“1969 Ninja Bugei-chou pilot rejected by creator, leading to Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden instead.”
Ninja Bugei-chou Pilot Film
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1969 Ninja Bugei-chou pilot rejected by creator, leading to Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden instead.
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.
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A Special Production
TCJ.- Format 1 × 1′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 01m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2000 – ongoing
- Source Special media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-15623 catalog