Anime like Afro Samurai: Resurrection

Samurai Champloo

Also known as Samurai Champloo.

Studio: Manglobe , Fuji TV , Geneon Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

Let's break it down. Mugen's a reckless sword-slinger with a style that's more b-boy than Shaolin. He's got a nasty streak that makes people want to stick a knife in his throat. Then there's Jin, a deadbeat ronin who speaks softly but carries a big blade. He runs game old-school style, but he can make your blood spray with the quickness. When these roughnecks bring the ruckus, it ain't good for anybody, especially them. Enter Fuu, the ditzy waitress who springs her new friends from a deadly jam. All she wants in return is help solving a riddle from her past. She and the boys are tracking the scent, but there's 99 ways to die between them and the sunflower samurai.



Tags: Travel , Swordplay , Samurai , Rural , Assassins , Historical , Shounen , Gore , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Martial Arts , Episodic , Anachronism , Hip-hop Music , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Prostitution , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Calligraphy , Tanned Skin , Pirates , Religion , Ninja , Yakuza , Drugs , Politics , Nudity , Shogi , Language Barrier , Zombie , Baseball , LGBTQ+ Themes , Disability , Guns , Indigenous Cultures

SOUND & FURY

Also known as SOUND & FURY.

Studio: Kamikaze Douga , Grayscale Arts Inc. , D’ART Shtajio
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

In this anime visual album, a mysterious driver heads deep into a post-apocalyptic hellscape toward a ferocious showdown with two monstrous opponents.



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , No Dialogue , Samurai , Revenge , Cars , Anachronism , Mixed Media , CGI , Dystopian , Cyberpunk , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Dancing , Trains , Class Struggle , POV

Mugen no Juunin: IMMORTAL

Also known as Blade of the Immortal (ONA).

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

Damned 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, a task that would take even the greatest warriors a lifetime. Manji, however, has all the time in the world to kill, and his lonely quest leaves a trail of bloody bodies in his wake… until his path crosses with that of Rin, who has sworn vengeance against the murderers of her family and school, even though the cost will almost certainly be her own life.



Tags: Tragedy , Revenge , Swordplay , Samurai , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Prison , Body Horror , Human Experimentation

Mugen no Juunin

Also known as Blade of the Immortal.

Studio: Bee Train , Production I.G , Kodansha , Media Blasters
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

Manji is an amoral swordsman, who has been cursed with eternal life. He has grown tired of living with all the death he has created. He has no skills other then those of killing, thus he forms a plan to regain his mortality: he shall kill one hundred evil men for each good one he has killed. The old witch who afflicted Manji with immortality agrees to Manji's proposition and Manji is set on his path to kill one thousand evil men. On his journey he meets a young girl, Rin, who has her own vengeance to seek against the sword school whose members slaughtered Rin's family. Rin and Manji journey together, each hoping to find some kind of peace. In their way are many varied enemies. Rin and Manji are almost constantly under attack and must learn to live their lives, avoiding being consumed by revenge.



Tags: Swordplay , Historical , Samurai , Ninja , Male Protagonist , Seinen

HIDARI (Pilot Film)

Studio: dwarf , TECARAT , Whatever
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Stories have been told of a legendary craftsman during the Edo-era, by the name of Jingoro Hidari. Today, sculptures accredited to Jingoro can be found throughout Japan, but his very existence is yet to be confirmed. Having lost his foster parent and right arm to the betrayal of his senior apprentices, Jingoro is on a journey of revenge with a mechanical prosthetic arm and his sidekick, “Sleeping Cat.” People soon came to call him Jingoro “Hidari” because of his ability to artfully use his carpentry tools with only his left arm (“hidari” means “left” in Japanese). Finally, Jingoro faces one of his adversaries “Inumaru” and the curtains rise on a fight to the death.



Note: Public release on 8th March 2023.

Tags: Revenge , Historical , Stop Motion , Martial Arts , Samurai , Steampunk , Anachronism , Super Robot

LUPIN THE IIIRD: Chikemuri no Ishikawa Goemon

Also known as Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray.

Studio: Telecom Animation Film , TMS Entertainment , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama

A yakuza boss hires Goemon Ishikawa, a modern day samurai, to protect him aboard his cruise ship casino. Everything goes sideways however when a terrifyingly powerful man— the so called “Ghost of Bermuda”— shows up to put world-famous thief Lupin in the ground... right when Lupin’s trying to rob the very same ship! With his employer dead in the ensuing chaos, Goemon’s honor is at stake, and the only way to preserve it is with blood.

But this opponent is like no other, and to make things right, Goemon may need to sharpen not only his sword, but himself as well! With a little help from Lupin and Jigen, of course.



Tags: Samurai , Male Protagonist , Gore , Swordplay , Cultivation , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Assassins , Mafia , Detective , Fugitive , Foreign , Police , Ships , Anti-Hero , Yakuza , Motorcycles