Ninja Hattori (1981)

Action · Animation · Comedy

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.

IMDb rating: 7.4 (1,966 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1981)

7.99 avg 9 episodes 7.5 → 8.1

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	I Am a Ninja & Hattori Saves Kenichi from His Teacher & Let's Earn Some Money.	7.5	19
2	Shishimaru Wins & a Perfect Score & Leave the Cooking to Us	7.9	15
3	Baseball Ninja Style & the New Student & Shinzo Arrives	7.4	13
4	Jishi maru ni wa maitta de gozaru no maki	8.5	8
5	Mokuhyou wa hyaku ten de gozaru no maki	8.3	7
6	Ryouri wa makasete kudasare no maki	7.6	8
7	Mita ka shitta ka hattori dahou no maki	8.1	7
8	Kouga kara kita tenkousei no maki	8.5	8
10	Meiyo ka ifuku no maki	8.1	7