Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers - Episode 1 discussion

Is it something watchable standalone?

This episode of Yoroishinden Samurai Troopers is ABSOLUTE PEAK

The Character Intro and the scene is absolute peak perfection plus the song is absolute awesome.

I can't wait for next week episode a new venture begins.

Also I can't wait for Henshin Sequence.

Feels like the Saint Seiya Omega vibes to me.

Kind of surreal to see a sequel to one of the first anime I ever watched as a kid.

35 years after the Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors repelled the demons and became heroes...the world is at peace, the DST is organizing the next generation of Troopers and all is well. Until the demons invade again.

Hearing the hits of the 80's while innocent people are mercilessly slaughtered is...something. Poor Junya Enoki loses his grandma!

The DST has the base suits down, but it's clear that their rank-and-file members don't stand a chance against the Demon sides' 10 Braves...well, except for Ryu (Toshiki Masuda!), who comes off as the most skilled and heroic character so far. And he looks cool!

Turns out one of the "demons" they've caught is actually a human! One who resonates with fire and an armor! Meaning he might be a true Samurai Trooper despite all the people he killed! Considering this operation is being run by Yagyu (Sayaka Kinoshita!) from the OG show, I can imagine this is pretty personal to her.

So Gai is the "prince" of the demons? All the 10 Braves react badly to his going missing and treat Saizo (Kosuke Toriumi) abandoning him as a sign of betrayal. Saizo, for his part, even attacks the DST base seemingly to track down and kill Gai? Or to test him?

Poor Musashi (Ayumu Murase!). His "team" treats him like a gopher and he's worried he's not cut out for this...he only enlisted to follow his big brother who he's always relied on since they were kids, only for said older brother to get kicked out while Musashi stayed behind. And yet, Musashi still tries his best.

Well, no wonder these DST guys weren't given armors...they're utterly trash. They see the writing on the wall and basically bail, looting like common criminals and abandoning people in actual need. Even worse, they ensure said people in need die along with Musashi so there's no witness to their crimes. Hard not to think they had what happened to them next coming.

Of course then Gai walks in and starts slaughtering them...while the mark of "righteousness" burns on his neck, though then our Emissary of Fire turns his blade on Musashi!

And we get the OP at the end! Featuring our new Samurai Troopers in their civilian guise paralleled with their armors, before we see them heroically come together as a team as they battle the 10 Braves and their own issues to become heroes like the originals.

So, they were serious when they said it was a sequel! While it's perfectly watchable from people who haven't seen the original, there are a few nods, basically there is at least one character returning from the original, maybe there will be other cameos down the line.

Gai is a main character that completely deviates from the norm, and I guess that was intentional. I also like the fact that the government, despite being semi-useless, actually thought about the risk of the Yoja coming back to wreak havoc again. I really enjoyed it.

My childhood anime returns and it’s a sequel!!!!!

It looks like this anime is a very excellent sequel, and it did not disappoint.

Listen, I'll just be happy if every Trooper sings a cover of an 80s Jpop song.

Hearing Namida no REQUEST by The Checkers made me go "oh yeah, this show was made for me."

It helps that Nasuti is such a key part in the new series too, as I related to her **so much** in high school (I even had a red jeep as my first car, hahaha!).

Now if there's ever a reference to Shuten Douji along the way, then this will be my favorite reboot *ever*.

Yooooo! Ronin warriors! I fuckin loved that show

That was certainly not what I expected. Wtf did I just watch lol

So to prepare myself I watched some recap videos on the original series. Turns out after the main series there were some OVAs that were total bummers lol. Either way IDK if this series will hold the magic since I'm older now but it's worth a shot.

Watched this with very low expectations. Character designs with the hair are very modern with the anime-times which kinda bugged me from the trailers but this was a great first episode. The ruthlessness of the demons with the everyday folk was crazy to watch but I like that the show is embracing the brutality.

That was a good bit bloodier than I was entirely expecting. Not knowing the original doesn't really seem to be a problem since it just seems like generic sentai (I say this with love for the genre, to be clear), though I bet with some adult twists since it sounds like the demon prince is going to be half human and that presumably happened way back when.

RIP the initial team of heroes but they were both mostly useless and terrible people anyway.

The singing was an interesting bit, added a lot to the episode.

Making your Red Ranger a straight up demon who was slaughtering civilians and even children is a bold ass choice

Am I really the only one who thinks this looks like a complete mess? 🤔

How can I watch? Are there any fansubs?

So... Where I can watch the previous one? I was kind of lost

Wow that was a lot more brutal than I was expecting it to be, there was so much blood, I was not ready. This does seem interesting with the enemy prince being actually a human and a Samurai Trooper, I wonder how many of the Warriors knew he was a human.

Then there's the poster boys Samurai Troopers, it's unfortunate they weren't good people and I'm wondering if the reason Yama got disqualified for misconduct is because they were involved somehow. I thought after awakening maybe Gai could sense something but it looks like he was just killing Samurai Troopers because of his original goal, as that's how he was raised.

I don't know how they'll make Gai work together with the Samurai Troopers so I am intrigued by the development in this series. Green guy feels like a walking death flag though. He has that big brother that will sacrifice himself for his little brothers vibe going on. They did emphasize that 15 years old is when they're powers are at their peak and he feels like he's in his 20s, unless that was a lie.

Ronin warriors Anubis was top tier

Did anyone else catch Ryo in Musashi's flashback? It's definitely him since he lives in the mountains/woods and was being compared to Gai of all characters. I think the poor boy was baby napped and raised into a monster :(

Lfgggg

It's been a while since I watched the original. I was not expecting that many casualties and THAT brutal for episode one.

I only have vague recollections of the original series (and even then mostly filtered through the lens of *Ronin Warriors*) but this certainly seems a lot *edgier*, so to speak (oh look, more limbs have been hacked off).

A solid first episode for throwing a whole bunch of stuff at the audience and rolling with it. Plenty of things need explaining and there's time for that as we go.

While we're here, those are the most cursed flavors that I could imagine being combined with yakisoba.

Any other way to watch it without Crunchyroll? Crunchyroll is terrible lol

Newcomer to the series here. I *really* was not expecting that ending, WOW. A superhero team anime where they all just try to kill each other and civilians all episode? Crazy. I'm here for it.

I only ever watched some of Ronin Warriors during its original Toonami run, so I was surprised at just how hard they went here, and I came out of it very eager to see where they go next.

I remember watching the original on TV when I was like 5 years old or something, I dont even remember what it was about

I wish they did a remake of the original rather than a sequel. I loved Samurai Trooper as a kid. This sequel feels cheap and flashy. I also don't care for the art style. I guess they are trying to make it more hip for younger generations, but it takes away the old tradition that underlined Samurai Trooper in the first place.

Close enough, welcome back legendary Six Samurai Shi-En [https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Legendary\_Lord\_Six\_Samurai\_-\_Shi\_En](https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Legendary_Lord_Six_Samurai_-_Shi_En)

Ok, I will bet already that the government is evil or something like that. I don't know how the name is in English, but the government party sounded to me one that would reveal to be evil and corrupt or something like that.

Anyone that watched the previous show knows if the song they was singing in the slaughter is a reference to anything?

Went in blind so didn’t expect the gore

Where’s the new ancient one and her tigers, that’s all I want.

Difference in broadcast standards? It's a lot more gore and direct with the civilian casualties than the original.


Certainly made good use of this being a continuation with decent amount of off screen world building and intrigue.

So disappointed the og characters aren’t the man focus. Skipping it until more info is out

I am sure they will appear just hate they ain’t the focus

The original always has a special place in my heart being one of my earliest anime along with Sailor Moon. I rewatched it maybe a decade ago and bought the series video releases 3 times. That said, holycrap this was waaay too violent. Even children were shown slaughtered. The direction was not what I was expecting with the bold ikemen character design choices. The red armor guy already murdered people and cut off hands. I wonder how he will lead the group when he started off more of an enemy. Glad to see Nasti make a return! I hope we see more of the original team in cameos.

lol true. So 80% good main characters?

*insert og series toonami promo here*
I watched the og series where it was called Ronin Warriors it has a okay dub but had the 90s adjustments but not as bad as others of the time, mostly names changes.

So this does give a decent summary at the beginning of the first series and sets up the world 30 years later wonderfully. I like after failing the first time the government actually tried to upgrade to able to do something about another invasion but only got up to beating up tin can fodder level.

Nasti (dub: Mia) looking good for being 50, I like how she is still a prominent figure and probably is the highest authority about anything to do with the troopers. The jewel she has will hopefully be explained as the series goes but [OG Series] >!Its called the Jewel of Life and does more than identify troopers!<

Ryu has so many flags I'm highly interested what's gonna happen to him. Musashi, poor guy got stuck with some terrible people but his fortune was accurate.

Gai is gonna be interesting I love the fact he likes 80s Jpop and going to be the group foodie.

OP song is fire. In regards to the tvs [Og Series] >!There are actually 9 armors. 4 of them during a previous invasion got corrupted by the nether realm and became the 4 warlords, 1 got a redemption arc and should be around at current time, the other 3 at the end of series stayed in the nether realm!<

I'm gonna try and post each week and if there is someone or something that was changed and was from the OG series I'll give the name change from the American dub. I'm a long time lurker on the sub so this be my first discussion thread for a series :3

It is interesting that Gai, who is the demon prince, is the new red samurai trooper. Also, Saizou, the demon warlord that shot Gai while he was battling Ryuusei, wears a similar outfit to Anubis' old samurai armor, which was given to Kayura at the end of the OG. It wouldn't surprise me if Gai and Saizou are somehow related to Kayura.

As its own thing I enjoyed it. As a sequel I disliked it. I am mid way through a rewatch of the Ronin Warriors dub. I am oddly happy that due to how dubbing is done now that the dub of Yoroi-Shinden won't be a sequel to Ronin Warriors, just Samurai Troopers.

I'm only invested in Naste right now.

I hope the Water kid is okay.

I hope they make toys of these since I missed getting the originals and now their too expensive

They butchered my childhood anime is what I like to say, but everyone in this anime was being butchered o _ o;

Yeahh.....Idk yet. I want to see more, but I'm so conflicted about this new direction and the graphic-ness of this series. Having your main protagonist kill people in the first episode is kinda crazy. I'm nervously optimistic but even the art style is kinda hard to get used to.