Akaboshi: Ibun Suikoden

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Supernatural but historical based. Akaboshi is set in China warring period while Yamato on Japan, but they have cool weapons and great fightings. 

Both are amazing piece of Chinese-themed fantasy martial arts manga. but Ryuuroden is better!! 

Jump pseudo-historical action mangas with similar characters, both cancelled very soon. 

In both mangas the main character is a guy and their names both start with "T" _but I'm sure that's a coincidence. Taisou and Train both like to battle and both carry around a special weapon for Train it's his gun, Hades, and for Taisou it's his sword, Fukuma no Tsurugi(I think). Both of them also come across imposters of themselves and neither tell the imposters who they are. 

The author of Akaboshi - Ibun Suikoden (Youichi Amano), is used to be an assistant of Hideaki Sorachi, the author of Gintama. So, it has almost the same style of comedy of Gintama. Both of the main character are dumb but strong. But, Gintama is mostly about the comedy (than action). 

Both are about a group of notorious heroes trying to save a country from corrupt government officials. Lots of action in both.  

There are similarities in plot and both protagonists have big swords 

Fantasy adventures set in China featuring kick-ass leads. Character designs and overall art are wonderfully detailed. 

Both these action-oriented titles revolve around the gathering of the strongest warriors to achieve a revolution. 

The art is king in these two publications. Both feature stunning detail of landscape and the draw distance in some panels are simply gorgeous. 

In these two series we follow a group of warriors for a particular purpose. In Akaboshi, it is the Taiten-Gyoudou who is seeking to gather members in order to initiate a revolution. In Mushibugyo, it is the Mushibugyo who serves to protect civilians. They are also set in a historical context. 

Both are derived from the same Chinese classic, even if Akaboshi retains far more story elements from the original compared to Gensou (aka "illusion"). Check 'em out. 

Both are based on classic stories (Water Margin/Suikoden, Chunhyangga) about travelling revolutionaries seeking to topple corrupt government officials on behalf of the repressed and victimized people of the plauged country. 

Both take place in the medieval Asia era and both are pretty badass. The main protagonists of each story are both defenders of the people, and are also very similar personality-wise in their negative attitudes towards what they do. Akaboshi feels a lot like a shonen version of Shin Angyo Onshi.