Ninpen Manmaru
- Creator
- Mikio Igarashi
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- comedy anime and manga
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• Ja Kanji — 忍ペンまん丸 • Genre — Comedy
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• Type — manga • Author — Mikio Igarashi • Publisher — Enix • Magazine — Monthly Shōnen Gangan • First — April 1995 • Last — April 1999 • Volumes — 11
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• Type — tv series • Director — Tetsuo Yasumi • Producer — Atsushi Kaji Tetsuya Watanabe Yoshio Kato • Music — Meiyu Otani Norio Ido • Studio — Shin-Ei Animation • Network — ANN (TV Asahi) • First — July 5, 1997 • Last — March 28, 1998 • Episodes — 48 Manmaru The Ninja Penguin, released in Japan as Ninpen Manmaru, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mikio Igarashi. It was serialized in the Enix magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 1995 to 1999. A 48-episode anime adaptation was produced by Shin-Ei Animation, directed by Tetsuo Yasumi, and broadcast on TV Asahi between July 5, 1997, and March 28, 1998.
Characters
Characters
• Manmaru Haruna Ikezawa • Tanutaro Kappei Yamaguchi • Tsunejiro Tomokazu Seki
Anime
Anime
The anime uses two pieces of theme music. "What surprised me" by Yumi Adachi is the series' opening theme while "Kagayakeru Hoshi" by Miho Komatsu is the series' ending theme.
Video game
Video game
In 1997, a 3D platform game based on Ninpen Manmaru was released in Japan for the Sega Saturn, developed by TamTam and published by Enix.
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- 1.Manmaru the Ninja Penguin 忍ペンまん丸.
- 2.Stingray. allcinema.
- 3.Emap International Limited. Enix Hit Saturn!. Sega Saturn Magazine. 29. 8. March 1998.
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