Historical Anime

2013 24m 25 episodes ★ 6.5 ActionSeinenMartial Arts

The Sengoku era gave birth to many historical legends. One of them is Naoe Kanetsugu, the brilliant military general of the Uesugi family. Together with Maeda Keiji, a legendary warrior on the battlefield, who become lif...

1985 132m ★ 6.6 DramaFantasyAdventure

A young boy named Jiro finds his mother and sister murdered in his home. Falsely accused of the crime, he flees from his village and meets a priest named Tenkai, who has him kill a rogue ninja named Tarouza. After fulfil...

2018 23m 12 episodes ★ 6.6 RomanceHaremFantasy

The Taishou era didn't end in 15 years, but went on for another 25. In order to protect her waning family, a girl resolves to marry a man she doesn't even know the name of. However, just before the marriage was to take p...

2000 25m 26 episodes ★ 6.5 ActionMechaAdventure

8 years ago, Western Civilization visited 19th century Japan. Mechanized dolls and new steam-powered creations began spreading throughout the country. The Wind Gang is a group of doll and steam users who believe in using...

2020 23m 12 episodes ★ 6.6 ComedySlice of LifeSeinen

In the "one-of-a-kind samurai-general-reincarnated-as-a-canine comedy," Nobunaga perishes at Honnouji as in history, and reincarnates in modern-day Japan as a dog named Shinamon. Other Warring States era warlords such as...

2000 23m 25 episodes ★ 6.8 ActionDramaSeinen

A story set in the mid-1800's about a young doctor who has been trained in Western-style medicine and a young samurai who is trying to live up to the old traditions of his class and culture. The story is actually based u...

2018 25m 12 episodes ★ 6.7 ComedyDemonsSlice of Life

The series is set during the Edo period, in the Fukagawa ward of old Edo (present-day Tokyo). Because the area is prone to fire and flooding, residents rent everyday items like pots, futons, and clothing from shops inste...

2007 21m ★ 6.7 PsychologicalDramaHistorical

A hapless country doctor describes with breathless urgency a night-time summons to attend a young patient. Events soon take on a surreal aspect as "unearthly horses" transport him instantaneously to the bedside. The doct...

2016 25m 12 episodes ★ 6.8 ActionMilitaryHistorical

After Germania invaded a neighboring country in 1939, Europe spiraled into a devastating war. During the war, Germania set its sights on the weak alpine country of Elystadt. Boasting a far superior military and having ac...

2018 20m 20 episodes ★ 6.7 RomanceDramaShoujo

A beauty blogger has been sent to a VR reality game, where she has to stand firm in a catfight in boudoir. But how so? She is given numerous comestic products that she can arm herself up with. Based on the popular online...

1977 25m 30 episodes ★ 6.8 DramaShoujoSlice of Life

Charlotte is a girl who lives on a farm in Canada. On her 12th birthday, her father tells her that her mother, whom Charlotte has always believed to be dead, is actually alive and living in Paris, but soon she will arriv...

2014 24m 24 episodes ★ 6.7 ActionSci-FiMecha

Two planets, one to the East and another to the West, were once bound together by a chain called the Dragon Stream. But now, that chain is broken and the two halves are only joined in war. Nobunaga the Fool is heir to th...

2008 23m 12 episodes ★ 7.0 ActionRomanceSci-Fi

Adaptation of Takashi Noguchi's manga, which itself adapts Baku Yumemakura's supernatural romance novel. The original novel is about a 12th-century man named Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Kurou). Kurou flees into the mountains...

1992 110m ★ 6.9 ActionAdventureHistorical

Melos is a good boy from Messina and has come to Syracuse, the magnificent city of temples, to buy a ritual sword for his sister's marriage ceremony. He meets a very talented sculptor and they become friends. Later, the...

2008 23m 13 episodes ★ 6.9 ActionDemonsFantasy

Tokidoki Rikugou is a history-hating student who flunks out of his Japanese History course; his high school forces him to make up for his failed grade by attending a special museum lecture. Its star exhibit, a vast recre...

2015 120m ★ 6.9 Sci-FiPsychologicalHistorical

By the 19th century, humanity has cultivated technology enabling the reanimation of corpses. Unable to experience individual thoughts or emotions, the corpses are programmed by humans to act as laborers in various occupa...

2019 23m 12 episodes ★ 6.9 RomanceHaremShoujo

Mei Ayazuki is just your ordinary, everyday high-school girl. That is until one night, when the moon is full and red, she’s transported through time to the Meiji Period by Charlie, a self-proclaimed magician. She ends up...

1984 25m 26 episodes ★ 6.8 RomanceAdventureHistorical

Willy Fog accepts a bet from members of the Reform Club that he can make it around the world in 80 days. His plan, however, does not include being stopped by unknown enemies. (Source: ANN)

2012 24m 12 episodes ★ 6.8 ActionSeinenSuper Power

Isanami, a young priestess of Izumo, is forced to watch as a group of evil ninja burn her temple to the ground and slaughter the people within, leaving her no choice but to flee into the forest to escape the same fate. B...

1990 80m ★ 6.8 RomanceDramaAdventure

Ginga, a small town girl sets out to become the Emperors Seihi, highest ranked wife, undaunted by the many other women who seek the same title. Her energetic and eccentric ways aid in her in meeting new people, training...

1984 25m 49 episodes ★ 6.9 DramaSlice of LifeAdventure

This series tells the story of 9 year-old Katri, a girl who lives on a farm in Finland with her grandparents. Katri's mother has been away in Germany for three years. The farm is not doing well, so to help support her fa...

2014 85m ★ 6.9 DramaSupernaturalHistorical

2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. While he travels he meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future an...

1994 90m ★ 7.1 DramaHistorical

An indentured Chinese laborer, brought to Japan to work in a coal mine during WWII, manages to escape his captors. He hides out in the Japanese countryside, so far from human habitation that he does not realize when the...

2020 5m 24 episodes ★ 6.9 ComedySlice of LifeSeinen

Demetrios, a timid and kind vase painter in Ancient Greece who dislikes sports and competitions, is one day forced to come up with a game to compete with the mayor of the neighboring town in order to save his village. Wh...