What is Historical manga?

Historical anime have clear ties to our history and usually occur in a particular epoch.

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Kozure Ookami

(Lone Wolf & Cub)

8.17

Description:

In the feudal era of Japan, Ogami Itto is the elite executioner for the Shogun until the ruthless Yagyu clan frames him in an attempt to gain the position. His name dishonored and his wife murdered, Itto and his infant son Daigoro wander Japan as assassin for hire Lone Wolf and Cub. Ultimately, Ogami Itto strives for revenge against the Yagyu clan. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

28

Chapters

142

Status

finished

Started

1970-09-01

Omoide Emanon

(Memories of Emanon)

7.91

Description:

Based on the award-winning novel by Shinji Kajio, Memories of Emanon tells the story of a mysterious girl who holds a 3-billion-year old memory, dating back to the moment life first appeared on Earth. (Source: Kotonoha)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

9

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2006-09-19

Vanitas no Carte

(The Case Study of Vanitas)

8.2

Description:

Rumors revolving around The Book of Vanitas, a clockwork grimoire of dubious reputation, draw Noé, a young vampire in search of a friend's salvation, to Paris. What awaits him in the City of Flowers, however, is not long hours treading the pavement or rifling through dusty bookshops in search of the tome. Instead, his quarry comes to him...in the arms of a man claiming to be a vampire doctor! Thrust into a conflict that threatens the peace between humans and vampires, will Noé cast in his lot with the curious and slightly unbalanced Vanitas and his quest to save vampirekind? (Source: Yen Press)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2015-12-22

Beware of the Villainess!

(Beware of the Villainess!)

8.19

Description:

A refreshing, unique villainess who's been dropped in the world of a novel, only to overthrow it all! The reason why? She couldn't just stand by and watch the female lead be manipulated by all four shitty male leads. The story of a villainess, who intends to throw out all the jackasses, and a wolf that only yearns for her! (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

128

Status

finished

Started

2020-04-13

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

(The Apothecary Diaries)

8.34

Description:

In the imperial court, a young woman is put into servitude, Maomao. The tale is just beginning for the woman doctor/pharmacist from the red-light district, as rumors circulate about the emperor's children's lives being short-lived. Her curious nature and thirst for knowledge pushes her to action. To satisfy her curiosity, this young doctor/pharmacist will investigate the origin! What is shifting in the imperial court..!? (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2017-05-25

Billy Bat

8.2

Description:

The story is set in 1949 and follows Japanese-American comic book artist Kevin Yamagata as he draws the popular detective series "Billy Bat" for "Marble Comics." When he learns he may have unconsciously copied the character from an image he saw while serving in occupied Japan, he returns to Japan to get permission to use Billy Bat from its original creator. Upon arriving there, however, he becomes embroiled in a web of murder, cover-ups, and prophecy that all leads back to Billy Bat. It is soon evident, however, that the truth of Billy Bat's nature is far larger than Kevin could ever guess, spanning millennia and across the world. (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

manga

Volumes

20

Chapters

165

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2008-10-16

Spice & Wolf

(Spice & Wolf)

8.23

Description:

With his carthorse as his only companion, the young merchant Kraft Lawrence slowly wends his way through dusty back roads in search of profitable trade. But this monotony screeches to a halt when, one night, he encounters a harvest goddess in the guise of a beautiful young girl…with wolf ears and a tail! Longing for the northern lands of her birth, Holo the Wisewolf joins Lawrence as he follows the ebb and flow of trade through the countryside. And when the two come across a compelling but suspicious opportunity for profit, will Lawrence with his mercantile chops and Holo with her ancient instincts be able to separate the truth from the lies — and make some coin while they’re at it?! (Source: Yen Press)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Chapters

108

Status

finished

Started

2007-09-27

Hana to Akuma

8.24

Description:

14 Years ago Vivi, the demon, decided to leave the demon realm and come to the human world. There he found an abandoned baby and on a whim decided to keep it. Since then he lives together with Hana...but having a 14 year-old girl around you, is it really that simple? (Source: Osuwari Team)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

58

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2007-10-20

Innocent

()

8.03

Description:

In the 18th century, seeking "freedom and equality", the event that became the starting point of modern French society, the French Revolution, began. There was one more protagonist that lived within the darkness, Henry Charles Sanson. He was the fourth generation family head of the Sanson Family, and executioner of Paris. This is the historie of him nobly facing the harsh fate...
Type

manga

Volumes

9

Chapters

99

Rating

full nudity

Status

finished

Started

2013-01-31

The Remarried Empress

8.18

Description:

Navier was the perfect empress, however, the Emperor wanted a wife, not a colleague. And so, the Emperor abandoned Empress Navier and placed a slave girl beside him. That was fine, until Navier heard the Emperor promise the slave girl the Empress’ position. After much agonizing, Navier decided she would remarry the emperor of the neighboring country. (Source: NovelUpdates)
Type

manhwa

Status

current

Started

2019-10-24

Martial Peak

7.82

Description:

The journey to the martial peak is a lonely, solitary and long one.In the face of adversity,you must survive and remain unyielding.Only then can you break through and and continue on your journey to become the strongest. Sky Tower tests its disciples in the harshest ways to prepare them for this journey.One day the lowly sweeper Yang Kai managed to obtain a black book, setting him on the road to the peak of the martials world.(Source: MU)
Type

manhua

Status

current

Started

2017-06-01

Drifters

()

7.71

Description:

Shimazu Toyohisa, whilst involved at the Battle of Sekigahara, manages to mortally wound Ii Naomasa, but is critically wounded in the process. As he walks from the field broken and bleeding, Toyohisa finds himself transported to a corridor of doors, where a bespectacled man at a desk waits for him. This man, Murasaki, sends Toyohisa into the nearest door where he wakes up in another world. There, Toyohisa meets other great warriors like him who have been transported as well, to be part of a group known as "Drifters". (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Status

current

Started

2009-04-30

Mo Dao Zu Shi

(Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation)

8.21

Description:

As the grandmaster who founded the Demonic Sect, Wei Wuxian roamed the world in his wanton ways, hated by millions for the chaos he created. In the end, he was backstabbed by his dearest shidi and killed by powerful clans that combined to overpower him. He incarnates into the body of a lunatic who was abandoned by his clan and is later, unwillingly, taken away by a famous cultivator among the clans—Lan Wangji, his archenemy. This marks the start of a thrilling yet hilarious journey of attacking monsters, solving mysteries, and raising children. From the mutual flirtation along the way, Wei Wuxian slowly realizes that Lan Wangji, a seemingly haughty and indifferent poker-face, holds more feelings for Wei Wuxian than he is letting on. (Source: MU)
Type

manhua

Chapters

259

Status

finished

Started

2017-12-09

King's Maker

(King's Maker)

8.24

Description:

Wolfgang Goldenleonard, the 4th Prince of the kingdom, returns to the palace after years of living in hiding. He rejects everything about his new royal life, but is intrigued by the mysterious and dutiful Shin Soohyuk, a catamite of the King. As Wolfgang slowly opens up and learns the ways of the palace, Soohyuk begins to see something special about the wild, unkempt, and stubborn young prince. He might just be the one Soohyuk has been waiting for... the one who could light the flame of rebellion. (Source: Lezhin)
Type

manhwa

Volumes

3

Chapters

38

Rating

Mature

Status

finished

Started

2017-04-25

Ningen Shikkaku

(No Longer Human)

7.83

Description:

Yozo Oba is a troubled soul incapable of revealing his true self to others. A weak constitution and the lingering trauma from some abuse administered by a relative forces him to uphold a facade of hollow jocularity since high school. Adaptation of the original work of Dazai Osamu. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

12

Status

finished

Started

2009-02-06

Lady Baby

7.93

Description:

Calliope has suffered through nature's law and many accidents. Her family was murdered and an ongoing war ended her life, but she traveled back in time to when she was born?! While Calliope slowly grows, will she be able to figure out who killed her family and stop them in time? (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

240

Status

finished

Started

2018-09-07

Shin Angyo Onshi

(Blade of the Phantom Master)

8.03

Description:

In Jushin, there once lived secret government agents called the amen osa (or angyō onshi in the Japanese version), who traveled the countryside in disguise. They were charged by the king with finding and punishing corrupt government officials, and bringing justice to the country's citizens. (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

manga

Volumes

17

Chapters

76

Status

finished

Started

2001-01-01

Grashros

6.26

Description:

A story set 30,000 years ago, starring the Cro-Magnon, by the duo behind Kami-sama no Iu Toori. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

47

Rating

Gore, Nudity

Status

finished

Started

2017-07-03

Yu☆Gi☆Oh!

7.54

Description:

10th grader Yugi spent most of his time alone playing games--until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, a mysterious Egyptian artifact! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evil-doers to the Shadow Games--weird games with high stakes and high risks! These graphic novels contain new stories not seen in the anime, including the origin of Yugi and his friends! (Source: Viz)
Type

manga

Volumes

38

Chapters

343

Status

finished

Started

1996-09-17

Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori

(Red River)

8.24

Description:

A seemingly ordinary modern day teenager, Yuri, is suddenly whisked away to the Hittite empire in ancient Anatolia, where an ambitious queen wants the girl for a blood sacrifice in order to murder all heirs but her son, thus seizing control of the throne. Luckily, the timely intervention of Prince Kail saves Yuri from the queen's grasp. Kail promises to send Yuri back to her home, but the queen's persistent schemes to kill them both, plus their growing feelings for each other, keep those plans delayed. (Source: Wikipedia)Included one-shot: Volume 28: Orontes Renka
Type

manga

Volumes

28

Chapters

96

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1995-01-05

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