Same. I saw this joint the summer of 95 before any other anime came to the states. This was my gateway, this and Street Fighter 2 the animated movie. Hopefully you like this video and share it around. Thanks for commenting. -Cytonius
@@omn8612 keep this channel going bruh, ronin was my fav i remember it would drop early morning before the bus came on upn, then like in 95 i think it jumped to scifi channel in the morning and i started setting the vcr to record it on vhs while i was at school.
Summer of 95 in the afternoon after the local summer program for me. Power Rangers was getting old for me and this show gave me more action with bladed weapons, special attacks, and a face turn that made sense. Lol. Saw this before I even heard of anything called Dragonball. Ronin Warriors will always be my favorite anime.
This was absolutely my gateway anime. It introduced me to so much, not just anime itself but online fandom. I wrote my first ever fan fic for Ronin Warriors when I was 10 or 11 years old (it was a 100% innocent monster of the week type story lol) back around 1997. Ronin Warriors has remained as a sort of safe space for me over 20 years later, a show and fandom I can slip back into when I'm feeling down. I have loved them since I was in elementary school and I'm 35 years old now. What's funny too was when I first was dating my now husband I told him about the show and he had this look of knowing on his face. He grew up in Italy watching the Italian version of it, Cinque Samurai, and it's been his favorite since childhood too.
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful story. This was a great show and inspired alot of people's lives. This video was made to pay respect to one of the under appreciated anime series of the 90s. Much respect to you 👏🙌🙏💯❤ - Cytonius
I do, actually! Sage/Seiji was very sick, and the other warriors had to fight their way through a couple of battles in order to take him to a hospital.
Ronin Warriors, DBZ , Sailor Moon,Ruronin Kenshin, Gundam Wing etc. these were my gateway to anime back in the early 2000's Toonami block glad Ronin Warriors is getting recognition it's really a underrated anime Anubis is my favorite character from the series:-)
I didn’t realize that the US was pushing anime in the mid 90s really hard. Between this, Sailor Moon, Dragon Warrior (yes, there was a dub of this show), Dragon Ball (I remembered the original version before Z came out) and Samurai Pizza Cats.
Not only were the Ronin Warriors awesome but the villains in the series were truly well thought out! The whole thing with Anubis’ transformation over time was just something I was so blown away with as a kid!
I was in the 6th grade in 1995, when it aired. It was my first and, to this day, favourite anime ever. It just felt a lot more impactful than other kids' animated shows of the era. I liked TMNT, Transformers, X-Men and the classic Looney Toons but Ronin Warriors moved me. Seeing a group of guys so bonded to each other that they would give their lives for one another made a huge impression on me, being almost friendless at the time. The show would remain on my mind until I could find DVDs a decade later.
WOW. This was an INCREDIBLE retrospective look at one of my all-time favorite series. This was quickly forgotten after the 90s, and didn't get the respect it deserves. if you bring it up nowadays, it gets a "huh?" response. But it was awesome, even if only from a nostalgic perspective. And it should have 100% gotten games like the DBZ series got!
Thank you for the positive feedback. I studies Japanese for a little while but didn't really get too far in conversational dialogue, but i'm a huge fan on Japanese samurai history which is why I approached this video from a more historical POV as opposed to a review. I know there is a Samurai Troopers VG that was made in Japan and there is a manga series. I didn't go into detail about that because i'm not really a gamer or a big manga person, but I do think Ronin Warriors should have had a larger fan base, If you remember Dragon Ball Z didn't pop off when it came to the states, it didn't get mainstream attention until the 2000s.
"And it should have 100% gotten games like the DBZ series got!" One of my deepest desires is for this series to get a Koei-Tecmo 'Warriors' type game, that features the entire OG series and OVA cast as playable characters. I mean come on! The English version even has 'Warriors' right there in the name! Seems like a no-brainer to me, but sadly this franchise remains the realm of obscurity...
Great overview of this fantastic series! I grew around so much of its merch back in the late 80s & early 90s in Thai grocery stores because they would sell candies that had figurines of either the Samurai Troopers or the Dark Warlords back in the day. I still miss this dub every now and then but I'm really itching to see it subbed at some point. It's a neat show but I do have to say that it still doesn't hold a candle to Saint Seiya. It's was good for it's time, and you can tell that it was an 80s Sunrise production given its pre-inclination for using Tokyo as a backdrop. Great stuff!
I loved this show when I was a kid. I always made sure to have my mom record in on vhs so I could watch it again later. It was the start of my love of anime, and my first glimpse in to an beautiful country that is Japan. It still holds a special spot in my heart. Thank you for making this and bringing back happy memories.
I grew up watching this gem. It was so incredible that I've been looking for it for a long time as an adult. I finally got my hands on it and binged it.
You know the show is good when the same transformation animations never got old. Edit: This retrospective hits on some great notes. Sorry, I didn’t initially comment on your quality and depth, but man, like so many others here this was a treat to watch. I watched the show faithfully and never felt like anyone else remembered it. Never mind why it was worth remembering.
Literally the most underrated thing human society has ever or will ever produce. Watching this show as a child utterly changed my life more than any other thing I've experienced. I've watched this show from start to finish and all the ovas over 100 times and I plan to watch it twice a year for the rest of my life. I would be nothing without this shows influence on me, I credit Ronnin Warriors for every single one of my many achievements. To this very day I still get goosebumps when I hear "Quake With Fear!!!!". This is literally the perfect story wouldn't change a single thing ❤❤❤❤
Good documentary, I love this show still. I remember when my friend from school called me that summer it came out. " What cha doin' watching ronin warriors?" I said how did you know? He laughed and said who isn't watching. For the time in the 90s this was somewhat original. I've never scene a cartoon show that cool ever at the time.
The Ronin Warriors Complete season collection, was the first anime dvd collection I ever bought. Thank you so much for the video, learned so much. Also gave it a well deserved Like
This show brings back memories from the 90's where I used to watch this show. This is a great in-depth documentary about Ronin Warriors. Thank you for the information. It is so insightful.
This series was a masterpiece. I'm 41 it's only cartoon I watch now and still love just as much as I did then. First saw it in 1995 this was my religion I was infatuated still am.
My first introduction to Anime! Thanks for making this! So much information I didn’t know about the show. Rewatching the series now on Amazon and Crunchyroll! I grew up watching the original serial syndicate in 1995. I remember the ending of the show blew my 7 year old mind lol
This is the best Anime of the male character fighting off demons with powerful armors. :) I love it! I even got a mail autograph by Matt Hill who voices Ryo.
Ronan Warriors is so WuTang when it comes to old school anime for me. It inspired me and a lot of my friends to get into anime as well as D&D character concepts. Great video! Really informative.
Anubis has the best plotline out of all the characters. I lost my mind when he showed up with the ancient ones staff. I based my entire life off the character Anubis from this show. The chain sickle is the coolest weapon ever made 😎
This being in my recommends shows that TH-cam not only knows me, but is aware of my hype over the fact the US is finally getting the series on BLURAY this year! Epic video.
That would have been good in theory but maybe logistically it wouldn't have worked. Because then the question arises, do the warlords get their own white armor? And also why did Talpa need the white armor he was already more powerful than the white armor. Hmmmmmmmmm
My first anime I was ever dedicated to watching. I was six years old and I would wake up early everyday before school just to watch it. Gateway anime indeed. Gateway to Japanese culture, too. 28 years later and here I am typing from my apartment in yokohama. BTW @19:53 gave me chills!
Thanks. The channel Toy Galaxy did a video on the series too. I thought it was good. But I was going for a more in depth approach about the Japanese history of the series
@@brandon-yu aww that's probably going to be a little ways out. I try and mix up my topics. Like one month it's Ronin Warriors the next month it's the Ninja Turtle lol. But I'm definitely going to discuss Ronin Warriors again.
@@omn8612 Was it meant to set up a reboot or was it meant to be a conclusion? That's what I wonder more than anything. And it was so cheaply made, it was basically 3 episodes worth of animation spread into 5. That was so frustrating. Where can I find more on it?
I watched this all the time in the 90s and loved it! Thank you for this dedicated video and glad they are people of culture that enjoyed this anime for what it brought!
Yup, that's where I first saw it. Then was so happy when it came back on Toonami. We didn't have youtube or anything back then. Anything you missed out on VHS (literal) taping before its run on tv ended, it was effectively gone. Though, I've seen others say it was on in the morning, I swear I saw it on in the afternoon... Maybe they aired it twice or I caught a 2nd airing on Fox that year...
@@streamofthesky you are correct Ronin Warriors aired at 230 pm in the summer of 95 on syndicated TV and then in like 99 on the Sci Fi channel that version was actually edited for a shorter run time. Toonami aired the show in 2003ish in the afternoon I think.
@@omn8612 Wow, you got it figured out down to the timeslot! Thanks, I saw all these comments about watching it in the morning and swore it was afternoon. Missed the Sci-Fi run, but caught the Toonami re-airing. Then bought up all the DVDs while they were available. Wish I had gotten the toys when they were like $5....
A bandai ryo armor of inferno figure review brought me here. Man this gives me real insight to this show as an adult. I remember watching this show when I was only 5 years old and thought its existence was a Mandela effect as there was no internet at the time until I found ronin warriors toys at kb toys inside the mall when I was 10 years old i felt nostalgia before real nostalgia. Then came toonami which used to air it everyday after school and I was able to re-watch it. This show was definitely the gateway and it put me on to anime as a whole. I'm now 33 years old and am currently re-watching it once again it brings back so many fond memories. Great video man I really enjoyed it thank you.
Yo what up, it's Cytonius just wanna say I appreciate all the love this video is getting and thanks for the positive comments...more video essays are on the way, stay tuned.
I remember in first grade on the playground me n my friends playing and acting stuff from this show out. It was a huge influence on me that led to yu yu hakusho and then DBZ and gundam wing. It all absolutely shaped me as a person and my interests.
Also the complete Gridman Hyper Agent is coming to Bluray 8/17/21. Uncut/unedited for the first time on home video in the US. Which was the series DIC Entertainment used to make Syber Squad.
I remember being SO into this growing up, and it's STILL good for revisiting every now and then, too! I remember being so preoccupied with everything about Ronin Warriors that, at one point, I was grabbing pen and paper to write down every R. Warrior and Dark Warlord's name and making sure I had what virtue they represented, their armor titles, what their attack names were, etc etc. Lol I was...a weird kid, to say the least 😅😅😅
This was amazingly put together and extremely informative. I get chills hearing that theme music format the original [star dust eyes] I used to miss school cause of this show. I still haven't Finnish it lol or at least rewatch every episode to remember the hole thing
This is one of my top old school anime when not talking about DBZ. Always tried to get this recorded before karate class, and watching it after session. I likely have a couple of episodes still retained on VHS somewhere. If my mother hasn't thrown them out yet. lol
Great Video! Love the extra knowledge about the villains. Loved this show, was great watching it growing up, getting to usually watch it before I had to leave for school. I think I watched it on the USA network. The music in this show is really great too. Anubis was a great villian/hero! Wanna say this was the 1st time I experienced the bad guy becoming your friend trope/cliche` that many shows and games use. Not that it's a bad thing. The one I didn't like was the OVAs that were created after the show ended. I think I really only enjoyed the Legend of the White armor OVA, and personally thought the other 2 were just not good. The new armors would have been cool, but I just couldn't get through the weird story. Overall the show itself is amazing and still worth watching today!
man I use to hate missing this show in morning because it played early and I surched everywhere to catch it at another time but such a great Anime I rarely hear about Ronin Warriors definitely deserves respect
Finally someone has done a proper review on the series and I couldn't have asked for a better one. I have looked for one of Ronin warriors before on here 2 years ago since it seems the new "In" thing today is to do reviews on anime, new and old, since anime is mainstream now like you said vs our time when anime was still wowing us on Toonami, but no such luck, at least not as good as yours. I have been saying this for years but I would love to see this series along with Gundam Wing rebooted today with modern writing ✍ and animation. I think it would do significantly better now that the reboot/remake craze is in and everyone wants there old shows and video games remade
Damn this show came on before school for me back in CW formerly known as UPN33, formerly known as WBFS 33. It was Woody woodpecker, samurai pizza cats, sailor moon then ronin warriors
Great information here. Thanks for this. I find that this series brought a lot of super sentai elements into anime. Also, you should do a video on Legend of the Heavenly Sphere Shurato.
Have yall seen the 2018 Blu Ray digital remaster tho??? It looks soooooo gorgeous, but it was a japan release only. Hopefully it makes its way over here to the USA someday
@@omn8612 well, i guess i'll have to wait a few years for it to be uploaded to the internet. It might come to the US one day. (Probably maaaaaany years later. Lol) The 2 reasons I want it is for the picture quality obviously, but also to see if they redid the subtitles. The DVD's subtitles were a bit flawed throughout some of the episodes. From the top of my head I remember learning the Troopers and Mashos (Ronins and Warlords) special moves in their original japanese names for them and for some reason on the episode where Rajura (Dais) came to fight Ryo and Cye. (Ryo and Shin) He clearly mentions something about his special move "Tou Chi Mou" (I can't remember what that translates to, but it's his special move for sure) but the subtitle for some reason had wriiten out "Do you like to play games" which was what the English dubbed version incorrectly had as the line, but then later down the line whenever he says that, the subtitle reads "Web Of Deception". So i soooo hope they had someone redo the subtitles and not just use the DVD's subs.
This was a very informative, and overall great video about Ronin Warriors/Yoiroiden Samurai Troopers. 1. It made more sense for Cale to be named "Anubis" not only for his look but how he is able to use Wolves/Dogs to attack Sage/Seiji. I just didn't realize back then until this video. 2. You were spot on about the character development and how they got together was sudden and outta know where, but it was the message of the show that got me. To Elaborate; How Talpa (I love the VA btw) is essentially the negative aspect of the human spirit, and the Ronin's and Kaos are fighting to preserve the Positive parts with their guiding virtues. Greed, Wrath, and Pride are only just the tip of the problems in their world and Talpa was easily able to manipulate people because it was at it's highest, and everything went to shit. It was the fight for humanities life and it's soul. Which is why this will always be my favorite anime. They went through hell but they kept fighting, Shiten redeemed himself, and sacrificed his life to ensure the future of humanity was protected going forward with Kayura. Yeah, it may not be as deep as I am making it, but to me, seeing where we are today with Covid and everything else, it doesn't seem to be that far off. Anyway, Great video!
Great comment. Thank you for your positive feedback. Ronin Warriors is and always will be one of my favorites. I tried my best to be as informative and insightful with this video. At some point I will do a follow up on the series/franchise there are some things I didn't speak on.
Ronin Warriors is truly awesome. And Ryo Sanada is the one anime hero I always look upon to for inspiration. That, and dreaming of a Sailor Moon/Ronin Warriors crossover one day, with a hint of Dead or Alive with it.
I swear to god, calling Ronin Warriors/YST a "gateway anime" doesn't even begin to describe it for me. This show had such a profound impact on me as a kid it's not even funny. It wasn't just a gateway for anime, this show introduced me to all sorts of aspects of Japanese culture and history. From legendary samurai to the tenets of Confucius (I've seriously considered getting 仁義礼智信 tattooed on my arm, no really!), to various real-world locations in Japan such as Akiyoshidai National Park and the Naruto Strait with its famous whirlpools (and yes, this where the 'Naruto' anime gets its name from). I even bought the 30th Anniversary commemorative book despite it being entirely in Japanese. The more I looked into this series and its supplementary materials (did you know there were radio dramas? yeah, YST has goddamn radio dramas), the more I grew to love and appreciate it. It's a tragedy that this series never really became popular, even in Japan. There's just so much potential to be had with its themes of action, friendship, and even spiritualism. I'm not too keen on the "Let's reboot literally everything" craze that's been happening lately, but here's one instance where I would GLADLY see a comeback. _Busou Rekka, dao jin!_
I was born in 93, so I wasn’t able to catch the original run as I was a toddler- but i remember catching the reruns in I think 2000-2001? And falling in love. Between that, Gundam Wing, and Yu Yu Hakusho, I was introduced to some of the finest anime there was. Glad to see someone showing the love it deserves.
I know this vid is old but I am a fan of Samurai Troopers I got the books of them , one of the books is a manga the Anniversary of this series. I have the Original series in English and the OG sub as well. How I found it was a bit of a remembrance of Ryo of the Wildfire looks like Keith of Voltron that's how I mistake it . A mistake I'm glad I did because I grew up Voltron from the 80's. Living in Chicago at the time this anime came out on public TV it was my escape during my radiation treatments. I just had to share it sorry
Is definitely the first anime that I can remember watching and still re-watch to this day. Still have original kento and anubis action figures from back then. This show deserves a remake/reboot.
Being from Nicaragua anime was common since at least the 80s. So I grew up with Saint Seiya, or Caballeros Del Zodiatico. So when Ronin Warriors came out in the states I initially thought they were connected. Oddly enough I watched Ronin Warriors the summer it debuted here in the states, I watched it long before I ever even heard of Power Rangers, which actually came out first.
I was 8 when I saw it in France(Club Do). All the most great anime was here and Yoroiden Samurai Troopers still one of them. The plot is classic but always effective with a lot of feelings and intensity. Thanks to the fantastic character design/armors and the awesome Ost. The animation still incredible today. I find him more personnality than a lot of another average anime without soul. For example I rewatched the 4 Oav with Mukala "Legend of the Supreme Armor" and man... The draw and production are just fantastic. Yes this is one of my favorite anime ever for all those reasons. It have a very special place. Chodando SO-EN-ZAN !!! 🤘😎😇
Discotek Media announced on 8/7/21 a full Bluray remaster of Samurai Troopers series & ovas and it will included the Ronin Warriors dub as well. Check their twitter for full details
I used to Love this anime! It helped that My Father was a nerd 🤓 so I was all over this, voltron and speed racer at the time.. 😊 I'm subbed 💯 thank You for this Gem 💎 edit: as this video was ending I remembered transformers was another great anime from my childhood
I would leave school at around 2:00pm be able to hit up the lucky stop and buy snacks and drinks and get home and watch a Ton of anime or animated shows like saint saiya and ronin warriors man me and my best friend would hang out and watch all the shows you talked about and eat and drink and spend the weekend talking about what we thought would happen next or just think up are own ideas and it makes me miss him so much he past away wen he was 19 do to a heart problem and now everytime I see anything like this I watch it and think of him
I have the 2 Volume Manga Series, I can't read it cause its in Japanese, but its part of my collection mainly for the History and as a Tribute to the show. Some things should not be forgotten.
This show was a huge influence on me! I watched it at 9am on weekdays over summer vacation back in the day.
Same. I saw this joint the summer of 95 before any other anime came to the states. This was my gateway, this and Street Fighter 2 the animated movie. Hopefully you like this video and share it around. Thanks for commenting. -Cytonius
Summer vacation in like 95 is when I found it. Value city had the figures oddly enough
@@omn8612 keep this channel going bruh, ronin was my fav i remember it would drop early morning before the bus came on upn, then like in 95 i think it jumped to scifi channel in the morning and i started setting the vcr to record it on vhs while i was at school.
@@nobodyexceptme7794 We definitely will keep the channel going. Feel free to explore the channel and check us out on Facebook
Summer of 95 in the afternoon after the local summer program for me. Power Rangers was getting old for me and this show gave me more action with bladed weapons, special attacks, and a face turn that made sense. Lol. Saw this before I even heard of anything called Dragonball. Ronin Warriors will always be my favorite anime.
This show deserves its flowers. It's my hope to create something that honors this series
Man, coming home from high school, tuning in to Toonami, childhood memories!
2001 life! Same here brotha!
This was absolutely my gateway anime. It introduced me to so much, not just anime itself but online fandom. I wrote my first ever fan fic for Ronin Warriors when I was 10 or 11 years old (it was a 100% innocent monster of the week type story lol) back around 1997. Ronin Warriors has remained as a sort of safe space for me over 20 years later, a show and fandom I can slip back into when I'm feeling down. I have loved them since I was in elementary school and I'm 35 years old now. What's funny too was when I first was dating my now husband I told him about the show and he had this look of knowing on his face. He grew up in Italy watching the Italian version of it, Cinque Samurai, and it's been his favorite since childhood too.
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful story. This was a great show and inspired alot of people's lives. This video was made to pay respect to one of the under appreciated anime series of the 90s. Much respect to you 👏🙌🙏💯❤
- Cytonius
Do you remember what the fan fiction was about?
I do, actually! Sage/Seiji was very sick, and the other warriors had to fight their way through a couple of battles in order to take him to a hospital.
Finally, someone talking about Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors!!!
Oh fo sho. Had to hit em with a hidden gem.
fam. this was my jam. Outside of the main hitters, THIS slapped
Right!!
Ronin Warriors, DBZ , Sailor Moon,Ruronin Kenshin, Gundam Wing etc. these were my gateway to anime back in the early 2000's Toonami block glad Ronin Warriors is getting recognition it's really a underrated anime Anubis is my favorite character from the series:-)
Yeah I'm going to do some old school anime retrospectives in the future. Stay tuned
Tru. Anubis was the MVP of the series. Always like characters like him. Tommy/Green Ranger and Magneto are also in that class for me as well.
yeh! Anubis carried this fucken show
Trigun too my guy
I didn’t realize that the US was pushing anime in the mid 90s really hard. Between this, Sailor Moon, Dragon Warrior (yes, there was a dub of this show), Dragon Ball (I remembered the original version before Z came out) and Samurai Pizza Cats.
Not only were the Ronin Warriors awesome but the villains in the series were truly well thought out! The whole thing with Anubis’ transformation over time was just something I was so blown away with as a kid!
It still shakes the world. Anubis 4 life ❤
QUAKE WITH FEAR!!!
I was in the 6th grade in 1995, when it aired. It was my first and, to this day, favourite anime ever. It just felt a lot more impactful than other kids' animated shows of the era. I liked TMNT, Transformers, X-Men and the classic Looney Toons but Ronin Warriors moved me. Seeing a group of guys so bonded to each other that they would give their lives for one another made a huge impression on me, being almost friendless at the time. The show would remain on my mind until I could find DVDs a decade later.
Been watching Ronin Warriors since 1992 when I first saw it on WPIX in the morning here in NYC.
So dang good, still to this day....
WOW. This was an INCREDIBLE retrospective look at one of my all-time favorite series. This was quickly forgotten after the 90s, and didn't get the respect it deserves. if you bring it up nowadays, it gets a "huh?" response. But it was awesome, even if only from a nostalgic perspective. And it should have 100% gotten games like the DBZ series got!
Also, your Japanese pronunciation is on POINT!
Thank you for the positive feedback. I studies Japanese for a little while but didn't really get too far in conversational dialogue, but i'm a huge fan on Japanese samurai history which is why I approached this video from a more historical POV as opposed to a review. I know there is a Samurai Troopers VG that was made in Japan and there is a manga series. I didn't go into detail about that because i'm not really a gamer or a big manga person, but I do think Ronin Warriors should have had a larger fan base, If you remember Dragon Ball Z didn't pop off when it came to the states, it didn't get mainstream attention until the 2000s.
"And it should have 100% gotten games like the DBZ series got!"
One of my deepest desires is for this series to get a Koei-Tecmo 'Warriors' type game, that features the entire OG series and OVA cast as playable characters.
I mean come on! The English version even has 'Warriors' right there in the name! Seems like a no-brainer to me, but sadly this franchise remains the realm of obscurity...
It Bandai fault. They ignored the series cause all they care about is Gundam.
Love this show. Being a big TMNT, power rangers, vr troopers fan, this was definitely up my alley as a kid.
I used to run home from school to watch Ronin Warriors. That classic 90's Toonami block put a lot of us on.
Facts. Toonami was 🔥.
Great overview of this fantastic series! I grew around so much of its merch back in the late 80s & early 90s in Thai grocery stores because they would sell candies that had figurines of either the Samurai Troopers or the Dark Warlords back in the day. I still miss this dub every now and then but I'm really itching to see it subbed at some point. It's a neat show but I do have to say that it still doesn't hold a candle to Saint Seiya. It's was good for it's time, and you can tell that it was an 80s Sunrise production given its pre-inclination for using Tokyo as a backdrop. Great stuff!
This is an undervalued asset in the world of YT anime video essays. Kudos to you, sir.
I loved this show when I was a kid. I always made sure to have my mom record in on vhs so I could watch it again later. It was the start of my love of anime, and my first glimpse in to an beautiful country that is Japan. It still holds a special spot in my heart. Thank you for making this and bringing back happy memories.
I grew up watching this gem. It was so incredible that I've been looking for it for a long time as an adult. I finally got my hands on it and binged it.
You know the show is good when the same transformation animations never got old.
Edit: This retrospective hits on some great notes. Sorry, I didn’t initially comment on your quality and depth, but man, like so many others here this was a treat to watch. I watched the show faithfully and never felt like anyone else remembered it. Never mind why it was worth remembering.
Ronin Warriors was my very first Anime, Ronin Warriors needs their own Funko Pop figures ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Literally the most underrated thing human society has ever or will ever produce. Watching this show as a child utterly changed my life more than any other thing I've experienced. I've watched this show from start to finish and all the ovas over 100 times and I plan to watch it twice a year for the rest of my life. I would be nothing without this shows influence on me, I credit Ronnin Warriors for every single one of my many achievements. To this very day I still get goosebumps when I hear "Quake With Fear!!!!". This is literally the perfect story wouldn't change a single thing ❤❤❤❤
Good documentary, I love this show still. I remember when my friend from school called me that summer it came out. " What cha doin' watching ronin warriors?" I said how did you know? He laughed and said who isn't watching.
For the time in the 90s this was somewhat original. I've never scene a cartoon show that cool ever at the time.
The Ronin Warriors Complete season collection, was the first anime dvd collection I ever bought. Thank you so much for the video, learned so much. Also gave it a well deserved Like
This show brings back memories from the 90's where I used to watch this show. This is a great in-depth documentary about Ronin Warriors. Thank you for the information. It is so insightful.
This series was a masterpiece. I'm 41 it's only cartoon I watch now and still love just as much as I did then. First saw it in 1995 this was my religion I was infatuated still am.
Ronin Warriors was my intro into anime!!
Yo your name is dope. Ronin Heru!!! This might be the TH-cam channel for you, my video essays mix multi culturalism and subtext on pop culture.
Great breakdown of my favorite anime.
My first introduction to Anime! Thanks for making this! So much information I didn’t know about the show. Rewatching the series now on Amazon and Crunchyroll! I grew up watching the original serial syndicate in 1995. I remember the ending of the show blew my 7 year old mind lol
They just popped up on Amazon and I am such a happy boi
Yeah this was a good show, hope you enjoy the video essay 😀
Definitely one of the reasons I kept the membership. 😂
Fantastic video and wonderfully informative. Took me way back to '95 when this rolled out stateside. You gained a new subscriber from me!
I was thinking about rewatcing this recently,it is one of my favorite animes of all time. Great work man
Ronin Warriors was my SHIT !
This is the best Anime of the male character fighting off demons with powerful armors. :) I love it! I even got a mail autograph by Matt Hill who voices Ryo.
Ronan Warriors is so WuTang when it comes to old school anime for me. It inspired me and a lot of my friends to get into anime as well as D&D character concepts.
Great video! Really informative.
#Wutangforever
This was wonderful bruh, great work
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Quack with fear kept me watching this show
He stood out ore then ryo in some episodes
Anubis has the best plotline out of all the characters. I lost my mind when he showed up with the ancient ones staff. I based my entire life off the character Anubis from this show. The chain sickle is the coolest weapon ever made 😎
I love how much research you clearly put in to this! Great to see this significant early gateway show get its full due.
Thank you. Appreciate you.
the original opennings and endings for the show were just so darn awesome! I love watching this series it was great!
Absolutely amazing video. Thank you for the great content. 😊
Yooooooooo thank you that means a lot. Much love and respect to you
A classic anime, I am glad it is still remembered. May it always be.
Just found your channel. Great stuff.
This being in my recommends shows that TH-cam not only knows me, but is aware of my hype over the fact the US is finally getting the series on BLURAY this year!
Epic video.
Thank you. I appreciate the love. Hopefully you will enjoy some of the other videos on the channel.
Cytonius
Thank u for taking time to make this! I loved this show growing up 😊
Loved your review. Well said.
Great video! Going to need another video on the Ronin Warrior movies for sure!
... Each trooper would've gotten their own version of the White Armor?
Aargh, why didn't we get that?
That would have been good in theory but maybe logistically it wouldn't have worked. Because then the question arises, do the warlords get their own white armor? And also why did Talpa need the white armor he was already more powerful than the white armor. Hmmmmmmmmm
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Maybe he just wanted to play it safe and keep it to himself? Talpa/Arago wasn't an idiot.
True
This show was and still is great. Summer of 95 was lit. I still suggest this to people who haven’t seen it. Predictable isn’t always a bad thing.
Also, this 1 of the best videos I've seen based on the thorough explained history. You earned a sub my guy!
Appreciate you 🙏
My first anime I was ever dedicated to watching. I was six years old and I would wake up early everyday before school just to watch it. Gateway anime indeed. Gateway to Japanese culture, too. 28 years later and here I am typing from my apartment in yokohama. BTW @19:53 gave me chills!
I finally got a chance to watch the series plus the OVAs in full during the pandemic. This is the best retrospective I've seen to date.
Thanks. The channel Toy Galaxy did a video on the series too. I thought it was good. But I was going for a more in depth approach about the Japanese history of the series
@@omn8612 When's the one on Message coming out? I have so many questions about that OVA.
@@brandon-yu aww that's probably going to be a little ways out. I try and mix up my topics. Like one month it's Ronin Warriors the next month it's the Ninja Turtle lol. But I'm definitely going to discuss Ronin Warriors again.
@@omn8612 Was it meant to set up a reboot or was it meant to be a conclusion? That's what I wonder more than anything. And it was so cheaply made, it was basically 3 episodes worth of animation spread into 5. That was so frustrating. Where can I find more on it?
I watched this all the time in the 90s and loved it! Thank you for this dedicated video and glad they are people of culture that enjoyed this anime for what it brought!
My dad and I used to watch some of the episodes and I only recall getting 2 of those action figures as a kid. Good times.
If I’m not mistaken this was on Fox Channel during the summer of 95.
It was.
Yup, that's where I first saw it. Then was so happy when it came back on Toonami. We didn't have youtube or anything back then. Anything you missed out on VHS (literal) taping before its run on tv ended, it was effectively gone.
Though, I've seen others say it was on in the morning, I swear I saw it on in the afternoon... Maybe they aired it twice or I caught a 2nd airing on Fox that year...
@@streamofthesky oh man ya I forgot about Toonami.
@@streamofthesky you are correct Ronin Warriors aired at 230 pm in the summer of 95 on syndicated TV and then in like 99 on the Sci Fi channel that version was actually edited for a shorter run time. Toonami aired the show in 2003ish in the afternoon I think.
@@omn8612 Wow, you got it figured out down to the timeslot! Thanks, I saw all these comments about watching it in the morning and swore it was afternoon. Missed the Sci-Fi run, but caught the Toonami re-airing. Then bought up all the DVDs while they were available. Wish I had gotten the toys when they were like $5....
A bandai ryo armor of inferno figure review brought me here. Man this gives me real insight to this show as an adult. I remember watching this show when I was only 5 years old and thought its existence was a Mandela effect as there was no internet at the time until I found ronin warriors toys at kb toys inside the mall when I was 10 years old i felt nostalgia before real nostalgia. Then came toonami which used to air it everyday after school and I was able to re-watch it. This show was definitely the gateway and it put me on to anime as a whole. I'm now 33 years old and am currently re-watching it once again it brings back so many fond memories. Great video man I really enjoyed it thank you.
Yo what up, it's Cytonius just wanna say I appreciate all the love this video is getting and thanks for the positive comments...more video essays are on the way, stay tuned.
I remember in first grade on the playground me n my friends playing and acting stuff from this show out. It was a huge influence on me that led to yu yu hakusho and then DBZ and gundam wing. It all absolutely shaped me as a person and my interests.
Amazing video^_*
One oF thE first shows that introduced me to anime
the infinite beat at the start, this video is nostalgia...
FLARE UP NOW!!!!
Awesome video! Great stuff man!
Also the complete Gridman Hyper Agent is coming to Bluray 8/17/21. Uncut/unedited for the first time on home video in the US. Which was the series DIC Entertainment used to make Syber Squad.
Dude that video rocked
Thank you.
I remember being SO into this growing up, and it's STILL good for revisiting every now and then, too!
I remember being so preoccupied with everything about Ronin Warriors that, at one point, I was grabbing pen and paper to write down every R. Warrior and Dark Warlord's name and making sure I had what virtue they represented, their armor titles, what their attack names were, etc etc. Lol I was...a weird kid, to say the least 😅😅😅
Great video. I completely forgot about this anime. Until I stumbled on it bringing back a bunch of memories from my childhood. We are Anime OGs
This was amazingly put together and extremely informative. I get chills hearing that theme music format the original [star dust eyes] I used to miss school cause of this show. I still haven't Finnish it lol or at least rewatch every episode to remember the hole thing
This is one of my top old school anime when not talking about DBZ. Always tried to get this recorded before karate class, and watching it after session. I likely have a couple of episodes still retained on VHS somewhere. If my mother hasn't thrown them out yet. lol
Great Video! Love the extra knowledge about the villains. Loved this show, was great watching it growing up, getting to usually watch it before I had to leave for school. I think I watched it on the USA network. The music in this show is really great too.
Anubis was a great villian/hero! Wanna say this was the 1st time I experienced the bad guy becoming your friend trope/cliche` that many shows and games use. Not that it's a bad thing.
The one I didn't like was the OVAs that were created after the show ended. I think I really only enjoyed the Legend of the White armor OVA, and personally thought the other 2 were just not good. The new armors would have been cool, but I just couldn't get through the weird story.
Overall the show itself is amazing and still worth watching today!
man I use to hate missing this show in morning because it played early and I surched everywhere to catch it at another time but such a great Anime I rarely hear about Ronin Warriors definitely deserves respect
Love seeing old school anime heads showing love to this gem.
Great video and topic, also Superhuman Samurai and VR Troopers was may shit back in the day man!!!
Finally someone has done a proper review on the series and I couldn't have asked for a better one. I have looked for one of Ronin warriors before on here 2 years ago since it seems the new "In" thing today is to do reviews on anime, new and old, since anime is mainstream now like you said vs our time when anime was still wowing us on Toonami, but no such luck, at least not as good as yours. I have been saying this for years but I would love to see this series along with Gundam Wing rebooted today with modern writing ✍ and animation. I think it would do significantly better now that the reboot/remake craze is in and everyone wants there old shows and video games remade
This joint needs a film trilogy. In fact, the whole 2000’s Toonami block needs their own version of the MCU with a crossover film. 🤣
@@trealsteve Fuck if only brl. If only 😪
QUAKE WITH FEAR!!!!!
Quake with FEEEEAAARRR!
Bro I'm rewatching this now cause I found a random video that talked about it. I'm 26 for context and I loved this show growing up
That's what's up. Glad you enjoyed the video.
- Cytonius
This came on once a month around 5 am on whatever channel at the time. That how I remember that.
Damn this show came on before school for me back in CW formerly known as UPN33, formerly known as WBFS 33. It was
Woody woodpecker, samurai pizza cats, sailor moon then ronin warriors
Dude this video was awesome! Kento of Hard Rock forever has a place in my heart
Man nostalgia of my childhood named my baby boy Ronin after this show
Great information here. Thanks for this.
I find that this series brought a lot of super sentai elements into anime.
Also, you should do a video on Legend of the Heavenly Sphere Shurato.
Have yall seen the 2018 Blu Ray digital remaster tho??? It looks soooooo gorgeous, but it was a japan release only. Hopefully it makes its way over here to the USA someday
I actually have come across the Japanese blu ray unfortunately we will never get that here in the US. - Cytonius
@@omn8612 well, i guess i'll have to wait a few years for it to be uploaded to the internet. It might come to the US one day. (Probably maaaaaany years later. Lol) The 2 reasons I want it is for the picture quality obviously, but also to see if they redid the subtitles. The DVD's subtitles were a bit flawed throughout some of the episodes. From the top of my head I remember learning the Troopers and Mashos (Ronins and Warlords) special moves in their original japanese names for them and for some reason on the episode where Rajura (Dais) came to fight Ryo and Cye. (Ryo and Shin) He clearly mentions something about his special move "Tou Chi Mou" (I can't remember what that translates to, but it's his special move for sure) but the subtitle for some reason had wriiten out "Do you like to play games" which was what the English dubbed version incorrectly had as the line, but then later down the line whenever he says that, the subtitle reads "Web Of Deception". So i soooo hope they had someone redo the subtitles and not just use the DVD's subs.
This was a very informative, and overall great video about Ronin Warriors/Yoiroiden Samurai Troopers.
1. It made more sense for Cale to be named "Anubis" not only for his look but how he is able to use Wolves/Dogs to attack Sage/Seiji. I just didn't realize back then until this video.
2. You were spot on about the character development and how they got together was sudden and outta know where, but it was the message of the show that got me.
To Elaborate; How Talpa (I love the VA btw) is essentially the negative aspect of the human spirit, and the Ronin's and Kaos are fighting to preserve the Positive parts with their guiding virtues.
Greed, Wrath, and Pride are only just the tip of the problems in their world and Talpa was easily able to manipulate people because it was at it's highest, and everything went to shit.
It was the fight for humanities life and it's soul. Which is why this will always be my favorite anime. They went through hell but they kept fighting, Shiten redeemed himself, and sacrificed his life to ensure the future of humanity was protected going forward with Kayura.
Yeah, it may not be as deep as I am making it, but to me, seeing where we are today with Covid and everything else, it doesn't seem to be that far off.
Anyway, Great video!
Great comment. Thank you for your positive feedback. Ronin Warriors is and always will be one of my favorites. I tried my best to be as informative and insightful with this video. At some point I will do a follow up on the series/franchise there are some things I didn't speak on.
@@omn8612 I am sad I am just now seeing this video 😂 you got my sub and I can't wait for the Follow up. 🙌
My mom watched this as a teen and then it was one of the first two anime I've EVER watched. The other being Sailor Moon. They shaped my childhood.
This was really good.
This show was dope as hell. I love older anime.
I can’t lie this is a great video
Ronin Warriors is truly awesome. And Ryo Sanada is the one anime hero I always look upon to for inspiration. That, and dreaming of a Sailor Moon/Ronin Warriors crossover one day, with a hint of Dead or Alive with it.
That and a saint seiya crossover would be insane!!!!
I swear to god, calling Ronin Warriors/YST a "gateway anime" doesn't even begin to describe it for me.
This show had such a profound impact on me as a kid it's not even funny. It wasn't just a gateway for anime, this show introduced me to all sorts of aspects of Japanese culture and history. From legendary samurai to the tenets of Confucius (I've seriously considered getting 仁義礼智信 tattooed on my arm, no really!), to various real-world locations in Japan such as Akiyoshidai National Park and the Naruto Strait with its famous whirlpools (and yes, this where the 'Naruto' anime gets its name from). I even bought the 30th Anniversary commemorative book despite it being entirely in Japanese.
The more I looked into this series and its supplementary materials (did you know there were radio dramas? yeah, YST has goddamn radio dramas), the more I grew to love and appreciate it.
It's a tragedy that this series never really became popular, even in Japan. There's just so much potential to be had with its themes of action, friendship, and even spiritualism. I'm not too keen on the "Let's reboot literally everything" craze that's been happening lately, but here's one instance where I would GLADLY see a comeback.
_Busou Rekka, dao jin!_
I loved this anime so much I imported several of its artbooks via EBay in the late 90s. Seiji/Sage is still husbando #1. ☺️
I was born in 93, so I wasn’t able to catch the original run as I was a toddler- but i remember catching the reruns in I think 2000-2001? And falling in love. Between that, Gundam Wing, and Yu Yu Hakusho, I was introduced to some of the finest anime there was. Glad to see someone showing the love it deserves.
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I know this vid is old but I am a fan of Samurai Troopers I got the books of them , one of the books is a manga the Anniversary of this series. I have the Original series in English and the OG sub as well. How I found it was a bit of a remembrance of Ryo of the Wildfire looks like Keith of Voltron that's how I mistake it . A mistake I'm glad I did because I grew up Voltron from the 80's. Living in Chicago at the time this anime came out on public TV it was my escape during my radiation treatments. I just had to share it sorry
Thank you for commenting and sharing your experience with the series
Is definitely the first anime that I can remember watching and still re-watch to this day. Still have original kento and anubis action figures from back then. This show deserves a remake/reboot.
I remember having those actions figures and armors as well as all the Power Ranger flip head figures my mother searched everywhere to get them all💯
Being from Nicaragua anime was common since at least the 80s. So I grew up with Saint Seiya, or Caballeros Del Zodiatico. So when Ronin Warriors came out in the states I initially thought they were connected.
Oddly enough I watched Ronin Warriors the summer it debuted here in the states, I watched it long before I ever even heard of Power Rangers, which actually came out first.
I was 8 when I saw it in France(Club Do). All the most great anime was here and Yoroiden Samurai Troopers still one of them. The plot is classic but always effective with a lot of feelings and intensity. Thanks to the fantastic character design/armors and the awesome Ost. The animation still incredible today. I find him more personnality than a lot of another average anime without soul. For example I rewatched the 4 Oav with Mukala "Legend of the Supreme Armor" and man... The draw and production are just fantastic. Yes this is one of my favorite anime ever for all those reasons. It have a very special place. Chodando SO-EN-ZAN !!! 🤘😎😇
I miss these guys
You know it be cool if this got a remake, you could give the characters more depth, even update the story a bit.
Discotek Media announced on 8/7/21 a full Bluray remaster of Samurai Troopers series & ovas and it will included the Ronin Warriors dub as well. Check their twitter for full details
I remember some being lock in Stone. Very faint memory. But very strong memory. That's why I'm here. As a damn near 40 years middle age man.
I used to Love this anime! It helped that My Father was a nerd 🤓 so I was all over this, voltron and speed racer at the time.. 😊 I'm subbed 💯 thank You for this Gem 💎 edit: as this video was ending I remembered transformers was another great anime from my childhood
I would leave school at around 2:00pm be able to hit up the lucky stop and buy snacks and drinks and get home and watch a Ton of anime or animated shows like saint saiya and ronin warriors man me and my best friend would hang out and watch all the shows you talked about and eat and drink and spend the weekend talking about what we thought would happen next or just think up are own ideas and it makes me miss him so much he past away wen he was 19 do to a heart problem and now everytime I see anything like this I watch it and think of him
I have the 2 Volume Manga Series, I can't read it cause its in Japanese, but its part of my collection mainly for the History and as a Tribute to the show. Some things should not be forgotten.