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Ninku the Movie

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©1996 Koji Kiriyama/Shueisha/Studio Pierrot 

 
Alternative title:
Ninku o Filme (Portuguese) 
劇場版 NINKU ―忍空― (Japanese) 
닌쿠: 더 무비 (Korean) 
Genres: action , adventure , comedy 
Themes: ninjas 
Objectionable content: None 
Plot Summary: The travels of the last four surviving members of the Ninku Ninja bring them to a town in need of protection, where they find that they aren't the only ones calling themselves "Ninku". 
User Ratings: 88 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 6 votes (dub:5, sub:1)
 Good: 19 votes (sub:10, dub:8, ?:1)
 Decent: 15 votes (sub:8, dub:7)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:5, dub:4)
 Not really good: 13 votes (dub:8, sub:5)
 Weak: 10 votes (dub:7, sub:2, ?:1)
 Bad: 10 votes (dub:6, sub:4)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 184 users, rank: #4100 (of 10058)
Median rating: So-so
Arithmetic mean: 4.886 (So-so), std. dev.: 2.1343, rank: #9552 (of 10233)
Weighted mean: 4.887 (So-so), rank: #9568 (of 10233) (seen all: 5.01 / seen some: 2.09 / won't finish: 2.52)
Bayesian estimate: 5.220 (So-so+), rank: #7510 (of 7687)
Running time: 26 minutes 
Vintage: 1995-07-15
Premiere date:
1995-07-15 (Japan) 
Opening Theme:
"Radiance is inside of You" by Yume Suzuki 
Ending Theme:
"Soredemo Ashita wa Yatte Kuru" by Yume Suzuki 
Comment:
Released by Media Blasters on DVD as a double-feature with Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie. 
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DVD (Region 1)
    Ninkū: The Movie / Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie [Double Feature] (DVD) 2001-01-30 (from $30.48)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Noriyuki Abe 
Screenplay: Hiroshi Hashimoto 
Storyboard: Noriyuki Abe 
Unit Director: Akiyuki Simbo 
Music: Yusuke Honma 
Original Manga: Koji Kiriyama 
Character Design: Tetsuya Nishio 
Art Director: Yūji Ikeda 
Animation Director: Tetsuya Nishio 
Sound Director: Kan Mizumoto 
Director of Photography: Toshiyuki Fukushima 
Executive producer: Yūji Nunokawa 
Producer: Ken Hagino (Studio Pierrot) 

Animation:
Kazunori Mizuno (OP; ED) 
Tetsuya Nishio (OP; ED) 
AR Studio Supervisor: Ryō Narikiyo 
Background Art:
Junichi Taniguchi  (Studio Wyeth) 
Kaoru Inoda  (Studio Wyeth) 
Kazuhiro Kinoshita  (Studio Wyeth) 
Masako Okada  (Studio Wyeth) 
Mio Isshiki  (Studio Wyeth) 
Sawako Takagi  (Studio Wyeth) 
Shigenori Takada (Studio Wyeth) 
Yūji Ikeda  (Studio Wyeth) 
Color setting: Yoshimi Kawakami 
DB Studio Supervisor: Shūji Inoue 
Editing:
Haruhiko Kuriyagawa 
Junichi Uematsu 
In-Between Check: Mitsuko Toyoshima 
Key Animation:
Atsuko Inoue 
Hidetsugu Itō 
Kaori Higuchi 
Katsuichi Nakayama (as かつ一) 
Kazuyuki Kobayashi 
Keiko Shimizu 
Masashi Ishihama 
Masayuki Yoshihara 
Tokuyuki Matsutake 
Tsuneo Ninomiya 
Yoshihiko Takakura 
Yoshimitsu Ōhashi 
Literature Advancement: Hideko Ikeda 
Machine Design: Yūya Kobayashi 
Original Color Design: Mika Iwami 
Paint:
Mitsuko Yoshida (Studio March) 
Nobue Matsufuji (Studio March) 
Tomoko Morihiro (Studio March) 
Paint Check:
Izumi Murasaki 
Yoshiko Shimizu 
Photography:
Hajime Noguchi (Takahashi Production) 
Harutoshi Miyakawa (Takahashi Production) 
Hironobu Horikoshi (Takahashi Production) 
Jun Satō (Takahashi Production) 
Junko Nagai (Takahashi Production) 
Takeshi Ogawa (Takahashi Production) 
Tomohiro Takahashi (Takahashi Production) 
Toshiyuki Fukushima (Takahashi Production) 
Yukiko Maruhashi (Takahashi Production) 
Planning Assistant:
Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV) 
Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV) 
Kyōtarō Kimura (Yomiko Advertising) 
Production Advancement: Makoto Takigasaki 
Production Desk: Katsuyuki Yaoita 
Setting Advancement: Shigehito Takayanagi 
Sound Effects: Shōji Katō (Anime Sound Production) 
Special Effects: Kenji Ikeda 
Technical Assistant: Mikio Mori 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Akira Inoue (OP) 
Masao Kuzuba  (ED) 
Theme Song Composition:
Takayuki Yamaishi (OP) 
Yume Suzuki  (ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Akiko Nakajima (OP) 
Yume Suzuki  (ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Yume Suzuki  (OP; ED) 
Jūrōta Kosugi as Toji 

Megumi Hayashibara as Rihoko 

Atsushi Ishida as Fake Toji 
Katsumi Suzuki as Hiroyuki Ninku 
Katsuyoshi Suzuki as Hiroyuki 
Kei Tomiyama as Fake Fusuke 
Kenichi Ogata as Mayor 
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Musashi 
Mitsuaki Madono as Aichou Ninku 
Rica Matsumoto as Fusuke Ninku 
Sanae Miyuki as Fake Rihoko 
Shinya Ōtaki as Yamato 
Takashi Nagasako as Fake Aicho 
Takehito Koyasu as Asuka 
Tomomichi Nishimura as Ajirada Ninku 
Yasunori Matsumoto as Basara Ninku 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio Pierrot 
AR Studio: Seion Studio 
Background Art: Studio Wyeth 
DB Studio: Tokyo TV Center 
Editing: Falcon, Inc. 
Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry 
In-Between Animation:
Anime Torotoro 
Daume 
Kyung Kang ANIA 
Seong Bo Yang Haeng 
Studio Cockpit 
Studio Pierrot Animation Room 
Studio Pierrot Fukuoka 
Whiskey Studio 
Paint:
Kyung Kang ANIA 
Seong Bo Yang Haeng 
Studio March 
Studio Pierrot Fukuoka 
Photography: Takahashi Production 
Production: Studio Pierrot 
Publicity Assistance: Fuji Television Network 
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production 
Sound Production: Zack Promotion 
Titles: Maki Production 
English cast
English staff
Director: Jenny Haniver 
Translation: Tokyo Rose 
Executive producer: John Sirabella 
Producer:
Haruyo Kanesaku 
Yutaka Maseba 

3D Animation: Michael Fenimore 
Additional Music: Ivan Woolfe 
Additional Sound Design: Joe Romersa 
Digital Tracking: Joe Romersa 
Editing: Scott Marchfeld 
Final Mix: Joe Romersa 
Packaging Design:
Alissyn Brock  (DVD) 
Soho Chic  (VHS) 
Production manager: Sam Liebowitz 
Production Supervision:
Sam Liebowitz (VHS) 
Sean Molyneaux (Sub) 
Doug Stone as Fake Fusuke 
Gil Starberry as Mayor 
Joe Romersa as Fake Toji 
Michelle Moran as Fusuke 
Richard Hayworth as Heaven and Earth Brother 
Rob Thomas as Toji 
Rudy Luzion as Aicho 
Sparky Thornton as Heaven and Earth Brother 
Tessa Ariel as Fake Rihoki 
Wendee Lee as Rihoki 

A.C. Doyle 
Bambi Darro 
Darian Sewell 
David Lucas 
Dougary Grant 
Gloria Gines 
Ian Hawk 
Joe Romersa 
Richard Epcar 
English companies
Dubbing: Animaze 
Licensed by: Media Blasters 
Recording Studio: Animaze 
Subtitling Studio: RG Video 

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