government-issue uniform. Still, the samurai's ethos of honor and patriotism lives on in the Japanese spirit.

From Drifters and Brave 10 to Samurai Champloo and Gintama, there's no shortage of exciting samurai anime to be enjoyed.

Stories of Samurai are a constant in both classic and modern-day media and portray honor-bound warriors in bitter conflicts where a blade is often the only way out.

For more than 800 years, the samurai helped to lay the foundations of Japan's culture. Their reverence for honor, duty, and service remains ingrained in Japanese society even today. Together with ...