The story in Ninku is about an odd-looking 12-year-old named Fūsuke (Fūsuke of the wind) who is a powerful warrior from the Ninku school of martial arts, a style that mixes ninjutsu and karate. It is explained that before the present time in the story that those who could use Ninku were targeted by an evil empire and the Ninku corps were formed to combat the menace. The names of the corps were taken from the twelve Chinese zodiac animals (Eto) and each captain of the corps was called the zodiac animal Ninku master (Etonin). When the war was over, the Ninku were defeated and almost all of them were killed since they were useless and were also dangerous for the rulers. At the beginning of the story, three years later, Fūsuke, the young former captain of the 1st Ninku corps and controller of the wind and Hiroyuki, his flatulent penguin, start searching for the other Ninku captains...
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Fusuke the Ne-nin! | 1995-01-14 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Appearance of the Tori-nin Captain | 1995-01-21 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Touji of the Land | 1995-01-28 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Attackers | 1995-02-04 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | The Smoke of Concealment! | 1995-02-11 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Terrifying Base | 1995-02-18 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Ice of Onjun! | 1995-02-25 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Sealed Heart | 1995-03-04 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | Mother's Lullaby | 1995-03-11 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | Sad Parting | 1995-03-18 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Trial | 1995-03-25 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Method to Become Strong | 1995-04-01 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | A Faraway Promise | 1995-04-08 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | Overcome the Pain | 1995-04-15 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | True Courage | 1995-04-22 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | The Legendary Forest | 1995-04-29 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | Ninku Trap! | 1995-05-06 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | Desperation!! | 1995-05-13 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | Till the Ends of the Battle | 1995-05-20 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | Dolphin and Youth | 1995-05-27 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | The Hole of Hell | 1995-06-03 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | Terror of the Fist | 1995-06-10 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 23 | Flame of Sekirai! | 1995-06-17 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 24 | Rebellion for Freedom | 1995-06-24 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 25 | Father and Son! | 1995-07-01 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 26 | Farewell, Hiroyuki | 1995-07-08 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 27 | The Valley and Fuusui | 1995-07-15 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 28 | The Three Demonic Warriors | 1995-07-22 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 29 | The Sky Dragon Appears! | 1995-07-29 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 30 | The Shapeless Sniper | 1995-08-05 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 31 | Breakthrough the Barrier | 1995-08-12 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 32 | The Awakened Sekirai!! | 1995-08-19 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 33 | Prologue to Crisis | 1995-08-26 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 34 | The Magic that Summons Death | 1995-09-02 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 35 | Heroes of the Sky! | 1995-09-09 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 36 | The Mysterious Youth | 1995-09-16 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 37 | A Departing Promise | 1995-09-23 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 38 | Fuusui's Cape | 1995-10-07 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 39 | The Crushed Ice!? The Sky Dragon Reappears | 1995-10-14 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 40 | Confrontation! The Use of Fog VS The Use of Wind | 1995-10-28 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 41 | Rihoko's Tears, Father's Hometown | 1995-11-04 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 42 | The Fist of Wrath! The Man who Slashes Ninku | 1995-11-11 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 43 | The Horror Building! The Mysterious Haunted House | 1995-11-18 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 44 | A Confrontation!? Friendship that Uses Secret Weapons | 1995-11-25 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 45 | Miss Ninku! Operation Breakthrough! | 1995-12-02 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 46 | Assassin of the Night! The Sealed Technique | 1995-12-09 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 47 | To the Capital! The Rebels of Justice | 1995-12-16 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 48 | The Revived Memories! The Man who Captured Mother | 1995-12-23 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 49 | The Unleashed Power! The Time of Battle | 1996-01-13 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 50 | Fuusuke Overcomes Power! The Strongest Ninku!! | 1996-01-20 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 51 | The Employed Bodyguard! Duel in the Evening | 1996-01-27 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 52 | The Decline of Fuusuke's Adversary! Mystery of the Masked Man | 1996-02-03 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 53 | The Stage of Friendship! Hiroyuki's Secret | 1996-02-10 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 54 | The Missing Bills!! Who is the Culprit?! | 1996-02-17 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 55 | Fuusuke becomes a Movie Star?! | 1996-02-24 | 30 min |
Directing | Noriyuki Abe | Series Director |
Writing | Hiroshi Hashimoto | Series Composition |
Sound | Yūsuke Honma | Music |
Visual Effects | Tetsuya Nishio | Opening/Ending Animation |
Visual Effects | Kazunori Mizuno | Opening/Ending Animation |
Writing | Koji Kiriyama | Original Series Creator |
Art | Shigenori Takada | Art Direction |
Camera | Toshiyuki Fukushima | Director of Photography |
Visual Effects | Tetsuya Nishio | Character Designer |
Visual Effects | Mari Kitayama | Character Designer |