Ninja Collection 忍者コレクション

Alternative Name: 忍者收藏 (Rěn Zhě Shōu Cáng)

Genre: Horror, Supernatural, Alternative Version, Youkai, Spirits, 

               Onmyouji, Ninjas

 

Description: 

 

The Tōkeshū ninja group oversee Tokyo, the city where dreams and desires swirl like eddies in a river. With ancient techniques passed down through generations, the ninja are intent on wiping out the "darkness" enveloping people in the current Reiwa era.

 

Episode: 13

 

Original Run: July 13, 2020 – October 26, 2020

Studio: ILCA, DRAWIZ & Toho Interactive Animation

 

Samurai Deeper Kyo サムライ ディーパー キョウ (Samurai Dīpā Kyō)

Alternative Name: 鬼眼狂刀 (Guǐ Yǎn Kuáng Dāo)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Supernatural, Ninjas, 

                Samurais, Historical, Chanbara

Description: 

In the year 1600, during the battle of Sekigahara, warriors Kyoshiro Mibu and "Demon Eyes" Kyo - 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" Kyo himself.

Episode: 26

Original Run: July 2, 2002 – December 23, 2002

Studio: Studio Deen

Katanagatari 刀語

Alternative Name: 刀语 (Dāo Yǔ)

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Chanbara, Historical, Martial Arts, 

               Ninjas, Samurais, 

Description: 

This story teakes place in the Edo era where Yasuri Shichika is the seventh head of the Kyotou school of Japanese sword martial arts living in Fushou Island with his sister Nanami. With the order from a female samurai general Togame, he sets out for a trip to collect the twelve treasured swords created by a legendary swordsmith Shikizaki Kiki.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 26, 2010 – December 11, 2010

Studio: White Fox

Laughing Under the Clouds 曇天に笑う (Donten ni Warau)

Alternative Name: 笑傲昙天 (Xiào Ào Tán Tiān)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Supernatural, Onmyouji, Ninjas, 

               Historical, Samurais, Special Abilities, Ghosts/Spirits, Military

Description: 

In the eleventh year of the Meiji era carrying swords was forbidden by the government and those known as samurai were slowly fading away. However, there were plenty who didn't like those changes taking place in Japan and inevitably the crime rates increased. The country's only solution was an inescapable lake prison. Since the prison had no other way to access it except by water, the three boys of the Kumo family were assigned to transport the criminals to their new "home".

Episode: 12 + 3 Movies + 2 ONA

Original Run
Series: October 4, 2014 – December 20, 2014
Movie: December 2, 2017
Movie: June 9, 2018
Movie: September 1, 2018
ONA: February 9, 2018
ONA: March 7, 2018

Studio: Doga Kobo / Wit Studio (Movies)

Live-Action Film: March 21, 2018

The Ambition of Oda Nobuna 织田信奈の野望 (Oda Nobuna no Yabō)

Alternative Name: 织田信奈的野望 (Zhī Tián Xìn Nài De Yě Wàng)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Magic, Romance, Conspiracy, Fanservice, 

              Harem, Historical, Ninjas, Samurais, Time travel, Gender Switch,

              War

Description: 

Ordinary high school, Yoshiharu gets pulled into a time slip to the warring states period. There he meets Nobuna Oda - not Nobunaga, Nobuna. In this world, all the famous warlords of the era are female. Nobuna recruits Sagara, who she dubs "Monkey," to help her in her quest to rule the world.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: July 9, 2012 – September 24, 2012
Special: October 1, 2012

Studio: Madhouse & Studio Gokumi / Madhouse (Special)

Battle Girls~Time Paradox~ 戦国乙女～桃色パラドックス～ (Sengoku Otome - Momoiro Paradox)

Alternative Name: 战国少女～桃色异传～ 

                                      (Zhàn Guó Shào Nǚ ~Táo Sè Yì Chuán~)

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Historical, Samurais, Yuri, 
               Action, Ninjas, Onmyouji, Superpowers, Isekai, Gender Switch

Description: 

Modern-day middle school girl, Hideyoshi, is mysteriously hurled into a world resembling the warring states period of Japanese history, only this time it's inhabited only by women. This world's Oda Nobunaga is gathering the legendary Crimson Armor so she can rule the world, and for some reason needs Hideyoshi's help to do it.

Episode: 13

Original Run: April 5, 2011 – June 28, 2011

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Flame of Recca 烈火の炎 (Rekka no Honō)

Alternative Name: 烈火之炎 (Liè Huǒ Zhī Yán)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Tournaments, 
               Ninjas, Comedy, School, Martial Arts, Superpowers, Magic,

               Developing Power

Description: 

Recca is a boy living in the modern world, only he seems drawn to following the ways of the ninja. On the day he befriends a girl named Yanagi who has a mysterious power of healing, he is confronted and challenged by a Dark Priestess. This battle leads Recca to discover a strange power within himself. Afterwards, he finds that not only is his past and destiny not as crystal clear as he had thought, but there are others with powers practicing the way of the ninja who challenge him one after another.

Episode: 42 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: July 19, 1997 – July 10, 1998 
Special: June 10, 2004

Studio: Studio Pierrot

Brave 10 ブレイブ-テン

Alternative Name: 真田十勇士 (Zhēn Tián Shí Yǒng Shì)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Ninjas, Samurais, Historical, 
              Bishounen, Adventure, Superpowers

Description: 

A year before the battle of Sekigahara that ended the Sengoku Period, the ninja Kirigakure Saizou meets the miko, Isanami as she's attacked by assassins. Her shrine was destroyed by Ieyasu Tokugawa for siding with Sanada Yukimura. Meanwhile, Sanada has been gathering ten warriors known as Sanada's Brave 10, who have the power to change history. As they gather one by one, Isanami's own mysterious power awakens.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 8, 2012 – March 24, 2012

Studio: TMS Entertainment