Historical

Genre: Action, Historical, Martial Arts, Samurai, Shounen
Episodes: 26
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Teen +17  

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English: Time of Shura
Synonyms: Mutsu Enmei Ryuu Gaiden: Shura no Toki

Shura no Toki Episodes Online

Legends 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 the name Mutsu, and their encounters and battles with the strongest fighters of their era.

(Source: ANN)

Genre: Action, Drama, Historical, Samurai
Episodes: 26
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Teen +13  

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Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto Episodes Online

Near the end of the Edo era, the stoic samurai Akizuki Youjirou silently pursues the supernatural object known as the Hasha no Kubi. He comes across a troupe of actors who are searching for a certain man out of revenge. Their fates coincide as Akizuki assists the troupe in their revenge and for protection, all the while searching for the object he is fated to destroy.

Genre: Action, Demons, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Shoujo
Episodes: Ongoing
Type: OVA Series
Age Rating:   Everyone  

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Synonyms: Hakuouki Hekketsuroku OVA

Hakuouki Sekkaroku Episodes Online

Five-part OVA series of Hakuouki Hekketsuroku.

Genre: Action, Historical, Martial Arts, Samurai, Super Power
Episodes: 12
Prequel: Sengoku Basara
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Teen +13  

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Synonyms: Sengoku Basara Ni, Sengoku Basara 2

Sengoku Basara Two Episodes Online

The second season of Sengoku Basara.

Genre: Historical, Slice of Life, Seinen
Episodes: 12
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Teen +13  

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English: La croisée dans un labyrinthe étranger
Synonyms: Ikoku Meiro no Croisée The Animation

Ikoku Meiro no Croisée Episodes Online

The story takes place in the second half of the 19th century, as Japanese culture gains popularity in the West. A young Japanese girl, Yune, accompanies a French traveller, Oscar, on his journey back to France, and offers to help at the family's ironwork shop in Paris. Oscar's nephew and shop-owner Claude reluctantly accepts to take care of Yune, and we learn how those two, who have so little in common, get to understand each other and live together in the Paris of the 1800s.

Genre: Drama, Historical
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Everyone  

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Synonyms: Showa Monogatari TV

Shouwa Monogatari Episodes Online

Dramatic story of the Yamazaki family during the year Showa 39 (1964), the year that Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics.

Genre: Comedy, Demons, Historical, Supernatural, Seinen
Episodes: 13
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Teen +13  

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Synonyms: Otome Yokai Zakuro, Girl Demon Zakuro

Otome Youkai Zakuro Episodes Online

It's the Meiji Era in a slightly alternate Japan, and the Gregorian calendar has just come into effect. The fox-eared girls living in the youkai part of town are about to be put to work together with a delegation of young human soldiers, to promote interracial understanding. So what will happen when Zakuro's strong personality collides with human sensibilities?

Genre: Historical, Samurai, Seinen
Episodes: 12
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Everyone  

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English: House of Five Leaves
Synonyms: Sarai-ya Goyō, Sarai-ya Goyou

House of Five Leaves Episodes Online

Masterless samurai Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled and loyal swordsman, but his naïve, diffident nature has time and again caused him to be let go by the lords who have employed him. Hungry and desperate, he becomes a bodyguard for Yaichi, the charismatic leader of a gang called “Five Leaves.” Although disturbed by the gang’s sinister activities, Masa begins to suspect that Yaichi’s motivations are not what they seem. And despite his misgivings, the deeper he’s drawn into the world of the Five Leaves, the more he finds himself fascinated by these devious, mysterious outlaws.

Genre: Historical
Episodes: 22
Type: TV Series
Manga: Hakuoki Jurenka Manga
Age Rating:   Teen +17  

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Synonyms: Hakuoki, Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan

 

Hakuouki Episodes Online

The protagonist, Yukimura Chizuru is the daughter of a doctor who works in Edo. The father leaves Edo to work as a volunteer doctor and moves to Kyoto without his daughter. As time passes by, Chizuru starts worrying about losing contact with her father, so she decides to go to Kyoto in search of him. On the way, Chizuru is attacked by few criminals and witnesses a fight between an oni and the Shinsengumi. Taking her into custody and saving her, the Shinsengumi debate on what to do with Chizuru when they discover that she is the daughter of the doctor they are also looking for. So they decide to become Chizuru's protectors and help her look for her father(the doctor). Lots of events happen while she stays with the Shingensumi, as they discover mysterious secrets and also fight against the Bakumatsu group. The story is overall romantic with a historical and political background.

Genre: Comedy, Historical, Parody
Episodes: Ongoing
Prequel: Hetalia - Axis Powers
Type: ONA Series
Age Rating:   Teen +13  

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English: Hetalia World Series

Hetalia World Series Episodes Online

The third season of the Hetalia Axis Powers anime. A continuation of the first 2 seasons under a new name, still adapting the online webcomics drawn by Himaruya Hidekaz.

Based on a popular web-released manga series by Hidekazu Himaruya, this has been described as a "cynical gag" story set in Europe in the years between WW1 and WW2 (1915-1939), using exaggerated caricatures of the different nationalities as portrayed by a gaggle of bishōnen. For example, the Italia Veneziano character is into pasta and women. The Deutsche (German) bishi loves potatoes and sausages, and Nippon is an otaku boy. Installments of the manga have jumped back and forth in setting from the ancient times to modern-day geopolitics. The manga