Historical Anime

1988 34m ★ 6.1 DramaHistorical

In 1945, the second and third-year students of a Hiroshima girls' school are taken away to work in war factories. The remaining 220 girls of the first year try to make the best of their new-found status as the only teena...

2017 22m 50 episodes ★ 6.1 SupernaturalHistoricalKids

Sequel series to Furusato Saisei: Nihon no Mukashibanashi.

1993 148m ActionHistorical

An anime based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel.

2002 97m ★ 6.0 Historical

An animated film about Paul Rusch, an American missionary who helped build churches, schools, hospitals in Japan and overall helped improve life in rural areas of Japan along with soothing post-WW2 relations between the...

2016 5m 12 episodes ★ 5.5 RomanceHaremFantasy

The anime will feature an original story from the game on which it is based.

2006 24m 12 episodes ★ 6.0 ComedyHistorical

Six girls including Tsukishima Yui were summoned into the end of Edo period by the power of mystic stones. They became celestial nymphs to protect cities from evils. Each girl obtained her own power. The power Yui obtain...

2014 23m 12 episodes ★ 6.1 ActionComedyShoujo

Ryouma Sakamoto wants everyone to know about his passion for rock 'n' roll, so he roams around town with his electric guitar willing to show anyone he encounters that he's just as skilled as the famous Shinsengumi stars...

2020 24m 12 episodes ★ 6.0 MysteryHistorical

A ghost was seen on the 12th floor of the Asakusa Juunikai building. A newspaper article featuring the sighting brought together Takuboku Ishikawa, who runs a private detective agency to support his family, and his assis...

1992 90m ★ 6.0 DramaAdventureHistorical

Apfelland is a small but beautiful country surrounded by Russia, Austria, and Germany. Vel is a boy who lives in the capital, Charlottenburg. He happens to help a girl Frid. She was kidnapped because radium mine was foun...

1961 83m ★ 6.1 FantasyHistorical

Anju and Zushioumaru live a peaceful life in rural Japan with their kind and gentle father—the steward of the emperor's hunting grounds who teaches his children to respect nature and protect animals. The local lord frame...

1992 48m ★ 5.9 DramaHorrorHistorical

Behind the colorful curtains and extravagant performances, there lies the dark side of a circus life, hidden away from the smiles and praises of the audience. Set in early 20th century Japan, Midori: Shoujo Tsubaki highl...

2019 109m ★ 5.9 PsychologicalDramaSeinen

"Mine has been a life of much shame."Tokyo, 2036 (Showa year 111): a revolution in medical treatment has conquered death...By means of internal nanomachines and the "S.H.E.L.L." system whose network controls them, human...

1989 25m 6 episodes ★ 6.0 ActionDemonsSci-Fi

A psychic ninja fantasy suggesting that the assassins did not die out during the Sengoku era but burrowed under Japan, where they fought a new war against the alien occupants of a crashed spaceship that has lain undistur...

1991 51m 2 episodes ★ 5.9 FantasyAdventureHistorical

A historical fantasy set in third century (i.e., mythical) Japan. It tells the story of Izumo, the young prince of Nakatsukuni. He's not very interested in studying, unlike his cousin Dekiru; instead, he wants to see the...

2014 25m ★ 5.8 RomanceFantasyHistorical

The Juuza. That is the name given to those of the 13th Zodiac: the cat people. Seen as a vulgar and contemptuous race, they live a life of seclusion away from human eyes. However, as the end of the Han Dynasty draws near...

2009 72m ★ 6.4 ActionMartial ArtsHistorical

The film's story centers on Musashi Miyamoto, one of the most famous swordsmen in Japanese history. He pioneered the Hyouhou Niten Ichi-ryuu style of two-sword fighting and wrote The Book of Five Rings, a book that has b...

2012 31m ★ 6.4 DramaHistorical

The 30-minute film centers around a group of high school nurses called Himeyuri who served during the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. The Himeyuri Alumnae Incorporated Foundation, which runs the Himeyuri Peace Mus...

2007 24m 25 episodes ★ 6.3 AdventureShounenHistorical

The Imperial Seal has been passed down through the generations since ancient times. It confers great power unto the warriors that it chooses. This is the story of those warriors. It is a time of chaos and of civil war. I...

2018 17m 20 episodes ★ 6.4 DramaAdventureMystery

Chu Yuan is at the palace courtroom while Duan Baiyue is at the Southwest. Everyone believes they’re in opposition to each other, but turns out that may not be the case. Chu Yuan needs to become a good Emperor, and Duan...

1984 25m 26 episodes ★ 6.3 AdventureHistoricalKids

A boy named Rui Diaz De Vivar wants to become a knight. To do so he must travel the king of Castilla.

1999 20m 26 episodes ★ 6.5 ComedyFantasyAdventure

An ancient legend tells of a magical Powerstone that granted its owner any wish desired. Adventurers from all over the globe clash as they seek this mystical gem. Based upon the Dreamcast game, POWERSTONE tries to entert...

2001 83m ★ 6.5 DramaHistorical

The anime follows a group of friends Giulia, Maria, Enrico, Lucio and Angelon during the disaster as they team up with a Japanese journalist Shiro Ando, and begin their own investigation of what's occurring (during the w...

2005 82m ★ 6.5 DramaMilitaryHistorical

August 1945. In a converted theological seminary on the outskirts of Nagasaki, a young doctor works to help his patients, as unsettling news comes of a new weapon used by the Americans on the city of Hiroshima. When the...

1987 106m ★ 6.5 RomanceDramaHistorical

Based on the literary work of Shikibu Murasaki, The Tale of Genji is a story of the Emperor`s second son born by a courtier. Made a commoner, he served as a retainer to the court.