Format
Special
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
1 min
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Aired
2000-04-25 to ?
Source
Manga
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Action
Historical
Samurai
Seinen
Studios
Producers
TCJ
Licensors
Ninja Bugei-chou Pilot Film (忍者武芸帳 パイロットフィルム)
An animated pilot film for Ninja Bugei-chou released to the public over three decades later on Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden DVD volume 7. The pilot film was created in 1969 as director Nagisa Ooshima was wanting to make a TV animation to build off his controversial film from 1967. The pilot was rejected by Shirato himself (the original comic creator the film was based on) and the plan was changed to animate Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden instead, a side story to the Kamui Den manga also created by Shirato. Though with this change, Ooshima did not partake in Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden's production.