Ninku

Ninku
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Fūsuke
忍空
(Ninkū)
Genre
Manga
Written byKōji Kiriyama
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 14, 1993September 4, 1995
Volumes9
Anime film
Ninku: Tomb of Knives
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
Written byHiroshi Hashimoto
Music byYusuke Honma
StudioPierrot
ReleasedNovember 2, 1994 (1994-11-02)
Runtime34 minutes
Anime television series
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
Produced by
  • Kenji Shimizu
  • Kouji Kaneda
  • Kyoutarou Kimura
  • Ken Hagino
Written byHiroshi Hashimoto
Music byYusuke Honma
StudioPierrot
Original networkFuji TV
English network
Original run January 14, 1995 February 24, 1996
Episodes55
Anime film
Nink: The Movie
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
Written byHiroshi Hashimoto
Music byYusuke Honma
StudioPierrot
Licensed by
ReleasedJuly 15, 1995
Runtime26 minutes
Manga
Ninku 2nd Stage: Story of Etonins
Written byKōji Kiriyama
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineUltra Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 17, 2005September 17, 2011
Volumes12

Ninku (忍空, Ninkū) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Kiriyama. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from June 1993 to September 1995, with its chapters collected in nine tankōbon volumes. A 55-episode anime television series, produced by Fuji TV, Yomiko Advertising and Studio Pierrot, aired on Fuji TV between January 1995 and February 1996. A sequel manga, titled Ninku 2nd Stage: Story of Etonins, was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from September 2005 to September 2011, with its chapters collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The Ninku manga has had over 9 million copies in circulation.

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