Ninja Cadets (1996)

Original title

Ninja者

Directed by

Eiji Suganuma

Genre

comedy film, comedy television program

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of trainee ninjas in feudal Japan gets into all sorts of slapstick mishaps. They face magical creatures and sword fights while trying to learn the ninja way.

sillyfast-pacedphysical comedyplayfullightheartedchaoticnostalgic

What happens

Ninja Cadets, known in Japan as Ninja Mono (Ninja者), is a two-episode original video animation (OVA) anime series produced by AIC and Youmex and created by Eiji Suganuma, who also directed, storyboarded it and designed the characters. It is a comedy about a group of ninja-in-training in feudal Japan. Ninja Cadets was released in two episodes from March 27 to June 12, 1996. It has the distinction of being the first anime DVD ever released. The series is licensed in the United States by Media Blasters under its AnimeWorks label. It is the first English anime dub ever produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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