reinhard von Müsel under the imperial flag and the passive Yang Wenli who serves a corrupting democracy. Set in an imaginative future, the story describes the first encounter between Yang and Reinhard and discusses how heroes are born.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 銀河英雄伝説: わが征くは星の大海, LoGH: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars, Legend of the Galactic Heroes MOVIE (1988)
4. RobiHachi
Neo Tokyo, the year G.C. (Galaxy Century) 0051, which marks a half century since first contact was made. Humans have obtained super light-speed navigation technology and formed a commonwealth of planets with aliens. A streak of bad luck is continuing for self-proclaimed freelance reportage writer Robby Yarge, who is around 30 years old. He fails at work, so his contract is cut. His girlfriend leaves him, he nearly dies in a traffic accident, and debt collectors come after him.
One day, a bag snatcher steals Robby's bag, and a young man helps him. Hatchi Kita, an 18-year-old part-time worker, catches the criminal and returns Robby's bag. Robby offers him his gratitude and a meal in return. The pair discover they are complete opposites and soon part ways.
However, Hatchi turns up again in Robby's life as a debt collector. Hatchi explains that it's his part-time job working for the loan shark Yan. A cat-and-mouse chase begins, and Yan's Finance president Yan takes his subordinates Aro and Gra along for the ride. Robby manages to elude Hatchi and escape to space while shaking off Yan's group. Robby thinks of escaping to Isekandar, a distant and legendary planet in the Milky Way that is said to bring happiness to those who go there. Though Robby thought he had escaped to space alone, he discovers Hatchi inside his spaceship. The two decide to travel across the galaxy together in search of Isekandar.
RobiHachi has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ロビハチ, RobiHachi
3. Robotech: Macross Saga - First Robotech War
A gigantic spaceship crash lands on Earth, foreshadowing the arrival of an alien armada bent on war and destruction. The world unites to unlock the secrets of its miraculous alien technology known as Robotech to defend the world against impending invasion. The challenges they would face would be greater than anyone could have imagined…
Robotech: Macross Saga - First Robotech War has finished airing and it has 36 Episodes. It is also Known as: Robotech: Macross Saga - First Robotech War
2. Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin - Zenya Akai Suisei
A re-edited TV version of the six theatrical events that took place from 2014 through 2018.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN 前夜 赤い彗星, Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin - Zenya Akai Suisei
1. Kakumeiki Valvrave 2nd Season
Haruto and his comrades continue to fight against the forces of Dorssia. However, many things remain unanswered in the midst of battle, including the past of L-Elf and his fellow soldier's past, the destiny of the mysterious girl Liselotte, and the feelings of Haruto, Shouko, and Saki. The relationships and loyalty of each and every member of each army will be tested as the clash of ideals and power reaches its climax.
Valvrave the Liberator 2nd Season has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ 2ndシーズン, Kakumeiki Valvrave Second Season, Valvrave the Liberator Second Season
