For most anime fans, the conversation around anime’s sci-fi genre typically begins and ends with the genre’s influential names: Akira, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost In The Shell — classic late 90s masterpieces.

While there are plenty of sci-fi anime series that garnered attention and critical acclaim in both modern years and decades past, there are just as many great shows that slipped through the cracks.

Science fiction anime doesn’t just deal with the in-between questions and topics that can’t be fully covered in other genres, though. These pieces of media often deal with meaningful questions and ...