Ninja Slayer

Ninja Slayer
Cover of the seventh issue of the novel series
ニンジャスレイヤー (Ninja Sureiyā)
Genre	Science fiction
Novel series
Written by	Bradley Bond, Philip Ninj@ Morzez
Illustrated by	Warainaku
Published by	Enterbrain
Original run	September 29, 2012 – present
Volumes	16
Manga
Written by	Bradley Bond, Philip Ninj@ Morzez, Yoshiaki Tabata
Illustrated by	Yūki Yogo
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: Vertical
Magazine	Comp Ace
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	June 27, 2013 – present
Volumes	7
Manga
Ninja Slayer: Glamorous Killers
Written by	Bradley Bond, Philip Ninj@ Morzez
Illustrated by	Ageha Saotome
Published by	Enterbrain
Magazine	B's-Log Comic
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	July 2, 2013 – present
Volumes	3
Manga
Ninja Slayer Kills
Written by	Bradley Bond, Philip Ninj@ Morzez
Illustrated by	Kōtarō Sekine
English publisher	NA: Kodansha Comics USA
Magazine	Suiyoubi no Sirius
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	January 22, 2014 – present
Volumes	3
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	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Funimation
Released	April 16, 2015 – October 8, 2015
Runtime	15 minutes (per episode)
Episodes	26
Anime television series
Ninja Slayer From Animation
Studio	Trigger
Original network	Tokyo MX, BS11
Original run	April 2, 2016 – scheduled

Ninja Slayer (ニンジャスレイヤー, Ninja Sureiyā) is a Japanese science fiction novel series created by the American authors Bradley Bond and Philip "Ninj@" Morzez. After they gave permission for Japanese translations to be published via Twitter, Enterbrain published the first translated novel in September 2012, with illustrations by Warainaku. Fourteen novels have been released as of July 2015. It has received three manga adaptations. An ONA adaptation produced by Trigger and directed by Akira Amemiya started airing in April 2015.

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.

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 (English)

A man who becomes a ninja that eliminates other ninja to 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 (English)

A high ranking ninja that 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 that seeks for the truth and follows Ninja Slayer around. She has special hacking skills and also can directly connect herself and enter cyberspace.

Yamoto Koki (ヤモト・コキ)

Voiced by: Sora Amamiya (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)

A teenage girl who is also a ninja. She later becomes Ninja Slayer's comrade. 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 kunochi and Gendoso's granddaughter who helps out Ninja Slayer for time to time. Unlike 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 (English)

Leader of the Soukai Syndicate.

Clone Yakuza (クローンヤクザ, Kurōnyakuza)

Voiced by: Tesshō Genda

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 who has cancer and is on the verge of dying. He is hired to kill criminals and ninjas to test new weapons. He is Yamoto's sensei and is a iaido master.

Media

Novels

Ninja Slayer was originally posted piece by piece on Twitter by Japanese "translators" Honda Yu and Sugi Leika, allegedly adapting the story from American authors "Bradley Bond and Philip "Ninj@" Morzez". After the series grew in popularity, Enterbrain published the first Japanese-translated volume in print, Ninja Slayer: Neo-Saitama in Flames, in September 2012. There appears to be no evidence of an original copy of Ninja Slayer, and the original creators "Bradley Bond and Philip Ninj@ Morzez" appear to be fictional authors created to produce the illusion of an elaborate backstory, and have no record of an accurate bio.

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
1	Neo-Saitama in Flames 1 (ネオサイタマ炎上1 Neo Saitama Enjō 1)	September 29, 2012	978-4-04-728331-2
2	Neo-Saitama in Flames 2 (ネオサイタマ炎上2 Neo Saitama Enjō 2)	November 30, 2012	978-4-04-120942-4
3	Neo-Saitama in Flames 3 (ネオサイタマ炎上3 Neo Saitama Enjō 3)	January 31, 2013	978-4-04-728481-4
4	Neo-Saitama in Flames 4 (ネオサイタマ炎上4 Neo Saitama Enjō 4)	March 30, 2013	978-4-04-728858-4
5	Kyoto: Hell on Earth 1, Shadow of Zaibatsu (ザイバツ強襲!(キョート殺伐都市 # 1) Zaibatsu Kyōshū! (Kyōto Satsubatsu Toshi # 1))	June 29, 2013	978-4-04-728946-8
6	Kyoto: Hell on Earth 2, Ninja and Geisha (ゲイシャ危機一髪!(キョート殺伐都市 # 2) Geisha Kiki Ipatsu! (Kyōto Satsubatsu Toshi # 2))	August 31, 2013	978-4-04-729120-1
7	Kyoto: Hell on Earth 3, Three Dirty Ninja-Bond (荒野の三忍(キョート殺伐都市 # 3) Kōya no Sannin (Kyōto Satsubatsu Toshi # 3))	August 31, 2013	978-4-04-729120-1
8	Kyoto: Hell on Earth 4, Nunchaku Destruction (聖なるヌンチャク(キョート殺伐都市 # 4) Seinaru Nunchaku (Kyōto Satsubatsu Toshi # 4))	December 28, 2013	978-4-04-729353-3
9	Kyoto: Hell on Earth 5, Reboot, Raven (ピストルカラテ決死拳(キョート殺伐都市 # 5) Pisutiru Karate Kesshi Ken (Kyōto Satsubatsu Toshi # 5))	April 12, 2014	978-4-04-729362-5
10	Kyoto: Hell on Earth 6, Maguro and Dragon (マグロ・アンド・ドラゴン(キョート殺伐都市 # 6) Maguro Ando Doragon (Kyōto Satsubatsu Toshi # 6))	July 9, 2014	978-4-04-729755-5
11	Kyoto: Hell on Earth 7, Kyoto: Hell on Earth (Part 1) (キョート・ヘル・オン・アース【上】(キョート殺伐都市 # 7) Kyōto Heru On Āsu [Ue] (Kyōto Satsubatsu Toshi # 7))	October 14, 2014	978-4-04-729932-0
12	Kyoto: Hell on Earth 8, Kyoto: Hell on Earth (Part 2) (キョート・ヘル・オン・アース【下】(キョート殺伐都市 # 8) Kyōto Heru On Āsu [Shita] (Kyōto Satsubatsu Toshi # 8))	January 24, 2015	978-4-04-730189-4
13	Ninja Slayer Never Dies 1, Secret Society Amakudari Sect (秘密結社アマクダリ・セクト (不滅のニンジャソウル # 1) Himitsu Kessha Amakudari Sekuto (Fumetsu no Ninja Sōru # 1))	April 16, 2015	978-4-04-730418-5
14	Ninja Slayer Never Dies 2, Who Killed Ninja Slayer? (死神の帰還 (不滅のニンジャソウル # 2) Shinigami no Kikan (Fumetsu no Ninja Sōru # 2))	July 25, 2015	978-4-04-730606-6
15	Ninja Slayer Never Dies 3, Killing Field Sappukei (キリング・フィールド・サップーケイ (不滅のニンジャソウル # 3) Kiringu Fīrudo Sappūkei (Fumetsu no Ninja Sōru# 3))	November 30, 2015	978-4-04-730790-2
16	Ninja Slayer Never Dies 4, Thunnus Thunderbolt (ケオスの狂騒曲 Keosu no Kyōsō Kyoku)	March 31, 2016	978-4-04-734021-3

Manga

A manga adaptation with art by Yūki Yogo and scripted by Yoshiaki Tabata is serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace since June 27, 2013. It has been collected in currently five tankōbon volumes. Another manga adaptation titled Ninja Slayer: Glamorous Killers (ニンジャスレイヤー グラマラス・キラーズ, Ninja Sureiyā: Guramarasu Kirāzu) with art by Ageha Saotome also began serialization from July 1, 2013, in Enterbrain's shōjo manga magazine B's-Log Comic. It has also been collected into three tankōbon volumes. A third adaptation titled Ninja Slayer Kills (ニンジャスレイヤー 殺(キルズ), Ninja Sureiyā Satsu (Kiruzu)) is serialized in Kodansha's Suiyoubi no Sirius.

Anime

In April 2014, Enterbrain announced that an anime adaptation of the novel was in production, later revealing that it was being produced by Trigger. More details were announced in Los Angeles, CA at Anime Expo 2014. The anime, titled Ninja Slayer From Animation, is directed by Akira Amamiya, and the main theme is "Back In Black" performed by electronic band Boom Boom Satellites. The anime premiered on Niconico on April 16, 2015, and a later television broadcast will start airing in April 2016. The series is licensed in North America by Funimation, who is simulcasting the series with subtitles and began streaming a dubbed version from May 21, 2015.

Episode list

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External links

• Official website
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• Ninja Slayer: From Animation (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia