Anime like Jigen Sengokushi: Kuro no Shishi - Jinnai-hen

Afro Samurai

Also known as Afro Samurai.

Studio: GONZO , Dentsu , Funimation , Victor Entertainment , Pony Canyon , Fuji TV , Trilogy Future Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

After watching his father die in a duel against an unbeatable villian known only as 'Justice,' young Afro fixes his life on the study of swords and revenge. The tale of Afro Samurai is one of bloody hardship and pain. Along his solitary path of revenge for his murdered father, he sheds no tears & knows no love. Forever chased by powerful enemies in a lawless technology-speckled dystopia, he evades bullets and blade to reach his final prey: a man who will not die. But Afro will reach his quarry - even if it means painting a road of blood and brains from here to the bitter inevitable end.

Tags: Revenge , Swordplay , Samurai , Gore , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Travel , Assassins , Anachronism , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Battle Royale , Achronological Order , Primarily Male Cast , Orphan , Ghost , Survival , Cult , Artificial Intelligence , Nudity , Guns , Alternate Universe , Boys' Love , Martial Arts

Juubee Ninpuuchou

Also known as Ninja Scroll.

Studio: Animate Film , Nippon Victor , Toho , Movic , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Horror , Romance

Jubei Kibagami has always been the master dealer of death, but in rescuing a ninja woman from a monster he sets loose a chain of events that puts death in his own veins and sends them on a nightmarish odyssey through a surreal and devil infested ancient Japan. How do demonic possessions, an annihilated village and a man Jubei thought safely buried in his past all connect? If Jubei can't piece the blood-soaked clues together, his only consolation will be that he won't live to regret it for very long! Prepare your mind and steel your gut for the insanely gore-packed orgy of violence that still stands alone and unchallenged as the ultimate anime action feature.



Tags: Ninja , Historical , Gore , Swordplay , Travel , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Rural , Female Protagonist , Politics , Nudity , Tragedy , Ships , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes

Ginga Sengoku Gunyuuden Rai

Also known as Galaxy Warring State Chronicle Rai.

Studio: TV Tokyo , SoftX , E&G Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Romance , Sci-Fi

Rai is a space opera that fuses feudal Chinese and Japanese customs with vast galaxy spanning empires and space-going societies. The story follows the life and times of the samurai Rai, and the quest of several spacefaring factions for control of territory and, of course, the Empire.

Tags: Space Opera , Shounen , Space , Swordplay , War , Samurai

Kyomu Senshi MIROKU

Studio: Tokuma Japan Communications , Animate Film
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

A psychic ninja fantasy suggesting that the assassins did not die out during the Sengoku era but burrowed under Japan, where they fought a new war against the alien occupants of a crashed spaceship that has lain undisturbed for several millennia.



Tags: Ninja , Aliens

Shuten Douji

Also known as Shuten Doji - The Star Hand Kid.

Studio: ADV Films , Dynamic Planning , Nippon Columbia , Studio Signal
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

As a baby Jiro was delivered to his foster parents by a massive oni, who said he would return for Jiro in 15 years. When the time comes Jiro must contend with enemy oni, dark cultists, and their minions while attempting to protect both his parents and girlfriend from their depredations. Ultimately he must embark on a journey through the past, future, and other dimensions to embrace his destiny as Shuten Doji reborn.



Tags: Mythology , Demons , Shounen , Time Manipulation , Space , Swordplay , Cyborg , Nudity , Gore , Male Protagonist , Guns , Tragedy