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Shinpachi Shimura's return to Edo opens this continuation of Gintama with an absurd apparent transformation of the cast. Gintoki and Kagura seem to have become different people, and the changes extend throughout the city. Even Shinpachi's sister Otae appears to have married Shinsengumi chief Isao Ko...

Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura return as the fun-loving but broke members of the Yorozuya team! Living in an alternate-reality Edo, where swords are prohibited and alien overlords have conquered Japan, they try to thrive on doing whatever work they can get their hands on. However, Shinpachi and Kagu...

Gintoki and the Yorozuya are in hiding after joining resistance to the bakufu in this Gintama installment, alongside Katsura and his Joui rebels. Nobume Imai and two Kiheitai members bring news that the Harusame pirates have turned against Kamui, captain of their Seventh Division, and their former a...

While Gintoki Sakata was away, the Yorozuya found themselves a new leader: Kintoki, Gintoki's golden-haired doppelganger. In order to regain his former position, Gintoki will need the help of those around him, a troubling feat when no one can remember him! Between Kintoki and Gintoki, who will claim...

The white plastered walls and layered roofs of Himeji Castle give this fortress in Hyogo Prefecture its familiar name, White Heron Castle. Its origins reach back to the medieval period, but the surviving major complex chiefly reflects construction in the early seventeenth century. Wooden buildings s...

Following the temporary retreat of the Altana Liberation Army from the Kabuki District, the state of the war has seemingly improved. However, as the Oniwaban, Shinsengumi, and residents of the district combat the army's remnants, Edo's greatest inventor Gengai Hiraga is abducted. Responsible for cau...

Shōgun is a historical drama television series adapted from James Clavell’s novel. The show centers on John Blackthorne, an English navigator who becomes embroiled in political intrigue during 17th-century Japan. Featuring a predominantly Japanese cast and dialogue, it offers a detailed depiction of...

Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa brought forceful action and humanist drama together in stories about duty, honor and human connection. Seven Samurai explores collective responsibility through the defense of a village, while Rashomon examines conflicting accounts of an event and the difficulty of e...

When Gintoki apprehends a movie pirate at a premiere, he checks the camera's footage and finds himself transported to a bleak, post-apocalyptic version of Edo, where a mysterious epidemic called the "White Plague" has ravished the world's population. It turns out that the movie pirate wasn't a pirat...

Developed by Compile and released for the Sega Genesis in 1990, MUSHA: Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor combines vertically scrolling shooting with mechanical, samurai-inspired imagery. Its futuristic combat setting gives the player's machine a different visual identity from the conventional spa...

Edo is a city that was home to the vigor and ambition of samurai across the country. However, following feudal Japan's surrender to powerful aliens known as the "Amanto," those aspirations now seem unachievable. With the once-influential shogunate rebuilt as a puppet government, a new law is passed...

The devastation of the Mugen Train incident still weighs heavily on the members of the Demon Slayer Corps. Despite being given time to recover, life must go on, as the wicked never sleep: a vicious demon is terrorizing the alluring women of the Yoshiwara Entertainment District. The Sound Hashira, Te...

After the fierce battle on Rakuyou, the untold past and true goal of the immortal Naraku leader, Utsuro, are finally revealed. By corrupting the Altana reserves of several planets, Utsuro has successfully triggered the intervention of the Tendoshuu’s greatest enemy: the Altana Liberation Army. With...

When an Emishi village is attacked by a fierce demon boar, the young prince Ashitaka puts his life at stake to defend his tribe. With its dying breath, the beast curses the prince's arm, granting him demonic powers while gradually siphoning his life away. Instructed by the village elders to travel w...

Full Metal Daemon Muramasa is a visually striking Japanese visual novel developed by Nitroplus. The game blends samurai action with dark fantasy elements set during a reimagined World War II period. It features intricate character designs and a mature narrative exploring themes of revenge, duty, and...

Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro follows a wandering samurai, played by Toshiro Mifune, who becomes involved with young warriors trying to expose corruption within their clan. A companion to Yojimbo, the film uses its experienced outsider to challenge the younger men's confidence in appearances and honorabl...

When mankind's savagery surpasses his fear of death, there is little hope for those who wish to live honest lives. Beneath a full moon, a young boy witnesses the murder of the bandits who had enslaved him, and is then christened with a new name by the man who rescued him. This boy is Shinta, now kno...

Yojimbo is a 1961 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It depicts a wandering samurai who becomes embroiled in a conflict between two rival criminal factions vying for control of a town. The narrative features a cast including Toshiro Mifune and explores themes of violence and power d...

Ever since the death of his father, the burden of supporting the family has fallen upon Tanjirou Kamado's shoulders. Though living impoverished on a remote mountain, the Kamado family are able to enjoy a relatively peaceful and happy life. One day, Tanjirou decides to go down to the local village to...

FX's Shgun is a lavish and meticulously crafted historical drama that seamlessly blends Japanese culture with Western storytelling conventions. The series, based on James Clavell's novel, offers a nuanced portrayal of feudal Japan, exploring themes of honor, loyalty, and cultural clash. Its attentio...

Set in a fictionalized Japan with supernatural elements, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice follows a shinobi through a demanding third-person action adventure. Combat centers on reading attacks and deflecting them with precise timing. Building pressure on an opponent's posture can create an opening for a de...

As the Fourth Holy Grail War rages on with no clear victor in sight, the remaining Servants and their Masters are called upon by Church supervisor Risei Kotomine, in order to band together and confront an impending threat that could unravel the Grail War and bring about the destruction of Fuyuki Cit...

Created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima, Lone Wolf and Cub follows Ogami Itto, a former official executioner, and his young son Daigoro through Edo-period Japan. After betrayal destroys Itto's position, he works as a hired assassin while pursuing revenge. The father-and-son relationsh...

With the promise of granting any wish, the omnipotent Holy Grail triggered three wars in the past, each too cruel and fierce to leave a victor. In spite of that, the wealthy Einzbern family is confident that the Fourth Holy Grail War will be different; namely, with a vessel of the Holy Grail now in...

Gintoki and his Yorozuya friends (or rather, employees suffering under labor violations), Shinpachi and Kagura, continue to scrape by in the futuristic, alien-infested city of Edo. They take on whatever work they can find while trying not to get involved in anything too dangerous. But when Katsura,...

Hikone Castle stands as a significant example of early Edo-period castle architecture within Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Constructed in 1622, it is recognized as one of only five Japanese castles designated a National Treasure due to its meticulously preserved keep. The castle’s design reflects the evo...

Fuu Kasumi is a young and clumsy waitress who spends her days peacefully working in a small teahouse. That is, until she accidentally spills a drink all over one of her customers! With a group of samurai now incessantly harassing her, Fuu desperately calls upon another samurai in the shop, Mugen, wh...

As the war temporarily calms down and Edo rebuilds, Gintoki finds Shinpachi—who is still unaware of his return—on a bridge. However, as a fight quickly breaks out between the Yorozuya and the Tenshouin Naraku, suspicion grows, forcing Gintoki to use what is nearest—a loincloth—to mask his identity....

In the Sengoku period of Japan, a young orphan named Kotarou and his dog Tobimaru steal from unsuspecting villagers in order to make ends meet. However, Kotarou is forced to remain on the run when he finds himself being hunted down by assassins sent by China's Ming Dynasty for mysterious reasons not...