Trivia / Ronin Warriors

• Acting for Two:In the English dub, Michael Donovan voiced both Sage and Cye in the main series. In the OVA series Matt Smith took over for Sage while Donovan kept voicing Cye.
  • Ward Perry voiced Rowen, Sekhmet, and Badamon.
• Anime First: The two-volume manga that followed was an adaption of the TV series and aimed at a younger male audience. The one-volume manga Shin Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers published afterward was based on the TV series but disregarded the events of the OVAs.
• Executive Meddling: Playmates Toys, the American manufacturer for Ronin Warriors figures, insisted the show make up a new character for the Inferno armor version of Ryo, thinking the target audience would be confused by the existence of two Ryo figures. This resulted in the dub-only character of Hariel.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: This show has twice averted this trope. Many fans didn't believe Ronin Warriors would ever be released on DVD, but Bandai managed to release Ronin Warriors, Samurai Troopers, and the OVAs (with their own dub) on DVD in the early 2000s. Bandai opted not to keep the license alive following a full-series box set release, but Discotek Media picked it up in 2014—though for years, their license remained limited to Samurai Troopers until legal issues surrounding the Ronin Warriors dub were worked out in 2021, when they finally released both versions on a bilingual Blu-ray.
• No Export for You: Good luck finding the manga.
  • Althought the pages are not in English, the manga can be found here with summaries in English.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Episode 2 was dubbed first as a test pilot, but when the series was picked up, a few voice actors changed, and the episode was not re-recorded with the permanent voice actors. These changes were:
    • Kento: Ward Perry -> Jason Grey-Stanford ^note Despite Ward still voicing Rowen.
    • Mia : Teryl Rothery -> Lalainia Lindbjerg ^note This one was arguably the most glaring; Teryl's voice was much deeper and mature-sounding than Lalainia's, and made the character sound a good 15-20 years older than she was supposed to.
    • Cale/Annubis: Peter Wilds -> Richard Newman
    • Dais: Peter Wilds -> Matt Smith
  • Scott McNeil also filled in for Richard Newman as Anubis for episodes 31, 32, and 35.
  • When the OVAs were dubbed later in 2003, several voice actors were replaced:
    • Kento: Jason Grey Stanford -> Andrew Francis
    • Mia: Lalainia Lindbjerg -> Maggie Blue O'Hara
    • Sage: Michael Donovan -> Matt Smith ^note Despite Michael still voicing Cye.
    • Ully: Christopher Turner -> Danny McKinnon

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