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.
Action Drama: (Genre) Much like "Action" (lots of shooting, explosions, and the like) except it has "Drama" thrown in as well.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
 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. |
| B | ||
 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 |
| 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. |
| K | ||
 Kidou Shinsengumi Moeyo Ken TV |
Avoid |
Lost in a very strange time in the Meiji Era, when old feudal Japan was being changed by the influences of the west and when youkai could openly walk the streets, three daughters of former samurai struggle to keep the peace of Kyoto. The arrival of Ryuunosuke, the son of the owner of the company they work for, would normally be a harbinger of much good fortune, or is it? |
| M | ||
| Moeyoken TV | Avoid | See Kidou Shinsengumi Moeyo Ken TV |
| 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. |
| 銀魂[ぎんたま] (Japanese) | Watch | See Gintama |
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