Manga Sarutobi Sasuke

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Manga Sarutobi Sasuke
Cover art from volume 4 of the DVD release
まんが猿飛佐助
Anime television series
Directed by	Shohei Tojo
Produced by	Katsuma Saijo Norio Kondo Seiichi Nishino (Executive Producer)
Written by	Hitoshi Mizuno Takeshi Shudo Toyohiro Andô Tsunehisa Ito Yuji Amemiya
Music by	Jyunkou Mizuno Yuichi Oshima
Studio	Knack Productions
Licensed by	NA: Paramount Home Video, kyushutoys
Original network	Tokyo Channel 12
Original run	October 9, 1979 – April 29, 1980
Episodes	24

Manga Sarutobi Sasuke (まんが猿飛佐助) is a 24-episode anime series about the young Sarutobi Sasuke, a legendary ninja. It was first aired from October 9, 1979, to April 29, 1980, on Tokyo Channel 12 (now TV Tokyo), and was later dubbed in several languages. The whole 24-episode run was aired in many European and Arabic countries.

It is best known to the American fans as Ninja, The Wonder Boy: a highly edited, highly condensed feature-length version of this series. This version, dubbed in English, was produced by Jim Terry Productions of Force Five fame. The names of several characters were changed, with Sarutobi Sasuke becoming "Duke Hayakawa", his female companion Sakura being changed to "Blossom", and the villain Devilman became "Dragon."