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Top 19 Space manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 19. I Became an Evolving Space Monster
- 18. Dai Dark
- 17. Ore wa Seikan Kokka no Akutoku Ryoushu!
- 16. World Trigger
- 15. Mezametara Saikyou Soubi to Uchuusen-mochi Datta no de, Ikkodate Mezashite Youhei Toshite Jiyuu ni Ikitai
- 14. Edens Zero
- 13. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
- 12. Planetes
- 11. Teihen Tuber ga Uchuu Sensou wo Tottemita
- 10. Sidonia no Kishi
- 9. Terra Formars
- 8. Kanata no Astra
- 7. Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu
- 6. Musou Kouro ~ Tensei Shite, Uchuu Senkan no AI ni Narimashita ~
- 5. Comic Hoshi Shinchi
- 4. Cheolsureul Guhasio
- 3. Leviathan
- 2. ēlDLIVE
- 1. Rumic World
19. I Became an Evolving Space Monster
In the vast expanse of space, inside a cargo compartment made of cold metal, I couldn’t help but acknowledge one thing: I had become an antagonistic extraterrestrial life form in an SF survival game.
I Became an Evolving Space Monster is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Eu Me Tornei um Monstro Espacial Evolutivo, Evolución: El Camino Del Monstruo Espacial, I Became an Evolving Space Monster, Jinhwahaneun Ujugoemul-i Doeeossda, Я стал эволюционирующим космическим чудовищем, Evolution: Road to Space Monster
18. Dai Dark
Zaha Sanko’s body has great and terrible powers–they say that possessing his bones will grant you any wish, even the desire to become ruler of the universe. But Sanko is still a teenage dude with his own life, and he isn’t about to let every monstrous lowlife in the galaxy rip him limb from limb. He and his skeletal buddy Avakian will use their dark powers to fend off any murder attempts while they search space for whomever put this curse on Sanko’s bones…because killing them might end the madness.
Dai Dark is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 大ダーク, Great Dark
17. Ore wa Seikan Kokka no Akutoku Ryoushu!
In his last life, Liam lived as a moral, responsible person...but died deep in debt and betrayed by his wife. Reborn into the ruling family of a vast interstellar empire, Liam knows that life is divided into the downtrodden and the ones who do the stomping, so this time he's going to take what he wants and live for himself. But somehow, things refuse to work out that way. Despite doing his best to become a tyrant, Liam's decisions lead to nothing but peace and prosperity for the empire under his rule, and he just gets more and more popular!
I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 俺は星間国家の悪徳領主!, Ore wa Seikan Kokka no Akutoku Ryoushu!
16. World Trigger
A gate to another dimension has burst open, and from it emerge gigantic invincible creatures that threaten all of humanity. Earth's only defense is a mysterious group of warriors who have co-opted the alien technology in order to fight back!
World Trigger is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ワールドトリガー, World Trigger
15. Mezametara Saikyou Soubi to Uchuusen-mochi Datta no de, Ikkodate Mezashite Youhei Toshite Jiyuu ni Ikitai
When I woke up, I found myself inside a spaceship.
I guess you guys think I’m talking nonsense here, but I also have absolutely no clue about what exactly happened to me.
I was really close to completely losing it, but fortunately, I managed to notice that this place was really similar to the world featured in a game I was playing recently.
Am I dreaming? Nope, it’s no dream. Maybe I actually got sent to a different world or something?
But didn’t those things usually involve getting sent to a magical world with elves, dwarves, dragons and whatnot?
In any case, I don’t know what caused this, but I guess I’ll just have to suck it up and live properly in this world from now on.
It’ll be okay. I got my trusty spaceship so I can probably make some money. It’ll work out! It has to!
This is the story of a man abruptly thrown into space along with his private spaceship. He runs around with it and saves damsels in distress along the way, flirts with said damsels, earns money as a merc-for-hire and uses his gaming knowledge to work his way into living freely and easily.
When I Woke Up, I Got the Strongest Equipment and a Starship, so I Went and Became a Mercenary in Order to Live as I Please while Aiming for a Detached House is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 目覚めたら最強装備と宇宙船持ちだったので、一戸建て目指して傭兵として自由に生きたい, Я очнулся, будучи пилотом сильнейшего космического корабля, а потому решил стать межгалактическим наёмником, When I Woke Up, I Got the Strongest Equipment and a Spaceship, so I Went and Became a Mercenary in Order to Live as I Please while Aiming for a Detached House, Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship!
14. Edens Zero
Eleven months after the grand finale of Fairy Tail, master mangaka Hiro Mashima is back with a great adventure beyond imagination! All the steadfast friendship, crazy fighting, and blue cats you've come to expect... IN SPACE! A young boy gazes up at the sky and sees a streaming bolt of light. The friendly, armor-clad being at his side tells him gently, "That's a dragon." The fact that he's joking isn't important. What's important is the look of wonder on the boy's face... and the galaxy-spanning adventure that's about to take place! Join Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail, Rave Master) once more as he takes to the stars for another thrilling saga.
EDENS ZERO has finished publishing and it has 293 Chapters. It is also Known as: EDENS ZERO, • 에덴즈 제로, • Нулевой Эдем: Эденс Зеро, • 伊甸星原, • Нулевой Эдем, • ايدينز زيرو, • Eden's Zero, • एडेंस जेरो
13. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
Zeon ace pilot, Commander Char Aznable, thought he could foil the Federation's plan to build a mobile suit by attacking their research base on colony Side 7. He was wrong. With a prototype already active, the besieged Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam, with devastating consequences. Amidst the fighting, young electronics wizard Amuro Ray is determined not to let his friends and family die in the crossfire. But what can one boy do to repel a squad of mobile suit-clad invaders?
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin has finished publishing and it has 112 Chapters. It is also Known as: Kidou Senshi Gundam: The Origin, 機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN, Amuro 0082
12. Planetes
Haunted by a space flight accident that claimed the life of his beloved wife, Yuri finds himself six years later as part of a team of debris cleaners on a vessel called the Toy Box charged with clearing space junk from space flight paths. The team consists of Hachimaki, a hot shot debris-man with a sailor's affinity for the orbital ocean; Fee, a chain-smoking tomboy beauty with an abrasive edge; and Pops, a veteran orbital mechanic whose avuncular presence soothes the stress of the job.
Planetes has finished publishing and it has 27 Chapters. It is also Known as: プラネテス ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ, Planetes
11. Teihen Tuber ga Uchuu Sensou wo Tottemita
On a day just like any other, a giant spaceship suddenly appeared and invaded Earth, obliterating entire cities in the blink of an eye. In the midst of the attacks, Kanna Fujimiya, amateur content creator, rose to fame overnight with her video coverage of the invasion. With her newfound popularity and charms, Kanna continues to cover the war from the front lines, but...!?
This amateur content creator reveals the truth behind the interstellar war in this science fiction thriller!
Note: Chapter count includes 24 regular chapters and 3 extras.
Teihen Tuber ga Uchuu Sensou wo Tottemita has finished publishing and it has 27 Chapters. It is also Known as: 底辺チューバーが宇宙戦争を撮ってみた, Amateur E-girl Streaming a Space War
10. Sidonia no Kishi
Outer space, the far future.
A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten centuries since the obliteration of the solar system. The massive, nearly indestructible, yet barely sentient alien life forms that destroyed humanity’s home world continue to pose an existential threat.
Nagate Tanikaze has only known life in the vessel’s bowels deep below the sparkling strata where humans have achieved photosynthesis and new genders. Not long after he emerges from the Underground, however, the youth is bequeathed a treasured legacy by the spaceship’s coolheaded female captain.
Meticulously drawn, peppered with clipped humor, but also unusually attentive to plot and structure for the international cult favorite, Knights of Sidonia may be Tsutomu Nihei’s most accessible work to date even as it hits notes of tragic grandeur as a hopeless struggle for survival unfolds.
Knights of Sidonia has finished publishing and it has 78 Chapters. It is also Known as: シドニアの騎士, Knights of Cydonia, Cydonia no Kishi
9. Terra Formars
With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold to the surface so that the mold would absorb the sunlight and the insect corpses would serve as a food source for the mold.
It is now the year 2577 and the first manned ship to Mars has landed on the planet and the six crew members are ready for their mission. But what they find are giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength. The crew members are easily wiped out, but not before sending a transmission back to Earth. Now, humanity will send elite warriors to exterminate the mutated bugs and claim back Mars.
Terra Formars is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: テラフォーマーズ, Terra Formars
8. Kanata no Astra
What starts as a pleasant class trip to a planet five light-years away becomes a nightmare survival trip to get back home.
In the year 2063, interstellar space travel has become the norm. What sort of adventure awaits on the new frontier?
It's the first day of Planet Camp, and Aries Spring couldn't be more excited! She, along with eight other strangers, leave for Planet McPa for a weeklong excursion. Soon after they arrive, however, a mysterious orb appears and transports them into the depths of space, where they find an empty floating spaceship…
Astra Lost in Space has finished publishing and it has 49 Chapters. It is also Known as: 彼方のアストラ, Kanata no Astra
7. Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu
Faithful to novels, except some changes may be considered major, e.g., some characters changed from male to female. Covers volume 1 and 2 of the novels.
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu has finished publishing and it has 60 Chapters. It is also Known as: 銀河英雄伝説, LoGH, Gin'eiden, Legend of the Galactic Heroes
6. Musou Kouro ~ Tensei Shite, Uchuu Senkan no AI ni Narimashita ~
After regaining consciousness, your average high-schooler Asagaya Shin has become an AI for a space battleship. As if that wasn’t enough, the ship has been surrounded by enemies, and he himself has a damaged engine, putting him in a dire situation.The warship commander had already died in combat, and taking the place of the temporary commander is a young girl of the imperial family, who had joined the ship out of courtesy. Shin had tried convincing himself that this was a dream, but being persuaded by the girl, he stands as a battleship.After somehow crushing the enemy at point-blank range, the fleet’s fight is over, and the battle for the fate of the empire has ended in a crushing defeat. Shin gathers up the survivors and plans to escape the battleground, but there’s a large enemy fleet on the route to the empire. He makes a jump deep into the enemy territory on a slim chance, but —Set 10,000 years in the future, a young boy has been turned into an incredibly powerful cheat AI and leads a small fleet to become peerless. There’s romantic comedy, imperial intrigue, ancient weapons, philosophy, and more!
Unparalleled Path ~Reincarnated as the AI for a Space Battleship~ has finished publishing and it has 15 Chapters. It is also Known as: 無双航路 転生して宇宙戦艦のAIになりました, Space Cruiser Capricorn, 無双航路 転生して宇宙戦艦のＡＩになりました, Musou Kouro - Tensei Shite Uchuu Senkan no AI ni Narimashita, Musō Kōro - Tensei shite, Uchū Senkan no AI ni Narimashita
5. Comic Hoshi Shinchi
Omnibus of short stories from the famous science-fiction author Hoshi Shin'ichi:
Volume 1: Afternoon Dinosaur
- Perfect Girl (JUN)
- Golden Pin (KAWAGUCHI Madoka)
- A Study of Angels (KIKI)
- I am an Assassin (KAZUHASHI Tomo)
- Come Out (SABA Tamayumi)
- Afternoon Dinosaur (SHIRAI Yuuko)
- Modern Life (ARITA Kei)
- Living Maintenance (SHIMURA Takako)
- Incident of the Night (ODA Hideji)
- Box (ODA Hideji)
Volume 2: The Gate to Space
- The Gate to Space (KITOH Mohiro)
- The Mirror (HANEO)
- The Patient (TOYAMA Mutsuki)
- The Butterfly of Winter (ABE Jun)
- Execution (ABE Jun)
- The Problem of Level (HITOMI Akane)
- Fate (KAWAGUCHI Madoka)
- Wonderful Life (SUZUKI Shiho)
Volume 3: Short Short Shoutaiseki
A compilation of selected stories from the first two volumes.
Volume 4: The Friendly Demon
- A Device (SHIRAI Yumiko)
ISHIGURO Masakazu
NANAMAKI Kanako
TAKESHIMA Nami
KUJIRA
WATANABE Peco
- Doubt (DOUMAN Seiman)
AOKI Toshinao
NISHIMURA Tsuchika
SUZUKI Shiho
Volume 5: The Guest From Space
TESHIROGI Shiori
HIKOCHI Sakuya
TSURIMAKI Nodoka
OSHIMI Shuzo
AOKI Tomo
IWAOKA Hisae
IMAMURA Yoko
ASADA Nikki
SUDOU Masumi
Comic Hoshi Shinchi is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: コミック☆星新一 午後の恐竜, コミック☆星新一 午後の恐竜, コミック☆星新一, コミック☆星新一 空への門, コミック☆星新一 親しげな悪魔, コミック星新一 ショートショート招待席, The gate to space, The guest from the space
4. Cheolsureul Guhasio
A massive asteroid is about to hit earth!
Humanity has failed to stop a giant asteroid from plummeting into Earth, and life as we know it has ended. An ordinary Korean office worker named Cheolsu is somehow given the chance to go back in time and prevent this catastrophe from ever happening. Does he have a chance?
Cheolsu Saves the World has finished publishing and it has 69 Chapters. It is also Known as: Regression of Cheolsu
3. Leviathan
In the depth of galaxy, the Leviathan, a huge spaceship, floats adrift. When wreckstrippers get isnide, they find a diary of a schoolboy, Kazuma, relating the events that happenned in the guts of the ship... While reading it something seems obvious : a survivor from the disaster is hiding somewhere in the maze of the ruins !
Years before, the young Kazuma was in a middle of a schooltrip to Earth. The party comes to an end when unknown explosions destroy a part of the hull of the vessel ! Now the passengers are trapped in the middle of nowhere... The teenager and his friend Fubata then assist to a conversation between their teacher and a maintenance robot : the supplies in oxygen is not enough to make it until help arrives... The only hope for survival is a cryogenic chamber in the heart of the metal giant. However, it wan only contain one person... Unfortunately for the students, the teacher quickly understands that he has been heard. It is the beginning of a bloody fight to keep the secret !
Leviathan has finished publishing and it has 15 Chapters. It is also Known as: リバイアサン, Leviathan (KUROI Shiro)
2. ēlDLIVE
Chuta Kokonose is an orphan who lives with his aunt. For as long as he can remember he's had a voice in his head, but other than that he's a normal boy - right until the day when a strangely-looking thing follows him home and teleports him to a place filled with more fantastic creatures. It's a space police station, and Rein Brickke, the Chief of Solar System Department, tells him that he's been chosen by the computer as a possible candidate to join the police force, although Sonokata Misuzu, girl from Chuta's school with an angelic face and ill temper who turns out to be one of Rein Brickke's subordinates, doesn't think him suitable for such a job. Chuta, who was shocked at first, decides to take aptitude test to prove her wrong.
ēlDLIVE is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: エルドライブ 【ēlDLIVE】, elDLIVE
1. Rumic World
A collection of Rumiko Takahashi's early short stories, including:
Volume 1:
* Firetripper
* When My Eyes Got Wings
* Laughing Target
* Sleep and Forget
Volume 2:
* War Council
* Those Selfish Aliens
* Maris the Choujo
* The Golden Gods of Poverty
* That Darn Cat
* A Cry for Help
* The Face Pack
Volume 3:
* Wedded Bliss
* The Entrepreneurial Spirit
* Wasted Minds
Rumic World has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: るーみっくわーるど, Fire Tripper, Firetripper, The Laughing Target, Maris the Choujo, The Supergal, Those Selfish Aliens, Katte na Yatsura, Sengoku Seitokai, Kaibyou Min, Wasurete Nemure, Ougon no Binbougami
