Samurai warriors derived their status and salaries from the daimyo lords they served. When a daimyo died, these warriors became "ronin," masterless samurai. After Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun in ...

After years spent waiting for a true open-world samurai game, we’ve seen a flurry ... Ninja Gaiden developer Team Ninja’s Rise of the Ronin, a 19th-century adventure that blends parry-based ...

Here, we rank the top female samurai and ronin in anime, not by their backstory, but by their sheer combat prowess and mastery of the blade.