The Dagger of Kamui - Recommendations

• Movie (1 ep x 98 min)
• 2007

Kotarou is a brash young orphan in war-torn Japan, on the run from mysterious pursuers with Tobimaru, his faithful canine companion. Clueless as to why anyone would want him, much less imperial warriors from mainland China, a chance encounter with a strange wandering swordsman could not be more unwelcome in Kotarou's skeptical eyes – especially when the stranger has a secret past that has caused him to seal his blade. Forced by circumstance to work together for survival, the unlikely duo forge a tenuous friendship that is threatened all too soon when Kotarou's pursuers thrust the two into a dizzying whorl of clashing ambitions between men both big and small. Will the stranger manage to overcome his past and save them both from peril with his blade?

• TV (26 eps)
• 1976

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1991

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1980

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1989

War is brewing in medieval Japan. Nobunaga, an evil half-demon warlord, is trying to rid the land of Kasumi, Hyuga, and Hagakure, the last remaining ninja schools and only obstacles that stand in his path of total domination over the land. Entrusted with three legendary weapons, three warriors are set out to stop him at all costs. United by fate with a common purpose, these warriors must decide if what they’re fighting for is worth the costs of their lives; for only together will their combined skills overcome evil.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1999

In the poverty stricken city of Genoa, Italy, a young man named Marco's mother departs for Argentina, where she can work to help support her family. One year after her departure, Marco still lives in Genoa with his physician father and handful of friends, and misses his mother terribly. When her usual letter fails to arrive, Marco decides to do something drastic -- go alone to Argentina to find her! With only a small amount of money and no one to turn to, this brave little boy sets off on an adventure through continents, storms and treachery, all for a chance to see his mother again...

• TV (23 eps)
• 1996 - 1997

Remy, a cheerful and tender-hearted girl, lives with her mother in a French country town. One day her father returns to the town after a long period working away from home in a city. Her father tells Remy that she isn’t their real daughter, and Remy is almost sold to an evil slave trader. It is Vitalis, a strolling entertainer, who helps Remy. Vitalis discovers her talent for singing and decides to take her in with his troupe. Remy starts her journey with Vitalis and his troupe animals such as the monkey Joli-Coeur and the dogs Capi, Dolce, and Zelbino.

• OVA (3 eps)
• 1987 - 1988

In the year 1580, a man named Lord Nobunaga Oda sends hoards of unholy armies across Japan, slaying all who stand in their way. A young ninja escapes her villages' destruction with a short sword, one of the three mystical weapons that can end Oda's rule. During her quest, she is joined by two other ninjas who wield the other two weapons of legend, the sacred sword and spear.

• TV (24 eps)
• 2003 - 2004

Peace Maker Kurogane takes place in Kyoto in the late 19th century, during the height of the conflict between the Shinsengumi, a shogunal police force, and its enemy, an anti-government faction called the Choshu. This tale follows a young boy named Ichimura Tetsunosuke who is desperate to join the Shinsengumi and avenge his parents' deaths by the hands of the Choshu. But in the midst of the bloodshed, will he be strong enough to survive?

• TV (26 eps)
• 1994 - 1995

In the late 19th century, Huckleberry ‘Huck’ Finn lives alone in a tree house in the countryside of Mississippi due to family problems, carefree as a bird – regardless of what the lovely Becky thinks of his actions. Along with his best friends Jim, a runaway slave living with the Widow Douglas; and Tom, a boy who follows him everywhere, Huck constantly has fun, often ending up in a mess that the trio must solve together. What adventures await these friends?