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Suntory Can Beer CMs

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Commercials for Suntory Beer featuring characters that would later be used in the film Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari.

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Samurai Noodles: The Originator

Samurai Noodles: The Originator

6.31CM1 epsHOTZIPANG

A commercial for Nissin brand ramen noodles. It tells the story of how instant ramen first came to be, as told through rap verse.

GourmetHistoricalSamurai
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Shadow of the Cherry Blossoms

Shadow of the Cherry Blossoms

5.82ONA1 eps

In ancient Japan, a princess and her lover run away from their pursuers. When it became apparent that they would be caught, they vowed to commit suicide rather than have the princess return to her former life. Both of them took their blades to end their lives but something went...

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Mononoke

Mononoke

8.41TV12 eps2007Toei Animation

The "Medicine Seller" is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called "mononoke" to slay. When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first learn its Form, its Truth, and its...

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Gintama Season 4

Gintama Season 4

9.05TV51 eps2015Bandai Namco Pictures

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....

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Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal

Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal

8.69OVA4 epsStudio Deen

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...

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Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo

8.52TV26 eps2004Manglobe

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...

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Rurouni Kenshin

Rurouni Kenshin

8.27TV94 eps1996Gallop

In the final years of the Bakumatsu era lived a legendary assassin known as Hitokiri Battousai. Feared as a merciless killer, he was unmatched throughout the country, but mysteriously disappeared at the peak of the Japanese Revolution. It has been ten peaceful years since then,...

ActionComedyRomanceHistorical
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Dororo

Dororo

8.26TV24 eps2019Tezuka Productions

The greedy samurai lord Daigo Kagemitsu's land is dying, and he would do anything for power, even renounce Buddha and make a pact with demons. His prayers are answered by 12 demons who grant him the power he desires by aiding his prefecture's growth, but at a price. When...

ActionAdventureFantasyHistorical
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Sword of the Stranger

Sword of the Stranger

8.24Movie1 epsBones

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...

ActionAdventureHistoricalSamurai
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Hell's Paradise Season 2

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8.17TV12 eps2026MAPPA

Seeking the key to the elixir of immortality, the group arrives at the fortress of the island's monstrous ruler, the "Tensen." To survive and escape the island, cooperation becomes essential—regardless of whether one is a condemned criminal or an executioner. Meanwhile, the...

ActionAdventureSupernaturalGore
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Hyouge Mono

Hyouge Mono

8.02TV39 eps2011Bee Train

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...

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Drifters

Drifters

7.88TV12 eps2016Hoods Entertainment

At the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Toyohisa Shimazu is the rearguard for his retreating troops, and is critically wounded when he suddenly finds himself in a modern, gleaming white hallway. Faced with only a stoic man named Murasaki and hundreds of doors on both sides,...

ActionAdventureComedyFantasy
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The Heike Story

The Heike Story

7.81TV11 eps2022Science SARU

The Taira clan, also known as the Heike, holds immense authority over Japan. When a young girl, gifted with an odd eye that allows her to see the future, foolishly disrespects the clan, her father pays the price of her crime with his life. Soon after, as fate would have it,...

DramaSupernaturalHistoricalSamurai
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The Elusive Samurai

The Elusive Samurai

7.78TV12 eps2024CloverWorks

Tokiyuki Houjou, a carefree eight-year-old noble, is content with the serene life in Kamakura and shows little regard for the serious responsibilities that come with his eventually succeeding his father as the next shogun. Instead of dedicating himself to rigorous training in...

AdventureComedyHistoricalSamurai
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Gintama on Theater 2D: Ikkoku Keisei-hen

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7.61Movie1 epsBandai Namco Pictures

A compilation film of the Courtesan of the Nation Arc, episodes 5–9 in the third season, featuring additional footage. The movie is a part of the "Gintama 20th Anniversary Project."

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Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ Wild Dance of Kyoto

Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ Wild Dance of Kyoto

7.60Movie1 epsStudio Deen

Disguised as a boy, young Chizuru Yukimura leaves her quiet home and heads to Kyoto in search of her missing father—a medical doctor by the name of Koudou. She soon learns that the volatile capital city is a dangerous place to be in as she is ambushed by a pair of ronin while in...

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Crayon Shin-chan Movie 10: Arashi wo Yobu Appare! Sengoku Daikassen

Crayon Shin-chan Movie 10: Arashi wo Yobu Appare! Sengoku Daikassen

7.56Movie1 epsShin-Ei Animation

A full-scale historical drama set in the last days (the year 1574) of the Sengoku Era of feudal Japan. It is the story of the Nohara family, who has been transferred into the Sengoku Era by time warp, and a tragic love between a princess Ren Kasuga (a daughter of the feudal lord...

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Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Movie

Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Movie

7.55Movie1 epsProduction I.G

The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan. (Source: ANN)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What anime is similar to Asience: Kami wa Onna no Inochi?

Fans who liked Asience: Kami wa Onna no Inochi tend to recommend Suntory Can Beer CMs, Samurai Noodles: The Originator, Shadow of the Cherry Blossoms the most. If you're into Historical and Samurai, any of these are a solid pick.

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Asience: Kami wa Onna no Inochi has a 6.17 on MAL from 5,688 ratings. Scores are mixed, but plenty of fans swear by it. Worth trying if the premise sounds interesting.

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