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9 must watch samurai anime

Nobuhiro Watsuki

Samurai anime series featuring sword-wielding warriors and epic battles are some of the most popular and iconic anime series.

Sword-wielding warriors

Shinchiro Watanabe

Rurouni Kenshin is a classic samurai anime that follows the story of Himura Kenshin, a wandering swordsman with a mysterious past.

Rurouni Kenshin

Nobuhiro Watsuki

With its eclectic blend of Edo period Japan and modern stylistic flourishes, Samurai Champloo brings a fresh vitality to samurai anime.

Samurai Champloo

Shinchiro Watanabe

The anime features kinetic fight sequences as Gabimaru unleashes his inventive ninja techniques against lethal foes.

Hell's Paradise

Yuji Kaku

With its supernatural elements and dark, gory violence, Dororo puts a twist on samurai anime.

Dororo

Osamu Tezuka

Basilisk brings political intrigue and tragic romance to the samurai genre through the lens of ninja rivalries.

Basilisk

Masaki Segawa

For a more comedic take on samurai anime, Gintama is a hilarious long-running series.

Gintama

Sorachi Hideaki

In a unique samurai manga turned anime, Afro Samurai follows the No. 2 ranked Afro, a Black ronin, on his quest for revenge against Justice.

Afro Samurai

Takashi Okazaki

With its mix of colorful characters, menacing villains, and balanced comedy and drama, Demon Slayer is a modern samurai anime classic.

Demon Slayer

Koyoharu Gotouge

The immortal curse of Manji leads to innovative swordplay as he survives gruesome wounds that would kill a normal human.

Blade of the Immortal

Hiroaki Samura

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