Anime like Hijikata Toshizo: Shiro no Kiseki

Hakuouki

Also known as Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

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 Shinsengumi, as they discover mysterious secrets and also fight against the Bakumatsu group. The story is overall romantic with a historical and political background.



Tags: Historical , Swordplay , Female Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Samurai , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , War , Vampire , Tragedy , Guns , Male Harem , Crossdressing

Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto

Also known as Intrigue in the Bakumatsu: Irohanihoheto.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

In the final years of the Bakumatsu, wandering mercenary Yojiro Akizuki travels the length and breadth of Japan. And while he employs his sword in the usual fashion, he also uses it to help him locate supernatural items which he pursues with single-minded determination, often with bloody results. In the course of his quest, he crosses paths with a traveling theater group whose members have their own dark agenda. Is it a chance meeting or the result of some, as yet, undiscovered conspiracy?



Tags: Swordplay , Historical , Travel , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Crime , War , Found Family , Samurai , Politics , Urban Fantasy , Male Harem

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023)

Also known as Rurouni Kenshin (2023).

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Aniplex , Shueisha , Fuji TV , Dentsu , Animax Broadcast Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance

Re-adaptation of the main manga series.

One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.



Tags: Swordplay , Historical , Samurai , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Shounen , Found Family , Assassins , Age Gap , Rural , Heterosexual , Drugs , Travel

Ao no Miburo

Also known as Blue Miburo.

Studio: Maho Film , Yomiuri TV
Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

It's 1863, the twilight of the shogunate, and Japan is on the cusp of monumental change. The streets of the nation's capital are soaked in blood as political upheaval and rising tensions between masterless, wandering ronin and government samurai set the stage for one of the most turbulent times in Japan's history. Young orphan Nio is no stranger to the harsh realities of the world, and yet he can't help but cling to his burning passion for justice and desire to change the world for the better.

One day, he crosses paths with two men who will become central figures of the coming revolution: Hijikata Toshizo and Okita Souji, two of the founding members of a group of hated ronin known as the Miburo—who would later become known as the Shinsengumi. Inspired by the efforts of the so-called "Blues Wolves of Mibu," Nio decides to join the ranks to help carve a path to the world he wishes to see. But with new betrayals and reversals every day, will Nio be able to stay true to his conscience?



Tags: Samurai , Historical , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Detective

PEACE MAKER Kurogane

Also known as Peacemaker.

Studio: GONZO , GDH , TV Asahi , ADV Films , Funimation , Imagica
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Although traumatized by witnessing the murder of his parents by one of the Choushuu, Ichimura Tetsunosuke's thirst for revenge lead him to desire strength. At the age of 15, Tetsunosuke approached the Shinsengumi, wanting to become one of its members. However, Tetsunosuke lacked the skill, mind and will to emotionlessly cut down whoever threatened peace and the Shinsengumi. Even with the support of his brother Tatsunosuke and his newfound friends of the Shinsengumi, little did Tetsunosuke know the blood and pain he would have to face being part of this historical group.

Tags: Historical , Male Protagonist , Samurai , Shounen , Swordplay , Primarily Male Cast , Ninja , Tragedy

Hakuouki Hekketsuroku

Also known as Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ Record of the Jade Blood.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

The continuation of Hakuoki.

The Edo Era has ended after 260 years of history and the Meiji Era begins. However, bitter strife still continues between the soldiers of the new government and former Tokugawa retainers. This is the stage in which the surviving members of the Shinsengumi find themselves upon their return to Edo following their defeat at Tobafushimi.

(Sources: ANN, AniDB)

Tags: Swordplay , Historical , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , War , Female Protagonist , Samurai , Tragedy , Gore , Guns , Demons

Golden Kamuy

Also known as Golden Kamuy.

Studio: Geno Studio , Funimation , Good Smile Company , Twin Engine , TOKYO MX , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , Sammy , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive.



Tags: Historical , Outdoor , Seinen , Survival , Ensemble Cast , Military , Snowscape , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Food , War , Primarily Male Cast , Gore , Educational , Anti-Hero , Assassins , Male Protagonist , Gender Bending , Crime , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Episodic , CGI , Archery , Torture , Twins , Transgender , Medicine , Oiran , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

Meiji Gekken: 1874

Also known as Meiji Gekken: 1874.

Studio: Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery

By 1874, seven years have passed since the end of the samurai era. A former samurai, Shizuma Orikasa works as a rickshaw driver in Tokyo while looking for his fiancée, Sumie Kanomata, who went missing during the Boshin War. Shizuma thwarts an assassination attempt and joins the newly established police department, where he’ll fight to stop dark forces from overthrowing the government.



Tags: Swordplay , Police , Samurai , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Revenge , Crime , Historical , Politics , Yakuza , Guns , Detective , Oiran , Tragedy , Urban , Gore , Drugs , Espionage , Archery , Assassins

Hakuouki: Reimeiroku

Also known as Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ Dawn of the Shinsengumi.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

The year is 1863 and as Japan's long festering wounds of political discord erupt into violent waves of street clashes and murder, the Tokugawa Shogunate sends a new force of masterless samurai called the Roshigumi to the aid of the Aizu forces in Kyoto. However the new "police" are anything but a cohesive force and assassination has already split them into two opposing factions. The stronger is led by the brutal Serizawa Kamo and the lesser by the more honorable but less assertive Isami Kondo. It is into this pack of wolves that Ryunosuke Ibuki is dragged by the rabid Serizawa. Forced to be a virtual slave by blood debt, he hates the samurai and everything they stand for. But as he sees how the other half of the samurai live, he begins to believe that there may still be a chance, for both himself and Japan, if only Kondo will step up and take down the mad dog Serizawa!



Tags: Swordplay , Historical , Samurai , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Gore , Tragedy , Demons , War , Guns

Hakuouki Movie 2: Shikon Soukyuu

Also known as HAKUOKI: WARRIOR SPIRIT OF THE BLUE SKY.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Geneon Entertainment , Universal Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

Second and last part of the movies that remake season 1 and 2.

The battle at Koufu Castle has been lost, the Furies are no longer restrained by daylight, and while the individual members of the Shinsengumi still survive, the links that bound them together have been torn and shattered.

As Harada, Shinpachi, and Saito try to fight their way out of Koufu, Chizuru holds true to her oath to Hijikata, standing guard over Kondou, while he and Okita fight to recover from their gunshot wounds.

And Hijikata faces the greatest test of all. Having partaken of the Water Of Life, he must now balance his humanity against a need for blood and the deeds the Fury's power makes possible.



Tags: Swordplay , Historical , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Demons , Samurai , Gore , War , Guns