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In a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring daimyo, Yasuke must take up his sword and transport a mysterious child who is the target of dark forces and bloodthirsty warlords. The story of Yasuke, the first African samurai who actually served the legendary Oda Nobunaga, will be released to the world.

Fifty years ago, a half-demon name Inuyasha feel in love with a priestess name Kikyo. Unfortunately, their love for each other turned into betrayal, by Naraku who wanted to separated them, to get the Jewel of Four Souls. Because of the action, Inuyasha ended up sealed to the Sacred Tree, with Kikyo burning to death in flames with the Jewel of Four Souls to keep it away from any evil hands. Fifty years later, a 15-year-old girl name Kagome who went to retrieve her cat, Buyo from the Bone Eaters Well, ended up getting kidnapped by Miss Centipede. After getting strike a few times by her, the Jewel of Four Souls emerges from Kagome's body. After Inuyasha is calmed down for a while after the beads of subjugation falls onto his neck, Kagome is later revealed to be the reincarnation of Kikyo. Forced to work together, after the Jewel of Four Souls is broken into many little shards, Inuyasha and Kagome go on a journey to retrieve them all and put the jewel whole again. They meet a couple of comrades on the way like Shippo, Sango, Kilala, and Miroku - who travel with them. But after learning that a villain name Naraku has most of the shards, the gang battles him to get them back.

Featuring the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Perlman, Jon Kassir, and Kelly Hu, Afro Samurai follows a warrior on the path to avenge his father's murder. Set in feudal Japan, this anime series depicts a journey in which the hero encounters love, betrayal, loss and brutality.

The daughters of Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha set out on a journey transcending time! In Feudal Japan, Half-Demon twins Towa and Setsuna are separated from each other during a forest fire. While desperately searching for her younger sister, Towa wanders into a mysterious tunnel that sends her into present-day Japan, where she is found and raised by Kagome Higurashi's brother, Souta, and his family. Ten years later, the tunnel that connects the two eras has reopened, allowing Towa to be reunited with Setsuna, who is now a Demon Slayer working for Kohaku. But to Towa's shock, Setsuna appears to have lost all memories of her older sister. Joined by Moroha, the daughter of Inuyasha and Kagome, the three young women travel between the two eras on an adventure to regain their missing past.

This legendary mini-series in based on the novel of James Clavell. It follows the journey of John Blackthorne from Britain who shipwrecked with his Dutch crew off the coast of feudal Japan. Initially, he is shocked by the local customs but he begins to assimilate as he learns more about Japanese culture. Originally, Shogun was aired in five parts. It was criticized for breaking taboos of nudity and violence but it also received critical acclaim. The original version was cut down to a theatrical release of 151 min, and later into six two-hour episodes.

A docu-drama about the warring kingdoms of feudal Japan that is described as a real-life Game of Thrones.

Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers.

Containing the elements of a classic tragedy, this anime title is similar in some ways to Romeo & Juliet. Before a cease-fire was established, two clans of ninja had been fighting for centuries. Now the cease-fire has been abolished and the clans are once more at war.

During the Sengoku period, there are many factions constantly at war. One of these is led by a one-eyed man named Date Masamune and another by the imposing Takeda Shingen. The latter has a fiercely loyal subordinate named Sanada Yukimura who goes head to head against Date Masamune multiple times, but the battles between them tend to get interrupted. One such battle occurs when both men try to go after another leader named Imagawa, and they're forced to break off their heated duel when Imagawa attempts to flee the scene with his body doubles. Yukimura and Masamune go after separate Imagawas, but all of the doubles are killed by a third party, and when their paths cross again, they are in front of the menacing Oda Nobunaga and his army. It was Nobunaga's subordinates that killed those body doubles, and Nobunaga himself proceeds to kill the real Imagawa with a shotgun blast to the head.

Set in a distant land, Japan is divided into feudal territories, yet conquered by outside countries, the city Musashi that will ignite the flame of battle is being targeted and has no choice but to keep its people safe by entering this war, with the fate of the world resting on its hands, the students of Musashi may hold the key to victory.

The story takes place in feudal Japan and follows the adventures of Jubei Kibagami, a mercenary ninja who is given a duty to guard the Dragon Stone and to protect the Priestess of Light (Shigure) from the Hiruko Clan and the Kimon Shu. He is aided by the government spy Dakuan and the thief Tsubute.

Kanna, a small village, is being persecuted by mechanized samurai called Nobuseri. The Nobuseri return every harvest to seize the village's crops. Faced with starvation, the villagers send out a mission to find and recruit some samurai to defend them. With no pay to offer except rice, and knowing full well that only helpless and eager samurai would even consider accepting such a deal, the villagers can only hope that their saviors will appear before the rice is ready for harvest. Samurai 7 is based on Akira Kurosawa's classic movie, "The Seven Samurai" or Shichinin no samurai. The Japanese promo for the series aired on April 15, 2004 and the Japanese preview aired on June 13, 2004.

A young orphan named Biwa is taken in by the powerful Taira Clan-also known as the Heike-after their leader witnesses her extraordinary psychic abilities. Unfortunately, what she predicts is a future of bloodshed, violence, and civil war. Inspired by the 12th-century epic tale Heike Monogatari.

The Medicine Seller is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called mononoke to slay. When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first learn its Form, its Truth, and its Reason in order to wield the mighty Exorcism Sword and fight against it. He must begin his strange exorcisms with intense psychological analysis and careful investigative work-an extremely dangerous step, as he must first confront and learn about the mononoke before he even has the means to defeat it.

The story begins in 1629 Kanagawa during Tokugawa Tadanaga's rule. The daimyo staged a tournament where the participants fought with traditional weapons rather than bokken ("wooden sword"). The story revolves around the first match between the one-armed swordsman Fujiki Gennosuke and the blind samurai Irako Seigen and deals with the circumstances that led the two to participate in Tokugawa's tournament.

Based on a seinen manga by Samura Hiroaki serialised in Afternoon. "To end his eternal suffering, he must slay one thousand enemies!" Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men. His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers ... and his quest won't end until the blood of a thousand has spilled!

The series is a historical drama aesthetically and boldly adapting the life of Oda Nobunaga in his teens up to his time as a warlord against his brother, Nobuyuki.

Suzuki Magoichi, the leader of the famous Saika Ikki mercenary group, journeys to face off against Oda Nobunaga, the first of the three unifiers of Japan during the Sengoku period.

Ogami Itto is the Shogun's executioner, the Kogi Kaishakunin, a lofty position in feudal Japan. Itto's rival, Yagyu Retsudo, kills Itto's wife and handmaidens and frames Itto to make it look like he wants to kill his Shogun, leaving Itto's 1-year-old son, Daigoro alive. Itto sets off with his son to live as 'demons' or assassins for hire until he can find and reap his vengeance upon his mortal enemy, Retsudo and the entire Yagyu clan.

In the year 1600, during the battle of Sekigahara, warriors Kyoshiro Mibu and "Demon Eyes" Kyou-the legendary slayer of a thousand men-engaged in fierce combat. Both men disappeared when a meteor crashed in the battlegrounds. Four years later, Kyoshiro is spotted on a rural highway, acting as a traveling medicine salesman. He is captured by the female bounty hunter Yuya Shiina when she discovers that deep inside him is the dormant personality of "Demon Eyes" Kyou himself.