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Recap of episodes 1-9.

This is a pilot movie for a Polygon Picutres Inc. original project, a full CG SF action samurai drama movie originally announced at the 2005 Tokyo International Anime Fair. The project was scrapped and only the pilot remains.

A rough earlier rendition of Onikiri Musume Saisen.

Kidnapped and rescued by a Ninja, Fujimaru has mastered martial arts over the years. Now he sets off on a journey to find his mother and also locate an old tome containing secret martial arts techniques. (Source: AniDB)

An animated pilot film for Ninja Bugei-chou released to the public over three decades later on Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden DVD volume 7. The pilot film was created in 1969 as director Nagisa Ooshima was wanting to make a TV animation to build off his controversial film from 1967. The pilot was rejected by Shirato himself (the original comic creator the film was based on) and the plan was changed to animate Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden instead, a side story to the Kamui Den manga also created by Shirato. Though with this change, Ooshima did not partake in Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden's production.

Fourth season of Neko Neko Nihonshi.

We should never forget our manners no matter how much we may excel in martial arts. Learn lessons from Yoshichiro's failure. (Source: Japanese Animated Film Classics)

Fifth season of Neko Neko Nihonshi.

Independent animation by Yanagihara Ryouhei, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation.

A collaboration between Eagle Talon and the mobile game Sengoku Taiga. Yoshida is playing the game and suddenly becomes Yukimura while the Chancellor becomes Ieyasu. Yoshida explains the game mechanics and Chancellor is ecstatic that Yoshida's advice for battle tactics help him defeat Deluxe Fighter's character in the game. Yoshida continues to talk about a special event running from April 24, 2019 - May 8, 2019.

Independent film by Yanagihara Ryouhei, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation. It tells the story of the Ikedaya raid by the Shinsengumi from the point of view of the neighbors of the Ikedaya.

A music video for the Sakamoto Kyouju (サカモト教授) song "Samurai".

A recap episode that starts out with the main character reminiscing of the story thus far over various card and board games.

The blind samurai Haku can perceive that which cannot be seen by the eye. But he does not try to see the world that the eye can see. 'This world is the full of darkness' Attacked by thief in the dead of night, he lost both his parents and his sight. From that day on his faith in the world was gone. (Source: IMDb)

A promotional short for DJ Nobunaga's YYY event held on August 25th. The music event will feature 4 DJs (Nakata Yasutaka, Kz (livetune +), Tofubeats, and Banvox) and starts at 11pm. The anime short has the four DJs rap about Oda Nobunaga, the historical character, as a tongue-in-cheek nod to DJ Nobunaga presenting this event.

The 1st arc of the Chiyotarou Kodomo Gekijou program that aired on TBS. Every episode is a different Japanese fairy tale told with shadow puppet animation.

Anthology film by animation collective G9+1 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Junichi Kouchi's Namakura Gatana.

Folktales from Japan. Each episode was composed of two stories. The focus of the anime was to showcase folktales from different prefectures. The original airing only reached 18 episodes (36 stories) before stopping, the show was rebroadcast at a later date and the final 8 episodes (16 stories) were shown. The anime was family oriented and funded by the Seibu Department Store chain with a "Seibu Family Gekijou" subtitle on each ep, perhaps to mirror the highly successful "Calpis Family Gekijou" adoring the World Masterpiece Theater anime program.

A one-yen coin becomes a samurai in search of adventure and love.

This is the story of the extraordinary Benkei, who after having met his enemy Yoshitsune in his childhood (then named 'Ushiwaka') came to guard him as a lifetime partner in later years.

Legend has it that before the tunnel (Ao no Doumon) was built, people had to climb over the cliffs through which the tunnel is built to reach an important local shrine. The path was very dangerous and people regularly fell to their deaths. During the Edo period, a Buddhist monk named Zenkai, who had committed a murder in his earlier life, decided to build a safe passage for worshipers in order to atone for his crime. Beginning at the age of 49, he dedicated 30 years of his life to digging the 185 metre tunnel by hand, using only a hammer and chisel. (Source: Wikipedia)

A collaboration anime between Taka no Tsume and Megane Super, an eyeglasses company in Japan.

A two-part video series in which Dr. Teng (a researcher at the Time Institute) and his faithful kappa assistant Pasuke travel through time, first to the Battle of Sekigahara (1600) and then to the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima (1561). In the second installment, they then look in on the last stand of the Japanese underdog hero Yoshitsune in Hiraizu mi (1189) and then, after spending so much time on the Genpei War, suddenly leap several centuries into the future, to cover the first time Nobunaga Oda used firearms in battle, at Nagashino (1575) . A mixture of live-action and anime, described by Japanese sources as a "documentary with a touch of story," and presumably related in some way to Shotaro Ishinomori's multivolume manga history of Japan. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)