“Young Ken befriends ninja Hattori, who joins his family and helps him navigate everyday challenges.”
Ninja Hattori-kun
忍者ハットリくん
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Young Ken befriends ninja Hattori, who joins his family and helps him navigate everyday challenges.
10-year old Ken (Ken'ichi) Mitsoba is an average kid who goes to elementary school, and struggles with his studies. Meanwhile from ninja land aka Land of the Ninjas, a little ninja named Kanzo Hattori comes, and befriends Ken'ichi. Hattori is now a part of the mitsoba family along with his brother Shinzou, and his ninja dog, Shishi-Maru. Hattori helps Ken'ichi with his problems, and constantly keeps an eye on him, as a good friend.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 16 vol ch × vol
- Published Jan 1964 – Jan 1968
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M13485 catalog