Ninja Akakage

Ninja Akakage
Cover of the first manga volume.
仮面の忍者 赤影
(Kamen no Ninja Akakage)
Manga
Written byMitsuteru Yokoyama
Published byShogakukan
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run19661967
Volumes3
Television drama
Produced by
  • Tetsuo Kato (KTV)
  • Toru Hirayama (Toei)
  • Masao Takada (Toei Kyoto TV Production)
Written byMasaru Igami
Music byHirōki Ogawa
StudioKansai Telecasting Corporation
Toei Company, Ltd.
Original networkKTV, Fuji TV
Original run April 5, 1967 March 27, 1968
Episodes52
Further information
Live-action film
Tobidasu Bouken Eiga: Akakage
Directed byJunji Kurata
Written byMasaru Igami
Music byHirooki Ogawa
StudioToei Company
ReleasedJuly 20, 1969
Runtime52 minutes
Manga
Shin Kamen no Ninja Akakage
Written byMitsuteru Yokoyama
Published byAkita Shoten
ImprintShonen Champion Comics
MagazineWeekly Shonen Champion
Original runSeptember 18, 1987April 15, 1988
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed bySusumu Ishizaki
Produced by
Written byToshiki Inoue
Yoshiyuki Suga
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
StudioToei Animation
Original networkNNS (NTV)
Original run 13 October 1987 22 March 1988
Episodes23
Video game
DeveloperShouei
PublisherToei Animation
GenreAction
PlatformFamicom
ReleasedMay 20, 1988
Manga
Kamen no Ninja Akakage Remains
Written byMasaomi Kanzaki
Published byAkita Shoten
ImprintPlay Comic Series
MagazinePlay Comic
Original runMay 25, 2012May 25, 2014
Volumes4
Drama television series
Live-action film

Ninja Akakage (仮面の忍者 赤影, Kamen no Ninja Akakage; "Masked Ninja Red Shadow") is a Japanese manga series written and Illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1966 to 1967.

The manga was adapted into a 52-episode tokusatsu series by Toei and was broadcast on Kansai TV and Fuji TV from April 1967 to March 1968, followed by a film adaptation in 1969. A 26-episode anime adaptation by Toei Animation was broadcast on Nippon TV from October 1987 to March 1988. A second live-action film titled Red Shadow, which serves as a loose adaptation, was released in 2001.