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Ninja Slayer (2012)

Ninja Slayer poster
Genre
science fiction
Country
Japan

How it feels

A man becomes a cyborg ninja bent on revenge against a ninja clan in a dystopian city. It is based on a novel series and features over-the-top action and cyberpunk aesthetics.

violentfast-pacedcyberpunkstylizeddarkly comicaction-heavypulp-like

What happens

Ninja Slayer (Japanese: ニンジャスレイヤー, Hepburn: Ninja Sureiyā) is a novel series styled as a work by American authors Bradley Bond and Philip "Ninj@" Morzez, who have authorized Honda Yu and Sugi Leika to translate it into Japanese. Enterbrain published the first Japanese version in September 2012, with illustrations by Warainaku. Sixteen novels have been released as of June 2016. It has received three manga adaptations. An ONA adaptation was produced by Trigger and directed by Akira Amemiya which aired from April to October 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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