Tenjho Tenge: Ultimate Fight - Recommendations

• TV (13 eps)
• 2003

For 1800 years the seven schools of Kantou have fought over supremacy of the land. Their students constantly fight each other in battles to prove their strength. Sonsaku Hakufu is a 17 year old girl that just transferred to Nanyou Academy, and at her arrival, finds herself fighting one of its top 4 fighters. But Sonsaku possesses a soulstone which contains the spirit of a great fighter, and she is not an easy match. When an order is issued to defeat Sonsaku, she finds herself in all out war against all of the schools top fighters. What lies behind this dark conspiracy?

• TV (94 eps)
• 1996 - 1998

In the revolutionary Meiji period, Japan is undergoing enormous political change. It is a time when vagabonds and terrorists will use any method to prevent the modernization of their country, even if it means trampling on the innocent in the process. In such a time, Himura Kenshin, a wandering samurai, has dedicated his life to protecting the weak and desperate peasants from those who would oppress them. However, Kenshin has a dark past which threatens to destroy the values he is fighting for. When he meets his new friends Kaoru, Sanosuke, and Yahiko, and tries to build a peaceful life with them, events conspire against him. Can Kenshin overcome the demons within and without, and finally ensure the peaceful future that Japan deserves?

• TV (26 eps)
• 2002

Beneath Tokyo lies a city whose inhabitants have inherited a natural ability to control the elements. After a civil uprising, two girls surface from the sub-terra in a bid to escape from this secret world. Together, Chelsea and Ruri  stumble upon Asagi Rumina, a man who becomes determined to protect them from those who would pursue the maiden of life. After a close encounter with death, Rumina learns that he must develop a skill of his own to keep his newfound friends safe, especially as it seems to be his responsibility to stop the impending doom rising to take over the planet’s surface. Will his power of wind be enough to take on The Company, or will he be forced to kneel before those brandishing electricity, ice and shadow?

• TV (24 eps)
• 2010

At St. Mihailov Academy, strange things are happening. Not only did the dean disappear, leaving his daughter Tomo and adopted daughter Mafuyu alone, but girls in the nearby city are being killed by an unknown foe. However, the blades begin to fly when a Russian boy named Sasha arrives. He is a Qwaser, a person able to manipulate the elements after ingesting Soma, breast milk, and he’s not the only one. Soon Tomo and Mafuyu find themselves in the middle of a battle between two groups of Qwasers whose goal is to protect or steal the Theotokos of Tsarytsin. With more allies and enemies arriving, who will survive the assault?

• TV (12 eps)
• 2010

After managing to escape their fate three times already, the fighters from Nanyo Academy, Seito High School and Kyosho now have a new enemy to face. Kentei is the self-proclaimed “True King” and he’s planning a new tournament for the Great Fighters so he can force them to fulfill their destiny from eighteen hundred years ago. To do this he has decided to lure each fighter with a Magatama to a remote island under the name of Nanban High School where many a hardship awaits them. Now, Hakufu, Shimei and Unchou will have to face furious battles alongside their new friend, Mouki Bachou, if they want to escape their inevitable demise once again.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2011

Nanyo Academy along with the other Kanto schools hold class trips to Kyoto. Old rivalries break out, between the schools, but as if that wasn't bad enough, Kyoto's fighters also show up in full force to challenge the Kanto schools' fighters.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2008

With the threat of the Demon King thwarted, the three warring academies of Kanto are enjoying an unusual state of peace. Having secured their alliance with Seito academy, Hakufu, Koukin, and Ryomou are now free to spend their time earning money to participate in upcoming tournaments. That is, until the surprising appearance of an old foe, the emergence of a new ally, and the revelation of an old friend's identity threaten to turn the schools against one another again.

• OVA (2 eps)
• 2014

• OVA (3 eps)
• 2002

During his prime, Keybo Miyazawa's father fought the legendary Iron Kiba. Though they came to a stalemate, Kiba lost an eye and has held a grudge to this very day. Now, in the present, Keybo is the successor of the murderous Nanshin Shadow Style, which can easily kill a man where he stands. His father trains him well, but soon Kiba reappears and the two decide that Keybo and Kiba's disciples must battle to put an end to their feud. With many opponents in his way and no end to the feud (or Kiba's hatred) in sight, Keybo must deliver blow after bloody blow to clear his family's name and uphold the Nanshin Shadow Style.

• TV (26 eps)
• 1998

In the land of Kuruda, warriors with magical powers and incredible fighting skills battle for the ultimate prize: the title of Sevaar, the strongest warrior in the land. Elle Ragu, nicknamed Shadow Skill, is the newest Sevaar to emerge, but that doesn't make her life any easier. Teaching her "little brother," Gau, how to be a warrior, fending off assassins from other kingdoms and thwarting enemy invasions is hard enough, but her biggest challenge will be paying off her drinking debts!