In the early Edo period, Yukimura Sanada, who was believed to have died in the Battle of Osaka, has returned as a demon. Yukimura plans to seize power by unleashing the Horse-headed Dragon, which is being guarded by the Kowloon clan. He is accompanied by the Sanada Ten Braves, a group of demons with the power of the Sanada Yoho. Mugen Mireku, the son of the head of the Kowloon clan, stands up with his friends to stop Sanada Yukimura's ambitions.
 
In the course of the gruesome battle against super-human and demonic enemies, Mireku realizes his destiny as the reincarnation of King Mireku himself.
 
(Source: Mangapedia, translated)

In Confucian Era 14276, a violent showdown unfolds in the space surrounding Planet Lagra. And with that, the story begins. Unfolding on Earth and in far-off galaxies, in the past, the future, and across dimensions, the curtain has risen on the final war between light and darkness. A great, galactic epic spanning the author's career begins here!
 
Kyomu Senki is made up mainly of four series: "The Tiger of 5000 Light Years" serialized in 1980-82. "Kyomu Senshi Miroku" and "Jaki-oh Bakuretsu," both of which started serialization in 1987, just a few months apart. Lastly, "Skull Killer Jaki-oh," a mech series set in the 20th century that originally started in 1990.
 
Along with the four main series, it also includes four short stories: "New Rashoumon," "Ninja Arts at Honnou Temple: The Black Magic of Koji Kashin," "The Strange Living Dimension, Dogura," and "The Dogura War Chronicles."

A psychic ninja fantasy suggesting that the assassins did not die out during the Sengoku era but burrowed under Japan, where they fought a new war against the alien occupants of a crashed spaceship that has lain undisturbed for several millennia.
 
(Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

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