Historical Anime

1991 48m 2 episodes ★ 7.2 ComedySci-FiMecha

Somewhat based on the real story of how Gainax was founded, Otaku no Video addresses all aspects of an otaku lifestyle. Ken Kubo is a young man living an average life until he is dragged into a group of otaku. Slowly, he...

1980 25m 49 episodes ★ 7.2 DramaSlice of LifeAdventure

Tom Sawyer is a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s. Along with his best friend Huckleberry Finn, he spends his days ditching school, fishing, climbing trees and having adventures.

2003 24m 13 episodes ★ 7.2 PsychologicalFantasySupernatural

Tired of writing riddles for children, Yamaoka Momosuke plans on gathering spooky and gruesome stories and publishing them in an anthology called Hyakumonogatari ("One Hundred Tales"). While researching these old myths a...

2018 23m 12 episodes ★ 7.2 ActionDramaMilitary

The scary great king comes from the other side of the sea... The big incident "Genkou" that shook medieval Japan is being drawn in an original way in this historical anime, along with the beginning of the Samurai! (Sourc...

2020 24m 12 episodes ★ 7.2 RomanceDramaSlice of Life

In the 16th century, the city of Florence booms with cultural and creative revival in celebration of the Renaissance. Arte, a delightful young lady from an aristocratic family, dreams of being an artist and contributing...

2015 24m 12 episodes ★ 7.2 ComedyRomanceFantasy

Maria is a powerful young witch living with her two familiars in medieval France during the Hundred Years' War against England. As the war rages on and the innocent get caught in its destruction, Maria becomes fed up wit...

2015 90m ★ 7.2 DramaSupernaturalSeinen

The time: 1814. The place: Edo, now known as Tokyo.One of the highest populated cities in the world, teeming with peasants, samurai, townsmen, merchants, nobles, artists, courtesans, and perhaps even supernatural things....

2006 24m 26 episodes ★ 7.1 ActionDramaHistorical

In the final years of the Bakumatsu, wandering mercenary Yojiro Akizuki travels the length and breadth of Japan. And while he employs his sword in the usual fashion, he also uses it to help him locate supernatural items...

2000 24m 13 episodes ★ 7.1 ComedyAdventureMartial Arts

In the Edo or Tokugawa period (1600–1868), Ran, a female wandering samurai whose skill with the katana is only matched by her taste for sake (rice wine), is joined by a chinese martial artist who calls herself Lady Meow...

2009 23m 26 episodes ★ 7.3 ActionAdventureHistorical

Souten Kouro's story is based loosely on the events taking place in Three Kingdoms period of China during the life of the last Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao (155 – March 15, 220), who also serves as the...

2008 25m 12 episodes ★ 7.3 RomanceFantasyMagic

In the nineteenth century, we find Lydia Carlton living in Scotland, making a living as a fairy doctor. She is one of those rare humans who can see and communicate with fairies. But no one believes her. However, Edgar is...

2011 25m 12 episodes ★ 7.3 ActionSupernaturalMystery

Six months ago, Lord Hugh Anthony Disward, also known as Huey, lost his eccentric grandfather, Sir Wesley Disward, who was a renowned collector of rare books. His grandfather's will states that, in order to inherit his m...

2007 23m 12 episodes ★ 7.4 ActionPsychologicalDrama

At the beginning of the Edo Era, when people enjoyed a time of peace, Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga holds a fighting tournament. In the past, matches were fought with wooden swords. This time, real swords will be used. One-arme...

2004 99m ★ 7.4 MusicHistorical

At a young age, Nitaroh is stricken with an illness that leaves him blind. He inherits the shamisen once used by his mother and is taught its basics by a blind traveling shamisen player. In time, with the help of friends...

1976 26m 52 episodes ★ 7.4 DramaSlice of LifeAdventure

Based on a short section of the novel Cuore by the Italian Edmondo de Amicis, Marco is a young boy living in Genoa, Italy, together with his father Pietro. But the family is not complete, for Marco`s mother left for Arge...

2007 25m 26 episodes ★ 7.4 DramaShoujoHistorical

Based on the Emily of New Moon novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Emily is an orphan who gets sent to live with her relatives on Prince Edward Island, after her father dies. In New Moon she lives with her Aunt Elizabeth, Aun...

2006 25m 24 episodes ★ 7.2 MagicSupernaturalSeinen

In 18th century Paris, a coffin is found floating down the Seine River. It carries the corpse of noblewoman Lia de Beaumont: a spy of King Louis XV, and whose younger brother Charles d'Eon has just been knighted. When se...

2018 23m 12 episodes ★ 7.1 ActionSupernaturalHistorical

In the year 1930, vampires have infiltrated Tokyo to feast upon its unsuspecting citizens. As the number of victims continues to rise, the city's authorities decide to hire the Jaegers—a strange, diverse group of individ...

2007 24m 26 episodes ★ 7.2 ComedySci-FiDrama

In Edo in the mid-1800's, fireworks maker Seikichi Tamaya and his friends struggle to live under the harsh morality laws imposed by the strict city councilor, which ban all luxuries, including fireworks. One day, a stran...

2004 24m 26 episodes ★ 8.5 ActionComedyAdventure

Fuu Kasumi is a young and clumsy waitress who spends her days peacefully working in a small teahouse. That is, until she accidentally spills a drink all over one of her customers! With a group of samurai now incessantly...

1988 88m ★ 8.5 DramaHistorical

As World War II reaches its conclusion in 1945, Japan faces widespread destruction in the form of American bombings, devastating city after city. Hotaru no Haka, also known as Grave of the Fireflies, is the story of Seit...

2013 24m 12 episodes ★ 7.1 ComedySchoolDemons

The story revolves around William, an aristocratic family's progeny with rare intellect. One day, his uncle lost his possessions after his business failed. Fearing that his family's name has been tarnished, William retur...

2010 22m 26 episodes ★ 8.5 DramaSeinenHistorical

Japan, 1955: Mario Minakami has just arrived at Shounan Special Reform School along with five other teenagers who have been arrested on serious criminal charges. All assigned to the same cell, they meet older inmate Roku...

2011 24m 24 episodes ★ 8.1 RomanceDramaMystery

Kazuya Kujou is a foreign student at Saint Marguerite Academy, a luxurious boarding school in the Southern European country of Sauville. Originally from Japan, his jet-black hair and dark brown eyes cause his peers to sh...