Swordplay/Modern/Martial+Arts/Fighting Titles

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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.

Modern: (Setting) These are titles which have a modern feel to them; the story takes place in the present day (of the creation of this anime), give or take a few years.

Fighting: (Story/Location) Series whose primary focus is fighting would fit into this segment. (More precise) Subgenres include "Gun-Action", "Martial Arts" and "Swordplay".

Title Rating Synopsis
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Afro Samurai Resurrection Watch See Afro Samurai: Resurrection

Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Watch Late one night, Afro is suddenly attacked by Jinno. However, he is unable to protect himself, and Jinno drags him nearby to his father's grave, where a woman named Sio awaits. She proceeds to take the Number One headband that he possesses, as well as the remains of his dead father's skull. Before leaving, she tells him to seek and obtain the Number Two headband, if he wants the right to take back his father's remains. With that, Afro must once again embark on a path of violence in order to let his father rest in peace once again. (Source: ANN)
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Crow Buy See Karas
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Escuela de Escorpiones (Spanish) Watch See Volcano High
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Honoo no Labyrinth
Rent Galan is a strangely troubled university student who is a big samurai fan, and when a fellow student, the lady Natsu gives him an ancient Japanese short sword as a gift, he can only geek-out with joy. And when the lady Natsu invites him to visit her hometown, a traditional Japanese village located in Russia, Galan can only answer yes. But what Galan has not yet been told is that his college lady-friend is a princess in the village and her gift is a betrothal heirloom.
Hwasango (Korean) Watch See Volcano High
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Karas
Buy At a future time in the city of Shijuku, a series of strange murders befuddle the police. The victims were attacked in a public place and their bodies were drained of their fluids and are badly desiccated. But just out of sight of everyone, a strange battle goes on. The previous Karas has gone renegade and begins to take revenge on those he used to protect. A new Karas, the guardian of the town, has been chosen and the battle between them has begun.
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Labyrinth Of Flames Rent See Honoo no Labyrinth
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Triangle Heart Watch See Triangle Heart - Sweet Songs Forever (OAV)

Triangle Heart - Sweet Songs Forever (OAV)
Watch Fiasse Crystera is the headmistress at the Crystera Song School in England. She and the school have been receiving threatening letters, some promising to kill Fiasse. As such, the school hires the McGaren Security Service Firm, run by Fiasse's childhood friend Elise McGaren, to help protect her. In addition, Fiasse wants two other friends of hers to help protect her -- Takamachi Miyuki and her brother Kyouya. Kyouya is an instructor at the Fuwa Mikami School in Japan and his sister is an expert swordswoman.
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Volcano High
Watch After being expelled from his previous school, Kim Kyung Soo is sent to "Volcano High" where he hopes he will be able to control his supernatural powers along with students with similar abilities. Before long he is exchanging blows with the local bully, trying to win the affections of the school beauty, and all the while fighting off the five lords of discipline, five vigilante teachers set out to control even the most disorderly of students. (Source: ANN)
とらいあんぐるハート -Sweet Songs Forever- Watch See Triangle Heart - Sweet Songs Forever (OAV)
アフロサムライ:RESURRECTION (Japanese) Watch See Afro Samurai: Resurrection
火山高 (Japanese) Watch See Volcano High
鴉 -KARAS- Buy See Karas
Genre
Action(5) Action Comedy(1) Comedy(3) Drama(4)
Mystery(1) Parody(1) Romance(1) Romantic Comedy(1)
Suspense(1)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Sci-Fi(2)
Demographic
Seinen(1)
Style
Silly-funny(1) Surreal(1) Weird(1)
Keywords
Adventure(1) Dark(2) Depression(1) Ecchi(2)
Epic(1) Fan Service(2) Friendship(1) High School(1)
Live Action(1) Martial Arts(2) Mecha(1) Music(1)
Ninja(1) Samurai(2) Sequel(1) Supernatural(2)
Video-game inspired(1) Violent(4) Vulgar(1)
Type
Movie(2) OVA(3)
Release Year
2009(1) 2005(1) 2003(1) 2001(1) 2000(1)
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