Samurai: (Characters) (↗samurai = "warrior") Members of this warrior class of feudal Japan (zenith: 12th to 16th century A.D.) should play an important role in an anime of this type.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| G | ||
 Grenadier |
Rent | Once upon a time, in a feudal age Yajirou, a young samurai mercenary loses the battle to rescue the captured lord of a castle. He is helped in his escape by an innocent very beautiful blond woman, who explains to him about an ultimate battle strategy in which one can avoid battle by eliminating the enemy's will to fight. Later that day, they meet again on the battlefield, where she rescues him again, this time from a sniper's bullet. Tendou Rusyuna proves herself to be an enlightened', an expert shot with her pistol. Together they rescue the lord, and form an unlikely team. A master sword-man and expert pistol-woman start an adventure in land torn by the chaos of constant warfare. |
| H | ||
| Hohoemi No Senshi | Rent | See Grenadier |
| O | ||
| Otogi Zushi | Watch | See Otogizoushi |
 Otogizoushi |
Watch | Otogizoushi (japanese for "fairy-tale book") takes place in the mid-Heian period (roughly 1000ad). Kyoto is ravaged by starvation and epidemic, nevertheless the lords and samurai continue their ugly strugles for political supremacy. |
| P | ||
 Peace Maker Kurogane |
Avoid |
Peacemaker Kurogane is the story of Ichimura Tetsunosuke, a 15-year-old boy who lives with his older brother. Set in the mid 19th century when the Shinsengumi were at their height, Tetsunosuke desires nothing more then to join the Shinsegumi - a group of upper-class swordsmen defending the peace in Kyoto - and avenge his parents` murders. |
| Peacemaker | Avoid | See Peace Maker Kurogane |
| S | ||
 Samurai Champloo |
Rent |
Fuu-chan is working as a waitress in a tea shop in the era of the samurai in Japan. She meets Mugen, a strange samurai warrior who looks like he's break dancing when he fights. For 100 dumplings, he agrees to help her when some local thugs, who work for the magistrate's sone, try to cut off her finger. |
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