One series we don’t hear much about is the Nintama Rantarou work that began in 1993 and has had a new series pretty much every year ever since. The 25th series/season is now getting its home video release information set with an SDBD release that arrived back on October 24th, 2018. The single-disc set had the 64-episode run of the series and was priced at 18,000 yen. It’s listed at 448 minutes and comes with the clean opening and closing sequences as extras.
Plot Concept: Rantarou, Shinbei and Kirimaru are ninja apprentices in the Ninja Gakuen, where first grade ones are called “Nintamas” (contraction of the words ninja+tama (egg)). They must learn everything a ninja must know, but as for our heroes, money, food or playing are more interesting. The series show the everyday adventures of our heroes, segmentated in a cartoon fashion, like 2 small episodes in a 30-min show. The cast also includes the teachers (Doi-sensei and crossdressing Yamada-sensei), nintama kunoichis, evil guys (Dokutake ninjas) and even family members of all the cast… funny, nice, with catchy music (especially themes like “don’t mind namida” or “0 champion”)
[Source: Nintama Rantarou]
