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RW/YST News
News about Ronin Warriors / Yoroiden Samurai troopers.
BOS 2017 is go!
I’m sorry guys, I have been neglecting my duties here. May was a little crazy for me. We are ready to go for this year’s Boys of Summer art challenge starting tomorrow, June 1st.
Quick rundown of the rules you guys are probably familiar with:
http://samuraireflections.com/fanart/bos/bosmain.html
Same as last year, I have opened a section on the forum for any and all participants who want to join. Feel free to join if you are not already a member and start your own thread. If you are participating, but posting elsewhere, please send me a note with a link so I can add you to the list of participants.
http://z13.invisionfree.com/SamuraiFanservice/index.php?showforum=54
Good luck everyone! Let the challenge begin!
MomoCon Anime Screenings List
At Momocon in Atlanta.
Norio Shioyama passes away
Last Thursday the 13th of April was a sad day in this show’’s history. Norio Shioyama, character designer for the Samurai Troopers TV show and Gaiden, was killed in an apartment fire along with his wife. He was 77. Thank you for your contributions to this wonderful series we all love. Rest in peace.
News story found here: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-13/armored-trooper-votoms-character-designer-norio-shioyama-passes-away/.114754
Crunchyroll adds Samurai Troopers to their streaming service!
It is a good time in the fandom. At 7PM on Wednesday January 18th, Crunchyroll added Samurai Troopers to their streaming catalog. All 39 episodes of the TV series are available. Yes this means only the subtitled version (since it’s from Discotek Media’s release). I haven’t seen any news yet if the OVAs will be added to streaming.
There probably won’t be a dub version of the TV series added until Discotek Media can manage to get access to the dub’s license. That’s if it proves worth their while to do so. If they can’t get enough interest to pay back their returns for putting the sub together, they will think there’s no one interested in having the dub. Or they will think that far too few people are interested to make the cost and effort worth while. Note this is my own opinion, and not the opinion nor statement from Discotek Media. Still interest + revenue can only equal continued work on this series going forward.
Regardless this is very good news. It is the first time the series has ever been available for streaming. (At least in the US.) This from a series that never saw a US VHS release. (Remember this series originally aired on TV in 1995.) The first US DVD release didn’t happen until 2002. While that DVD release brought us the release, and dub (!), of the OVAs (YAY!), Bandai stopped producing those DVDs soon after the DVD series set was released. It’s taken until 2015 to have someone pick up the series in some form again for another US DVD release.
As such, this is a day I never thought would ever truly happen. (I’ve pinched and slapped myself a few times, and checked repeatedly to make sure I wasn’t dreaming all this.) This series has a small but faithful following. It doesn’t have the power of some bigger series like Sailor Moon nor Evangelion. So for this series to finally reach this point is a huge achievement.
If you are someone rediscovering this series, or finding it for the first time, I want to welcome you to the fandom. (And well thank you for finding my site.) Feel free to browse here and explore other websites on my links page.
To the long-time fans: We finally made it to this day.
YST TV Series DVD Available for Pre-Order!
Websites have started listing the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers TV Series DVD for pre-order. The retail price will be $59.95. I’ll update this list as more information comes in. Current sale prices are as of this blog post and thus may change.
Direct links may or may not work. I’m not sure if the URLs I’m finding are temporary or permanent. If the direct links do not work, go to each retailer’s main page and search for Samurai Troopers TV.
Remember that this DVD set is Japanese language with English subtitles only. Discotek Media is still working out issues for the license of the dub Ronin Warriors. If those issues are resolved, Ronin Warriors will come out as a separate DVD set.
Amazon.com – Direct link. Current price $59.95
Barnesandnoble.com – Direct link. Current price $52.88
Bestbuy.com – Direct link. Current price $42.99
CDuniverse.com – Direct link. Current price $42.95
Deepdiscount.com – Direct link. Current price $46.60
Discotek Media – Direct link. Current price $39.95
Fye.com – Direct link. Current price $50.98
Rakuten.com – Direct link. Current price $35.03
Rightstufanime.com – Direct link. Current price: $36.99
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers TV Series DVD Release Date Announced!
The Yoroiden Samurai Troopers TV Series DVD Collection will be released on April 28th. Retail price will be $59.95. As I have done for the OVA Collection, I will make a separate post for when the TV series is available for pre-order.
Also if any additional images for the TV series set get published, I will edit this blog post and add those images.
Please remember that this set will be the Japanese version only with English subtitles.
Still no word on any progress with Discotek getting the license for the Ronin Warriors dub. I recall fairly recently reading online that the English dub was changed/edited so it could not fit on the same DVD as the original Japanese version. So the dub would have needed to be released separately anyway.
Update: 3/30/15 – TV Series artwork (official): Source Twitter 1 and 2
OVA DVD Available for Pre-Order!
Websites have started listing the OVA DVD for pre-order. The retail price will be $34.95. I’ll update this list as more information comes in. Current sale prices are as of this blog post and thus may change.
Direct links may or may not work. I’m not sure if the URLs I’m finding are temporary or permanent. If the direct links do not work, go to each retailer’s main page and search for Samurai Troopers.
Amazon.com – Direct link. Current price: $24.47
Barnesandnoble.com – Direct link. Current price $24.95
Bestbuy.com appears to have a listing that’s probably for the OVA. Direct link. Current price: $22.99
CDuniverse.com – Direct link. Current price $29.09
Deepdiscount.com – Direct link. Current price $25.29
Discotek Media – Direct link. Current price $24.95
Fye.com – Direct link. Current price $29.98, Member price $26.98
Rakuten.com appears to have a listing for the OVA DVD. Direct link. Current price: $20.43
Rightstufanime.com – Direct link. Current price: $20.99
Personally, RightStuf has always been an excellent company to deal with. So they get my business.