Drama/Historical/Adventure/Swordplay Titles

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

Historical: (Setting) Self-explanatory. This should be a title rooted in historical events.

Adventure: (Genre) Titles where the characters are involved in an undertaking usually involving danger and unknown risks.

Swordplay: (Story/Location) A subcategory of "Action". This is about the art or skill of wielding a sword, esp. in fencing. Entries in this category should contain the use of swords to a large extent in scenes.

Title Rating Synopsis
J
Juuni Kokuki Buy See Twelve Kingdoms
R
Record of 12 Kingdoms Buy See Twelve Kingdoms
Rurouni Kenshin Buy See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
Buy

Kenshin Himura, better known as Hitokiri Battousai, has made an oath to never kill again. To atone for his past actions he has become a wanderer who uses a reverse-blade sword to help people.

Rurouni Kenshin: Romance of a Meiji Swordsman Buy See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
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.

Samurai X Buy See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
T

Twelve Kingdoms
Buy This is about a Japanese girl named Nakajima Yoko who is taken away to another world by a mysterious man, but is separated from him and is soon confronted by the natives. She experiences a large number of tribulations and this story is about what she does and how she grows as a person because of what she goes though. This anime has action, adventure, great music, and wonderfully illustrated moral lessons. Many modern issues are also addressed, including race, politics, etc.
るろうに剣心―明治剣客浪漫譚 Buy See Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
十二国記 Buy See Twelve Kingdoms
Genre
Action(2) Action Comedy(1) Comedy(1) Romance(1)
Suspense(1)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Modern(1)
Demographic
Seinen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(1)
Keywords
Epic(1) Fan Service(1) Martial Arts(1) Ninja(1)
Samurai(1) Violent(1) War(1)
Type
TV(3)
Release Year
2005(1) 2004(1) 2003(1) 2002(1) 1996(1)

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