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Ninku (TV)

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© Koji Kiriyama/Shueisha/Studio Pierrot


Alternative title:
Нинку (Russian)
忍空 (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary:
In the war, a group of warriors called Ninku fought against the Imperial Army and almost anihilated it. But in the end, the Ninku lost and got shattered. After the war, the imperial army established themselves as the defender of the people with the help of propaganda. They also managed to get the people to think the Ninku were the villains and had started the war. Fusuke looks like a child but he is the former captain of the first Ninku division. His mother was taken during the war and after the Ninku were defeated, he goes on a journey to find her. On his journey he meets Aicho and Touji, both also former Ninku captains, and together they fight against the imperial army that tries to kill the last remaining Ninkus.
The ninku is a clan of extinct ninjas who command esoteric and powerful techniques, hence a lot of other groups are constantly trying to steal their techniques to take over the country. Their primary target is Fusuke, a weird looking kid but one of the most powerful Ninku ninja. Fusuke, together with other Ninku ninja with different specialties must fight those threat that caused the downfall of the Ninku clan.
User Ratings: 77 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Excellent: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:3)
 Very good: 18 votes (sub:17, dub:1)
 Good: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:3, ?:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:3, raw:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:5, raw:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Awful: 2 votes (edit.dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 229 users, rank: #3575 (of 9777)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.805 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.1625, rank: #4740 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 6.639 (Good−), rank: #5243 (of 9919) (seen all: 7.64 / seen some: 6.93 / won't finish: 3.75)
Bayesian estimate: 6.760 (Good−), rank: #4431 (of 7496)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 55
Episode titles: We have 55
Vintage: 1995-01 to 1996-02
Opening Theme:
"輝きは君の中に (Kagayaki wa Kimi no Nakani; Radiance is inside of You)" by Yume Suzuki
Ending Theme:
"Soredemo Ashita wa Yatte Kuru" by Yume Suzuki
#2: "Sora-no-namae" by Yume Suzuki
#3: "Sorezoreno Ashitae" by Yume Suzuki
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Series Composition: Hiroshi Hashimoto
Script:
Hiroshi Hashimoto (30 episodes
eps 1-5, 8-10, 14-16, 22-23, 26, 28-29, 31-32, 34, 37, 39-40, 45-46, 48-51, 53-54
)

Ryou Tamura (10 episodes
eps 13, 21, 27, 33, 36, 38, 42, 47, 52, 55
)

Ryu Tamura
Shinzō Fujita (eps 41, 43)
Toshinobu Ooi (ep 44)
Tsutomu Kamishiro (12 episodes
eps 6-7, 11-12, 17-20, 24-25, 30, 35
)

Storyboard:
Akihiro Enomoto (10 episodes
eps 3, 10, 16, 24, 27, 31, 39, 44, 48, 54
)

Genjuro Tachibana (7 episodes
eps 8, 14, 22, 30, 37, 45, 51
)

Hidehito Ueda (ep 18)
Hiroyuki Kanbe (ep 55)
Hitoyuki Matsui (5 episodes
eps 9, 15, 23, 32, 40
)

Junya Koshiba (eps 4, 11, 21)
Kazunori Mizuno (4 episodes
eps 19, 26, 38, 49
)

Masami Shimoda (eps 6, 12, 20)
Masatsugu Arakawa (ep 28)
Masayoshi Nishida (eps 35, 43)
Masayuki Yoshihara (ep 41)
Mitsuo Hashimoto (ep 2)
Motosuke Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 5, 17, 25, 33, 42, 52
)

Noriyuki Abe (9 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 29, 34, 36, 47, 49-50
)

Shigehito Takayanagi (4 episodes
eps 36, 46-47, 53
)

Yorifusa Yamaguchi (ep 55)
Episode Director:
Akiyuki Simbo (eps 33, 41)
Genjuro Tachibana (7 episodes
eps 8, 14, 22, 30, 37, 45, 51
)

Hitoyuki Matsui (7 episodes
eps 9, 15, 23, 32, 40, 47, 54
)

Junya Koshiba (4 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11, 16
)

Kazunori Mizuno (11 episodes
eps 5, 19, 21, 25-26, 31, 38-39, 44, 49, 52
)

Kazuo Nogami (4 episodes
eps 18, 28, 35, 43
)

Masami Shimoda (6 episodes
eps 6, 12, 17, 20, 27, 34
)

Mitsuo Hashimoto (ep 2)
Noriyuki Abe (6 episodes
eps 1, 13, 24, 29, 36, 50
)

Shigehito Takayanagi (5 episodes
eps 29, 36, 42, 46, 53
)

Shigeru Ueda (eps 3, 10)
Yorifusa Yamaguchi (eps 48, 55)
Music:
Yusuke Honma
Original creator: Koji Kiriyama
Art Director: Yūji Ikeda
Art: Hitoshi Nagasaki (ep 1)
Animation Director:
Akihiro Enomoto (10 episodes
eps , 3, 10, 16, 24, 27, 31, 39, 48, 54
)

Atsuko Inoue (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 12, 44
)

Atsushi Wakabayashi (ep 29)
Fumihide Sai (6 episodes
eps 14, 22, 30, 37, 45, 51
)

Hiroyuki Kanbe (8 episodes
eps 13, 21, 26, 36, 40, 46, 49, 55
)

Kazunobu Hoshi (eps 2, 8)
Masayoshi Nishida (4 episodes
eps 18, 28, 35, 43
)

Masayuki Yoshihara (ep 41)
Michinori Chiba (9 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 19, 23, 34, 38, 47, 53
)

Motosuke Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 5, 17, 25, 33, 42, 52
)

Ryō Tanaka (eps 20, 32)
Tetsuya Nishio (eps 7, 15, 50)
Sound Director: Kan Mizumoto
Director of Photography: Toshiyuki Fukushima
Producer:
Ken Hagino (Pierrot)
Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV)
Kyōtarō Kimura (Yomiuri)

Animation: Kazunori Mizuno
Background Art:
Hitoshi Nagasaki (Studio Wyeth; eps 40-41)
Norihiko Yokomatsu (Studio Wyeth; 27 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7-8, 12-13, 15, 17, 19-21, 23-31 odd, 38, 41-42, 44, 46, 48-51, 54-55
)

Rieko Ohiwa (Studio Wyeth; 10 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 26, 45, 52
)

Ending Animation: Kazunori Mizuno
Key Animation:
Atsushi Wakabayashi (eps 29, 50)
Hidetsugu Itō (8 episodes
eps 29, 34, 39, 41, 47, 50, 54-55
)

Hiroyoshi Iida (Anime TroTro; 16 episodes
eps 3, 9, 11, 15, 20, 23, 28, 32, 35, 38, 41, 43-44, 48-49, 55
)

Junji Kobayashi (eps 18, 35)
Kanji Nishida (10 episodes
eps 4, 10-11, 14, 19, 24, 29, 36, 41, 50
)

Kou Yoshinari (4 episodes
eps 12, 22, 30, 45
)

Kyūma Ōshita (eps 35, 43)
Michinori Chiba (5 episodes
eps 10, 20, 26, 49, 55
)

Naoya Ogawa (ep 5)
Naoyuki Konno (4 episodes
eps 30, 37, 45, 51
)

Nobutake Ito (5 episodes
eps 44, 48, 50, 54-55
)

Norio Matsumoto (ep 2)
Shingo Suzuki (eps 22, 30, 45)
Shinji Satō (15 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21-22, 24, 30, 32, 36-37, 40, 45, 47, 51, 54
)

Tatsuya Oishi (7 episodes
eps 4, 9, 11, 16, 21, 24, 31
)

Tetsuya Nishio (OP, ED; 4 episodes
eps 13, 41, 48, 50
)

Tokuyuki Matsutake (ep 2)
Yoh Yoshinari (2 episodes
eps 14 uncredited, 22
)

Opening Animation: Tetsuya Nishio
Planning: Minoru Ohno
Production: Yūji Nunokawa (Pierrot)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Akira Inoue (OP)
Masao Kuzuba (ED1)
Tatsuya Nishiwaki (ED3)
Theme Song Composition:
Takayuki Yamaishi (OP)
Yume Suzuki (ED1-2)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Akiko Nakajima (OP)
Hiroshi Yamada (ED2)
Yume Suzuki (ED1-3)
Theme Song Performance: Yume Suzuki
Rica Matsumoto as Fusuke Ninku

Jūrōta Kosugi as Touji Ninku
Mitsuaki Madono as Aichou Ninku

Akemi Okamura as Mika (ep 1)
Akiko Hiramatsu as Mekira Ninku
Akio Ōtsuka as Shigure Ninku
Akira Ishida as
Matsuo (ep 2)
Sekirai Ninku
Atsuko Tanaka as
Akemi (eps 24-25)
Noriko (ep 35)
Atsushi Ishida as
Bounty Hunter (eps 24-25)
Butcher (ep 53)
Ninja Wolf (eps 18-19)
Soldier (ep 6)
Villain B (ep 55)
Wataru's Father (ep 31)
Ayumi Kida as
Tsumami (ep 30)
Yoshio (eps 4-5)
Chafūrin as Ken (ep 52)
Eiji Itō as
Clown (ep 53)
Gate Inspector (ep 45)
General (ep 32)
Imperial Commander (ep 16)
Thug (ep 1)
Villain C (ep 55)
Young Man (ep 54)
Eiji Sekiguchi as Kenji (ep 54)
Eken Mine as
Gennai (ep 26)
Old Man (ep 1)
Fumio Matsuoka as Alec's Caretaker (eps 36-37)
Hajime Koseki as Nakao (ep 40)
Hidenari Ugaki as
Soldier (ep 6)
Villager (ep 1)
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Soukan (eps 36-37)
Hiroaki Hirata as Kota (ep 14)
Hiroshi Masuoka as Husband (ep 1)
Hisako Kyouda as Umechiyo (eps 23, 32)
Ikuya Sawaki as Fuujin (ep 15)
Issei Futamata as
Seiji (ep 52)
Shirata (ep 13)
Toraji (ep 43)
Jin Yamanoi as
Bad Guy A (ep 53)
Bounty Hunter (ep 24)
Kenzan (ep 54)
Shikama Member (ep 43)
Katsuhisa Hōki as
Army Officer (ep 31)
K.K. Farmer (ep 8)
Katsumi Suzuki as Hiroyuki Ninku
Kazuhiro Nakata as Suzaku
Kazuo Oka as Seikichi's Father (ep 14)
Keitaro Kinmuro as
Bad Guy C (ep 53)
Movie Staff (ep 55)
Ken Shiroyama as Hotel Clerk (ep 13)
Kenichi Ogata as
Chairman (ep 52)
Chief (ep 52)
Kenyuu Horiuchi as
Kotaro (ep 40)
Ninkuurou Leader (eps 17-18)
Kōichi Kitamura as Gauni
Kouji Tsujitani as Reiji (eps 24-25)
Kumiko Takizawa as
Sansui Ninku
Wife (ep 1)
Kumiko Watanabe as Yuuta (ep 55)
Kyōko Hikami as
Female Acrobat (ep 53)
Misato (eps 38-39)
Yuka (ep 8)
Makoto Tsumura as Cult Leader (ep 43)
Mari Maruta as Yuuji (ep 30)
Masako Isobe as Old Woman (ep 43)
Masami Kikuchi as Takeshi (ep 2)
Masashi Hirose as Tatsumi (ep 1)
Megumi Hayashibara as Rihoko Ninku
Mika Doi as Sayaka (eps 9-10)
Mika Kanai as Natsuko (eps 4-5)
Minami Takayama as
Chuuta (ep 43)
Oozora (ep 15)
Minoru Inaba as
Byakko
Cameron (ep 54)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as
Keyes (ep 45)
Restaurant Owner (ep 51)
Mitsuo Senda as
Aoyagi (ep 51)
Lee (ep 2)
Mitsuru Miyamoto as
Adjutant of the Ninku Guards
Lamuda
Mizuka Arima as Seikichi's Mother (ep 14)
Nobuaki Fukuda as
Hanbei (ep 41)
Leader of the Ninku Guards
Nozomu Sasaki as Aokichi (ep 14)
Reiko Kondō as Wataru (ep 31)
Reiko Suzuki as
Miyo (ep 26)
Old Woman (ep 48)
Rica Fukami as Haruka (ep 15)
Rica Matsumoto as
Frog (ep 26)
Kukku (ep 20)
Pup (ep 46)
Rokurō Naya as Director (ep 55)
Sanae Miyuki as Wataru's Mother (ep 31)
Seiko Fujiki as
Aiida Ninku
Mika (eps 9-10)
Shigeru Ushiyama as Maki (eps 9-10)
Shinobu Satou as
Emi (eps 9-10)
Reira Ninku
Shinya Ohtaki as
Aide (ep 24)
Escort Captain (ep 36)
Farmer (ep 31)
Imperial Captain (ep 20)
Mamoru's Comrade (ep 13)
Momokawa (ep 51)
Naration
Quiz Director (ep 45)
Taro (ep 53)
Villain A (ep 55)
Yakuza Boss (ep 54)
Tadashi Nakamura as Gentaro (ep 35)
Taimei Suzuki as Ringmaster (ep 53)
Takashi Nagasako as
Bad Guy B (ep 53)
Gate Inspector (ep 45)
Hotel Sabuy Guard (ep 54)
Raiden (ep 21)
Takashi Taniguchi as Kouchin Ninku
Takeshi Kusao as Kirin / Hamaji (eps 18-19)
Takeshi Watabe as
Imperial Captain (ep 3)
Mayor (eps 24-25)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Ajirada Ninku
Tōru Ohkawa as
Aide (ep 24)
Juubei (ep 41)
Koji (ep 35)
Shinobu (ep 8)
Tarantino (ep 54)
Toshihiko Seki as Mamoru (ep 13)
Toshiko Maeda as Mother (eps 4-5)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shuri (ep 8)
Tsutomu Takayama as Umeda (ep 2)
Urara Takano as Ushio (ep 20)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Basara Ninku
Yasuo Muramatsu as
Inn Owner (ep 3)
Seishi Ninku
Yōko Soumi as
Kiyoko (ep 30)
Lucia (eps 32-33)
Yoshiko Kamei as
Alec Eli Toho (eps 36-37)
Kenta (ep 30)
Yoshiko Okamoto as
Bar Hostess (ep 32)
Flower Shop Owner (ep 41)
Townslady (ep 53)
Woman (ep 26)
Yōsuke Naka as Old Man (ep 16)
Yousuke Akimoto as Midorikawa (ep 51)
Yuki Masuda as Child (ep 41)
Yūko Mizutani as Midori (ep 13)
Yuri Amano as
Lilly (eps 32, 37)
Riritosara Ninku
Sarah (ep 32)
Yuri Satō as Bank Hostess (ep 52)
Yuzuru Fujimoto as
Akadama (ep 51)
Bartender (ep 35)
Funboruto Ninku
Hum Boldt
Old Baron (ep 31)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Pierrot
Broadcaster: AXN Asia
Editing: Falcon, Inc.
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Key Animation:
Anime Torotoro (16 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12-13, 19, 21, 23, 26-27, 34, 38, 40, 45, 48, 50, 53
)

Studio Griffon (ep 2)
Photography: Takahashi Production
Recording Studio: Seion Studio
Sound Production: Zack Promotion
Video Editing: Tokyo Video Laboratory
English staff
English companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
English cast
(none)

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