Manmaru The Ninja Penguin

Manmaru The Ninja Penguin,^[1] released in Japan as 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.^[2]

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
Original run	April 1995 – April 1999
Volumes	11
Anime television series
Directed by	Tetsuo Yasumi
Studio	Shin-Ei Animation
Original network	ANN (TV Asahi)
Original run	July 5, 1997 – March 28, 1998
Episodes	48

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.

Video game

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