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2	-->''In a world where a giant sword stands upon a land full of adventure and magic, a world called Earth Tear. This is the story of heroes who journeyed tirelessly across Earth Tear!''
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4	''Ha-ou Daikei'' or ''Lord of Lords Ryu Knight'' is a manga created in 1993 by Takehiko Ito (of ''[[Anime/NGKnightLamune40 NG Knight Lamune & 40]]'', ''Anime/KOBeast'' & ''Manga/OutlawStar'' fame). An anime adaptation was produced by Creator/{{Sunrise}} in TheNineties, airing in 52 episodes from 1994-1995.
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6	It takes place in the mythical world of Earth Tear where, far off in the distance, a giant sword can be seen thrust into the very land itself. Legend has it that whoever journeys to the Earth Blade will become the greatest warrior alive and one of the many warriors to take up this quest is the young aspiring knight-in-training, Adeu the Sonic.
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8	Life is not easy for the idealistic young warrior who, in his very first appearance, gets all of his money suckered out of him by a pair of street urchins. The world is closer to a post-apocalyptic, ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''-esque land than the standard fantasy medieval setting in parts, and people are consistently terrorised by outlaws riding powerful mecha called Solids. Fortunately, Adeu has a secret weapon of his own: one of the legendary Ryu, which outclasses any Solid in combat power, the Ryu Knight, Zephyr. With Zephyr at his side Adeu is almost unstoppable but the challenge has only just begun.
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10	Eventually he is joined by Paffy, a princess and an apprentice mage who is on a journey to strengthen her powers. Accompanying her are Sarutobi, a ninja who acts as her bodyguard, and Izumi, one of her own retainers and a noble priest with amazing strength. Together the four battle against the evil that infests Earth Tear and draw ever closer to their ultimate goal - the Earth Blade itself.
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12	Though not the most popular giant mecha anime, it was successful enough to get 3 [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVAs]] and a video game.
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15	!!Here's some tropes from the Ethos of Chivalry!:
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17	* AchillesHeel: Solids, Ryus, and Dooms require mystical energy called mist surrounding them constantly to absorb and use as fuel; this makes them useless in tight spaces such as caves without mist tanks.
18	%%* Action Girl: Paffy. Katze, [[FauxActionGirl not so much]].
19	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Helldragon tribe is not presented in any sympathetic way to speak of.
20	* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: The Spirit Stones.
21	* AnyoneCanDie: Downplayed. The series gets ''very'' trigger-happy when it comes to axing off heroes and villains alike as the series crawls toward the finale, complete with the full DeathIsDramatic flourishings, but [[spoiler:nearly every casualty on the heroes' side are brought back in time for a BigDamnHeroes.]]
22	* AppliedPhlebotinum: Mist, the mystical ether/substance/energy that powers Solids, Ryus, and other vehicles such as floating ships and Izumi and Paffy's carriage. In certain areas it is so abundant that it gathers into semisolid clouds, allowing the proliferation of giant flying monsters. Yet it's only available in open areas, causing powered vehicles to break down while travelling in small, confined spaces like caves or tunnels. It seems Mist can be stored, though it's not explained how it's gathered, absorbed or used.
23	* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler: Galden is half human, half Helldragon.]]
24	* BadBoss: Literally every Helldragon tribe higher-up promotes this as a matter of course through liberal applications of YouHaveFailedMe, starting with Doan to [[spoiler:[[WickedWitch Idoro]]]]. Rigel, TheDragon, is probably the worst in this aspect, murdering his own minions left and right for virtually no reason whatsoever.
25	* {{BFS}}: As mentioned, the Earth Blade, which is clearly as tall as a large mountain ''at least''. According to a village elder in the middle of the series, [[spoiler:its actually the sword of Earth Tear's god, embedded in his ''shield'', making that a {{BFS}} of a different variety. Its uncertain to what degree this is true, as whilst its a creation myth, the elder turns out to be a Helldragon, and yet acknowledges the creation myth when he follows up with explaining the origins of the Helldragons]].
26	* BigGood: White Dragon near the end of the series.
27	* BlackKnight: Galden is a villainous swordsman in dark armor, and operates a black Ryu Knight.
28	* BlackMagicianGirl: Paffy is the is the offense-oriented magic user of the group, blasting the enemies with ElementalMagic spells.
29	* CallingYourAttacks: The original four protagonists and Galden do this in varying amounts, but especially Adeu. The additional members of the team, hardly ever.
30	* CannonFodder: The average Solid, mainly due to the pilots driving them, is one of these, no bones about it.
31	* CatchPhrase:
32	** "Here's one lesson from the Ethos of Chivalry!"
33	** "Number one! A Knight must always [''lesson'']!"
34	* DemonicPossession: Izumi gets hit with this once.
35	* DwindlingParty: The Ryu Riders start dying in the last 5 episodes of the series.
36	* EvilCounterpart: Dark Knight Steru to the Ryu Knight Zephyr.
37	* EyesAlwaysShut: Izumi.
38	* EyeScream: Whenever Galden summons Steru, he pulls the Mist Tarot out of the "eye" on his armor and it seems to cause him some degree of pain.
39	* FighterMageThief:
40	** Fighters: Adeu, Gratches, Gesshin
41	** Mages: Paffy, Izumi
42	** Thieves: Sarutobi, Katze, Hittel
43	* TheGunslinger: Hittel
44	* HeelFaceTurn: At the very last moment, [[spoiler: Galden, and the previously corrupted Steru turns into a KnightInShiningArmor.]]
45	* HeroicBSOD:
46	** When Paffy realises that the man she was betrothed to has effectively sold her country to the enemy, she almost completely loses her faith in humanity. Fortunately Adeu is able to step in before it goes that far.
47	** Adeu himself falls victim to one as well in the near-finale.
48	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Four of the eight heroes seemingly die, but they get better in the finale.]]
49	* HopelessSuitor: Hagu Hagu for Paffy. Given that he's, you know, a [[TeamPet small, fuzzy fairy]].
50	* IdiotHero: Adeu, so very, very much.
51	* ImprobableAimingSkills
52	* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: Ryu Knight Zephyr, although significantly more useful than the typical examples of this trope, was just a card when Adeu got it handed to him. He was quickly disabused of that notion, though.
53	* {{Jerkass}}: Katze is not the most pleasant person to be around. [[CharacterDevelopment She does get better eventually.]]
54	* KillItWithFire: Paffy's trademark Honoun spell, and also her reaction to any [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes slimy or scaly creatures]] the party comes across.
55	* KnightInShiningArmor: Adeu certainly aspires to be one, but he's not quite there yet.
56	* MagicKnight: Galden, somewhat justified since it is revealed by Idoro that [[spoiler: he is half helldragon.]]
57	* ManBehindTheMan: Idoro was manipulating Galden the whole time to prepare the way for the real villains of the show.
58	* MidSeasonUpgrade: Subverted because save for Adeu and his Zephyr everyone gets their upgrades late in the series [[spoiler: especially for poor Sarutobi.]]
59	* MindControl: Eventually, Adia (a Helldragon) attempts this on Galden by using a special ruby on Steru. This fails [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe because Adeu was nice to him]] and he breaks it by STABBING HIMSELF.
60	* MoreThanMindControl: Galden, for over half the show, is controlled by light mind manipulation and outright being manipulated by Idoro. This starts cracking later.
61	* MiniMecha: The Ryus, suits of armor with great energy. And they are RPG-class themed to boot!
62	* {{Ninja}}: Sarutobi. And his kit reflects it, even in-mech.
63	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The second half of the series reveals the Helldragon tribe, the primary antagonists of the series that are said to have been spawned by their god Meditto's sword. They are also reptilian aliens from outer space with highly advanced technology. Later in the series it is revealed that some of them resemble humans to pilot dooms (their HumongousMecha).
64	* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Adeu's the first of the protagonists to unlock the powers of his Spirit Stone to upgrade his Ryu Knight into the Ryu Paladin. He is also the first to make his Ryu fly. And while the others were able to catch up to him, Adeu did this around the end of Season 1/the beginning of Season 2, while the rest only got to activate their class change and flight mode by the last 10 episodes of the series.
65	* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Gratches
66	* RealRobot: Despite the presence of the Ryus (see SuperRobot below), these exist in-universe to a mild degree as 'Solids'. There's a great deal of variants throughout the series, but they do seem to be part of standard militaries, and many of them clearly use mundane weaponry - like guns - over some form of mystical counterpart. Despite this, their power source ''is'' a mystical ether known as 'Mist', same as any Ryu, and any Solid without proper legs lacks clear propulsion - the sphere's they stand on evidently don't spin or anything.
67	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Hagu Hagu, the show's mascot.
68	* {{Samurai}}: Gesshin is a wandering samurai from the country of Hinode, where Sarutobi also came from.
69	* SummoningArtifact: The Ryu riders use a Mist Tarot to call their Ryus to them. In the {{OVA}}s, it's their respective weapons.
70	* SuperRobot: The Ryus of course. Aside of being more powerful than any Solid (though this doesn't account for skills of the respective pilots), they're summoned from out of cards, one can cast magic through them, channel the power of the gods, they have higher grade weaponry (such is the implication with Zephyr's sword being required to kill a dragon), can upgrade into various super modes through mystic gems, and are capable of flight without actual propulsion. They also may or may be armours [[spoiler:given to Earth Tear by its creator god]].
71	* ShockAndAwe: Paffy and Galden have lightning based attacks.
72	* SiblingYinYang: Katze is a cowardly, money-grubbing weapons merchant who has a keen eye for details. Hittel is the [[{{Manga/Trigun}} Elven Typhoon]]. Together they are one impressive team.
73	* ToBeAMaster: The entire reason Adeu began his journey.
74	* TookALevelInBadass: When Hittel's at the controls, Derringer takes one of these.
75	* TheUndead: At one point Idoro summons an army of skeletal warriors and dragons to kidnap a few of the main characters, even her flying fortress is castle support on top of a giant whale skeleton.
76	* WhiteMage: Izumi.
77	* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Ghosts]]: Izumi.

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