Ronin Warriors Extreme known in Japan by its original title Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers Extreme (鎧伝サムライトルーパー過激, Yoroiden Samurai Torūpā 'Kageki), is a Japanese animated television series created by Hajime Yatate and animated by Sunrise. The television series, co-produced by Nagoya TV, aired across Japan on the All-Nippon News Network from March 17, 1993, to March 4, 1998 for a total of 260 episodes. The series is set in a secluded city perpetually threatened by monsters, where young men known as ninjas are tasked with defending the population. The story centers on Ryo Sanada, a leader of the Ronin Warriors, who must find a way to move forward after a devastating attack leaves him as the sole survivor of him team, joining with him new friends.
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Plot[]
The story initially follows Elemental Ninjas, an established group of five teenage boys themed after the classical elements. The team is led by Ryo Sanada a.k.a. Ryo of the Wildfire (Rekka no Ryo), the most powerful member of the group; the former members of the team include Akira Hikari a.k.a. Akira of the Light, Yasumi Mizumo a.k.a. Seisui of the Ocean, Daichi Dobashi a.k.a. Daichi of the Stone, and Hayate Kazami a.k.a. Hayate of the Wind. During a night patrol while Akira is absent, the former team is ambushed by a powerful monster, resulting in the deaths of Yasumi, Daichi, and Hayate. Akira sacrifices his powers in order to save Ryo's life, leaving Ryo as the sole surviving member of the team. Following the tragedy, Ryo is left to cope with the loss of his old friends. At Akira's urging, he begins to looks for a new team, Ronin Warriors (Samurai Troopers) include Sage (Seiji Date) a.k.a. Sage of the Halo (Korin no Seiji), Cyrus (Shin Mouri) a.k.a. Cyrus of the Torrent (Suiko no Shin), Kento Rei Fang (Xiu Lihuang) a.k.a. Kento of the Hardrock (Kongo no Xiu), and Rowen (Touma Hashiba) a.k.a. Rowen of the Strata (Tenku no Touma) to join, initially to no avail. At the same time, Ryo attempts to investigate the circumstances of the attack that killed his old friends.
Characters[]
Protagonists[]
Antagonists[]
- Oda Nobunaga / Emperor Talpa (Arago)
- Anubis (Shutendōji)
- Sekhmet (Nāga)
- Cale (Anubis)
- Dais (Rajula)
- Horus (Tengu)
- Lady Kayura
Allies[]
- Anna (Akane Sanada)
- The Ancient One (Kháos)
- Mia Koji (Násti Yagyu)
- Yulie (Jun Yamano)
- White Blaze (Byakuen)
Casts[]
Main Casts[]
| Characters | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Ryo Sanada | Takeshi Kusao | Matt Hill |
| Sage (Seiji Date) | Daiki Nakamura | Kirby Morrow |
| Cyrus (Shin Mouri) | Nozomu Sasaki | Michael Donovan (Season 1)
Sam Vincent (Season 2-5) |
| Kento (Shu Rei Fang) | Tomokazu Seki | Jason Gray-Stanford (S 1-4)
Andrew Francis (Season 5) |
| Rowen (Touma Hashiba) | Hikaru Midorikawa | Mark Hildreth |
| Anna (Akane Sanada) | Megumi Hayashibara | Tabitha St. Germain |
| Oda Nobunaga / Emperor Talpa (Arago) | Kaneto Shiozawa | Richard Newman |
| Anubis (ShutenDoji) | Kiyoyuki Yanada | Paul Dobson |
| Sekhmet (Naaza) | Issei Futamata | Brian Drummond |
| Cale (Anubis) | Yasunori Matsumoto | Scott McNeil |
| Dais (Rajura) | Jūrōta Kosugi | Matt Smith |
| Horus (Tengu) | Kazuhiko Inoue | Ted Cole |
| Lady Kayura | Masako Katsuki | Nicole Oliver |
| Mia Koji (Násti Yagyu) | Minami Takayama (S 1-6)
Hōko Kuwashima (S 7-10) |
Lalainia Lindbjerg (Season 1)
Kelly Sheridan (Season 2-5) |
| Yulie (Jun Yamano) | Kumiko Watanabe | Christopher Turner (S 1)
Cathy Weseluck (Season 2-5) |
| The Ancient One (Chaos) | Norio Wakamoto | David Kaye |
Additional Voices[]
Japanese[]
- Shigeru Chiba
- Tesshō Genda
- Wataru Hatano
- Megumi Hayashibara
- Ryo Horikawa
- Yui Horie
- Sōichirō Hoshi
- Akira Ishida
- Hideo Ishikawa
- Akira Kamiya
- Hiroshi Kamiya
- Masako Katsuki
- Katsuyuki Konishi
- Takehito Koyasu
- Naoko Matsui
- Shin-ichiro Miki
- Shigeru Nakahara
- Tomohiro Nishimura
- Tomomichi Nishimura
- Megumi Ogata
- Kōsuke Okano
- Ryōtarō Okiayu
- Ai Orikasa
- Ikue Ōtani
- Romi Park
- Daisuke Sakaguchi
- Chika Sakamoto
- Toshihiko Seki
- Hiroshi Takemura
- Wataru Takagi
- Mayumi Tanaka
- Naoki Tatsuta
- Michie Tomizawa
- Kappei Yamaguchi
- Kazuki Yao
English[]
- Alistair Abell
- Ashleigh Ball
- Kathleen Barr
- Lisa Ann Beley
- Nicole Bouma
- Don Brown
- Shannon Chan-Kent
- Garry Chalk
- Ian James Corlett
- Richard Ian Cox
- Trevor Devall
- Brian Dobson
- Michael Dobson
- Paul Dobson
- Michael Donovan
- Brian Drummond
- Tabitha St. Germain
- Mark Gibbon
- Jason Gray-Stanford
- Saffron Henderson
- Janyse Jaud
- Alessandro Juliani
- David Kaye
- Peter Kelamis
- Scott McNeil
- Kelly Metzger
- Jillian Michaels
- Brent Miller
- Maggie Blue O'Hara
- Ward Perry
- Matt Smith
- Chantal Strand
- Brad Swaile
- Bill Switzer
- Venus Terzo
- Lee Tockar
- Cathy Weseluck
- Chiara Zanni
Episodes[]
List of Ronin Warriors Extreme episodes
| Seasons | Episodes | Originally aired in Japan | Original network | Originally aired in North America | English network | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | First aired | Last aired | |||||
| 1 | 52 | March 17, 1993 | March 9, 1994 | TV Asahi | March 16, 1996 | March 8, 1997 | USA Network | |
| 2 | 52 | March 16, 1994 | March 8, 1995 | March 15, 1997 | March 7, 1998 | |||
| 3 | 52 | March 15, 1995 | March 6, 1996 | March 14, 1998 | March 6, 1999 | The Sci-Fi Channel | ||
| 4 | 52 | March 13, 1996 | March 5, 1997 | March 13, 1999 | March 4, 2000 | |||
| 5 | 52 | March 12, 1997 | March 4, 1998 | March 11, 2000 | March 3, 2001 | |||
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Attack Moves[]
Reception[]
Films[]
Ronin Warriors: The Motion Picture is a 1989 Japanese animated film adaptation, produced by Sunrise and distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan in Japan and Columbia Pictures in North America as part of the TV series. The Japanese voice film stars; Takeshi Kusao, Daiki Nakamura, Nozomu Sasaki, Tomokazu Seki, Hikaru Midorikawa, Minami Takayama, Kumiko Watanabe, and Norio Wakamoto, and English voices; Matt Hill, Michael Donovan, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ward Perry, Lalainia Lindbjerg, Christopher Turner, and David Kaye. It is based on the original anime television series by Hajime Yatate.
The film is an Japanese, American, and Canadian venture, produced by Sunrise and Bandai Visual. On its cinema release, it competed directly with Yoshiyuki Tomino's Mobile Fighter G Gundam, released on the same day. While it did not repeat the box-office success of Hajime Yatate's previous features, Mashin Hero Wataru, The Vision of Escaflowne, and Cowboy Bebop, it was successful on home video, becoming one of the biggest-selling VHS releases ever. It was followed by a theatrical sequel and the direct-to-video films:
- Ronin Warriors II: The Electric Boogaloo (1992)
- Ronin Warriors III: Judgement Day (1994)
- Ronin Warriors IV: Monster Unleashed (1996)
- Ronin Warriors: The Burning of Atlanta (1997)
- Ronin Warriors: Ryo's Revenge (1998)
- Ronin Warriors: The New Samurai (1999)
- Ronin Warriors: Dragon Warriors (2000)
- Ronin Warriors: Rise of the Demon King (2001)
- Ronin Warriors: Lost in Los Angeles (2002)
- Ronin Warriors: The Last Stand (2003)
Video games[]
Ronin Warriors Extreme, known in Japan by its original title Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers Extreme (鎧伝サムライトルーパー過激, Yoroiden Samurai Torūpā 'Kageki), is an action-adventure video game based on the anime series of the same name, developed and published by Bandai, originally released for the Super Famicom / SNES and Game Boy in Japan in 1993 and in North America / Europe in 1995, and later for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation in 1996, featuring five teenage boys. Celebrates 5th anniversary of Ronin Warriors, with new 3D gameplay and known as Samurai Warriors in PAL regions.
The game was also developed for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, PC Engine, Game Gear, and 3DO, but they were never commercially released.
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Development[]
TV Tropes[]
Ronin Warriors Extreme / Tropes
Trivia[]
- In English dub of the series, Ryo’s guiding virtue is Benevolence (仁 Jin), and Sage’s is Courtesy (礼 Rei) instead of Wisdom (智 Chi), and Rowen’s is Wisdom (智 Chi) instead of Life (命 Inochi). For the Dark Warlords, both Sekhmet and Cale can switch their guiding virtues and Dais’ is Endurance (忍 Nin) instead of Serenity (靜 Shizu), Horus will use it.
- All ten warriors are martial artists.
- All ten warriors have supernatural abilities, including elemental powers, natural weapons, movements, and fixed forms.
- Ryo can breathe fire similar to Natsu Dragneel in Fairy Tail.
- Like the Warlord Kale, Ryo turns into a werewolf when he sees the light of a full moon after he gets bitten by a wolf in every single episode similar to how Saiyans in Dragon Ball franchise turn into giant rampaging monkeys.
- Cye's first name changes to Cyrus Mouri.
- New Characters: Anna Sanada, a younger sister and love interest of Ryo, and Horus is a fifth of the five Dark Warlords that is a vulture demon and an evil counterpart of Rowen Hashiba.
- Five Dark Warlords have true forms, such as an ogre/oni, a naga/orochi, a werewolf/fenrir, a drider/tsuchigumo, and a harpy.
- In English dub, Ryo's voice actor Matt Hill and Cyrus' Samuel Vincent both worked together on Mobile Suit Gundam SEED as Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala. Also Sage's voice actor Kirby Morrow and Rowen's Mark Hildreth both worked together on Mobile Suit Gundam Wing as Trowa Barton and Heero Yuy.
- An eighth and a new anime role appearance of Mark Hildreth to have his teen voice. He went through puberty later the same year, in which this TV series was released.
- Five-Man Band Concert: In the seventh film, The Ronin Warriors form a band in the video for "The Final Countdown" by Europe and "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. They're also credited with a number of other songs associated with the franchise; Ryo, The Leader and a main protagonist, is the lead singer and the only one with an In-Universe musical career. Sage, The Lancer is the backing vocalist and a bassist. Rowen, The Smart Guy is an electric guitarist. Kento, The Big Guy is a drummer. And Cyrus, The Heart is a keyboarder.