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Ninja Nonsense (TV)

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©2004 Ryoichi Koga•Mediaworks / Niningashinobu-den Committee


Alternative title:
Nin x Nin = Shinobuden (Japanese)
Ninin ga Shinobuden (Japanese)
Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu
ニニンがシノブ伝 (Japanese)
2x2=Shinobuden - The Nonsense Kunoichi Fiction
2X2忍傳 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Shinobu is a naive ninja-in-training. In order to test her ninja abilites, she must steal the panties of all the high school girls. The first house she stops at is the abode of one Kaede Shiranui, who happens to catch Shinobu in the act. Kaeda is the voice of reason and the two girls become quick friends, despite a round yellow ball-thing who claims to be a ninja master and tries to get in the way of their friendship.
User Ratings: 997 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 62 votes (sub:44, dub:13, others:5
5 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 157 votes (sub:116, dub:36, raw:2, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 245 votes (sub:181, dub:46, ?:3, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:12
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 250 votes (sub:183, dub:57, others:10
8 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 126 votes (sub:99, dub:19, raw:3, others:5
2 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 59 votes (sub:43, dub:15, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 30 votes (sub:24, dub:6)
 Weak: 34 votes (sub:29, dub:4, ?:1)
 Bad: 20 votes (sub:16, ?:1, dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:2, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1999 users, rank: #587 (of 9508)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.086 (Good), std. dev.: 1.9182, rank: #3330 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.036 (Good), rank: #3360 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.31 / seen some: 6.37 / won't finish: 4.08)
Bayesian estimate: 7.042 (Good), rank: #3168 (of 7268)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2004-07-07 to 2004-09-25
Release dates: We have 17
Opening Theme:
"Shinobu Sanjou!" by Kumano Kiyomi
Ending Theme:
"Kuru Kururin" by kaoru
Official website:
Ufotable 2X2 site (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
Ninja Nonsense DVDs 3-4 (Dec 9, 2006)
Ninja Nonsense DVD 2 (Nov 20, 2006)
Ninja Nonsense DVD 1 (Aug 2, 2006)
News: Show:
Funimation Entertainment (Mar 21, 2008)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Ninja Nonsense (Blu-ray) 2018-01-02 (from $39.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Ninja Nonsense - Enter the Ninja (DVD 1) 2006-07-25 (from $8.41)
    Ninja Nonsense - Psychedelic Summer (DVD 2) 2006-09-26 (from $10.99)
    Ninja Nonsense - Ninjas on First (DVD 3) 2006-10-31 (from $4.53)
    Ninja Nonsense - Exit the Ninja (DVD 4) 2006-11-28 (from $44.90)
    Ninja Nonsense - Complete Collection [Limited Edition] (DVD 1-4) 2007-12-04 (from $101.98)
    Ninja Nonsense - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-4) 2010-06-08 (from $82.56)
    Ninja Nonsense - Complete Collection [Litebox] (DVD 1-4) 2013-11-05 (from $42.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Haruo Sotozaki
Director: Hitoyuki Matsui
Series Composition: Ryunosuke Kingetsu
Script:
Ryunosuke Kingetsu (eps 1-12)
Storyboard:
Akitoshi Shimazu (eps 2, 6, 9, 11)
Haruo Sotozaki (OP; ep 5)
Hitoyuki Matsui (OP; eps 3, 12)
Katsumi Terahigashi (eps 1, 8)
Kei Oikawa (ep 10)
Kumiko Ōhori (ED)
Mitsuru Obunai (ep 4)
Takuro Takahashi (ep 7)
Episode Director:
Haruo Sotozaki (eps 5-6, 9)
Hitoyuki Matsui (eps 3, 12)
Jun Shibata (ep 11)
Katsumi Terahigashi (eps 1, 8)
Kumiko Ōhori (ED)
Mitsuru Obunai (eps 4, 11)
Takuro Takahashi (OP; ep 2)
Takuya Nonaka (ep 10)
Original Work: Ryoichi Koga
Character Design: Jun Shibata
Art Director: Hiroshi Ōno
Animation Director:
Atsushi Itagaki (ep 9)
Chikashi Kadekaru (ep 7)
Haruo Sotozaki (eps 5-6, 12)
Jun Shibata (OP; eps 1, 8)
Kazuhisa Kosuge (ep 3)
Kei Oikawa (ep 10)
Kei Sakai (ep 3)
Mitsuru Obunai (eps 4, 11)
Satoshi Takahashi (ep 10)
Takayuki Uragami (ep 11)
Takuro Takahashi (ep 2)
Tomoyasu Kurashima (ep 9)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (eps 2, 7)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Takeshi Nagata

2nd Key Animation:
Kazuyuki Katō (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 10, 12
)

Ryūnosuke Murakami (eps 2, 7)
Toshiaki Harada (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 7, 10, 12
)

Background Art:
Emi Kitahara (Studio Fuga; eps 1-4, 6)
Ichirō Tatsuta (Studio Fuga; eps 1-3, 6)
Kaori Anmi (Studio Fuga; eps 1-2, 4-6)
Kumiko Ōno (Studio Fuga; eps 5, 7-12)
Miho Tokita (Studio Fuga; eps 1-12)
Mina Nakayama (Studio Fuga; eps 1-3, 6)
Naoto Hoshino (Studio Fuga; eps 3-5, 7-12)
Tomomi Iwase (Studio Fuga; eps 1-12)
Yasuyuki Yuzawa (Studio Fuga; ep 4)
Yukiko Ono (Studio Fuga; eps 5, 8)
Color design: Emi Chiba
Finish Animation:
Emi Chiba (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 6, 12
)

Hiroaki Tsubata (eps 1-2, 4-12)
Izumi Sakamoto (5 episodes
eps 5-11 odd, 12
)

Finish Check:
Emi Chiba (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-12 even
)

Hiroaki Tsubata (ep 8)
Izumi Sakamoto (eps 5-11 odd)
Shuichi Satou (ep 3)
In-Between Animation:
Chie Yamazaki (ep 5)
Chieko Aoyama (eps 1, 3)
Kazuyuki Katō (eps 1-12)
Kenji Terao (eps 1-12)
Mamie Takata (eps 1-12)
Michiru Shinoda (eps 3-5, 7-12)
Noriko Hara (eps 2-6, 8-12)
Ryūnosuke Murakami (eps 1-12)
Toshiaki Harada (eps 1-12)
Toshiyuki Satō (ep 5)
Yuko Tamura (ep 5)
Yūsuke Nakamura (ep 5)
Key Animation:
Akiko Kumada (ep 8)
Akio Shimotsukasa (eps 2, 4, 8, 10)
Akira Matsushima (ep 12)
Atsushi Itagaki (OP; 5 episodes
eps 3-4, 8-9, 12
)

Chieko Aoyama (ep 1)
Chikashi Kadekaru (eps 7, 12)
Daisuke Mataga (ep 7)
Daisuke Yamauchi (ep 2)
Eiji Abiko (ep 4)
Goro Taki (eps 5, 12)
Gou Suzuki (eps 9, 12)
Haruo Sotozaki (eps 1, 5-6, 12)
Hideaki Isa (ep 2)
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 5)
Hideki Kakita (OP; eps 1, 4, 11)
Hirokazu Kojima (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 11-12
)

Hiromi Okazaki (eps 3, 10)
Hiromitsu Hagiwara (ep 11)
Hiroyuki Furukawa (eps 5-6, 9)
Hisashi Saito (Studio Hercules; eps 4, 11)
Hitomi Tsuruta (eps 5, 7)
Hitoshi Yoshida (eps 2, 5, 8)
Jun Shibata (OP; ep 1)
Jun Uemura (ep 7)
Junpei Mikuriya (ep 6)
Kazuhisa Kosuge (eps 2, 12)
Kazuya Saitō (ep 6)
Kazuyuki Katō (ep 1)
Kazuyuki Matsubara (eps 7, 10)
Kei Ajiki (eps 2, 5, 10)
Kei Oikawa (eps 1, 4, 12)
Kei Sakai (ep 3)
Keisuke Watabe (Studio Hercules; ep 4)
Ken Ōtsuka (Studio Hercules; eps 4, 11)
Kiyoshi Tateishi (eps 4, 10)
Koji Watanabe (OP; eps 1, 4, 10)
Koji Yamakawa (eps 5-7, 10)
Makoto Bessho (ep 4)
Manabu Fukazawa (Studio Hercules; ep 4)
Masakazu Saitō (eps 10, 12)
Masanobu Aoyama (ep 12)
Masaru Kimura (OP; eps 5-7, 11-12)
Masashi Wakayama (ep 10)
Masumi Fujii (eps 5, 12)
Michinori Chiba (Studio Hercules; ep 4)
Mitsuru Obunai (OP; eps 1, 4, 11)
Motoki Tanaka (ep 1)
Naoto Hosoda (OP)
Nobuyuki Koyanagi (ep 5)
Noriyasu Murata (eps 2, 6-7)
Ryouichi Kaida (ep 6)
Ryūichi Baba (eps 4, 7, 11-12)
Ryūnosuke Murakami (ep 1)
Satoshi Ishino (Studio Hercules; eps 4, 11)
Satoshi Takahashi (eps 8, 12)
Seiya Numata (eps 6-7, 12)
Shinpei Tomooka (ep 10)
Shinsuke Yanagi (eps 7, 11)
Shinsuke Yasuda (ep 6)
SNIPES (eps 4, 8, 11)
Tadahito Matsubayashi (ep 2)
Tadashi Matsuzaki (ep 4)
Tadashi Shida (OP; eps 1, 4, 8, 11)
Takaharu Ōkuma (ep 10)
Takahiro Miura (OP; 6 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 8, 12
)

Takayuki Uragami (6 episodes
eps 3, 6-7, 9, 11-12
)

Takeshi Yoshioka (eps 1, 4, 11)
Takuya Nonaka (ep 10)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP; eps 10, 12)
Tomomi Shimoda (eps 8, 12)
Tomonori Sudō (OP; eps 2, 8, 12)
Tsuyoshi Kimura (ep 7)
Tsuyoshi Konakawa (ep 1)
Yasuhisa Katō (OP; ep 11)
Yasunari Nitta (ep 1)
Yoshiaki Minami (eps 5, 12)
Yoshitaka Kohno (ep 4)
Youhei Sasaki (eps 7, 10)
Yu Maruyama (ep 2)
Yū Yamashita (ep 10)
Yūichi Takahashi (ep 3)
Yuichiro Miyake (ep 12)
Models: Kumiko Ōhori (ED)
Photography:
Chiyo Wakayama (w-sky; eps 8, 11)
Hiroaki Yanagisawa (w-sky; eps 8, 11)
Katsuya Suda (w-sky; eps 8, 11)
Ryoma Sakamoto (w-sky; eps 8, 11)
Syunichi Kakiuchi (w-sky; eps 8, 11)
Yoshihisa Oyama (10 episodes
eps 1-7, 9-10, 12
)

Production Advancement: Ryu Suzuki (eps 2, 4, 8)
Production Desk: Ryu Suzuki
Production producer: Hikaru Kondo
Prop Design: Mitsuru Obunai
Recording Adjustment: Masanori Tsuchiya
Recording Assistant: Yukako Taguchi
Setting Production: Masasuke Nakazawa
Sound Effects: Akiko Mutō (Sound Box)
Sound Production Manager: Rika Ishibashi
Theme Song Performance:
kaoru (ED)
Kiyomi Kumano (OP)
Nana Mizuki ("Shinobu Ondo")
Ayako Kawasumi as Kaede
Nana Mizuki as Shinobu
Norio Wakamoto as Onsokumaru
Rie Kugimiya as Miyabi
Tomokazu Seki as Sasuke

Chiwa Saito as Midori (ep 2)
Daisuke Kirii as Ninja 3
Daisuke Ono as Ninja 2
Hirofumi Nojima as Ninja 4 (eps 4, 10)
Makoto Yasumura as Ninja 4 (ep 2)
Masakazu Kohara as Ninja 6 (ep 4)
Michiko Neya as Izumi
Mitsuo Iwata as Sodom
Rio Natsuki as Kaede's mom
Shinji Kawada as Ninja 1
Takayuki Kondō as Ninja 4 (eps 3, 7-8)
Tarô Yamaguchi as Gomorrha
Yōji Ueda as Ninja 5 (ep 4)
Yumiko Kobayashi as Takeru (ep 4)

Gō Shinomiya (ep 2)
Hitomi Nabatame (eps 6-8)
Mikako Takahashi (eps 6-8)
Sawa Ishige (ep 1)
Yōko Honna (eps 7-8, 12)
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
ufotable
Background Art: Studio Fuga (eps 1-12)
Editing: Luna Park
Finish Animation:
feel. (eps 1-6, 12)
Phoenix Animation (eps 1-12)
Studio Elle (eps 1-12)
Studio Flag (ep 3)
Studio Matrix (ep 7)
ufotable (eps 1-12)
In-Between Animation:
A-Line (ep 12)
Animation Planet (ep 2)
Anime House (ep 6)
Daume (eps 3-5)
feel. (eps 3, 8-9)
Hal Film Maker (eps 2, 6)
Noside (eps 10-12)
OLM (eps 10-11)
Phoenix Animation (eps 1-12)
Radical Party (ep 1)
Studio Flag (eps 1, 6)
Tokyo Animation Center (ep 2)
ufotable (eps 1-12)
Key Animation:
Nakamura Production (ep 7)
Studio Hercules (eps 4, 11)
Photography:
G&G Direction (eps 3, 5-6)
ufotable (10 episodes
eps 1-7, 9-10, 12
)

w-sky (8 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-12
)

ZEXCS (eps 2-7, 9)
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Video Editing: TOVIC
English cast
English staff
Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner
Producer: Kris Kleckner

Assistant producer:
David Olsen
Judy DeFrieze
Menu Design: Greg Hillsman
Mixing: Rawly Pickens
David Wills as Sasuke (eps 1-3)
Emily Blau as Shinobu
Jason Linder as Sasuke (eps 4-12)
Sean Schemmel as Onsokumaru
Veronica Taylor as Miyabi
Zoe Martin as Kaede Shiranui

David Wills as
Devil
Kaede's Dad
Emily Blau as Kaede's Mom
Marc Thompson as Gomorrah
Wayne Grayson as Sodom
English companies
ADR Production: NYAV Post
Distributor: Siren Visual (Austraila & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll (Subbed & Dubbed)
Starz (USA)
YouTube (Dubbed)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Dybex
French cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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