Swordplay/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.

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
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Based on a doujinshi written by Takashi Okazaki in the late 90's, Afro Samurai is a creative collaboration between Samuel L. Jackson, Takashi Okazaki and the Japanese animation company Gonzo, a division of GDH, with the intentions of creating an anime series for US and Japanese markets. Scheduled to premiere on Spike TV (a US cable station). With the Academy Award-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson already signed on to co-produce and to do the lead character's voice, this is a first in a potentially interesting trend.

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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Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
Watch The End of the Edo Era was also the end of the Age of the Samurai. The arrival of the Westerners with their new ways and weapons was generating turmoil and chaos throughout Japan. The members of the Kakunojou Yuuyama Theater Troupe have spent ten years seeking to revenge the death of their Master. At the same time, a ronin named Youriro Akidzuki is searching for the Hasha no Kubi, (or the Head of Conqueror.) – a dangerous mystical treasure that is rumored to assure victory in combat. Their paths cross in the year 1853 in the city of Yokohama, at a time when shadow armies are locked in a struggle for power, control and the future of the country.
Basilisk Buy See Basilisk - Kouga Ninpou Chou

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
Blade of the Immortal Buy See Mugen no Juunin
C
Carried By The Wind Rent See Tsukikage Ran
Crazy for Death See Shigurui
D
Densetsu Sanada Juu Yuushi Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu See Sanada10
H

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.
Genre
Action(18) Action Comedy(2) Comedy(4) Drama(10)
Horror(1) Mystery(1) Parody(1) Romance(4)
Romantic Comedy(2) Tragedy(2)
Setting
Fantasy(5) Historical(10) Modern(4) Sci-Fi(3)
Demographic
Seinen(3) Shounen(1)
Style
Acquired Taste(2) Creepy(1) Silly-funny(1) Surreal(1)
Weird(1)
Keywords
Adventure(4) Coming of Age(1) Dark(4) Dating Sim Spinoff(1)
Depression(2) Ecchi(3) Epic(3) Erotic Comedy(1)
Fan Service(5) Fighting(7) Gun-action(1) Harem(1)
High School(3) Magic(1) Martial Arts(5) Mecha(1)
Ninja(6) Pantsu(1) Sequel(1) Soul Mates(2)
Supernatural(3) Underworld(1) Vampires(1) Violent(7)
Vulgar(1) War(1)
Type
Movie(3) OVA(4) TV(13) TV Special(1)
Release Year
2010(1) 2009(2) 2008(2) 2007(3) 2006(2) 2005(4) 2004(1) 2002(1)
2001(2) 2000(2) 1999(1)
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