TV: (Type) All anime series done for TV should go into this slot.
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 |
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| A | ||
 Afro Samurai: Resurrection |
ANN is reporting that a sequel to AFRO SAMURAI is in the works and scheduled for 2009. Animation by GONZO, with Samuel L. Jackson as the executive producer and the voice of the title character. Both Lucy Liu (Charlie's Angels, Kill Bill) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars) have been recruited to provide voices. |
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| Age of Chaos | Buy | See Shura No Toki |
 Air TV |
Buy |
Kunisaki Yukito is a traveler, ever seeking the 'girl in the sky' from a legend passed down in his family. His journey takes him to a small seaside town, where he meets Misuzu, a girl who seems eager to become his friend. A story spanning a thousand years begins to unfold against the background of their peculiar relationship. |
| Ayakashi - Japanese Classic Horror | Buy | See Ayakashi - Japanese Classic Horror |
| B | ||
 Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto |
Watch |
The End of the Edo Era was also the end of the Age of the Samurai. The arrival of the Westerners with their new ways and weapons was generating turmoil and chaos throughout Japan. The members of the Kakunojou Yuuyama Theater Troupe have spent ten years seeking to revenge the death of their Master. At the same time, a ronin named Youriro Akidzuki is searching for the Hasha no Kubi, (or the Head of Conqueror.) – a dangerous mystical treasure that is rumored to assure victory in combat. Their paths cross in the year 1853 in the city of Yokohama, at a time when shadow armies are locked in a struggle for power, control and the future of the country. |
 Basilisk - Kouga Ninpou Chou |
Buy |
The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years. |
| Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls | Buy | See Basilisk - Kouga Ninpou Chou |
| Blade of the Immortal | See Mugen no Juunin | |
| C | ||
| Crazy for Death | See Shigurui | |
| G | ||
 Gintama |
Watch |
Sakata Gintoki is a samurai living in an era when samurais are no longer needed. To add to his troubles, oppressive aliens have moved in to invade. Gintoki lives with Kagura and Shinpachi, taking on odd jobs to make the world a better place...and to pay their rent. |
 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 | ||
 Haou Taikei Ryuu Knight |
Watch |
Adeu the Sonic is a very chivalrous knight who wants to do good and often preaches about what a knight should do. After being robbed by a couple of kids, Adeu finds himself in a western-styled town where the Menchi (meat) brothers are causing trouble with their mecha devices. Adue also has a mecha which he summons, known as Ryu Knight Zephyr. Witnessing his acts of chivary are Paffy-hime, her big traveling companion Izumi, and the ninja Sarutobi (also with Paffy-hime). Because they are travelling in the same direction, Adeu ends up travelling with Paffy-hime's party where he soon discovers that Sarutobi also has a Ryu mecha known as Ryu Ninja Bakuretsumaru. He then discovers that Paffy has Ryu Mage Magidora and that Izumi has Ryu Priest Baurus. Together, this group will fight evil as they take their journey. But just how many people have Ryu-mecha? Will Adeu grow so that he is no longer a baka? |
| Hohoemi No Senshi | Rent | See Grenadier |
| I | ||
| Irohanihoheto | Watch | See Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto |
| J | ||
| Japanese Classic Horror - Ayakashi | Buy | See Ayakashi - Japanese Classic Horror |
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