Manga like Gunjou Senki

Kurogane no Valhallian

Also known as Black Iron Einheri.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

Tetsujiro Soma, a samurai from the Kamakura era who survived the Mongol Invasions of Japan, suddenly finds himself in an unfamiliar place. A mysterious girl named Hrist tells him that he is in Valhalla—a hall where the souls of fallen warriors gather. Thrown into the battle-crazed hall of Norse mythology, Tetsujiro must battle “einherjar” from various eras in order to return to life!


Tags: Samurai , Afterlife , Swordplay , Isekai , Foreign , Mythology , Seinen

Kingdom

Also known as Kingdom.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama

Xin is a war orphan in a poor village in the kingdom of Qin. He has big dreams of becoming a great general, and when his best friend’s life is cut short by political machinations, Xin sets off to find a deposed ruler and help restore his place on the throne, while working his way up through the ranks of the Qin kingdom’s army to do what no one has ever done before—unify China.



Tags: Military , Historical , War , Ancient China , Politics , Royal Affairs , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Swordplay , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Foreign , Gore , Primarily Male Cast , Spearplay , Fugitive , Heterosexual , Conspiracy , Archery , Ensemble Cast , Body Horror , Time Skip , Torture , Assassins , Crossdressing , Nudity , Magic

Golden Kamuy

Also known as Golden Kamuy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama

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.



Note: Won the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016 and the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018. Nominated for the 20th and 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016.

Tags: Historical , Conspiracy , Military , Outdoor Activities , Indigenous Cultures , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Food , Educational , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Male Cast , Travel , Snowscape , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Survival , Guns , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Male Harem , Revenge , Language Barrier , Anti-Hero , LGBTQ+ Themes , Slapstick , Crime , Prison , Wilderness , Trains , Animals , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Archery , Swordplay , Disability , Suicide , Tanned Skin , Transgender , Twins , Cannibalism , Heterosexual , Zoophilia , Yakuza , Time Skip , Dissociative Identities , Crossdressing

Hyouryuu Kyoushitsu

Also known as The Drifting Classroom.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Out of nowhere, an entire school vanishes, leaving nothing but a hole in the ground. While parents mourn and authorities investigate, the students and teachers find themselves not dead but stranded in a terrifying wasteland where they must fight to survive.



Note: Includes short story "The Wish"

Tags: Survival , School , Post-Apocalyptic , Time Manipulation , Gore , Tragedy , Environmental , Primarily Child Cast , Lost Civilization , Cult , Male Protagonist , Agriculture , Shounen , Isekai , Cannibalism

Ryuurouden

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Middle schoolers, Shiro and Masumi, encountered a mysterious dragon that brought them back to the time of the Three Kingdoms; situated in ancient China. As soon as they arrived, they were rescued by the Han Kingdom. Not long after these events, Masumi was kidnapped and Shiro barely escaped death... Soon the story gets more complicated as they are stuck in the past.

(SourceL JanKenPon)

Tags: Shounen , Historical

Nobunaga Concerto

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance

History classes have never interested Saburo. He never saw the point of learning something that happened in the past, let alone a few hundred years ago. But when he falls off a wall, he travels through a wormhole and ends up in 16th century ancient Japan. He meets a very young Oda Nobunaga, one of the most influential figures in Japanese history, who turns out to be identical in appearance as Saburo. The real Nobunaga, sick of the castle life and wanting to travel, orders Saburo to take his place. Without knowing how to get back to his time, Saburo tries to make sure history isn’t rewritten for the infamous Oda Nobunaga.



Note: Won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen.

Tags: Shounen , Historical , Anachronism , War , Time Manipulation

Final Fantasy: Lost Stranger

Also known as Final Fantasy Lost Stranger.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Square Enix employee Shogo Sasaki has a big dream-to produce his very own Final Fantasy game with his sister, Yuko. But after the siblings are involved in a truck accident, they awaken to realize they've left their world behind...and fallen into the world of Final Fantasy! After coming to grips with the situation, they meet some new friends, join a party, and accept their fate as adventurers. But when danger approaches, Shogo will discover that his encyclopedic knowledge of the games can only take him so far...



Tags: Virtual World , Magic , Isekai , Video Games , Male Protagonist , Dragons , Seinen

Sengoku Komachi Kuroutan: Noukou Giga

Also known as Sengoku Komachi Kurotan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Teenage history buff Shizuko Ayanokoji is a student at a specialized agricultural high school. One day, just as she's walking home from school, she suddenly finds herself transported back in time to the Sengoku Period…and who then appears before her but warlord Oda Nobunaga himself?! Captured by Nobunaga's army, Shizuko immediately vows to prove her agricultural expertise to him, but can she really fulfill this promise?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Agriculture , Historical , Food , Samurai , Anachronism , Rural , Military , Time Manipulation , War , Archery , Ghost , Shounen , Amnesia