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[[wp:ja:ONIシリーズ|A classic RPG series]] created by Pandora Box, and once popular in Japan, depicted transforming heroes with beast forms. Hover over | [[wp:ja:ONIシリーズ|A classic RPG series]] created by Pandora Box, and once popular in Japan, depicted transforming heroes with beast forms. The series is primarily identified by its use of the [[wp:Romanization of Japanese|romanized]] "ONI" rather than the kanji 鬼. Hover over any text below with dotted underlining for a best-effort English translation. | ||
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The one game that actually released for PlayStation came out in 2001 and was called ONI Zero ~Resurrection~; thankfully it wasn't for the PS2, which might have been confusing since | The one game that actually released for PlayStation came out in 2001 and was called ONI Zero ~Resurrection~; thankfully it wasn't for the PS2, which might have been confusing since [[:Image:Mac (JP) box art - front.jpg|Oni's Japanese box]] used a romanized "ONI" too. A 1995 arcade fighting game loosely based in the same universe was called Oni: The Ninja Master. Despite the game's subtitle already being in katakana-ized English, it was released in the Western world with the inscrutable name [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/metamoqester/ Metamoqester]. | ||
Also in 1995, the game universe was the basis for an anime OVA called [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5374 Touma Kishinden Oni] | Also in 1995, the game universe was the basis for an anime OVA called [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5374 Touma Kishinden Oni] ({{H|Tale of the Fighting Demon Demon God ONI|闘魔鬼神伝ONI|dotted=yes}}) consisting of 25 10-minute episodes released on five discs. Incredibly obscure and hard to find, the opening can be seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi7ZZYCC4Qg here]. It's about a young warrior who has to come to terms with his inhuman nature and ability to transform into an "oni". | ||
==Halo's ONI== | ==Halo's ONI== | ||