News Reporting

Ninja Slayer To Stream In 20 Countries; New Key Art Released


Ninja Slayer will be sneaking its way to fans across the globe.

The official Ninja Slayer From Animation website announced that the series will make its debut via online streaming. The series will début on NicoNico starting on April 16, 2015 at 11:00PM, with a TV broadcast planned for 2016.

The series will also be available via Niconico Live Ginza, Anime Pass, Bandai Channel, D Anime Store, DMM.com, GyaO, Hikari TV, the PlayStation Network, Rakuten ShowTime, and Video Market.

International streaming plans were already revealed for Ninja Slayer, with plans to stream in over 20 countries. The full list is as follows:

  • United States
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
  • South America
  • Latin America
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • France
  • the Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • Monaco
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Northern Europe
  • South Korea
  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Ecuador
  • Guyana
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela

Currently, a platform hasn’t been announced for the international airings.

In addition to the streaming information, the site lists an updated crew list, which is as follows:

  • Series Director & Series Composition: Akira Amemiya
  • Scripts: Yū Satō
  • Character Designers: Hiroyuki Imaishi, Yusuke Yoshigaki, illustrators saitom, Serere Inato, & Shinjiro
  • Art Directors: Akira Katsuta, Young-jae Lee
  • Color Key: Akemi Nagao
  • Director of Photography: Kentaro Kashiwagi
  • Music: Shinichi Osawa & Kenji Fujisawa
  • Music Production: Starchild Records
  • Sound Director: Yuki Satofumi
  • Sound Production: grooove
  • Animation Production: Trigger
  • Production: Ninja Committee

The two key visuals are below:

Previously, we reported that the cast list would include a number of prominent voice actors, including Toshiyuki Morikawa and Chiwa Saito. The Ninja Slayer site lists threee pieces of character art, which we’ve posted below:

Source: Anime News Network

About the author

Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

Anime Herald

Support Anime Herald

Anime Herald is brought to you through our Patrons and Ko-fi supporters. Consider backing us for as little as $1 a month to help us keep the site ad-free and pay a fair rate to our writers.

Patrons and backers can access several benefits, including Early Article Access, our members-only Discord, and the ability to suggest articles for our team to write on your behalf.



Latest Posts