This story re-imagines Japan's violent Sengoku Era - instead of traditional samurai armor, legendary figures like Date Masamune fight wearing Gishin powered suits.
Masamune's armor is called Oryu; however, the robot is too strong for the young Masamune to control, which leads to the death of many people. Fearing the power of Oryu, the other daimyo form an alliance against Masamune in order to destroy it.
The Inheritor of the Crescent Moon has not yet aired. It is also Known as: Sengoku Gyoujin Dullahan: Kagen no Keishousha
Genres: Historical , Mecha , Samurai , Drama , Action , Adventure , Martial Arts
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Top 5 Anime Like The Inheritor of the Crescent Moon (Sengoku Gyoujin Dullahan: Kagen no Keishousha) [2025 List]
- 5. Yasuke
- 4. Afro Samurai: Resurrection
- 3. Nobunaga the Fool
- 2. Samurai 7
- 1. Afro Samurai
5. Yasuke
In a war-torn feudal Japan of mechs and magic, a retired ronin must take up his sword when he is charged with the task of transporting a mysterious child who dark forces want to eliminate.
Yasuke has finished airing and it has 6 Episodes. It is also Known as: Yasuke -ヤスケ-, Yasuke
4. Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Takashi Okazaki said in the new season Afro "loses his way, gets tired of all the killing" and he "wakes up to his destiny, which is to be the world's number one warrior".
Produced by Japanese studio GONZO in association/partnership with GDH K.K. and based on the original art and story telling of manga artist Takashi Okazaki. Funimation is also collaborating on the production.
Afro Samurai: Resurrection has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: アフロサムライ Resurrection, Afro Samurai: Resurrection
3. Nobunaga the Fool
Two planets, one to the East and another to the West, were once bound together by a chain called the Dragon Stream. But now, that chain is broken and the two halves are only joined in war.
Nobunaga the Fool is heir to the Eastern Country of Owari. Regarded as too foolish and carefree by many, including his friends, Nobunaga is thought to be a nuisance even by his father.
A girl from the West named Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc has visions of a "Savior-King." She is accompanied by Leonardo da Vinci as she journeys to the Eastern Planet in search of the person in her visions.
Leonardo and Jeanne quickly fall victim to a military confrontation between powerful mecha, only to be saved by Nobunaga. Nobunaga takes control of Leonardo's mecha, intending to warn his family of the siege he suspects. Jeanne suspects that the lackadaisical Nobunaga might be the Savior-King she's envisioned.
Nobunaga the Fool has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: ノブナガ・ザ・フール, Nobunaga the Fool
2. Samurai 7
In the far distant future, on a planet that might have been called "earth", there was a war between samurai who mechanized their bodies. After the long war, people enjoyed a modest peace.
Facing starvation and abductions at the hands of fearsome mechanized bandits (Nobuseri), the farmers of Kanna Village make the dangerous choice to hire samurai for protection. The village's water priestess, Kirara, her younger sister, Komachi, and a heartbroken villager, Rikichi, set off to hire willing samurai with nothing to offer but rice from their meager harvests. Through dangerous encounters and a bit of luck, seven samurai of varying specialties and experience are gathered for an epic battle against the bandits and the merchants that influence them.
Samurai 7 is based loosely upon Kurosawa Akira's famous movie "Seven Samurai"/"Shichinin no Samurai"
Samurai 7 has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: サムライセブン, Samurai Seven
1. Afro Samurai
When he was a young boy, Afro witnessed his father be cut down in a duel at the hands of a man known only as Justice. After taking the life of Afro's father, Justice cast aside his Number Two headband and took the Number One to claim its godly powers as his own.
Years later, having obtained the Number Two headband which grants him the right to challenge the Number One, Afro moves forward in his hunt for revenge on the man who murdered his father. There is just one thing that stands in his way—everyone else in the world! Though the Number One can only be challenged by the Number Two, the Number Two can be challenged by anyone. As his enemies gather to try and take the title of Number Two, Afro must fight through a myriad of foes and obstacles if he hopes to reach the Number One and claim vengeance once and for all.
Afro Samurai has finished airing and it has 5 Episodes. It is also Known as: アフロサムライ, Afro Samurai
