Ninja Cadets

Ninja Cadets, known in Japan as Ninja Mono (Ninja者), is a two-episode original video animation (OVA) anime series produced by AIC and Youmex and created by Eiji Suganuma, who also directed, storyboarded it and designed the characters. It is a comedy about a group of ninja-in-training in feudal Japan.

Ninja Cadets was released in two episodes from March 27 to June 12, 1996.[1] It has the distinction of being the first anime DVD ever released.[2] The series is licensed in the United States by Media Blasters under its AnimeWorks label.[3] It is the first English anime dub ever produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment.[4]

Voices

English

  • Sandy Fox as Sakura
  • Lia Sargent as Matsuri
  • Michelle Ruff as Yume
  • Mona Marshall as Pochi
  • Lex Lang as Hayashi, Matsuzaka
  • Jack Cox as Kaoru
  • Beth Wernick as Jame
  • Derek Stephen Prince as Nikko
  • Steve Kramer as Yukinobu, Tea House Master
  • Jeffrey Stackhouse as Lord Byakuro

References

  1. AIC staff. Works: 1995~1999 Anime International Company, retrieved April 22, 2012^
  2. Mania staff. Ninja Mono Mania.com, retrieved April 22, 2012^
  3. ANN staff. Media Blasters announces new titles, DVDs Anime News Network, July 28, 1999, retrieved April 22, 2012^
  4. ANN staff. Review: Ninja Cadets Anime News Network, retrieved April 22, 2012^