Gifuu Doudou!! Kanetsugu to Keiji - Recommendations

• TV (26 eps)
• 2012 - 2013

When Jonathan Joestar was just a baby, his mother tragically died in a carriage accident, and his father George was saved by the kindness of a stranger, Dario Brando. At least, that's what George believed, unbeknownst to him that Dario was just attempting to steal from the victims. Thus, when Dario later dies and his son, Dio, comes to his doorstep, the wealthy George eagerly adopts the boy. But what should have become a budding friendship between two siblings quickly becomes a nightmare for poor Jonathan, as Dio is cruel, calculating and will go to great lengths to become George's primary heir. Little does Jonathan know that this unfortunate childhood is only the harbinger of things to come...

• TV (109 eps)
• 1984 - 1987

Imagine a world devastated by nuclear war, where the strong oppress the weak and strength is the one thing that will ensure survival. A world where even close friends can betray you for power, a lesson that Ken, the Fist of The North Star, learns when he is nearly killed by his closest friend and left for dead. He's not an easy man to get rid of, and he returns - very angry.

• TV (39 eps)
• 2011 - 2012

In the age of civil war, when the shadow of Nobunaga Oda was still cast over the land, the warlord Furuta Sasuke lost his soul to the tea ceremony. While war shook the world around him, he faced his own conflict between his desire for promotion and his love for his art.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2010

The relationship between servant and master has always been strained, but it’s even worse when the staff has to put up with their employer’s eccentricities. From the fearsome Masamune Date with his fetish for eye patches to the super-moe Motochika who has his employees swooning over him like a fanclub, the lords may be having the time of their lives, but their servants certainly have their work cut out for them. With the confused Shingen believing he’s fallen for his rival, Kenshin dancing around in a full-body “Bishaemon” costume, and the sadistic Kanetsugu reducing his fearsome master to a crying heap with insults, it seems that Feudal Japan is much livelier than the history books make out.

• DVD Special (1 ep)
• 2011

The action is over-the-top as Date and Yukimura take on a group of disguised fighters. While Date may realize the the masked men are actually Sasuke, Takeda, and Kojuro, Yukimura appears to have no clue.

• DVD Special (1 ep)
• 2010

During the march to war against the Demon Lord: When Keiji visits Chosokabe and Mori to persuade them to join the alliance, Oda’s minions arrive to issue a very serious threat.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2014

During the turbulent period of warring states, numerous feudal lords sought to rule the land of the rising sun. With Nobunaga defeated, Hideyoshi lead a brutal campaign to wipe out the remaining combatants. His ambitions were crushed, however, when he was betrayed by the idealistic Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu's rebellion marked the start of a new conflict that would put old and new alliances to the test as Hideyoshi's loyal followers began plotting their revenge, and the other remaining lords prepared their armies for the showdown at Sekigahara.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2010

In the bloody Warring States period of feudal Japan, many generals fought in an endless struggle for power, but one man proved to be too big a threat - The dark lord Oda Nobunaga. Sanada Yukimura and Date Masamune, two young warriors from different regions who become heated rivals, begin to form an unlikely alliance with the rest of the generals to take down the Devil King.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2009

The time is centuries ago, during the Sengoku period; the place is feudal Japan. Political ambitions and bloodshed run rampant as rival warlords battle it out in an attempt to rule the nation. Some seek to spread their noble ideals, some seek to protect justice and yet others seek destruction. Date Masamune, Sanada Yukimumra and a variety of other warriors will fight it out time and time again; their actions helping to ultimately decide the fight of Japan.

• TV (25 eps)
• 2000

In the mid 1800s, prior to the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, two men lead very different lives in the city of Edo. Ibuya Manjiro is a would-be samurai who refuses to back down from a fight, and Ryoan Tezuka is the son of a well-known doctor and student of Western medicine. Both are looked down upon by members of the community – Ibuya for his heroic behavior that makes his dojo look bad, and Ryoan for following a form of medicine that Japan, as a whole, shuns. Though the two are on very different paths, their lives inevitably cross in romance, times of need, and the changing of history...