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Summary: A great Anime!!
Review: I haven't seen the DVD yet, but seeing it on Cartoon Network, I can say it's a awesome anime! And just knowing the English version is great, the Japanese verison will be even better!
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Summary: Lots of fun...and it gets better!
Review: I loved RW when I first saw it on Cartoon Network, and the dual-language DVD is a prize! Granted, the first four episodes are a little bit weak, but the series just gets better from here. It's also fun to compare the Japanese original with the American version. Great characters, interesting designs, not overly violent and no gore, and a whole lot of fun. I can't wait for the next DVD!
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Summary: BEST ANIME IN THE WORLD!!!!
Review: I luv Ronin Warriors!!! Its the best anime and the warlords are all hot! :-) Anyone who likes anime must buy this DVD.
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Summary: Ronin Warriors
Review: I saw this series on Cartoon network. I believe this to be the greatest anime out there. The story draws you in and is very well done. The animation is great. Going by the title,this DVD contains the capture of the city and an itroduction to the main charcters. There are some differencs in the American dub from the original Japanese release,(charater names,except Ryo,and the name of the city), but it still sticks true to what I have read about the original release. This is a classic.
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Summary: Ronin Warriors return
Review: I stumbled onto this show by accident, and it was already well the sixth episode, but I taped it and got hooked instantly. I was brutally dissapointed--and I wasn't the only one, either--when the series was taken off the air just as quickly as it premiered, but Cartoon Network had the good taste to snatch it up and add it to Toonami. Now it's finally here to enjoy on DVD, and it looks great. Bandai deserves a lot of praise for releasing this as a dual DVD, and including the original "Yoroiden Samurai Troopers" episodes too. The voice-acting for the Japanese cast is good, but the American dub is very well done in my opinion. Matt Hill,(Ryo) Ward Perry,(Rowen) Jason Grey-Stanford,(Kento) and Michael Donovan (Sage/Cye) are all excellent in their respective roles.
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Summary: MashoLover
Review: I've been a fan of this series for many, many years and even though its an old school anime its still the best around. Ronin Warriors is a beautiful anime, in character desing, development and the story is excellent. This is my favourite anime series of all time. I've seen the series a thousand times and the DVD's will finally have a subtitled japanese-language version on them, so that alone is worth buying but finally the Ronin Warrior series uncut and with dvd picture quality, no more [undesirable] taped versions with bad sound and no more watching your raw-japanese tapes until you can repeat the japanese lines. Any Ronin fan should buy the dvd's, its what we've all been waiting for. For anyone who hasn't seen the series, see it! You'll fall in love with it like many have.
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Summary: The best of the God-Warrior anime sub-genre.
Review: Originally entitled "Yoroiden Samurai Troopers" (Legend of the Mystic Armor: Samurai Troopers, abbreviated "YST"), this is one of the sub-genre I call "God-Warrior" anime, in which a group of young people is selected/destined to fight a demon or god bent on conquering or destroying the world. God-Warriors wield personal mystical powers in this quest, often through the use of special weapons or armor or both. The anime that began the modern God-Warrior subgenre was "Saint Seiya"; this was followed by YST, Shurato, and others (YuuYuu Hakusho is one cynical take on some of the ideas; Sailor Moon takes shots both at this and at the shoujo "Magical Girl" subgenre).Imported here as "Ronin Warriors", YST was reasonably successful but the translation left a lot to be desired; on paper the lines used weren't usually terrible, but the way in which they were delivered often did damage to the characters, particularly Touma ("Rowen"), who came off as much more a jerk and less of a genius than he was supposed to be. This DVD issue represents the first time that the show is available for the American public, and overall it's a good effort. Not only does it include both the American dub and a subtitle of the original Japanese version, but it appears that at least SOME effort went into fixing the problems with the dialogue and character names -- in other words, it's not a complete "dubtitle" as some hardcore fans would call it. The transfer to digital appears to have gone well, and the story is as good as it ever was: the demonlord Arago (called "Talpa" in the dub) has finally made his entry to this world, which he intends to make a part of his own demonic realm. Against him and his four Ma-sho (Demon Generals) are five young men, the Samurai Troopers: Ryo, Touma, Seiji, Shu, and Shin. Each of them represents one of the modern Eastern elements (the ancient ones were considerably different; the modern five incorporate the Western 4 and add one more for lightning/spirit) and one of the five Confucian virtues (perfect humanity, faith, justice, wisdom, and truth). Yet the Troopers don't know how to use their powers -- they were given the armor by the ancient mystic Kaos (called "The Ancient" in the dub) with no explicit instructions -- and without the help of Naste Yaigu, daughter of an antiquarian who had studied the legends of Arago, they would be doomed to failure. Naste is a combination advisor and den mother for the Troopers, who need her knowledge to figure out what to do next. I won't be able to be certain how much has been changed for the new subtitled version until later; the character names are now all corrected (although, frustratingly, they still insist on using the English names for the armors and special attacks, rather than keeping the Japanese ones and supplying a parenthetical translation; I think Rekka and So En Zan sound better than "Armor of Wildfire" and "Power of Fire" respectively. I will admit that the latter is considerably better than the original dub's "Flare Up Now!", but it's still not even a proper translation -- it would be something like "fire circle cut" or maybe "blade of flame"), but the actual changes that were made to the show with respect to the origin of the White Armor ("Keikoutei") didn't show up until later. Hopefully they will correct that one major, inexplicable change. All in all, I'm very pleased by this release, and look forward to getting all the other volumes. Highly recommended; YST uses some rather unique background material, drawn more from Japanese myth, and mixes it with its own approach to produce a deceptively simple and enjoyable show.
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Summary: The best of the God-Warrior anime sub-genre.
Review: Originally entitled "Yoroiden Samurai Troopers" (Legend of the Mystic Armor: Samurai Troopers, abbreviated "YST"), this is one of the sub-genre I call "God-Warrior" anime, in which a group of young people is selected/destined to fight a demon or god bent on conquering or destroying the world. God-Warriors wield personal mystical powers in this quest, often through the use of special weapons or armor or both. The anime that began the modern God-Warrior subgenre was "Saint Seiya"; this was followed by YST, Shurato, and others (YuuYuu Hakusho is one cynical take on some of the ideas; Sailor Moon takes shots both at this and at the shoujo "Magical Girl" subgenre). Imported here as "Ronin Warriors", YST was reasonably successful but the translation left a lot to be desired; on paper the lines used weren't usually terrible, but the way in which they were delivered often did damage to the characters, particularly Touma ("Rowen"), who came off as much more a jerk and less of a genius than he was supposed to be. This DVD issue represents the first time that the show is available for the American public, and overall it's a good effort. Not only does it include both the American dub and a subtitle of the original Japanese version, but it appears that at least SOME effort went into fixing the problems with the dialogue and character names -- in other words, it's not a complete "dubtitle" as some hardcore fans would call it. The transfer to digital appears to have gone well, and the story is as good as it ever was: the demonlord Arago (called "Talpa" in the dub) has finally made his entry to this world, which he intends to make a part of his own demonic realm. Against him and his four Ma-sho (Demon Generals) are five young men, the Samurai Troopers: Ryo, Touma, Seiji, Shu, and Shin. Each of them represents one of the modern Eastern elements (the ancient ones were considerably different; the modern five incorporate the Western 4 and add one more for lightning/spirit) and one of the five Confucian virtues (perfect humanity, faith, justice, wisdom, and truth). Yet the Troopers don't know how to use their powers -- they were given the armor by the ancient mystic Kaos (called "The Ancient" in the dub) with no explicit instructions -- and without the help of Naste Yaigu, daughter of an antiquarian who had studied the legends of Arago, they would be doomed to failure. Naste is a combination advisor and den mother for the Troopers, who need her knowledge to figure out what to do next. I won't be able to be certain how much has been changed for the new subtitled version until later; the character names are now all corrected (although, frustratingly, they still insist on using the English names for the armors and special attacks, rather than keeping the Japanese ones and supplying a parenthetical translation; I think Rekka and So En Zan sound better than "Armor of Wildfire" and "Power of Fire" respectively. I will admit that the latter is considerably better than the original dub's "Flare Up Now!", but it's still not even a proper translation -- it would be something like "fire circle cut" or maybe "blade of flame"), but the actual changes that were made to the show with respect to the origin of the White Armor ("Keikoutei") didn't show up until later. Hopefully they will correct that one major, inexplicable change. All in all, I'm very pleased by this release, and look forward to getting all the other volumes. Highly recommended; YST uses some rather unique background material, drawn more from Japanese myth, and mixes it with its own approach to produce a deceptively simple and enjoyable show.
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Summary: RW/ST
Review: Ronin Warriors AKA Samurai Troopers is an awesome anime! If your an anime fan from a while back you'll probably recognize this show from Toonami on Cartoon Network.
One of the best anime shows out their. For me it was my absolute first anime show I saw tied with Speed Racer. My advice to you is to pick up a DVD and view! ^_^
If you're an old anime fan or if your new to the stuff, you won't regret it.
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Summary: Ronin Warriors
Review: Ronin Warriors has been my favorite anime since i was in the fourth grade. I'm now going on to the ninth and it is still my favorite anime. I have gone as far as joining a Ronin Warriors message board www.roninlounge.com.
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