Ninja Scroll - The Series

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Television series
German title Ninja Scroll - The Series
Original title Jūbei Nimpūchō <Ryūhōgyoku Hen>
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
year 2003
length 25 minutes
Episodes 13
genre Action , adventure , comedy
idea Yoshiaki Kawajiri
production Atsushi Mizuno, Hiromichi Masuda, Kenichiro Zaizen, Masaki Kobayashi, Miho Suzuki
music Kitaro, Peter McEvilley
First broadcast April 15, 2003 - July 15, 2003 on WOWOW
German-language
first broadcast		 August 16, 2007 - October 28, 2007 on Animax
synchronization

Ninja Scroll - The Series ( 獣兵衛忍風帖<龍宝玉篇> , Jubei / Jube Nimpūchō <Ryūhōgyoku Hen> ) is a 13-part anime - TV series of the studio Madhouse in 2003. It sets the film Ninja Scroll 1993 continues and takes place some time after the film's plot.

action

The ninja Kibagami Jubei travels through the country and can be hired for money, but follows the code of honor of the ninjas. Jubei was previously a member of a clan led by Himuro Genma . When he wanted to kill him, Jubei wiped out the clan.

War breaks out between the ninja clans when Roga, a member of the Hiruko clan, steals the dragon stone. Jubei takes the stone from him and after Roga's death has to bring it to Shigure, the princess of light. He is persecuted by the clans of Hiruko and Kimon Shu. Unaware of its importance, Shigure lives in a small village. When this is destroyed, she sets out with Tsubute and Dakuan on a journey to find out who she is. In a fight between Jubei and a Hiruko ninja, the stone breaks in two, one is swallowed up by roots and another falls into the hands of the Kimon Shu.

After much fighting, Shigure is finally kidnapped by the Kimon Shu and Jubei has to save her. With the Kimon Shu, the stone comes together again. In the land of the Hiruko, the dragon stone is finally given to her and she becomes the princess of light.

Production and publication

The series was produced in 2003 by Studio Madhouse under the direction of Tatsuo Satō . The character design was created by Takahiro Yoshimatsu, and the artistic directors were Shinichi Uehara and Yuji Ikeda . Yoshiaki Kawajiri , creator of the 1993 film, was involved in the production as a supervisor. The American company Urban Vision was financially involved in the production and therefore released the series on DVD in the USA at the same time as the Japanese release. The anime aired from April 15 to July 15, 2003 on Japanese broadcaster WOWOW .

The series was published in English in North America, Australia and the UK and has been translated into French, Spanish and Russian, among others. In 2005 the series was released on four DVDs by Anime Virtual in Germany. The episodes were rated for ages 16+. From August 16 to October 28, 2007, the station Animax broadcast the anime in Germany.

synchronization

The German dubbing was done by the company Elektrofilm.

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Jubei Kibagami Rikiya Koyama Nicolás Artajo
Shigure Hoko Kuwashima Rubina Kuraoka
Dakuan Yuzuru Fujimoto Klaus Jepsen
Tsubute Romi Paku Ricardo Richter

music

The music for the series was produced by Kitaro and Peter McEvilley. Both of them also have opening and closing titles that use the character themes of Jubei and Shigure.

reception

According to AnimaniA , the series lacks the dense atmosphere and classic character design of the film. The detailed, fantastic backgrounds are praised, as is the soundtrack. The large budget is particularly evident in the high quality of the very fluid animation, which hardly manages with still images. The character design, however, is "involuntarily funny and flat". Almost all figures have been significantly rejuvenated in appearance and character, and have also become more superficial. The story is “relatively simple” and has some abrupt changes in mood. The plot without further depth only offers the framework to send the hero from fight to fight. For fans of the genre, the anime offers at least bloody ninja action with grotesque opponents, nothing for everyone else. The German synchronization has some weaknesses, the picture and sound quality of the German publication are good average.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c AnimaniA 01-02 / 2004, p. 41f.
  2. ↑ a b AnimaniA 04/2005 p. 26
  3. ↑ a b c d AnimaniA 07/2005, p. 33.
  4. ↑ AnimaniA 03/2005, p. 19f.

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