Samurai anime

[Durgiun]

Anyone know of any samurai anime that are badass and serious like Shigurui? No cartoony or over-the-top fighting, but battles that could kind of sort of be pulled off in real life.

 

[Snippy the Shoe]

Well the first thing that came into my head was Samurai Champloo. I've only recently started it so I can't really say how good the entire series is. Starts promisingly though.

 

[Jonluw]

I liked Katanagatari. It has supernatural elements, but the way battles are carried out is fairly realistic for the most part.

There's also Samurai Champloo.

 

[Durgiun]

Well the first thing that came into my head was Samurai Champloo. I've only recently started it so I can't really say how good the entire series is. Starts promisingly though.

I liked Katanagatari. It has supernatural elements, but the way battles are carried out is fairly realistic for the most part.

There's also Samurai Champloo.

Alrighty, thanks for the reccomendations.

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

Samurai Seven maybe, it's based off of Seven Samurai.
There are loads out there.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Anyone know of any samurai anime that are badass and serious like Shigurui? No cartoony or over-the-top fighting, but battles that could kind of sort of be pulled off in real life.

Man... I enjoyed Shigurui and all, but it just ended after 12eps with half the story to go... -_-

Anyway...

Sword of the Stranger - it's a film, but it still has a couple of really good fights in it
Seirei no Moribito - not really samurai, but it has some of the best (realistic) fight scenes in it (as well as a slightly more prosaic take on fighting/killing)
Bamboo Blade - very much on the silly side, it's about a girls' kendo club and their antics, a couple of the fights are fairly good (the kendo is serious, but the characters are silly)

*shrug*

 

[Durgiun]

Anyone know of any samurai anime that are badass and serious like Shigurui? No cartoony or over-the-top fighting, but battles that could kind of sort of be pulled off in real life.

Man... I enjoyed Shigurui and all, but it just ended after 12eps with half the story to go... -_-

Anyway...

Sword of the Stranger - it's a film, but it still has a couple of really good fights in it
Seirei no Moribito - not really samurai, but it has some of the best (realistic) fight scenes in it (as well as a slightly more prosaic take on fighting/killing)
Bamboo Blade - very much on the silly side, it's about a girls' kendo club and their antics, a couple of the fights are fairly good (the kendo is serious, but the characters are silly)

*shrug*

Oh, dude, I've read the Shigurui manga. http (colon) //mangafox (dot) me/manga/shigurui/c001/6 (dot) html I know how it feels for the story to just stop, and I'm not letting another victim to be claimed by those feels.

Alrighty, thanks for the reccomendations.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

Anyone know of any samurai anime that are badass and serious like Shigurui? No cartoony or over-the-top fighting, but battles that could kind of sort of be pulled off in real life.

Samaria Champloo is definitely worth taking a look at. It is made by the same guy that made Cowboy Bebop!

 

[D-Soul]

everybody said Samurai Champloo. I would say Afro Samurai but it can get a little over the top

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hvNZgsWKGo

 

[Weaver]

I would hardly call Samurai Champloo "badass and serious". I liked the show a lot, but it has a samurai that walks around beatboxing into his sword hilt, as an example of the show's tone.