Ninja Nonsense Manga Author Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary with Special Illustration on Twitter

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Ryoichi Koga, the author of the Ninin ga Shinobuden / 2×2 = Shinobuden (Ninja Nonsense in the West) manga series, posted a memorial illustration on Twitter yesterday, February 24. According to the author, February 24 is "The Day of Ninin ga Shinobuden" (because the title includes 2, 2, and 4).

The ninja comedy manga was serialized in MediaWorks' Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh from July 2000 to January 2006 and compiled in four tankobon volumes. Its TV anime adaptation featuring Nana Mizuki as the voice of the protagonist Shinobu was aired for 12 episodes from July to September 2004.

2020年2月24日毎年勝手に言ってる「ニニンがシノブ伝の日」シノブ伝漫画連載開始から20周年イラスト、なんとか間に合った！７月発売のアニメBlu-rayスタンダードBOXもよろしく！ pic.twitter.com/v0JaIbMPjj
— 古賀亮一 (@kryo1) February 24, 2020

His 2020 New Year Illustration also features the "Ninin ga Shinobuden" characters.

いつの間にか1月も後半でなんか虚無感あるので今年描いた年賀状貼ってまだ祭気分でいたい。 pic.twitter.com/aGyyrCunTt
— 古賀亮一 (@kryo1) January 23, 2020

Also to celebrate the memorial year, Frontier Works will release the 10,780-yen 20th anniversary edition Blu-ray box of the TV anime on July 22, 2020. It is actually a cheap edition of the 20,328-yen deluxe edition Blu-ray box released in November 2015.