Shinobi no Kuni - Recommendations

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 2014

The story of the special revolves around the Sanada brothers in their youth. Nobuyuki and Yukimura swear to each other to protect the influential Sanada clan. However, thinking of how to best continue the Sanada clan, Yukimura makes a decision, and meets with Mitsunari Ishida and Naoe Kanetsugu at the location he arrived at. On the other hand, his elder brother Nobuyuki must worry about the selfish demands made by the Tokugawa clan.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2015

Samurai Warriors focuses on the Sanada brothers during the Sengoku era of Japan. In late 16th century, the era of civil war that tore Japan over two centuries is nearing its end and the regional warlords who survived the bloodsheds are ready for a final showdown. In the battlefield where your best ally turns out to be your worst enemy, only the shrewdest can come out alive.

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 2016

Oda Nobunaga saves a girl from drowning one day. She clumsily tells him that she's a shinobi. Instead of attempting to kill him, she swears to serve him one day after hearing his plans to unify Japan.

• Web (6 eps)
• 2016 - 2018

When Date Masamune prays at a shrine connected with his clan for victory in his first battle, he receives a magic jewel from a dragon deity. The jewel resurrects 16 former Date clan heads with whom young Masamune fights for the future of his family.

• 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.

• 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 (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.

• 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.