“Ninja princess raised in hiding must reclaim castle from dark sorcery-wielding rival clan with fellow trainees.”
Ninja Cadets
Ninja者
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Synopsis
Ninja princess raised in hiding must reclaim castle from dark sorcery-wielding rival clan with fellow trainees.
During Japan's feudal era, there was a war between two ninja clans: the Byakuro and the Kabusu. One night, the Kabusu staged a fierce attack on the Byakuro castle in hopes of kidnapping the clan's infant princess. Their mission was foiled when a loyal ninja of the Byakuro flees the attack with the princess and disappears, eventually raising her to be a ninja. Several years later, six ninja trainees are given a mission to infiltrate the Kabusu-occupied Byakuro castle and retrieve a sacred scroll to complete their training. But their skills are put to the test when they encounter three members of the Kabusu, who use dark sorcery in an attempt to once again capture the princess - who happens to be one of the trainees. (Source: ANN)
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What 5 viewers settled on.
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σ 0.89 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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Running avg · Jun 2014 → Apr 2026
- 8 “Cool little anime with ninjas. The plot follows 6 ninjas (3 boys and 3 girls) with different abilities on a mission and 3 villain ninjas (2 boys and 1 girl) with different abilities trying to stop...”
- 7 “So there's some ninjas and about half of them are girls and most of those girls are cute. There's some slashing and some gags and a few cool fight scenes. This is one of those things, pretty common...”
- 8 “Ninja Cadets is an obscure, passionate, action-packed 90s OVA that I believe punches far above its weight. Beginning with the story, it's a pretty simple setup, with a group of young aspiring ninja...”
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- Format 2 × 30′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 00m all episodes
- Aired Mar 1996 – Jun 1996
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1310 catalog
Produced by
- Youmex Producer
Licensed by
- Media Blasters Licensor