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NG Knight Lamune & 40

TV series
1990–1991
1 season
Animation

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Baba Lamune, a 4th grader, is pulled into another world after he beats a video game he bought from a street peddler. He arrives in Hara-Hara to discover he's destined to save the world from the evil Don Harumage, with the help of the Guardian Knights, free-thinking robots. The writing is heavy with word-play; even the characters are named after popular Japanese drinks. It has 4 sequels, including 3 OVA, named "[NG or VS] Knight Lamune & 40"

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NG Knight Ramune & 40 (NG騎士ラムネ&40, Enujī Naito Ramune to Fōtī) is a Japanese anime television series of 1990. It was one of the Ramune group of television shows and OVAs, and the "NG" in the title stands for "new generation". In all there were 3 OVA series (NG Knight Ramune & 40 EX, NG Knight Ramune & 40 DX, VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fresh) and a sequel anime television series (VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fire). The original concept for the show was developed by Takehiko Ito, much of the story was written by Takao Koyama and Satoru Akahori (collectively credited as Brother Noppo), and the mecha design was done by Rei Nakahara. All anime and OVA in the series were produced by Starchild Records, and the show was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 6, 1990, to January 4, 1991. On December 12, 2019, it was announced that Discotek Media has acquired license for North America. This include the anime, and the OVAs. The anime and the OVAs has been made available for streaming on Crunchyroll for North American viewers.

The main storyline of the series involves a boy named Ramune Baba who is sucked into the video game "King Sccasher". Ramune is a blood relative of the hero "Ramuness", and in the program he is destined to save the world from the evil Don Harumage. "Ramune" is the name of a popular, lemon-flavored Japanese carbonated drink, and most character names in the series are based on drinks, such as the character Milk. The name "Scassher" is based on the name of a competitor to Ramune, namely "Lemon Squash", a drink not franchised in America whose name is based on that of "Orange Crush", which is. This show is not related to the anime series Ramune of 2005.

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