A long time ago, there was a war between the Evil God and the Dragon God. The war finally came to an end when a Dragon Ninja, who had the power of the Dragon God, sealed away the Evil God.Several thousand years later, in New York, a young ninja named Ryu is attacked by a couple of men in black suits wearing white masks. He notices that they are related to someone worshiping the same Evil God of the past and resolves to fight against them before the Evil God is unsealed again.
Directed by Mamoru Kanbe
ninja
based on video game
anime
original video animation (ova)
dragon sword
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
Cast
Keiichi Nanba
Ryu Hayabusa
Norio Wakamoto
Robert T. Sturgeon
Yumi Touma
Irene Lew
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Sarah
Shinji Ogawa
Narrator
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Nick
5.0★ · 05/01/25
Takes about half the runtime to get interesting. This would probably make for some good AMV’s, ova not so much.
Takes about half the runtime to get interesting. This would probably make for some good AMV’s, ova not so much.
Callum Harmon
8.2★ · 10/03/23
Does any other game adaptation follow the continuity of its respective series like this does? A straight sequel to the NES trilogy that’s a ton of fun. A sort of in-between of the series at the time and what was to come with the 2000’s reboot. Also Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012) ripped a shocking amount from this one.
Worth a watch regardless of if you’re a fan or not.
Does any other game adaptation follow the continuity of its respective series like this does? A straight sequel to the NES trilogy that’s a ton of fun. A sort of in-between of the series at the time and what was to come with the 2000’s reboot. Also Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012) ripped a shocking amount from this one.
Worth a watch regardless of if you’re a fan or not.
