Desert Punk

Desert Punk (砂ぼうず Sunabōzu) is a manga series written and illustrated by Masatoshi Usune, and was originally serialized in Enterbrain's Comic Beam from August 1997 to November 2020, with a total of 22 volumes. An animated television series based on the manga aired in Japan from October 4, 2004, to March 28, 2005, with a total of 24 episodes produced by GONZO. Funimation licensed the series in North America in 2005.

Plot
The story takes place in the far future due to a global nuclear catastrophe (before the Dark Age) that turns the entire earth into a barren desert. The surviving humans create a government called the Oasis Government, and the rest of humanity is left outside the Oasis in the desert to fend for themselves. The main character is a mercenary famously known as Desert Punk (real name: Kanta Mizuno), and he is known for being quite skilled and always finishing jobs given to him. Throughout the series, Desert Punk meets new friends and enemies, and he eventually takes on an apprentice named Kosuna, who wants to become a great mercenary just like him and also be the desert's number one skilled beauty.