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Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto

(Intrigue in the Bakumatsu: Irohanihoheto)

7.02

Description:

In the final years of the Bakumatsu, wandering mercenary Yojiro Akizuki travels the length and breadth of Japan. And while he employs his sword in the usual fashion, he also uses it to help him locate supernatural items which he pursues with single-minded determination, often with bloody results. In the course of his quest, he crosses paths with a traveling theater group whose members have their own dark agenda. Is it a chance meeting or the result of some, as yet, undiscovered conspiracy? (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Type

ONA

Episodes

26

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2006-10-06

Hyouge Mono

7.69

Description:

The story is set during Japan's Sengoku Jidai (Era of the Warring States) and centers on Furuta Sasuke, a vassal of the great warlord Oda Nobunaga and a man obsessed with tea ceremony and material desires in his pursuit of a fortuitous life. Having learned from Oda and the legendary tea master Sen no Soueki, Furuta walks the way of the Hyouge Mono. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

39

Ep.Length

25 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2011-04-07

Juubee Ninpuuchou: Ryuuhougyoku-hen

(Ninja Scroll: The Series)

6.74

Description:

Fourteen years after defeating the immortal warrior Himuro Genma and thwarting the Shogun of the Dark's evil plans, Kibagami Jubei continues to roam all over Japan as a masterless swordsman. During his journey, he meets Shigure, a priestess who has never seen the world outside her village. But when a group of demons destroys the village and kills everyone, Jubei becomes a prime target after acquiring the Dragon Jewel—a stone with an unknown origin. Meanwhile, Shigure—along with the monk Dakuan and a young thief named Tsubute—travels to the village of Yagyu. And with two demon clans now hunting down Shigure, Dakuan must once again acquire the services of Jubei to protect the Priestess of Light. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2003-04-15

Gintama: Yorinuki Gintama-san on Theater 2D

7.87

Description:

Demonic Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi, Toushirou Hijikata, acquires a cursed sword—one which completely rewrites his personality, morphing him from a hard-boiled, no-nonsense cop into a hopeless otaku. As he struggles to break the curse, an ambitious new member of the police force, Itou Kamotarou, seizes the opportunity to depose Hijikata in his bid for power within the organization. However, Itou's scheme is revealed to be more devious than anyone imagined, and the very existence of the Shinsengumi is thrown into peril. In another time and place, the Yorozuya squad is suddenly greeted by a potential new recruit. Before them is a mysterious young woman named Pirako Doromizu who hides a penchant for extreme violence behind her smiling, enthusiastic exterior. However, unbeknownst to Gintoki and the others, Pirako has strong ties to one of the ruling figures of the Kabuki district of Edo, and her arrival sets off a chain reaction that throws the inhabitants of the district into a civil war. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Type

movie

Episodes

2

Ep.Length

96 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2012-08-26

Fuse: Teppou Musume no Torimonochou

(Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress)

7.14

Description:

In Kyokutei Bakin's classic Japanese epic novel Nansou Satomi Hakkenden, eight samurai serve the Satomi clan during Japan's tumultuous Sengoku (Warring States) era. The Edo-era samurai are the reincarnations of the spirits that Princess Fuse mothered with a dog named Yatsufusa. In Fuse Gansaku: Satomi Hakkenden, the female hunter Hamaji comes to her brother in order to hunt Fuse. Thus, the karmic cycle of retribution that began long ago with the Satomi family begins anew. (Source: ANN)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

109 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2012-10-20

Sengoku Basara Movie: The Last Party

(Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Movie)

7.53

Description:

The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan. (Source: ANN)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

93 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2011-06-04

Sengoku Collection

(Sengoku Collection)

6.2

Description:

Sengoku Collection revolves around many samurai who are accidentally removed from a parallel universe inhabited by well-known historic characters. Unlike the historical war period known to us, all inhabitants in this unique world look like high school girls. Coming from the medieval era and finding themselves totally amazed by everything they encounter in modern day Tokyo, the girls become best friends through their adventures. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

26

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2012-04-06

Gintama: THE SEMI-FINAL

8.11

Description:

New special that will tie into the third new Gintama anime film. (Source: Anime News Network)
Type

special

Episodes

2

Status

finished

Aired

2021-01-15

Gun-dou Musashi

(Gun Samurai)

5.65

Description:

The adventures of a whiny teenage Miyamoto Musashi, his electro-sword and demon-sealing revolvers, and his quest to win the love of the beautiful Kaguyahime. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

26

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2006-04-09

Hakuouki Movie 1: Kyoto Ranbu

(Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ Wild Dance of Kyoto)

7.67

Description:

Chizuru Yukimura has come to Kyoto looking for her father, a doctor who has gone missing. While there, she witnesses a fight between an Oni and the Shinsengumi. Taking her into custody, the Shinsengumi debates on what to do with Chizuru, when they discover that she is the daughter of the doctor for whom they are also looking. The Shinsengumi then take Chizuru along on their search after the missing doctor, from adventure to adventure. (Source: ANN)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

95 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2013-08-24

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Shin Kyoto-hen

(Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc)

6.92

Description:

A large scale remake of the time after Kenshin leaves Tokyo up until before the inferno of Kyoto.
Type

OVA

Episodes

2

Ep.Length

46 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2011-12-17

Hakuouki Sekkaroku

(Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ A Memory of Snow Flowers)

7.62

Description:

This OVA takes place in between episodes 8 and 9 of the first season of Hakuouki. Yukimura Chizuru goes on a reconnaissance mission in Shimabara as a geiko for the Shinsengumi. Each episode unfolds the events of the days leading up to, during, and after the operation. It intermittently reveals each captain's involvement as well as that of a few demons in the affair. Each individual episode primarily focuses from the third person perspectives of: Okita Souji, Saito Hajime, Harada Sanosuke, Toudou Heisuke, Hijikata Toshizo, and Kazama Chikage.
Type

OVA

Episodes

6

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2011-08-05

Drifters: Special Edition

7.6

Description:

Bundled with the fifth manga volume.Contains edited footage of the first two episodes.
Type

OVA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

41 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2016-06-06

Sengoku Basara: Judge End

(Sengoku BASARA: End of Judgement)

6.76

Description:

Based on CAPCOM's 2010 game Sengoku Basara 3 (Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes), Sengoku Basara: Judge End will depict the epic Battle of Sekigahara. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2014-07-06

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023)

(Rurouni Kenshin (2023))

7.63

Description:

During the upheaval of the Bakumatsu Era, there was an Imperialist warrior feared as the "Hitokiri Battosai." However, upon the arrival of the new era the Battosai disappeared from the public eye, leaving behind just his legend of the strongest Revolutionary warrior. Years later in downtown Tokyo, on the 11th year of Meiji. Kenshin Himura, a traveling swordsman who vowed to never kill again on the sakabato (reverse blade sword) he carries on his hip, meets Kaoru Kamiya, the head instructor of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu sword style. Kenshin solves the case of a crossroad killer who was tarnishing the name of the Kasshin-ryu while claiming to be the "Hitokiri Battosai," which then leads to Kaoru offering to have the wanderer stay at her dojo. Follow Kenshin's journey as he makes treasured friendships with Yahiko Myojin, a descendent of a samurai-class family in Tokyo, and Sanosuke Sagara, a fighter for hire, and faces off against various foes who have unfinished business from Kenshin's past. The curtains have opened on the inspiring tale of a swordsman, and the resolute people surrounding him, living in the new Meiji Era. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

24

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-07-06

REVENGER

(REVENGER)

6.82

Description:

As master assassin Usui Yuen looks into a series of assassinations made on the grand samurai clan, the Satsuma, he encounters Kurima Raizo, member and survivor of one of the attacks. Together, they discover the true nature of these murders is bigger than over stolen resources. As they get closer to the truth, will they come out alive to exact revenge? (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

violence & profanity

Status

finished

Aired

2023-01-05

Gintama°: Umai-mono wa Atomawashi ni Suru to Yokodorisareru kara Yappari Saki ni Kue

7.73

Description:

The Gintama crew gets together to present a preview for the upcoming arc, the biggest ever in the anime's history, and also discuss the difficulties involved in producing one mid-season. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

special

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

12 Min

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

2015-11-03

Kage kara Mamoru!

(Guardian Ninja Mamoru)

6.62

Description:

Kagemori Mamoru is a dowdy boy whose hair is disheveled and who wears thick glasses, but he is actually the son of a ninja family. They have protected their neighbors, the Konnyaku family, secretly for 400 years. Mamoru has personally protected their daughter, Konnyaku Yuuna, since they were in kindergarten. When Yuuna is in trouble, Mamoru puts on ninja suit and turns into a competent ninja to help her.
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2006-01-08

Wolverine

(Wolverine)

5.91

Description:

Logan learns that his girlfriend, Mariko Yashida, who disappeared a year ago, has been taken to Tokyo by her father Shingen, who is the head of a Japanese crime syndicate and a supplier of AIM. He then decides to head to Japan to find her and take her back, no matter what.
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2011-01-07

Sengoku Musou

6.21

Description:

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is on the verge of unifying the realm, and all that remains is the Odawara Castle protected by the "Lion of Sagami" Ujiyasu Houjou. Hideyoshi's personally trained generals—Ishida Mitsunari, Katou Kiyomasa, and Fukushima Masanori—as well as Ootani Yoshitsugu, Shima Sakon, and Naoe Kanetsugu are all on the frontline of the battle. Amidst the battle formation are the two young warriors of the Sanada household: older brother Nobuyuki and younger brother Yukimura. As the stalemate begins to break down, Sanada Yukimura rides on a lone horse into the fray. His brother follows him right after. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2015-01-12

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