Ninja Slayer From Animation

Ninja... Ninja were... merciless demi-gods, ruling Japan with their karate in the age of ninja tranquillity. But, "some" committed a forbidden form of hara-kiri storing their souls at Kinkaku Temple for future resurrection. Their lost history was falsified and concealed and the truth about these ninja was long forgotten.

Now, in the future where the universalization of cybernetic technology and electronic networks are God, suddenly, sinister ninja souls, resurrected from thousands of years past are unleashed on the dark shadows of Neo-Saitama. Fujikido Kenji, is a salaryman whose wife and child were killed in a ninja turf war. In a brush with his own death, Fujikido is possessed by an enigmatic ninja soul. Fujikido cheats death and becomes Ninja Slayer. A Grim Reaper destined to kill evil ninja, committed to a personal war of vengeance.

Set in the dystopian underworld of Neo-Saitama, Ninja Slayer takes on Soukai Syndicate ninjas in mortal combat.

(Source: Animanga wikia)

Fujikido, Kenji Main

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Lee, Nancy Main

Saitou, Chiwa Japanese

Yamoto, Koki Main

Amamiya, Sora Japanese

Katakura, Fujio Main

Hayami, Show Japanese

Tanaka, Kagi Supporting

Fujiwara, Keiji Japanese

Lobster Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Dragon, Yukano Supporting

Taneda, Risa Japanese

Sawatari, Forest Supporting

Seki, Toshihiko Japanese

Buster, Tetsuo Supporting

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Genocide Supporting

Inoue, Kazuhiko Japanese

Kikushima, Kazufumi Producer

Masumoto, Kazuya Producer

Amemiya, Akira Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation, Series Composition, Assistant Animation Director

Gou, Fumiyuki Sound Director

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Jun 19, 2015

Millawls

Recommended

You need to understand something about Ninja Slayer, before even WATCHING it, or you WILL get the wrong idea!

A lot of you seems to be very confused, as to why some scenes are animated and some scenes are powerpoint. "Why are they doing this?" I hear you say.
Let me explain.

A couple of Japanese translators said over social media, (this is a while ago) that they were going to translate a "light novel" that a couple of american weeaboos had made. The american weeaboos made THE most stereotypical light novel that they could think off. (Ninjas, Hidden power, revenge) Basically Ninja Slayer in a nutshell. (Or ... literally)

Now here's the twist. The american weeaboos didn't exist in the first place!

The people who wrote the light novel made it up. They wanted to make a light novel, based on how weeaboos thought anime/manga was back in the 80's and 90's.

So they made Ninja Slayer. Have this in mind when watching this. It makes it SO much better. It's not supposed to be good. Imagine a couple of american weeaboos, sitting together and writing a novel, based on their brief knowledge on japan, (That came from watching anime.) and THIS is what you get.

It's not taking itself seriously and the animation is supposed to be "bad." How else would you explain it being in 4:3 format like on old TV and the scenes that are actually animated, versus the ones that have Southpark level animation.

Now for the actual review.

I say this without a single gram of sarcasm.
Ninja Slayer is a masterpiece.

This is not a troll review, giving it 10/10, just because "lol". This is my honest opinion about Ninja Slayer that has brought me to give this a 10/10.

There are few times when any type of entertainment, be it games, manga, music or in this case anime, can make me yell "YEEEEAAAAAARRRRRRRTTTHHH" UNIRONICALLY and without feeling shame afterwards. Ninja Slayer is incredibly stupid, incredibly funny and in-fucking-credibly entertaining.

I find it hard to put into words how amazed i am by this show. I sincerely feel sad about the people who dropped it on the first episode, or failed to correct their expectations of this show.
The entire point behind Ninja Slayer is showing what animefans/weeaboos thought anime was back in the late 80th, early 90th. The dialogue is cheesy, the art is flashy and very neon colored. Hacking into things solves everything and every female ninja is skimpily clothed.

There's a certain feeling that i'm sure everyone on earth knows what is. You can't explain it, you don't know how to evoke it but you are 100% sure what it is when you feel it.
THAT'S Ninja Slayer. I get "that" feeling when watching it.

Ninja Slayer isn't just anime. It's art.
I'm not being sarcastic.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 8, 2015

Rexxgrim

Mixed Feelings

What do you get when Trigger asks Michael Bay to direct a Japanese version of Aqua Teen Hunger Force but with more plot and less disgust? I'll tell you what you get - You get motherf***ing Ninja Slayer!

Time for a review and let's start with a summary.

Overall: 6

Ninja Slayer from Animation is a anime that I think only the special kind would enjoy, with it's plot-line being just fine, art like a car crash, sound and music that is decent enough, characters that you somewhat grow fond of over time and tons of YEEART, ARRGH and SAYONARA! So let's break this up -

Story: 6

Ninja Slayer's ... story is among those that is so regular these days that you can't really bash them for being overused. Main character has had some kind of loss and thus seeks vengeance by kicking everyone's sorry a** til he reaches the head of them all and gives him the boot as well. Yet it's the way Ninja Slayer presented / introduced us to the plot and made it go along the line that made it better than the "usual" way this sort of plot is presented.

Ninja Slayer's story gets a 6 at the end of the day, a rank worthy of "Well presented average"

Art: 3

This is a mess, an absolute total mess without remorse, this was the only aspect that had me almost dropping the show but I figured it's not 100% CGI Crap nor is it colorless paper flatness all the way and thus I can't give it a lower rating - And the show kept me entertained to a certain degree so the art at the end of the day didn't ruin the show, it just brought it down by a ton. Yet I assume this is what's suppose to be some of the "beauty" around Ninja Slayer, but I for one can't say that art style like this train wreck can be considered good.

The art of Ninja Slayer gets a solid 3 and well so that.

Sound: 6

I personally liked the soundtracks for Ninja Slayer although it was not many of them. They suited the mood and scenery just fine pretty much all the time, and so did all other background sounds. In the long run some of it might have been a tad repetitive but it was not bad. And besides that there is not much more to say about the sound.

Music, sounds and whatnot from Ninja Slayer scores a 6.

Characters: 5

So many, some of them short lived, others a mystery til series end, some lovable, others simply annoying and the last set was there with us til the end and became someone I could enjoy watching in action. Ninja Slayers issue was that all the enemy ninjas became a bit un-creative eventually and that made some of the characteristics lose it's glance. And most of them died off before we even could start properly: Once again - Most likely part of the shows "beauty" but that didn't strike the nail on the head for me. Yet those we followed from start to end of mid to end like Ninja Slayer and Nancy winded up as likable main characters which is important.

Ninja Slayer and it's crew gets a high 5.

Enjoyment 5:

At the end of the day, Ninja Slayer was not the anime I JUMPED to watch, yet I didn't let one entire week go by without making sure I watched the most recent episode. Ninja Slayer had a certain zing to it that made it fun to watch yet it was not tip top. It was average, just in the middle line and because of that I wont rank it higher nor lower.

The enjoyment for watching Ninja Slayer gets a 5.

And that concludes the review of Ninja Slayer with and overall rating of 6! Wait... What do you mean I should rate it higher? Who even are you? Wait?! What?! *YEEART!* AARGH! SAYONARA!

- Low rating reviewer's must perish!

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 26, 2015

jumpy

Not Recommended

Well, Trigger. What can I say? You guys did it again. You guys created another fucking masterpiece.

Note: This is honestly more of a "Thoughts on" than a review, but hush, let's just go with it.

Trigger is a pretty weird studio. They first pull out shit like Inferno Cop, then they actually try a bit harder (not hard enough) and end up with Kill la Kill. Well, Ninja Slayer is in the middle of those two. It doesn't have the low budget that Inferno Cop had (pretty close, though), but it didn't look better than Kill la Kill.

Ninja Slayer is basically yet another ... parody by this studio. It's kind of like poking fun at 90's anime, and ninja shit, or so I've heard. Right from the start, you're in for a show that you're not supposed to take seriously at all, it's simply a joke poking fun at other things. Much like Kill la Kill and Inferno Cop, both have shitty writing, but they do entertain a shit ton of people. I personally didn't enjoy Kill la Kill, but whatever. Ninja Slayer TRIES to have those laughable scenes like in Inferno Cop where the animation is complete horse shit. It also has its Kill la Kill fanservice and animation. It switches from those two.

Here's the problem:

It fails at it. The reason why Inferno Cop's animation was laughable was because it was shit throughout the whole show and we got used to it, here Ninja Slayer, it changes from Inferno Cop's style animation to Kill la Kill's animation. It honestly just feels like they're not focused on what they want to go with.

A lot of it isn't even funny after the first few episodes. The whole "yeaaart!!" joke thing gets old really fast. Also, I was very entertained by Inferno Cop's use of swear words, which is barely in Ninja Slayer.

That's one thing, the dub is good. A bit too good for this anime. It's a lot more fun to watch dub and easier to binge, if you for whatever reason feel like binge watching this....

Ahem, if you're wondering why I haven't gotten to the story yet, it's because it's complete shit. This wouldn't be an issue if Ninja Slayer kept it cheesy and simple, but halfway through the show, it tries to build up a plot and actually TRIES to not be shit. It's extremely uninteresting. There are episodes that drag. Hell, this whole show drags. 26 episodes? Wayyy too much.

By the end of this show, I was very confused on what to think about it. I did enjoy it at times, but I was very uninterested on a lot of what was happening as well. It tries to have fights to be slightly more entertaining like Kill la Kill, but it's just not fun to watch because of its animation. Sure, some scenes are laughable, and that IS Ninja Slayer's goal, but it misses more than it hits.

The only thing that I absolutely loved about this show was the ost. Holy fuck, was the ost great. The ED songs change a lot of the time, and they're always great. Sometimes, that's all I look forward while playing an episode.

Overall, Ninja Slayer FAILED at being laughable and entertaining throughout the whole show. It drags, it tries to be serious at times and just fails completely. 3/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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