Swordplay/Modern/Samurai 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.

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.

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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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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.

Ashita no Yoichi! Rent See Asu no Yoichi!

Asu no Yoichi!
Rent Having been raised and trained for the past sixteen years as a traditional samurai 'bushi', Yoichi was surprised when his father suddenly announces that there nothing more that he could teach his son, but he arranges for Yoichi to continue training at a dojo owned by one of their relatives. So now Yoichi must leave the tranquility of his remote rural mountain life and move to the city to live with his uncle's family to continue his studies. And if learning how to cope with city life were not hard enough, he finds himself living with 4 beautiful sisters and having to endure a ‘training’ regiment more severe than he could ever image.....
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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.
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Labyrinth Of Flames Rent See Honoo no Labyrinth
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Mountain Summit Rent See Asu no Yoichi!
アフロサムライ:RESURRECTION (Japanese) Watch See Afro Samurai: Resurrection
明日のよいち! Rent See Asu no Yoichi!
Genre
Action(3) Action Comedy(2) Comedy(3) Drama(3)
Parody(1) Romance(1) Romantic Comedy(2) Tragedy(1)
Setting
Sci-Fi(1)
Demographic
Seinen(1) Shounen(1)
Style
Silly-funny(1)
Keywords
Adventure(1) Coming of Age(1) Dark(1) Dating Sim Spinoff(1)
Depression(2) Ecchi(3) Epic(1) Erotic Comedy(1)
Fan Service(3) Fighting(2) Harem(1) High School(2)
Magic(1) Martial Arts(2) Ninja(1) Sequel(1)
Supernatural(2) Violent(1) Vulgar(1) War(1)
Type
Movie(1) OVA(1) TV(2)
Release Year
2009(2) 2005(1) 2000(1)

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