Wrath of the Ninja - Recommendations

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1967

• TV (12 eps)
• 2005

In the turmoil of the Sengoku Period, the armies led by Ieyasu Tokugawa are advancing across Japan in a show of unrivalled military might. Only the Sanada family dares to stand up against them, a move which is both brave and fraught with untold peril. Amidst the cold conspiracies and fiery battles, an exceptional ninja called Sarutobi Sasuke must employ his powers to weaken the invaders and, most importantly, protect the Sanada family he loves. However, as the drums of war toll throughout the land, everyone, including Sarutobi, must prepare themselves for a war which will not just change their lives, but determine the fate of all Japan.

• TV (23 eps)
• 1987 - 1988

Red Shadow is a ninja who wears a red-and-black costume and a stylized red mask. His adventures take place in Feudal Japan, and he and his ninja sidekicks Aokage and Shirokage fight evil warlords, wizards and daikaiju using modern high-tech gadgetry.

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 2005

When a meteor plummets to Earth one day in medieval Japan, a lone villager stumbles upon the site of impact and discovers at the center of the crater a baby boy. Brought up to serve the powerful Sanada family, the boy, now named Sarutobi Sasuke, becomes a ninja of great and mystical ability. However, as dark forces gather on the horizon in the form of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Sanada family finds itself irreparably split between those who would join the invaders and those who would maintain the old order. Eventually, only Genjiro Sanada and his father remain to defend their home, Ueda castle. In these turbulent times, will Sarutobi’s unique strengths be enough to safeguard Japan from the ferocious ambitions of the Tokugawa?

• TV (13 eps)
• 2003

A half-man, half-beast is chased by foes wielding power of an unpleasant nature. He would certainly be slaughtered, his mission failed, if not for the intervention of a wandering mercenary -- Kibagami Jubei. With the last of his strength, he gives Jubei a mysterious jewel, thereby transferring his mission: deliver the jewel at all costs to the Priestess of Light. The mystery of the jewel's powers, and the identities of those fiends who quest for it... these are questions whose answers will only be found through blood and battle.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1985

A young boy named Jiro finds his mother and sister murdered in his home. Falsely accused of the crime, he flees from his village and meets a priest named Tenkai, who has him kill a rogue ninja named Tarouza. After fulfilling that task, Jiro undergoes training to become a master assassin. Many years later, Jiro finds out that he was an orphan and his real father was Tarouza, who had worked for Tenkai until he aborted his mission when he fell in love with an Ainu woman. The young ninja discovers that the Shogunate was to retrieve the lost treasure of Captain Kidd and use it to once again isolate Japan from the rest of the world. Using the clues that Tarouza had kept secret, Jiro - along with the female ninja Oyuki and a slave named Sam - travels to Russia and America to search for the treasure in hopes of using it to extract revenge from Tenkai.

• OVA (2 eps)
• 1996

Kaoru, Hayashi, Yume, Matsuri, and Sakura are the last of the Byakuro ninja, who are charged with protecting the descendant of the Byakuro princess. On a training mission, the group travels to the ancient Byakuro palace to find magic scrolls, with the best scroll found guaranteeing a rite of passage to being a true ninja. But along the way, many dangers will be encountered, including monsters and the rival Kabasu clan who are determined to capture the princess herself, who, unknown even to her, is one of the ninja!

• OVA (2 eps)
• 1989

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1981

• OVA (7 eps)
• 1993 - 1995

Continuation of The Legend Of The Dog Warriors: The Hakkenden.