Characters
First Year Ha Class
; : :The main character, a bespectacled first-grade boy who is aiming to become an excellent ninja, but he often gets distracted and prefers to goof off with his friends Kirimaru and Shinbee. Despite not having good vision, he has fast legs. ; : :One of Rantaro's best friends and Tsukkomi. He is an orphan who lost his family and home during a war, and now makes a living doing various part-time jobs. When school isn't in session, he lives with Doi. His primary interest is being obsessed with earning money. He goes crazy whenever he hears the clinging sound of a zeni coin and will go out of his way to obtain it. ; : :A rich merchant's son, who quickly became friends with Rantarō at the beginning of the series. He is overweight, a bit slower when it comes to thinking, likes to eat a lot, and often has to be corrected by his friends. Nonetheless, he possesses great power and strength. He often has a runny nose, which can sometimes come in handy. When he has a bad hair day, his hair sticks up like a porcupine's quills and can be used a weapon. ; : :First year Hagumi's class president, he is the smartest kid in the class and the most responsible. ; : :The son of textile dyers, and something of a neat freak, he is often depicted with a broom or mop, and shares a room with Shouzaemon. ; : :His father runs a horse and carriage delivery service. Danzou is talented with horses because of this. His writing is terribly messy, to the point of illegibility. He has a platonic crush on Seihachi (清八), one of his father's top employees. He shares a room with Torawaka. ; : :His father is in charge of the Satake Rifle Squad. Because of this he has much experience with flintlock rifles, which were rare at the time. He idolizes Shousei, a rifle expert who works for his father. He shares a room with Danzou. ; : :A deceptively happy and friendly-looking child who enjoys setting traps, he shares a room with Heidayuu. ; : :Heidayū likes traps and has his entire room rigged with them. He shares his room with Sanjiro, who also enjoys traps. ; : :Joined first year hagumi late, his main weapon is theFirst Year I Class
; : ; : ; : :Class President of first year igumi, his marks often suffer when he doesn't have time to study because of his presidential duties. ; :First Year Ro Class
; : :Thrill and suspense. ; : :A spooky, gaunt looking boy. ; : :Heita is a giant scaredy-cat. Small things often frighten him to the point of making him pee himself. ; :Second Year
; : :Speaks without thinking, and often says too much. He claims to have problems making a friendly face. He enjoys pranking the first years, especially the main trio. ; : :A member of the Health Committee, he is often seen making midnight snacks, but often drops them, too. He looks serious but actually has a kind heart and never leaves people who needs help. ; : :Nose has large eyebrows and reddish orange hair. He is a serious and sharp student, but sometimes his sharpness can lead to unnecessary details. ; : :A quiet boy who is a little dumb, but has a serious personality and often play the role of the tsukkomi. ; : :A 2nd-year transfer student who appears in Season 28, his father is a samurai at the Kawataredoki Castle. He is the first character to be reused from Amako Soubei's previous work ''Hamuko Mairu!''.Third Year
; : :Igasaki keeps snakes, scorpions, and bugs as pets. He always keeps his poisonous pet snake, Junko, with him, though she often runs away, leaving Magohei to search frantically for her. ; : :Kanzaki has literally no sense of direction. He dramatically declares "it's this way!" and then goes in the complete opposite direction. ; : :Tsugiya also has no sense of direction, but wanders absent mindlessly. ; : :A third year student who always keeps an eye on Tsugiya and Kanzaki. He has a serious personality but also my-paced in his own way. Recently he developed a sense of responsibility as well. ; : :Urakaze always practices for everything obsessively. ; : :A nintama with little presence, who seems to have inherited the Heath Committee's bad luck.Fourth Year
; : :The ultimate narcissist, Tairano considers himself 'Ninjutsu Gakuen's Number One Idol'. He is very talented with his throwing ring, which he has lovingly named 'Rinko'. ; : :An expressionless boy who really loves digging holes, it is hard to keep him interested in anything else. He names all the holes that he digs, and he too is called "The Trap Specialist". Most of the Health Committee members have fallen in his traps. ; : :The other self-proclaimed "Number One Idol of Ninjutsu Gakuen", Mikiemon likes guns, cannons, and rifles, and names his and takes them for walks. He also idolizes Shousei, but not to the extent that Torawaka does. ; : :A transfer student who is ambitious on becoming a ninja. He is the only person who laughs whenever Andou-sensei makes a joke. ; : :Raised as a hairdresser, his father was an undercover ninja. He eventually joins Ninjutsu Gakuen, and is allowed into fourth year despite having no previous training, because of his skills with his 'split second hairdressing'.Fifth Year
; : :Long eyelashes and black hair are his defining characteristics. Though his grades are superb and he is earnest and cool, his spontaneous nature was somewhat revealed when he'd failed to realize that the costs ofSixth Year
; : :Often portrayed as a leader among the 6th year seniors, Monjiro is a strict, serious senior that focuses on training mentally as much as physically, and his committee members often gets forced into his bizarre trainings such as using 10 kg abacus, sleeping in cold lake at midnight, making weapons out of food, etc. Despite his serious commitments into trainings, he is easily approached outside of training and has good relationship as a caring senior towards his juniors. He has a favourite word - gin gin - that who only used when he gets excited, angry, or emotional. On occasional episodes, he together with Choji and Koheta tagged along with Kirimaru in his part-time job. ; : :A pale-skinned and often regarded as a handsome senior with long straight and silky hair, he leads the Saho committee along with Heidayu as his favorite junior. He has natural talents for explosive, bombs, grenades, often carrying dozens of them with him for convenient purpose. Being as normally a calm, rationally thinking senior, he is often described as an excellent student among the seniors. When carrying out solo missions, he often gets tagged along with Kisanta and Shinbei, who both look up to him, but instead of giving a good help, burdens him instead and gets him caught, bomb explodes in his face, trees fall down on him, etc. He has shorter temper for Kisanta and Shinbei harassing him in his missions. ; : :A student who spoke with few words and with few facial expressions, Choji, who speaks slowly, that made his words hard to be conveyed at times, is also the head of librarian. Usually, someone who stands besides him (such as Raizo or Kirimaru who are also librarians) had to be the 'translator' especially to those who don't meet Choji quite often. His expressions can get eerie with one big creepy smile, though his true emotions often contrast his face (such as he will smile creepily when he is hurt, and vice versa). Ironically, Shinbei's little sister Kameko found his smile to be attractive, and even had a crush on him at times. ; : :Koheita is a sixth-year student with much energy and happy-go-lucky, cheerful, exciting and reckless personality. He made a hobby of digging trenches on soil, sometimes using only a pair of kunai, and sometimes with his bare hands. Apart from that, he also has the tendency to spike just about anything that flies towards him to the ground, like a volleyball spike (which occasionally causes problems to others, and even broke his arm). He is easily approachable by others and treats his juniors that come forward for his help with respect, though sometimes, with reckless running. His favorite word is "Ike Ike Don Don". ; : :A student Hagumi that has strong fighting spirit, aggressive and hot tempered, but still cares for his juniors with good tolerant. Tomesaburo and Monjiro however tend to argue which then leads them to brawl and fight each other over 'who is better' or 'who is right' matters. His appearance resembles another character in the series, Yoshiro Suzugoya, which was pointed out by Kihachiro. Tomesaburo and Isaku are classmates, and also roommates, and appears to be close. ; : :A nice, friendly and caring student of 6th year Hagumi that has a personality akin to a gentle big brother to his juniors, though he is cursed with bad luck to himself, and anyone that gets tagged along with him. He is also dubbed by others and his own members - 'bad luck chairman' - and his own committee as 'bad luck committee'. As a Health Committee chairman, he takes on his job giving aid to injured or sick person responsibly and unbiased, that he also treated a Tasogaredoki ninja Zatto Konnamon, who was supposing to be an intruder. He and his committee members often gets greeted by Konnamon uninformed, sometimes with presence of other Tasogaredoki ninjas.Kunoichi Class
; : :She's the leader of theStaff
; : :Another teacher of Rantaro, he serves to teach the actual techniques and trains the lazy first graders. Denzo tends to lose his patience faster than Doi. He also shows unnatural fondness in disguising himself as a woman, usually with disastrous results. When he is dressed as a woman, his personality transforms completely too, and he refuses to answer to anything besides 'Denko'. He is Yamada Rikichi's father. ; : :Rantarō's main classroom teacher, he often loses patience with Rantaro and his classmates due to their inability to pay attention. His personality appears to have been the inspiration for Iruka Umino, another ninja teacher who is voiced by the same voice actor. ; : : ; : :A dog skilled in ninjutsu, he is the longtime companion of the head master and is also in charge of ringing the school bell. ; : :The teacher of the female nintamas, she alternates between the form of a young woman and an old lady. No one is sure which is her true form. ; : ; : :Shinzaemon Tobe is another teacher at the school, who occasionally appears from time to time. He's a sword instructor who is skilled, but if he doesn't have his daily meals, he loses the strength to even pick up the sword. ; : :Andou is the first grade teacher for another class. He often calls Rantaro's class lazy and unproductive, comparing them to his class which seem to do nothing but study all day, thus getting good marks on their tests. ; : :A 16-year-old working at Ninjutsu Gakuen's administration, he is longing to become a ninja, but his clumsiness prevents his from being one. He originally belongs to a fan shop family in the same town as Saitō family.Tasogaredoki Castle
; : :Zatto is Tasogaredoki ninja group's leader. Behind his bandages is a severe burn caused by a fire incident nine years ago. A genius and skillful ninja who is easy-going, and sits in a lady-like manner, he is also an acquaintance of Isaku and Fushikizou. ; : :A 16-year-old ninja who belongs to Tasogaredoki Castle, Zatto's underling, he is quite a strong fighter, but always has his strength losing to his youthful innocence. He was defeated by Doi Hansuke using only chalks and attendance record, and proclaims a rivalry to him not long after. ; : :Yamamoto is in command after Zatto together with Oshitsu Osaretsu. He appeared at Ninjutsu Gakuen's cultural festival, giving Fushikizou a Zatto plush. ; : :Zatto's underling, he acts as a senior to Sonnamon. He also appeared at Ninjutsu Gakuen's cultural festival, helping out the Health Committee with their booth. ; : :Oshitsu is in command after Zatto together with Yamamoto. His well-known feature is that he always uses a rice paper to cover his face.Dokutake Castle
; : ; : ; : ''Dokutama'' * Shibuki * Ibuki * Fubuki * YamabukiOther characters
;Rantarō's Mother : ; : :Shinbei's younger sister. ; : :Yamada-sensei's 18-year-old son, a free agent ninja. Unlike his father, he is rather handsome. His nickname is Ricky. ; : :A bumbling and forgetful pirate captain. ; : :Tobe-sensei's self-proclaimed rival.Music
* Opening Themes #" Yūki 100%" by Hikaru Genji (eps. 1-47) #"Yūki 100%" by Hikaru Genji Super 5 (eps. 48-807) #"Yūki 100% (2002)" by Ya-Ya-Yah (eps. 808–1303) #"Yūki 100% (2009)" byEpisodes
A total of 25 series have been broadcast with each season containing a different number of episodes (ranging from 47 in series one to 120 in series two, three and four). Every episode title ends with the phrase ''no dan'' (の段 "The step of"). In 2012, special episodes were broadcast to mark the show's 20th anniversary as well as the 15th anniversary of ''Films
A total of five films based on the series have been released in Japan. The first film, ''Eiga Nintama Rantarō'' (映画 忍たま乱太郎 Nintama Rantarō the Movie), was released byVideo games
Various video games were released, starting in 1995. Most of them were published by Culture Brain.Broadcast
The anime series premiered on NHK G on April 10, 1993, and aired in a weekly 30-minute timeslot until March 19, 1994. Since October 3, 1994, the series airs daily on NHK E in a 10-minute timeslot.See also
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