Spirit Warrior, also known as Peacock King, is a 1988 OVA series based on the manga with the same name written and illustrated by Makoto Ogino. It was serialized and published by Shueisha and Leed from 1985 to 2019, with a total of 45 volumes.
The OVA series was released in Japan from April 29, 1988 to September 21, 1991, consisting of 5 episodes in total. It was announced that Central Park Media would release the OVA series. It was first released in North America with episodes 4 and 5 on DVD on August 12, 2003 and December 2, 2003. Then episodes 1 to 3 were released from February 10, 2004 to June 8, 2004. Then it was released in 1 volume on the same day as the release of episode 3 on June 8, 2004.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
| Kujaku | Toshihiko Seki (eps. 1-3) |
Edward Morrisson Garland | |
| Kōji Tsujitani (eps. 4-5) | |||
| Ashura | Arisa Andō (eps. 1-3) |
Alissa Stein | |
| Miki Itō (eps. 4-5) | |||
| Tarōja Onimaru | Hiroya Ishimaru (ep. 1) |
Michael Schwartz | |
| Tesshō Genda (eps. 2-3) | |||
| Yūsaku Yara (eps. 4-5) | |||
| Secondary Characters | |||
| Huang Haifeng | Kazuhiko Inoue (eps. 1-3) |
Dan Truman | |
| Norio Wakamoto (eps. 4-5) | |||
| Jikū Ajari | Gorō Naya (eps. 1-3) |
Matthew Harrington | |
| Ichirō Nagai (eps. 4-5) | |||
| Nikkō | Akira Kamiya (eps. 1-3) |
Ed Kissel (eps. 1-3) | |
| Ken Yamaguchi (eps. 4-5) |
Chris Orbach (eps. 4-5) | ||
| Tomoko | Noriko Hidaka | ¿? | |
| Tsukuyomi | Miina Tominaga (eps. 1-3) |
Denise Gottwald | |
| Hiromi Tsuru (eps. 4-5) | |||
| Hosso High Priest | Seizō Katō | Martin Epstein | |
| Karl Haushoffer | Unshō Ishizuka | Jon Avner | |
| Recurring Characters | |||
| Nobunaga Oda | Chikao Ōtsuka | Flavio Romeo | |
| Christine Hiba | Keiko Kawamoto | Rachael Lillis | |
| Jikaku | Katsunosuke Hori | ¿? | |
| Yakushi-Daiiō | Osamu Saka | ¿? | |
| Siegfried von Mittgard | Shō Hayami | James Stanley | |
| Kujakuō | Kōji Ishii | ¿? | |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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| OVA 1 | ||||
| Tatsuma Takahara | Norio Wakamoto | Howell Mayer | 1 | |
| Abe-no-Seimei | Ryūji Nakagi | Peter Patrikios | ||
| Hatsuko Ikeda | Maria Kawamura | Stacey Kellie | 2 | |
| Tenshu | Yū Mizushima | J. Robert Spencer | 3 | |
| Saeko Ninomiya | Saeko Shimazu | Trudy Rockwell | ||
| Ayano (Setsuko Ohara) |
Ryōko Kinomiya | Rachael Lillis | ||
| Yomigozen | Yūko Kobayashi | ¿? | ||
| Father Takahata | Kiyoshi Kawakubo | ¿? | ||
| Yami Okamoto | Mari Yokoo | Kate Glass | ||
| Section Chief | Ikuya Sawaki | ¿? | ||
| Rie Sawaguchi | Yuri Shiratori | Michelle Medlin | ||
| Daikaku | Kiyoyuki Yanada | ¿? | ||
| OVA 2 | ||||
| Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino | Rokurō Naya | Flavio Romeo | 4 | |
| Wushang | Takeshi Watabe | ¿? | ||
| Fuzen | Mahito Tsujimura | ¿? | 5 | |
Additional Voices[]
- Allan Gus (ep. 5)
- Gerald Sampson (ep. 5)
- Kevin Wilson
Notes[]
- Ed Kissel replaced Chris Orbach as Nikkō in episodes 1-3.
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Region | Country | |
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2003 | 
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1 NTSC |
United States | 
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| 2004 | |||||
External Links[]
- Spirit Warrior at the Internet Movie Database.
- Spirit Warrior (OVA) on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.