Anime has become one of the popular genres among youth. Many read manga and watch TV shows featuring their favorite hand-drawn characters. The most frequent plot are the great wars and the struggle of the samurai.
It is samurai who inspire exploits and inspire confidence and hope. By their labor and perseverance they show that it is possible to achieve goals and truth, even when everything is against you.
Our article presents the top 10 most interesting animes about ninjas and samurai.
10. Age of Troubles: The Last Party
The film was released in 2011. The action takes place after the great war with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Old enemies do not want to leave the stage so quickly, while the younger generation is trying to surpass their mentors.
Japan is in a state of constant civil strife. Everyone is waiting for a decisive battle, which is about to come and determine who will bear the title of Shogun of Japan. After all, this is a respected and great profession in this country. The words of this warrior should inspire confidence and fall into the very hearts of the soldiers. Yes end Age of Troubles.
9. Lupine 3: A woman named Fujiko Mine
The first season of the series was released in 2012. The plot tells the audience stories that happened before the formation of the team Lupine. After all, this five did not always save “girls in trouble” and was elusive together.
The young thief is tired of ordinary and everyday thefts and he wants something new. He goes in search of a miracle that will save him from the hardships of boring life. And he finds this miracle in the face Fujiko Mine. This girl conquered him, because only she could challenge the great Lupine. She was not only prudent and smart, but still very beautiful. The meeting turned out to be fatal and will present the audience with many pleasant minutes.
8. House of five leaves
Mini-series “House of Five Leaves”Came out in 2010. The story tells of the Edo era, when many samurai were left without work. Among this list was the famous samurai Akitsu Masanosuke. He is a very talented warrior, but too modest. He cannot offer his services, because even talking with people does not work.
Quite unexpectedly, Akitsu Masanosuke meets a young man, who is his exact opposite, he offers him a job as a bodyguard. But he did not even realize that he was joining a serious gang and would cover up the most famous leader in Japan.
7. The Tale of Sakura Demons: Heavenly Guest
This is the second movie “Tale of the Sakura Demons" He came out in 2014 and gained immense popularity. The Emperor’s army is equipped with new weapons against which swords are powerless. Now fencing and fighting skills cannot be defeated.
Supporters of the Shogunate are also ripening internal faults and insecurity. Shinsengumi fight with all their might and even resort to the help of an elixir. But all to no avail. What will end this struggle, which at first glance seems already decided?
6. Wanderers
Anime “Wanderers”Received high reviews from viewers and experts. The series contains 12 episodes, the first was released in October 2016. In the center of the plot is the brave warrior Toyohisa Shimazu. In a fierce battle, he receives a serious and terrible wound. From such injuries he was supposed to die on the spot, but fate put everything in its place.
Now he stands bleeding and exhausted from pain in a white, spacious corridor. A man comes towards him, who, instead of informing him that he is dead, offers to sign a contract. Toyohisa agrees and opens the door indicated to him.
He loses consciousness, and when he comes to, he understands that life around has changed. He is in an alternative world and can only guess what tests he will have to overcome in order to pay for the extension of his life.
5. Wonderful things
A small series consisting of 39 episodes that were shown on TV in 2011. During the Time of Troubles, Prince Sasuke Furuta, the vassal of Nobunaga Oda, a skilled fighter, a magnificent court and subtle connoisseur of beauty, suddenly fell into a midlife crisis.
Thinking long, Furuta came to the conclusion that he wanted to become the greatest master of the tea ceremony. But this path turns out to be very difficult, because he is constantly sent to carry out assignments.
But now he is interested not only in gold and fame, in every battle he finds a way to approach his dream. So he gets the funny nickname of an eccentric, but all this way is worth it to come to the art of making better tea. TV series "Wonderful things”Is very colorful and impossible to come off until you see the credits of the last episode.
4. Dororo
The war is about to end in the country, after all, already in 1420. On the Noto Peninsula in the Hokuriku area, a child was to appear at the Samurai General. The boy was born with a vice in physical development. The father threw him into the water, but the wise old man saved the baby and raised it as his own.
The boy became very smart and decided to take what belongs to him by right. So he went on a journey to kill 48 demons, who have his body parts. His companion was Dororo, who helped him in this difficult matter and killed demons, while Hyakkimaru changed before his eyes.
In the series “Dororo”24 episodes, each of which lasts 25 minutes. In this anime, they note excellent drawing and voice acting, more than once it was called the best anime of 2019.
3. The stranger's sword
The 2007 anime takes viewers to a time when the real men were samurai and it was they who ruled the country.
Representatives of the local government are chasing the young man with the dog, but he manages to slip away. Saves him alien sword, a mysterious warrior all in battle scars that recall his past.
Aliens are patrolling the villages and are clearly looking for something. Later it becomes clear why they arrived in these places and their last main goal is precisely this runaway young man. The old warrior agrees to take the child to the Temple, but warns immediately that the path will not be easy.
2. Samurai Champloo
TV series "Samurai Champloo”Came out back in 2004, but has not lost its relevance. Fifteen-year-old Fuu lost her mother. For a whole year she worked in a tea room in grief, but now she decided to go in search of the culprit of the tragedy. She has valuable evidence. She knows for sure that the culprit is a samurai with the smell of sunflowers.
She does not know how to survive in a world where anyone she meets can be a gangster and try to kidnap her for money. She meets Jin and Mugan and now her life is filled with a series of dangerous adventures.
She has nothing, but she is trying to survive thanks to talent, which is attached to the constant ability to get into trouble. Each of the heroes has its own past and its enemies. None of them even know about each other's problems.
1. Gintama
This series went from 2003 to 2018. A total of 201 episodes were filmed. In the center of the plot is a samurai named Gintoki Sakata. His team has some of the most serious and well-trained warriors.
On the streets there are times when aliens took over the planet, and the government simply gave up. Swords can no longer be used, which means the samurai were left without work and became unnecessary.
But not everyone surrenders as quickly as the government, many are trying to fight with the help of martial arts against high technology. The main character is in the ranks of these brave samurai.
In the series “Gintama”A lot of humor, so the viewer will not only watch the struggle intensely, but will also be able to relax from the jokes of the heroes.