Kamen no Ninja Akakage

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Kamen no Ninja Akakage
Cover of the first manga volume.
仮面の忍者 赤影
Manga
Written by	Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1966 – 1967
Volumes	3
Television drama
Studio	Kansai Telecasting Corporation Toei Company
Original network	Kansai TV, Fuji TV
Original run	April 5, 1967 – March 27, 1968
Episodes	52
Further information Live-action film Tobidasu Bouken Eiga: Akakage Directed by Junji Kurata Written by Masaru Igami Music by Hirooki Ogawa Studio Toei Released July 20, 1969 Runtime 52 minutes Manga Shin Kamen no Ninja Akakage Written by Mitsuteru Yokoyama Published by Akita Shoten Imprint Shonen Champion Comics Magazine Weekly Shonen Champion Demographic Shonen Original run September 18, 1987 – April 15, 1988 Volumes 3 Anime television series Directed by Susumu Ishizaki Written by Toshiki Inoue Yoshiyuki Suga Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi Studio Toei Animation Original network Nippon TV Original run 13 October 1987 – 22 March 1988 Episodes 23 Video game Developer Shouei Publisher Toei Animation Genre Action Platform Famicom Released May 20, 1988 Live-action film Red Shadow Directed by Hiroyuki Nakano Music by Toshiyuki Kishi Studio Toei Released August 11, 2001 Runtime 108 minutes Box office ¥700 million Manga Kamen no Ninja Akakage Remains Written by Masaomi Kanzaki Published by Akita Shoten Imprint Play Comic Series Magazine Play Comic Demographic Seinen Original run May 25, 2012 – May 25, 2014 Volumes 4

Kamen no Ninja Akakage (仮面の忍者 赤影, "Masked Ninja Red Shadow") is a Japanese manga series written and Illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1966 to 1967.

The manga was adapted into a 52-episode tokusatsu series by Toei and was broadcast on Kansai TV and Fuji TV from April 1967 to March 1968, followed by a film adaptation in 1969. A 26-episode anime adaptation by Toei Animation was broadcast on Nippon TV from October 1987 to March 1988. A second live-action film that serves as a loose adaptation, titled Red Shadow was released in 2001.