Historical
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Red River
After a mysterious hand drags her beneath a puddle, modern Japanese teenager Yuri awakens in the Hittite Empire of the 14th century BCE. Thrust into a deadly…
61Action · Adventure · Drama
A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires
Elizabeth Leiston, daughter of the influential prime minister, is a picture-perfect lady on the path to becoming the future queen of the Kingdom of Haldoria. But her…
67Drama · Fantasy
The World Is Dancing
Born into a life of acting and dance with a traveling theater troupe in 14th-century Japan, 12-year old Oniyasha has one problem—he doesn't know what the point…
71Drama
Though I Am an Inept Villainess
As maidens from the Five Clans battle for the Crown Prince’s heart, jealous Keigetsu uses forbidden magic to swap bodies with the beloved Reirin. Switching places does…
78Drama · Fantasy · Romance
Samurai Jam-Bakumatsu Rock
The story is set in the Bakumatsu era, at the end of the shoguns' rule over Japan in the middle of the 19th century. The Tokugawa shogunate…
54Action · Comedy · Fantasy
Norn9
The story takes place a little in the future. Guided by one particular song, young elementary school student Suzuhara Sorata, from the Heisei Era, is warped through…
60Drama · Romance · Sci-Fi
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
The story is about a girl named Ronja who is the daughter of a chief of a tribe of bandits and lives in a huge castle in…
65Adventure · Fantasy · Slice of Life
Sengoku BASARA - End of Judgement
Get ready for the hacking, slashing battle of a lifetime in a new adaptation of the legendarily violent Sengoku Basara franchise. Based on the best-selling video games,…
65Action
Black Butler: Book of Circus
In late-nineteenth-century England, the Noah's Ark Circus enlivens the city of London with their grandeur and spectacular stunts. However, children are mysteriously disappearing from the town in…
78Comedy · Fantasy · Mystery
The World is Still Beautiful
Nike, the fourth princess of the Rain Dukedom and one who holds the power to call forth the rain, travels to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun…
72Adventure · Fantasy · Romance