Anime like Arslan Senki (TV)

Akatsuki no Yona

Also known as Yona of the Dawn.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , TOKYO MX , Docomo Anime Store , Hakusensha , VAP , Marvelous , AT-X , Age Global Networks , TOP-INSIGHT , Delfi Sound
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Since Yona is the only princess of a grand kingdom, she has been raised with great care by her doting father and protected by her childhood friend/guard Hak and others. However, her fate changes on her 16th birthday, when her beloved cousin Soo-won murders her father to claim the throne. She flees the castle to Hak's hometown and begins her new life.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Dragons , Ensemble Cast , Fugitive , Royal Affairs , Coming of Age , Travel , Primarily Male Cast , Mythology , Politics , Reincarnation , Revenge , Historical , Tragedy , Found Family , Male Harem , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Archery , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Orphan , Pirates , Gods , Crossdressing

VINLAND SAGA

Also known as Vinland Saga.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Twin Engine , Kodansha , Production I.G , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Thorfinn is son to one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, but when his father is killed in battle by the mercenary leader Askeladd, he swears to have his revenge. Thorfinn joins Askeladd's band in order to challenge him to a duel, and ends up caught in the middle of a war for the crown of England.



Tags: Vikings , Revenge , Foreign , Historical , War , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Anti-Hero , Military , Politics , Swordplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Travel , Gore , Medieval , Survival , Ships , Conspiracy , Slavery , Time Skip , Orphan , Pirates , Language Barrier , Religion , Snowscape , Spearplay , Archery , CGI , Heterosexual , Cult , Nudity

Kingdom

Also known as Kingdom.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Funimation , NHK , Sogo Vision
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

When low-born servant boys Piao and Xin set out to become the world’s greatest war generals, they quickly find themselves caught up in a violent struggle between two noblemen plotting to overthrow the King. After Piao is killed protecting the rightful ruler of the kingdom of Qin, Xin sets out on a campaign for revenge that leads him straight into the fire of war.

Now, with a target on his back and an army of enemies standing in his way, it will be up to a boy with no name and a young king without a throne to return order to their war-torn country in this historical action-drama based on the Tezuka Award-winning manga, Kingdom.



Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of 50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute runtime.

Tags: War , CGI , Military , Historical , Foreign , Primarily Male Cast , Politics , Swordplay , Ancient China , Coming of Age , Royal Affairs , Male Protagonist , Seinen

Grancrest Senki

Also known as Record of Grancrest War.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance

The series takes place on a continent ruled by chaos. The chaos breeds disaster, but the Lords of the continent have the power of "Crest" (Holy Seal) that can calm the chaos and protect the people. However, before anyone realizes it, the rulers cast aside their creed of purifying the chaos, and instead start to fight each other for each others' Crests and to gain dominion over one another. Siluca, an isolated mage who scorns the Lords for abandoning their creed, and a wandering knight named Theo, who is on a journey to train to one day liberate his hometown, which is under tyrannical rule, make an everlasting oath to each other as master and servant and work together to reform this continent dominated by wars and chaos.



Tags: War , Heterosexual , Politics , Tragedy , Swordplay , Magic , Male Protagonist , Gore , Tsundere , Demons , Netorare , Marriage , Nudity , Acting ,

Shoukoku no Altair

Also known as Altair: A Record of Battles.

Studio: MAPPA , Aniplex , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

For generations the Türkiye Devleti and the Balt-Rhein Empire have stood in stern opposition to each other. Then one night, when an imperial minister is found assassinated, the two nations are plunged into a potentially explosive situation. As the generals of Turkiye's council cry for war, Mahmut comes to discover the devious truth behind the assassination. Thus the young pasha's battle for his country, peace, and trust in his fellow man begins!



Tags: War , Politics , Shounen , Economics , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Orphan , Work , Travel , Military , Foreign , Tanned Skin , Villainess , Outdoor Activities , Animals , Historical , Primarily Male Cast , Archery , Espionage , Swordplay , Coming of Age , Crossdressing , Maids , Ojou-sama , Pirates , Twins , Prison , Guns , Martial Arts , Spearplay , Revenge , Shogi , Adoption , Marriage , Slavery , Assassins , LGBTQ+ Themes

Kingdom 3rd Season

Also known as Kingdom Season 3.

Studio: Studio Signpost , Avex Pictures , Studio Pierrot , NHK Enterprises , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

The third season of Kingdom.

Following the successful Sanyou campaign, the Qin army, including 1,000-Man Commander Xin, inches ever closer to fulfilling King Ying Zheng's dream of unifying China. With a major geographical foothold in the state of Wei now under its control, Qin sets its sights eastward toward the remaining warring states.

Meanwhile Li Mu—an unparalleled strategist and the newly appointed prime minister of the state of Zhao—has taken advantage of Zhao's temporary truce with Qin to negotiate with the other states without interruption. Seemingly without warning, Ying Zheng receives news that armies from the states of Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan, and Qi have crossed into Qin territory. Realizing too late the purpose behind Li Mu's truce with Qin, Zheng quickly gathers his advisors to devise a plan to address the six-state coalition army on their doorstep. For the first time in history, the state of Qin faces complete destruction and must use every resource and strategy at their disposal to prevent themselves from being wiped off the map.



Tags: War , Historical , Military , Male Protagonist , Politics , Foreign , Seinen , Swordplay , Primarily Male Cast , Royal Affairs , Primarily Adult Cast , Ancient China , CGI

Kingdom 2nd Season

Also known as Kingdom Season 2.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , NHK , Sogo Vision
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

The second season of Kingdom.

A year after the devastating battle against the formidable Zhao, the State of Qin has returned its focus to pursuing King Ying Zheng's ambition of conquering the other six states and unifying China. Their next target is Wei, a smaller state which stands as a geographic stepping stone for the sake of conquest.

Xin, now a three hundred man commander of the swiftly rising Fei Xin Unit, continues to seek out lofty achievements in order to garner recognition for himself and his soldiers, motivated by those previously lost in battle. In the preliminary battles ahead of Qin's invasion of Wei, Xin finds competition in other young commanders who are of a higher social status than him. Back in Qin, the royal palace faces turmoil as opposing factions begin to make their move against Ying Zheng's regime.

With their hands full both abroad and at home, Zheng and Xin must lead the way in this era of unending war, resolved to etch their names in history by creating a unified China.



Tags: Foreign , War , Military , Politics , Historical , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age , Royal Affairs , Ancient China , Ensemble Cast , CGI

Seirei no Moribito

Also known as Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit.

Studio: Production I.G , Media Blasters
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Balsa’s prowess in battle is legendary, but the weight of death bears heavily on the spear-wielding mercenary’s soul. To atone, she has sworn to save 8 lives, no matter what the cost, and now only one life remains. Prince Chagum has been blessed with the power to stave off the droughts that threaten to starve and destroy his father’s empire, but he has been accused of being possessed by evil spirits, and court officials have set his own father against him. Condemned to death, he is saved by Balsa’s intervention and now, together, the two must unravel the secret of Chagum’s powers and the spirit behind them… before the armies sent to murder them can succeed!



Tags: Spearplay , Fugitive , Mythology , Female Protagonist , Historical , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Swordplay , Politics , Magic , CGI , Coming of Age , Rural , Cosmic Horror , Tomboy

Juuni Kokuki

Also known as The Twelve Kingdoms.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Sogo Vision , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Supernatural

Nakajima Youko is your average somewhat timid high school student. One day, a strange man named Keiki appears before her, swearing allegiance. Before she could properly register what was happening, demon-like creatures attack Youko and her friends, after which they are pulled into a different world. A world unlike what she has ever known. Separated from Keiki, Youko and her friends must do whatever they can if they wish to survive in this new world.

Tags: Isekai , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Politics , Language Barrier , War , Tragedy , Kingdom Management , Conspiracy , Youkai , Swordplay , Bullying , Anthropomorphism , Shapeshifting , Magic , Shrine Maiden , Royal Affairs , Military , Alternate Universe , Tanned Skin , Chimera , Travel

Madan no Ou to Vanadis

Also known as Lord Marksman and Vanadis.

Studio: Satelight , Movic , Media Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

Tigrevurmud Vorn, the young lord of a remote region far from the kingdom's center, is commanded by the king to go fight the war against a neighboring country. The leader of the enemy is Eleonora Viltaria, one of the seven Vanadis given supernatural arms from a dragon.

The moment when an archer boy and the silver-haired beautiful war maiden meet, it is the beginning for the legend of a hero that will be told for generations to come.



Tags: Female Harem , Dragons , Magic , Medieval , War , Archery , CGI , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Fugitive , Assassins , Heterosexual , Swordplay