Underplayed Gems

Yūsha Yoshihiko (2011)

Yūsha Yoshihiko poster
Original title
勇者ヨシヒコと魔王の城
Genre
sci-fi & fantasy, comedy
Country
Japan
Length
3 seasons, 23 episodes
Rated
PG
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A hero named Yoshihiko is very bad at his job. He goes on a quest with a funny Buddha and some weird friends. The show makes fun of old video games like Dragon Quest.

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What happens

Yūsha Yoshihiko to Maō no Shiro (勇者ヨシヒコと魔王の城; lit. 'The Hero Yoshihiko and the Demon King's Castle') is a 2011 Japanese television parody comedy about Yoshihiko, an inept hero who sets out to find the cure to a plague, but ends up fighting a larger evil. Yoshihiko is guided by a comedic Buddha, and accompanied by an incompetent wizard, a woman who wants to kill Yoshihiko because she thinks he killed her father, and a warrior who will kill Yoshihiko as soon as the warrior finishes telling Yoshihiko his stories. Yūsha Yoshihiko is heavily influenced by the RPG game series Dragon Quest, with Yoshihiko's outfit and most of the monsters being directly lifted from the series. It also contains references to other fantasy series and comedies, such as Monty Python. The second season Yūsha Yoshihiko to Akuryou no Kagi (勇者ヨシヒコと悪霊の鍵; lit. 'The Hero Yoshihiko and the Key of the Evil Spirit') was broadcast in 2012. The third season Yūsha Yoshihiko to Michibikareshi Shichinin (勇者ヨシヒコと導かれし七人; lit. 'The Hero Yoshihiko and the Seven Chosen Ones') was broadcast in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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