I’m afraid to study history but watching historical anime is very interesting, guys

Historical fantasy is a fascinating genre because historical eras of the real world are mixed with elements of magic, supernatural and modern to create a fantasy world.

Here are 10 great anime series of this genre:

1. Chrono Crusade

1920 was a year of social upheaval. It was a time when women were allowed to play freely, even though the government banned it. As for the upper classes, they discovered a social excess: the devil. But around 1938, things began to fall apart.

2. Young Black Jack

The content of this series is inspired by the classic work “Black Jack” by the late Tezuka Osamu, reinterpreting the story of the character Hazama Kurō while he was still attending medical university in his years. 1960, before becoming an unlicensed doctor in the original.

3. Tanya The Evil

In the bloody and muddy trenches, a young girl hurls herself against army mages in aerial duels with guns and magic. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff and she is the Devil of the Rhine, one of the greatest soldiers the Empire has ever seen! But inside her mind lives a ruthless, calculating ex-returner who is enjoying a peaceful life in Japan until waking up in a war-torn world.

4. Grave of the Fireflies

Set in the final stages of World War II in Japan, the film tells the poignant yet touching story of the brotherhood of two orphans, an older brother named Seita and his younger sister. It’s Setsuko.

5. Hyouge Mono

Hyouge Mono gives us accurate information, without boring us like history by telling about this period through Furuta Sasuke, a trusted vassal of Nobunaga. The film revolves around this legendary person and his feelings for Western culture.

6. The Heroic Legend of Arslan

The plot of this anime will stick to the original, interpreting an epic story about Prince Arslan of the Kingdom of Pars on his journey to regain glory for his country.

7. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

In 1889, the world was on the cusp of technological discovery. In the understanding of mankind with the future, there exists a bad guy named Gargoyle who wants to restore the once prosperous Atlantean Empire by deploying a plan to conquer the world. Nadia will join inventor Jean and Captain Nemo and the ship Nautilus to save the world.

8. Shigurui

On September 24, the 6th year of Kan Ei, Sunpu city owner Tokugawa Tadanaga opened a martial arts festival, gathering swordsmen from all over the world to come down to the castle. Traditionally, the matches in the previous martial arts tournaments used wooden swords, but this time Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga let the fighters use real swords and could slaughter each other, despite the intercession of the courtiers.

9. Zipang

In 200x, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s state-of-the-art destroyer Mirai set sail in a group of four ships to participate in exercises with the US Navy. On the way they encountered a storm that lost contact with the other ships. Then they suddenly discovered that around them there were 40 strange ships…

10. The Wind Rises

The Wind Rises recounts the life of Japanese aircraft designer Jiro Horikoshi, a Man of great historical stature. Horikoshi was the chief engineer of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter aircraft that the Japanese military would use during World War II, including during the attack on Pearl Harbor.