What is Alternative Past anime?

An anime that takes place in an alternative past is an anime that clearly does not belong to the future or the present, and isn't tied particularly closely to our history, or has ties to our history but only as a premise: there are too many things that don't make sense for the time-period. In some cases there is futuristic technology present, but the overall setting still feels that of the past. However the setting must still take place on Earth, since we can not know if the history of a fantasy world is an alternate one or not.

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Naze Boku no Sekai wo Daremo Oboeteinai no ka?

(Why nobody remembers my world?)

Description:

"Why does no one remembers the true world...!" The era when the great race of the five tribes competing for hegemony on the ground ended with the victory of mankind led by hero Sid. However, that world was suddenly "overwritten" in front of a boy Kai. In the rewritten world, Kai saw the scene where humans lost to the five tribal wars because of the absence of hero Sid—here dragons and demons dominate the ground, and Kai is a forgotten existence from all human beings. However, after encountering the mysterious girl Rinne, Kai decides to break this rewritten destiny. In a world without heroes, he inherits the hero's sword and martial art and challenges the mighty enemy races who reign.

Type

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

upcoming

Aired

2024-07-31

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Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 3

(Princess Principal: Crown Handler 3)

7.74

Description:

The third out of six movie sequels to the TV series.

Type

movie

Episodes

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-04-07

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Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen - MEMORIAL EDITION

(Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition)

7.89

Description:

Kentaro Miura's legendary series returns in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition. The lone mercenary Guts travels in a land where a century-old war is raging. His ferocity and skill in battle attract the attention of Griffith, the leader of a group of mercenaries called the Band of the Hawk. Guts becomes Griffith’s closest ally and confidant, but despite all their victories, Guts begins to question why he fights for another man’s dream of ruling his own kingdom. Unknown to Guts, Griffith’s unyielding ambition is about to bestow a horrible fate on them both. (Source: Crunchyroll, Viz Media) Note: This is a TV broadcast of the Golden Age film trilogy, with hundreds of new cuts including the "Bonfire of Dreams" scene and new music by Susumu Hirasawa and Shiro Sagisu.

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

25 Min

Rating

Mild Nudity

Status

finished

Aired

2022-10-01

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Primal Season 2

Description:

The second season of Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal. Emmy Award-winning Primal returns for a new season that leads Spear and Fang on bigger, more brutal adventures than ever before.

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

21 Min

Rating

Violence

Status

finished

Aired

2022-07-22

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Bright: Samurai Soul

(Bright: Samurai Soul)

6.21

Description:

Izo, a Ronin, and Raiden, an orc, work to bring a young elf girl and the wand she carries to the land of the elves in the north. (Source: Netflix)

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

80 Min

Rating

17+

Status

finished

Aired

2021-10-12

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Hanyou no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi - Ni no Shou

(Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon: The Second Act)

7.29

Description:

Season 2 of Hanyou no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi.

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-10-02

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Princess Principal: Crown Handler Movie 1 - Busy Easy Money

(Princess Principal: Crown Handler Movie 1 - Busy Easy Money)

7.36

Description:

An anime short included with the Princess Principal: Crown Handler Chapter 1 Blu-ray disc.

Type

special

Episodes

Ep.Length

6 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-09-28

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Princess Principal: Crown Handler 2

(Princess Principal: Crown Handler 2)

7.56

Description:

The second out of six movie sequels to the TV series.

Type

movie

Episodes

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2021-09-23

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Fena: Pirate Princess

(Fena: Pirate Princess)

7.22

Description:

Fena Houtman is a young orphan girl that has been raised on an Island where there is no hope of becoming anything more than a chattel, to be used and discarded by soldiers of the British Empire. But Fena is more than just another powerless orphan. When her mysterious past comes knocking, Fena will break the chains of her oppressors. Her goal: forge a new identity, free of bondage, and search for a place where she can truly belong and find out the true mysteries behind a keyword, "Eden." It is the story of a lifetime adventure she and her crew of misfits and unlikely allies will have, in pursuit of her goals! (Source: Crunchyroll)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-08-14

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White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake

(White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake)

7.38

Description:

While trying to free her sister from Fahai's clutches, Xiao Qing winds up in a dystopian city and meets a mysterious man who can't recall his past life. (Source: Netflix)

Type

movie

Episodes

Ep.Length

116 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-07-23

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Youjo Senki: Sabaku no Pasta Dai Sakusen

(Saga of Tanya the Evil: Operation Desert Pasta)

7.56

Description:

The 203rd Air Mage Battalion led by Tanya is forced to fight in the southern desert, the front line. In an effort to provide some food for the harsh conditions, Colonel Rerugen sent dried pasta to the battlefield. Will Tanya and the others be able to eat the delicious pasta under the conditions of water shortage? (Source: AniDB)

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

17 Min

Rating

17+ (Violence & Profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2021-06-19

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Jouran: The Princess of Snow and Blood

(Jouran: The Princess of Snow and Blood)

6.08

Description:

The anime is set in an alternate history Japan in 1931, with the Tokugawa shogunate never abolished and the Meiji emperor never restored to power. The anime will follow the activities of "Nue," an organization of shogunate executioners who enforce government rule. The story description contains intentional historical discrepancies: noting the year as the 64th year of the Meiji era (the Meiji era only lasted 45 years up to 1912), and mentioning Tokugawa Yoshinobu as reigning shogun (Tokugawa Yoshinobu died in 1913). (Source: Anime News Network)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

22 Min

Rating

Violence

Status

finished

Aired

2021-03-31

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Princess Principal Crown Handler 1

(Princess Principal Crown Handler 1)

7.63

Description:

The film is set in London at the end of the 19th century and after the attempted assassination of the Imperial princess in the television anime. The Empire is increasing counter-spy actions in the wake of the incident, and finds Control, the Commonwealth group in charge of covert operations against the Empire, at unease and suspecting its spy within the royal family as a double agent. Control assigns their spy ring Dove with a new mission to extract a secondhand bookstore owner and deliver him to Commonwealth hands. Ange, Dorothy, and Chise successfully spring the bookstore owner from an Imperial prison. Control also assigns Dove to make contact with Bishop, their spy within the royal family, to ascertain their loyalties. (Source: ANN)

Type

movie

Episodes

Ep.Length

0 Min

Rating

Violence, Profanity

Status

finished

Aired

2021-02-11

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Shin Chuuka Ichiban! 2nd Season

(True Cooking Master Boy Season 2)

7.12

Description:

The second season of Shin Chuuka Ichiban!

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-01-11

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Hanyou no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi

(Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon)

6.99

Description:

The daughters of Sesshomaru and Inuyasha set out on a journey transcending time!In Feudal Japan, Half-Demon twins Towa and Setsuna are separated from each other during a forest fire. While desperately searching for her younger sister, Towa wanders into a mysterious tunnel that sends her into present-day Japan, where she is found and raised by Kagome Higurashi's brother, Sota, and his family.Ten years later, the tunnel that connects the two eras has reopened, allowing Towa to be reunited with Setsuna, who is now a Demon Slayer working for Kohaku. But to Towa's shock, Setsuna appears to have lost all memories of her older sister.Joined by Moroha, the daughter of Inuyasha and Kagome, the three young women travel between the two eras on an adventure to regain their missing past.(Source: VIZ)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2020-10-03

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Sakura Kakumei: Hana Saku Otome-tachi

(Sakura Revolution - Flower Blooming Midens)

Description:

A special anime based on the beginning of iOS/Android RPG by the same name. (Source: AniDB)

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2020-09-02

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Appare-Ranman!

7.31

Description:

The story is set at the end of the 19th century and on the eve of the next one. After a certain mishap, the brilliant but socially inept engineer Sorano Appare (family name first) and the shrewd but cowardly samurai Isshiki Kosame find themselves drifting on a boat from Japan to America. Broke, the two decide to compete in the Trans-America Wild Race to win the prize and return to Japan. The two battle crazy rivals, outlaws, and the great outdoors itself as they race through the wild West from the starting line in Los Angeles to the finish line in New York — in the steam-powered car they built. (Source: ANN)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

23 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2020-04-10

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Shin Sakura Taisen The Animation

(Sakura Wars The Animation)

5.88

Description:

Based on Sega Games's cross-genre video game Shin Sakura Taisen. The sixth mainline entry and a soft reboot of the Sakura Taisen (Sakura Wars) series. In 1930, two years after the events of So Long, My Love, the Great Demon War results in the annihilation of the Imperial, Paris and New York Combat Revues' Flower Divisions. With Earth at peace and the revues' actions becoming public, the World Combat Revue Organization is formed with several international divisions; a biennial international Combat Revue tournament has been organized. Ten years later in 1940, Imperial Japanese Navy captain Kamiyama Seijuurou is assigned as the captain of the new Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division in Tokyo, which consists of: Amamiya Sakura, a swordswoman and new recruit; Shinonome Hatsuho, a shrine maiden and the most popular actress; Anastasia Palma, a newly-transferred Greek actress; Mochizuki Azami, a ninja prodigy from the Mochizuki clan; and Clarissa "Clarise" Snowflake, a Luxembourgian noblewoman. The division once again faces a new demon invasion and participates in the upcoming tournament–while trying to keep their home at the Imperial Theater open. (Source: Wikipedia and AniDB)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2020-04-03

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Shin Chuuka Ichiban!

(True Cooking Master Boy)

6.69

Description:

During the 19th century China, the protagonist, Liu Maoxing, wins the title of Super Chef and is the youngest to do so in history. His master, Zhou Yu, suggests that he broaden his skills as a chef even more, so he goes on a journey around China with his friends Shirou and Meili. Mao’s mother, Bei, had wished for everyone’s happiness and fought against the Underground Cooking Society. In order to continue his mother’s wishes and protect the Legendary Cooking Utensils from the Underground Cooking Society, Mao and his friends go on a journey... (Source: Crunchyroll)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2019-10-12

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Primal

Description:

A caveman at the dawn of evolution and a dinosaur on the brink of extinction are bonded by tragedy. This unlikely friendship becomes the only hope of survival in a violent, primordial world. (Source: Max)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

21 Min

Rating

Violence

Status

finished

Aired

2019-10-08

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