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Favorite historical anime?

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October 13, 2013

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Doutei

Most of these titles are practically all action-killing-horror or some sort of supernatural events that are either misrepresented- remade- or parodies based off actual historical events.

Japan Heian:
Shounen onmyouji [Abe no seimei time]
Genji Monogatari Sennenki [Ancient Gigalo]

Japan Sengoku:
Oda Nobuna no Yabou
Sengoku Basara
Tono to Issho [short]

Japan Shoganate:
Mushibugyo [bugs - about 100 years after sengoku]
Hakuoki [monsters and drugs parody]
Peace Maker Kurogane
Gintama [parodies]

Japan Wars:
Senkou no Night Raid [After WWI]

Japan Showa:
Shouwa Monogatari [after WWII]

Chinese:
Condor Heros anime [fictional - season one is japanese, 2/3 are canto/mando]
Kingdom [story of the First emperor of China during it's warring states period]
Twelve Kingdoms [about a world somewhat based on ancient china]
saiunkoku monogatari [rags to riches kinda]
Saiyuki [based on story Journey to the west]
Romance of the Three Kingdoms [warring states]

Western:
Gosick [after WWI]
Monster [mystery- after the fall of Germany]
Le Chevalier D'Eon [1700s? of France]
Hetalia [short but many - WWI WWII -the powers]
Emma Victorian Romance [Industrial revolution and class differences, before WWI - London]
Black Butler [During Queen Elizabeth II's rein- late 1800s to early 1900s]

Reply October 17, 2013
alzaraf

historical... oda nobuna?

Reply October 17, 2013
zahuumer

One Piece, best manga imo

Reply October 17, 2013
Xreniya

Kingdom, which is technically an anime, but is much better as a manga, really

Reply October 14, 2013
Hellksing

Can't believe no one has said [b]Samurai Champloo[/b] yet.

Reply October 14, 2013
Nolen

That's a thriller not historical but it's a nice anime ^

Reply October 14, 2013
Luapxal344

Naoki Urasawa's Monster

Reply October 14, 2013
shutup55

Black Butler

Reply October 14, 2013
SkyBreak

I guess Baccano

Reply October 14, 2013
assumptions2

>favorite
>anime

nope

Reply October 13, 2013
NoNsensical

Gurren Lagann. You learn about a future in which we abuse spiral power.

Reply October 13, 2013
Deciduous

i'd toss in Yami Shibai too
maybe Hyouge Mono if there are decent fansubs

Reply October 13, 2013
2005chuy

Like, anime set in the past?

Reply October 13, 2013
MatthewDough

Pokemon

You learn about Darwin and stuff

Reply October 13, 2013
Nolen

Yeah Gin Tama is my favorite :v

Reply October 13, 2013
BreakerZ

Naurto, Naruto, and did I mention Naruto?

Reply October 13, 2013
xdwow

Mobile Suit Gundam

You will learn about a future where Captain Bright slaps young men into super fighting robot pilots, since 1979.

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voyance

Does the Fate series count? (specifically Zero)

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HolyDragon

Code Geass
Kind of

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Deciduous

Rose of Versailles

?

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Hellksing

[quote=Newspaper]Gintama ofc[/quote]

I was going to say that

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