List of survival and escape room anime and manga
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- Survival game – The setting of a story is explicitly made to be a survival game/gamble/tournament, where loss equals death.
- Survival game Lite – The setting of a story is explicitly made to be a game/gamble/tournament, where loss equals financial ruin or slavery/loss of freedom or memory loss or loss of powers.
- Survival – The story revolves either around murderer(s)/assassin(s)/cannibal(s) hunting/targeting an individual or a specific small group of people as they are trying to survive, or an individual or a small group of people trying to survive in unknown/inhospitable environment.
| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Type | Original medium | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 Seeds | Yumi Tamura | Survival | Manga | [1] |
| Aiyou's Secret Room (X&Y) | Escape room | Manhua | [2] | ||
| 2020 | Akudama Drive | Norimitsu Kaihō, Tomohisa Taguchi | Survival | Anime | |
| 2010 | Alice in Borderland | Haro Aso | Survival game | Manga | [3] |
| 2015 | Angels of Death (Satsuriku no Tenshi) | Hoshikuzu KRNKRN | Survival game | Video game | |
| 1979 | Arion | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Survival | Manga | |
| 2012 | Assassination Classroom | Yusei Matsui | Survival | Manga | |
| 2016 | Astra Lost in Space | Kenta Shinohara | Survival | Manga | |
| 1973 | Barefoot Gen | Keiji Nakazawa | Survival, Historical | Manga | |
| 2015 | Battle Game in 5 Seconds | Saizō Harawata, Kashiwa Miyako | Survival game | Manga | |
| 1999 | Battle Royale | Koushun Takami, Masayuki Taguchi | Survival game | Novel | |
| 1975 | Beast Fighter: The Apocalypse (Majuu Sensen: The Apocalypse) | Ken Ishikawa | Survival | Manga | |
| 2011 | Big Order | Sakae Esuno | Survival | Manga | |
| 1997 | Blame! | Tsutomu Nihei | Survival | Manga | |
| 1992 | Blaster Knuckle | Shizuya Wazarai | Survival, Bounty hunters | Manga | |
| 1999 | Blue Gender | Ryōsuke Takahashi, Katsumi Hasegawa | Survival | Anime | |
| 2002 | Blue Heaven | Tsutomu Takahashi | Survival | Manga | |
| 2018 | Blue Striker | Yokusaru Shibata, Makoto Sawa | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2009 | Btooom! | Junya Inoue | Survival game | Manga | [4] |
| 1999 | Bus Gamer | Kazuya Minekura | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2011 | C ([C] CONTROL) | Noboru Takagi | Survival game Lite | Anime | |
| 2003 | Chaosic Rune | Kenji Yamamoto | Survival game | Manga | |
| 1996 | Corpse Party | Kenix Soft | Survival game | Video game | |
| 2010 | Danganronpa | Spike, Spike Chunsoft | Survival game | Video game | |
| 2012 | Darwin's Game | FLIPFLOPs | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2009 | DCD (Diamond Cut Diamond) | Kenji Taguchi | Survival | Manga | |
| 2014 | Dead Tube | Mikoto Yamaguchi, Touta Kitakawa | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2007 | Deadman Wonderland | Jinsei Kataoka, Kazuma Kondou | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2016 | Demon King, Stranded on an Island!!! | Marimo Enda | Survival, Isekai | Manga | |
| 1989 | Desupai (Death Pie) | Kazuhiko Shimamoto | Survival game, gambling | Manga | |
| 2013 | Devil Survivor 2: The Animation | Makoto Uezu | Survival game | Anime/Video game | |
| 2007 | Dies Irae | Light | Survival | Visual novel | |
| 2012 | Doreiku | Shinichi Okada, Hiroto Ōishi | Survival game Lite | Manga | [5] |
| 2007 | Doubt, Judge, Secret | Yoshiki Tonogai | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2012 | Dramatical Murder | Nitro+chiral | Survival game | Video game | |
| 2022 | Drifting Home | Hiroyasu Ishida, Hayashi Mori, Minaka Sakamoto | Survival | Anime | |
| 2008 | Drive-a-Live | Kunihiko Nakai | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2023 | Easy Survival in Another World: With My Robust Survival Skills, I’ll Live on an Uninhabited Island With Four Beautiful Girls (Isekai Rakuraku Survival: Seizon Skill Kyousha no Ore ga Bishoujo Yonin to Class Mujintou Seikatsu) | Ayano, Kouji Mogami | Survival, Isekai | Manga | |
| 2020 | Easy Survival Life in the Other World: Everyone in School Transferred to an Uninhabited Island in the Other World but It’s an Easy Victory for Me (Isekai Yurutto Survival Seikatsu: Gakkou no Minna to Isekai no Mujintou ni Teni shita kedo Ore dake Rakushou desu) | Ayano, Youichi Nishio, Waon Inui | Survival, Isekai | Web novel | |
| 2009 | Eden of the East | Kenji Kamiyama | Survival game | Anime | |
| 2022 | Estab Life | Gorō Taniguchi, Shoji Gatoh, Shingo Nagai | Survival | Anime | |
| 1999 | EX: Young Castaways | Yoshinobu Yamada | Survival | Manga | |
| 2011 | Five Numbers! (Norageki!) | Dai Satō | Escape room | Anime | |
| 2008 | From the New World | Yusuke Kishi, Tōru Oikawa | Survival | Novel | |
| 2006 | Future Diary (Mirai Nikki) | Sakae Esuno | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2007 | Gambling Emperor Legend Zero (Tobaku Haouden Rei) | Nobuyuki Fukumoto | Survival game, gambling | Manga | |
| 2018 | Gannibal | Masaaki Ninomiya | Survival | Manga | |
| 2000 | Gantz | Hiroya Oku | Survival game | Manga | |
| 1983 | Ginga Hyōryū Vifam (Galactic Drifter Vifam) | Takeyuki Kanda, Hiroyuki Hoshiyama | Survival | Anime | |
| 2015 | Gleipnir | Sun Takeda | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2001 | Gyo | Junji Ito | Survival | Manga | |
| 2017 | Hand Shakers | Hiromitsu Kanazawa | Survival game (Street fighting) | Anime | |
| 2018 | Heavenly Delusion | Masakazu Ishiguro | Survival | Manga | |
| 2021 | Hell's Boat 136 | Jirou Maeda | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2018 | Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku | Yuji Kaku | Survival | Manga | |
| 2013 | High-Rise Invasion | Tsuina Miura, Takahiro Oba | Survival | Manga | [6] |
| 2006 | Highschool of the Dead | Daisuke Satō, Shōji Satō | Survival | Manga | |
| 2018 | Human Ranch | Yusura Kankitsu, Ageha Saotome | Survival | Manga | |
| 2011 | Ikkyuu | Hashimoto Eiji | Survival game (Clash Club - Street fighting) | Manga | |
| 2016 | I'm Standing on a Million Lives | Naoki Yamakawa, Akinari Nao | Survival, Isekai | Manga | |
| 1999 | Infinite Ryvius | Yōsuke Kuroda | Survival | Anime | |
| 2014 | The Island of Giant Insects | Yasutaka Fujimi, Redice, Shu Hirose | Survival | Manga | [7] |
| 2021 | Island Survival with Alchemy (Renkinjutsu Mujintou Survival) | Renji Hoshi, Kon Iguchi | Survival | Manga | |
| 2009 | Isle of heavenly prison (Tengoku no Shima) | Yuusuke Ochiai | Survival | Manga | |
| 2015 | Juni Taisen: Zodiac War | Nisio Isin, Hikaru Nakamura | Survival game | Light novel | |
| 1982 | Adrift in the Pacific (Jūgo Shōnen Hyōryūki) | Survival | Novel | ||
| 2011 | Jūgo Shōnen Hyōryūki | Shiwasuda | Survival | Novel | |
| 2016 | Manga de Yomeru! Jūgo Shōnen Hyōryūki | Hiroshi Uno | Survival | Novel | |
| 1987 | The Story of Fifteen Boys (Hitomi no Naka no Shounen: Jūgo Shōnen Hyōryūki) | Survival | Novel | ||
| 1993 | Jyu-Oh-Sei (Jyu-Oh-Sei: Planet of the Beast King) | Natsumi Itsuki | Survival | Manga | |
| 2016 | Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress | Ichirō Ōkouchi | Survival | Anime | |
| 2005 | Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek | Shuhei Morita | Survival game | Anime | |
| 2023 | KamiErabi God.app | Yoko Taro, Jin | Survival game | Anime | |
| Kankin Kuiki Level X (Lockdown Zone: Lv. X) | Survival | Web novel | |||
| 2006 | Kämpfer | Toshihiko Tsukiji, Senmu | Survival game | Light novel | |
| 2010 | Kemurikusa | Tatsuki, irodori | Survival | Anime | |
| 2013 | Killing Bites | Shinya Murata, Kazuasa Sumita | Survival game Lite | Manga | |
| 2015 | King of the Ants (Ari no Ou) | Ryuu Itou, Uhyosuke | Survival | Manga | |
| 2002 | King of Thorn | Yūji Iwahara | Survival | Manga | |
| 2009 | King's Game The Animation | Nobuaki Kanazawa | Survival game | Cell phone novel | |
| 2005 | Liar Game | Shinobu Kaitani | Survival game Lite | Manga | |
| 2012 | Magical Girl Apocalypse (Magical Girl of the End) | Kentarō Satō | Survival | Manga | |
| 2012 | Magical Girl Raising Project | Asari Endō, Maruino | Survival game | Light novel | [8] |
| 2013 | Magical Girl Site | Kentarō Satō | Survival | Manga | |
| 2010/11 | Majan - Osoremura Kibun | Shinsaku Kamimura | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2014 | Mission in the South! (Minamission!) | Hiyori Mikagami, Tooru Hisaka | Survival | Manga | |
| 2024 | Murder Mystery of the Dead | Cosaic, Group SNE, Giggle Akiguchi, Teren Mikami | Survival | Board game | |
| 2017 | No Game No Life: Zero | Jukki Hanada | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2014 | The Ones Within (Nakanohito Genome [Jikkyouchuu]) | Osora | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2022 | The Orbital Children | Mitsuo Iso | Survival | Anime | |
| 2011 | Phi Brain: Puzzle of God | Mayori Sekijima, Junichi Sato | Survival game | Anime | |
| 1984 | The Planet Garaga | Satomi Mikuriya | Survival | Manga | |
| 2015 | Platinum End | Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2018 | The Promised Neverland | Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu | Survival | Manga | |
| 2007 | Psyren | Toshiaki Iwashiro | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2011 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Madoka Magica) | Magica Quartet, Gen Urobuchi | Survival | Anime | |
| 2007 | RAPPA | Sakurako Yamada, Hideyuki Kikuchi | Survival, Bounty hunters | Manga | |
| 2017 | Record of Ragnarok | Shinya Umemura, Takumi Fukui, Azychika | Survival | Manga | |
| 2022 | Reincarnation Colosseum | Harawata Saizou, Zunta | Survival game Lite | Manga | |
| 2015 | Rengoku Deadroll | Homura Kawamoto, Hideaki Yoshimura | Survival game | Manga | |
| 1997 | Revolutionary Girl Utena | Yōji Enokido | Survival game | Anime | |
| 2012 | Riddle Story of Devil (Akuma no Riddle) | Yun Kōga, Sunao Minakata | Survival | Manga | |
| 2009 | The Severing Crime Edge | Tatsuhiko Hikagi | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2021 | Sonny Boy | Shingo Natsume | Survival, Isekai | Anime | .[9] |
| 1976 | Survival | Takao Saito | Survival | Manga | [10] |
| 2008 | Survival (Kagaku x Bouken Survival!) | Hyun Dong Han, Jung Wook Kim | Survival | Manhwa | |
| 2015 | Survival: S Boy's Records | Takao Saito, Akira Miyagawa | Survival | Manga | |
| 1981 | The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island | Shōzō Matsuda | Survival | Anime | |
| 2016 | Talentless Nana | Looseboy, Iori Furuya | Survival | Manga | |
| 2013 | Tasūketsu: Fate of the Majority | Taiga Miyakawa | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2015 | Tatoe Hai ni Natte mo | Kakashi Oniyazu | Survival game, gambling | Manga | |
| 1976 | Terra e... | Keiko Takemiya | Survival | Manga | |
| 2005 | Togainu no Chi | Nitro+CHiRAL | Survival game | Video game | |
| 2014 | Tohyo Game (Voting Game) | Chihiro, G.O., Tatsuhiko | Survival game | Manga | |
| 1993 | Tokyo Game | Hiromi Aoyama | Survival game | Manga | |
| 2009 | Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 | Natsuko Takahashi, Kazuya Murata | Survival | Anime | |
| 2013 | Tomodachi Game | Mikoto Yamaguchi, Yuki Sato | Escape room | Manga | |
| 2024 | Train to the End of the World | apogeego, Michiko Yokote | Survival | Anime | |
| 2018 | Uncharted Walker (Mi Yu Xing Zhe ) | Survival | Donghua | ||
| 2003 | Uninhabited Planet Survive! | Shōji Yonemura | Survival | Anime | |
| 2006 | Usogui (The Lie Eater) | Toshio Sako | Survival game, gambling | Manga | |
| 2009 | Waluta Hanga | Yuki Fujisawa | Survival | Manga | |
| 2020 | The War of Greedy Witches | Homura Kawamoto, Makoto Shiozuka | Survival | Manga | |
| 2017 | Your Turn to Die -Death Game by Majority- | Nankidai | Survival game | Video game | |
| 2018 | Yurusaba (Yuru Survival) | Tarou Sekiguchi | Survival | Manga | |
| 2001 | Zatch Bell! | Makoto Raiku | Survival Game Lite | Manga | |
| 2018 | Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | Haro Aso, Kotaro Takata | Survival | Manga |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 「7SEEDS」完結巻に田村由美書き下ろしシナリオのドラマCD、flowersに外伝も [Drama CD of the scenario written by Yumi Tamura in the completion volume of "7SEEDS", flowers and Gaiden]. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Survival Game Fans Should Watch Aiyou's Secret Room". cbr.com. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ^ Loo, Egan (July 9, 2013). "I.G. Makes Anime Ad of Suspense Manga Alice in Borderland". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 11, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
Shogakukan began streaming an anime commercial for Haro Aso's survival suspense manga Alice in Borderland
- ^ "Sentai Filmworks Adds BToom! Survival Action Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ^ "Doreiku Survival Game Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. October 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael (January 13, 2021). "High-Rise Invasion Anime Unveils Trailer, More Cast, Staff, Song Artists, February 25 Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 11, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ Loo, Egan (December 26, 2018). "The Island of Giant Insects Survival Horror Manga Gets Anime DVD (Updated)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 8, 2015). "Mahō Shōjo Ikusei Keikaku Magical Girl Survival Novels Get Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
- ^ Loo, Egan (April 28, 2021). "One-Punch Man Helmer Shingo Natsume, Madhouse Reunite for Sci-Fi Survival Anime Sonny Boy". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ サバイバル. Mangapedia (in Japanese). Voyage Group. Retrieved July 24, 2024.