Rakudai Ninja Rantarō
| Rakudai Ninja Rantarō | |
Cover of the first volume | |
| 落第忍者乱太郎 | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Sōbē Amako |
| Published by | The Asahi Shimbun Company |
| Magazine | Asahi Shogakusei Shinbun |
| Demographic | Children |
| Original run | April 1986 – December 2019 |
| Volumes | 65 |
| Anime television series | |
Rakudai Ninja Rantarō (Japanese: 落第忍者乱太郎; lit. "Failure Ninja Rantarō"; generally abbreviated as Rakuran) is a comedy ninja manga series created by Sōbē Amako in 1986. The anime adaptation, Nintama Rantarō, began broadcasting on NHK in 1993 and a side-story anime film Eiga Nintama Rantarō premiered in 1996. Several Nintama Rantarō video games have also been published since 1995.