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]
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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]
historical... oda nobuna?
One Piece, best manga imo
Kingdom, which is technically an anime, but is much better as a manga, really
Can't believe no one has said [b]Samurai Champloo[/b] yet.
That's a thriller not historical but it's a nice anime ^
Naoki Urasawa's Monster
Black Butler
I guess Baccano
>favorite
>anime
nope
Gurren Lagann. You learn about a future in which we abuse spiral power.
i'd toss in Yami Shibai too
maybe Hyouge Mono if there are decent fansubs
Like, anime set in the past?
Pokemon
You learn about Darwin and stuff
Yeah Gin Tama is my favorite :v
Naurto, Naruto, and did I mention Naruto?
Mobile Suit Gundam
You will learn about a future where Captain Bright slaps young men into super fighting robot pilots, since 1979.
Does the Fate series count? (specifically Zero)
Code Geass
Kind of
Rose of Versailles
?
[quote=Newspaper]Gintama ofc[/quote]
I was going to say that