OVA/Drama/Samurai Titles

OVA: (Type) OVA = Original Video Animation. These are the direct-to-video anime titles done in Japan. Often, OVAs can start a franchise (Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki), start a TV series (Mahou Tsukai Tai!), be a sequel to a TV series (Love Hina Again), or be a stand-alone title (Aa! Megami-sama! OVA). Sometimes, the OAVs are named the same as the TV series and thus will sometimes have the term OVA listed after the title's name to separate it.

Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".

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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Densetsu Sanada Juu Yuushi Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu		See Sanada10
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Hakkenden	Rent	The Eight Dog Warriors: Eight [samurai] warriors of differing pasts and common tragedy must unite and restore the honor of their spiritual mother's clan.
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Legend of the Eight Dog Warriors	Rent	See Hakkenden
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New Legend of the Heroes of the Warring Nations - The Ten Sanada Brave Soldiers		See Sanada10
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Rurouni Kenshin OVA 1	Buy	See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen	Buy	This is the story of a man stained with blood and of the woman who could save him from himself. The dark and tragic prequel to Rurouni Kenshin, which tells the tale of the Hitokiri Battousai, before he became the cheerful wanderer of the series. The love of one woman redeemed him, but at a terrible price...
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Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal	Buy	See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen
Sanada10		In Tensho Era 10 (AD. 1583), when Oda Nobunaga sent his troops to conquer Takeda territory in Shinshu, a meteor fell in Toriitoge on the border of Joshu. In a crater made by the meteor, there was a baby, and he was named Sarutobi Sasuke. His talent was appreciated by Sanada Nobushige (Sanada Yukimura), and he became a master of Ninja.
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The Hakkenden	Rent	See Hakkenden
The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors	Rent	See Hakkenden
るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- 追憶編	Buy	See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen

Genre Action(2) Romance(1) Tragedy(1) Setting Fantasy(1) Historical(3) Demographic Style Keywords Dark(1) Epic(1) Ninja(1) Soul Mates(1) Swordplay(2) Violent(1) Type Release Year 2005(1) 1999(1)