Historical Anime
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The Wind Rises
2013 126m ★ 8.1 RomanceDramaHistorical
Although Jirou Horikoshi's nearsightedness prevents him from ever becoming a pilot, he leaves his hometown to study aeronautical engineering at Tokyo Imperial University for one simple purpose: to design and build planes...
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2007 25m 26 episodes ★ 8.2 ActionFantasyAdventure
On the precipice of a cataclysmic drought, the Star Readers of the Shin Yogo Empire must devise a plan to avoid widespread famine. It is written in ancient myths that the first emperor, along with eight warriors, slew a...
Sword of the Stranger
2007 103m ★ 8.3 ActionAdventureHistorical
In the Sengoku period of Japan, a young orphan named Kotarou and his dog Tobimaru steal from unsuspecting villagers in order to make ends meet. However, Kotarou is forced to remain on the run when he finds himself being...
Romeo and the Black Brothers
1995 23m 33 episodes ★ 8.3 DramaSlice of LifeAdventure
Romeo is a kindhearted and courageous boy living with his family in a small village in Switzerland. Unfortunately, Romeo becomes the interest of a man named Luini, known as "The God of Death," who is infamous for buying...
Katanagatari
2010 50m 12 episodes ★ 8.3 ActionRomanceAdventure
In an Edo-era Japan lush with a variety of sword-fighting styles, Shichika Yasuri practices the most unique one: Kyotouryuu, a technique in which the user's own body is wielded as a blade. The enigmatic seventh head of t...
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2013 137m ★ 8.2 FantasyHistorical
Deep in the countryside, a man named Okina works as a bamboo cutter in a forest, chopping away at the hollow plants day after day. One day, he discovers a small baby inside a glowing shoot. He immediately takes her home,...
In This Corner of the World
2016 156m ★ 8.3 DramaSeinenHistorical
Suzu Urano is a pure and kindhearted girl who loves to draw and keep her head in the clouds. Growing up in the outskirts of Hiroshima with her family, she is more than happy to help with her grandmother's nori business....
Millennium Actress
2002 86m ★ 8.3 ActionRomanceDrama
At the turn of the millennium, Ginei Studio's dilapidated buildings are set to be demolished. Ex-employee and filmmaker Genya Tachibana decides to honor this occasion with a commemorative documentary about the company's...
Takarajima
1978 24m 26 episodes ★ 7.9 DramaAdventureMystery
Jim Hawkins is a young boy lead by progressive events to embark on a search journey for the legendary treasure of the once dreaded pirate, Captain Flint. On their way to Treasure Island, John Silver, Jim's best friend, t...
Soul Land: 4th Season
2020 20m 13 episodes ★ 8.0 ActionRomanceFantasy
Fourth part of Douluo Dalu.
Hyouge Mono
2011 25m 39 episodes ★ 8.0 SeinenHistoricalSamurai
The story is set during Japan's Sengoku Jidai (Era of the Warring States) and centers on Furuta Sasuke, a vassal of the great warlord Oda Nobunaga and a man obsessed with tea ceremony and material desires in his pursuit...
Porco Rosso
1992 93m ★ 8.0 ActionComedyRomance
After a curse turned him into a pig, World War I ace Marco Pagot becomes Porco Rosso, a mysterious bounty hunter who takes down sky pirates in the Adriatic Sea. He whiles away his days on a secluded island, rarely leavin...
Soul Land: 3rd Season
2019 20m 13 episodes ★ 8.0 ActionFantasySupernatural
Third part of Douluo Dalu.
House of Five Leaves
2010 23m 12 episodes ★ 7.8 DramaSeinenMystery
Saraiya Goyou follows Masanosuke Akitsu, a wandering ronin adrift in Japan's peaceful Edo period. Despite being a skilled swordsman, Masa's meek personality has netted him the label "unreliable," and he is often abruptly...
From Up on Poppy Hill
2011 95m ★ 7.9 SchoolRomanceShoujo
Atop a hill overlooking a seaside port sits a boarding house named Coquelicot Manor. Since the building is run by her family, Umi Matsuzaki carries out many of the duties involved in managing the small establishment, suc...
Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette
2007 24m 52 episodes ★ 7.9 DramaShoujoSlice of Life
In 19th century France, a struggling single mother, Fantine, leaves her three-year-old daughter Cosette in the care of her new acquaintances, the Thernadiers. Unfortunately, Cosette's caretakers prove to be anything but...
Blue Literature
2009 23m 12 episodes ★ 7.8 PsychologicalDramaSeinen
Ningen Shikkaku A high school student seeks solace in narcotics to escape the dispiritedness that has come over his life. As he goes through the different stages of his life, it culminates in the questioning of his exist...
My Daddy Long Legs
1990 23m 40 episodes ★ 7.8 ComedySchoolRomance
Daddy Long Legs is based on the novel of the same name by Jean Webster. It chronicles the adventures of Judy Abbott, an orphan in New York. During a meeting for the superintendent, with other important and rich people in...
Soul Land: 5th Season
2020 20m 13 episodes ★ 8.0 ActionRomanceFantasy
Fifth part of Douluo Dalu.
Romeo x Juliet
2007 24m 24 episodes ★ 7.7 RomanceDramaFantasy
On the floating continent of Neo Verona, the Montague family slaughters the entire Capulet family and seizes control of the kingdom. The true heir to the throne, Juliet Fiammata Asto Capulet, manages to escape the onslau...
A Little Princess Sara
1985 25m 46 episodes ★ 7.7 DramaShoujoSlice of Life
Sent to an all-girls boarding school due to her father's overseas job, Sarah Crewe is a promising young girl who excels both academically and socially in her new life in London. However, her world is turned upside down w...
Altair: A Record of Battles
2017 24m 24 episodes ★ 7.5 DramaFantasyAdventure
Tughril Mahmut is a young pasha serving on the Divan of the Türkiye Stratocracy. The clouds of war are gathering over his country due to the threat of an aggressive Empire. With the Divan split between warmongers and the...
Giovanni's Island
2014 102m ★ 7.7 DramaHistorical
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship...
Hybrid Child
2014 25m 4 episodes ★ 7.7 RomanceSci-FiDrama
The skilled craftsman Kuroda created artificial humans called Hybrid Child—creatures who are neither machines nor dolls, but rather a reflection of the love shown to them. While they can feel human emotions and have thei...











