Nintama Rantarō


Nintama Rantarō is a Japanese anime series produced by Ajia-do Animation Works and 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 are 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 and the second longest-running anime series of all time. The official English title is Ninjaboy Rantaro.
In July 2011, a live action film version directed by Takashi Miike titled Ninja Kids!!! was released.

Cast

First Year Ha Class

; Rantarō Inadera
; Kirimaru Settsuno
; Shinbee Fukutomi
; Shouzaemon Kuroki
; Isuke Ninokuruwa
; Danzou Katou
; Torawaka Satake
; Sanjirō Yumesaki
; Heidayū Sasayama
; Kingo Minamoto
; Kisanta Yamamura

First Year I Class

; Denshichi Kurokado
; Sakichi Ningyou
; Hikoshirou Imafuku
; Ippei Kaminoshima

First Year Ro Class

; Fushikizou Tsurumachi
; Ayakashimaru Ninotsubo
; Heita Shimosakabe
; Magojirō Hatsushima

Second Year

; Saburōji Ikeda
; Sakon Kawanishi
; Kyūsaku Nose
; Shirobei Tokitomo

Third Year

; Magohei Igasaki
; Samon Kanzaki
; Sannosuke Tsugiya
; Sakubei Tomatsu
; Tounai Urakaze
; Kazuma Santanda

Fourth Year

; Takiyashamaru Tairano
; Kihachirō Ayabe
; Mikiemon Tamura
; Shuichirō Hama
; Takamaru Saitō

Fifth Year

; Heisuke Kukuchi
; Kanemon Ohama
; Raizō Fuwa
; Saburō Hachiya
; Hachizaemon Takeya

Sixth Year

; Monjirō Shioe
; Senzō Tachibana
; Chōji Nakazaike
; Koheita Nanamatsu
; Tomesaburō Kema
; Isaku Zenpōji

Kunoichi Class

; Yuki
; Tomomi
; Shige

Staff

; Denzō Yamada
; Hansuke Doi
; Headmaster
; Hemu-Hemu
; Shina Yamamoto
; Mess Hall Lady
; Shinzaemon Tobe
; Natsunojō Andō
; Shuusaku Komatsuda

Tasogaredoki Castle

; Konnamon Zatto
; Sonnamon Moroizumi
; Jinnai Yamamoto
; Jinnaizaemon Kōsaka
; Osaretsu Oshitsu

Dokutake Castle

; Happōsai Hieta
; Ōkinakurinokinoshita Anata
; Captain Tatsumaki
Dokutama
; Rantarō's Mother
; Kameko Fukutomi
; Rikichi Yamada
; Dai-San-Kyōeimaru Hyōgo
; Makinosuke Hanabusa

Music

  1. "Yūki 100%" by Hikaru Genji
  2. "Yūki 100%" by Hikaru Genji Super 5
  3. "Yūki 100% " by Ya-Ya-Yah
  4. "Yūki 100% " by Hey! Say! JUMP
  5. "Yūki 100% " by NYC
  6. "Yūki 100% " by Sexy Zone
  7. "Yūki 100% " by Junior Boys
  1. "Dancing Junk " by Super Monkey's
  2. "Don't Mind Namida " by Hikaru Genji Super 5
  3. "Shaking Night" by Hikaru Genji Super 5
  4. "Shihou Happou Hijideppou"
  5. "0-Ten Champion " by Junich&JJr
  6. "Owara Nai School Days " by Junich&JJr
  7. "Kō Shichai Rare Nai " by Junich&JJr
  8. "Nin-Nin Nintama Ondo " by SAY S
  9. "Itsu Datte " by Emiri Nakayama
  10. "Hemu-Hemu Waltz " by Hemu-Hemu
  11. "Tamae Kaki Uta Shinbe We no dan " by Yuko Bracken
  12. "Memory and Melody" by SPLASH
  13. "Ai ga Ichiban " by Sayuri Ishikawa
  14. "Shihou Happou Hijideppou " by Mayumi Hunaki
  15. "Sekai ga Hitotsu ni Naru Made " by Ya-Ya-Yah
  16. "Kaze " by Aya Ueto
  17. "Oh!ENKA " by Kanjani8
  18. "Ai ni Mukatte " by Kanjani8
  19. "Yume Iro " by Hey! Say! JUMP
  20. "Yume no Tane " by NYC
  21. "Kaze wo Kitte " by Sexy Zone
  22. "Matta Nante na Shi! " by Sexy Zone
  23. "3-byou Waratte " by Junior Boys

    Episodes

A total of 25 series have been broadcast with each season containing a different number of episodes. Every episode title ends with the phrase no dan. In 2012, special episodes were broadcast to mark the show's 20th anniversary as well as the 15th anniversary of Ojarumaru, the show broadcast in the slot before Nintama Rantarō. Currently, a total of 2,061 episodes have been broadcast as of September 2019.

Films

A total of two films based on the series have been released in Japan. The first film, Eiga Nintama Rantarō, was released by Shochiku on June 29, 1996. The second film, Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantarō Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan, was released by Warner Bros. Japan on March 12, 2011.
In July 2011, a live action film version directed by Takashi Miike titled Ninja Kids!!! was released. The rights to produce an American version of the film were in negotiations in 2011.

Video games

Various video games were released, starting in 1995. Most of them were published by Culture Brain.