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Sasuga no Sarutobi

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  • Comment: Good work so far on this article. However, unfortunately, in order to prove notability, an article needs to references 2-3 sources which are reliable, independent, secondary sources, which talk about the subject of the Wikipedia article at length. The trouble with the sourepces you have so far is that almost all of them are primary sources, which do not help with notability, and all but one of the secondary articles are from blogs, which aren’t considered reliable sources, so also don’t count. There MUST be enough review articles, in either Japanese or English, out there which talk about the series at length. Once you find them, we will easily be able to accept the article. Good luck and keep up the good work 👍 Absurdum4242 (talk) 08:57, 12 August 2026 (UTC)
Sasuga no Sarutobi
さすがの猿飛
GenreAction comedy[1]
Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byFujihiko Hosono
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShonen Sunday Comics
MagazineShōnen Sunday Zōkan
Original runAugust 20, 1980 – April 15, 1984
Volumes7
Anime television series
Directed byKoichi Sasaki
Produced byHiromichi Mogaki
Yoshirō Kataoka
Written byTakeshi Shudo
Music byJoe Hisaishi
StudioTsuchida Production
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
Original run October 17, 1982 – March 11, 1984
Episodes69
Manga
Sasuga no Sarutobi G
Written byFujihiko Hosono
Published byShogakukan
ImprintHeroes Comics
MagazineMonthly Hero's
Original runJune 1, 2017 – August 30, 2019
Volumes4

Sasuga no Sarutobi (Japanese: さすがの猿飛, Hepburn: Sasuga no Sarutobi, lit. As expected of Sarutobi), also known as The Academy of Ninjas, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujihiko Hosono. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from 1980 to 1984, with the chapters collected in 7 tankōbon volumes. The series revolves around the rotund but skilled ninja Nikumaru Sarutobi and his girlfriend Mako Kiriga, as they both study at a high school specialized on training young ninjas on the art of espionage.

The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Tsuchida Production that ran on Fuji TV from 1982 to 1984 for 69 episodes. A sequel manga series, known as Sasuga no Sarutobi G (さすがの猿飛G) or Sasuga no Sarutobi Global, written and illustrated by Hosono, was serialized on Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Hero's from 2017 to 2019, with the chapters collected in 4 tankōbon volumes.

Plot

The Shinobi Private High School (私立忍ノ者高校, Shiritsu shinobi nomono kōkō) is an academic institution similar to a normal private school, but it's main focus on training young ninjas so that they can hone in their abilities and eventually get hired as spies for various companies and world goverments. Nikumaru Sarutobi, the mischievous and gluttonous grandson of the school's founder Happousai, gets applied as an transfer student, but since the school doesn't admit student's half-way through the year, the principal decides to set up test in which if Nikumaru manages to steal a scroll from teacher Kenichiro Ogata in a day, he gets accepted into the school. Nikumaru eventualy obtains the scroll. To the joy of his childhood friend and the principal's daughter Mako Kiriga. However, Ogata, who considers Nikumaru to be a disgrace to the school, challenges him to a duel where if he loses he gets expelled, but Nikumaru manages to win by using his Kamikaze Technique (神風の術, Kamikaze no jutsu, lit. Divine Wind Technique) to flip over the schoolgirls' skirts, causing Ogata to go into a state of shock.

From then on, Nikumaru becomes a permanent student at the academy alongside Mako, and the duo start attending classes, getting sent into intelligence gathering missions, and occasionally participating in sporting events, all while meeting varios students at the school and experiencing numerous ups and downs in their own relationship. The anime additionally introduces a rival school called Spiner High School (スパイナー高校, Supainā kōkō), specialized on more modern and technology-driven espionage techniques, the principal of the school often send the students 00893 and 004989 to spy on the Shinobi School and the Sarutobi family, but they often end up getting their plans foiled by Nikumaru or their own clumsiness.

Characters

The youngest member of the legendary Sarutobi ninja family and a student at the Shinobi Private High School, he's often mischievous, gluttonous and lecherous, but can sometimes show a more serious side, specially when protecting his girlfriend Mako. Despite his short stature and overweight body, he's remarkably agile and skilled at ninjitsu, to the point of being considered one of the school's top students. His signature ninja technique is the Kamikaze Technique, in which he creates a strong wind gust by rubbing the soles of his feet, a technique he often uses to flip over girls' skirts.
The only daughter of the Shinobi School's principal Taizo and a skilled kunoichi herself. She first met Nikumaru when they were 7 years old, and while she often scolds him for his gluttony and perverted behaviour, she nonetheless loves him unconditionally and often cooks him homemade bento boxes so she can handfeed him, and frecuently calls on him when she is in peril, to the point of eventually doubting her own abilities as a ninja.
  • Mika Ishikawa (石川美加, Ishikawa Mika) Voiced by: Yūko Mita
A tough yet beautiful sukeban girl said to be the descendant of Ishikawa Goemon, she became a close friend and confidant to Mako, with Mako often talking to her about her relationship with Nikumaru.
  • Kenichiro Ogata (緒形剣一郎, Ogata Ken'ichirō) Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto
Often referred to as "Ogata-sensei" (His full name wasn't revealed until "Sasuga no Sarutobi G"). He's the stern and short-tempered teacher of Nikumaru and Mako's classroom. He holds deep resentment towards Nikumaru, as he belives that Nikumaru's childish attitude and chubby body make him a dishonor to the art of ninjitsu.
  • Happosai Sarutobi (猿飛八宝斎, Sarutobi Happōsai) Voiced by: Jōji Yanami
The grandfather of Nikumaru and founder and first principal of the Shinobi School. He's often considered to be one of the greatest ninjas of his generation, and while he hasn't lost his ninjitsu abilities with age, he's now a somewhat perverted old man living a relativly normal life with his family.
  • Kasumi Sarutobi (猿飛かすみ, Sarutobi Kasumi) Voiced by: Eiko Masuyama
Nikumaru's mother and Happosai's daughter. She trained to be a kunoichi under Happosai, but after conceiving Nikumaru with fellow student Kogenta, the 2 have a shotgun wedding and Kasumi becomes the housewife of the Sarutobi household, although she still often uses her skills to stop Nikumaru from sneaking past food.
  • Kogenta Sarutobi (猿飛小源太, Sarutobi Kogenta) Voiced by: Hiroshi Masuoka
Nikumaru's father and Kasumi's husband. Once one of Happosai's top disciples, he decided not to become a ninja and instead get a stable job as an police officer. Happosai heavily detests his decision, and frequently evicts him from the house.
  • Okura Kiriga (霧賀大蔵, Kiriga Ōkura) Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata
Mako's father and Happosai's top student. He's the current principal of the Shinobi School, as well as a supportive father figure to Mako, although he occasionally lets slip a more perverted side to him.
  • Ako Kiriga (霧賀亜子, Kiriga Ako) Voiced by: Mika Doi
Mako's mother and chairwoman of the Shinobi School. She heavily resents the Sarutobis ever since Kasumi married Kogenta, whom Ako had feelings for, while the 3 were training under Happosai. When she learned that Mako and Nikumaru were dating, she tried everything in her power to separate them.
  • Ninton (忍豚, Ninton, lit. Ninja Pig) Voiced by: Mayumi Tanaka
A pig who was part of a secret valley where pigs are trained to become ninja assasins, who later became the Sarutobi's family pet. Although he was a one-off character in the manga, in the anime he's a reccuring character, who often provides voice-over commentary to the events of the episode.
The vice president (and later president) of the student council. He's usually a suave and romantic guy adored by most of the female students, but he cracks easily under pressure. Despite their similar names, he doesn't seem to be a relative of Fūma Kotarō.
  • Yuichiro Hattori (服部優一郎, Hattori Yūichirō) Voiced by: Taiki Matsuno
The youngest student at the Shinobi School. He greatly admires Nikumaru ever since he accidentally saved him from a delinquent girl gang when they were in middle school, and constantly begs Nikumaru to make him his pupil, much to Nikumaru's annoyance.

Media

Manga

Fujihiko Hosono's Sasuga no Sarutobi was originally serialized in the shōnen manga anthology Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from issue No. 8 on August 20, 1980, to No. 4 on April 15, 1984. In addition, 2 one-shot stories were published in other shōnen magazines by publisher Shogakukan to promote the start of the anime, the first in issue No. 45 of Weekly Shōnen Sunday on October 27, 1982, and the second in issue No. 21 of Shōnen Big Comic on November 12, 1982. Its 46 individual chapters (including one-shots) were collected in 7 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan under the Shonen Sunday Comics imprint, which were published from May 19, 1982, to June 18, 1984.[2] It was reassembled as a 4-volume bunkoban edition from May to August of 2013.[3][4] Doki Doki licensed the series for France in 2008,[5] and published the first volume on February 11, 2009.[6] All 7 original volumes have been released on France as of February 10, 2010.[7]

After Sasuga no Sarutobi ended in 1984. Hosono occasionally created new one-shot spinoff stories with the characters, the first was Sasuga no Sarutobi 2013 (さすがの猿飛 2013), about Nikumaru and Mako working at an convenience store. It was originally published at the end of each volume of the 2013 bunkoban edition, and was later reprinted at the beginning of volume 2 of Fujihiko Hosono Short Story Collection, published on November 30, 2016.[8] The other one-shot is Ganmo vs. Nikumaru in Reiwa (ガンモvs.肉丸in令和), a crossover with another Hosono manga: Gu Gu Ganmo. It was created for Fujihiko Hosono's Early Short Story Collection Side A, published on May 28, 2021.[9]

Sasuga no Sarutobi G

Sasuga no Sarutobi G, also know as Sasuga no Sarutobi GLOBAL, is a sequel manga written and illustrated by Hosono. Taking place in "202X", it follows Nikumaru and Mako, who're now attending the Shinobi no Michi Academy (忍ノ道学院, Shinobu no michi gakuin), which trains ninjas from all around the world and sends them to missions on an global scale.[10] It was originally serialized in the seinen manga anthology Monthly Hero's from issue No. 7 on June 1, 2017, to issue No. 9 on August 30, 2019. Its individual chapters were collected in 4 tankōbon by Shogakukan under the Heroes Comics imprint, which were published from March 5, 2017, to October 4, 2019.[11][12]

Anime

The Sasuga no Sarutobi manga was adapted into an anime television series by Tsuchida Production, which aired on Fuji TV from October 17, 1982, to March 11, 1984, and spanned 69 episodes.[13] Since the manga was serialized monthly, there wasn't a lot of source material to work with, so series composer Takeshi Shudo and the other writers expanded the role of certain characters (most notably Ninton) and created new ones (such as the members from Spiner High School). They also added various filler episodes, mostly non-canon alternate universe stories which often parodied popular pieces of media from the time, an approach Shudo compared to a variety show. Both Hosono and Shonen Sunday's editor-in-chief approved the changes to the manga during a meeting with Shudo.[14]

The anime was first released on home video in a 18-disc LaserDisc set on November 10, 1995.[15] It was then released in a 23-disc DVD set (including a 24th disc with bonus features), on December 19, 2003,[16] and two 6-volume sets, the first 12-disc set on September 26, 2008, which contains the first 36 episodes,[17] and the second 11-disc set on October 24, 2008, which contains the remainder.[18] In addition, the 23 discs from the 2003 set all got individual releases from April 23, 2004,[19] to July 23, 2004.[20] Outside Japan, the Sasuga no Sarutobi TV series was released was France, where it first aired under the title L'Académie des Ninjas ("The Academy of Ninjas") from April 1990 on La Cinq, it later reran under the title Le Collège des Ninjas ("The College of Ninjas") from August 28, 1991 on TF1.[21]

Music

Joe Hisaishi composed the score for the Sasuga no Sarutobi anime. The opening theme is "Koi no Jyumon wa Sukitokimekitokisu" (恋の呪文はスキトキメキトキス, lit. The love spell is Sukitokimekitokisu) performed by Sayaka Ito. The ending theme used for the first 27 episodes is "Koi no B-kyu Action" (恋のB級アクション, lit. A B-grade romantic action) performed by Ito. The second ending theme used for the remaining episodes is "Ninton Reggae" (忍豚レゲエ, lit. Ninja Pig Reggae) performed by Mayumi Tanaka.

On October 5, 1982, Victor Entertainment released an EP containing "Koi no Jyumon wa Sukitokimekitokisu" and "Koi no B-kyu Action", on April 1983, they released another EP containing "Ninton Reggae" and the image song "Kui MONO song" (食いMONOソング, lit. Eating song). They also released an album called Sasuga no Sarutobi Music Selection (さすがの猿飛 音楽篇, Sasuga no Sarutobi Ongaku-hen), containing songs that were used in the series itself, it was first released on cassete and LP in 1983 and then reissued on CD in March 24, 1994.[22]

Other media

A Sasuga no Sarutobi handheld electronic game by Yonezawa Toys was released in 1983.[23] On 1984, a VHS titled Sasuga no Sarutobi Character Graffiti (さすがの猿飛 キャラ・グラフティ―, Sasuga no Sarutobi Kyara・Graffiti) was released, it was a clip show in which Ninton hosted a series of themed scenes from the anime.[24] A pachinko machine by IGT Japan based on the anime was released on April 21, 2009.[25]

Reception

In his Anime-sama 365 days column for Anime Style, Yūichirō Oguro praised the animation of the anime, stating "There are only a handful of TV series in the history of Japanese animation that have featured such outstanding action animation", although he disliked the humor for being "quite corny". He also praised the original manga, saying that "the whole thing is smart" and "it's a cool manga in a way".[26]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "月刊ヒーローズ『さすがの猿飛G』「PLAY BACK!さすがの猿飛」". 月刊ヒーローズ公式HP (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 7, 2018. ラブコメ忍者アクションいよいよヒーローズに登場！ Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
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  4. ↑ "さすがの猿飛 4" [Sasuga no Sarutobi 4]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on June 29, 2026. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
  5. ↑ "L'académie des Ninjas" [The Academy of Ninjas]. Manga-News.com (in français). May 30, 2008. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ "Académie des ninjas (l') Vol.1" [Academy of Ninjas (The) Vol. 1]. Manga-News.com (in français). Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. ↑ "Académie des ninjas (l') Vol.7" [Academy of Ninjas (The) Vol.7]. Manga-News.com (in français). Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ "細野不二彦短編集 | 検索結果". 小学館 (in 日本語). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 29, 2026. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
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  13. ↑ Haraguchi, Masahiro; Oguro, Yuichiro; Shoko, Michihara, eds. (October 22, 1988). The Art of Japanese Animation 1: 25 Years of Television Cartoons TVアニメ25年史 (in Japanese). Tokuma Shoten. p. 128.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
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  26. ↑ Oguro, Yūichirō (May 13, 2009). "アニメ様365日 第123回　『さすがの猿飛』" [Anime-sama 365 days. Episode 123: "Sasuga no Sarutobi"]. WEBアニメスタイル (in 日本語). 株式会社スタイル. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

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