Historical

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

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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

 

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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

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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

Genre: Action, Drama, Historical, Martial Arts, Seinen
Episodes: 12
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Teen +17  

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Synonyms: Crazy for Death, Shigurui: Death Frenzy

 

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At the beginning of the Edo Era, when people enjoyed a time of peace, Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga holds a fighting tournament. In the past, matches were fought with wooden swords. This time, real swords will be used.

One-armed Fujiki Gennosuke and blind Irako Seigen will fight each other in this match. Both are disciples of Iwamoto Kogan, who is known as Japan's greatest swordsman. Each of them are determined to prove himself the successor of Iwamoto's school. However, there can only be one champion.

So begins a story of intertwining fates, conflict, and strange destinies.

[Source: ANN]

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

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English: Blue Literature
Synonyms: Aoi Bungaku

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An adaptation of six Japanese literary works by famous authors: No Longer Human (Ningen Shikaku) and Run, Melos! (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi. Manga artists Takeshi Obata (Death Note), Takeshi Konomo (Prince of Tennis), and Tite Kubo (Bleach) will be involved with the production.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Demons, Mystery, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Magic, Romance, Shoujo
Episodes: 44
Manga: Read Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne Manga Online
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Everyone  

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English: Phantom Thief Jeanne
Synonyms: Divine Wind Thief Jeanne

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A normal looking high school girl on the outside, Kusakabe Maron is actually the reincarnation of Jeanne d' Arc. With the help of the angel, Fin Fish, Maron works as the thief Jeanne at night to seal the demons that reside in pieces of artwork, preying upon the weak hearts of the owners. She is branded as a thief due to the fact that the artworks disappear after she seals the demons. One day, a new neighbor and classmate appears, as well as a rival in her night job, the thief Sinbad. With her own best friend being the detective's daughter, out to capture her and the appearance of her new rival, Maron's work is anything but easy. Based on the manga by Tanemura Arina.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Seinen
Episodes: 13 + 3 OVA
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Teen +17  

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During the late 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country. At the same time in New York, the ambitious scientist Szilard and his unwilling aide Ennis, are looking for missing bottles of the immortality elixir. In addition, a war between the mafia groups is getting worse. On board the Advena Avis, in 1711, alchemists are about to learn the price of immortality.

Based on the award winning light novels of the same name, this anime adaptation follows several events that initially seem unrelated, both in time and place, but are part of a much bigger story - one of alchemy, survival and immortality. Merging these events together are the kindhearted would-be thieves, Isaac and Miria, connecting various people, all of them with their own hidden ambitions and agendas, and creating lifelong bonds and consequences for everyone involved.

Genre: Drama, Historical, Samurai, Romance, Shounen
Episodes: 2
Prequel: Rurouni Kenshin
Type: OVA
Age Rating:   Teen +13 

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English: Samurai X: Reflection
Synonyms: Samurai X: Reflection, Rurouni Kenshin - Reflection, Rurouni Kenshin - Seisô Hen, Rurouni Kenshin - Seisôhen, Rurouni Kenshin OVA 2

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Kaoru goes to the harbor every day to see if Kenshin has returned. After a while, she starts looking back at her life with Kenshin and all the things that have happened.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Demons, Drama, Historical, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural
Episodes: 1
Prequel: Inuyasha Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Teen +13 

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English: Inu Yasha - Fire on the Mystic Island
Synonyms: Inu Yasha: Guren no Houraijima, Inu Yasha - Fire on the Mystic Island, Crimson Horai Island, Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island

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The mysterious island of Houraijima has reappeared after 50 years, and with its reappearance has brought the attack of four gods, the Shitoushin, who have their eyes set on the powers that protect and sustain the island. Now it's up to Inuyasha and his friends, along with Sesshoumaru, to find a way to defeat the powerful Shitoushin.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Demons, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural
Episodes: 1
Prequel: Inuyasha Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Sequel: InuYasha Movie 4:Fire on the Mystic Island
Type: TV Series
Age Rating:   Teen +13 

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English: Inu Yasha: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
Synonyms: Inu Yasha: Swords of an Honorable Ruler, Inu Yasha: The Sword of the World Conquest, The Sword That Rules Over the Empires, The Sword of the World Conquest, InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler

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Izayoi and Inu no Taishou, Inuyasha's parents, are having problems with a human named Setsuna no Takemaru. Sou'unga a magical sword that has been sealed away for 700 years is found. Now everyone is after the sword and its powers but it seems the sword has something else in mind.