{"product_id":"green-legend-ran-dvd","title":"Green Legend Ran DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe oceans are gone. The rain has stopped. Six massive alien objects — the Rodo — fell from the sky and drove themselves into the Earth, and in doing so drew all the planet's water and vegetation into themselves, leaving the surface a vast, scorching desert. Centuries later, humanity survives in scattered settlements, ruled over by the Rodoist faith: a theocratic military order that worships the Rodo as divine and enforces its doctrine with armed soldiers. The little water and greenery that remains is controlled entirely by the Rodoists. Ran is a hot-tempered young man who has lived his whole life in the desert slums, driven by one goal — find the silver-haired Rodo soldier who killed his mother years ago and take his revenge. His path toward that goal pulls him into the orbit of the Hazard, an armed resistance movement fighting against Rodoist control, and more importantly into the orbit of Aira: a soft-spoken girl with silver hair whose mark — identical to the Rodoist elite — suggests a connection to the alien Rodo that neither she nor anyone else fully understands. The Holy Mother, the spiritual center of the Rodoist order, wants Aira specifically. The reason, once revealed, will determine whether the Earth lives or dies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreen Legend Ran is a three-episode OVA released between 1992 and 1993, directed by Satoshi Saga and produced by AIC. It sits comfortably in the tradition of early 1990s environmentally-themed sci-fi adventure anime — drawing comparisons to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind for its desert-world ecology and to Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water for its visual style and youthful protagonists — and features notably fluid character animation with a distinctive angular design aesthetic that animators Kenji Teraoka and Yoshiharu Shimizu also brought to the Final Fantasy OVA series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased in North America by Pioneer Entertainment on VHS and laserdisc in 1994, and later on DVD in 1998 — one of Pioneer's very first DVD releases, notable as a piece of early anime DVD history.  An edited version of the series also aired on the Sci-Fi Channel's Saturday Anime block in the late 1990s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotable Staff \u0026amp; Voice Talent\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Satoshi Saga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudio:\u003c\/b\u003e AIC (Anime International Company) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese Cast:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Hikaru Midorikawa as Ran\u003cbr\u003e• Kikuko Inoue as Aira (Tenchi Universe, El-Hazard, Battle Skipper, Gate Keepers)\u003cbr\u003e• Takeshi Aono as Hazard Commander (Tenchi Universe, Slayers, DBZ)\u003cbr\u003e• Issei Futamata as additional cast (Urusei Yatsura 2) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnglish Dub Cast:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Jason Gray-Stanford as Ran\u003cbr\u003e• Janyse Jaud as Aira\u003cbr\u003e• Paul Dobson as additional cast (Jin-Roh, Green Legend Ran)\u003cbr\u003e• David Kaye as additional cast\u003cbr\u003e• Michael Dobson as additional cast \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDVD Features\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Bilingual Audio on Single Disc\u003cbr\u003e• Pioneer Entertainment Previews\u003cbr\u003e• Note: Original 1998 Pioneer DVD release contains no menu navigation — one of Pioneer's earliest DVD releases \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpoken Languages:\u003c\/b\u003e English \u0026amp; Japanese Audio, English Subtitles \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition Details\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese Title:\u003c\/b\u003e グリーンレジェンド乱 (Gurīn Rejendo Ran)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuntime:\u003c\/b\u003e ~140 Minutes (Complete OVA, 3 Episodes)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Satoshi Saga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDVD Release Year:\u003c\/b\u003e 1998 (U.S. Release, Pioneer Entertainment — one of their first DVD releases)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Release Date (Japan):\u003c\/b\u003e 1992–1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pioneer Entertainment (Geneon)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRating:\u003c\/b\u003e Unrated\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegion:\u003c\/b\u003e Region 1 (U.S. \/ Canada)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalyptic, Adventure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThemes:\u003c\/b\u003e Alien Invasion, Desert Earth, Theocratic Oppression, Resistance Movement, Environmental Allegory \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedia assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pre-Owned","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42472220819541,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/7673\/7365\/files\/250px-Green_Legend_Ran_DVD_Cover.jpg?v=1778269050","url":"https:\/\/hifilofi.shop\/products\/green-legend-ran-dvd","provider":"HiFi LoFi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}