Ninja Kamui

Seemingly an average man, Joe Logan leads a peaceful life in the countryside with his wife and child. However, the Logan family have actually assumed false identities to escape from Joe's past as a fearsome ninja assassin. Despite a string of high-profile murders of his former peers, Joe is sure that his new life is secure—but his tranquil bliss is soon shattered when his family is slaughtered by members of his former clan.

Left for dead, Joe wakes up in a hospital, unsure of how he survived the wounds that should have killed him. Police detectives Emma Samanda and Mike Moriss, assigned to investigate the Logan family's deaths, witness another attempt on Joe's life. However, this time Joe is prepared. Unleashing secret techniques, he easily dispatches his enemies, shedding his new identity in the process.

Embracing his old ways, Joe shrouds himself in his former persona, cutting through the organization he once served in the name of cold-blooded revenge. Assisted in his hunt by the detective duo, Joe will stop at nothing to kill his past and the demons hailing from it.

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Logan, Joe Main

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Samanda, Emma Supporting

Wakai, Yuuki Japanese

Zai Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Logan, Sara Supporting

Hino, Yurika Japanese

Moriss, Mike Supporting

Ono, Atsushi Japanese

Dilly Supporting

Park, Romi Japanese

Logan, Kyle Supporting

Yamaji Supporting

Yamaji, Kazuhiro Japanese

Boss Ninja Supporting

Shimura, Tomoyuki Japanese

Cardenas, Jason Supporting

Nagasako, Takashi Japanese

Umemoto, Yui Co-Director

Park, Seong-Hu Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director

Fujita, Akiko Sound Director

Shimizu, Hisatoshi Episode Director, Key Animation

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Jul 25, 2024

KakashiInfinite

Recommended

Funny

Ninja Kamui is an action & fighting anime and it's damn good at it.

Action/fights - that's what promises and it delivers. As simple as that.

Lore - good and interesting enough for such a show; you have some drama, some love, some high-tech bs and some ancient belief system bs. Perfect to explain why people fight.

Philosophy - surprisingly, the show portrays very well the dumb idea that peace & prosperity can be brought by beating the shit out of anyone you don't like and intimidating the rest. It is this kind of stupid ideology that drives the 'alpha male' and dictator types to commit atrocities. Not ... that violence isn't necessary sometimes, mind you. We need it precisely as a last resort to fight off such assholes.

If a democratic and peaceful country produces lots of such brain-dead morons, it means that something is not going well. When you cure cancer, it is not enough to just cut it away, you also need to change the way you live, so you don't get it again.

Irony - some of the elements of the show remind of real world. Amza could easily be Uber or any other big corporation who wants to ruin the world for the rest of us. The rich owner of the company is more endearing than Elon Musk would ever dream of being, but still has a god-complex and a face asking to be punched.

Anyway, came for some simple action - got that, some decent animation and even a bit of philosophy on top.
Worth the time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Sep 15, 2024

MrX867

Mixed Feelings

This had a really strong start but unfortunately it swayed away from what I originally thought this series would be.

When I watched the first 4 or 5 episodes I was super excited thinking that I finally ended up finding a Ninja themed anime series that takes place in a modern time. Unfortunately the series ends up with a big focus on Mecha armor which is used heavily by both antagonists and protagonists. I suppose some folks might not be bothered by this but once the sci-fi armor action began it really started feeling like I was watching action scenes from a completely different series. I ... personally enjoyed the action a whole lot more when it was folks battling each other without fancy Iron Man-esque suits. I'd also like to mention that these suits are CGI drawn which, in my opinion, doesn't look or move as great as the hand drawn animation in this series.

The only other nitpick that kept coming to my mind is that after the first 2 or 3 episodes we only seem to see the supporting cast speak about what to do next or what they should do against an opponent. They barely gave any attention to the main character when it comes to suggesting a plan or even share his thoughts about the situations. Thankfully we do get to see a lot more from him in the flashbacks we see throughout. Though I will admit a lot of the other characters we see are super charismatic and felt very unique.

While I found the story a bit entertaining I must admit that it wasn't exactly anything out of this world. It starts off as a normal revenge story but unfortunately the longer it went the more it seemed like the creators were trying to cram way too many different concepts into 1 package. I actually found myself enjoying the flashbacks more than what was occurring in the present.

If you wish to see 'turn-off your mind' action I'd say give it a chance, the action in the first half of the series is great in my opinion. If you're expecting regular ninjas without Iron Man suits then you may end up disappointed once the Sci-Fi kicks in. I honestly would've rated this higher if it didn't shift from 'Modern day Ninjas' to 'Mecha-Ninjas'.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 4, 2024

Jeeusee

Not Recommended

Very good anime until chapter 4.

From this point:

- Mech armor ruins combat. Less blood, less impact, less possibility of complicated strategies, less development of shinobi skills.

- The animation begins to deteriorate. It's not a bad CGI, but it's very poorly implemented.
The mecha battles are simply slashes and sparks, unlike the first combats, where the movements and choreography were better.

- The story stops being interesting. The "villain" turns out to be an idiot. And the Organization, which the exiles fear so much, only the first 4 episodes are really scary. Then they mostly become NPCs waiting to be killed.
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- Some plotstwist come from nowhere. They have no impact or logical explanation. And I'm not just talking about the story, but there are even scenes that don't make sense (For example, at one point X character uses a hook to fight and, literally 5 seconds later, falls into the void thinking "oh no, I'm dead".. .i mean, use your hook dude)

Anyway. Didn't like it.
Excelent animation and great potential at the beginning, all thrown away in chapter 4 when that whole feeling of human fragility and "every little decision counts" was lost.
The anime proposed rules that later became irrelevant.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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