139 samurai anime, ranked by the median score the listing sites give them (every one scores 6.5 or better). Type, episodes and total hours on every row, so the two of you can see what fits tonight before you argue about it.
| Anime | Type | Episodes | Hours | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gintama Movie 3: Yoshiwara Daienjou (New Gintama the Movie: Yoshiwara in Flames) | MOVIE | 1 | 2.1 h | 2026 | 8.91 |
| Gintama° (Gintama Season 3) | TV | 51 | 20.4 h | 2015 | 8.87 |
| Gintama': Enchousen (Gintama Season 2 Part 2) | TV | 13 | 5.2 h | 2012 | 8.85 |
| Gintama' (Gintama Season 2) | TV | 51 | 20.4 h | 2011 | 8.73 |
| Gintama. (Gintama Season 4) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2017 | 8.71 |
| Gintama: The Final (Gintama the Movie: The Final) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.7 h | 2021 | 8.71 |
| Gintama Movie 2: Kanketsu-hen - Yorozuya yo Eien Nare (Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Odd Jobs) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.8 h | 2013 | 8.7 |
| One Piece | TV | 1168 | 467.2 h | 1999 | 8.68 |
| Mononoke Hime (Mononoke Princess) | MOVIE | 1 | 2.2 h | 1997 | 8.64 |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen | OVA | 4 | 1.9 h | 1999 | 8.64 |
| Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen (Gintama Period: Silver Soul Arc) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2018 | 8.63 |
| Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen - Kouhan-sen (Gintama. Silver Soul Arc 2nd Season) | TV | 14 | 5.6 h | 2018 | 8.53 |
| Samurai Champloo | TV | 26 | 10.4 h | 2004 | 8.43 |
| Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) | TV | 24 | 10 h | 2024 | 8.4 |
| Gintama (Silver Soul) | TV | 201 | 80.4 h | 2006 | 8.4 |
| Gintama. Porori-hen | TV | 13 | 5 h | 2017 | 8.36 |
| Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2nd Season (Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works Season 2) | TV | 13 | 5.2 h | 2015 | 8.35 |
| Golden Kamuy 3rd Season | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2020 | 8.35 |
| Dororo | TV | 24 | 9.6 h | 2019 | 8.3 |
| Dr. Stone: Science Future (Dr. Stone Final Season) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2025 | 8.3 |
| Gintama Movie 1: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen (Gintama Movie: Crimson Sakura Chapter New Edition) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.6 h | 2010 | 8.3 |
| Katanagatari (Sword Stories) | TV | 12 | 9.8 h | 2010 | 8.26 |
| Mononoke | TV | 12 | 4.4 h | 2007 | 8.24 |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (Kenshin Samurai Vagabondo) | TV | 94 | 39.2 h | 1996 | 8.24 |
| Jigokuraku 2nd Season | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2026 | 8.22 |
| Stranger: Mukou Hadan (Sword of the Stranger) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.7 h | 2007 | 8.22 |
| Gintama°: Aizome Kaori-hen (Gintama: Love Incense Arc) | OVA | 2 | 0.8 h | 2016 | 8.21 |
| Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works | TV | 12 | 5.6 h | 2014 | 8.2 |
| Jigokuraku | TV | 13 | 5.2 h | 2023 | 8.2 |
| Gintama: Yorinuki Gintama-san on Theater 2D | MOVIE | 2 | 3.2 h | 2012 | 8.16 |
| Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu 2nd Season (TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy- Season 2) | TV | 25 | 9.6 h | 2024 | 8.1 |
| Lupin III: Part 5 | TV | 24 | 8.8 h | 2018 | 8.08 |
| Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Seekers 2 (Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Travels from the East 2) | TV | 13 | 5.4 h | 2018 | 8.05 |
| Log Horizon | TV | 25 | 10 h | 2013 | 8.01 |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Seisou-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: Time Arc) | OVA | 2 | 1.4 h | 2001 | 8 |
| Mononoke Movie 1: Karakasa (Mononoke The Movie: Phantom in the Rain) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.5 h | 2024 | 7.92 |
| Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu (Moon-led Journey Across Another World) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2021 | 7.91 |
| Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi (The Elusive Samurai) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2024 | 7.9 |
| Lupin the IIIrd: Chikemuri no Ishikawa Goemon (LUPIN THE IIIRD: Goemon's Blood Spray) | MOVIE | 1 | 0.9 h | 2017 | 7.87 |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Kyoto Douran (Rurouni Kenshin Season 2) | TV | 23 | 8.4 h | 2024 | 7.85 |
| Lupin III (2015) (Lupin the 3rd Part IV: The Italian Adventure) | TV | 24 | 8.8 h | 2015 | 7.83 |
| Drifters (Drifters: Battle in a Brand-New World War) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2016 | 7.8 |
| Lupin III: The First | MOVIE | 1 | 1.5 h | 2019 | 7.8 |
| Meitantei Conan Movie 07: Meikyuu no Crossroad (Case Closed Movie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.8 h | 2003 | 7.79 |
| Heike Monogatari (The Heike Story) | TV | 11 | 4.2 h | 2022 | 7.78 |
| Carnival Phantasm (Take Moon) | OVA | 12 | 2.8 h | 2011 | 7.77 |
| Inu-Ou (Tales of Heike: Inu-Oh) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.6 h | 2022 | 7.77 |
| Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna | TV | 13 | 4.8 h | 2012 | 7.75 |
| Koutetsujou no Kabaneri Movie 3: Unato Kessen (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Movie: The Battle of Unato) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.1 h | 2019 | 7.73 |
| Saraiya Goyou | TV | 12 | 4.4 h | 2010 | 7.72 |
| Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge (Arakawa Under the Bridge 2nd Season) | TV | 13 | 5 h | 2010 | 7.71 |
| Hakuouki Movie 1: Kyoto Ranbu (Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ Wild Dance of Kyoto) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.6 h | 2013 | 7.67 |
| Princess Principal | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2017 | 7.67 |
| Utawarerumono (Shadow Warrior Chronicles) | TV | 26 | 10 h | 2006 | 7.67 |
| Hybrid Child | OVA | 4 | 1.7 h | 2014 | 7.66 |
| Itai no wa Iya nanode Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu. (Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2020 | 7.64 |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023) | TV | 24 | 8.8 h | 2023 | 7.64 |
| Drifters: Special Edition | OVA | 1 | 0.7 h | 2016 | 7.62 |
| Shaman King | TV | 64 | 24.5 h | 2001 | 7.6 |
| Hakuouki: Hekketsuroku (Dilute Cherry Demon: Blue Blood Records) | TV | 10 | 3.8 h | 2010 | 7.58 |
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