Samurai Kid (1964)
Samurai Kid (1964)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tetsuta Ikuno
Key Animation
Midori Katō
Midori
Yōichi Kotabe
Key Animation
Kiyoshi Komiyama
Kaze no Fujimaru
Keisuke Morishita
Key Animation
Kazuko Yoshikawa
Daisuke
Keiichiro Kimura
Key Animation
Yoshiko Yamamoto
Choro
Sanpei Shirato
Writer
Yukiyoshi Hane
Key Animation
Tatsuji Kino
Key Animation
Takao Kôzai
Key Animation
Toshiaki Kobayashi
Key Animation
Daikichirou Kusube
Key Animation / Animation Director
Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi
Key Animation
Yutaka Horikawa
Key Animation
Kenzo Koizumi
Key Animation
Hiroshi Agatsuma
Key Animation
Michihiko Yoshida
Key Animation
Toyohira Horikawa
Key Animation
Kazuo Katsumata
Key Animation
Sumiko Naganuma
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 7, 1964
Original Name少年忍者風のフジ丸
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes65
Running Time30m
Genres
Wiki.
Fujimaru of the Wind: The Childhood of a Ninja (Japanese: 少年忍者風のフジ丸, Hepburn: Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru), also known as Samurai Kid, is a Japanese anime series produced by Toei Animation. 65 episodes aired from 7 June 1964 until 31 August 1965. It tells the story of a ninja's pupil that controlled the wind.
It was based on the manga Ishimaru of the Wind (風の石丸, Kaze no Ishimaru) by Sanpei Shirato and was animated by Yasuji Mori and Hayao Miyazaki. The anime was renamed "Kaze no Fujimaru" in order to associate it with its sponsor, Fujisawa Pharmaceuticals.
The opening theme, 'Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru' and the closing theme, 'Tatakau Shōnen Ninja', were both performed by the Nishirokugo Boy's Choir (西六郷少年合唱団, Nishirokugō Shōnen Gasshōdan). The series originally ended with a repeat of the opening; the separate ending song came later.