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TV series

Ninja Hattori-kun

Original title: 忍者ハットリくん

1981 · 1 season · 697 episodes

Created by Fujiko F. Fujio

6.5

TMDB audience score
37 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

11-year-old Kenichi Mitsuba is an average kid who goes to secondary school and struggles with his studies, he is very stubborn and is very lazy and therefore always ends up frustrating his parents and teacher. He loves to find an easy way of things. He befriends Hattori Kanzo, a ninja from the Iga Clan, and he becomes part of the Mitsuba family along with his brother, Shinzo and his ninja dog, Shishimaru. Hattori helps Kenichi with his problems, and constantly keeps an eye on him, as a good friend. The main antagonist Kemumaki, a Koga ninja and his ninja cat, Kagechiyo always troubles Kenichi, mainly because of their feud over one girl, Yumeko. Kenichi asks Hattori to take revenge as a recurring storyline in many episodes. Although Hattori is a good friend, Kenichi sometimes fights with Hattori due to misunderstandings created by Kemumaki. Sometimes Jippou, Togejirou and Tsubame help him.

About 69h 42m to watch every episode. An estimate: 697 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 6 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Kenichi Ogata
    Shishimaru
    697 episodes

  • Kaneta Kimotsuki
    Kemuzou Kemumaki
    697 episodes

  • Yuko Mita
    Shinzu Hattori
    697 episodes

  • Masako Sugaya
    Kenichi Mitsuba
    697 episodes

  • Runa Akiyama
    Yumeko Kawai (voice)
    697 episodes

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