Ninja Hattori-Kun: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

10-year old Ken'ichi Mitsuba is an average kid who goes to elementary school and struggles with his studies. Meanwhile a little ninja named Kanzo Hattori, Shishi-maru (a ninja dog) and Kanzo's little brother Shinzo befriend Ken'ichi. Hattori is now a part of the Mitsuba family along with his brother Shinzo, and his ninja dog, Shishi-Maru. Hattori helps Ken'ichi with his problems, and constantly keeps an eye on him, as a good friend. Yumeko-chan is the girlfriend of Ken'ichi. Kemumaki, a Koga Ninja and his ninja cat Kagekiyo always trouble Ken'ichi. Ken'ichi asks Hattori to take revenge.

Series details

• Title: Ninja Hattori-Kun
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Children
• Premiere date: 1981-09-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 1987-01-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 22518
• IMDb ID: tt2787558
• TVDB ID: 164741

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1981-09-28; final listed air date 1987-01-19.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ninja Hattori-Kun on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.