ActionHistoricalMartial Arts
Set in feudal Japan, this tells the story of a low-born ninja who tries to flee his clan. The series combines historical adventure with social commentary and themes of oppression and rebellion that reflect Shirato's leftist convictions. (Source: Wikipedia)
HistoricalMilitarySeinen
This story takes place in 1944. Japan is entering a crucial phase in the war against the United States. Cities and towns in Japan fall one after the other under America's continuous bombing. They even get hold off the Pacific coast due to their mighty force of 230 submarines, but Japan refuses to admit defeat. They must stop the enemy's advances at all costs. Testings for their new weapon are done—the Kaiten, a suicide torpedo with a built-in cockpit was ready to be mobilized into the battlefield. The time is now perfect for Japan to recruit pilots and station them at a military base on a remote island. Volunteers will forfeit their lives, but recruiters do their patriotic duty: the fate of Japan rests on their shoulders! A fascinating and psychological story on these suicide missions told from the Japanese soldiers' perspective. (Source: MU)
ActionAdventureHistorical
Second story arc of JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken series. Takes place in the 1930s, and follows the misadventures of Joseph Joestar, the grandson of Jonathan Joestar, as he fights vampires and ancient super beings with some help from a cybernetically-enhanced Nazi and an Italian man he has a lot in common with. (Source: Wikipedia)
ActionComedyDrama
The main character Udagawa Gosuke has recieved his father's dojo, mainly because his father and older brother were made to commit hara-kiri. He really wasn't supposed to get it simply because he's a second son. 'cause of the way his pops and brother died he's got not a whole lot of self confidence so he practices fencing day by day at a nearby dojo. However because the people at that dojo are asses, he soon tries to invent a dojo and a style for people who just enjoy it. However what really sets this aside from most Shounen is that the main character male and female are actually married (At age 15 no less!) The girl Utagawa Shino is the younger sister of his senpai, and is a bit...weird to say the least. She makes rabbit masks to help bring in a bit of money, although to say that she's obsessed with rabbits would be an understatement. She claims its because "The rabbits will someday reach the moon." When Gosuke invents his new dojo, he decides to make a style of swordsmanship known as "Rabbit style fencing." (Source: MU) Included one-shot: Volume 8: Yoshi!!
ActionDramaHistorical
It has been 10 years since the war between the Iga and Kouga ninja clans came to an end. The two groups have since made peace, supposedly dispelling the animosity that once existed between them. Hachirou Kouga and Hibiki Iga, the successors of their respective bloodlines, seem to have the perfect conditions for their love to bloom, but not everyone is satisfied with the results of the age-old battle. Different tales of the final showdown between Gennosuke Kouga and Oboro Iga have spread, leaving Tadanaga Tokugawa—whom the Kouga represented—dissatisfied. As tension between the two clans rises once again, the brewing political climate threatens to keep the two fated lovers apart, just as it had in the previous generation. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
DramaHistoricalSeinen
The stage is the eve of the French Revolution. There is the commoner Gideon, who wants to save the impoverished country side-by-side with the members of the Estates General. Then there is the aristocrat, Georges, who will use any means to achieve his purpose. A man who wants to change the country, and a man who wants to destroy it. Both begin their journey forward. Will their joint efforts of love and hatred, justice and evil lead them to a hell of bloodshed, or an ideal future? (Source: Batoto)
DramaHistoricalRomance
Inspired by Saiunkoku Monogatari. Hisui, who works for the Golden Rooster Theatre Group, was orphaned when her parents were killed in a giant massacre ten years ago and her brother Kohaku was abducted. One day, she is summoned to the Emperor's palace and only agrees to go because she suspects that he is behind her brother's disappearance. (Source: Day of the River)
HistoricalJosei
Prince Naka-no-Ooe showed his interest in the talent and beauty of Nukata. He then offered Prince Ooama his daughter for marriage, in exchange for Nukata. Prince Ooama was in agony as he was devoted to his brother but in the mean time, he loved Nukata. In the end, he chose to let go of Nukata as a gesture of loyalty to his brother, however heartbroken. This was the beginning of the long and epic series of Tenjou no Niji, in which Uno-Sarara-no-Himemiko, Prince Ooama's then young bride, would become his ally in succeeding the throne and later made herself Jitou Tenno (Empress Jitou). (Source: xkazemg)
The manga deals with the "light and darkness" of the 16th-century London actor, playwright, and troupe manager known for the four great tragedies Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear, as well as Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, and other masterpieces. (Source: ANN)
DramaHistoricalSupernatural
In ancient India, the lives of the people are plagued by drought, famine, constant warfare and the injustices of the strict caste system. The intertwining lives of many unhappy souls are drawn together by the birth of the young prince Siddhartha, who embarks on a spiritual journey, becomes Buddha, "the Enlightened One," and attempts to bring about a spiritual rebirth of the people in this desperate age. (Source: ANN)
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