#samurai troopers

[samurai-skittle-squad]

Been having fun with making little sprites in Aseprite! (Yes I'm doing all the Masho, I included Shuten this time to keep them all the same size since social media loves to mess with gifs like these.)

[laboitediabolique]

Artwork for back cover of the soundtrack album "Yoroiden Samurai Trooper: The Legend of Emperor Kikou", King Records, 1989. Artwork by Miku Ukai. Scanned from my personal collection.

[sapplejack]

Little Naaza with his snake buddy.

[ng-scanlations]

Pages from the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers 30th Anniversary Art Book (2021).

Some pages of character and armor designs for the series/OVAs, including a map showing the places the Ronin Warriors had to travel to.

[jellybeepin]

Just some little guys! (Keychain preorders anyone?)

[taliquest]

Shuu: I think we're gonna have to kill this guy, Shin.

Shin: (dryly, yari materializing in his hand) What a shame.

[yanchamisc]

Yoroiden Samurai Troopers poster from the August 2011 issue of Animage.

[kosmicpowers]

Imagine being Ryo's dad and knowing a tiger did an infinitely better job of raising and protecting your son than you ever could.

[superwavesmasher]

[samuraireflections]

It's that time of the year again!

All through June, we have our yearly "art" challenge. The goal is to focus on creating YST/RW fanarts through the month. Originally, it was a challenge to draw one piece of fanart every day for all of June. Now, it's expanded to any kind of fan project you want to do and the amount of production is up to you.

Daily word count on a fic? One full colored piece of fanart every week? Whatever works for you and your schedule.

You can post your works here on Tumblr or we also have a channel on the Discord where you can post as well.

Have fun! Do what you want!

[samurai-skittle-squad]

Masho and Kayura set! I'm still going too, so if you like these there will be more!

[roninversary-brawl]

This Year's Top Three Characters!

Stay tuned for the next tornament in August - and also check out Fanart Friday and Fan Character Feature!

You can also submit a Fan Character for feature here, or send us an Ask with your tournament ideas!

Thanks everyone for voting, and congrats to our Top Three!

[sapplejack]

It's Lady Kayura! Would've liked to see how she led the Masho after Arago's defeat. Probably like an exasperated mom telling her sons to stop arguing.

[iwithadee]

Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Art Book - Perfection

Front Dust Cover

Front Cover

Page 1

Pages 2-3

Pages 4-5

Page 6

Page 7

Pages 8-9

Page 10

Page 11

[retrosofa]

There's gonna be a Ronin Warriors pop-up shop at Kita-Senju Marui next month! I'm adding it to my Japan itinerary because I'd love to get some Kento merch.

[taliquest]

Bandai: Hmm yeah. The Sailor Moon Crystal figure we made ten years ago didn't sell all that great so we're just never going to make new ones again or even finish the team. Enjoy a rerelease of the recolors of the heavily dated ones we also made nearly 15 years ago, minus a few accessories here and there, oh and we aren't rereleasing Tuxedo Mask. And don't ever ask about the villains, you know we don't do villains unless it's Dragon Ball.

Sentinel: Dang, you folks really ate up those Samurai Troopers figures, huh? Alright, well, here, we're making Shuten Douji, and we're including the spear he used all of twice as well as the staff, AND we're also committing to the other Masho as well. You've only been waiting for 30 years for new toys of those guys, right?