Drifters poster

Drifters

★ 7.5 5K votes 2016–2018 1 season · 15 episodes Ended Tokyo MX
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 9/10AdrenalineAction and thrills as the primary reward.This show: 8/10War & militaryArmed conflict and the soldier's experience.This show: 7/10Chaotic energyLoud, frenetic and gleefully anarchic.This show: 7/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 7/10
Rate this series
Starring
Mitsuki SaigaNaoya UchidaYuichi NakamuraTomokazu SugitaDaisuke OnoTakahiro Sakurai
Written by
Kohta Hirano
Starring
Mitsuki SaigaNaoya UchidaYuichi NakamuraTomokazu SugitaDaisuke OnoTakahiro Sakurai
Written by
Kohta Hirano
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
050100150200

Drifters Episode Ratings Heatmap

AvgE1E2E3E4E5E6E7E8E9E10E11E12E13E14E15
S17.67.57.87.67.38.07.38.17.47.77.27.78.07.47.37.4

Download Infographic

Drifters episode ratings heatmap infographic

The full episode-rating heatmap as a shareable image.

About

"History's warriors thrown into gonzo fantasy carnage"

Drifters follows Shimazu Toyohisa, a samurai from Japan's Sengoku era, who is pulled from the moment of his death into a strange fantasy world alongside other historical warriors and generals. There they clash with rival factions of history's darkest figures amid orcs, elves, and magic. The show is loud, gleefully violent, and darkly funny, powered by Kouta Hirano's trademark bombast and stylish action. It moves fast and rarely pauses for subtlety, prioritizing spectacle and historical-figure fan service over deep characterization or worldbuilding coherence.

Watch it for

the gleeful, over-the-top clashes between real historical figures wielding absurd fantasy-tinged power.

Maybe skip if

you want a complete story, since it ends abruptly with major threads unresolved.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

▼
Season 12016
7.62K156h 22m
A commander from medieval Japan is pulled into a mysterious world of legendary warriors and magical semihumans to battle evil as a "Drifter."
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Fight Song7.5
17224 min
▶2Footsteps7.8
15224 min
▶3Army of Ours - Sortie at Dawn7.6
14624 min
▶4Active Heart7.3
13924 min
▶5Bring Back Love8.0
14124 min
▶6Men of Destiny7.3
13524 min
▶7Chaos Diver8.1
14424 min
▶8Mystery - Call Me7.4
13125 min
▶9Serious Bomber7.7
13324 min
▶10Baba Yetu7.2
13027 min
▶11The Adventures of the Pistol Daimyou (Bullet Counting Song)7.7
13229 min
▶12Staring at Shinsengumi (The Song of the Fervid Kyuushuu Man)8.0
15326 min
▶13OVA: Rewrite7.4
7527 min
▶14OVA: Bring on a War7.3
7527 min
▶15OVA: The Outlandish Knight7.4
7129 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Mitsuki Saiga Nasu no Yoichi
Naoya Uchida Oda Nobunaga
Yuichi Nakamura Shimazu Toyohisa
Tomokazu Sugita Saint-Germi
Daisuke Ono Butch Cassidy
Takahiro Sakurai Abe no Haruakira, Abe no Seimei
Akira Ishida Minamoto no Kurou Hougan Yoshitsune
Tatsuhisa Suzuki Kanno Naoshi
Taiten Kusunoki Kokuou
Yutaka Aoyama Hannibal Barca

Crew

Kohta Hirano

Similar Series

Popular picks Shows that people who know this one usually know too. From our AI taste analysis.
Close in taste Nearest neighbors in our taste profile comparison: shared tone, themes and style.