Anime Like Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun

After reaching a tipping point, the world endured a technological collapse from riots and global conflict, with Japan reverting to a state resembling the Meiji Era.

From the ashes in Japan rose three separate nations that have reached a tenuous stalemate over territory. For Aoteru Misumi in a small town in the nation of Yamato, he seeks a simple life with his wife—until things take a tragic turn. Radicalized, Aoteru heads to Osaka to enlist his burgeoning strategic prowess under a renowned commander to begin his climb towards vengeance.

In the year 1333, the Kamakura shogunate government is toppled after the betrayal of Ashikaga Takauji, a once-trusted retainer who was responsible for slaughtering the entire Hojo clan.

However, in the chaos at Kamakura, the rightful heir to the shogunate, Hojo Tokiyuki does what he does best – flees.

After escaping the massacre with the help of Shinto priest Suwa Yorishige, Tokiyuki takes refuge in another province. While on the run to stay alive, Yorishige convinces Tokiyuki to turn his talent at running and hiding into a battle strategy to raise an army and reclaim his birthright.

The Taira Clan, also known as the Heike, have developed authority in Japan. When a young girl disrespects a representative of the clan, her father pays the price with his life.

Later, this girl, now adopting the name Biwa after the instrument her father played, approaches Taira no Shigemori, the eldest son of the Taira Clan leader.

To him, she reveals the power of her eye to see the future and portends the downfall of his clan. He reveals to her the power in his eye to see the wandering ghosts of the dead and, after learning of how her father died, offers to take her in in hopes that she can help him steer his clan away from disaster.

After surviving the brutal Russo-Japanese war, Sugimoto gained the nickname “the immortal”. However, he now seeks the promise of gold to the north in Hokkaido in order to provide for the blind wife and infant son of his comrade who died in the war.

Yet, during his hunt, he hears the tale of a hidden stash of gold belonging to criminals with a map made out of human skin. Dismissing it as a tale at first, he soon finds that the man who told him the story has those very same map-like tattoos.

Now on a race with a native Ainu girl whose father was murdered for the gold, they try to make it to the stash before the criminals.

For years, the Republic of San Magnolia has been at war with the Giadian Empire. They were constantly plagued by their hordes of unmanned drones until the government created an unmanned solution of their own, finally able to wage their war without casualties.

However, that is not quite the truth. The “unmanned” combat weapons are actually used by those of the 86^th sector of the Republic, but they are not considered even human.

This is the tale of both Shin, an 86er and battle commander, and Lena, their sympathetic handler who remotely commands the detachment from inside the city.

After a revolt, Dowa and the 13 state kingdoms were reunited and the ACCA system, a civilian organization that monitors activities in every kingdom out of a central hub, was established. One hundred years later, ACCA and its inspections have helped keep the peace.

However, with the current king of Dowa aging and ill, rumblings of a coup have started to pop up as his foolish son reaches for the throne.

Jean Otus, a young inspector with ACCA, is charged with visiting the different kingdoms to unravel the plots that are being put into motion.

An 150-year-long stalemate between two countries is finally coming to and end with the rise of two new, idealistic leaders.

The Galactic Empire sees military genius Reinhard von Lohengramm climb through the ranks with dreams of becoming the one true ruler while the Free Planets Alliance  is assisted in their autocratic troubles by historian Yang Wenli and his democratic ideals.

In the Ancient Chinese Kingdom of Qin, war orphan and slave Xin trains with his fellow slave and best friend Piao to achieve their dream of one day being Great Generals of the Heavens.

However, after catching the eye of an imperial minister, Piao is taken to work at the royal palace until a coup sends him back to Xin. Piao arrives half dead in order to tell Xin to complete his mission for him.

This leads Xin to the young king, Zheng Ying, who Piao was posing as a double for. This encounter thrusts Xin in a brutal age of warfare and towards his destiny.

Set during Prohibition, a man named Avilio returns to Lawless, a town famed for brewing illegal liquor, after the murder of his family by the mafia. A mysterious letter prompted him to return and infiltrate the Vanetti family to get his revenge.

This anime tells the story of the 91 days leading to the tragic end between Avilio and Nero Vanetti, the Don’s son.

William Moriarty is the second son of the noble Moriarty family. During the day, he is a mathematics professor, but at night he uses his keen mind in order to work as a consultant for individuals with a particular need for his intellect.

He has dedicated himself to revenge against nobility in order to crumble the crushing social hierarchy that oppresses much of England.