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.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
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| A | ||
 Afro Samurai |
Watch |
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 |
ANN is reporting that a sequel to AFRO SAMURAI is in the works and scheduled for 2009. Animation by GONZO, with Samuel L. Jackson as the executive producer and the voice of the title character. Both Lucy Liu (Charlie's Angels, Kill Bill) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars) have been recruited to provide voices. |
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 Air TV |
Buy |
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. |
| B | ||
 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 - 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 | See Mugen no Juunin | |
| C | ||
| 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. |
| I | ||
| Irohanihoheto | Watch | See Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto |
| Ishin Shishi e no Requiem | Rent | See Rurouni Kenshin - Ishinshishi no Requiem |
| K | ||
 Kurozuka |
Watch | A story of obsessive love and constant pursuit told over a 1000 year period. Escaping from a brother who had just ascended the throne, Yoshitsune, along with his servant, comes across a house in the middle of a desolate mountain. Oddly enough, only a young woman lives there, who seems to possess a very dark and ominous past. |
| Kyo | Rent | See Samurai Deeper Kyo |
| L | ||
| Labyrinth Of Flames | Rent | See Honoo no Labyrinth |
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