Best Samurai anime — top 45 ranked
The highest-rated samurai anime of all time, ranked by MyAnimeList user score. Gintama: The Very Final leads with a score of 9.05, followed by Gintama Season 4 and Gintama Season 2. The 45 titles below average 8.19/10 and are drawn from MyAnimeList's top 2,000.
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Gintama: The Very Final
Gintama: The Final★ 9.05190K members#7 on MAL -
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Gintama Season 4
Gintama°★ 9.05702K members#8 on MAL -
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Gintama Season 2
Gintama'★ 9.02624.5K members#12 on MAL -
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Gintama: Enchousen
Gintama': Enchousen★ 9.02363.8K members#13 on MAL -
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Gintama Season 5
Gintama.★ 8.98354.7K members#15 on MAL -
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★ 8.931.2M members#20 on MAL -
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Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
Gintama Movie 2: Kanketsu-hen - Yorozuya yo Eien Nare★ 8.89265.9K members#26 on MAL -
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Gintama. Silver Soul Arc - Second Half War
Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen - Kouhan-sen★ 8.88230.9K members#28 on MAL -
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Gintama. Silver Soul Arc
Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen★ 8.81242.5K members#40 on MAL -
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Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames
Gintama Movie 3: Yoshiwara Daienjou★ 8.7818.2K members#42 on MAL -
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Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen★ 8.69295.1K members#71 on MAL -
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Gintama: The Movie
Gintama Movie 1: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen★ 8.52180K members#152 on MAL -
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★ 8.521.4M members#154 on MAL -
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Gintama. Slip Arc
Gintama. Porori-hen★ 8.51226.5K members#158 on MAL -
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★ 8.4596.4K members#194 on MAL -
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★ 8.4149.4K members#224 on MAL -
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Rurouni Kenshin
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan★ 8.27530.3K members#365 on MAL -
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★ 8.261.4M members#369 on MAL -
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★ 8.2648.4K members#373 on MAL -
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Sword of the Stranger
Stranger: Mukou Hadan★ 8.24358.9K members#417 on MAL -
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Hell's Paradise Season 2
Jigokuraku 2nd Season★ 8.15431.4K members#533 on MAL -
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Gintama: Jump Festa 2014 Special
Gintama': Futon ni Haitte kara Buki Nokoshi ni Kizuite Neru ni Nerenai Toki mo Aru★ 8.1246.4K members#572 on MAL -
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Gintama: Jump Festa 2015 Special
Gintama°: Umai-mono wa Atomawashi ni Suru to Yokodorisareru kara Yappari Saki ni Kue★ 8.0838K members#635 on MAL -
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Hell's Paradise
Jigokuraku★ 8.081M members#639 on MAL -
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Gintama: Jump Festa 2005 Special
Gintama: Nanigoto mo Saisho ga Kanjin nanode Tashou Senobisuru Kurai ga Choudoyoi★ 8.0761.8K members#658 on MAL -
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★ 8.0542.5K members#682 on MAL -
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★ 8.0332.7K members#718 on MAL -
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Samurai X: Reflection
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Seisou-hen★ 7.9790.5K members#822 on MAL -
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★ 7.88627.3K members#986 on MAL -
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The Heike Story
Heike Monogatari★ 7.8296.4K members#1,136 on MAL -
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The Elusive Samurai
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi★ 7.78221.2K members#1,250 on MAL -
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Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Kyoto Douran★ 7.7866K members#1,253 on MAL -
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Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna★ 7.7771.5K members#1,276 on MAL -
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House of Five Leaves
Saraiya Goyou★ 7.75102.5K members#1,337 on MAL -
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Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky
Hakuouki Movie 2: Shikon Soukyuu★ 7.6924.7K members#1,505 on MAL -
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★ 7.656.1K members#1,621 on MAL -
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★ 7.6337.3K members#1,687 on MAL -
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Rurouni Kenshin
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023)★ 7.63157.9K members#1,702 on MAL -
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Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ Wild Dance of Kyoto
Hakuouki Movie 1: Kyoto Ranbu★ 7.6131.5K members#1,754 on MAL -
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Ninja Scroll
Juubee Ninpuuchou★ 7.61164K members#1,758 on MAL -
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★ 7.577K members#1,916 on MAL -
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Afro Samurai the Movie
Afro Samurai Movie★ 7.5672.3K members#1,945 on MAL -
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★ 7.564K members#1,954 on MAL -
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Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Movie
Sengoku Basara Movie: The Last Party★ 7.5631.7K members#1,970 on MAL -
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Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom - Record of the Jade Blood
Hakuouki: Hekketsuroku★ 7.5590.7K members#1,999 on MAL