Ninja Hattori-Kun

27 01 2009

We were watching a Japanese TV show the other day. The show features segment showing the origins of all kinds of Japanese pop culture items. This episode the had a retrospective on “Ninja Hattori-Kun.

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He’s a cute ninja character for kids, star of many cartoons and manga. Very cute looking. Well it turns out that they had a live action version on TV during the sixties. In it Hattori-kun is played by a man in a mask.

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The result is almost frightening! I wonder who thought this live action show would be better than a cartoon.

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How many kids had nightmares after watching this?


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8 responses

14 05 2009
rohan

hattori is so cute

14 05 2009
Eric

I agree. I had no idea ninjas could be so adorable.

20 08 2009
Mitsuo

i love hattori i used to watch this cartoon all the time its so cute and adorable..and actually u get to learn a lot of stuff from there.

20 08 2009
Eric

I’ve never really watched it, since it’s only in Japanese. I have seen it while my nieces were watching it though. It looks funny.

21 09 2009
Matt

I think the real action series are very good indeed. Just think how beautiful would be if this series could be realized with actual technologies (CGI, better costumes etc etc..).

22 09 2009
Eric

They did do a recent live action movie, but unfortunately it wasn`t so good.

24 10 2009
cory

there was a movie remake with Shingo from SMAP
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/ninja-hattori-kun-anime-and-live-action/

24 10 2009
Eric

I saw that movie. Unfortunately it wasn’t so good.:(

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