“Warring States ninja Shishimaru becomes Lionmaru to battle demon king Gosun's evil sorcery and save Japan.”
Kaiketsu Lionmaru
快傑ライオン丸
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Warring States ninja Shishimaru becomes Lionmaru to battle demon king Gosun's evil sorcery and save Japan.
During the Warring States period, the demon king Gosun, who has been hiding in the Himalayas for a hundred years and has mastered evil sorcery, is aiming to conquer Japan. Shishimaru fights as the invincible ninja Kaikitsu Lionmaru with the sword given to him by Koji Kashin, Japan's greatest ninja! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 19 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 32m approx
- Published Jan 1972 – Jan 1973
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M75638 catalog