The pilot film for the original anime project NINJA SKOOLER, directed by Shunsuke Takarai, has been released.
To celebrate the release, the film’s insert song, “Knots” by Takashi Iwami, also began streaming today, November 6.
NINJA SKOOLER – Pilot Film:
Teaser Visual:

STAFF:
Director and Storyboards: Shunsuke Takarai (Studio HALE)
Original Character Concepts: Hami
Character Design: Hiroko Oguri
Prop Design: Takeshi Takakura
Art Director: Lee Jooyuong
Color Design: Akiko Saito
Director of Photography: Tsunetaka Ema (T2 Studio)
Editor: Kazuhiro Nii (Imagica EMS)
Sound Director: Haru Yamada
Music: Kevin Penkin
Produced by: BLUE RIGHTS
Producers: Makoto Kimura and Muneki Ogasawara
Animation Producer: Satoshi Wada (Studio HALE)
Animation Production: breccia and Kinema citrus
INTRODUCTION:
Rappa is an orphan who idolizes fictional ninja.
One snowy night, he falls from a rooftop and is saved by a real ninja named Okachimachi and his master.
Rappa turns up at their door asking to become an apprentice, and the three begin living together as a family.
Years later, Rappa throws himself into training to become a ninja who can protect the town.
The children who look up to him gather at the master’s traditional Japanese candy shop, a place where he can laugh with family and friends.
Rappa thinks these days will last forever, but he sees Okachimachi tending to their retired master and catches a glimpse of the pain the master has kept hidden…
Source: Comic Natalie
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