Best samurai anime
260 anime about samurai, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.6BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai Part 2
ONA · 2026 · 12 ep
BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai Part 2Baki-dou Part 2ONA · 2026 · 12 ep3.6Baki and other warriors like Doppo Orochi, Jack Hanma, and Kaoru Hanayama prepare their return to the arena to prove their brawn in a series of battles that transcends time and space. Who will prevail in the clash between today’s strongest…
3.6Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness
Movie · 1997 · 1 ep
Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of DarknessCrayon Shin-chan Movie 05: Ankoku Tamatama DaitsuisekiMovie · 1997 · 1 ep3.6Shinnosuke found a black marble near a sleeping travestite and Himawari swallows it. That marble is necessary for summoning an evil demon, so the Noharas are chased by some ninja clans.
3.6Precure All Stars Movie DX3: Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai wo Tsunagu☆Nijiiro no Hana
Movie · 2011 · 1 ep
Precure All Stars Movie DX3: Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai wo Tsunagu☆Nijiiro no HanaMovie · 2011 · 1 ep3.6Precure 10th Anniversary Movie and 3rd Precure All Stars DX. Enemies are from all the Precure works.
3.6Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 2
TV · 2010 · 12 ep
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 2Sengoku Basara NiTV · 2010 · 12 ep3.6Japan's toughest warlords are on the move, leading massive armies against their rivals in a thrilling quest for total domination. Wielding insane weaponry and unleashing the elements to boost their already awesome power, these warrior…
3.6Fate/Grand Order CMs
Special · 2014 · 80 ep
Fate/Grand Order CMsFate/Grand OrderSpecial · 2014 · 80 ep3.6Assorted commercials for the Fate/Grand Order mobile RPG. These short animations are aired on TV and posted to Type-Moon's official YouTube channel, and advertise the game itself or promote a new in-game event. The animation is unique to…
3.6Rurouni Kenshin The Movie
Movie · 1997 · 1 ep
Rurouni Kenshin The MovieRurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Ishinshishi e no ChinkonkaMovie · 1997 · 1 ep3.6The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of…
3.6Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Movie
Movie · 2011 · 1 ep
Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The MovieSengoku Basara Movie: The Last PartyMovie · 2011 · 1 ep3.6The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan. (Source: Anime News Network)
3.6HAKUOKI: WILD DANCE OF TOKYO
Movie · 2013 · 1 ep
HAKUOKI: WILD DANCE OF TOKYOHakuouki Movie 1: Kyoto RanbuMovie · 2013 · 1 ep3.6There's a war going on in ancient Kyoto. A war fought in shadows, between the forces of the Shogunate's armed enforcers, the Shinsengumi, and the vampire-like Ronin warriors known as the Rasetsu or Furies. And trapped in the middle is a…
3.6Lupin the 3rd: The Fuma Conspiracy
Movie · 1987 · 1 ep
Lupin the 3rd: The Fuma ConspiracyLupin III: Fuuma Ichizoku no InbouMovie · 1987 · 1 ep3.6Goemon's wedding to Murasaki Inabe, daughter of a samurai clan's leader, is interrupted when the Fuma ninjas attack, kidnapping the bride-to-be and demanding her family's ancient treasure as ransom. Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko work…
3.6Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus
Movie · 1995 · 1 ep
Lupin III: Farewell to NostradamusLupin III: Kutabare! NostradamusMovie · 1995 · 1 ep3.6After a diamond heist in Brazil, Lupin hides the gem in a doll and boards a plane headed out of the country. While on board, the doll is stolen by a little girl named Julia, whose nanny is none other than Fujiko Mine. Before Lupin can get…
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3.6HAKUOKI: WARRIOR SPIRIT OF THE BLUE SKY
Movie · 2014 · 1 ep
HAKUOKI: WARRIOR SPIRIT OF THE BLUE SKYHakuouki Movie 2: Shikon SoukyuuMovie · 2014 · 1 ep3.6The battle at Koufu Castle has been lost, the Furies are no longer restrained by daylight, and while the individual members of the Shinsengumi still survive, the links that bound them together have been torn and shattered. As Harada…
3.6Lupin the 3rd Episode 0: The First Contact
Special · 2002 · 1 ep
Lupin the 3rd Episode 0: The First ContactLupin III: Episode 0 "First Contact"Special · 2002 · 1 ep3.6First Contact tells the story of the origins of the Lupin gang. In this blast from the past, Lupin is after American mafia boss Galvez's single most precious treasure: a treasure within a treasure. Jigen is Galvez's hired gun who fails to…
3.6Smile Precure! Movie: Ehon no Naka wa Minna Chiguhagu!
Movie · 2012 · 1 ep
Smile Precure! Movie: Ehon no Naka wa Minna Chiguhagu!Movie · 2012 · 1 ep3.6The movie transports the Precure into a world inside a picture book, where they are guided by Nico, a mysterious inhabitant of the picture book world.
3.6Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game: The Chronicles PV
Special · 2024 · 1 ep
Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game: The Chronicles PVSpecial · 2024 · 1 ep3.6A short animation commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game.
3.5GOBLIN SLAYER II
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
GOBLIN SLAYER IIGoblin Slayer IITV · 2023 · 12 ep3.5As spring arrives, goblin activity increases, which is great news for Goblin Slayer, who will do anything to exterminate these vile creatures. While taking on as many goblin slaying quests as possible, he attracts the attention of an…
3.5Afro Samurai
TV · 2007 · 5 ep
Afro SamuraiTV · 2007 · 5 ep3.5After watching his father die in a duel against an unbeatable villian known only as 'Justice,' young Afro fixes his life on the study of swords and revenge. The tale of Afro Samurai is one of bloody hardship and pain. Along his solitary…
3.5Kemonozume
TV · 2006 · 13 ep
KemonozumeTV · 2006 · 13 ep3.5A race of cannibal monsters called the Shokujinki exists and it is the job of the Kifuuken, an elite group of beast-hunters, to stop them. Toshihiko Momota, an expert swordsman and son of the Kifuuken organization's leader, unexpectedly…
3.5Japan Anima(tor)’s Exhibition
ONA · 2014 · 36 ep
Japan Anima(tor)’s ExhibitionNihon Animator MihonichiONA · 2014 · 36 ep3.5Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition is the showcase of the animations produced by various directors with love and energy, which are planned from original projects, spin-off projects, promotional films, Music PV, and VJ Films etc... Episodes…
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3.5Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ Record of the Jade Blood
TV · 2010 · 10 ep
Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ Record of the Jade BloodHakuouki: HekketsurokuTV · 2010 · 10 ep3.5The continuation of Hakuoki. The Edo Era has ended after 260 years of history and the Meiji Era begins. However, bitter strife still continues between the soldiers of the new government and former Tokugawa retainers. This is the stage in…
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3.5Drifters: Special Edition
OVA · 2016 · 1 ep
Drifters: Special EditionOVA · 2016 · 1 ep3.5Bundled with the fifth manga volume. It contains a specially edited version of the TV series' first and second episodes. (Source: AniDB)
3.5Time of Shura
TV · 2004 · 26 ep
Time of ShuraMutsu Enmei Ryuu Gaiden: Shura no TokiTV · 2004 · 26 ep3.5Legends tell of an invincible martial art known as Mutsu Enmei-Ryu, an unarmed style that allows the user to defeat any number of armed opponents using incredible speed and strength. This is the story of three generations of those who bear…
3.5Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins
Special · 1997 · 1 ep
Lupin the Third: Island of AssassinsLupin III: Walther P38Special · 1997 · 1 ep3.5Lupin is framed for the murder of Inspector Zenigata by a mysterious assailant holding a silver-colored Walther P38 pistol Lupin himself once owned. Tracking the true killer leads Lupin to the island of the bloodthirsty Tarantula assassins…
3.5Lupin The 3rd: Tokyo Crisis
Special · 1998 · 1 ep
Lupin The 3rd: Tokyo CrisisLupin III: Honoo no Kioku - Tokyo CrisisSpecial · 1998 · 1 ep3.5Master cat burglar Lupin the Third tries every trick in the book to intercept two old glass photographic plates from being delivered to a mysterious art dealer, named Mr. Suzuki. Lupin's plan misfires, and it doesn't help matters that…
3.5Lupin III (2015) Specials
Special · 2015 · 2 ep
Lupin III (2015) SpecialsSpecial · 2015 · 2 ep3.5Specials included in the Japanese Blu-ray and DVD releases of Lupin III: Part IV. Originally aired in the Italian broadcast.
3.5Lupin the 3rd: Operation Return the Treasure
Special · 2003 · 1 ep
Lupin the 3rd: Operation Return the TreasureLupin III: Otakara Henkyaku Daisakusen!!Special · 2003 · 1 ep3.5Master criminal Lupin the 3rd is at it again! An elusive meteoric gemstone called the “Trick Diamond” was once hidden inside Spain’s Sagrada Familia cathedral. In pursuit of the diamond, Lupin receives a message from his recently-deceased…
3.5Aikatsu!: Nerawareta Mahou no Aikatsu! Card
Movie · 2016 · 1 ep
Aikatsu!: Nerawareta Mahou no Aikatsu! CardMovie · 2016 · 1 ep3.5An event turned into a movie, with our director being Ichigo Hoshimiya and our main heroine being the idol who just became the Starlight Queen, Akari Oozora! A slapstick story about finding that one Aikatsu! Card. The final stage of the 25…
3.5Darwin's Game
TV · 2020 · 11 ep
Darwin's GameTV · 2020 · 11 ep3.5Kaname Sudou, an ordinary high school student, receives an invitation email to try a mysterious app called "Darwin's Game." Kaname, upon launching the app, is drawn into a game where players fight one another using superpowers called…
3.5The Ambition of Oda Nobuna
TV · 2012 · 12 ep
The Ambition of Oda NobunaOda Nobuna no YabouTV · 2012 · 12 ep3.5The historical romantic comedy follows 17-year-old high schooler Sagara Yoshiharu who one day time-travels to the Sengoku period, where all the major Samurai lords are cute girls. Yoshiharu meets Oda Nobuna, the female counterpart of Oda…
3.5Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho
TV · 2025 · 24 ep
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin GentoshoKijin GentoushouTV · 2025 · 24 ep3.5In the Edo period, there was a shrine maiden called "Itsukihime" in the mountain village of Kadono. Jinta, a young man who acts as the shrine maiden's guardian despite being a stranger, encounters a mysterious demon who speaks of the far…
3.5Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (Movie)
Movie · 2010 · 1 ep
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (Movie)Fate/stay night Movie: Unlimited Blade WorksMovie · 2010 · 1 ep3.5In Fuyuki City, the Fifth Holy Grail War is about to commence a lengthy battle of blood, death, and misery. High school student Rin Tohsaka has trained her entire life for this moment—to become a magus capable of being a Master in the war…
3.5APPARE-RANMAN!
TV · 2020 · 13 ep
APPARE-RANMAN!Appare-Ranman!TV · 2020 · 13 ep3.5After a certain mishap, the brilliant but socially inept engineer Apare Sorano and the shrewd but cowardly samurai Kosame Isshiki find themselves drifting on a boat from Japan to America. Broke, the two decide to compete in the…
3.5Star Wars: Visions
ONA · 2021 · 9 ep
Star Wars: VisionsONA · 2021 · 9 ep3.5An anthology of animated shorts celebrating Star Wars through the lens of the world's best anime creators and storytellers. 1) The Duel (Mizuno Takanobu, Kamikaze Douga) 2) Tatooine Rhapsody (Taku Kimura, Studio Colorido) 3) The Twins…
3.5Toriko
TV · 2011 · 147 ep
TorikoTV · 2011 · 147 ep3.5In the world where the taste and texture of food are very important there is Toriko, a hunter of precious foods regularly hired by restaurants and the rich. A man with inhuman skills to capture the ferocious, evasive and rare animals to…
3.5Blade of the Immortal (ONA)
ONA · 2019 · 24 ep
Blade of the Immortal (ONA)Mugen no Juunin: ImmortalONA · 2019 · 24 ep3.5Damned to wander the Earth in an endless cycle of carnage and murder, the fallen samurai known as Manji seeks the chance to win back his mortality. To do so, he must first balance the deaths weighing against him by slaying 1000 evil souls…
3.5YAIBA: Samurai Legend
TV · 2025 · 24 ep
YAIBA: Samurai LegendShin Samurai-den YaibaTV · 2025 · 24 ep3.5The protagonist, Yaiba (Kurogane Yaiba), is a wild samurai boy who trains in the jungle with his father, Kenjuro! By chance, Yaiba returns to Japan, where he meets his rival Takeshi Onimaru, who has the same samurai spirit as Yaiba, in a…
3.5Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Movie · 2009 · 1 ep
Afro Samurai: ResurrectionMovie · 2009 · 1 ep3.5Afro Samurai found peace after avenging his father. But the master is forced back into the game by sexy Sio, a deadly woman from his past who won’t quit until Afro pays for his sins. (Source: Funimation)