History Anime / NGKnightLamune40

In 1996, a full-fledged sequel, ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire'' was broadcast. This version spawned its own OVA sequel, ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fresh'' -- which for ''a long time'' was the ''only'' installment released in English (as ''[[CompletelyDifferentTitle Knights of Ramune]]'' -- with an ''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS R]]'').

* PointyEars: Milk, Cocoa and later [[spoiler: Lesqua.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS:

** Several minor characters also had their names tweaked in the official subs. For example, King Kamekameka from the Hawaiian AdventureTown was adapted to "Kamekemak" to allow the FunWithPalindromes jokes in the episode to work.

** Several minor characters also had their names tweaked in the official subs. For example, King Kamekameka from the HulaAndLuaus AdventureTown was adapted to "Kamekemak" to allow the FunWithPalindromes jokes in the episode to work.

* OffModel: One of the reasons why episode four is considered the worst episode of the first series.

* HeroicSacrifice: The final episode of ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire'', [[spoiler:KillEmAll ensues, but they get better afterward.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Da Cider, Cocoa, Cacao, Drum...well basically the majority of the cast in both series, to be honest.

''NG Knight Lamune & 40'' premiered in 1990; until recently it was never distributed by any English-language production company, despite the fact that it was dubbed in Arabic, Korean and Cantonese. The series was originally followed by 2 {{OVA}} series: ''NG Knight Lamune & 40 EX'' and then ''NG Knight Lamune & 40 DX''. They were both aimed at an older age group than the original.

* FreakyFridayFlip: The 18th episode of ''Fire'' has Dandy and Lip use a [[{{Pun}} mist-erious]] gas weapon]] to exchange the minds of Lamunade's party. While the EyesAreMental trope is in effect for the kids of all ages at home, VoicesAreMental is averted -- and the voice actors and actresses do an admirable job portraying each other's roles. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed the ultimate plan that episode was to hijack the heroes' HumongousMecha, but the villains didn't count on their TeamPet and supervisor still being in range of the heroes.]]

* BaldOfEvil: Don Harumage

* BigOlEyebrows: It's a common feature in Takehiko Ito's character designs, this also shows up in his other series, ''Manga/OutlawStar'', ''Anime/KOBeast'' and ''Manga/LordOfLordsRyuKnight''

* CoolShip

* MageInManhattan: The plot of the ''EX'' OVA. [[spoiler: 3 years after Don Harumage, a.k.a. Goburiki, was defeated, a mysterious new enemy from Lamune's home reality [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs storms the Arara kingdom and takes Da Cider captive]], forcing the Au Lait sisters to flee to [[UpTheRealRabbitHole the real world]] in order to find Lamuness before it's too late. Lamune suffering VictoryGuidedAmnesia complicates both his [[AmnesiaDanger attempts to survive]] and his relationship with Milk.]]

** Ditto for ''VS Knight'' since it has Tsukasa Kotobuki in charge of the character designs.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Lamunade, the protagonist of the second series looks like he's 10 (which is how old Lamune was in the first series), however Lamunade's actually 15 and in middle school.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Milk and Cocoa in the original. Parfait and Cacao in VS, especially in the ''Fresh'' OVA.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Da Cider, Cocoa, Cacao, Drum...well basically the majority of the cast in both series tbh.

In June 2019, Creator/DiscotekMedia licensed both ''NG Knight'' and ''VS Knight'' TV series for home video release and [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/ng-knight-lamune-40 both are]] [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/vs-knight-lamune-40-fire also streaming on Crunchyroll]]. Discotek has also renewed the license for ''Lamune & 40 Fresh'', which they re-released under its original name.

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In 1996, a full-fledged sequel, ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire'' was broadcast. This version spawned its own OVA sequel, ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fresh'' -- which for ''a long time'' was the ''only'' installment released in English (as ''[[CompletelyDifferentTitle Knights of Lamune]]'').

In June 2019, Creator/DiscotekMedia licensed both ''NG Knight'' and ''VS Knight'' TV series for home video release and [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/ng-knight-lamune-40 both are]] [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/vs-knight-lamune-40-fire also streaming on Crunchyroll]]. Discotek has also renewed the license for ''Lamune & 40 Fresh'', which they will re-release under its original name.

->'''"[[CatchPhrase I am feeling... incredibly]] [[HotBlooded hot blooded]] [[CatchPhrase right now]]!!"'''

''NG Knight Lamune & 40'' premiered in 1990; until recently it was never distributed by any English-language production company, despite the fact that it was dubbed in Arabic, Korean and Cantonese. The series was originally followed by 2 {{OVA}} series: ''NG Knight Lamune & 40 EX'' and then ''NG Knight Lamune & 40 DX''. They were both aimed at an older age group than the original. In 1996, a full-fledged sequel, ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire'' was broadcast. This version spawned its own OVA sequel, ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fresh'' -- which for ''a long time'' was the ''only'' installment released in English (as ''[[CompletelyDifferentTitle Knights of Lamune]]'').

In June 2019, Creator/DiscotekMedia licensed both ''NG Knight'' and ''VS Knight'' TV series for home video release and[[https://www.crunchyroll.com/ng-knight-lamune-40 both are]] [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/vs-knight-lamune-40-fire also streaming on Crunchyroll]].

* AffectionateParody: As expected since this IS written by Satoru Akahori

* AnimeThemeSong: All of the openings and endings

* CatchPhrase: For Lamune, it's "ORE WA IMA MOREZUNI!! NEKKETSU SHITERU!", which translates to "My blood is really boiling!! Right NOW!!"

* CombiningMecha

* EdibleThemeNaming: Lamune (after the Japanese soft drink), Milk, Cocoa, Lesqua, [[spoiler:Cafe au Lait]], Da ''Cider'', and many more.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Da Cider and Lesqua, most of the villain's mechs]] and also [[spoiler: Narcist Dandy & Pheromone Lip in ''VS Knight''.]]

* IdiotHero

** Averted in the manga version of ''VS Knight'' anyone familiar with [[Manga/SgtFrog Mine]] [[Manga/ArcadeGamerFubuki Yoshizaki's]] work [[{{Fanservice}} would know why.]]

* TransformingMecha

''NG Knight Lamune & 40'' premiered in 1990; until recently it was never distributed by any English-language production company, despite the fact that it was dubbed in Arabic, Korean and Cantonese. The series was originally followed by 2 {{OVA}} series: ''NG Knight Lamune & 40 EX'' and then ''NG Knight Lamune & 40 DX''. They were both aimed at an older age group than the original. In 1996, a full-fledged sequel, ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire'' was broadcast. This version spawned its own OVA sequel, ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fresh'' -- which for a long time was the ''only'' installment released in English (as ''[[CompletelyDifferentTitle Knights of Lamune]]'').

In June 2019, Creator/DiscotekMedia licensed the series for home video release and [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/ng-knight-lamune-40 is also streaming it on Crunchyroll]].

Our [[KidHero hero]], Baba Lamune encounters a mysterious girl selling video games on his way home from school. When he gets back home, he starts playing the game he bought, named "King Sccasher[[note:]]or Squasher[[/note]]". After playing for hours, he beats the game -- and then the girl who sold him the game comes out from the television. She introduces herself as Milk and asks him to save her [[MagicalLand world]] -- Hara-Hara World -- from a EvilOverlord. And then she promptly drags him into the TV before he could ask any question or say no... HumongousMecha and [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensue]].

Our [[KidHero hero]], Baba Lamune encounters a mysterious girl selling video games on his way home from school. When he gets back home, he starts playing the game he bought, named "King Sccasher". After playing for hours, he beats the game -- and then the girl who sold him the game comes out from the television. She introduces herself as Milk and asks him to save her [[MagicalLand world]] -- Hara-Hara World -- from a EvilOverlord. And then she promptly drags him into the TV before he could ask any question or say no... HumongousMecha and [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensue]].

* BigEater: Milk

* InstantCosplaySurprise: In the ''DX'' OVA, when Milk and Lesqua get enraged by Lamune and [[spoiler:Da Cider]]'s perverted intention to rescue two barely clothed beautiful ladies, they and their sister Cocoa pursue them [[spoiler: "disguised" as [[Franchise/SailorMoon Seinaru Milky, Seinaru Cacao, and Seinaru Lemon]] ]] and [[InTheNameOfTheMoon punish]] them for their misdeeds.

* PantheraAwesome: King Sccasher [[spoiler: and Queen Cideron.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''KOBeast'' and to a certain extent ''Anime/CyberteamInAkihabara''

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Parfait and Cacao, especially in the final OVA.
* ViewerFriendlyInterface: Controlling HumongousMecha with 2 control rod? May be justified as the Target age group is low enough for that to be ok.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Quite a few characters and mecha from the original series that were nowhere to be seen in ''VS Knight''.