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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3.0Battle Girls: Time Paradox
TV · 2011 · 13 ep
Battle Girls: Time ParadoxSengoku Otome: Momoiro ParadoxTV · 2011 · 13 ep3.0Hideyoshino is an average girl who always seems to find trouble wherever she goes. One day Hideyoshino visits a local shrine to pray in order to pass her upcoming test. However Hideyoshino sees a blue light coming from inside the Shrine…
3.0Kochoki
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
KochokiKochouki: Wakaki NobunagaTV · 2019 · 12 ep3.0The fearsome warlord, the demonic king—Oda Nobunaga! Before he was trying to rule over Japan, he was a teenager who began his path to greatness with his younger brother and faithful followers. Through succession, betrayal, battles, and…
3.0Nyanpire - The Vampire Cat
TV · 2011 · 12 ep
Nyanpire - The Vampire CatNyanpire The AnimationTV · 2011 · 12 ep3.0A heartwarming story about a stray black cat, who was given blood from a vampire. He was taken in by a girl Misaki and started live with her. Nyanpire's favorite phrase is "Give me blood nya."
3.0Lupin III: Pilot Film
Movie · 1969 · 1 ep
Lupin III: Pilot FilmMovie · 1969 · 1 ep3.0Two years after the birth of the manga a pilot film was realized. It was a brief film of only 15 minutes that had the purpose of assay the response to a possible future anime realization of Lupin III. The pilot opens with a challenge call…
3.0Cutie Honey
TV · 1973 · 25 ep
Cutie HoneyTV · 1973 · 25 ep3.0Professor Kisaragi created the android Cutey Honey. He made her with the 'Fixed System of Air Elements' that creates anything out of thin air. Panther Claw, an evil organization, desires this device and will stop at nothing! Not even…
3.0Babanba Banban Vampire
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
Babanba Banban VampireBabanbabanban VampireTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.0When 15-year-old Rihito falls in love, an ancient vampire who craves 18-year-old virgin blood must protect the teen's virginity at all costs. (Source: Netflix)
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3.0Meiji Gekken: 1874
TV · 2024 · 10 ep
Meiji Gekken: 1874TV · 2024 · 10 ep3.0By 1874, seven years have passed since the end of the samurai era. A former samurai, Shizuma Orikasa works as a rickshaw driver in Tokyo while looking for his fiancée, Sumie Kanomata, who went missing during the Boshin War. Shizuma thwarts…
3.0Labyrinth of Flames
OVA · 2000 · 2 ep
Labyrinth of FlamesHonoo no LabyrinthOVA · 2000 · 2 ep3.0Meet Galan, a Russian spastic geek who'd do anything to be a real, live samurai. But that`s just an impossible dream... or is it? When his friend Natsu, who is a successor of Japanese emigrants family, gives him the gift of an ancient…
3.0Buta
Special · 2012 · 1 ep
ButaSpecial · 2012 · 1 ep3.0Buta the sword for hire is recruited by the Tufugu Pirates on their voyage to seek a stockpile of treasure. On board he discovers the child Kitsune locked away below deck. After some misunderstandings and with the promise of more money…
3.0PetoPeto-san
TV · 2005 · 13 ep
PetoPeto-sanTV · 2005 · 13 ep3.0In a Japan not quite like our own, the "youkai" (supernatural creatures) have started living together with humans. Now, in an ordinary school, all sorts of "monsters" attend regular classes. A human boy, Oohashi Shingo, finds himself…
3.0Batman Ninja
Movie · 2018 · 1 ep
Batman NinjaNinja BatmanMovie · 2018 · 1 ep3.0Gorilla Grodd's time displacement machine transports many of Batman's worst enemies to feudal Japan - along with the Dark Knight and a few of his allies. The villains take over the forms of the feudal lords that rule the divided land, with…
3.0YAMIBO: Darkness, the Hat, and Travelers of the Books
TV · 2003 · 13 ep
YAMIBO: Darkness, the Hat, and Travelers of the BooksYami to Boushi to Hon no TabibitoTV · 2003 · 13 ep3.0Hatsuki is a highschool student living with her sister, Hatsumi, who she has a huge crush on. On Hatsumi's 16th birthday, she is suddenly surrounded by a green light and disappears in front of Hatsuki. She manages to follow Hatsumi with…
3.0Sengoku Collection
TV · 2012 · 26 ep
Sengoku CollectionTV · 2012 · 26 ep3.0Sengoku Collection revolves around many samurai who are accidentally removed from a parallel universe inhabited by well-known historic characters. Unlike the historical war period known to us, all inhabitants in this unique world look like…
3.0Samurai After Specials
Special · 2015 · 2 ep
Samurai After SpecialsHyakka Ryouran: Samurai After SpecialsSpecial · 2015 · 2 ep3.0Specials included with the Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai After BDs.
3.0Peacemaker Kurogane: Belief
Movie · 2018 · 1 ep
Peacemaker Kurogane: BeliefPeace Maker Kurogane Movie 1: Omou MichiMovie · 2018 · 1 ep3.0A new anime adaptation of the Peace Maker Kurogane manga. Although traumatized by witnessing the murder of his parents by one of the Choushuu, Ichimura Tetsunosuke's thirst for revenge leads him to desire strength. At the age of 15…
3.0Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger
Movie · 1986 · 1 ep
Toki no Tabibito: Time StrangerMovie · 1986 · 1 ep3.0In the new Calendar Year of 392, in Neo-Tokyo, a young man, Agino Jiro, steals a time synchronization system and tries to escape to the past. The authorities give chase and damage his ship in the pursuit, forcing him to land in modern day…
2.9Samurai Warriors
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Samurai WarriorsSengoku MusouTV · 2015 · 12 ep2.9Toyotomi Hideyoshi is on the verge of unifying the realm, and all that remains is the Odawara Castle protected by the "Lion of Sagami" Ujiyasu Houjou. Hideyoshi's personally trained generals — Ishida Mitsunari, Katou Kiyomasa, and…
2.9Manyu Scroll
TV · 2011 · 12 ep
Manyu ScrollManyuu HikenchouTV · 2011 · 12 ep2.9It is currently the Taiheimeji Era. It is a reign ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate. Inside this shogunate, there is a group of warriors that support the government. They are the Manyuu Clan. In this current era, breasts mean everything. If…
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2.9Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Yoroi-Shinden Samurai TroopersYoroi Shin Den Samurai TroopersTV · 2026 · 12 ep2.9The Demon World once plunged the Human World into terror. With the seal broken and hordes of Demon Soldiers launching an invasion, five young warriors rushed to humanity's rescue. They were called the Samurai Troopers, and now their battle…
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2.9Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma
OVA · 1989 · 2 ep
Blood Reign: Curse of the YomaYoumaOVA · 1989 · 2 ep2.9A terrible war has ravaged the land, and now, fueled by the blood of numerous fallen warriors the Yoma, demons from hell, emerge once more. A skilled ninja seeks to end the bloodshed these demons inflict upon humanity, but to do this he…
2.9Tono to Inu
TV · 2024 · 24 ep
Tono to InuTV · 2024 · 24 ep2.9The story is set in Japan's Warring States period. It follows Tono, a man who was once a fearful god on the battlefield but has fallen into poverty and is now living in a tenement house, and a dog that he picks up despite his inadequate…
2.9Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai
Movie · 2009 · 1 ep
Musashi: The Dream of the Last SamuraiMiyamoto Musashi: Souken ni Haseru YumeMovie · 2009 · 1 ep2.9A chronicle of the life of legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Musashi, a name familiar to many, a legendary swordsman who has become one of Japan's greatest mythical and historical heroes. In addition to writing one of they texts of…
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2.8Yasuke
ONA · 2021 · 6 ep
YasukeONA · 2021 · 6 ep2.8In a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval…
2.8Shine on! Bakumatsu Bad Boys
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Shine on! Bakumatsu Bad BoysBucchigire!TV · 2022 · 12 ep2.8In the era when samurai controlled Japan... The Masked Demons annihilated all but one member of the Shinsengumi, who had worked to maintain the peace and public order in Kyoto. Seven criminals are chosen as substitutes for the deceased…
2.8GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS
TV · 2025 · 8 ep
GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERSGuilty Gear Strive: Dual RulersTV · 2025 · 8 ep2.8Sin Kiske, the forbidden child of a human and a magically crafted biological weapon called a Gear, lives in a world where magic has replaced science, and scars from the Gear rebellion remain. Attending his parents’ taboo-breaking wedding…
2.8SENGOKU NIGHT BLOOD
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
SENGOKU NIGHT BLOODSengoku Night BloodTV · 2017 · 12 ep2.8The game centers around different warlords from Japan's Warring States (Sengoku) period, who are all involved with the player character. The game is described as a "Warring States romance fantasy." (Source: Anime News Network)
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2.8Samurai Gun
TV · 2004 · 13 ep
Samurai GunTV · 2004 · 13 ep2.8It is the beginning of the industrial revolution, and feudal Japan is in turmoil. The ruling Shogun are wielding their abusive powers to instill fear and dominance over their oppressed subjects. Beatings, imprisonment, rape and even murder…
2.8Dororo Pilot
Special · 1968 · 1 ep
Dororo PilotSpecial · 1968 · 1 ep2.8Before producing a TV series, a pilot film was made to let sponsors and television stations grasp the work's pervasive quality. This is the pilot film for "Dororo" in which the characters are closer to those of the original story compared…
2.7RYO
Movie · 2013 · 1 ep
RYORyoMovie · 2013 · 1 ep2.7Ryo is about the son of a samurai who lost his parents during the attack of English ships on a Japanese town who is given the name Ryo and becomes the bodyguard of Ryoma Sakamoto, a man who has his own plan to fight for the country…
2.76HP (Six Hearts Princess)
Special · 2016 · 7 ep
6HP (Six Hearts Princess)Special · 2016 · 7 ep2.7Haruka Hani is a second-year junior high school student who goes to a school called Hinomori Gakuen. A member of the school drama club, she has been working on the script for a play the club plans to put on at the upcoming school festival…
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2.6Lupin III: Return of Pycal
OVA · 2002 · 1 ep
Lupin III: Return of PycalLupin III: Ikiteita MajutsushiOVA · 2002 · 1 ep2.6Lupin steals an extraordinary gem from a Mediterranean party, only to be interrupted by Pycal, the trickster "magician" who had apparently died fighting Lupin early in his career. Pycal, now armed with real magical abilities, is determined…
2.6Ikemen Sengoku: Bromances Across Time
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
Ikemen Sengoku: Bromances Across TimeIkemen Sengoku: Toki wo Kakeru ga Koi wa HajimaranaiTV · 2017 · 12 ep2.6An ordinary young lady accidentally “time slips” back to the Sengoku Period where she is mistaken as a messenger from Heaven. There she meets historical figures from Japan's feudal period transformed into handsome young men.
2.5Tousouchuu: Great Mission
TV · 2023 · 97 ep
Tousouchuu: Great MissionTV · 2023 · 97 ep2.5The time is a future where humans have moved their residence to the moon.... In the lunar colony, a game has become very popular. The name of the game is "Run for the Money." It is an entertainment survival game in which fugitives are…
2.5Chiruran 1/2
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
Chiruran 1/2Chiruran: Nibun no IchiTV · 2017 · 12 ep2.5Strong, intense, and cute! The most laid-back Shinsengumi in history arrives!! An official spinoff series by Hashimoto Eiji (manga) and Umemura Shinya (story) of Chiruran Shinsengumi Requiem. Here's the laid-back everyday life of the…
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2.5Ninja Resurrection
OVA · 1998 · 2 ep
Ninja ResurrectionMakai TenshouOVA · 1998 · 2 ep2.5Get ready for a nightmarish journey through faith and betrayal as the infamous Jubei Yagyu wields his deadly blades against the forces of good and evil alike. In an orgy of unbelievable savagery, the armies of the Shogun give no quarter as…
2.5BAKUMATSU
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
BAKUMATSUBakumatsuTV · 2018 · 12 ep2.5The Bakumatsu was an era in which the souls of young men burned with anxiety for their country's future. Takasugi Shinsaku, a soldier of fortune from Choshu, sneaks aboard a government ship with his comrade Katsura Kogorou in search of a…