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Shoka

SPECIAL · 2010

The story is set during the turbulent years of the shogunate, as dark forces try to undermine the shogun's power in Edo-era Tokyo. Shirou Sumiya is the…

Shoka

Action · Fantasy

Rainbow Samurai

TV · 1992

In the middle of the 19th century, Japan was still closed off from the outside world. There were just the beginning signs of reformation in the long…

Rainbow Samurai

Adventure · Drama · Sports

Gosick

TV · 2011

Kazuya Kujou is a foreign student at Saint Marguerite Academy, a luxurious boarding school in the Southern European country of Sauville. Originally from Japan, his jet-black hair…

Gosick

Drama · Mystery · Romance

Ketsudan

TV · 1971

A strict retelling of the Pacific side of WW2. Note: Episode 26 is unrelated to the story, and instead is a live-action episode that focuses on the…

Ketsudan

Drama

The Laws of the Sun

MOVIE · 2000

The first title in the series of anime films by the Happy Science cult.

The Laws of the Sun

Fantasy

Hermit Village

TV SHORT · 1963

The ancient Chinese town of Taoyuan is populated exclusively by Taoist ascetics. The elder, Lao Shi, conducts research on magic and alchemy, while his pupil Zhi Huang…

Hermit Village

Comedy · Ecchi

Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Tairan

TV · 2010

During the last years of Han Dynasty, the world was filled with chaos and disorder. Three girls, Ryuubi, Kanuu, and Chouhi pledge to be blood-sisters in order…

Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Tairan

Adventure · Comedy · Ecchi

Bakumatsu no Spasibo

MOVIE · 1997

Based on the real life events around Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin, a Russian admiral noted for his diplomatic missions to Japan and China, and the signing of the…

Bakumatsu no Spasibo

Adventure