Yūsha Yoshihiko
| Yūsha Yoshihiko | |
|---|---|
| 勇者ヨシヒコ | |
| Genre | Comedy, Fantasy, Parody |
| Written by | Yūichi Fukuda |
| Directed by | Yūichi Fukuda |
| Starring |
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| Opening theme | Season1 Mihimaru GT "Evo Revolution" Season2 Straightener "From Noon Till Dawn" (feat.TabuZombie&KunikazuTanaka) Season3 JAM Project "The Brave" |
| Ending theme | Season1 Tee "Aishi Tsuzukeru Kara" Season2 Moumoon "Doko e mo ikanai yo" Season3 7!! "Kimi ga irunara" |
| Composer | Eishi Segawa |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 40 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Release | July 9, 2011 – December 2016 |
Yūsha Yoshihiko to Maō no Shiro (勇者ヨシヒコと魔王の城; lit. 'The Hero Yoshihiko and the Demon King's Castle') is a 2011 Japanese television parody comedy about Yoshihiko, an inept hero who sets out to find the cure to a plague, but ends up fighting a larger evil. Yoshihiko is guided by a comedic Buddha, and accompanied by an incompetent wizard, a woman who wants to kill Yoshihiko because she thinks he killed her father, and a warrior who will kill Yoshihiko as soon as the warrior finishes telling Yoshihiko his stories. Yūsha Yoshihiko is heavily influenced by the RPG game series Dragon Quest, with Yoshihiko's outfit and most of the monsters being directly lifted from the series. It also contains references to other fantasy series and comedies, such as Monty Python.
The second season Yūsha Yoshihiko to Akuryou no Kagi (勇者ヨシヒコと悪霊の鍵; lit. 'The Hero Yoshihiko and the Key of the Evil Spirit') was broadcast in 2012. The third season Yūsha Yoshihiko to Michibikareshi Shichinin (勇者ヨシヒコと導かれし七人; lit. 'The Hero Yoshihiko and the Seven Chosen Ones') was broadcast in 2016.