Ronin Warriors

Season

1988

7.5

After a thousand years of exile, Talpa, ruler of the Netherworld, returns to claim the Earth as his own. The only thing that can stop him and his minions are five young men and their mystical suits of armor.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Nerawareta dai Toukyou

As dark storm clouds descends on Toyama, Mia Koji and her grandfather worry that this means the end of the world. A young man named Ryo and his tiger White Blaze mysteriously appears in the street

S1 • E2

Oni Mashou! Shuten no moukou

Talpa sends the Dark Warlord of Cruelty Anubis to eliminate the Ronin Warriors, telling him to target Mia as the Warriors will fight to protect her.

S1 • E3

Yoroi Gia, Rekka no himitsu

Ieyasu and Mitsunari mobilize forces against each other, thrusting the nation into war again. To support Mitsunari, Yukimura must now employ Nobuyuki's tactics against him.

S1 • E4

Doku Mashou Naaza no wana

With Anubis having failed, Talpa sends Sekhmet after the Ronin Warriors. It is also shown that Talpa has captured the people of the city. At the suggestion of Mia, she, Ryo, Ully and White Blaze head to the university where her grandfather works to get his help in finding the other Ronin Warriors.

S1 • E5

Fukkatsu! Hikari no senshi

On the road to the Pinnacles, Mia explains that she believes Sage was sent to the caverns there as the first verse of the poem led to Ryo while the next verse is "darkest prison sheds the light" and Sage is the Warrior of Light.

S1 • E6

Hangeki, ikari no Chouryuuha

The group discovers the next clue "churns beneath a sea of salt" and realize that Cye's probably in the Sea of Toyama.

S1 • E7

Kaigan! Hissatsu no Raikouzan

Mia and Sage travel to Mount Dojo to find Kento, unknowingly followed by Cale.

S1 • E8

Gen Mashou, Rajura no sakuryaku

Talpa sends Dais to destroy the Ronin Warriors before they can locate and rescue Rowen. As they drive back to the city, Mia explains the poem to Sage and Kento, explaining that the last verse that will lead them to Rowen is "floating amongst the eyes of the ages, unmoored in the stream of the sky," but she has no idea what this means.

S1 • E9

Rekka, Tenkuu wo sukue

Now that they know where Rowen is, the Warriors try to figure out how to get to him.

S1 • E10

Shuuketsu! 5 nin no senshi

Ryo is alive inside the Dark Matrix, but his armor is absorbing the energy from it and slowly crushing him. Talpa appears to the others and taunts them about the fact that Ryo and Rowen will soon be dead and sends his soldiers to face them.

S1 • E11

Youja mon wo uchiyabure

Talpa has his castle gates closed and the defenses activated. A bank of think fog rolls over Toyama and Mia reveals that it is part of the castle's defenses. The group walks along and comes to a bank of thick black fog that's another part of the defenses and Kento tries to enter with a vehicle, but is attacked by streams of energy and driven out.

S1 • E12

Seiji! Kurayami no shitou

The group moves through the city, making their way to Talpa's castle and come across an abandoned store selling skateboards and realize it is where they all met for the first time

S1 • E13

Yoroi Gia no shoutai

Searching through the subway for the others, Kento and Rowen reunite.

S1 • E14

Shuten, kokoro naki tatakai

As Anubis showed weakness when he battled Ryo and Rowen last, Talpa has the Nether Spirits fortify the evil in his heart. Anubis protests at first, but after the spirits powers take effect, he breaks free of his binds and is sent by Talpa to enact the next phase of his plan.

S1 • E15

Kaosu, shukumei no taiketsu

The Ronin Warriors, Ully and Mia meet with the Ancient One in a park. The Ancient One commends the Ronin Warriors for all of the good they have done so far and Mia for helping to bring the Warriors together.

S1 • E16

Totsunyuu, Arago shiro

The Ronin Warriors, leaving behind Mia, Ully and White Blaze who wish them good luck, enter the Ancient One's bridge. Talpa sends the Nether Spirits to destroy the bridge and the Warriors and collect their armor and they nearly succeed, but the spirit of the Ancient One is able to channel the bridge's energy and destroy the spirits.

S1 • E17

Akasareta yoroi densetsu

Ryo falls to a ledge and is nearly killed by Sekhmet but is saved by Cye. Ryo climbs to the top of the castle and faces Talpa again

S1 • E18

Kyoufu no youja teiou

Talpa faces Ryo, taunting him about having absorbed his friends.

S1 • E19

Kessen! Rekka tai Arago

As Talpa pulls Ryo to him, Ryo gives up hope despite Ully's pleas. However, the spirit of the Ancient One appears to him to show him how Talpa tried to take over the world in the past.

S1 • E20

Arata naru tatakai

At the gates to the Nether World, a new threat, Saranbo appears, announcing his intention to destroy the world and steal the Ronin armors for himself to become invincible.

S1 • E21

Kagayake shiroki yoroi!

Saranbo meets with the Dynasty soldiers to plan his next move in gaining the Inferno armor.

S1 • E22

Kenbukyou no chousen

Lord Saber Stryke appears with his tiger Black Blaze, glad that his old enemy has been defeated by Ryo with the Inferno armor and he decides to go after Ryo to get the armor.

S1 • E23

Byakuen shi wokaketa tatakai

Lord Saber Stryke locates the still-alive Talpa and does battle with him, but proves unable to defeat him and is knocked into a chasm which Black Blaze jumps after him into

S1 • E24

Youja teiou no shisha

A Dynasty warrior arrives on Earth, landing in a volcano named Mount Aso. The volcano erupts at his arrival

S1 • E25

Taiketsu! Futari no suiko

Wanting to redeem himself for his past failures, Sekhmet approaches Talpa with a plan to defeat the Warriors and get their armor.

S1 • E26

Kourin yo, hikari wotorimodose

The Ancient One's spirit tells Sage to rely on mind, skill and spirit and not just the strength of his armor to overcome evil

S1 • E27

Ikare kongou, suna you ja wokudake

Having already captured Cye and Sage, Talpa decides to send Dais to capture another Ronin and Dais picks Kento.

S1 • E28

Nazo no onna youja Kayura shutsugen

Rowen practices his now-maximized powers by using Arrow Shockwave to successfully blast away storm clouds

S1 • E29

Ike! Futari no senshitachi yo ...

As the Ancient One stands at a temple, Lady Kayura arrives to confront him. The Ancient One proves to be skilled and dodges or counters all of her attacks to Lady Kayura's surprise

S1 • E30

Kokoha youjakai ka?

Mia and Ully look across the city which has been badly damaged by Lady Kayura's attack and worry about the Ronin Warriors.

S1 • E31

Densetsu no yoroi, Kikoutei

Ryo and Rowen battle the army and eventually manage to escape it, but are confronted by Dala whose sword is able to easily deflect Ryo's.

S1 • E32

Chirei shuu, kyoufu no sakusen

Badamon uses his powers to watch scenes of Ryo summoning the Armor of Inferno to come up with a plan to control it. Meanwhile, Ryo and Rowen try to make their way through a maze to Talpa's castle.

S1 • E33

Nazo no hihou wo motome te

The clash between Ryo with the Inferno Armor and Lady Kayura was so powerful that it creates destruction in the mortal world as well as the Nether World.

S1 • E34

Tenkuu, kizu darakeno tatakai

Anubis, Mia and Ully contemplate the power of the Jewel of Life and wonder how it is supposed to defeat Talpa

S1 • E35

Yomigaere, yoroisenshi tachi yo ...

Ryo, Rowen, Mia, Ully, White Blaze and Anubis are confronted by Lady Kayura and a bunch of Dynasty soldiers

S1 • E36

Kessen! Kayura tai Kikoutei

The reunited Ronin Warriors face down Lady Kayura and demand she leave them alone and let them face Talpa but she tells them they must face her first to face Talpa.

S1 • E37

Fukkatsu no Guraisen

The Ronin Warriors, having found a somewhat safe place, rest and practice for the upcoming fight with Talpa while Anubis meditates.

S1 • E38

Kayura! Seinaru Mezame

The possessed Lady Kayura tries to convince Anubis to surrender while Anubis tries to convince the Dark Warlords that they are just being used which Lady Kayura proves by trapping them in spheres of energy.

S1 • E39

Kagayake! Gonin no senshitachi

Lady Kayura battles Talpa and his soldiers and is joined by the Dark Warlords who are now on the side of good. Ryo, Kento and Cye reunite and head off to find Talpa while Mia, Ully, White Blaze, Rowen and Sage meet up as well.