Ninja Gaiden
忍者龍剣伝
“Ninja Ryu Hayabusa investigates a suspicious cancer cure announced by Dr. Friedman in New York City.”
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Synopsis
Ninja Ryu Hayabusa investigates a suspicious cancer cure announced by Dr. Friedman in New York City.
By day, Ryu Hayabusa is the owner of a simple shop selling Japanese antiques. By night, he defends New York City as the Dragon Ninja. When the respected Dr. Ned Friedman announces that he has developed a perfect cure for cancer in an extremely bizarre press conference, Ryu knows that something is very wrong. Along with his trusted associates who work for a small newspaper, Ryu sets out to uncover the dark secrets behind Dr. Friedman's supposed miracle cure.
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What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
5.0/10
What 5
viewers
settled on.
33% recommend
Score distribution
Agreement
SplitPolarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 ptsRecommenders 8.0 · others 3.0
Yes
8.0
No
3.0
Score over time
1.00Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 20%
Long · 40%
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8/10 “No complaints here. This is classic 90's OVA with tons of violence, blood, and action. I won't call it "ultra violent" because there's certainly darker stuff out there, but the fountains of blood...”
- 4/10 “It's just a single episode story, and I just watched it maybe five hours ago. I read through the story description/synopsis. I recognize some of the names. And that's about it. In short, this anime...”
- 6/10 “First things first, you have to remember that this anime is now 17 years old. The art style is definitely dated as well as the story line and action sequences. Also, if you could find a good...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Ninja Gaiden begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-0583
- Format
- 1 × 48′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 0h 48m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Nov 1991 – Nov 1991
- Fall 1991
- Source
- Ova
- media type
- Rated
- R
- 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref.
- BS-0583
- catalog