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Historical Themed Anime

by timzachnavarro • Created 3 years ago • Modified 3 years ago
This is a collection of Historical Themed Anime. They're inspired by a historical period. (like World War 2, Medieval Times, Ancient Egypt, Victorian Era, or what ever.)
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  • Tales of Little Women (1987)

    1. Tales of Little Women

    198748 epsTV-Y7TV Series
    7.5 (973)
    Four sisters grow up in 1860s Massachusetts while their father serves in the Civil War. With their progressive mother's guidance, they navigate childhood, sisterhood, love, and their paths to adulthood.
    StarsKeiko HanEiko YamadaMayumi Shô
  • A Little Princess Sara (1985)

    2. A Little Princess Sara

    198546 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.8 (1.7K)
    Sara Crewe, a young student of an all-girls boarding school who later becomes orphaned and is forced to work as a servant.
    StarsSumi ShimamotoTaeko NakanishiYukiko Nashiwa
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980)

    3. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    198049 epsTV Series
    8.0 (886)
    Tom Sawyer is a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s. Along with his best friend Huckleberry Finn, he spends his days ditching school, fishing, climbing trees and having adventures.
    StarsIkuo NishikawaIchirô NagaiMinoru Yada
  • Nobody's Boy: Remi (1977)

    4. Nobody's Boy: Remi

    1977–197851 epsTV Series
    7.9 (1.3K)
    A compelling story in which orphaned Remi gets hired out to a traveling street entertainer Vitalis when his foster parents fall on hard times.
    StarsKôichi KitamuraMami KoyamaAkira Murayama
  • Heidi: A Girl of the Alps (1974)

    5. Heidi: A Girl of the Alps

    197452 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.5 (6.4K)
    A girl named Heidi, lives with her grandfather somewhere on the Alps.
    CreatorSean JaraStarsVic PerrinRandi KigerKazuko Sugiyama
  • Anne of Green Gables (1979)

    6. Anne of Green Gables

    197950 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.7 (2.3K)
    Based on the books by Lucy Maud Montgomery, this 50 episode series tells the story of Anne Shirley, a young orphan living in 19th century Canada.
    StarsEiko YamadaFumie KitaharaMichio Hazama
  • Ie naki ko Remi (1996)

    7. Ie naki ko Remi

    1996–199726 epsTV Series
    8.2 (1K)
    Remi, Nobody's Girl tells the story of Remi, a cheerful and tender-hearted girl, who is an excellent singer and lives in the French country town of Chavanon with her mother. One day her father returns to the town after a long period working in a city. She discovers that she was a "foundling" or an abandoned child and was adopted by Mother Barberin. Her stepfather Jerome leaves to work in Paris and expects Mother Barberin to send Remi to the workhouse. He returns 10 years later, finds that Remi is still there, and becomes furious and Remi is almost sold to an evil slave trader
    StarsMitsuko HorieShinobu AdachiFubito Yamano
  • Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow (1982)

    8. Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow

    198250 epsTV Series
    7.1 (353)
    A family of English immigrants overcomes many hardships in order to fulfill their dream of starting their own farm in South Australia.
    StarsMinori MatsushimaRihoko YoshidaKatsunosuke Hori
  • Black Butler (2008)

    9. Black Butler

    2008–201143 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.6 (11K)
    Ciel Phantomhive takes care of the many unsettling events in Victorian England. Aided by Sebastian Michaelis, his loyal butler with seemingly inhuman abilities. But is there more to this black-clad butler than meets the eye?
    StarsJ. Michael TatumBrina PalenciaMichael C. Pizzuto
  • Dororo (2019)

    10. Dororo

    201924 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.2 (25K)
    Sightless Hyakkimaru wields fearsome prosthetics in place of the limbs his father traded to 12 demons. When he encounters the young thief Dororo, the pair sets out to reclaim Hyakkimaru's body parts and survive the demon-infested world.
    CreatorOsamu TezukaStarsJason DouglasRio SuzukiMugihito
  • Dororo (1968)

    11. Dororo

    1968–196927 epsTV Series
    7.3 (316)
    A samurai must retrieve his 48 body parts that were stolen from him when he was a baby so he can defeat the 48 demons that were made from his body parts.
    StarsMinori MatsushimaGorô NayaNachi Nozawa
  • Swiss Family Robinson (1981)

    12. Swiss Family Robinson

    198150 epsTV-YTV Series
    7.4 (1.4K)
    When the Robinsons plan to go to start a new life in Australia, they run into a storm that completely changes their lives.
    StarsWendee LeeMichael McConnohieArdwight Chamberlain
  • Around the World with Willy Fog (1983)

    13. Around the World with Willy Fog

    198326 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.5 (3.7K)
    A furry version of Jules Verne's classic adventure story of a British gentleman's challenge to circumnavigate the world in 80 days.
    StarsTom WynerBanjô GingaGregory Snegoff
  • Hello! Lady Lynn (1988)

    14. Hello! Lady Lynn

    1988–198936 epsTV-YTV Series
    7.4 (134)
    This is the second series of Lady Lady. Every year at Lynn's school, an honorable "Lady Quest" is given to the most sophisticated lady. Lynn strives to receive this honor.
    StarsKumiko NishiharaReiko MutôYonehiko Kitagawa
  • Lady Lady (1987)

    15. Lady Lady

    1987–198821 epsTV-YTV Series
    7.4 (255)
    Lynn's mother passed away when Lynn was only five and she now lives with her father in England who is not always able to be with her so she tries to be a strong person on her own.
    StarsHideyuki TanakaRyô HorikawaKeiko Yokozawa
  • Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles (1979)

    16. Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles

    1979–198041 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.3 (2.6K)
    The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution.
    StarsReiko TajimaTarô ShigakiHisashi Katsuta
  • Les Miserables: Shoujo Cosette (2007)

    17. Les Miserables: Shoujo Cosette

    200752 epsTV Series
    8.2 (581)
    Cosette, daughter of the unfortunate Fantine, suffers under the cruel Thénardiers. Jean Valjean, a former convict disguised as Monsieur Madeleine, seeks redemption while Inspector Javert pursues him.
    StarsNozomi SasakiAtsuko TanakaMiyuki Sawashiro
  • The Story of Perrine (1978)

    18. The Story of Perrine

    197853 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.5 (678)
    A young girl "Perrine" and her mother start a wonderful journey from India to France by a carriage.
    StarsHiromi TsuruMasako IkedaKinshirô Iwao
  • Ai shôjo Porianna monogatari (1986)

    19. Ai shôjo Porianna monogatari

    198651 epsTV Series
    7.3 (182)
    Based on the two "Glad Books" by Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna is a newly orphaned girl sent to live with her strict Aunt Polly in the town of Beldingsville. With her love for gladness, Pollyanna manages to cheer up the depressed, the lonely and the sick. The day in which she is involved in a terrible accident, not even the little girl knows if she'll be able to ever be glad for anything again.
    StarsMitsuko HorieTaeko NakanishiMasako Nozawa
  • Romeo's Blue Skies (1995)

    20. Romeo's Blue Skies

    199533 epsTV-GTV Series
    8.6 (1.6K)
    The adventures of a young Swiss boy working as a chimney sweeper in Milan.
    StarsAi OrikasaToshiko FujitaAya Ishizu
  • Emily of New Moon (2007)

    21. Emily of New Moon

    200726 epsTV Series
    7.5 (138)
    Emily is an orphan who gets sent to live with her relatives on Prince Edward Island after her father dies. In New Moon, she lives with her Aunt Elizabeth, Aunt Laura, and Cousin Jimmy, and learns to adapt with the help of her imagination and new friends.
    StarsAkio ÔtsukaAya HisakawaMegumi Toyoguchi
  • The Secret Garden Animated (1991)

    22. The Secret Garden Animated

    1991–199239 epsTV-YTV Series
    7.3 (184)
    At a very young age, Mary loses her parents to the disease, leaving her traumatized and orphaned. From India, she is brought to England with her uncle who has taken on the role of her new guardian.
    StarsMayumi TanakaMîna TominagaTomoko Munakata
  • Wakakusa monogatari yori wakakusa no yonshimai (1981)

    23. Wakakusa monogatari yori wakakusa no yonshimai

    198126 epsTV Series
    7.2 (125)
    Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.
    StarsRebecca ForstadtMike ReynoldsChiyoko Kawashima
  • Furandâsu no inu (1975)

    24. Furandâsu no inu

    197552 epsTV-YTV Series
    7.9 (335)
    In Victorian Flanders, a newly orphaned boy named Nello rescues an abandoned dog who becomes his best friend.
    StarsMichie KitaReiko KatsuraHirô Oyokawa
  • My Patrasche (1992)

    25. My Patrasche

    1992–199326 epsTV Series
    8.4 (30)
    A boy is raised by his grandfather. After finding a dog, they try to use it to sell milk.
    StarsMegumi HayashibaraYumi TômaSeizô Katô

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