VS Knight Lamune & 40

VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fire (ＶＳ騎士ラムネ＆４０炎, Basaasu Naito Ramune & 40 Fuaia) is a Japanese original video animation series that follows the adventures of Cacao and Parfait, holy virgins, in their search and rescue mission of the 4th Warrior Ramunes, given to them by the apparent head of their religious order, Master Follower. They are joined in these adventures by Lemon, a twelve-year-old girl, and PQ, a hand-sized blob with a face that is an expert on spiritual topics. The OVA is known as VS Knight Lamune and 40 Fresh (VS騎士ラムネ&40FRESH) in Japan, and is a sequel to VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fire, an anime television series; it was released in the U.S. by Software Sculptors and Central Park Media.

Overview
Ashi Production once produced "NG Knight Ramune & 40" as a TV animation (April 6, 1990 - January 4, 1991), but since then it has been developed in various forms such as OVA, radio drama, and novels. This work will be the first new TV version in six years, and the series composition will continue to be handled by Satoru Akahori.

The main character of the previous work, Ramune Baba (2nd generation Ramnes), and the heroine of the previous work, Arara Milk's son "Baba Ramunedo", become "3rd generation Ramnes" and adventure. Tsuyoshi Kusao also played the role of Ramune, following the role of Ramune. In addition, it inherits many of the worldviews and characters from the previous work. Among them, "Da Cider" played by Kazuki Yao and "Heavy Metallica" played by TARAKO have appeared as main characters in this work as well.

Like the previous work, it is basically a bright style, but the final chapter turned into a serious development.

In 2009, the DVDBOX was released as a first-time limited production. After that, sales of single DVDs also started.

VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire
Baba Ramunade III is followed home by two strange peddler girls who give him a CD-rom game. After he beats "The Legend of Ramuness", the girls come out of his computer and bring him to DokiDoki Space. He is the third descendant of the hero Ramuness who must stop Don Genosai from resurrecting the great evil Abraham. Accompanied by PQ, his advisor robot, and Parfait and Cacao, he must pilot the Kaiser Fire mecha. However, he needs another pilot, and Da Cider is chosen as the second pilot.

VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fresh
To save the galaxy from impending doom, Cacao and Parfait are sent on a mission through time and space to retrieve the Fourth Warrior, Lamunes.

Unfortunately, Cacao and Parfait discover Lamunes at the helm of the marauding Giga Genos invasion fleet. World by world, Lamunes is determined to bring the entire galaxy under his tyrannical heel. With the help of a plicky orphan, it's up to Cacao and Parfait to stop Lamunes from taking over the world.

List of Published Books
A five-volume manga by Mine Yoshizaki based on the series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's, Monthly Shonen Ace magazine from June 1996 to July 1998.


 * 1) Released date July 4, 1996 - ISBN 978-4047131446
 * 2) Released date December 6, 1996 - ISBN 978-4047131682
 * 3) Released date July 10, 1997 - ISBN 978-4047131873
 * 4) Released date January 16, 1998 - ISBN 978-4047132061
 * 5) Released date August 3, 1998 - ISBN 978-4047132290

TV Anime
The show lasted for 26 episodes, and its story follows the adventures of Baba Ramunade III, the son of Baba Ramune II (the protagonist of NG Knight Lamune & 40).

Staff

 * Comicalization - Yoshizaki Kannon (Kadokawa Shoten "Monthly Shonen Ace" serialization)
 * Planning - Toshihiko Sato
 * General Director - Hiroshi Negishi
 * Original Draft/Series Composition - Satoru Akahori
 * Series Composition Supplement - Masaharu Amiya
 * Literary Setting - Masanobu Arakawa
 * Screenplay Cooperation - Buraza Appo
 * Chief Director - Yoshitaka Fujimoto
 * Character Design - Tsukasa Kotobuki
 * Animation Character Design - Kazuya Kuroda (Zero G Room)
 * Character Design Works - Seiji Kishimoto
 * Main Mechanic Design - Yoshinori Sayama
 * Mechanic Design Works - Hiroshi Ogawa
 * Main Mechanic Animator - Koji Ito
 * Color Design - Michiaki Nakano
 * Art Director - Toshihisa Koyama
 * Cinematographer - Mitsuru Sugiura
 * Chief Editor - Jun Taguma
 * Acoustic Director - Hideyuki Tanaka
 * Music - Akira Odawara, Akira Nishizawa, Shinkichi Mitsumune (episode 8-)
 * Music Producer - Yuji Ozeki (Gabby Office)
 * Music Cooperation - TV Tokyo Music
 * Producer - Manabu Shandong
 * Setting production - Shigeki Hatakeyama
 * Producers - Noriko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo), Ritsushi Yamazaki (ASATSU), Akiyoshi Sakai (Ashi Production)
 * Production - TV Tokyo, ASATSU, Ashi Production

OVA
A sequel OVA was created called VS Knight Lamune & 40 FRESH (ＶＳ騎士ラムネ＆４０ＦＲＥＳＨ, Bāsasu Naito Ramune ando Fōtī Furesshu) which follows the adventures of Cacao and Parfait, holy virgins, in their search and rescue mission of the 4th Warrior Ramunes, given to them by the apparent head of their religious order, Master Follower. The anime was licensed in North America by Discotek Media on December 2, 2019, and can be watched on Crunchyroll.

Staff (OVA)

 * Planning: Toshihiko Sato
 * Original: Ashi Pro Planning Office
 * Original Plan / Series Composition: Satoru Akahori
 * Director: Fujimoto Yoshitaka
 * Screenplay: Katsumi Hasegawa
 * Character Design/Total Drawing Director: Osamu Horiuchi
 * Main mechanical design: Yoshinori Sayama
 * Mechanical design: Hiroshi Ogawa
 * Producer: Hiroshi Kato
 * Animation Mechanic Design: Seiji Kishimoto
 * Color Design: Satoko Asai
 * Art Director: Osamu Honda
 * Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Konishi
 * Editing: Jun Taguma
 * Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
 * Music: Yo Imaizumi
 * Production: Ashi Production

『VS Knight Ramune & 40 FRESH』 is an OVA series created in 1997 as a sequel. Directed by Yoshitaka Fujimoto. The OAV is known as VS Knight Ramune and 40 Fresh (VS騎士ラムネ&40FRESH) in Japan, and is a sequel to VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fire, an anime television series; it was released in the U.S. by Software Sculptors and Central Park Media.

In addition, Takeshi Kusao, who played the role of the main character in "NG" and the previous work, plays the villain / fake Ramness "Rumfard Orisis" and the key person in the story, "Legendary Knight" in this work.

After the release of Vol.6 in November, the sequel OVA series 『VS Knight Lamune & 40 FRESH LEMON』(Versus Night Ramune and Forty Fresh Lemon) was planned to be released, but it was actually a false notice of undecided production. As a result, the Ramune & 40 series was discontinued with this work.

Video Game
The main mecha of the series, Kaiser Fire, was featured in the 2011 video game Another Century's Episode Portable and noted as being the only true super robot in the otherwise real robot cast. Kaiser Fire was also featured in the 2015 mobile game Super Robot Wars X-Ω" as part of a limited-time event.