A story set in the mid-1800's about a young doctor who has been trained in Western-style medicine and a young samurai who is trying to live up to the old traditions of his class and culture. The story is actually based upon real people - the doctor, Ryo-an, was Tezuka's great grandfather.
During the Second Year of Ansei (1855) in Edo's Koishigawa are two young men, Manjiro Ibutani and Ryoan Tezuka. Ibutani is a low-ranking samurai who is a gifted swordsman and has a straightforward and strong sense of justice. Tezuka has a more carefree attitude. He has an eye for the ladies, but he is passionate about becoming a doctor. The two opposite characters come of age during the backdrop of the turbulent end of the Tokugawa Period (1600-1868 CE).
Tree in the Sun has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: 陽だまりの樹, A Tree in a Sunny Place
Genres: Bakumatsu Meiji Period , Japan , Asia , Earth , Past , Violence , Historical
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Top 6 Anime Like Tree in the Sun (Hidamari no Ki) [2025 List]
- 6. Hyouge Mono
- 5. Oi! Ryouma
- 4. Kai Byoui Ramune
- 3. Saraiya Goyou
- 2. Ryo
- 1. Haguregumo
6. Hyouge Mono
The story is set during Japan's Sengoku Jidai (Era of the Warring States) and centers on Furuta Sasuke, a vassal of the great warlord Oda Nobunaga and a man obsessed with tea ceremony and material desires in his pursuit of a fortuitous life. Having learned from Oda and the legendary tea master Sen no Soueki, Furuta walks the way of the Hyouge Mono.
Hyouge Mono has finished airing and it has 39 Episodes. It is also Known as: へうげもの, Hyougemono
5. Oi! Ryouma
In the middle of the 19th century, Japan was still closed off from the outside world. There were just the beginning signs of reformation in the long regime of Shogun Tokugawa.
In the remote countryside, on the island of Shikoko, a young boy named Ryoma is growing up in a lower-class Samurai family. A decade later, he is to become on of the leading figures to topple the Shogun's reign and open Japan to the western world.
Our story begins with Ryoma, a dreaming kid of seven years. Ryoma is an honest and tenderd-hearted boy who hates any sort of violence and brutality. He is so sensitive, and a bit naive, that he often cries from pity when he sees even the simples act of violence such as another kid trampling a tiny insect. The kids and even his family call him a "cry baby". However, he is not a coward -- not a "chicken" at all. His distress comes from a desire to prevent unreasonable acts and the wrong doings in life.
His older sister is the only person who understands his depth. She recognizes that her brother is gifted with a special talent and she does her best to protect him and cheer him up.
Rainbow Samurai has finished airing and it has 39 Episodes. It is also Known as: お〜い!竜馬, Oi! Ryoma, Oi, Ryuoma, Ryoma, Hey! Ryoma, O~i! Ryouma, O~i! Ryoma
4. Kai Byoui Ramune
As long as hearts exist inside people, there will always be those who suffer. And then something "strange" enters their mind and causes a strange disease to manifest itself in the body. The illness, which is called a "mystery disease" is unknown to most, but certainly exists. There is a doctor and apprentice who fights the disease, which modern medicine cannot cure.
His name is Ramune. He acts freely all the time, is foul-mouthed, and doesn't even look like a doctor! However, once he is confronted with the mysterious disease, he is able to quickly uncover the root cause of his patients' deep-seated distress and cure them. And beyond that...
Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist- has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 怪病医ラムネ, Kai Byoui Ramune
3. Saraiya Goyou
Masterless samurai Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled and loyal swordsman, but his naïve, diffident nature has time and again caused him to be let go by the lords who have employed him. Hungry and desperate, he becomes a bodyguard for Yaichi, the charismatic leader of a gang called "Five Leaves." Although disturbed by the gang's sinister activities, Masa begins to suspect that Yaichi's motivations are not what they seem. And despite his misgivings, the deeper he's drawn into the world of the Five Leaves, the more he finds himself fascinated by these devious, mysterious outlaws.
House of Five Leaves has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: さらい屋 五葉, Sarai-ya Goyou
2. Ryo
Ryo is about the son of a samurai who lost his parents during the attack of English ships on a Japanese town who is given the name Ryo and becomes the bodyguard of Ryoma Sakamoto, a man who has his own plan to fight for the country.
Ryo has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 龍-RYO-, Wakate Animator Ikusei Project, 2012 Young Animator Training Project, Anime Mirai 2012
1. Haguregumo
Set at the end of the Edo (Tokugawa Shoganate) era, the series depicts Cloud's family with his wife, Turtle, their 11-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter. The Clouds are always ignoring work and playing. Cloud is notorious for womanising.
Haguregumo has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 浮浪雲, Wandering Clouds
