Ronin Warriors

Ronin Warriors
North American cover of the first DVD volume
鎧伝サムライトルーパー
(Yoroiden Samurai Torūpā)
Created byHajime Yatate
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Masashi Ikeda (#1–19)
  • Mamoru Hamatsu (#20–39)
Chief screenwriter
Screenplay by
  • Jinzō Toriumi
  • Masanori Oka
  • Saburo Ebinuma
  • Yūki Ōnishi
  • Hideki Sonoda
  • Yūji Watanabe
  • Satoshi Iwasaki
  • Toshiko Nakaya
Produced by
  • Hironori Nakagawa
  • Makoto Imai
  • Youichi Honna
Music byOsamu Totsuka
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
Original networkANN (Nagoya TV)
English network
Original run April 30, 1988 March 4, 1989
Episodes39 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written byRyūichi Hoshino
Published byKodansha
MagazineComic BomBom
DemographicKodomo
Original runNovember 17, 1988April 5, 1990
Volumes2
Original video animation
Gaiden
Directed byKazuki Akane
Produced by
  • Hironori Nakagawa
  • Yasuhisa Kazama
Written byFuyunori Gobu
Music byOsamu Totsuka
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
Released April 30, 1989 June 1, 1989
Runtime25 minutes
Episodes2 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Legend of the Inferno Armor
Directed byMamoru Hamatsu
Produced by
  • Hironori Nakagawa
  • Yasuhisa Kazama
Written byMasashi Ikeda
Fuyunori Gobu
Music byOsamu Totsuka
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
Released October 8, 1989 January 11, 1990
Runtime30 minutes
Episodes4 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Message
Directed byMasashi Ikeda
Produced by
  • Shinichiro Kobayashi
  • Yasuhisa Kazama
Written byMasashi Ikeda
Fuyunori Gobu
Music byOsamu Totsuka
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
Released March 21, 1991 August 23, 1991
Runtime30 minutes
Episodes5 (List of episodes)
Manga
Shin Yoroiden Samurai Troopers
Written byIzumi Nikaidō
Illustrated byYūji Hosoi
Published byKodansha
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Published1992
Volumes1

Ronin Warriors, known in Japan by its original title Armor Legend Samurai Troopers (鎧伝サムライトルーパー, Yoroiden Samurai Torūpā), is a Japanese anime series created by Hajime Yatate and animated by Sunrise. The television series, co-produced by Nagoya TV, aired across Japan on the All-Nippon News Network from April 30, 1988, to March 4, 1989 for a total of 39 episodes. A manga adaptation was serialized on Kodansha’s Comic BomBom from November 17, 1988 to April 5, 1990 and the chapters collected into 2 tankōbon volumes.