Watari (manga)

Watari
First tankōbon volume cover, published by Shogakukan
ワタリ
GenreAction, Drama[1]
Manga
Written bySanpei Shirato
Published by
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 25, 1965September 10, 1967
Volumes7
Live-action film
Watari Ninja Boy
Directed bySadao Funatoko
Produced byHirooki Ogawa
Written by
  • Shunichi Nishimura
  • Masaru Igami
Music byHirooki Ogawa
StudioToei Company
ReleasedJuly 26, 1966 (1966-07-26)
Runtime86 minutes
Budget¥66.54 million

Watari (Japanese: ワタリ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sanpei Shirato. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from April 1965 to September 1967, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes as of October 1972.

Shirato's manga has been adapted into a live-action film titled Watari Ninja Boy, was released by the Toei Company in Japanese theaters in July 1966, and was a huge box office success. It was the second most expensive film in the second half of 1965 and the first half of 1966 with ¥66.54 million budget. the film inspired numerous filmmakers to create ninjutsu period dramas with Special effect technology.

  1. ^ ワタリ. Mangapedia [ja] (in Japanese). Voyage Group. Retrieved June 24, 2024.