The greatest Ninja/Samurai Anime

[jane347]

This thread is dedicated to ninja, samurai, and all anime that portrays them. The purpose of this thread is to mention the GREATEST ninja and samurai anime that you have ever and may ever see. Please discuss the anime for both the people who have seen it and for those who might not be familiar with it. And one more thing, if you have posted something rellevant in another thread that contributes to the discussion here, feel free to give us a link, we would appreciate the convenience.

Now to my worthless opinion.
I would say the greatest I've seen is Blood reign: curse of the Yoma. It is pretty solid all around, good action, good animation for its age, nice story, some nice character designs especially the insectoid demons. I also like how the main character kills a lot of his enemies by shoving his claw down their throats.

ninja scroll the movie (the tv series is mostly disappointing) has the best action i've ever seen in the genre. I like the stylized violence and superhuman abilities of the antagonist ninja.

[update: Samurai X - Trust is number one]

What about you, what are the best you've ever seen?

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Samurai Champloo. An unique way of portraiting the characters IMO. Samurai and wandering sword-hero.

Samurai X yes, obligated.

[classy_cat18]

Samurai Champloo. An unique way of portraiting the characters IMO. Samurai and wandering sword-hero.

Even better, they're anti-heroes (and in some way anti-villains). Fighting the system rocks.

[Blademaster]

Posting in agreement. Samurai Shamploo blows every other Samurai anime out of the water. And yes, that includes Rorouni Kenshin.

[Heald]

Bitches don't know about my Goemon.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!

Naruto is a ninja anime, I believe, but it's the only one I watch. Then what's so special abut Naruto? I got hooked by the manga first, and I haven't seen a single Shippuuden episode. But something about the humor, jutsu insights and the story throw me in. Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke triangle I must mention as well.

Only 52 episodes have been published here in Finland. I don't know if they'll show it on TV. That might explain something.

[DivineAll]

Hitokiri Battōsai a.k.a Rurouni Kenshin. Not only is the manga good, the anime is as well, even the early filler! The one downside is the anime kinda ended after the whole Shishio arc and went on to the pointless filler.

[Mr. Brightside]

Hitokiri Battōsai a.k.a Rurouni Kenshin. Not only is the manga good, the anime is as well, even the early filler! The one downside is the anime kinda ended after the whole Shishio arc and went on to the pointless filler.

True that, but even the rest of the series after Makoto, which was a filler series, was damn good. The only season that i didn't like was the one with those Germans who wanted some kind of medicine. That was so random.

@Blademaster: No. Just no. Kenshin was, is and will be the greatest samurai. Ever.

[Blademaster]

Mugen would disagree with you in that regard.

[EngiMatikul]

2x2 Shinobuden

BTW the topic starter is a bot isn't it

[Mr. Brightside]

@Blademaster: Kenshin wouldn't even care.
@EngiMatikul: Yeap. it is.

Another great samurai:Akizuki Yojiro (Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto)

[Blademaster]

He would when Mugen threatened to beat the shit out of him for having an attitude problem.

...Or maybe he and Kenshin would get into a love-hate (which means barely tolerate-kill) relationship like he and Jin had.

[classy_cat18]

I would to nominate House of Five Leaves for a close second. The artwork might put some people off, but it's turning out to be pretty original.