#Samurai-troopers

[gentlemanmotorslifestyle]

[keyblack]

assorted Ronin Warriors doodles in my sketchbook & Toon Boom files from the last few weeks & months

[samurai-skittle-squad]

Been having fun with making little sprites in Aseprite! (Yes I'm doing all the Masho, I included Shuten this time to keep them all the same size since social media loves to mess with gifs like these.)

[saikyo78]

[taliquest]

I think it's funny how Shin and Shuu are frequently the most overlooked characters insofar as individuals and a ship in both JP and (broadly western but primarily) NA fandom because these two:

Have the single best developed relationship of anyone in the entire show.

When we start off, and for much of the first half of the show, they're frequently at odds with Shin siding more with Seiji and Shuu partnering up with Touma - with whom he was originally longtime friends with in earlier drafts, up to and including arriving in Shinjuku together.

However, as the show continues, there are hints of a budding friendship, particularly the disastrous battle against Arago where Shin is the first to fall, Shuu being the one to immediately react and strike in vengeance after Shin and Touma get nommed.

And then of course, as we move into the second half of the show, we get this moment:

Cementing that yes indeed, these two are Best Pals For Life, with a bit of mutual chirping involved.

While unfortunately they both spend much of the next dozen-odd episodes sidelined and with little chance to interact outside of being strung up in a gargoyle together, after the team fully reunites, we're treated to them back to their old tricks, with teasing:

Followed immediately by a Bro Moment.

Cut to post series with the first OVA, Gaiden, at Ryo's birthday party:

(Absolutely nothing suggestive going on here)

And of course, OVA 2, Kikoutei Densetsu gives us the beautiful bonding moment that is Shin teaching Shuu how to surf.

Of course this being KD, things go downhill quickly, though things are patched up soon enough...

Only to fall apart by Message, where the distance that's grown between the Troopers is best exemplified by this shot:

The best of friends, arriving together, after not having seen each other for months, in complete, solemn silence. And unfortunately this is the last they really get together before returning for the finale.

However, I hope that this tangent has been educational, and if you haven't watched YST yet:

Do it for them.

[itsfantasticac]

Neo-Geo fanart, submitted to Arcadia magazine in 2001.

Arcadia magazine No. 11 (Apr. 1, '01), pg. 162

[laboitediabolique]

Artwork for back cover of the soundtrack album "Yoroiden Samurai Trooper: The Legend of Emperor Kikou", King Records, 1989. Artwork by Miku Ukai. Scanned from my personal collection.

[shadowkorin]

Backgrounds. Eeuughh. 🥴

[taffydragonblog]

Remembering that time when Ronin Warriors was on TV and my friends and I didn't know what "ronin" meant so we looked it up in a Jp-Eng dictionary

ronin: a samurai without a master, an unemployed person.

My friend says "UNEMPLOYED WARRIORS." and we all busted out laughing.

[sapplejack]

Little Naaza with his snake buddy.

[starlitskvaderart]

Midori One Day One Page 171!

That's his baby!!

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[gentlemanmotorslifestyle]

[keyblack]

Warlord sketches from the plane (Dais, Cale, and Sekhmet inspired by A Riddle by Lamplight bc I can't get enough of that fic)

[ng-scanlations]

Pages from the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers 30th Anniversary Art Book (2021).

Some pages of character and armor designs for the series/OVAs, including a map showing the places the Ronin Warriors had to travel to.

[jellybeepin]

Just some little guys! (Keychain preorders anyone?)

[airasilver]

Wikipedia says that Ronin Warriors is on Blu-ray and DVD…where?!? I swear I don’t remember seeing it anywhere except Amazon Prime and that was a couple years ago…then again it says 2021….i wonder if it’s still on Tubi….