* Avoiding "hi Mark" joke * To the point: this happens to me with a show I barely remember, it was Japanese, futuristic but the characters had two traits very notorious: they used swords (katanas, maybe) and in the ending, all the protagonists were shown with their capes on a very exaggerated way. I don't even remember its name, I was 6-8 years old and was aired in a Mexican TV channel.
Here in Brazil, this series came right after Saint Seiya was a massive hit here, and it made moderate success. The toys were awesome, and were highly pirated here.
I had Anubis (original) and a bunch of the other characters (all pirated). I prefered the pirated ones because they didnt have the coil system, and had skirts that didnt melt on the brazilian heat, like the skirt on my, now, skirtless Anubis.
@@wwetnabamafan194 I freaking hate the knights of the zodiac adaption. It didn't help it was done by good old DIC who gave it pretty much the same exact treatment they did to sailor Moon except over a decade later and it flopped about as well as I would have expected at least here in the US. We definitely moved on from adoptions like that and people were very clear about that.
I think I watched exactly one episode of this way back when. Saint Seiya was in the afternoon so it was easy to follow because no school, but Ronin Warriors was early in the morning and most kids were at school at that time.
as a 90s kid. i had a Sage action figure, it was my favourite toy. of which my dad bought me, one of those core memory i share with my dad. i miss you pa.😢
This show was my early teens and brings back so many great memories. Ronin warriors will always be one of my all time favorites animes. Thank you for this.
I suffer from memory loss at times. I discovered this channel and it has helped me remember so much entertainment I have forgotten. Thank you for the good work you guys do!
My great-grandma took me to a K-mart in early 90s. I found Ryo (Red) Warrior on the shelf and it drew to me. I played with that guy until he fell apart. Looking at ebay now, i really wish i kept him safe. But then i wouldn't have had all the fun backyard adventures with him.
Man, if this channel ever covers Saint Seiya it would be a long episode, I always love the idea of the Cloths forming an object and then becoming a body armor, which is something you might see more often now than before.
YES! YES! I LOVED THIS SHOW! I'd watch it on Toonami every afternoon after I got home from school, the Toonami promos for the show were coolness incarnate!
Another great episode! Ronin Warriors was one of the first series I watched back in the late 80's. I watched both in Japanese and English. I picked up a bunch of the figures at KB Toys and loved them. I found Saint Seiya because of Ronin Warriors.
I’ve been looking for this anime for so long just vague memories from when I was a kid. Found saint saiya started watching and I just knew it wasn’t right. I feel so satisfied being here
I cannot express just how much this was my shiiiiiiiiiii.....they just got this one right the first time. Still have all my figures, but sadly never had the full set. Only wish there was a solid action video game to go with it.
Loved this series! Each character had their own finishing move. Sure the series played tons of attention to Ryo's, but all of the characters' techniques were awesome. Yes, sometimes I find myself saying "Quake with fear!" after all these years. Also, there were some compelling story arcs in this series. Lots of twists and turns with certain characters too. Hoping that Ronin Warriors gets a remake or reboot in the future!
Loved The Ronin Warriors. The show was great. The figures were awesome as well with great armor and weapons but that horrible spring loaded articulation pissed me off.
Agreed I couldn't stand it because I couldn't get any decent poses but it was better then old DBZ figures of the time (they had barely any articulation at all but they looked so damn cool) But it was cool that you could stack the armor up on itself like in the show.
Fun fact: A couple figures with horses were released as well, and the one with Ryo has his armor more dark/navy and not red at all (Talpa's with the horse was red). Had my mom searching everywhere for these as a kid, had 'em all but now I only have a few.
this was on when I was in middle school, I had just gotten into anime and it was the first new series that was airing at the time. I loved it. I thought Anubis was THE GUY.
This was technically the first anime I ever watched. My brother and I used to wake up early back in... 1993, I think (pretty sure we watched it on channel 13 or 9) to watch it here in America. I had completely forgot about it for like 20 years.
Ah yes, good old Ronin Warriors... I remember waking up at 5 am to watch Ronin Warriors and then Mr. Wizard before school every day. I also used Wildfire as a screen name for years because of how cool it was and still is. Now if only I could afford those new Sentinel figures :x
You guys have extensively covered nearly all the "Toonami" series that aired in the late 90s/early 2000s (which have been my favorite "History of" episodes on all of UA-cam). Please do an episode on "Gundam Wing", this was by far my favorite anime series to ever be included in the Toonami block of shows (Yes, I loved it even more than DBZ).
Gundam wing was amazing, seeing wing zero in endless waltz open his wings for the first time was awe inspiring. I've been into gundam ever since. I have basically a room of gunpla now lol
I believe I heard from a video or an article at one point that the most popular show of the time on Toonami was actually Gundam Wing and not DBZ. Gundam Wing is and will always be my favorite anime. Gundam 08th MS Team is another of my absolute favorites, its the first time a show of any kind actually got me to cry lol.
THANK YOU for giving this the time of day--I never expected one of my favorite mid-to-late childhood shows to be covered here, and you did a fantastic job giving everyone the basics and more.
Playmates showed prototypes for a 4" line of action figures (no power coil) back in the day, but they were never produced. I would have loved to get those.
Huge props to Toonami for airing this show for as long as they did. It was one of the first anime series I started watching regularly along with Dragonball Z. I know the action isn’t necessarily the best but the visual styles are fantastic from the armors of all the Ronin Warriors and the warlords to the gigantic gates and castles of the netherworld. And they knew how to up the drama at times. One episode had Talpa capture all of the Ronin Warriors inside his armor except for Ryo. Ryo was almost forced to strike down Talpa and all of his friends with him! (Thank goodness for that Inferno armor a little later on)
This is the show that introduced me to anime in 1994. I just got the brand new released blue ray complete series a few days ago including the 3 OVA episodes I have never seen. I looked at the case when I took it out the package and said "You are one of my greatest acquisitions." Took quite a few decades but I finally have the series in my blu ray collection.
Good timing! I just found a bunch of these figures in my old storage unit and could not remember what they were called. Along with a full set of Warriors of Virtue figures. (soft voice): Zoids, please?
@@miguelhuerta4916 Sure. They are loose, however. It'll be a few days before I can get back to where they're stored, but if you're interested, send me some contact info and I'll take some pictures of what I have.
I remember thinking this show was so kool as I didn't have much exposure to anime back in the early 90's. Sadly I only watched it 2 or maybe 3 times because at the time it was aired super early saturday mornings, maybe 5 or 6am following the dark stalkers cartoon and I was never the kind of person to stick with anything that involved waking up early. I had never forgotten it though. Watching this made me a bit nostalgic.
I watched robotech as a kid but I count this as my first real anime. I was a teenager when it came to the US and discovered it by accident when sitting around half drunk after an all night party. It came on so early where I lived I finally ended up setting up a VCR to tape the episodes and would watch them later. And for years my only access to this show were those tapes(starting around episode 3) and with only half the finale (the station messed up and was fading on and off the air for about half the episode). I was so happy when it aired on cartoon network and I could finally watch all of the last episode lol.
Ronin Warriors was my first time watching a true anime series from start to finish. Cartoons were all one offs. I had never seen a series actually end. I cried watching the last episode. Samurai Troopers got a great BluRay release. You have no idea how much detail is lost in the dark colors until you see the BluRay. I would love for the states to get a BlueRay of the show, but then the dub would not fit. I loved the Ocean Groups take on Ronin Warriors. The dub cut some footage, and added new sound FX. I do have faith that a company like DiscoTeck could find away around that. They fixed the English dubs the Street Fighter II anime to fit with the Japanese music and format.
Correction Samurai Troopers is getting a Bluray release in the US thanks to Discotek media, fully remastered picture quality and due to extensive remastering Ronin Warriors dub will be included. Check their twitter for all the details. Or Anime News network. Due out by the end of the year
Ronin Warriors is probably the most underrated anime of all time. Great action, straight to the point, good storyline and characters, and not overdoing it with humor. It’s an underdog show too, not too many people today know about it.
I loved Samurai Warriors (In Brazil this was the name) as a kid (I still have all the anime chapters on my HD :X). I had the luck to have the waves of the figures as a kid. In Brazil they broadcasted Samurai Warriors at the same time with Saint Seiya and some VA of Saint Seiya made Samurai Warriors charactes (Hector and Seiya were made by the same actor btw, almost the same cast was used in both animes) and this helped to launch the anime.
I remember watching this when it came out and thinks it was OK and seeing it again 4 or 5 years later and liking it a lot more. It is literally a cartoon I had not thought about in 20 years till this video.
Hah, in Brazil Samurai Troopers (or "Samurai Warriors" here) was broadcasted along Saint Seiya and Shurato in the mid 90's. The main hero Ryu/Hector had the same voice actor as Seiya.Good times watching it on Rede Manchete.
I love that Toy Galaxy can remind me of long forgotten shows! I remember Ronan Warriors, and now that I’m reminded of it, I now remember there was a thing called Record of Lodoss War! Great stuff!
WHAT... I 'm not even 3 seconds into this video and I' already getting emotional... Thanks for covering this. I'm sure I'll have more to say once I finish watching the vid!
Its coming out on remastered bluray from Discotek media in breath taking HD, it will include the complete Ronin Warriors dub too, be sure to snag a copy
Possibly the first anime series I ever got into. I remember seeing it air on some random channel that I can’t remember at 9 am. I watched it every chance I could that summer, but the problem was I had to return to school soon. I remember staying home from school one day and being able to see another episode. By the time I was able to stay home from school again, they had taken the series off! I never got to finish the series as a child! I was so disappointed! I’m glad this channel did a video on Ronin Warriors though as everyone I have talked to has never heard of this series!
In 1995 I was 14 and I had just got Samuari shodown for Sega and then that summer home from school one afternoon and Ronin warriors came on fox afternoon and absolutely loved it...had the dvd complete set of Ronin warriors since early 2000's
I remember loving this series right up to the point my mother found out the main villain was a demon. I never did get to see how the series ended but I was lucky enough to see the oh so sweet looking Inferno armor.
I remember watching this on Toonami back in the day. I was surprised that you did a video on this since I just talked about this with a friend and how I found their transformation sequence awesome.
wow I do vaguely remember this series! I think we had a couple of the toys? the one part I remember was the spring-loaded arms, I'd never seen anything like that in an action figure!! cool to hear the series did get some re-releases.
This was the first anime I had ever watched back in the 90's before dragonballz, wish this anime could get a update remake or reboot, cause this is still one of my favorite animes to watch
Love this show so much had the original and as an adult I currently have the collector grade figure from early 2000s never got a white blaze So needs a reboot!!! I didn’t even hate on the messages armors from the second try of the series they were as cool but I was will to get anymore of the story with those characters.
Talk about a trip down memory lane. There was a time in my life where I honestly believed that I IMAGINED this show because I couldn't remember the name or meet any other person who watched it. XD I appreciate this video for bringing it up alone. lol
OMG YES!!!!! Thanks for putting some respect on Ronin Warriors name!!! Saw it in the summer of 1995 in CT on channel 20. Still keep rewatching it with Anubis' character arc being my favorite and the Inferno Armor. I hated the OVA version though and the confusing non canon episodes after the original 39 episodes. But so much potential for either a reboot or a continuation to the original 39 episodes going forward but done right.
I remember watching RW on Channel 6 (forget the name) when I was a child. Years before it aired on Toonami. Used to wake up at 5am on Sunday's to catch it.
I remember the day I first saw this series. I was tuning in to the local UPN channel at 2PM on a Monday thinking I would watch King Arthur and the Knight of Justice when Ronin Warriors! It was the first time it aired in my area and was before the toys hit local shelves.
I remember waking up 4 or 5 am back in 1995 to watch this show before going to school on kcal 9 here in Cali. Absolutely loved it. One of my all time favorites.
Oh my god!! I was going to say in Latin America it was called Samurai Warriors and they all had hispanic names, which was really odd for the time (we usually got the japanese names, unless it went through the US first, like Robotech or G-Force), so the toy commercial blew me away.
I saw this anime a hundred time since I was 8 in Club Do, 31 years later, it's still and clearly with Saint Seiya one of my favorite Shonen ever. Fantastic soundtrack, the armors are just beautifully designed, the characters very stylish and endearing. The plot is simple but the story of the nine armors is great and have a lot of charm. The last SENTINEL figures are incredible and really pay tribute to Yoroiden Samurai Troopers. It's a dream comes true to have them in my figure collection!
@The Player Nice! I really didn't like the drastic change of the names in Spanish, but the voice actors were better in that version. Ryo sounded like a surfer from Nor Cal in the US version and Rowen sounded like he was from Boston or something. Hahaha
Yeah I watched this broadcast tv a while back. I think you would have to do like 3 separate videos to full explain every character in the show. Excellent job condensing the info.
This was my first exposure to anime at 10 years old, and has remained my absolute favorite for the last 26 years! Thanks for giving this series the attention it deserves!!!
Great episode about the figures for Samurai Troopers as this was why the series got cancelled in Japan because of the failure to sell them in Japan like Saint Seiya did. A significant series for anime, because it brought in a whole female demographic to anime.
I never heard of the show before until now. I might need to check it out when I get the chance. Also, do you think you can make a video on the history of Pokemon? I mean, with this year marking the 25th anniversary of the franchise, I think that would be the perfect time to do it.
I was so lucky to catch this during the original summer 1995 airing. Even had (spotty, incomplete) VHS recordings of it before getting the DVD collection several years later. It was the 2nd anime I ever watched (1st was Fushigi Yuugi) and will always be my favorite. And yes, my username is from the poem, referencing my favorite character from the show. My biggest regret was not getting the toys when I could, b/c "my best friend has them, I don't need them". Now here I am, an adult living far away and lamenting when those immaculate toys were widely available for only $5 each at KB Toys....
Loved this show as a kid. I remember watching it during summer vacation before or after Samurai Pizza Cats. I wish I picked up the series on DVD back in the day. It's just way too expensive now a days for me to get.
@@jasonelliott7977 Amazon has the Samurai Warriors boxset, which does not include the English dub. If you mean the individual DVDs, I'm not spending the $45+ per volume 3rd party sellers are asking for.
@@FunkatronicGeek If you mean Saint Seiya/Knights of the Zodiac, I only saw the original but plan on watching the newer versions once I finish some other shows.
@The Player For a localized name, it's the obvious choice. Which I guess is why it got pulled back for the reboot, _Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya._
I LOVED THIS SHOW! It was paired with Sailor Moon weekday mornings on KCOP I believe. I actually didn't know of Saint Seiya till decades later and thought (at first glance) it was Ronin Warriors. This show was great to wake up to before school.
I remember when this first came out in the US it instantly became my favorite show. The name change for the white armor figure also really confused me.
Haa! i could never figure out why this wasn't such an Epic franchise like others from this era, on paper the different variables involved sound like they should add up to something Amazing but it never seemed to catch fire.🤷♂️ This however is another Great video 😄👍 "HAND SHARK!"
In the 90s, the Turtles would win. Now? They would just have a massive crossover with TMNT having Ronin's armor at some point. With matching action figures.
I remember watching this growing up and may of very well been my first anime i ever saw. Really loved it. Even debated once or twice making a ryu cosplay as tribute
I just asked about this. I love Robin warriors. Even tho, a lot of the footage was reused in a lot of episodes. It's a show where you can get into all the characters. All the heroes are pretty likeable, which makes it hard to have a "favorite". Sucks we never got a video games for it. The OVAs are really good too.
That was a flaw of a lot of 1980s cartoons. The cost of a making a half hour cartoon was (IIRC) $125,000, but people were only willing to pay $100k an episode. So they had to reuse a *lot* of footage to make the shows. That's 1/5 the total time, in fact. Run 8 minutes of ads so you only need to make 22 minutes of animation instead of 25, make a minute long opening and closing so you're down to 20 minutes per episode, and you can probably get away with only 2-3 minutes, max, of stock footage.
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It was one of five shows that introduced me to anime; the others were DBZ, Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, and Tenchi Muyo.
Same here!
The Toonami of 2000?
@@BagOfMagicFood Yeah close enough. I remember it being a bit earlier like 1997-8ish.
Somebody was watching toonami in 99-00 I see
@@fullweezy3553 so?
When I was 8, this show was quite possibly the coolest thing I had ever seen.
No doubt this was the best show on tv besides dragon ball z
You damn Skippy! Ronin Warriors was so damn raw.
Absolutely, and to this day at 36 years old, I’m still obsessed!
Sad you missed Saint Saiya, with his drama , sad music and blood and gore. Compared to that Samurai is crap.
I still rmb when i was young it broadcast on television always watch it before going to school.
Anubis's "Quake with Fear" was the best, everybody crapped their pants when used it.
Heck yeah🔥🔥🔥...as one does!
So much yes 🙌
Any time I see Ronin Warriors, "Quake with Fear!!" echoes in my head
His redemption arc was one of the best parts of the show.
Arrow Shock Wave!
Everytime I talked about this show no one ever knew what I was talking about. I really liked this show when I was a kid.
Needed better people to talk to
I would know Mark....I would know.
* Avoiding "hi Mark" joke *
To the point: this happens to me with a show I barely remember, it was Japanese, futuristic but the characters had two traits very notorious: they used swords (katanas, maybe) and in the ending, all the protagonists were shown with their capes on a very exaggerated way. I don't even remember its name, I was 6-8 years old and was aired in a Mexican TV channel.
I know what you're talking about Mark. No one I knew had any clue what I was talking about when I brought it up either
Now we can point them to a Toy Galaxy video on it at least!
Here in Brazil, this series came right after Saint Seiya was a massive hit here, and it made moderate success. The toys were awesome, and were highly pirated here.
I had Anubis (original) and a bunch of the other characters (all pirated). I prefered the pirated ones because they didnt have the coil system, and had skirts that didnt melt on the brazilian heat, like the skirt on my, now, skirtless Anubis.
That would be another great story to check out, the history of Saint Seiya, aka Knights of the Zodiac.
@@wwetnabamafan194
I freaking hate the knights of the zodiac adaption. It didn't help it was done by good old DIC who gave it pretty much the same exact treatment they did to sailor Moon except over a decade later and it flopped about as well as I would have expected at least here in the US. We definitely moved on from adoptions like that and people were very clear about that.
I saw some pirate toys here in México.
I think I watched exactly one episode of this way back when. Saint Seiya was in the afternoon so it was easy to follow because no school, but Ronin Warriors was early in the morning and most kids were at school at that time.
As a kid, I Always thought ronin warriors was the answer to sailor moon
I thought that was DBZ
DUDE i also thought it was the opposite but cooler version of Sailor Moon. We argued which team would kill the other all the time.
@@SWIFTO_SCYTHE season 1 sailor scouts would definitely have gotten killed.
Ronin Warriors was Sailor Moon - for MEN. 😎
My brother lied to me that it was the continuation of Saint Seiya 😂
I was so disappointed after the first episode but ended up loving it regardless
“QUAKE WITH FEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
anubis was the very reason to watch the series.
Indeed! He's my favorite.
His redemption arc is legit. Best part of the second half.
That song when he calls forth his armor one last time...*chefs kiss*
I could deep dive on Ronin Warriors for DAYS. The Bushido and Samurai mysticism GOES. DEEP.
Do eet!
as a 90s kid. i had a Sage action figure, it was my favourite toy. of which my dad bought me, one of those core memory i share with my dad. i miss you pa.😢
That's a good memory I honestly wish I had those figures but now they cost an arm and a leg on eBay
This show was my early teens and brings back so many great memories. Ronin warriors will always be one of my all time favorites animes. Thank you for this.
I suffer from memory loss at times. I discovered this channel and it has helped me remember so much entertainment I have forgotten. Thank you for the good work you guys do!
My great-grandma took me to a K-mart in early 90s. I found Ryo (Red) Warrior on the shelf and it drew to me. I played with that guy until he fell apart. Looking at ebay now, i really wish i kept him safe. But then i wouldn't have had all the fun backyard adventures with him.
I have a spare for sale....
They make a master build series which is superior than the original toy line, but if you want the original, they are out there.
Same here - I had Ryu and my brother had a Kento figure - wish we still had it.
I had the same trip with my mom but I got the Hariel white armor, lost all my armor before i lost or threw him away.
I remember seeing this late at night on midnight run. I'd watch Big O or DBZ and see Toonami trailers for it. Good times.
Saturdays at midnight!
_Only Toonami._
@@OtakuUnitedStudio YES!!!!
Big O: What happens to Bruce Wayne when he decides to get a mech instead of ninja training. 😅
Man, if this channel ever covers Saint Seiya it would be a long episode, I always love the idea of the Cloths forming an object and then becoming a body armor, which is something you might see more often now than before.
The movie just got announced with…Sean Bean for some reason, so now is a good time.
They did cover Saint seiya
@@Dynaman21 It's almost hereeeee, can't wait
YES! YES! I LOVED THIS SHOW! I'd watch it on Toonami every afternoon after I got home from school, the Toonami promos for the show were coolness incarnate!
'Peter Cullen's voice' "The boys are back in town."
Another great episode! Ronin Warriors was one of the first series I watched back in the late 80's. I watched both in Japanese and English. I picked up a bunch of the figures at KB Toys and loved them. I found Saint Seiya because of Ronin Warriors.
I only ever found Ryo at KB Toys. That spring loaded punch was no joke.
KB Toys... now that's a name I haven't heard in years!
One of the only dvds I’ll request to be buried with when I die.
You may want to change your plan, it coming out on blu-ray.
@@johncastro125 link? And is it the ocean dub? Cause if not, I’ll keep my dvds.
@@Pewpewpew182 twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/1424134463244492803?s=20 apparently is has the ocean dub.
You may have to scroll down a little bit.
@@johncastro125 you sir are a king ;)
I’ll keep the DVD’s but still get the Blu-ray’s. Thank you for showing me this!
I’ve been looking for this anime for so long just vague memories from when I was a kid. Found saint saiya started watching and I just knew it wasn’t right. I feel so satisfied being here
Dan you nailed all the Japanese pronunciations! FLAWLESS VICTORY!!!😁😁😁
Thank you! My Kento tattoo is validated at last!
I cannot express just how much this was my shiiiiiiiiiii.....they just got this one right the first time. Still have all my figures, but sadly never had the full set.
Only wish there was a solid action video game to go with it.
Loved this series! Each character had their own finishing move. Sure the series played tons of attention to Ryo's, but all of the characters' techniques were awesome. Yes, sometimes I find myself saying "Quake with fear!" after all these years. Also, there were some compelling story arcs in this series. Lots of twists and turns with certain characters too. Hoping that Ronin Warriors gets a remake or reboot in the future!
It depends on who does the remake or reboot. After kevin smith and his failure with Masters of the universe I hope it's not Netflix.
Loved The Ronin Warriors. The show was great. The figures were awesome as well with great armor and weapons but that horrible spring loaded articulation pissed me off.
Agreed I couldn't stand it because I couldn't get any decent poses but it was better then old DBZ figures of the time (they had barely any articulation at all but they looked so damn cool) But it was cool that you could stack the armor up on itself like in the show.
You said it all lol I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt that way about the toys lol
I think i still have my Sage figurine somewhere in my basement
Bro I loved the springs. I always used to whack my other toys with them lmao… The green guy with the sword was my guy!
@Jahalang82 I'd take him off your hands. 😁
Fun fact: A couple figures with horses were released as well, and the one with Ryo has his armor more dark/navy and not red at all (Talpa's with the horse was red). Had my mom searching everywhere for these as a kid, had 'em all but now I only have a few.
this was on when I was in middle school, I had just gotten into anime and it was the first new series that was airing at the time. I loved it. I thought Anubis was THE GUY.
This was technically the first anime I ever watched. My brother and I used to wake up early back in... 1993, I think (pretty sure we watched it on channel 13 or 9) to watch it here in America. I had completely forgot about it for like 20 years.
Ah yes, good old Ronin Warriors... I remember waking up at 5 am to watch Ronin Warriors and then Mr. Wizard before school every day. I also used Wildfire as a screen name for years because of how cool it was and still is. Now if only I could afford those new Sentinel figures :x
Ha was about to type about how early it came on, 6 or 6:30 where I lived.
I used Wildfire as a screen name at one point to.
My screen name was Gundam zero1
You guys have extensively covered nearly all the "Toonami" series that aired in the late 90s/early 2000s (which have been my favorite "History of" episodes on all of UA-cam). Please do an episode on "Gundam Wing", this was by far my favorite anime series to ever be included in the Toonami block of shows (Yes, I loved it even more than DBZ).
Gundam wing was amazing, seeing wing zero in endless waltz open his wings for the first time was awe inspiring. I've been into gundam ever since. I have basically a room of gunpla now lol
I believe I heard from a video or an article at one point that the most popular show of the time on Toonami was actually Gundam Wing and not DBZ. Gundam Wing is and will always be my favorite anime. Gundam 08th MS Team is another of my absolute favorites, its the first time a show of any kind actually got me to cry lol.
@@mattterrell4304Look Wing anit the best, but for fans of a certain age, it will always have a place in our heart. ITS A GUNDAMMM
@The Player same in Mexico and the rest of Latin America! Which I got to enjoy visiting my family every summer and Christmas in Mexico! :)
@@zarkon9590 totally agree, it's not the best, it's not even my favorite but it was the first gundam I ever saw so it holds a place in my heart.
This and Sailor Moon were some of my first anime experiences! Good times watching them after school.
It was the same for me, with the addition of DBZ. 1995 was a great year for me.
THANK YOU for giving this the time of day--I never expected one of my favorite mid-to-late childhood shows to be covered here, and you did a fantastic job giving everyone the basics and more.
Playmates showed prototypes for a 4" line of action figures (no power coil) back in the day, but they were never produced. I would have loved to get those.
Huge props to Toonami for airing this show for as long as they did. It was one of the first anime series I started watching regularly along with Dragonball Z. I know the action isn’t necessarily the best but the visual styles are fantastic from the armors of all the Ronin Warriors and the warlords to the gigantic gates and castles of the netherworld. And they knew how to up the drama at times. One episode had Talpa capture all of the Ronin Warriors inside his armor except for Ryo. Ryo was almost forced to strike down Talpa and all of his friends with him! (Thank goodness for that Inferno armor a little later on)
This is still one of my favorite series after the 39 episode run there were some ova's that were only released on dvd and bluray.
This is the show that introduced me to anime in 1994. I just got the brand new released blue ray complete series a few days ago including the 3 OVA episodes I have never seen.
I looked at the case when I took it out the package and said "You are one of my greatest acquisitions."
Took quite a few decades but I finally have the series in my blu ray collection.
Good timing! I just found a bunch of these figures in my old storage unit and could not remember what they were called. Along with a full set of Warriors of Virtue figures.
(soft voice): Zoids, please?
_takes out megaphone:_ ZOIDS PLEASE?
Interested in selling any of those Ronin warrior figures?
@@miguelhuerta4916 Sure. They are loose, however. It'll be a few days before I can get back to where they're stored, but if you're interested, send me some contact info and I'll take some pictures of what I have.
Loved this show back when I was a teen with Anubis being one of my favourites of the Samurai Troopers.
I remember thinking this show was so kool as I didn't have much exposure to anime back in the early 90's. Sadly I only watched it 2 or maybe 3 times because at the time it was aired super early saturday mornings, maybe 5 or 6am following the dark stalkers cartoon and I was never the kind of person to stick with anything that involved waking up early. I had never forgotten it though. Watching this made me a bit nostalgic.
I watched robotech as a kid but I count this as my first real anime. I was a teenager when it came to the US and discovered it by accident when sitting around half drunk after an all night party. It came on so early where I lived I finally ended up setting up a VCR to tape the episodes and would watch them later. And for years my only access to this show were those tapes(starting around episode 3) and with only half the finale (the station messed up and was fading on and off the air for about half the episode). I was so happy when it aired on cartoon network and I could finally watch all of the last episode lol.
Ronin Warriors was my first time watching a true anime series from start to finish. Cartoons were all one offs. I had never seen a series actually end. I cried watching the last episode.
Samurai Troopers got a great BluRay release. You have no idea how much detail is lost in the dark colors until you see the BluRay. I would love for the states to get a BlueRay of the show, but then the dub would not fit. I loved the Ocean Groups take on Ronin Warriors. The dub cut some footage, and added new sound FX. I do have faith that a company like DiscoTeck could find away around that. They fixed the English dubs the Street Fighter II anime to fit with the Japanese music and format.
Correction Samurai Troopers is getting a Bluray release in the US thanks to Discotek media, fully remastered picture quality and due to extensive remastering Ronin Warriors dub will be included. Check their twitter for all the details. Or Anime News network. Due out by the end of the year
@@kahndigifer7106 That is *awesome*
@@kahndigifer7106 I think I am psychic! I predicted the Blu-ray release! This is great news!
great news on the bluray front! but i HATE that new SFII dub!
Ronin Warriors is probably the most underrated anime of all time. Great action, straight to the point, good storyline and characters, and not overdoing it with humor. It’s an underdog show too, not too many people today know about it.
Straight to the point indeed haha. Dub is super interesting for its time
I loved Samurai Warriors (In Brazil this was the name) as a kid (I still have all the anime chapters on my HD :X). I had the luck to have the waves of the figures as a kid. In Brazil they broadcasted Samurai Warriors at the same time with Saint Seiya and some VA of Saint Seiya made Samurai Warriors charactes (Hector and Seiya were made by the same actor btw, almost the same cast was used in both animes) and this helped to launch the anime.
@Sonic Hedgehog Hahaha é mt bom encontrar outro BR até em comentário do YT
your channel speaks to my 37 year old soul. You just unlocked some deep memories with this video lol
I remember watching this when it came out and thinks it was OK and seeing it again 4 or 5 years later and liking it a lot more. It is literally a cartoon I had not thought about in 20 years till this video.
Never thought I'd see a Ronin Warriors episode here. Nicely done Toy Galaxy, nicely done.
Watched this in Japan when I was there and again with my son in the US years later. Still have the figures from the show too. Really liked this one.
Hah, in Brazil Samurai Troopers (or "Samurai Warriors" here) was broadcasted along Saint Seiya and Shurato in the mid 90's.
The main hero Ryu/Hector had the same voice actor as Seiya.Good times watching it on Rede Manchete.
I love that Toy Galaxy can remind me of long forgotten shows! I remember Ronan Warriors, and now that I’m reminded of it, I now remember there was a thing called Record of Lodoss War! Great stuff!
Thanks Dan, needed the Toy Galaxy fix today...!
WHAT... I 'm not even 3 seconds into this video and I' already getting emotional... Thanks for covering this. I'm sure I'll have more to say once I finish watching the vid!
I LOVED this show even though I could never catch a full episode. it came on at 6am and I could only wake up to the last 10 minutes
This was on really early on Saturdays, like 6am, but I still got up to watch it. I had two toys, Rowen and Talpa.
This brings back so many memories! My neighbor Tim and my self loved this show back in 95!
This show takes me back to Toonami after college classes.
Middle school for me.
Yes, that’s when I watched it, along with DBZ, and it was awesome!
Toonami with the wackass "5.5" time instead of just saying 5:30 used to drive me crazy.
Its coming out on remastered bluray from Discotek media in breath taking HD, it will include the complete Ronin Warriors dub too, be sure to snag a copy
I own this entire series plus the ova’s. This show single handedly introduced me to Anime.
Always impressed when you cover a show I never even heard of.
Possibly the first anime series I ever got into. I remember seeing it air on some random channel that I can’t remember at 9 am. I watched it every chance I could that summer, but the problem was I had to return to school soon. I remember staying home from school one day and being able to see another episode.
By the time I was able to stay home from school again, they had taken the series off! I never got to finish the series as a child! I was so disappointed! I’m glad this channel did a video on Ronin Warriors though as everyone I have talked to has never heard of this series!
Omg yessssssss!!! My love for this channel burns like white hot fire!
In 1995 I was 14 and I had just got Samuari shodown for Sega and then that summer home from school one afternoon and Ronin warriors came on fox afternoon and absolutely loved it...had the dvd complete set of Ronin warriors since early 2000's
Man I used to love watching them back in the 90s as a kid good memories 🥲
Loved this series when I was about 13. The toys were really so awesome.
I remember loving this series right up to the point my mother found out the main villain was a demon. I never did get to see how the series ended but I was lucky enough to see the oh so sweet looking Inferno armor.
I remember watching this on Toonami back in the day. I was surprised that you did a video on this since I just talked about this with a friend and how I found their transformation sequence awesome.
wow I do vaguely remember this series! I think we had a couple of the toys? the one part I remember was the spring-loaded arms, I'd never seen anything like that in an action figure!! cool to hear the series did get some re-releases.
This was the first anime I had ever watched back in the 90's before dragonballz, wish this anime could get a update remake or reboot, cause this is still one of my favorite animes to watch
Love this show so much had the original and as an adult I currently have the collector grade figure from early 2000s never got a white blaze
So needs a reboot!!!
I didn’t even hate on the messages armors from the second try of the series they were as cool but I was will to get anymore of the story with those characters.
Talk about a trip down memory lane. There was a time in my life where I honestly believed that I IMAGINED this show because I couldn't remember the name or meet any other person who watched it. XD I appreciate this video for bringing it up alone. lol
OMG YES!!!!! Thanks for putting some respect on Ronin Warriors name!!! Saw it in the summer of 1995 in CT on channel 20. Still keep rewatching it with Anubis' character arc being my favorite and the Inferno Armor. I hated the OVA version though and the confusing non canon episodes after the original 39 episodes. But so much potential for either a reboot or a continuation to the original 39 episodes going forward but done right.
I remember watching RW on Channel 6 (forget the name) when I was a child. Years before it aired on Toonami. Used to wake up at 5am on Sunday's to catch it.
I remember the day I first saw this series. I was tuning in to the local UPN channel at 2PM on a Monday thinking I would watch King Arthur and the Knight of Justice when Ronin Warriors! It was the first time it aired in my area and was before the toys hit local shelves.
I remember catching this in UPN at 9am.
"Scream time? ...It's fine."
Stay classy, Mr. Larson.
I remember waking up 4 or 5 am back in 1995 to watch this show before going to school on kcal 9 here in Cali. Absolutely loved it. One of my all time favorites.
Oh my god!! I was going to say in Latin America it was called Samurai Warriors and they all had hispanic names, which was really odd for the time (we usually got the japanese names, unless it went through the US first, like Robotech or G-Force), so the toy commercial blew me away.
I saw this anime a hundred time since I was 8 in Club Do, 31 years later, it's still and clearly with Saint Seiya one of my favorite Shonen ever. Fantastic soundtrack, the armors are just beautifully designed, the characters very stylish and endearing. The plot is simple but the story of the nine armors is great and have a lot of charm.
The last SENTINEL figures are incredible and really pay tribute to Yoroiden Samurai Troopers. It's a dream comes true to have them in my figure collection!
"Hector, Tommy, Cesar, Jorge, Tristan!" Ahhh man, I loved the Mexican version
@The Player Nice! I really didn't like the drastic change of the names in Spanish, but the voice actors were better in that version. Ryo sounded like a surfer from Nor Cal in the US version and Rowen sounded like he was from Boston or something. Hahaha
Yesssss!! Been wanting this episode into existence real hard. Thank you!
This was a good anime! My brother and I loved it and we are re-watching it now!
Yeah I watched this broadcast tv a while back. I think you would have to do like 3 separate videos to full explain every character in the show. Excellent job condensing the info.
I loved Ronin Warriors as a kid. Rewatched it a few years ago and realized how cheesy it was LOL
This was my first exposure to anime at 10 years old, and has remained my absolute favorite for the last 26 years! Thanks for giving this series the attention it deserves!!!
It’s my favorite as well.
I smiled through this entire episode. 😊
Man, I loved this show as a kid. I used to record the episodes on VHS and watch them over and over again.
Great episode about the figures for Samurai Troopers as this was why the series got cancelled in Japan because of the failure to sell them in Japan like Saint Seiya did. A significant series for anime, because it brought in a whole female demographic to anime.
Man this use to come on KCAL Ch 9 in Southern California, I remember show fondly Thanks Dan.
Love this show to this day, it so needs a blu ray release
There is one. Released last year, IIRC. The picture and sound are amazing . It’s got both the English and Japanese as well!
Thought I was the only one that remembered them. Used to be my favorite show as kid. Thanks for bringing them up!!
I never heard of the show before until now. I might need to check it out when I get the chance.
Also, do you think you can make a video on the history of Pokemon? I mean, with this year marking the 25th anniversary of the franchise, I think that would be the perfect time to do it.
I was so lucky to catch this during the original summer 1995 airing. Even had (spotty, incomplete) VHS recordings of it before getting the DVD collection several years later. It was the 2nd anime I ever watched (1st was Fushigi Yuugi) and will always be my favorite. And yes, my username is from the poem, referencing my favorite character from the show.
My biggest regret was not getting the toys when I could, b/c "my best friend has them, I don't need them". Now here I am, an adult living far away and lamenting when those immaculate toys were widely available for only $5 each at KB Toys....
Seriously one of my favorite animes of all time. I just wish the manga would get an official English translation.
The Astro Boy manga had an official English translation, by Dark Horse Comics of course.
I used to record every episode on USA at 9am weekdays and would run home to watch. Good show. It's on UA-cam full episodes.
Loved this show as a kid. I remember watching it during summer vacation before or after Samurai Pizza Cats. I wish I picked up the series on DVD back in the day. It's just way too expensive now a days for me to get.
Amazon Prime and UA-cam have it.
@@jasonelliott7977 Amazon has the Samurai Warriors boxset, which does not include the English dub. If you mean the individual DVDs, I'm not spending the $45+ per volume 3rd party sellers are asking for.
I have recently watched this series and really liked it! Nice coincidence! Keep up the good work!
Hot take, I prefer Ronin Warriors over KOTZ. But only just.
Edit: Also, when is Zoids, Dan? :3
Which version?
@@FunkatronicGeek If you mean Saint Seiya/Knights of the Zodiac, I only saw the original but plan on watching the newer versions once I finish some other shows.
@The Player For the Italian version as well
@The Player For a localized name, it's the obvious choice. Which I guess is why it got pulled back for the reboot, _Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya._
I LOVED THIS SHOW! It was paired with Sailor Moon weekday mornings on KCOP I believe. I actually didn't know of Saint Seiya till decades later and thought (at first glance) it was Ronin Warriors. This show was great to wake up to before school.
The series aired on KCAL-TV, along with Dragon Ball Z.
I remember when this first came out in the US it instantly became my favorite show. The name change for the white armor figure also really confused me.
The reason I fell in love with anime. This show was the best and watching it subtitled years later was a whole new experience!
Haa!
i could never figure out why this wasn't such an Epic franchise like others from this era, on paper the different variables involved sound like they should add up to something Amazing but it never seemed to catch fire.🤷♂️
This however is another Great video 😄👍
"HAND SHARK!"
I still watch the 2004 DVD relase at least once a year. I may have to look at that ragnarok game to final get my dream of a Ronin warriors game
The footage Dan used is from the mobile game "Langrisser Mobile."
Ryo and Kayura are the summon pulls and Towa is a free summon during the event.
In the 90s, the Turtles would win. Now? They would just have a massive crossover with TMNT having Ronin's armor at some point. With matching action figures.
Just nowadays? The 80s and 90s would have had a field day with something like that in the toy aisles.
I remember watching this growing up and may of very well been my first anime i ever saw. Really loved it. Even debated once or twice making a ryu cosplay as tribute
I just asked about this.
I love Robin warriors. Even tho, a lot of the footage was reused in a lot of episodes. It's a show where you can get into all the characters. All the heroes are pretty likeable, which makes it hard to have a "favorite". Sucks we never got a video games for it. The OVAs are really good too.
That was a flaw of a lot of 1980s cartoons. The cost of a making a half hour cartoon was (IIRC) $125,000, but people were only willing to pay $100k an episode. So they had to reuse a *lot* of footage to make the shows. That's 1/5 the total time, in fact. Run 8 minutes of ads so you only need to make 22 minutes of animation instead of 25, make a minute long opening and closing so you're down to 20 minutes per episode, and you can probably get away with only 2-3 minutes, max, of stock footage.