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Princess Mononoke
1997 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2016 to May 2020, with its chapters collected in 23 tankōbon volumes. It has been published in English by Viz Media and simultaneously on the Manga Plus platform by Shueisha. It follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who joins the Demon Slayer Corps after his family is slaughtered and the sole survivor, his younger sister Nezuko, is turned into a demon, in the hopes of turning her human again.
Porco Rosso
1992 film by Hayao Miyazaki
The Boy and the Heron
2023 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2013 Japanese animated film directed by Isao Takahata
Black Butler
Japanese manga series
Basilisk
Japanese manga series
Blade of the Immortal
Japanese manga series
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Japanese manga series
The Heroic Legend of Arslan
Japanese novel series by Yoshiki Tanaka
Dororo
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka's childhood memory of his friends pronouncing as dororo inspired the title of the series. Dororo was first serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday between August 1967 and July 1968, before being cancelled. The manga was then concluded in Akita Shoten's ''Bōken'ō'' magazine in 1969. The story revolves around the samurai Hyakkimaru and child thief Dororo on their journey through Sengoku era Japan.
Ninja Scroll
1993 film by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
First Squad
2009 film
The Elusive Samurai
Japanese manga series
The Story of Saiunkoku
Japanese light novel series
My Happy Marriage
Japanese light novel series
Izetta: The Last Witch
Japanese anime television series
Panda and the Magic Serpent
1958 Japanese animated film directed by Taiji Yabushita
Orient
Japanese manga series
Hakuoki
is a Japanese otome video game series by Idea Factory, first released for the PlayStation 2 on the 18th September 2008 and ported to many other platforms. It has been adapted into an anime series by Studio Deen; the first series was broadcast from April to June 2010, and the second series was broadcast from October to December 2010. An OVA series, titled Hakuoki: A Memory of Snow Flowers and adapting from Hakuoki: Stories of Shinsengumi was released from August 2011 to July 2012. A third series based on the prequel, Hakuoki Reimeiroku was broadcast from July to September 2012. The series has a
Hoshin Engi
Japanese manga series
Altair: A Record of Battles
Japanese manga series
Maria the Virgin Witch
Japanese manga series
Undead Girl Murder Farce
Japanese novel series
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
Japanese manga series
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Japanese anime television series
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian
Japanese light novel series
Raven of the Inner Palace
Japanese light novel series
Magic Boy
1959 film directed by Taiji Yabushita
Hakushaku to Yōsei
Japanese light novel series
Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto
Japanese original net animation series
The Tale of the Outcasts
Japanese manga series
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō
Japanese light novel series
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Japanese anime television series
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings
anime television series
My Master Has No Tail
Japanese manga series
Hero Tales
manga and anime
Dororo
2019 Japanese anime television series
Ghost Slayers Ayashi
Japanese anime television series
Like the Clouds, Like the Wind
1990 animated television film
Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc to Renkin no Kishi
Japanese light novel series
Yasuke
2021 original net animation series
Versailles of the Dead
Japanese manga series
Karasu Tengu Kabuto
Japanese manga series
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Japanese anime television series
Shabake
is a Japanese historical fantasy novel series written by Megumi Hatanaka with illustrations by Yū Shibata. It began publication by Shinchosha in December 2001, with 23 volumes being released as of July 2024. A manga adaptation illustrated by Mimori was serialized in Shinchosha's Monthly Comic Bunch magazine from January 2017 to March 2023.
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
2011 film
Cantarella
manga
Legend of Himiko
Japanese media franchise
The Heroic Legend of Arslan
Japanese manga series by Hiromu Arakawa