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Ronin Warriors (1988)

Ronin Warriors poster
Original title
鎧伝サムライトルーパー
Genre
action anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 39 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Five young warriors are chosen to wield ancient mystical armor and weapons to battle an evil warlord. They train, fight, and struggle to protect the modern world from destruction.

action-packedenergeticnostalgicheroicdramaticfast-pacedmythic

What happens

Ronin Warriors, known in Japan as Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (Japanese: 鎧伝サムライトルーパー, Hepburn: Yoroiden Samurai Torūpā; 'Legendary Armored Samurai Troopers'), is a Japanese anime 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 April 30, 1988, to March 4, 1989, for a total of 39 episodes. A manga adaptation was serialized on Kodansha's Comic BomBom from November 17, 1988, to April 5, 1990, and the chapters collected into 2 tankōbon volumes. A sequel to the original series premiered on January 6, 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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