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Terminator Zero

★ 6.9 14K votes 2024–2024 1 seasons · 8 episodes Canceled Netflix
Post-apocalypticLife after civilization's collapse.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Time travelTime manipulation as a core mechanic.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10Existential dreadMortality and meaninglessness confronted head-on.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Yûya UchidaHiro ShimonoShizuka IshigamiSaori HayamiToa YukinariAtsumi Tanezaki
Starring
Yûya UchidaHiro ShimonoShizuka IshigamiSaori HayamiToa YukinariAtsumi Tanezaki
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"Skynet's origin story turned into a moral chess match"

In 1997 Tokyo, a scientist races to build a rival AI that can stop Skynet before nuclear annihilation, while a soldier and a Terminator are sent from the future to protect her children. This anime reboot trades relentless chase action for moody philosophical tension, weighing free will against fate across tangled timelines. Pacing is deliberate and dialogue-heavy, punctuated by bursts of brutal violence. It rewards patience with genuinely knotty ideas about inevitability and choice, wrapped in striking, shadow-drenched animation that feels more meditative than the franchise's usual explosive spectacle.

Watch it for

the fresh philosophical spin on Skynet's inevitability, wrapped in striking, shadow-heavy anime visuals.

Maybe skip if

you want wall-to-wall action instead of slow-burn dialogue about fate and free will.

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All Seasons

Season 12024
7.37K83h 43m
2022: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: The AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity. Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system designed to compete with Skynet's impending attack on humanity. As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by an unrelenting assassin from the future which forever alters the fate of his three children.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Model 1017.0
1K28 min
2Model 1027.1
93828 min
3Model 1037.1
86130 min
4Model 1047.5
83327 min
5Model 1057.3
79129 min
6Model 1067.2
77525 min
7Model 1077.9
79328 min
8Model 1087.7
82728 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Yûya Uchida Malcolm Lee
Hiro Shimono Kenta
Shizuka Ishigami Hiro, Boy
Saori Hayami Misaki, Reika
Toa Yukinari Eiko, Woman
Atsumi Tanezaki Kokoro, Heart, Mind
André Holland Malcolm Lee
Armani Jackson Kenta
Sumalee Montano Misaki
Sonoya Mizuno Eiko

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