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The series known as Knights of Ramune in America and Europe is really Knight Ramune and 40 Fresh, the last video sequel to the TV series that began in 1990. Its status as a sequel explains why the story starts in the middle with no explanation and ends inconclusively. The heroines of this dubious magic and mecha adventure are "Holy Virgins" Cacao and Parfait, and their recently acquired young sidekick, Lemon. They're pitted against Rumford, a megalomaniac with a punk-rock coxcomb, who is trying to pass himself off as Sir Ramunes. A clutch of overendowed and underdressed women attend him. Knights epitomizes the kind of "fan service" series that causes novice viewers to dismiss anime as mindless. The fragmentary story exists only to provide a setting for the shots of jiggling breasts and bare bottoms. (Rated 16 and older: extensive nudity, sexual humor, violence, violence against women, profanity) --Charles Solomon
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