Historical Anime

2021 22m 11 episodes ActionDramaSeinen

54 AD. Cestus, a young boy orphaned by the Roman empire and made a slave, is placed into a training school for pugilists. It is here that he begins his journey to defy fate and fight for his own freedom. (Source: MAL New...

2021 90m FantasyMusicHistorical

Inu-Oh is born with unique physical characteristics, and the horrified adults cover every inch of his body with garments, including a mask on his face. One day, he meets a boy named Tomona, a blind biwa player, and as To...

1973 87m ★ 7.1 DramaHistoricalDementia

The beautiful Jeanne marries a man named Jean, and the happy newlyweds make their way to the Lord's castle with a cow's worth of money for his blessings. However, the demonic Lord is unmoved by their offering, ignoring t...

2022 24m 24 episodes ActionDramaShoujo

The crown of England has been hotly contested throughout history, and in the Middle Ages, a series of great civil wars became known as the War of the Roses. Claiming a right to the throne, the Duke of York seeks to unsea...

2022 24m 12 episodes ActionHistoricalSamurai

The anime adaptation of Rusted Armors, a multimedia project that first started with a stage play and a manga adaptation. The project focuses on the relationship between the gun-toting Magoichi — who is the leader of the...

1979 25m 13 episodes DramaHistorical

During the civil war a girl living in Virginia, named Jeanie, waits for her old boyfriend Robert to marry him, according to a childish promise, but the war makes the things complicated and, Robert comes back as northerne...

1983 24m 52 episodes Historical

Animated History of Japan.

1973 24m 47 episodes AdventureMartial ArtsHistorical

Failed kamikaze pilot Ken Asuka becomes a rough, tough hooligan who settles all of his problems with karate, until he learns about the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto in the novels of Eiji Yoshikawa. Resolving to li...

1977 20m 32 episodes MilitaryHistorical

Squirrel and Hedgehog documents various animal communities warring and in conflict against one another, each animal being a symbolic representation of real life countries and sometimes political events. A North Korean pr...

2019 23m 16 episodes ActionRomanceAdventure

1663 Common Era, the youngest leader of the Ming dynasty's navy Lu Changfeng is to escort an official to capture criminals but was attacked by a ghost fleet and sea beasts, causing the entire envoy to be sunk. Lu Changfe...

1982 19m FantasyHistoricalKids

An anime about Operation Castle and the demise of the crew on the Daigo Fukuryuu Maru (S.S. Lucky Dragon 5). On March 1st 1954, a hydrogen bomb went off (that ended up being similar sized to the atomic bomb dropped on Hi...

1980 70m DramaHistorical

Based on the book by Tsuboi Sakae, which drew on her involvement in Japan's anarchist counterculture and opposition to Korean War rearmament. Combined live action (handled by Akio Jissoji) and animation (handled by Shige...

1992 25m 39 episodes DramaAdventureHistorical

In the middle of the 19th century, Japan was still closed off from the outside world. There were just the beginning signs of reformation in the long regime of Shogun Tokugawa. In the remote countryside, on the island of...

2017 2m 12 episodes ★ 5.7 ActionComedyHistorical

Strong, intense, and cute! The most laid-back Shinsengumi in history arrives!! An official spinoff series by Hashimoto Eiji (manga) and Umemura Shinya (story) of Chiruran Shinsengumi Requiem. Here's the laid-back everyda...

1979 25m 13 episodes ★ 5.8 DramaHistorical

The principal character is 15-year-old Isabelle Laustin, other characters being her parents Leon and Marie, Isabelle's friends Jean and his sister Marie, and Isabelle's suitor, Captain Victor. When Paris is besieged and...

2014 24m 12 episodes ★ 5.7 ActionMechaHistorical

In the late Edo period, Japan had experienced an unprecedented crisis by Kurofune (Black Ships), the ships from foreign countries. But a giant robot called Onigami, which has existed since ancient time, dispelled the Kur...

1992 42m ★ 5.6 ActionSci-FiAdventure

The year is 1580. Using an army of soldiers equipped with sophisticated weaponry, Nobunaga Oda is on the verge of ruling Japan with an iron fist. One of his enforcers is Ginnai Doma - a fallen samurai reborn into an inde...

1958 78m ★ 6.2 RomanceFantasyAdventure

As a young boy, Xu-Xian is forced to free his pet, a small snake. Unbeknownst to him, the snake is actually a young snake goddess named Bai-Niang and she is in love with him. Many years later, when they are both adults,...

2017 3m 12 episodes ★ 6.3 RomanceHistorical

"Sasuke Sarutobi" is an average college student at Kyoto University studying time slips as a hobby until the day he falls into a time slip himself, transporting him to the Sengoku Period. Upon arrival, Sasuke encounters...

2013 23m 12 episodes ★ 6.2 FantasyHistorical

The stage is the close of the Edo period, an age when, not unlike our own time, both natural and man-made disasters left chaos in their wake. Manjiro makes a living helping the people of the troubled capital city, but be...

2017 12m 10 episodes ★ 6.2 ActionComedyHistorical

North Song Dynasty in ancient China, a legendary figure emerged in North Song's capital Kai Feng. He is governor Zheng Bao. Peasants call him Bao Gong (Lord Bao). In a corrupted government, he differentiates himself by d...

1987 8m ★ 6.2 HorrorMartial ArtsHistorical

"A man with arms which can kill people like puppets is not aware that he himself has already become a puppet." In this short hand-drawn silent animation, a wandering samurai learns this lesson firsthand. Along his travel...

2016 14m 15 episodes ★ 6.1 DemonsSupernaturalAdventure

Dongguo Xiaojie, a young girl, has lived together with her mother ever since she was little. On the year she turned sixteen, her mother suddenly contracted a "Grave Illness". To save her mother, Dongguo Xiaojie set foot...

2017 23m 12 episodes ★ 6.1 RomanceFantasyHistorical

Set in the flourishing world of Jinga that was formerly a prosperous and peaceful realm, the female protagonist is deemed to be the key to bring back order and to rule this world. Chaos started when people, specifically...