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Igano Kabamaru (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ninja Boy (Italian)
Sei forte Ninja Boy (Italian)
Καμπαμαρού
نينجا المغامر (Arabic)
伊賀野カバ丸 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: After the death of Saizou, Kabamaru's horribly strict grandfather and Iga ninja teacher (sensei), an old lady, Ran Akoko, claims that she received a letter from him asking her to take care of his grandson. So Kabamaru runs off with Lady Akoko to the big city Tokyo to gorge on yakisoba, ramen, chow mein, and attend a regular school—which turns out to have weird quirks of its own.
User Ratings: 109 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 33 votes (sub:12, ?:4, dub:2, edit.dub:2, others:13
12 Arabic dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 22 votes (sub:13, ?:4, edit.dub:1, others:4
3 Arabic dubbed
1 Arabic edited dub
)
 Very good: 18 votes (sub:11, ?:2, others:5
3 Arabic dubbed
1 greek dubbed
1 Greek dubbed dubbed
)
 Good: 13 votes (sub:10, ?:2, dub:1)
 Decent: 7 votes (sub:7)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:3, ?:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (edit.dub:1, sub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:5)
Seen in part or in whole by 175 users, rank: #4223 (of 10087)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.734 (Very good−), std. dev.: 2.6393, rank: #1236 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 7.789 (Very good−), rank: #986 (of 10248) (seen all: 8.25 / seen some: 6.30 / won't finish: 2.02)
Bayesian estimate: 7.756 (Very good−), rank: #776 (of 7721)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 1983-10-20 to 1984-03-29
Opening Theme:
"CIRCUS GAME" by Sugar
Ending Theme:
"Suimasen My Love" by Sugar
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 2
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Tameo Kohanawa
Series Composition: Tokio Tsuchiya
Screenplay:
Keiko Otomo (eps 7, 13)
Masahiro Kobayashi (eps 10, 14)
Rei Akimoto (eps 5, 12, 18)
Shigeru Yanagawa (eps 6, 15)
Tokio Tsuchiya (15 episodes
eps 1-4, 8, 11, 16-24
)
Tomomi Tsutsui (eps 10, 14)
Yukiko Machita (eps 9, 17)
Storyboard:
Akinori Nagaoka (ep 16)
Naoto Hashimoto (ep 24)
Takuo Suzuki (ep 20)
Tameo Kohanawa (ep 23)
Tetsuo Yasumi (eps 5, 10)
Episode Director:
Akinori Nagaoka (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 18
)
Keiji Hayakawa (7 episodes
eps 4, 9, 13, 16, 19, 22-23
)
Mitsuru Hongō (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 21
)
Osamu Inoue (ep 15)
Tameo Kohanawa (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 20, 24
)
Tsutomu Shibayama (ep 3)
Unit Director:
Takamitsu Yukawa (ED)
Tameo Kohanawa (OP)
Music: Toshiyuki Kimori
Original creator: Yū Azuki
Character Design: Akio Hosoya
Art Director: Shizue Tanaka
Animation Director:
Akio Hosoya (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 20, 24
)
Kahoru Hirata (eps 6, 12, 18)
Keiko Yoshimoto (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 17, 21
)
Noboru Furuse (ep 4)
Takao Kōzai (ep 2)
Tōru Satō (ep 23)
Tsukasa Abe (ep 16)
Yoshihiro Owada (4 episodes
eps 9, 13, 19, 22
)
Yutaka Oka (ep 15)
Sound Director: Fusanobu Fujiyama
Producer:
Masamichi Fujiwara (Toho)
Minoru Ohno (Yomiko Advertising)
Shigeji Tsuiki (Group TAC)
Tōru Horikoshi (Nippon TV)

Background Art:
Akiko Mizunoo
Kazuhiro Arai
Keiko Kanemura
Saburo Kametani
Tsutomu Nishikura
Color setting: Keiko Yokoyama
Editing:
Masashi Furukawa
Miki Kadoi (eps 7-24)
Finish Animation:
Azusa Edo (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 24
)
Etsuko Hasegawa (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 14, 20
)
Harumi Sasaki (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 12, 18
)
Kazumi Oota (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15, 17, 21
)
Masumi Arai (ep 1)
Noriko Munekata (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15, 21
)
Sachie Hata (eps 7, 12, 18)
Takehiko Endo (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 14, 20
)
Yoko Nita (eps 5, 11, 24)
In-Between Animation:
Akira Masai
Atsushi Ishiguro
Etsuko Yoshida
Fumiko Onojima
Hideko Saruyama
Hitomi Kadota
Kayoko Moriya
Kazuhiko Miyake
Keiko Kobayashi
Masatsugu Arakawa (uncredited)
Motozo Tokai
Yōji Mizobe
Yoshiake Akebane
Yoshiaki Matsuo
Key Animation:
Akiko Nakano (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 12, 18
)
Fumiko Ishii (eps 3, 7)
Hiroshi Hara (eps 11, 21)
Hisako Tsuji (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 17
)
Jirō Tanaka (ep 13)
Junpei Namiki (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 14
)
Kazuhiro Mori (eps 12, 18)
Kōji Miura (ep 15)
Masahiro Koyama (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 21
)
Miwako Hattori (eps 1, 5)
Nobuko Shimura (eps 17, 21)
Nobuyuki Koyanagi (ep 15)
Seiji Nomura (5 episodes
eps 8, 10, 14, 20, 24
)
Shunsuke Eguchi (7 episodes
eps 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 20, 24
)
Tachiko Horie (eps 8, 24)
Takako Miyawaki (eps 2, 6)
Takenori Mihara (eps 4, 9)
Tomoko Ogawa (eps 1, 5)
Tomoko Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 4, 9, 13, 22
)
Tōru Satō (eps 16, 19)
Toshiyuki Inoue (uncredited)
Tsukasa Abe (ep 19)
Yoshiaki Yanagida (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 17, 21
)
Yoshihiro Owada (ep 4)
Yūko Ikuno (ep 3)
Yumiko Kanaumi (eps 10, 14)
Photography:
Jūrō Sugimura
Yasuhiro Shimizu
Production Assistant:
Katsutoshi Kanesaka
Kenjirō Kawando
Mutsuo Horibe
Tsukasa Koitabashi
Yoshikou Koizumi
Production manager: Hiroshi Kanemasa (Group TAC)
Public Relations: Sahoko Nanba (NTV)
Recording Adjustment: Tadayoshi Itou
Sound Effects: Shōji Katō
Theme Song Arrangement: Toshiyuki Kimori (OP,ED)
Theme Song Composition: Toshiyuki Kimori (OP,ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Masao Urino (OP,ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Sugar (OP/ED)
Yosui Inoue (1 episodes
ep 8 "Tomadou Pelican"
)
Titles: Satoru Katayama
Mai Tachihara as Mai Ōkubo
Ryūsei Nakao as Kagemaru "Kabamaru" Igano

Akira Kamiya as Shizune Mejiro
Daisuke Gōri as Shirakawa
Hideyuki Tanaka as Hayate Kirino
Yōko Asagami as Kaoru Nonogusa

Akio Nojima as Maijima
Asami Mukaidono as Maid
Eiko Yamada as
Hayate (child)
Ran
Eriko Hara as Sumire (Mai's classmate)
Hideki Fukushi as
Director (ep 12)
Driver (eps 1, 11)
English teacher (ep 6)
Fujieda
Hiroya Ishimaru as Toll (eps 21-22)
Issei Futamata as
Oka
Producer (ep 12)
Kazuhiko Inoue as Kinshiro (ep 12)
Keiko Toda as Hoshiko (ep 8)
Kenichi Ogata as
Saizou Igano
yakisoba chef
Kenjirō Ishimaru as Futaba Mejiro
Masako Nozawa as
Kabamaru (child)
Suu Matsuno
Masashi Hirose as
Employee A (ep 8)
Nashizawa (ep 12)
Villager A (ep 1)
Miina Tominaga as Namiko
Nobuyuki Furuta as Male Student A (ep 9)
Reiko Kitō as Yakujimaru (ep 12)
Reiko Suzuki as
Hayate's Mother (ep 8)
Yone (ep 11)
Rica Fukami as
Farmer B (ep 8)
Receptionist (ep 12)
Schoolgirl A (eps 9-10)
Schoolgirl C (ep 6)
Rokurō Naya as Enomoto (ep 14)
Ryūsei Nakao as Saizou (young)
Sakurako Kishiro as
Schoolgirl B (eps 9-10)
Schoolgirl D (ep 6)
Sayuri as Girl Student D
Shigeru Chiba as Kaname Mejiro
Susumu Kotaki as Manager (ep 12)
Tatsuya Matsuda as
Ooki
Taiboku
Tomohiro Nishimura as
Employee B (ep 8)
Villager B (ep 1)
Yoku Shioya as Hotta
Yūji Mikimoto as Morinaka (ep 7)
Yūsaku Yara as Vice-Principal
Japanese companies
Animation Assistance:
Ajiado
Gallop
Studio Junio
Animation Production: Group TAC
Backgrounds: Studio Jack
Broadcaster: Nippon Television Network
Development: Toyo Laboratory (now Imagica)
Film Developing: Imagica
Finish Animation:
E&G Films
SHAFT
Studio Junio
Key Animation: Studio Howling (ep 15)
Photography: Gallop
Production:
Group TAC
TOHO
Production Cooperation: Yomiko Advertising, Inc.
Recording Studio: Shinzaka Studio
Sound Production: Zack Promotion
French cast
French staff
Natacha Muller as Agnès
Patrick Delhalle as Benjamin/Ninja Boy

Jean-Pascal Quilichini as Romuald
Patrick Noerie as
Guillaume
King Kong

Christiane Azela as Mamie Elodie
Jean-Pascal Quilichini as Francis
Jo Doumerg as
M. Lajustice
Narrateur
Marie-Madeleine Le Doze-Burguet as Mme Venin
Michel Merry as
Maître de Benjamin
Vendeur de spaghettis
Patrick Noerie as Claude
Philippe David as
Dominique
Fabien

Véronique Borgias
French companies
Distributor:
Baruck Films (from 2000)
IBF Video (from 1990)
Dubbing: Garcia Ktorza Productions
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Eduardo Gutierrez as Kabamaru Igano (Spain dub)
Ignasi Díaz as Kabamaru Igano (Valencian dub)
Mar Bordallo as Mai Okubo (Spain dub)
Marta Aparicio as Mai Ookubo (Valencian dub)

Boris Sanz as Shizune Mejiro (Valencian dub)
Clemente López as Hayate Kirino (Valencian dub)
Hector Navarro as Vice-principal (Valencian dub)
Jorge Tejedor as Hide Maejima (Valencian dub)
Julia Sorli as Kaoru Nonogusa (Valencian dub)
María Teresa Neila as Su Matsuno (Spain dub)
Xesca Guillén as Ran Ookubo (Valencian dub)

Cristina Soler as Kaname Mejiro (Valencian dub; first voice)
Josema Soler as Futaba Mejiro (Valencian dub; second voice)
Josep Manel Casany as Rui Toono (Valencian dub)
Julia Sorli as Hoshiko (Valencian dub; ep 8)
Ramón V. Pascual as Saizou Igano (Valencian dub)

Hector Navarro (Valencian dub)
Spanish companies
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
Dubbing Director: Santo Versace
Script: Nini Boella
Translation: Nini Boella
Broadcaster:
Junior TV
Odeon TV (from 1988)
Rete A/All Music
Distributor: Deltafilm
Dubbing: Videodelta
Internet Streaming: YouTube (Contactoons)
Italian cast
Luigi Rosa as Kabamaru
Sonia Mazza as Mai

Davide Garbolino as Hayate
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Executive producer: Sharif Wahid

Assistant: Maurice Khalifa
Composed & Arranged: Ihsan Sadek
Recording: Joseph Shaoul
Sound Engineer: Melad Haddad
Supervision: Wiam Al-Saidi
Alfira Yonis as Mai
Antoine Hajal as
Maijima (eps 2, 7)
Saizou Igano (eps 1-7)
yakisoba chef
Badr Haddad as
Student in the classroom 2 (ep 3)
Student on the bus (ep 7)
the maid (eps 1-2)
Elvira Younes as
Hoshiko (ep 8)
Mai Ōkubo
Khalid Al-Sayed as
Futaba Mejiro (eps 16-17, 19)
Nayib Al-Mudir ( Deputy Director ) (eps 13, 24)
Shirakawa (10 episodes
eps 9, 13, 15-17, 19, 21-24
)
Mangala as Kaoru Nonogusa
Michel Abu Sulaiman as
Maijima (eps 9-24)
Nayib Al-Mudir ( Deputy Director ) (eps 1-7)
Saizou Igano (6 episodes
eps 8, 14, 16-17, 22-23
)
Michel Tabet as
Nayib Al-Mudir ( Deputy Director ) (8 episodes
eps 10-11, 15, 17-19, 21-22
)
Shirakawa (eps 2-7)
Samir Maalouf as
Hayate Kirino (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7-9, 12
)
Shizune Mejiro (eps 9-24)
Samira Al-Baroudi as
Hayate (child) (ep 8)
Ooki (eps 2-4, 7)
Ran Ōkubo
Shafik Hassan as Moriaka (ep 7)
Toni Younes as
Hayate Kirino (eps 15, 22-24)
Hotta (eps 3, 13, 15)
Wafa Tarabih as Suu Matsuno
Wahid Jalal as Kabamaru (eps 1-7)
William Atik as
Kabamaru (8-24)
Shizune Mejiro (eps 2-7)

Sameera Barodi as Ran 
Wafa Tarabih as Su
Waheed Jalal as Kabamaru (eps 1-7) 
William Ateeg as Kabamaru (eps 8-24) 
Arabic companies
Broadcaster:
Abu Dhabi TV (1988/1989)
Dubbing: Baalbek Studios (Lebanon)

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