| Apocalypse Zero | |
 Cover of Apocalypse Zero volume 1 as published by Media Blasters | |
| 覚悟のススメ (Kakugo no Susume) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, post-apocalyptic[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takayuki Yamaguchi |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Champion Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | July 1994 – August 1996 |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Toshiki Hirano |
| Produced by | Hiroshi Kato Shin'ichi Hirai Shirō Sasaki |
| Written by | Akiyoshi Sakai |
| Music by | Takashi Kudō |
| Studio | Victor Entertainment Ashi Productions Big West Advertising Tomy |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | October 23, 1996 – December 18, 1996 (cancelled) |
| Runtime | 45 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 2 (10 were planned) |
| Manga | |
| Exoskull Zero | |
| Written by | Takayuki Yamaguchi |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Magazine | Champion Red |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 2010 – 2015 |
| Volumes | 8 |
Apocalypse Zero, known in Japan as Encouragement of Resolve (覚悟のススメ, Kakugo no Susume), is a manga series written and illustrated by Takayuki Yamaguchi. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion from July 1994 to August 1996.
The manga was adapted into a two episode original video animation in 1996, animated by Ashi Productions and produced by Big West Advertising, Victor Entertainment and Tomy.