# Amon Saga (1986)

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**Original title**: *アモン・サーガ*
**Runtime**: 80 min
**Genres**: Animation, Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Drama
**Directed by**: Shunji Oga
**Written by**: Noboru Shiroyama
**Starring**: Kenyu Horiuchi, Banjo Ginga, Mugihito, Koji Totani, Yoshino Takamori, Ichiro Nagai

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You step into a warlord’s boots after your mother’s killers vanish toward the Valhissian throne. You enlist in the Emperor’s army hoping to close in, yet crossing the captive Princess Lichia forces a choice between blood and the kingdom she’s bound to save. Oga frames every tilt of the sword as a moral hinge.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, raw

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