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Rurouni Kenshin (1996)
 8.5
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Rurouni Kenshin (1996)
Original name: るろうに剣心 明治剣客浪漫譚
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to use their killing blades again. Only Kenshin Himura, formerly one of the most brutal of killers, hopes to keep his swordsman's honor and still live in the new era.
Style: anime, manga, exciting, shounen, brutal, serious, stylized, period piece
Audience: kids, manly
Plot: samurai, master warrior, martial arts, swordsman, mature, bully, superhero, serial killer, rurouni kenshin, battles, sword fight, innocence, mercy, betrayal, escapades, rivalry, society, glory, reconciliation, love, school, killer, revenge, fight, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, 60s, 1860s, 1960s
Place: japan, asia
Keyword: attack

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, exciting, manga and serious films and TV series with plots about heroes, martial arts, danger, rivalry, good versus evil, escapades and violence mostly in Animation, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Rurouni Kenshin: Bleach (2004), Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (2001), Yu Yu Hakusho (1992), Samurai Champloo (2004), Afro Samurai (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
TV show
Story: A young boy is saved from death at the hands of bandits by a passing swordsman. The swordsman offers to take the boy in as his apprentice and renames him "Kenshin". After years of training, Kenshin abandons his master to join the growing ...
Style: anime, manga, perverse, artsy, adult animation ...
Plot: master warrior, samurai, revolution, mature, treason, tragedy, rurouni kenshin, japanese history, superhero, heroes, idealism, redemption ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Bleach (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The show revolves around Ichigo Kurosaki, a good-hearted 15-year-old high school student who carries the undesired ability to see spirits. Others in his family (two sisters and his father) carry this ability to some extent as well. One evening, he ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, heroic, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, manly
Plot: youth, good versus evil, heroic mission, danger, rivalry, master warrior, sword fight, evil force, supernatural ability, martial arts, escapades, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
TV show
Story: Despite his happy marriage to Kamiya Kaoru and the birth of their first child, Kenji, Himura Kenshin continues his tireless search for atonement even as illness threatens to claim his life and rob him of him of his memories.
Style: anime, serious, captivating, stylized, exciting ...
Plot: tragedy, hopes, starting over, haunted by the past, family problems, heroes, parents and children, homecoming, heroic mission, estrangement, family relations, righting the wronged ...
Place: japan, asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.5
 16K
Yu Yu Hakusho (1992)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: One day, 14-year-old Yusuke Urameshi suddenly finds himself dead, having died pushing a child out of the way of oncoming traffic. Since he has such a bad personality, even the Spirit World was caught by surprise that he would sacrifice himself. ...
Style: anime, manga, exciting, adult cartoon, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: good versus evil, tournament, demon, rivalry, mature, school, sacrifice, heroes, limbo, bromance, young heroes, supernatural ability ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Samurai Champloo (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Mugen is a ferocious, animalistic warrior with a fighting style inspired by break-dancing. Jin is a ronin samurai who wanders the countryside alone. They may not be friends, but their paths continually cross. And when ditzy waitress Fuu gets ...
Style: anime, exciting, thought provoking, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: samurai, pride and honor, martial arts, sword fight, friendship, master warrior, danger, katana, breakdance, on the road, road trip, journey ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, okinawa japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.6
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Afro Samurai (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: A Black samurai goes on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father in a futuristic feudal Japan.In the Afro Samurai world there are many headbands and they signify the best fighters in the world. If a person should hold number 1, they are ...
Style: anime, suspenseful, manga, adult animation, adult cartoon ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: samurai, danger, death, master warrior, escapades, imaginary, killings, sword fight, anti hero, ghost, lone wolves, sexual activity ...
Time: 2000s, future
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
InuYasha: The Final Act (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: InuYasha's story draws to a close but not before finding Naraku and the Sacred Jewel, and facing new enemies and new dangers.
Style: anime, exciting, serious, stylized, atmospheric
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, heroic mission, heroes, young heroes, master warrior, battles, escapades, master villain, danger, imaginary, ghost, uninhibited rivalry ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots (1997)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desparate ...
Style: anime, serious, stylized, exciting, crying
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, pacifism, rurouni kenshin, battles, righting the wronged, escapades, hopes, vengeance, danger, superhero, redemption, lone wolves ...
Time: ancient times
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Canada, Poland
Duration: 650 min.
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Story: In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police ...
Style: anime, futuristic, exciting, neo noir, serious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: bounty hunter, friendship, jazz, outer space, buddies, unlikely partners, space travel, chases and races, spaceship, fighting crime, dark past, cyberpunk ...
Time: future, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Rurouni Kenshin (2023)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Ten years have passed since the end of Bakumatsu, an era of war that saw the uprising of citizens against the Tokugawa shogunate. The revolutionaries wanted to create a time of peace, and a thriving country free from oppression. The new age of Meiji ...
Style: anime, captivating, exciting, entertaining, tense ...
Plot: assassin, wandering, exile, school, sword, love, heroes, swordsman, villain, martial arts, warrior, good versus evil ...
Time: 1870s, 19th century
Place: tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.8
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Basilisk (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The year is 1614 AD. Two warring ninja clans, each supporting a son of Hidetada Tokugawa as the next shogun, send ten representatives each to fight to the death for the possession of a scroll. The prize: the annihilation of the other and the staunch ...
Style: anime, captivating, serious, stylized, manga ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: ninja, battles, heroes, rivalry, escapades, danger, love affair, forbidden love, female ninja, mature, samurai, ninja warrior ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Akira Kurosawa's: Samurai 7 (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 702 min.
TV show
Story: Samurai 7 is a 2004 anime TV series, produced by Gonzo and based on Akira Kurosawa's highly regarded 1954 movie Seven Samurai. The series was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and its music was composed by Kaoru Wada and Eitetsu Hayashi. There are ...
Style: anime, serious, futuristic, stylized, epic ...
Audience: kids
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Fate/Zero (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: War of the Holy Grail - Pursuing the power of the "Holy Grail" which grants a miracle, this is a contest in which seven magi summon seven Heroic Spirits to compete for it. In that battle whose conclusion was postponed three times, now, the ...
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Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Rejoin Goku and his friends in a series of cosmic battles! Toei has redubbed, recut, and cleaned up the animation of the original 1989 animated series. The show's story arc has been refined to better follow the comic book series on which it is ...
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Time: future
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints ...
Style: anime, serious, tense, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: legends and myths, good versus evil, rescue, imaginary, danger, evil force, protector, rivalry, save the world, supernatural, heroic mission, destiny ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: japan, asia, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Blade of the Immortal (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, History, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Blade of the Immortal is a Japanese manga series by Hiroaki Samura. The series is set in Japan during the mid-Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the cursed samurai Manji, who has to kill 1000 evil men in order to regain his mortality. The manga ...
Style: anime, captivating, tense, rough, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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Time: 16th century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Dragon Ball (1986)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Long ago in the mountains, a fighting master known as Gohan discovered a strange boy whom he named Goku. Gohan raised him and trained Goku in martial arts until he died. The young and very strong boy was on his own, but easily managed. Then one day, ...
Style: anime, exciting, semi serious, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing
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Time: future
Place: asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: After reuniting with Gon and his friends, Kurapika explained to them the risks he bears because of his abilities. Believing that his target of revenge is no longer alive and the search for his fallen comrade's eyes could truly begin, Kurapika ...
Style: anime, exciting, suspense, captivating, serious ...
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Place: japan, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Otogi Zoshi (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The time is 972 A.D. in Kyoto, the capital of ancient Japan. Kyoto is becoming a corrupt and run-down city; selfish samurai and onmyoji, who care only about gaining political power are everywhere. To make matters worse the city is suffering from ...
Style: anime, serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense
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Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
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Style: anime, exciting, captivating, manga, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Naruto Shippuuden is the continuation of the original animated TV series Naruto.The story revolves around an older and slightly more matured Uzumaki Naruto and his quest to save his friend Uchiha Sasuke from the grips of the snake-like Shinobi, ...
Style: anime, manga, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The world has been reduced to a wasteland, populated by desperate villagers, marauding bandits, and ruthless warriors. One such warrior, Raoh, dares to challenge the Demon King.
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, suspense, tense ...
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Time: 2000s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.8
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Young Tatsumi travels to the capital of the Empire in order to earn money for his starving people and encounters a world of unimaginable depravity, dominated by the ruthless Prime Minister who controls the child Emperor. Tatsumi is recruited by ...
Style: anime, suspense, serious, tense, exciting ...
Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Dragon Ball Z (1989)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA, Canada
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In the version that is shown on YTV in Canada, the story begins mid-way through the Dragon Ball Z series. Raditz, Goku's brother has traveled to Earth to find out why Goku has not yet destroyed the planet as he was supposed to do. But while as ...
Style: epic, manga, adult anime, smart, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens
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Time: 20th century, 90s, future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 8.4
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Naruto (2002)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Many years ago, in the hidden village of Konoha, lived a great demon fox. When it swung one of it's nine tails, a tsunami occurred. The fourth hokage sealed this demon fox inside a boy in exchange for his own life. Naruto was that boy, and he ...
Style: anime, exciting, manga, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, manly
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Fist of the North Star (1984)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: In the year 199X, human civilization has been all but destroyed by a nuclear holocaust. In an age where the strong rule over the weak, the survivors of the fallout struggle over the remaining supply food and water left. Kenshiro, successor to an ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, adult anime ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: good versus evil, superhuman powers, chaos, vengeance, danger, nuclear holocaust, dystopian future, uninhibited rivalry, heroic mission, kung fu, tragic hero, one against many ...
Time: near future, 80s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 9.0
 226K
One Piece (1999)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Years ago, the fearsome pirate king Gol D. Roger was executed, leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new pirate king. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who ...
Style: anime, humorous, shounen, manga, feel good ...
Audience: manly, pre-teens, family outing, kids, teens ...
Plot: pirate, friendship, captain, treasure, boy, doctor, friends, rivalry, sea, courage, heroes, imaginary ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.2
 6K
Yasuke (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring ...
Style: anime, captivating, exciting, tense, mecha ...
Plot: ninja warrior, samurai, magic, sword, battles, legend, warrior, fight, showdown, struggle for survival, protector, good versus evil ...
Time: 16th century
Place: japan, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 8.7
 15K
Gintama (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The Amanto, aliens from outer space, have invaded Earth and taken over feudal Japan. As a result, a prohibition on swords has been established, and the samurai of Japan are treated with disregard as a consequence. However one man, Gintoki Sakata, ...
Style: anime, exciting, parody, semi serious, shounen ...
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 9.0
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Hunter x Hunter (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss one day discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was alive and well. His Father, Ging, is a Hunter—a member of society's elite with a license to go anywhere or do almost anything. Gon, determined ...
Style: anime, exciting, shounen, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens, kids
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Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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