Nintama Rantarō
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Nintama Rantarō (忍たま乱太郎, "Rantarō the Ninja Boy") is a Japanese anime series produced by Ajia-do Animation Works and Japanese broadcast on NHK since April 10, 1993. It is an adaptation of the manga series Rakudai Ninja Rantarō, written and illustrated by Sōbe Amako. Nintama Rantarō centers on the title character and his friends as they attend a school for budding ninjas. Like the manga on which it is based, there is a considerable amount of anachronisms for comedic purposes; for example, the titular character Rantarō is bespectacled. The anime also references other Japanese media personalities such as Ken Shimura. The series is currently the longest-running anime on NHK. The official English title is Ninjaboy Rantaro.[6]
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Nintama Rantarō | |
忍たま乱太郎 | |
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Genre | Comedy[1] |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Tsutomu Shibayama |
Music by | Kouji Makaino |
Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works |
Original network | NHK G (1993-1994)[2][3] NHK E (1994-present)[4] |
Original run | April 10, 1993 – present |
Episodes | 2,321[5] (List of episodes) |
Anime film | |
Eiga Nintama Rantarō | |
Directed by | Tsuneo Kobayashi Tsutomu Shibayama (Chief director) |
Produced by | Masahiro Okamura |
Written by | Yoshio Urasawa |
Music by | Kouji Makaino |
Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works |
Released | June 29, 1996 |
Runtime | 47 minutes |
Anime film | |
Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantarō Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan | |
Directed by | Masaya Fujimori |
Produced by | Izumi Nakasawa Kiyoshi Hanada |
Written by | Yoshio Urasawa |
Music by | Kouji Makaino |
Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works |
Released | March 12, 2011 |
Runtime | 79 minutes |
Anime film | |
Gekijōban Nintama Rantaro Dokutake Ninjatai Saikyō no Gunshi | |
Directed by | Masaya Fujimori |
Written by | Kazuhisa Sakaguchi |
Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works |
Released | December 2024 |
Anime and manga portal |
In July 2011, a live action film version directed by Takashi Miike titled Ninja Kids!!! was released.[7] A sequel was released on July 6, 2013, called Ninja Kids!!! Summer Mission Impossible! (忍たま乱太郎 夏休み宿題大作戦! の段, Nintama Rantarô Natsuyasumi Shukudai Daisakusen! no Dan).