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'{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | name = Shinobi no Ittoki | image = Shinobi no Ittoki key visual.jpg | caption = Key visual | ja_kanji = 忍の一時 | ja_romaji = | genre = | creator = [[DMM.com|DMM Pictures]]<br>[[Troyca]] }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = tv series | director = Shuu Watanabe | producer = Toshiyuki Nagano | writer = Minato Takano | music = TOMISIRO | studio = Troyca | licensee = [[Crunchyroll]] | network = [[Tokyo MX]], [[AT-X (TV network)|AT-X]], [[TV Asahi|BS Asahi]] | first = October 4, 2022 | last = present | episodes = 6<!-- This parameter should only be incremented when new episodes air or when a [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable source]] can confirm a specific number of episodes. --> | episode_list = #Episode list }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer}} {{Nihongo|'''''Shinobi no Ittoki'''''|忍の一時||"Ninja Ittoki"}} is an original Japanese [[anime]] television series produced by [[DMM.com|DMM Pictures]] and animated by [[Troyca]]. It premiered in October 2022. ==Plot== In modern-day Japan, after an attempt is made to kill him, Ittoki Sakuraba learns that he is a direct descendant of and rightful heir to the [[Iga-ryū|Iga Ninja clan]]. His mother sends him to Ninjutsu Gakuen, the only national ninja school in Japan, to study and train as a ninja while investigations are being made to discover who is trying to kill him and why. At the school, Ittoki becomes involved with his new classmates, which include some beautiful yet deadly young ninja girls, but danger is always present...especially when there is a suspected traitor inside the school. ==Cast== ;{{nihongo|Ittoki Sakuraba|櫻羽一時|Sakuraba Ittoki}} :{{voiced by|[[Ryōta Ōsaka]]<ref name="Cast"/>|[[Howard Wang]]<ref name="Dub"/>}} The main protagonist who is reluctant to inherit the title of being the Chief of the Iga Village, despite of almost having to lose his life from a failed Koga assassination, he still refuses to accept the reality of his predicament and the duties that would be bestowed on him once he graduates from the ninja academy. ;{{nihongo|Tokisada Kaga|加賀時貞|Kaga Tokisada}} :{{voiced by|[[Katsuyuki Konishi]]<ref name="Cast"/>|[[Ian Sinclair (voice actor)|Ian Sinclair]]<ref name="Dub"/>}} He is the Iga's strongest fighter who has the reputation of being called "Shura no Tokisada" though he may appeared to be a laidback guy while working in a grocery store, he can be really serious when it comes to combat and will not hesitate to go to any extremes to achieve his mission. ;{{nihongo|Kōsetsu|紅雪}} :{{voiced by|[[Haruka Shiraishi]]<ref name="Cast"/>|Emily Fajardo<ref name="Dub"/>}} Though she may appear to be Ittoki's childhood friend , in secret she is his bodyguard who protects him from any treat that may come from any village. Not much is known about her family since she is an orphan who was adopted and trained by the entire Iga village. Not much is also known as to why she wears a face mask, but it is hinted that she is hiding a scar beneath it. ;{{nihongo|Yumika Sakuraba|櫻羽弓香|Sakuraba Yumika}} :{{voiced by|[[Kikuko Inoue]]<ref name="Cast"/>|[[Caitlin Glass]]<ref name="Dub"/>}} The current chef of the Iga village who took over the leadership after the death of her husband, though not a ninja herself she was able to display prudence and courage in the face of death that has earned her the respect of the entire Iga Village. ;{{nihongo|Kirei Kisegawa|黄瀬川輝麗|Kisegawa Kirei}} :{{voiced by|[[Aoi Yūki]]<ref name="Cast2">{{cite web |last=Mateo |first=Alex |title=Troyca, DMM Pictures' Shinobi no Ittoki Anime Reveals Promo Video, Visual, Additional Cast |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-22/troyca-dmm-pictures-shinobi-no-ittoki-anime-reveals-promo-video-visual-additional-cast/.186946 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=June 22, 2022 |access-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref>|Katelyn Barr<ref name="Dub"/>}} She's Ittoki and Kosetsu's classmate who appears to be friendly and weak, however unbeknownst to the two and to Suzaku Ban, she's deceptive and manipulative. She belongs to the Fuma Village, whose ways were conservative and radical, they frown about the changing times and prefers the old ways of the ninja. It is hinted that they wanted the Koga and the Iga to go to war among themselves. ;{{nihongo|Ryoko Sukuno|鈴ノ音涼子|Sukuno Ryōko}} :{{voiced by|Hitomi Sekine<ref name="Cast2"/>|Macy Anne Johnson<ref name="Dub"/>}} She belongs to the Saika village that is already endanger of disappearing, her village was once know as the technological hub of ninjitsu, where during it's heydays was to go to place for ninjitsu tech. She and her father were the last of the said village, but despite of her father's reluctance to let her continue the family tradition of her being a ninja she is still hopeful to revived the village and still invents stuff that she and her friends can use, despite of having moderate fighting skills she excel in studies and would often ace any test, she also excels in the use of technology in conjunction with her ninjitsu. ;{{nihongo|Satomi Tsubaki|椿里美|Tsubaki Satomi}} :{{voiced by|[[Miyu Tomita]]<ref name="Cast2"/>|[[Emi Lo]]<ref name="Dub"/>}} ;{{nihongo|Suzaku Ban|伴朱雀|Ban Suzaku}} :{{voiced by|Taito Ban<ref name="Cast3"/>|Nazeeh Tarsha<ref name="Dub"/>}} ;{{nihongo|Himura Takane|高嶺火村|Takane Himura}} :{{voiced by|[[Taku Yashiro]]}}<ref name="Cast3"/> ;{{nihongo|Kōzō Moriyama|森山光蔵|Moriyama Kōzō}} :{{voiced by|[[Kan Tanaka]]<ref name="Cast3"/>|Jim Foronda<ref name="Dub"/>}} ;{{nihongo|Reiha Tsuge|柘植礼羽|Tsuge Reiha}} :{{voiced by|[[Naomi Shindō]]<ref name="Cast3"/>|Tiffany Solano<ref name="Dub"/>}} ;{{nihongo|Hoō Ban|伴鳳扇|Ban Hoō}} :{{voiced by|[[Masaki Terasoma]]}}<ref name="Cast3"/> ;{{nihongo|Enbi Takane|高嶺焔毘|Takane Enbi}} :{{voiced by|Yasuhiro Mamiya}}<ref name="Cast3"/> ;{{nihongo|Kidō Minobe|美濃部鬼道|Minobe Kidō}} :{{voiced by|[[Kenjiro Tsuda]]<ref name="Cast3"/>|[[Eric Vale]]<ref name="Dub"/>}} ;{{nihongo|Shione Kōzuki|上月汐音|Kōzuki Shione}} :{{voiced by|[[Yūki Takada]]}}<ref name="Cast4"/> ;{{nihongo|Hayato Goshogawara|五所川原隼人|Goshogawara Hayato}} :{{voiced by|[[Tomoaki Maeno]]}}<ref name="Cast4"/> ;{{nihongo|Genji Kajarishi|唐獅子玄二|Kajarishi Genji}} :{{voiced by|[[Masaya Matsukaze]]}}<ref name="Cast4"/> ;{{nihongo|Jūzen Jiraibō|児雷坊十全|Jiraibō Jūzen}} :{{voiced by|[[Mugihito]]}}<ref name="Cast4"/> ;{{nihongo|Kominami Mitsuhashi|三ツ橋小南|Mitsuhashi Kominami}} :{{voiced by|[[Nanako Mori]]}}<ref name="Cast4"/> ;{{nihongo|Gantetsu Suzunone|鈴ノ音巌鐵|Suzunone Gantetsu}} :{{voiced by|[[Atsushi Imaruoka]]}}<ref name="Cast5">{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |title=Shinobi no Ittoki Anime Reveals 10 More Cast Members |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-05/shinobi-no-ittoki-anime-reveals-10-more-cast-members/.189349 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=September 5, 2022 |access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref> ;{{nihongo|Kisuke Ninokuru|二ノ曲忌助|Ninokuru Kisuke}} :{{voiced by|[[Kenyu Horiuchi]]}}<ref name="Cast5"/> ;{{nihongo|Kurōdo Dazai|太宰蔵人|Dazai Kurōdo}} :{{voiced by|[[Kenji Nomura]]}}<ref name="Cast5"/> ;{{nihongo|Yachiyo Mochizuki|望月八千代|Mochizuki Yachiyo}} :{{voiced by|Kaori Nakamura}}<ref name="Cast5"/> ;{{nihongo|Amadeus Yoshinaka Nishina|仁科・アマデウス・義仲|Nishina Amadeusu Yoshinaka}} :{{voiced by|Hiroki Maeda}}<ref name="Cast5"/> ;{{nihongo|Enya|猿夜|}} :{{voiced by|Masashi Nogawa}}<ref name="Cast5"/> ;Iboro :{{voiced by|[[Kazuyuki Okitsu]]}}<ref name="Cast5"/> ;{{nihongo|Mandara Samuragōchi|佐村河内曼陀羅|Samuragōchi Mandara}} :{{voiced by|Yuka Nukui, [[Yō Taichi]]}}<ref name="Cast5"/> ;{{nihongo|Benkei-Musō|弁慶無双|}} :{{voiced by|Kōichi Sōma}}<ref name="Cast5"/> ;{{nihongo|Samon|左門}} :{{voiced by|Yō Taichi}}<ref name="Cast5"/> ==Production and release== ''Shinobi no Ittoki'' is produced by [[DMM.com|DMM Pictures]] and animated by [[Troyca]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |title=Troyca, DMM Pictures Reveal Shinobi no Ittoki Original Anime Series Set to Premiere This Year |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-22/troyca-dmm-pictures-reveal-shinobi-no-ittoki-original-anime-series-set-to-premiere-this-year/.182902 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=February 22, 2022 |access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref> It is directed by Shuu Watanabe, with Minato Takano in charge of the series' scripts, Isamu Suzuki designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, and TOMISIRO composing the music. The series premiered on October 4, 2022, on [[Tokyo MX]] and [[AT-X (TV network)|AT-X]].<ref name="Cast">{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |title=Troyca, DMM Pictures's Shinobi no Ittoki Anime Unveils Ninja Story, Cast, Staff, October Debut in Teaser|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-22/troyca-dmm-pictures-shinobi-no-ittoki-anime-unveils-ninja-story-cast-staff-october-debut-in-teaser/.185918 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=May 22, 2022 |access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref> Humbreaders will perform the opening theme song {{Nihongo|"Hikari"|光||"Light"}}, while Hockrockb will perform the ending theme song {{Nihongo|"Oboetate"|おぼえたて}}.<ref name="Cast3">{{cite web |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |title=Shinobi no Ittoki Anime's Video Reveals More Cast, Staff, October 4 Premiere |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-22/shinobi-no-ittoki-anime-video-reveals-more-cast-staff-october-4-premiere/.187906 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=July 22, 2022 |access-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Cast4">{{cite web |last=Mateo |first=Alex |title=Shinobi no Ittoki Anime Reveals More Cast, Promo Video, Ending Theme Song |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-22/shinobi-no-ittoki-anime-reveals-more-cast-promo-video-ending-theme-song/.188877 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=August 22, 2022 |access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref> [[Crunchyroll]] licensed the series outside of Asia, and have streamed an English [[dubbing|dub]] starting on October 18, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crunchyroll to Stream Upcoming Shinobi no Ittoki Anime|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/08/03-1/crunchyroll-to-stream-upcoming-shinobi-no-ittoki-anime|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|last=Cardine|first=Kyle|date=August 3, 2022|access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Dub">{{cite web |last=Mateo |first=Alex |title=Shinobi no Ittoki Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, October 18 Premiere |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-17/shinobi-no-ittoki-anime-reveals-english-dub-cast-october-18-premiere/.190929 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=October 17, 2022 |access-date=October 17, 2022}}</ref> ===Episode list=== {{Episode table |overall= |title= |titleR=<ref name="story">{{cite web|url=https://ninja-ittoki.com/story/|title=Sutōrī｜Orijinaru Animēshon "Shinobi no Ittoki" Kōshiki Saito|language=ja|script-title=ja:STORY｜オリジナルアニメーション「忍の一時」公式サイト|trans-title=Story｜Original Animation "Shinobi no Ittoki" Official Website|website=ninja-ittoki.com|access-date=October 5, 2022}}</ref> |director=11 |directorR=<ref name="story"/> |writer=11 |writerR=<ref name="story"/> |aux2=11 |aux2T=Storyboarded by |aux2R=<ref name="story"/> |airdate=12 |airdateR=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ninja-ittoki.com/onair/|title=On'ea｜Orijinaru Animēshon "Shinobi no Ittoki" Kōshiki Saito|language=ja|script-title=ja:ON AIR｜オリジナルアニメーション「忍の一時」公式サイト|trans-title=On Air｜Original Animation "Shinobi no Ittoki" Official Website|website=ninja-ittoki.com|access-date=October 5, 2022}}</ref> |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = A Bolt from the Blue | TranslitTitle = Seiten no Hekireki | NativeTitle = 青天の霹靂 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | DirectedBy = Shū Watanabe | WrittenBy = Minato Takano | Aux2 = Shū Watanabe | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|10|4}} | ShortSummary = Ittoki Sakuraba is a regular middle school student along with his childhood friend Kosetsu. His family owns a local supermarket and with his father deceased, his mother Yumika encourages him to take numerous extracurricular activities to prepare himself for the future. One day, a girl named Satomi Tsubaki approaches Ittokki and asks to go out on a date with him. Caught off guard by the sudden confession, Ittoki agrees, but is surprised when Satomi takes him straight to her house. However, once he arrives, Satomi and a team of ninjas attack him. He is rescued by Kosetsu, his uncle Tokisada, and the supermarket employees who are all also ninjas themselves. Yumika then explains that shinobi have adapted to modern times and still exist to this day. With his father's death, Ittoki is his successor to be the 19th head of the Iga Shinobi Clan, which makes him a target for the rival Koga Shinobi Clan. Meanwhile, the current head of the Koga, Kidou, declares to his clan that they will take revenge on the Iga for the death of their previous head, Kishinmaru. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Merciless Choices | TranslitTitle = Jihi Naki Sentaku | NativeTitle = 慈悲なき選択 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | DirectedBy = Kai Hasako | WrittenBy = Minato Takano | Aux2 = Shū Watanabe | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|10|11}} | ShortSummary = With the Koga now aware of Ittoki's identity, Yumika lays out the choices Ittoki has. He must either become a ninja and succeed his father as head of the Iga Clan, or try return to his normal life and inevitably be killed by the Koga. However, Tokisada takes Ittoki aside and tells him Yumika is willing to grant a secret third choice, where Ittoki can go live in hiding. Unwilling to leave his mother to run the Iga Clan alone, Ittoki reluctantly decides to become a ninja. In order to keep him safe, Yumika decides to enroll Ittoki into the Kokuten Ninja Academy, which is controlled by the National Ninjutsu Security Measures Committee (NSC), making the academy neutral territory the Koga cannot openly attack. Kosetsu and Tokisada accompany Ittoki to the entrance exam, located at a Koga controlled supermarket. Satomi also infiltrates the exam but Ittoki is able to outsmart her. NSC ninjas arrests Satomi and her accomplices due to breaking the law, and Ittoki manages to pass the exam. The NSC confronts the Koga, but Kidou claims Satomi and her men went rogue, and Satomi is later found dead in her cell. Meanwhile, Tokisada talks with Yumika and voices his suspicion the Koga have already infiltrated Kokuten, the NSC, and even the Iga Clan itself. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Quirks of Fate | TranslitTitle = Aienkien | NativeTitle = 合縁奇縁 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | DirectedBy = Jun Takahashi | WrittenBy = Minato Takano | Aux2 = Jun Takahashi | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|10|18}} | ShortSummary = Ittoki and Kousetsu move to the Kokuten Ninja Academy to begin their ninja education. However, they quickly find out that the Koga have a great deal of influence in the school, with the majority of the students being from the Koga Clan. Despite this, Ittoki is able to befriend two female students, Ryoko and Kirei. Kirei advises Ittoki not to antagonize the elite Koga students, who will look for any opportunity to bully him. In his first ninja class, Ittoki is tasked with using a Ninja Core and Ninja Suit to scale a tower, gather a manjuu, and return to the starting point with it. However, they have a time limit before the principal eats all the manjuu. Unfortunately, Ittoki has little experience using a Ninja Suit, and has difficulty moving until Ryoko, being from a family that manufactures ninja gear, helps adjust the suit to his size. As he heads for the tower, he discovers that the Koga students have stolen Kirei's manjuu. Angered, he confronts the Koga bullies and is beaten by them until the principal intervenes, but Ittoki was able to steal one of their manju and gives it to Kirei. However, Ittoki himself takes too long to complete his assignment as the principal eats the last manjuu. After the assignment, Ittoki finds that due to pressure from the Koga students, none of the other students want to associate with him, but he takes solace in the fact that he can count on Kousetsu, Ryoko, and Kirei to support him. Meanwhile, Tokisada receives a mission to infiltrate the Koga Clan. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Crafters and Users | TranslitTitle = Tsukurite to Tsukaite | NativeTitle = 作り手と使い手 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | DirectedBy = Yoshitsugu Kimura | WrittenBy = Minato Takano | Aux2 = Hidetoshi Yoshida | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|10|25}} | ShortSummary = The NSC continues to investigate Kishinmaru's death, with the lead suspect being Tokisada. The rookie investigator Shione Kouzuki is assigned to trail him. Meanwhile, Ittoki's class is assigned a ninja tools test, where the objective is to steal the test answers without the teachers knowing. Ryoko gives Ittoki some training, and reveals her father wants her to live a normal life instead of succeeding him. Ittoki and his friends come up with a plan to steal the answers, but Ittoki's inexperience with using ninja tools tips off the teacher to their presence, forcing Kirei to act as a distraction while Ryoko picks the lock to the safe. Elsewhere, Tokisada meets with Ryoko's father Gantetsu, who mentions that the Koga approached him with working on a secret project. Tokisada then sneaks into Koga factory looking for the plans to the project but fails to find them. However, he uses Shione as a distraction to escape, and forges an large order of ninja toys from the Saiga clan. The next day, Gantetsu lets slip to Tokisada that Kidou is looking for a powerful Ninja Core. He reports this back to Yumika, who realizes the Koga want to steal the Iga's secret Ninja Core to start a war. At Kokuten, Ittoki and his friends find out to their shock that the Koga bullies had secretly swapped the test answers before they stole them, though Ryoko is able to ace the test regardless. Kousetsu warns Ittoki that one of his friends must be a traitor, as there is no other way the Koga could have known about their plan. Later, the NSC complete their autopsy of Satomi's corpse and find a microchip embedded in her brain. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Cycle of Pain | TranslitTitle = Itami no Rensa | NativeTitle = 痛みの連鎖 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | DirectedBy = [[Hiroki Hayashi]] | WrittenBy = Minato Takano | Aux2 = Hidetoshi Yoshida | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|11|1}} | ShortSummary = Koga student Suzaku Ban recalls a conversation with Kishinmaru, who wanted to forge peace between all of the ninja clans, promises to take revenge on Ittoki. Kidou speaks with Suzaku's father and considers designating Suzaku as his successor. Meanwhile, Ittoki's class is informed that the academy's practical examination will take place soon. In order to prevent any sabotage from the potential traitor, Ittoki decides to prepare for the exam alone, though he accepts a special disguise tool from Ryoko. Kousetsu offers to attack Suzaku during the exam, but Ittoki refuses as he doesn't want her to kill Suzaku nor risk her getting herself killed. That night, Ittoki is met by the principal, who remarks that both Kishinmaru and Ittoki's father Hidetoki wanted to create a peaceful world for ninja. Kousetsu begins training Ittoki for the exam, where he must steal a Ninja Core from another ninja to pass. However, Suzaku also has the same disguise tool, and uses it to lure Kousetsu into a trap while he pursues Ittoki. During their fight, Ittoki espouses his pacifistic ideals to Suzaku and survives until the exam ends, causing Suzaku to hesitate on his convictions. Meanwhile, Shione continues to tail Tokisada, who leads her to a secret Koga facility where Kishinmaru's body is being experimented on, tipping off the NSC about their misconduct. Back at school, Ittoki and Kousetsu recover from their injuries and it is revealed that Kirei is a traitor working for Suzaku. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Shadow and Warmth | TranslitTitle = Kage to Nukumori | NativeTitle = 影とぬくもり | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | DirectedBy = Shinya Sasaki | WrittenBy = Minato Takano | Aux2 = Takayuki Gotan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|11|8}} | ShortSummary = In flashbacks, Kirei undergoes harsh training from her father to become the next head of the Fuma Ninja Clan, and is taught to always put up an act and never trust anybody. In the present, the Iga agree to let Ryoko and Kirei stay in their village for summer break, especially since the Saiga clan are forced to work for the Koga after their factory is sabotaged. Shione reveals her findings to her superiors, but they refuse to investigate the Koga for now. However, Kirei takes the opportunity to scout out the village's defenses and relay information to Suzaku. Suzaku appeals to his father to take part in the planned Koga assault on the Iga, but his father remains reluctant. At the village, Ittoki has fun catching sweetfish with his friends, and finds out that the entire village is preparing their annual celebration to honor Hidetaki's memory. Tokisada reveals to Ittoki that Kousetsu was an orphan who was taken in by Yumika, and it was Yumika who kept the clan together after Hidetaki's death. Kirei meanwhile is treated warmly by the Iga, who tell her how Ittoki considers her a true friend he can trust, sowing doubt in her mission. She then sends a cryptic message back to Suzaku that there is "Another peaceful day in Iga." Elsewhere, NSC investigator Goshogawara speaks with the principal, saying that he will convene Grand Ninja Council. }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = Where Does Justice Lie? | TranslitTitle = Seigi wa Doko ni Aru | NativeTitle = 正義はどこにある | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | DirectedBy = Ken Sanuma | WrittenBy = Minato Takano | Aux2 = Jun Takahashi | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|11|15}} | ShortSummary = }} }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://ninja-ittoki.com/ Anime official website] {{In lang|ja}} * {{ann|anime|25371}} {{Troyca}} [[Category:Anime with original screenplays]] [[Category:Crunchyroll anime]] [[Category:Ninja in anime and manga]] [[Category:Troyca]]'