Igano Kabamaru

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Igano Kabamaru
Cover of the first manga volume
伊賀野カバ丸
Manga
Written by	Yū Azuki
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Bessatsu Margaret
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	1979 – 1981
Volumes	12
Anime television series
Directed by	Tameo Kohanawa
Produced by	Masamichi Fujiwara Shigeji Tsuiki Minoru Ohno Toru Horikoshi
Written by	Koichi Kobayashi Shigeru Yanagawa Tokio Tsuchiya Tomomi Tsutsui
Music by	Toshiyuki Kimori
Studio	Group TAC Toho
Original network	Nippon Television
Original run	20 October 1983 – 29 March 1984
Episodes	24
Live-action film
Directed by	Norifumi Suzuki
Studio	Toei Kyoto Co. Ltd
Released	6 August 1983
Runtime	96 min.

Igano Kabamaru (伊賀野カバ丸) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yū Azuki. The eponymous protagonist is a naive young ninja from the Iga province called Kagemaru (absolute shadow), nicknamed Kabamaru (hippo's mouth) for his insatiable appetite. After the death of his strict grandfather and ninja sensei, Kabamaru moves to Tokyo with one of his grandfather's acquaintances. The plot deals mainly with Kabamaru adjusting to an urban lifestyle after spending a childhood in the mountains, him developing feelings for his guardian's granddaughter, and how he finds himself caught up in the rivalry between two private schools.

Igano Kabamaru has been adapted to an anime series and a live-action film.