is a two-part original video animation

Original video animation

, abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...

 based on the video game series of the same name

Battle Arena Toshinden

is a weapons-based fighting game for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PC in 1994. It was one of the first fighting games to boast polygonal characters in a 3D environment, and it is credited for taking the genre into "true 3-D" due to its introduction of the sidestep maneuver.It was an early killer...

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Plot

One year since Eiji's climactic but unfinished battle with Gaia during the first Battle Arena Toshinden tournament, the original eight participants of the tournament as well as other fighters find themselves targeted by a mysterious organization for sinister purposes, and it becomes up to Eiji to solve the mystery, save his friends, stop the organization and locate his long-lost brother, Sho.

Cast and characters

• Ted Lewis
  Ted Lewis
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   - Eiji
• Chris Yates
  Chris Yates
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   - Sho/Repli/Chaos
• Hideo Seaver
  Hideo Seaver
  Hideo Seaver is an American voice actor. Some of his works would include Kurama in the U.S. Manga Corps dub of Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report, Kayin Amoh in the Battle Arena Toshinden OVA, and Hiroyuki in Hen...
  
   - Kayin
• Debora Rabbai
  Debora Rabbai
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   - Sofia
• Greg Wolfe - Rungo
• Jimmy Zoppi
  Jimmy Zoppi
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   - Fo
• Kim Carrell - Mondo
• Bill Timoney
  Bill Timoney
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   - Duke
• Lisa Ortiz
  Lisa Ortiz
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   - Ellis
• Alfred DeButler - Gaia
• Apollo Smile
  Apollo Smile
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   - Tracy
• Emma Rayda - Uranus

Vermilion makes a brief cameo at the anime's end, preparing to engage Eiji in battle.

Release

In the North America

North America

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 market, Central Park Media

Central Park Media

Central Park Media was an American multimedia entertainment company based in New York City, New York, that was active in the distribution of East Asian cinema, television series, anime, manga and manhwa titles in North America prior to its bankruptcy in 2009...

released the anime on VHS in two versions: an uncut version and a PG-13 version, with the latter omitting the nudity and graphic content of the former. The Region 1 DVD releases are of the uncut version only.