Action: (Genre) Lots of shooting, explosions, and the like. Contains subcategories of more specific types such as "Gun-Action", "Martial Arts", and "Swordplay"; see also: "Fighting".
Action Drama: (Genre) Much like "Action" (lots of shooting, explosions, and the like) except it has "Drama" thrown in as well.
Historical: (Setting) Self-explanatory. This should be a title rooted in historical events.
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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| 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. |
| 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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