If you're a fan of epic sword fights and the Edo period, then you're in for a treat with our top picks for the best samurai anime series.
From adventures in post-apocalyptic worlds to historical battles between rival ninja clans, these anime series will surely keep you entertained. Here's our ranking of the best samurai anime
NOTE : you can recommend any anime in the comment section below...
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SAMURAI 7
This is an adventure anime series created by Toshifumi Takazawa and Atsushiro. In a dangerous and post-apocalyptic world, a war has ravaged nations and ended in bitter trauma.
Clans of former samurai now wander the globe and terrorize small villages by transforming their bodies into cyborg-like superhumans. The small village of Kanna can only protect itself by finding a samurai protector.
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BASILISK
This is a historical anime series created by Masaki Sakawa. The times are violent and disturbing as two rival ninja clans have battled for centuries in a bloodbath with no outcome in sight.
The formation of a stabilized government in Japan threatens to unite the ruthless clans, but coexistence is tenuous at best with blood feuds and hatred still defining morality.
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AFRO SAMURAI
This is an action anime television series created by Takashi Okazaki. In a feudal yet futuristic future Japan, everyone wants to be the greatest warrior and believed to be immortal when wearing the number one headband.
However, the road to becoming number one is difficult and requires constant fighting, training, and survival.
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DRIFTERS
This is an action adventure anime television series created by Kota Hirano.
The story is about a great warrior who gets fatally wounded in a 17th century battle but instead of death, he is met by the Drifters, an organization of warriors bound between our world and a world of magical beings. The Drifters are there to protect mankind from evil.
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TENJOU TENGE
This is a fantasy anime television series created by Rimiko Takahashi. Inspired by an "Alice in Wonderland" premise, it is a creative and absurd journey following a young girl named Kagame who lives a peaceful life until she is dragged down a hole by a demon centipede.
She finds herself in another dimension hundreds of years earlier and is supposedly the reincarnation of a mystical warrior.
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BLEACH
This is a Japanese anime television series created by Tite Kubo. High school student Ichigo Kurosaki is tortured by the ability to see ghosts but after an incident with a Hollow, he gains magical powers and becomes a dangerous martial arts fighter as a Shinigami.
He eliminates Hollows and finds out that some of his friends also have dark superpowers, leading to the creation of a team of a lifetime.
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PEACEMAKER
This is an action anime television series created by Osamu Tazuka. The tale combines real-life Japanese history defined by civil war with dark and twisted fantasy elements.
During a time of poverty and crime, a troubled man named Ronin tries to walk the thin line between moral abyss and righteousness, with an orphan getting drawn into a magical world.
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RUROUNI KENSHIN
An anime television series created by Nobuhiro Watsuki, tells the adventures of Himura Kenshin, a wandering swordsman who meets a young woman and decides to help her and her struggling martial arts school with his skills.
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SAMURAI CHAMPLOO
An anime action television series created by Masaru Gotsumo, follows a young waitress named Foo who is saved from abuse by a mysterious rogue named Mugen and a young ronin named Jin.
The three go on an adventure to find the samurai who smells of sunflowers.
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GINTAMA
A comedy anime television series created by Hideaki Sarachi and Shinji Takamatsu, set in an era where aliens have taken over feudal Tokyo.
The story follows an unemployed samurai named Gentoki Sakata and his friends Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura, as they work as freelancers and find themselves in trouble with the police, rebels, and assassins, leading to humorous consequences.
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CONCLUSION
In conclusion, these samurai anime series will definitely keep you entertained with their epic sword fights, thrilling battles, and fantastical journeys.
Let us know in the comments what your favorite samurai anime series is, and don't forget to support us on Kofi.
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