Ninja Nonsense

Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu
Cover of volume 1 of Ninja Nonsense as published by MediaWorks, featuring Shinobu and Onsokumaru
ニニンがシノブ伝
(Ninin ga Shinobuden)
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Ninin Ga Shinobuden
Written byRyoichi Koga
Published byMediaWorks
English publisher
ImprintDengeki Comics EX
MagazineDengeki Daioh
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 18, 2000January 21, 2006
Volumes4
Anime television series
Directed by
Written byRyunosuke Kingetsu
StudioUfotable
Licensed by
Original networkCBC
English network
Original run July 8, 2004 September 23, 2004
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Manga
Ninin ga Shinobuden Plus
Written byRyoichi Koga
Published byKadokawa Corporation
MagazineComic Newtype
DemographicSeinen
Original runJune 26, 2020 – present
Volumes2
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Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu (ニニンがシノブ伝, Ninin ga Shinobuden), also known as 2×2 = Shinobuden, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryoichi Koga. The series subtitle is "The Nonsense Kunoichi Fiction". The manga was serialized in MediaWorks' Dengeki Daioh magazine between August 2000 and March 2006; the chapters were later compiled into four tankōbon volumes. The manga was released in English in North America by Infinity Studios under the title Ninin Ga Shinobuden. A 12-episode anime adaptation produced by Ufotable aired in Japan between July and September 2004. The anime has been released in North America by The Right Stuf International under the title Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu. A sequel manga titled Ninin ga Shinobuden Plus began serialization on Kadokawa Corporation's Comic Newtype website in June 2020.

Ninja Nonsense is an absurdist comedy series which follows a young woman named Shinobu as she trains to become a ninja. However, the series does not only focus on ninja training, but also focuses on Shinobu's lifestyle and friends through a series of disjointed comedic plot lines. The series uses character designs that favor a soft and rounded look rather than the slender bishōjo style. The original title of the series is based on a pun. In the Japanese numerical system, ni is two, and shi is four. Ni (2) × ni (2) = shi (4), therefore Ni-ni-n ga Shi-nobuden.

  1. ^ "Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu DVD". Nozomi Entertainment. Retrieved June 21, 2020.