The 35 Best Samurai Anime to Watch Right Now

Samurai anime dramas depict the Japanese history and the authenticity of the samurai Kings. The dramas are nothing but an adaptation of the manga series, which put forward the main themes, historical figures, and futuristic world. However, the makers of these best anime sequels have kept the exact name of the dramas as it is a modification of the manga. Samurai anime dramas mainly have an Edo period background with an authentic fighting style of the samurai kings.

Being a story of ancient Japan, the drama characters have never failed to connect with the audience through their animation style, fight scenes, and related topics with unique artwork.

35. Masamune Datenicle

Director: Yoshinori Asao (Chief), Satoru Kiyomaru
Cast: Ayumu Murase, Yūsuke Kobayashi, Sōichirō Hoshi
IMDb Rating: 5.7
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

Masamune Datenicle provides a time travel trip into a samurai dream. Young Date Masamune is gearing up for his first epic fight. But then the twist comes. Date gets an unexpected visit from a dragon deity at the family shrine. This mystical and mysterious encounter grants him a special jewel. With this gem he has the power to summon the spirits of late Date Clan leaders to help him on his path.

This anime portrays how it will be to have an all-star samurai squad having your back. This anime takes you on a suspenseful adventure through history and mythology. This show cleverly blends samurai action with a supernatural twist.

34. Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom

Director: Osamu Yamasaki
Writers: Ryōta Yamaguchi ep- 1, Mitsutaka Hirota ep- 2,3, 9, 12, Yoshiko Nakamura ep- 4, 6, 8, 11, Megumu Sasano ep- 5, 7, 10
Cast: Houko Kuwashima, Shinichiro Miki, Showtaro Morikubo
IMDb Rating: 7.2
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom is an extraordinary and unique anime set in the Edo period. In this period samurais used to dominate. The plot is about Chizuru Yukimura, who starts a journey to find her missing father. Her journey takes her to Kyoto, where she crosses paths with the frightening Shinsengumi, a group of elite samurai.

This anime is truly intriguing because of its combination of historical story and supernatural elements. While Chizuru was on her quest for her father, she discovers a suspicious secret involving a mysterious elixir that transforms people into bloodthirsty berserkers called Furies.

It’s a journey through samurai culture, loyalty, and the battle between humanity and Furies.

33. Peacemaker Kurogane (2003)

Director: Tomohiro Hirata
Writers: Nahoko Hasegawa
IMDb Rating: 6.4
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

Peacemaker Kurogane is without a doubt a hidden jewel for anime enthusiasts. This series exquisitely depicts historical drama with exciting samurai elements and fights. The story covers Tetsunosuke Ichimura who is a spirited, motivated and vengeance-driven teenager, seeking justice for his parents’ cruel murder. His journey entangled with the Shinsengum, who is a special police force officer.

The series masterfully captures Tetsu’s evolution from an impulsive youth yearning for redemption to a warrior respected and feared by many. Throughout his struggling journey he forges deep connections with legendary Shinsengumi members, and they help them in their own battles while confronting his inner demons.

Peacemaker Kurogane is a mesmerizing anime about self-discovery, sacrifice, and the responsibility that comes along with power.

32. Rurouni Kenshin (2023)

Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
Writers: Hideyo Yamamoto
Cast: Soma Saito and Rie Takahashi
IMDb Rating: N/A
Streaming Platform: N/A

Rurouni Kenshin has been included on the list of anime that will be attending AnimeJapan 2023, which has now been formally revealed. It’s almost clear that the Red Stage event will be focused on Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan since its premiere date in 2023 was previously revealed.

Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki tells the tale of merciless assassin Kenshin Himura, formerly known as Hitokiri Battousai. He encounters a dojo owner named Kaoru Kamiya while on the road in the Meiji period. They agreed to collaborate since, coincidentally, both of their names were being tarnished.

The Rurouni Kenshin Red Stage at AnimeJapan 2023 is scheduled on Saturday, March 25, 2023, from 5.45 pm to 6.20 pm JST, near the conclusion of the first day of the convention.

31. Orient (2022)

Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa
Writers: Mariko Kunisawa
Cast: Yuma Uchida as Musashi, Soma Saito as Kojiro Kanemaki, Rie Takahashi as Tsugumi Hattori
IMDb Rating: 6.1/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

Based on the manga created and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka, Orient is an anime created by A.C.G.T studio. From January through March 2022, 12 episodes of the first season were shown. In July 2022, a second season that focused on the Awaji Island arc began to premiere.

Musashi and Kojiro, closest friends since the age of 10, listened intently as Kojiro’s father told stories about horrible demons that preyed on the helpless and the heroes who slew them. The two make a pact to become the strongest people in the world while practicing swordplay, but as they get older, Kojiro becomes pessimistic, and Musashi realizes he can’t end 150 years of demon tyranny by himself.

He is almost ready to transition into a life of work and is being referred to as a prodigy with a pickaxe. Yet, he can’t help but feel that he still has a duty to take action, and the injustices in his world will eventually compel him to do so.

30. Yaiba (1988)

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama, Norihiko Suto
Writers: Kenji Terada
Cast: Minami Takayama, Kotono Mitsuishi, Ryô Horikawa
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Streaming Platform: Netflix

Yaiba is the best samurai anime of all time. The story drama is about Yaiba, a child samurai who has a magical sword with which he fights against demons.

29. Rurouni Kenshin (1996)

Director: Keishi Ōtomo
Writers: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Cast: Mayo Auzukaze as Kenshin Himura, Miina Tominaga, Miki Fujitani as Kaoru Kamiya, Yuji Ueda, Tomo Sakurai, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Mika Doi, Ikue Ōtani, Ryō Naitō
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Streaming Platform: Netflix, Crunchyroll

Rurouni Kenshin is the story of Hitokiri Battosai, who is a discarded assassin and the main character of the drama. To protect the people of Japan, he left his former life and decided to become Himura Kenshin.

28. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (1998)

Cowboy Bebop (1998) — Source: Entertainment Weekly

Director: Shinichirō Watanabe
Writers: Keiko Nobumoto
Cast: Kōichi Yamadera as Spike Spiegel, Melissa Fahn as Ed, Megumi Hayashibara as Faye Valentine, Unshō Ishizuka as Jet Black, Kazuhiro Nakata, Norio Wakamoto as Vicious, Tsutomu Tareki as Punch, Miki Nagasawa as Judy, Arisa Ogasawara, Tomie Kataoka
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
Streaming Platform: Netflix

This samurai anime has a background of 2071, in which a group of boys named “Bebop” is the main character. Their main motive is to find out the fugitives around the planets and moons in search of wanted and finish them off.

27. Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (2000)

Director: Akitaro Daichi
Writers: Akitaro Daichi, Yōsuke Kuroda
Cast: Kaori Nazuka, Amanda Carlin, Akemi Okamura, Barry Stigler, Ahmed Best, Bridget Hoffman, Reiko Yasuhara as Tsukikage Ran, Mona Marshall as Ran Tsukikage, Michelle Ruff as Meow, Christopher Carroll
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran is a samurai anime drama in which the spectators see a female protagonist named Ran. She is a youthful samurai clubbed with a Chinese martial artist named Lady Meow of the Iron Cat Fist. Ran’s main motive was a fight against the antagonists of Tokugawa Japan.

26. Samurai Deeper Kyo (2002)

Director: Junji Nishimura
Writers: Shō Aikawa
Cast: Akira Ishida, Kyoshiro Mibu, Dan Green, Katsuyuki Konishi, Benitora, Megan Hollingshead, Christopher Kromer, Veronica Taylor, Michelle Newman, Marc Diraison, Wayne Grayson
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

The story of this best samurai anime is about Demon Eyes Kyo. In this drama, he tries to get back his soul, which has been trapped in the body of his rival samurai, Mibu Kyoshiro. Along with the fight sequence, the watcher will also experience some romantic aspects.

25. Mirage of Blaze Series (2002)

Director: Susumu Kudo
Writers: Hiroko Tokita, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, Ryosuke Nakamura, Yuki Enatsu
Cast: Edward Villa as Takaya Ohgi, James Lyon as Nobutsuna Naoe, David Mallow as Ujimasa Hojyo, David Orozco as Nobunaga Oda, Jane Alan as Yuiko Takeda, Jennifer Jean as Miya Ohgi, John Riggins as Yuzuru Narita, Johnny Yong Bosch as Kotaro Fuma, Julie Ann Taylor as Ayako Kadowaki, Kim Strauss as Masamune Date, Kurt Strauss as Ujiteru Hojyo
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

This samurai anime adaptation is about how a group of high school students squabbles against an evil power. The story of the drama remains calm until Nobutsuna Naoe, an adopted son of a noble samurai, walks in.

24. Peace maker Kurogane (2003)

Director: Tomohiro Hirata
Writers: Nahoko Hasegawa
Cast: David Born, Greg Ayres, Luci Christian, Yumiko Kobayashi, Kappei Yamaguchi, Braden Hunt, Mike MacRae, Jôji Nakata, Kenji Nomura, Kôsuke Toriumi, Christine M. Auten, Yûko Nagashima
IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

The story of this samurai anime is about two brothers who joined Shinsengumi for money. In this drama, famous names from history, like cito and Akito, are also there. However, the drama is based on real characters and events from Japanese history.

23. Ninja Scroll: The Series (2003)

Director: Tatsuo Satō
Writers: Toshiki Inoue
Cast: Rikiya Koyama as Jubei Kibagami, Houko Kuwashima as Shigure, Romi Park as Tsubute, Hideyuki Tanaka as Mufu, Norio Wakamoto, Yuzuru Fujimoto as Dakuan, Seizō Katō as Anden Yamidoro
IMDb Rating: 7/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

Ninja Scroll: The series is a samurai anime that shows the conditions in feudal Japan. The drama showed when a powerful ninja group was instructed to protect the Dragon Stone from the Hiruko Clan and the Kimon Shu along with the Priestess of Light.

22. Shura no Toki – Age of Chaos (2004)

Director: Shin Misawa
Writers: Masatoshi Kawahara
Cast: Hiroki Takahashi, Marc Diraison, Takashi Matsuyama, Dan Green, Marc Thompson, Debora Rabbai, Erica Schroeder, David Brimmer, Maddie Blaustein, Mollie Weaver, Kevin T. Collins, Anthony Salerno, Adam DeVine
IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

The story drama is about a martial art legend named Mutsu Enmei-Ryu, who can defeat any of his opponents with his strength and power. He has a special ability to defeat an enormous number of armed enemies.

21. Samurai 7 (2004)

Director: Toshifumi Takizawa
Writers: Atsuhiro Tomioka
Cast: Masaki Terasoma, Fumiko Orikasa, Takehito Koyasu, Tetsu Inada, Romi Park, Shin-ichiro Miki, Tadahisa Saizen, Rio Natsuki, Ikuo Nishikawa
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Streaming Platform: Netflix

This samurai anime is about how a group of samurai came together to protect the town from the bandits. However, the villagers take the entire care of the soldiers to serve them and save them from the bandits’ attack.

20. Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (2005)

Director: Fumitomo Kizaki
Writers: Yasuyuki Mutō
Cast: Kōsuke Toriumi as Kouga Gennosuke, Nana Mizuki as Oboro, Yasushi Miyabayashi as Muroga Hyouma, Risa Hayamizu as Kagerou, Sei Ôhama as Yakushiji Tenzen, Yōji Ueda as Kisaragi Saemon
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
Streaming Platform: Funimation

The samurai anime showing a war between the Iga and Kouga ninja clans is Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls. But the anime series took a turn when Gennosuke Kouga and Oboro Iga, who belong to the rival clan, fell in love. They were forced to put their arms down after the powerful warlord Ieyasu Tokugawa asked.

19. Samurai Champloo (2005)

Director: Shinichirō Watanabe
Writers: Shinji Obara
Cast: Ginpei Sato as Jin, Kazuya Nakai as Mugen, Ayako Kawasumi as Fuu, Takayuki Sugō as Kagetoki Kariya, Unshō Ishizuka as Manzou ‘The Saw’ Sakami, Norio Wakamoto as Uohori Andou, Akio Ōtsuka as Okuru, Sakiko Tamagawa as Sara, Sayuri Yamauchi as Osuzu
IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
Streaming Platform: Netflix

The samurai anime Samurai Champloo has three characters from the Edo period. However, these three came together during a journey across Japan. In the drama Fuu, a young woman was saved by Jin, a young ronin, when harassed by a group of samurai.

18. Musashi Gundoh (2006)

Director: Yūki Kinoshita
Writers: Naoyuki Sakai
Cast: Keiko Nemoto, Daisuke Kirii, Rintarou Nishi, Kôsei Hirota, Jin Horikawa, Rei Igarashi, Shiho Kawaragi, Yû Kobayashi, Chie Nakamura, Daisuke Namikawa, Souichirou Tanaka, Jin Yamanoi
IMDb Rating: 5.4/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

The story of one of the best samurai anime Musashi Gundoh is set in a fictitious background. The drama depicts how a young samurai, Musashi, uses his sword and tactics to fight against supernatural elements.

17. Gintama Series (2006)

Director: Chizuru Miyawaki
Writers: Shū Matsubara Taku, Kishimoto Masaki Tachihara
Cast: Tomokazu Sugita, Rie Kugimiya as Kagura, Daisuke Sakaguchi as Kobayashi, Akira Ishida as Kotaro Katsura, Kazuya Nakai as Toshiro Hijikata, Kenichi Suzumura as Okita Sougo
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

This anime series is set in feudal Japan when aliens invaded it and created a chaotic environment. However, to get rid of this situation, a group of samurai came together to fight against the inhuman creatures.

16. Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Director: Masahiro Andō
Writers: Fumihiko Takayama
Cast: Tomoya Nagase as Nanashi, Kōichi Yamadera as Luo-Lang, Mamoru Miyano as Jyuurouta Inui, Akio Ōtsuka as Shogen Itadori, Naoto Takenaka as Shoan, Unshō Ishizuka as Lord Akaike, Takurō Kitagawa as Fuchinobe, Maaya Sakamoto
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Streaming Platform: Funimation, Crunchyroll

The Sword of the Stranger is a samurai anime drama that depicts the journey of a swordsman. However, the story proceeds with his moral conflicts and challenging times during his adventurous journey.

15. Shigurui: Death Frenzy (2007)

Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki, Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writers: Seishi Minakami
Cast: Seizō Katō as Kogan Iwamoto, Emi Shinohara as Lady Iku, Daisuke Namikawa as Gennosuke Fujiki, Nozomu Sasaki as Seigen Irako, Houko Kuwashima as Mie Iwamoto, Todd Haberkorn, Kazuki Yao
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll, Funimation

The samurai anime Shigurui: Death Frenzy is set in the Edo period, where Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga arranges a fighting tournament. In this tournament, a one-armed Fujiki Gennosuke and a blind samurai Irako Seigen were against each other. Both of them participated in this tournament to show their power and superiority.

14. Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi (2009)

Director: Rion Kujo
Writers: Hideyuki Kurata
Cast: Yukari Tamura as Chihaya Ikaruga, Katsuyuki Konishi as Ukyo Saginomiya, Yuka Iguchi as Masayuki, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Yoichi Karasuma, Rina Satō as Ibuki Ikaruga, Mutsumi Tamura as Masashi, Haruka Tomatsu as Ayame Ikaruga, Hitomi Nabatame as Angela Takatsukasa
IMDb Rating: 5.9/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi is one of the best series. The drama story is about Yoichi Karasuma, who took martial arts from his father for 17 years. After completing the training, his father ordered him to continue his practice to gain perfection and strong aptitude.

13. Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009)

Director: Takashi Okazaki
Writers: Fuminori Kizaki, Takahiro Harada
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson as Afro Samurai, Lucy Liu as Sio, Mark Hamill as Bin, Yuri Lowenthal as Jinno, Zachary Gordon as Kotaro, Liam O’Brien as Shichogoro, Dave Wittenberg, Kevin Michael Richardson, Ariel Winter
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Streaming Platforms: Netflix, Hulu

Afro Samurai: Resurrection can be termed the best samurai anime. The story starts when Afro’s father loses his life, and his dead body gets stolen from the grave. He took the sword just like his father to show his leadership quality.

12. House of Five Leaves (2010)

Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Writers: Tomomi Mochizuki
Cast: Takahiro Sakurai as Yaichi, Daisuke Namikawa as Akitsu Masanosuke, Yūya Uchida as Matsukichi, Fuyuka Ōura as Otake, Masaya Takatsuka as Umezou, Ao Takahashi as Okinu, Hiroyuki Kinoshita as Heizaemon Yagi
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

The story of the best samurai anime drama is based on the Edo period where Masanosuke Akitsu, a ronin, and the main character of this television series. He was appointed as a bodyguard and the Five Leaves leader.

11. Samurai Girls (2010)

Director: KOBUN
Writers: Ryunosuke Kingetsu
Cast: Aoi Yuki as Jubee Yagyu, Daisuke Hirakawa as Muneakira Yagyu, Aki Toyosaki as Kanetsugu Naoe, Minako Kotobuki as Sen Tokugawa, Ami Koshimizu as Charles d’Artanian, Takahiro Sakurai as Yoshihiko Tokugawa
IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

Samurai Girls have a 21st-century background in an alternative realm where the Tokugawa Shogunate has continued its powerful rule. However, the reality is just the opposite of her thoughts.

10. Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls (2011)

Director: Keitaro Motonaga
Writers: Katsuhiko Takayama
Cast: Clint Bickham, Yuu Asakawa as Momoyo Kawakami, Blake Shepard, Allison Keith as Cookie, Akane Tomonaga as Kazuko Kawakami, Shizuka Ito as Christiane Friedrich, Hiroshi Kamiya as Yamato Naoe, Hitomi, Norio Wakamoto
IMDb Rating: 5.8/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

The story of the samurai anime dramas is about Yamato, who is a second-year student from Kawakami Academy, and his fighting spirit. His spirit and dedication are the way to his success and proficiency.

9. Hyouge Mono (2011)

Director: Kōichi Mashimo
Writers: Sanjita basnet
Cast: Rikiya Koyama, Kôji Ohkura, Masashi Ebara.
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu Live TV

This best samurai anime series has a political essence where the main protagonist Sasuke Furuta gets entangled in between his political dream and his affection for the tea ceremony. The drama proceeds with how Sasuke overcomes his entangled thoughts.

8. Brave 10 (2012)

Director: Kiyoko Sayama
Writers: Mamiko Ikeda
Cast: Daisuke Ono as Saizō Kirigakure, Motoki Takagi as Yuri Kamanosuke, Takehito Koyasu as Masamune Date, Hiroshi Kamiya as Rokuro Unno, Tetsuya Kakihara as Sarutobi Sasuke
IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

Kirigakure Saizou, the main character of the anime, comes to know about Isanami, an Izumo shrine maiden who has been attacked by assassins. On the path to finding his own life, he got to know about this place.

7. Gifuu Doudou!!: Kanetsugu to Keiji (2013)

Director: Bob Shirahata
Writers: Yasuhiro Imagawa
Cast: Daisuke Namikawa, Takuya Sato, Kôji Kikkawa, Naru Kawamoto, Hiroki Yasumoto, Hozumi Gôda, Yôji Ueda, Takayuki Sugô, Kôsei Hirota, Hidekatsu Shibata, Hiroshi Shimozaki, Kôichi Yamadera, Masaki Terasoma, Kazuki Katô, Tomokazu Sugita, Fumihiko Tachiki, Kenji Hamada
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

One of the great samurai anime of all time, Gifuu Doudou!!: Kanetsugu to Keiji is based on a set-up of ancient Japan. The drama is about Naoe Kanetsugu and Maeda Keiji and their events from the past which are fetched in the current time.

6. Mushibugyou (2013)

Director: Takayuki Hamana
Writers: Yōichi Katō
Cast: Rumi Ōkubo as Hibachi, Satomi Akesaka, Megumi Han, Mamoru Miyano, Yū Serizawa, Jun Fukuyama, Rikiya Koyama, Takuma Terashima as Mugai, Junichi Suwabe, Kenn as Jinbee Tsukishima, Kazuhiko Inoue
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

This great samurai anime shows how giant insects named “Mushi” invaded the Earth. However, the Earth had been rescued by the newest community of samurai.

5. Laughing Under the Clouds (2014)

Director: Hiroshi Haraguchi
Writers: Yūya Takahashi
Cast: Yuki Kaji, Yuichi Nakamura as Kumotenka, Takahiro Sakurai, Tsubasa Yonaga
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

The main characters of this drama are the three brothers. They reside in a cloudy place cursed by a demon snake that rebirths every 300 years. To make the place curse-free, the three brothers and more people find the path to end that monster.

4. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings (2017)

Director: Itsuro Kawasaki
Writers: Yasuyuki Mutō
Cast: Kazuya Nakai as Date Masamune, Sōichirō Hoshi as Sanada Yukimura, Norio Wakamoto, Tesshō Genda as Takeda Shingen, Natsuko Kuwatani, Toshiyuki Morikawa as Katakura Kojuro, Takehito Koyasu as Sarutobi Sasuke, Romi Park as Uesugi Kenshin
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll, Funimation

This samurai anime Sengoku Basara Samurai Kings has portrayed Japanese and samurai cultures during the Sengoku period. “Demon King of Owari,” named Oda Nobunaga, became the most significant warning of the evils. However, two young men, Date Masamune, and Sanada Yukimura, stand up to be his rival and form one of the enormous associations for the “demon king” to defeat him during the Sengoku era.

3. Blade of the Immortal (2017)

Director: Takashi Miike
Writers: Hiroaki Samura
Cast: Takuya Kimura as Manji, Hana Sugisaki as Rin Asano, Sota Fukushi as Kagehisa Anotsu, Hiroaki Samura, Hayato Ichihara as Shira, Erika Toda as Makie Otono-Tachibana, Kazuki Kitamura as Sabato Kuroi, Chiaki Kuriyama as Hyakurin, Tsutomu Yamazaki as Kensui Ibane
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Streaming Platform: Netflix

Blade of the immortal is considered one of the best samurai anime dramas. The story of the immortal blade revolves around a competent samurai in feudal Japan who has been cursed for being immortal. However, as the story of blade of the immortal proceeds, he meets a young girl and promises to help her take revenge on her parent’s death. This revenge took the shape of a battle with some dangerous warriors.

2. Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion (2018)

Director: Takayuki Kuriyama
Writers: Shōgo Yasukawa
Cast: Yūki Ono as Kuchii Jinzaburō, Kenji Nomura as Shiraishi Kazuhisa, Rikiya Koyama as Onitakemaru, Kenji Hamada, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Shun Horie, Shirō Saitō as Zhāng Míngfú
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Streaming Platform: Crunchyroll

This great samurai anime is about how a community of prisoners transferred to Tsushima Island to seek help after the Mongol invasion for the first time in Japan. They all received help from the Toi Barai clan and the Goryeo forces.

1. Dororo (2019)

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writers: Yasuko Kobayashi
Cast: Hiroki Suzuki as Hyakkimaru, Rio Suzuki as Dororo, Akio Ōtsuka as Kagemitsu Daigo, Shōya Chiba as Tahomaru, Naoya Uchida as Kagemitsu Daigo, Mutsumi Sasaki as Biwa Hoshi, Chie Nakamura as Nui-nokata, Mugihito
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video

In this samurai anime, Dororo is the main cast rescued by Hyakkimaru when he tries to rob a person. Then they went together to the countryside to find out the demons who had taken Hyakkimaru’s limbs. During this journey, they faced several monsters and ghosts.

The samurai mentioned above anime dramas have fantastical elements which have been an alternative to manga history. A samurai drama gives the perfect portrayal of Japan’s military power, love story, and sophistication. Hopefully, the spectators can easily find out their favorite samurai anime from the list to grasp the essence of Japan.