Ninja Hattori-kun (1981)

About This Series

Ninja Hattori-kun is an action and adventure series created by Fujiko F. Fujio. Its leading cast includes Kenichi Ogata, Kaneta Kimotsuki and Yuko Mita. It premiered on September 28, 1981 on tv asahi. TMDB lists 1 season and 697 episodes so far and has ended. Its original language is Japanese.

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.

Synopsis from TMDB.

Cast

• Kenichi Ogata Shishimaru 697 episodes
• Kaneta Kimotsuki Kemuzou Kemumaki 697 episodes
• Yuko Mita Shinzu Hattori 697 episodes
• Masako Sugaya Kenichi Mitsuba 697 episodes
• R Runa Akiyama Yumeko Kawai (voice) 697 episodes

Seasons

• Season 11981 · 697 episodes