Old ninja movies, comics, toys, weapons and more...
Live Last read · last published · next check
“VINTAGE NINJA SECRET SCROLLS” is my new email newsletter. Like a lone shinobi in the night, I’m trying to maintain an audience and spread the good word about A LOT of amazing upcoming projects. But the internet is dying daily, … Continued The post Subscribe to the new Vintage Ninja Newsletter! first appeared on Vintage Ninja .
I had the immense pleasure once again of guesting on The Heroes Three podcast, this time talking all things THE NINJA HUNT. Considered by many to be the darkest and grittiest of the dark-and-gritty 1960s Japanese ninja wave, this is … Continued The post Be very quiet, we’re hunting ninja… TWICE first appeared on Vintage Ninja .
Been absolutely swamped with secret shadow work in the ninja field since the start of the year, no time for new features alas, but I did want to throw flowers at some superb disc releases of late. CHALLENGE OF THE … Continued The post Giant Chinese Shinobi, Stripper Ninjutsu and the Ninja Who Met Geronimo first appeared on Vintage Ninja .
I had a blast talking ninja movies and their actual place in the larger martial arts realm with East Asian cinema expert and frequent disc commentator The Fanatical Dragon. It’s looooong, and honestly primarily audio in nature (who wants to … Continued The post Talking ninja movies with Fanatical Dragon first appeared on Vintage Ninja .
There were a hundred or more movies and TV shows delivering a consistent, almost branded, ninja idiom in Japan during their 60s craze. Entering 2026, we have access to more of that astounding vintage media than ever before, and posterity … Continued The post Ink, Paper and Shadows: A Look At Vintage Japanese Ninja Books first appeared on Vintage Ninja .
We’ve been basking in a Golden Age of 1960s-era Japanese ninja media becoming available for the first time in English, and this awesome run continues with a bang as AnimEigo is now shipping the 3-disc blu of Shirato Sanpei‘s 1968 … Continued The post REVIEW — Sasuke: The Complete Television Series first appeared on Vintage Ninja .
While I’ve had all sorts of cool-ass ninjering going on in the shadows, I still can’t reveal anything, and its been too long without a post. So here’s some superlative vids that have come along lately, some of which I’ve … Continued The post A Random VN Video Recommendation Dump first appeared on Vintage Ninja .
So where have I been? True story… on my way to posting new features I was attacked by ninjas and they ate my homework! But seriously, in the ‘good problem to have’ vein, occasionally you don’t have time to write … Continued The post Much Ninjering Going On, Some in Secret… first appeared on Vintage Ninja .
If you lived through the 1980s ninja craze, an un-welcomed bi-product of all that wicked awesomeness was the negative media attention it often attracted, including critical malcontents from within. How many times did you read or hear some sentiment along … Continued The post 1917… A Good Year For Ninja? first appeared on Vintage Ninja .
Around 15 years ago I scored some souvenir movie programs and marketing flyers from Japan, mostly to get ahold of a Ninja III: The Domination piece. While it didn’t present any sort of new imagery or info, I was fascinated … Continued The post A Japanese Take on America’s Ninja Boom first appeared on Vintage Ninja .
