Lord of Lords Ryu Knight: Adeu's Legend (OAV)
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Lord of Lords Ryu Knight: Adeu's Legend II (OAV) (sequel)
Lord of Lords Ryu Knight: Adeu's Legend Final (OAV) (sequel)
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Director: Masashi Ikeda Series Composition: Katsuyuki Sumisawa Screenplay: Episode Director: Music: Original creator: Original Character Design: Takehiko Ito Character Design: Kazuhiro Soeta Animation director: Kazuhiro Soeta Mechanical design: Kazunori Nakazawa | Ai Orikasa as Akiko Yajima as Paffy Pafuricia Eken Mine as Slayer priest Hidetoshi Nakamura as Giltz Hiro Yuuki as Adeu Warsam Ikuya Sawaki as Rouki Juurouta Kosugi as Mizuki Masaru Ikeda as Elight Maya Okamoto as Kirio Mika Doi as Mel Omi Minami as priestess Sakiko Tamagawa as Malto Takehito Koyasu as Takizo Ishino as Legendary Knight Tomohiro Nishimura as Sarutobi | |||||||
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