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Anime Spotlight - Ninja Slayer From Animation

I thought this was an adaptation of an old work from decades before, but I'm probably wrong since the name is very close to "Ninja Scroll" and the premise is completely different anyway.

Common metafictive devices in literature include:

A story about a writer who creates a story
A story that features itself (as a narrative or as a physical object) as its own prop or MacGuffin
A story containing another work of fiction within itself
A story addressing the specific conventions of story, such as title, character conventions, paragraphing or plots
A novel where the narrator intentionally exposes him or herself as the author of the story
A book in which the book itself seeks interaction with the reader
A story in which the readers of the story itself force the author to change the story
Narrative footnotes, which continue the story while commenting on it
A story in which the characters are aware that they are in a story
A story in which the characters make reference to the author or his previous work
These elements of metafiction are similar to devices used in metacinematic technique

The series seems to be so wrapped-up in itself (parody-wise) that you just know it's going to be spectacular