Ronin Warriors - OVA Volume 1
With Nasté and Jun providing technical and moral support, Ryo, Seiji, Toma,  Shin, and Shu continue their adventures in these 1989 OVA sequels. InGaiden, they're pitted against the sorcerer Shikaisen, who recalls  Lord Arago in the broadcast series. The longerLegend of the Inferno  Armoris set in Africa, where the quintet battles a mysterious warrior  who fights with an outsized boomerang. But two suits of "Inferno Armor" that  possess the warriors for their own purposes are the real villains in this  drawn-out tale. Like the originalRonin Warriors, which aired in the  U.S. in syndication in 1995, the designs, animation, direction, and storytelling  feel very dated. It's difficult to believe these OVAs debuted the same year  asRanma 1/2.Ronin Warriorshas vociferous fans in America,  who constitute the obvious audience for these recycled sagas. (Rated 13 and  older: violence, profanity, alcohol use, ethnic stereotypes)--Charles  Solomon