Anime like Shuranosuke Zanmaken: Shikamamon no Otoko

Souryuuden

Also known as Legend of the Dragon Kings.

Studio: Kitty Film , Kodansha , Fuji TV , Manga Entertainment , Aubec , Central Park Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Four brothers with magical powers must use them to protect themselves and friends from an enemy bent on destroying them.



Tags: Super Power , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast

Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden

Studio: Tele-Cartoon Japan , Eiken , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Kamui is a ninja from the Edo period who has decided to leave his clan. After doing so he is pursued relentlessly by the members of his former clan; who consider him to be a traitor and therefore wish to kill him. Kamui then wanders around Japan to escape from them by using his intelligence and great abilities to survive. In the course of the series Kamui begins to suffer from paranoia because of his status as a persecuted man. Kamui then started to believe that everybody wished to murder him and became distrusting of everyone he came across.



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

Kamen no Ninja Akakage

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Red Shadow, created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, is a ninja who wears a red-and-black costume and a stylized red mask. His adventures take place in Feudal Japan, and he and his ninja sidekicks Aokage and Shirokage fight evil warlords, wizards and daikaiju using modern high-tech gadgetry (a blatant oddity in a period setting).



Tags: Ninja

Juubee Ninpuuchou

Also known as Ninja Scroll.

Studio: Movic , Sentai Filmworks , Animate Film
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 , Rural , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Politics , Nudity , Ships , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love

The Hakkenden

Also known as The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors.

Studio: AIC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

"During the blood-soaked feudal wars of Japan, the Awa clan faced certain extinction from a rival clan backed by demonic forces. Their clan's salvation becomes a curse when the family dog brings back the head of the enemy warlord but insists upon marrying the lord's daughter! This unnatural union bears fruit, but they are killed; and their eight unborn pups reincarnate as the eight Dog Warriors - The Hakkenden. The eight reincarnated souls travel their separate paths of violence and retribution, but slowly they come together as a formidable group representing the eight virtues of the bushido to slay the demons and redeem their clan!"



Tags: Classic Literature , Tragedy , Demons , Swordplay , Historical