Manmaru The Ninja Penguin

Manmaru The Ninja Penguin
Cover of the first volume of Ninpen Manmaru
忍ペンまん丸
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byMikio Igarashi
Published byEnix
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Gangan
Original runApril 1995 – April 1999
Volumes11
Anime television series
Directed byTetsuo Yasumi
Produced byAtsushi Kaji
Tetsuya Watanabe
Yoshio Kato
Music byMeiyu Otani
Norio Ido
StudioShin-Ei Animation
Original networkANN (TV Asahi)
Original run July 5, 1997 – March 28, 1998
Episodes48

Manmaru The Ninja Penguin,[1] released in Japan as Ninpen Manmaru (忍ペンまん丸), 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.[2]

Plot

Characters

Anime

The anime uses two pieces of theme music. "What surprised me" (ボクってまんまる, Bokutte Manmaru) by Yumi Adachi is the series' opening theme while "Kagayakeru Hoshi" (輝ける星, lit. 'Stars Shining') by Miho Komatsu is the series' ending theme.

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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Manmaru the Ninja Penguin 忍ペンまん丸". Archived from the original on 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  2. ↑ つるピカハゲ丸くん (1988). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Enix Hit Saturn!". Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 29. Emap International Limited. March 1998. p. 8.


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