From legendary swordsmen to powerful magic users, these anime showcase the best of sword-and-sorcery fantasy.

Long ago in a distant land, a Japanese emperor who was also a mighty warrior saw his land overtaken by a shapeshifting demon known as Aku. To defeat Aku’s evil, the emperor turned to the ancient gods ...

AMC Networks’ HIDIVE will kick off its Spring simulcast anime season with the new supernatural historical fantasy series Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho this month. Based on the popular ...

Next week AMC Global Media’s HIDIVE heads to Anime NYC 2026 to showcase new titles from Japan available exclusively to its subscribers. The fast growing streamer will present its Fall 2026 Season to ...

The swordsmith Amon accidentally comes across an infant and its dead mother in the forest. Although he is initially overwhelmed by the situation, he finally decides to take the boy with him and thus ...

In Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 movie Kill Bill: Volume 1, vengeful assassin The Bride (Uma Thurman) seeks a sword from the legendary swordsmith Hattori Hanzō (Sonny Chiba). “I need Japanese steel,” she ...