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Anime like Samurai: Hunt for the Sword

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Beyond Time's Gaze

Guangyin Zhi Wai

2025, ONA, 26 eps, 85%, Pure Arts

Full CGI

After the cataclysmic destruction of Nanhuang Continent, young Xu Qing, the sole survivor, accidentally obtains a mysterious purple crystal, thus beginning his cultivation journey. To survive, he joins the Thunder Squad, experiencing life-or-death battles and forging deep…

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    2023, ONA, 15 eps, 74%

    Swordplay, Martial Arts, Gore

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    Full CGI, Male Protagonist, Cultivation

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    YAIBA: Samurai Legend

    2025, TV, 24 eps, 71%

    Samurai, Swordplay, Shounen

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    Military, War, Guns

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    2023, ONA, 208 eps, ongoing, 78%

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    Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru

    1964, TV, 65 eps, 64%

    Swordplay, Shounen, Ninja

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    Sabu & Ichi's Arrest Warrant

    1968, TV, 52 eps, 72%

    Seinen, Achromatic, Swordplay

  10. Cover of Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
    Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

    2020, TV, 100 eps, 73%

    Swordplay, Dragons, Magic

  11. Cover of Tales of Symphonia: The Animation - Sylvarant Arc
    Tales of Symphonia: The Animation - Sylvarant Arc

    2007, OVA, 4 eps, 68%

    Magic, Swordplay, Male Protagonist

  12. Cover of Gene Diver
    Gene Diver

    1994, TV, 56 eps, 69%

    The same kind of story: weird-skill dungeon isekai.

  13. Cover of The Melee Mage
    The Melee Mage

    2023, ONA, 20 eps, 72%

    Video Games, Virtual World, Swordplay

  14. Cover of Wrath of the Ninja
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    Martial Arts, Swordplay, Male Protagonist

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    Fights Break Sphere S1

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    Full CGI, Cultivation, Male Protagonist

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    King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

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    Historical, Male Protagonist, Foreign

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    Legend of Immortals

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    The Legend of the Legendary Heroes

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    Female Harem, Full CGI

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    1977, TV, 28 eps, 70%

    Shounen, Swordplay, Male Protagonist

Manga for fans of Samurai

The Stellar Swordmaster2023, Manga, ongoing, 83% Rurouni Kenshin1994, Manga, 259 ch, 82% Blade of the Phantom Master2001, Manga, 75 ch, 79% Genso Suikoden III: The Successor of Fate2002, Manga, 83% The Swordmaster's Son2022, Manga, ongoing, 79% The Novel's Extra2022, Manga, ongoing, 78% Chronicles of a Doomed Prodigy2024, Manga, ongoing, 78% Wistoria: Wand and Sword—GrimoActa2024, Light novel, ongoing, 87%

About Samurai: Hunt for the Sword

1999, OVA, 2 eps, 58%, AIC

Shinjuro may be a little young to be the master of a swordsmanship school, but fate didn't give him a choice. Now his position and martial arts skill land him in the middle of serious trouble when the rogue samurai Mikage faces off against the Tokugawa government, and Shinjuro and the small group of swordsmen who train at the school must now protect the town from harm. However, the group won't be challenged until the Tokugawa house calls in a favor, and the young swordsman is forced to duel Mikage himself.

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