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NG Knight Lamune & 40 (1990)

NG Knight Lamune & 40 poster
Genre
comedy anime and manga, action anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga, mecha
Country
Japan

How it feels

A boy named Ramune Baba gets pulled into a video game world called King Sccasher. He discovers he is related to the hero Ramuness and goes on adventures with robots and magic.

fast-pacedplayfulwhimsicalslapstickfantasticalcomedicretro

What happens

NG Knight Ramune & 40 (NG騎士ラムネ&40, Enujī Naito Ramune to Fōtī) is a Japanese anime television series of 1990. It was one of the Ramune group of television shows and OVAs, and the "NG" in the title stands for "new generation". In all there were 3 OVA series (NG Knight Ramune & 40 EX, NG Knight Ramune & 40 DX, VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fresh) and a sequel anime television series (VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fire). The original concept for the show was developed by Takehiko Ito, much of the story was written by Takao Koyama and Satoru Akahori (collectively credited as Brother Noppo), and the mecha design was done by Rei Nakahara. All anime and OVA in the series were produced by Starchild Records, and the show was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 6, 1990 to January 4, 1991. On December 12, 2019, it was announced that Discotek Media has acquired license for North America. This include the anime, and the OVAs. The anime and the OVAs has been made available for streaming on Crunchyroll for North American viewers. The main storyline of the series involves a boy named Ramune Baba who is sucked into the video game "King Sccasher". Ramune is a blood relative of the hero "Ramuness", and in the program he is destined to save the world from the evil Don Harumage. "Ramune" is the name of a popular, lemon-flavored Japanese carbonated drink, and most character names in the series are based on drinks, such as the character Milk. The name "Scassher" is based on the name of a competitor to Ramune, namely "Lemon Squash", a drink not franchised in America whose name is based on that of "Orange Crush", which is. This show is not related to the anime series Ramune of 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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