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In Edo in the mid-1800s fireworks maker Seikichi Tamaya and his friends struggle to live under the harsh morality laws imposed by the strict city councilor which ban all luxuries including fireworks. One day a strange girl stops by Sekichis shop with an equally strange request: she wants Sekichi to build a firework that can reach the...
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In Edo in the mid-1800s fireworks maker Seikichi Tamaya and his friends struggle to live under the harsh morality laws imposed by the strict city councilor which ban all luxuries including fireworks. One day a strange girl stops by Sekichis shop with an equally strange request: she wants Sekichi to build a firework that can reach the...
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The historical romantic comedy follows 17-year-old high schooler Sagara Yoshiharu who one day time-travels to the Sengoku period where all the major Samurai lords are cute girls. Yoshiharu meets Oda Nobuna the female counterpart of Oda Nobunaga and begins to serve her as a substitute of Kinoshita Tokichiro who was...
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The historical romantic comedy follows 17-year-old high schooler Sagara Yoshiharu who one day time-travels to the Sengoku period where all the major Samurai lords are cute girls. Yoshiharu meets Oda Nobuna the female counterpart of Oda Nobunaga and begins to serve her as a substitute of Kinoshita Tokichiro who was...
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It is a harsh and barren wasteland where the weak arent allowed to dream. It is also a sacred land for true men for there is no place a man can feel more alive. This is the Gun Frontier. Sea Pirate Captain Harlock and the errant samurai Tochiro arrive in the United States on the Western Frontier. Along with a mysterious woman they meet along the way the two friends challenge sex rings...
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Gintama is back and better than ever! Featuring aliens time clocks and the fondling of breasts! Gintama is an anime based around humor and references; it shall blow your mind with questions of how it has not gotten copyright strikes! Now prepare for the 4th wall to be broken and to cry your eyes out in laughter at the not-so-organised story of a Silver Haired Samurai and his incredible life...
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The third and fourth seasons of the Hetalia Axis Powers anime. A continuation of the first 2 seasons under a new name still adapting the online webcomics drawn by Himaruya Hidekaz.Based on a popular web-released manga series by Hidekazu Himaruya this has been described as a cynical gag story set in Europe in the years between WW1 and WW2 1915-1939 using exaggerated caricatures of the...
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The protagonist Yukimura Chizuru is the daughter of a doctor who works in Edo. The father leaves Edo to work as a volunteer doctor and moves to Kyoto without his daughter. As time passes by Chizuru starts worrying about losing contact with her father so she decides to go to Kyoto in search of him. On the way Chizuru is attacked by few criminals and witnesses a fight between an oni and the...
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The Sengoku era gave birth to many historical legends. One of them is Naoe Naoe Kanetsugu the brilliant military general of the Uesugi family. Together with Maeda Keiji a legendary warrior on the battlefield who become lifelong friends with each other they carve out a piece of history in the most dangerous and volatile time in Japan’s history.… The Sengoku era gave birth to many...
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Born from a much loved but lowly ranked concubine Genji Hikaru is called the Shining Prince and is the beloved second son of the Emperor. Although he cannot be an heir to the throne of his father Genji spends his life surrounded by every pleasure and love. And yet his one longing in love is something that even the power of an Emperor can never give...
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Plot Summary: Feudal Japan is attacked by beasts called ‘Youi’. Ryuudou Yukiatsu a ‘floater’ and an employee at a bath house has the power of Ayagami “The power to find the words behind things†which can be used in fighting against the Youi. That’s why the members of a Youi-fighting group Bansha Aratamesho called the Ayashi are looking for...
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Folklore myth legend and festival origin stories from across Japan. AKA: Furusato Saisei: Nihon no Mukashi...
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In the late Edo period Japan faced an unprecedented crisis with the arrival of black ships from overseas. However Japan drove away the black ships thanks to Onigami giant robots that have existed in Japan since the ancient times. The country has remained in self-imposed seclusion from foreigners ever since. The story begins in this Japan that never experienced the Meiji...
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In late 19th century London William Jones a member of the gentry meets and falls in love with Emma and she with him. This chance meeting overturns both their lives - for Emma is a maid and the barriers of class and wealth stand between...
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Its been a month since Emma left London and reluctantly ending her relationship with William Jones due to their difference in class status. She has found a new job and a fresh start as one of the many maids working in the Molders family estate. Her presence soon catches the eye and respect of sullen but kind-hearted footman Hans. Meanwhile Eleanor Campbell makes her move to win Williams...
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Uta Koi tells the “super-liberal interpretation†of the Hyakuninisshu anthology compiled during Japan’s Heian period of 100 romantic poems from 100 different poets such as The Tale of Genji’s Murasaki...
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Modern-day middle school girl Hideyoshi is mysteriously hurled into a world resembling the warring states period of Japanese history only this time it’s inhabited only by women. This world’s Oda Nobunaga is gathering the legendary Crimson Armor so she can rule the world and for some reason needs Hideyoshi’s help to do...
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The story takes place in Kyoto in the late 19th century. Manjiro has two faces. During the day he works as a helper for people in Kyoto but he also acts in secret to get back people’s properties from the men in power. As the get-backer “Roman†Manjiro is getting involved in a nationwide...
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A collection of three classic Japanese horror stories: Yotsuya Kaidan the story of a wife betrayed by her husband who seeks vengeance even in death. Tenshu Monogatari the story of forbidden love between a goddess and a human and Bakeneko the story of a mysterious cat monster with a vendetta against a certain...
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A Filipino general who believes he can turn the tide of battle in the Philippine-American war. But little does he know that he faces a greatest threat to the countrys revolution against the invading...
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125 Years Memory 海難1890 Kainan is a 2015 drama film directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka ja and written by Eriko Komatsu ja.A Japanese-Turkish co-production the film was released in Japan by Toei on December 5 2015 and in Turkey...
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During the Japanese occupation of Korea in 1928 young Tatsuo later played by Joe Odagiri arrives with his parents in Seoul where Tatsuos grandfather is stationed as an army official. On his arrival at his grandfathers house Tatsuo meets a young Korean boy named Joon-Sik later played by Jang Dong-Gun. Joon-Sik his younger sister and his father all work and reside in the Japanese...
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A Korean writer travels to Vietnam to do research for her story about a cursed portrait of a Vietnamese girl named...
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The series is inspired by the “Mirror of Eastern Medicine Dongui Bogam†a book compiled by the royal physician Heo Jun and published during the Joseon Dynasty and considered a classic in the study of Korean traditional medicine. Can a young royal physician change the fate of a cursed princess? When Queen Shim Jang Hee Jin is unable to conceive she visits the shaman Hong Joo Yum...
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There is no other historical figure that captures the hearts and imaginations of people everywhere. Zhao Zi Long Lin Geng Xin also known as Zhao Yun was a great military general who lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period. With unparalleled fighting skills courage and charisma Zhao Yun initially served the great warlord Zan Gong Sun but switched alliances to...
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Set during the Republican era. Cheng Ci Hang is a respectable police officer with a strong sense of justice however things turn complicated when he finds himself solving an array of strange murder cases as well as meeting a woman that leads to an angst filled romance. ~~ Based off the novel by Chen...
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This drama is about a prince is forced to live as a commoner and uses his gambling skills to take revenge on the King. Baek Dae Gil Jang Geun Suk is the best gambler in the Joseon era. He holds deep resentment inside but is also cool on the exterior. King Yeongjo Yeo Jin Goo is a man who never lower his head without a convincing reason. Meanwhile Dam Seo Im Ji Yun exists solely to take...
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Zhang Peng is a playboy who hits his head as he falls into a pool when hes trying to run away from an ex-girlfriend. He wakes up to find that hes traveled a thousand years into the past. But thats not even the biggest problem he also wakes up as the crown princess of the dynasty - Zhang Peng Peng. Hilarity ensues as Zhang Peng weighs between trying to get back to his time and leveraging his...
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In a time of great unrest at the end of the Warring States period Jing Ke Le Geng attempts to assassinate King Zheng of Qin and fails. Now on the run from Qin’s soldiers Jing hires Gai Nie Lu Yi the world’s best swordsman to protect his son Jing Tian Ming Jiang Jin Fu; Wu Zu Jin Xi as the child Tian Ming. When Gai single-handedly defeats 300 armed soldiers at the Qin...