Ninja Slayer
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| Ninja Slayer | |
![]() Cover of the eleventh novel in the series | |
| ニンジャスレイヤー (Ninja Sureiyā) | |
|---|---|
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Bradley Bond, Philip Ninj@ Morzez |
| Illustrated by | Warainaku |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| Original run | September 29, 2012 – present |
| Volumes | 20 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Bradley Bond, Philip Ninj@ Morzez, Yoshiaki Tabata |
| Illustrated by | Yūki Yogo |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Comp Ace |
| Original run | June 27, 2013 – December 8, 2017 |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Manga | |
| Ninja Slayer: Glamorous Killers | |
| Written by | Bradley Bond, Philip Ninj@ Morzez |
| Illustrated by | Ageha Saotome |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| Magazine | B's-Log Comic |
| Original run | July 2, 2013 – 2015 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| Ninja Slayer Kills | |
| Written by | Bradley Bond, Philip Ninj@ Morzez |
| Illustrated by | Kōtarō Sekine |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Suiyōbi no Sirius |
| Original run | January 22, 2014 – December 28, 2016 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Original net animation | |
| Ninja Slayer From Animation | |
| Directed by | Akira Amemiya |
| Written by | Akira Amemiya Yu Sato |
| Music by | Kenji Fujisawa Hiroshi Motofuji |
| Studio | Trigger |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | April 16, 2015 – October 8, 2015 |
| Runtime | 15 minutes (per episode) |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Manga | |
| Ninja Slayer: Kyoto Hell On Earth | |
| Written by | Bradley Bond, Philip Ninj@ Morzez, Yoshiaki Tabata |
| Illustrated by | Yūki Yogo |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Comp Ace |
| Original run | April 19, 2018 – present |
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.[1]
While the creators publicly attribute the work to the two American authors, reporters consider it to be a Japanese work pretending to be a translation.[2][3][4]
Plot
The story takes place in the cyberpunk metropolis of Neo-Saitama. After his wife and child are killed in a ninja turf war, salaryman Kenji Fujikido gets possessed by a mysterious ninja soul known as Naraku Ninja. As Naraku's craving for massacring the evil ninja overlaps with Fujikido's lust for revenge, together they bring Ninja Slayer – a terrifying ninja-killing grim reaper - into existence. The more their mental resonance and physical symbiosis deepens, the more powerful Ninja Slayer becomes. If Fujikido completely surrenders himself to Naraku, he will be unstoppable, at the cost of Naraku being able to massacre freely without restraint.
Characters
- Ninja Slayer (ニンジャスレイヤー, Ninja Sureiyā) / Fujikido Kenji (フジキド・ケンジ, Fujikido Kenji)
- Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese); Christopher R. Sabat[5] (English)
- A man who becomes a ninja in order to eliminates other ninjas and get revenge on the ones that got his family killed, the Soukai Syndicate. His ninja soul is the Naraku Ninja.
- Darkninja (ダークニンジャ, Dākuninja) / Fujio Katakura (フジオ・カタクラ)
- Voiced by: Shō Hayami (Japanese); Chris Ryan[5] (English)
- A high ranking ninja who serves Khan and the Soukai Syndicate. He is also responsible for killing Kenji's wife and child.
- Nancy Lee (ナンシー・リー, Nanshī Rī)
- Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō (Japanese); Trina Nishimura (English)
- A journalist who seeks the truth and follows Ninja Slayer around. She has special hacking skills and can directly connect herself to cyberspace.
- Yamoto Koki (ヤモト・コキ)
- Voiced by: Sora Amamiya (Japanese); Monica Rial[6] (English)
- A teenage girl who is also a ninja and later becomes a comrade of Ninja Slayer. Her ninja soul is the Shi Ninja.
- Dragon Yukano (ドラゴン・ユカノ, Doragon Yukano) / Amnesia (アムニジア, Amunijia)
- Voiced by: Risa Taneda (Japanese); Bryn Apprill (English)
- An experienced kunoichi and Gendoso's granddaughter who helps out Ninja Slayer from time to time. Unlike the Ninja Slayer and Yamoto, she is an actual ninja.
- Dragon Gendoso (ドラゴン・ゲンドーソー, Doragon Gendōsō)
- Voiced by: Yōsuke Akimoto (Japanese); Greg Dulcie (English)
- The head of the Dragon Dojo and the last real ninja in Japan. He is also Ninja Slayer's master.
- Laomoto Khan (ラオモト・カン, Raomoto Kan)
- Voiced by: Masane Tsukayama (Japanese); Bill Jenkins[5] (English)
- The leader of the Soukai Syndicate, he possesses seven different Ninja Souls collectively known as Demolition Ninja.
- Clone Yakuza (クローンヤクザ, Kurōnyakuza)
- Voiced by: Tesshō Genda (Japanese); Tyler Walker (English)
- Silver Karasu (シルバーカラス, Shirubākarasu) / Kagi Tanaka (カギ・タナカ, Kagi Tanaka)
- Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese); Brandon Potter (English)
- A ninja with cancer on the verge of dying. He's hired to kill criminals and ninjas to test new weapons. He is Yamoto's sensei and is an iaido master.
