Manmaru The Ninja Penguin
Cover of the first volume of Ninpen Manmaru
忍ペンまん丸
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Written by	Mikio Igarashi
Published by	Enix
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Gangan
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	April 1995 – April 1999
Volumes	11
Anime television series
Directed by	Tetsuo Yasumi
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	July 5, 1997 – March 28, 1998
Episodes	48

Ninpen Manmaru (忍ペンまん丸) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mikio Igarashi. It was serialized in the Enix magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 1995 to 1999. A 48-episode anime adaptation was produced by Shin-Ei Animation, directed by Tetsuo Yasumi, and broadcast on TV Asahi between July 5, 1997, and March 28, 1998.^[1]

The official English name is Manmaru The Ninja Penguin.^[2]

Characters

• Manmaru (まん丸) Voiced by: Haruna Ikezawa
• Tanutaro (タヌ太郎) Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi
• Tsunejiro (ツネ次郎) Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki

Anime

The anime uses two pieces of theme music. "What surprised me" (ボクってまんまる, Bokutte Manmaru) by Yumi Adachi is the series' opening theme while "Kagayakeru Hoshi" (輝ける星, lit. "Stars Shining") by Miho Komatsu is the series' ending theme.

Staff

• Written by: Mikio Igarashi
• Chief animation director: Sueyoshi Yuuitirou
• Art Director: Nakamura Takashi
• Director of Photography: Itou Syuuiti
• Editing: Okayasu Tadashi
• Recording Director: Good Kobayashi Takashi
• Music: Ootani Akihiro, Norio Ido
• Producer: Kazi Makoto (TV Asahi), Tetsuya Watanabe (Dentsu), Katou Yoshio (SHIN-EI)
• Director: Yasumi Tetsuo
• Screenplay: Clear Yamazaki Department, Yasumi Tetsuo, Taeko Okina, Yonemura Shiyouzi, Houzyou Tika, Masaaki Sakurai, Takumi Kusube
• Animation: String Dream House, Dream Tai Company
• Original: Last House, the same Yangurujimu
• Videos: Yangurujimu same
• Check Video: Hara Yoshi, ORENGE, Kurokawa Shiyouiti
• Color Design: Sanae Matsutani
• Special Effects: Doi Mitiaki, Yamamoto Hiroshi, Hara Makiko, Hashizume Satoshi two, Doi Atsushi, Sachiko Harada, Sachie relationship
• Title: Akira Michikawa
• Squirrel Mask: Maki Productions
• Coloring: Imaizumi Hiromi, Yoko Miyamoto, Maruta Noriko, Anzai Naomi, Matsuo Megumi
• Finish: Lightfoot, Killy Studio, Studio M Trace
• Production Cooperation: Vega Entertainment
• Background: Uni Studios
• Photography: Asahi Production
• Digital Effects: Hirotaka Humi youngest student Kazumi Akira
• Editing: Okayasu Tadashi, T. Kojima, Murai Hideaki, Kei Takashi Miyake, Yumiko middle, Hiroshi Kawasaki Akira
• Developing: Toukyou processing station
• Effect: Yokoyama Masakazu
• Recording Studio: APU Studio
• Voicing: Tanaka Yoshiaki
• Assistant voicing: Yamamoto Takuo
• Sound Production: Audio Planning You
• Sound Production Desk: Hana good food plant
• Assistant Producer: Itikawa Yoshihiko (SHIN-EI)
• Literature: Takumi Kusube
• Production Desk: Kashihara Kenzi
• Production Progress: Mabuti Yoshikiti, H. Ishida, Huruhata Shiniti, Naoki attached, Yamamoto Haruko, a Takeshi Mita, S. Uchida, Takei Takeshi
• PR: Kaori Suzuki (Asahi)
• Production Cooperation: Dentsuu
• Production: TV Asahi, SHIN-EI

Video Game

In 1997, a 3D action game based on Ninpen Manmaru was released for the Sega Saturn, developed by TamTam and published by Enix Corporation.^[3]