Top 19 Space manga you should read right now. [2026 List]

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. 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!

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. Hitoner

An earthling visits a planet inhabited by beastmen. The beastmen are upset to see a "human" for the first time. The beasts' observation of the "human" begins...!

Hitoner has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: ヒトナー, Hitoner

14. 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

13. 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

12. Kidou Senshi Gundam MSV-R: Uchuu Seiki Eiyuu Densetsu - Kougei no Shin Matsunaga

Many heroes have fought through the eras. Soldiers play a sonorous melody, their traces shaping the course of history. Even now, their stories shall be read from a corner of the Pantheon. For those with regrets in their hearts, the battle begins. This is a tale of heroes who fell in space.
Uchuu Seiki Eiyuu Densetsu Series:
1. White Wolf of Rainbows
2. Aoki Kyosei no Senei-hen

Kidou Senshi Gundam MSV-R: Uchuu Seiki Eiyuu Densetsu - Kougei no Shin Matsunaga has finished publishing and it has 50 Chapters. It is also Known as: 機動戦士ガンダムMSV‐R 宇宙世紀英雄伝説 虹霓のシン・マツナガ, Uchuu Seiki Eiyuu Densetsu - Kougei Hakurou-hen, Mobile Suit Gundam MSV-R: Legend of the Universal Century Heroes, Mobile Suit Variation-R, Aoki Kyosei no Senei-hen

11. 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

10. 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

9. Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo - Seishun Frontier

This work is a spin-off comic of the TV anime "Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch of Mercury" that began broadcasting in October 2022.
It is a parallel work set in a near-future Japan, depicting the encounter between high school girls Suletta and Miorine.

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo - Seishun Frontier is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 青春フロンティア, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury: Adolescent Frontier, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury: Youth Frontier

8. 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

7. 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)

6. 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

5. 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

4. 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

3. Kidou Senshi Moon Gundam

Mobile Suit Moon Gundam is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 機動戦士MOONガンダム, Kidou Senshi Moon Gundam

2. 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

1. 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!