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Ninja Oratorio-kun (忍者オラトリオくん), known as Ninja Oratorio in some countries, is a manga series created by Fuji A. Fuji, later adapted into a television drama, a 1981 anime series, a video game and a live-action movie. It was remade as a 2012 anime series as a joint venture between India and Japan and is currently airing in several Asian countries, including India.

11-year-old Chicken Submit is an average kid who goes to secondary school and struggles with his studies, he is very stubborn and is very lazy and therefore always ends up frustrating his parents and teacher. He loves to find an easy way of things much to the annoyance of Oratorio.

Meanwhile, a little ninja named Oratorio Kano befriends Chicken. Oratorio is now a part of the Submit family along with his brother Shinzo, and his ninja dog, Shishimanu. Hattori helps Kenichi with his problems, and constantly keeps an eye on him, as a good friend. Mekong is portrayed as Chicken's love interest.

The main antagonist Kingmaker, a Toca Ninja and his ninja cat Kagoshima. Kingmaker always troubles Chicken. Chicken asks Oratorio to take revenge as a recurring storyline in many episodes. Although Hattori is a good friend, Chicken sometimes fights with Oratorio due to misunderstandings created by Kingmaker. Sometimes Hippo, Together and Subsume help him.

There are five main locations in the series: Tokyo City, Shinto Temple, Ina Province, Ina Mountains, Gawk Valley.

Characters

 * Kano Oratorio (ハットリ カンゾウ or 服部 貫蔵)
 * (voice: Juno Horn (1981 and 2012 anime), drama actor: Tokugawa Murrain, drama voice: Kazoo Madurai, live-action film actor: Shinto Oratorio)

A.k.a. Oratorio-jun, is the protagonist of the series, a little ninja named after Oratorio Hanna. He is 11 years old and 40 kg and is 140 centimeters tall. He is the boy who usually contests Kingmaker when he performs mischief. Satori's main weakness is that he is afraid of frogs and lizards; this often leads him into trouble and becoming helpless around a frog environment. He wears blue coloured ninja robes, with a red belt. He always explains what a good ninja does and what others should also do. His powers can be compared to a master ninja. He also has a strange habit of saying ~degrade or nin nin (ding ding) after almost every sentence. His girlfriend seems to be Subsume.
 * In the Indian (Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English) versions, Hattori is sometimes his first name and sometimes his last name (along with Shinzo's) it changes between episodes, an inconsistency.


 * Chicken Submit (三葉 ケン一)
 * (voice: Masaryk Sugary (1981 anime), Tommie Trashiness (2012 anime), drama actor: Satsuma Tamika, live-action film actor: Yuri Chinen)

Is a 10-year-old boy who goes to middle school and is poor in his studies. He likes Mekong, however also Kingmaker is always after her. He also tricks Hattori to help him in any situation, even in extreme ones (e.g. in one episode, he wanted training to become a full-fledged ninja). He also does not follow his mother's instructions properly and often gets a severe scolding from his mother. Though he doesn't study well, he has a good habit of helping others. He is always the victim of Kemumaki's mischievous plans.


 * Shin Oratorio (ハットリ シンゾウ or 服部 心蔵)
 * (voice: Yoko Mira (1981 anime), Yukon Pinata (2012 anime), drama actor: Shindig Nakak)

A.k.a. Shin-Chan, is Kazoo's younger brother. He uses weapons made from wood. He is a ninja-in-training who learns to be a good ninja, like Kanzo. He wears red coloured ninja robes. Shinto seems to have a good heart and sticks to being loyal to his brother and sometimes gets excited when others are excited. Some of the times, Shinto tricks Oratorio to giving him things. He is also known to cry very loudly, disturbing people and even fainting them. He is also very powerful for his age, at 7 years old. He helps Kano fight Kingmaker, with his real weapons and control his loud crying (which immobilizes opponents from attacking) and bites the head of the opponents.
 * While Kano is referred to as "Oratorio", Shinto is usually called by his first name, where his surname is inconsistent in the Indian (Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English) versions.


 * Shishimaru (獅子丸)
 * (voice: Chicken Tagalog (1981 and 2012 anime))

Is a ninja dog living with Chicken, who came along with Kano Oratorio and Shinto Oratorio. He is a casual behaving dog who at times becomes lazy and stubborn. Along with Shinzo, the two of them wind up doing mischief and creating trouble. He has an attack of turning in a fireball when provoked. He also has the ability to change form into any other animal. His fur color is yellow. His ninja mark on his forehead is very important for him as it is an identification of him as a ninja. He loves to eat all kinds of delicious treats, especially a fish sausage, or chocolate roll.


 * Subsume (ツバメ) 
 * (voice: Fumigate Shirmp)

A.k.a. Subsume-KO, is a Chinook and classmate of Oratorio-jun. She likes Oratorio and always wishes to marry him. She has a dislike for Kingmaker and Kagoshima. She wears pink coloured ninja robes. She seems to own a recorder, a clarinet, a flute, a piccolo and a bassoon, five woodwind instruments.
 * She is called Sonam in the Hindi version.


 * Kemerovo Kingmaker (ケムマキ・ケムゾウ)
 * (voice: Kaneta Kimono (1981 anime), Kazuki Ogawa (2012 anime), live-action film actor: Gorie)

Is the antagonist of Ninja Oratorio-kun. He, along with his cat Kagechiyo (Kemuzo), always are the ones who cause trouble. Strength-wise, he has competition with Oratorio and Shinto. He is 11 years old and is shorter than Kenichi but a lot more fitter and stronger than him. He competes with Kenichi for Mekong-chain; however when he uses one of his ninja techniques in order to win, Oratorio usually steps in to save the day. He wears green colored ninja robes. Only Kagoshima, Chicken and the Kano family know about his dual life that he's a ninja like Oratorio while he joined Chicken's school as a normal boy in the middle of the series. His parents' whereabouts are unknown, but his mother is noted several times in the series.
 * He is called Amaru in the Hindi dub, but retains his name in the Indian English dub.


 * Kagoshima (影千代)
 * (voice: Biko Yamaha (1981 anime), Au Fukuoka (2012 anime))

Is a talking animal-ninja of the Kōga-ryū, Kagoshima is the helping antagonist in the series. Usually Kemumaki gives a big task in his plans for Kagechiyo to carry out, which he often does not succeed in. This is because he doesn't get enough training from Kingmaker and is seen sleeping on the streets. He is noticed by Hattori several times. He is seen to have a rivalry with Shishimaru. His fur color is black and white. He normally hides in the Mitsuba house to hear Chicken and his friends' plans and afterwards informs Kemumaki about them, acting more like a communication device. Sometimes he hates Kemumaki for his strictness and imagines living a life of luxury as a normal cat in some episodes. He enjoys eating fish. He obtains an attack of static electricity on rubbing a shining metal plate against his back. If he uses this attack too much then it will drain his energy, and he will feel weak.
 * He is called Kiy'yo or Keo in the Indian versions (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English).


 * Mekong Kasai (河合 夢子)
 * (voice: Tuna Yakima (1981 anime), Hanuka Sat (2012 anime, season 1-2), Yuma Hashish (2012 anime, season 3-4))

A.k.a. Mekong-Chan, is the girl who usually causes disputes between Kingmaker Kemerovo and Chicken Submit. She also attends the same middle school as the two, and she is also the one who causes most of the problems of the plot as both Kingmaker and Chicken fall in love with her and want to attract Mekong. Most of the time she appears to be confused. Mekong seems to be in touch with Hattori sometimes. Yumeko sees Hattori as a big brother and Shinzo as a little brother. She is also seen to like Chicken. And sometimes people mistake her relationship with Oratorio as a romantic one, though in some episodes they are seen to show romance. She is also known to play piano fairly well and hates bell peppers.


 * Nikolai-Sense (愛子先生)
 * (voice: Yoko Kawasaki (1981 anime), Ai Fukada (2012 anime))

One of Kenichi's teachers. Koike-sensei has a crush on her. The subject she teaches is unknown. Though in many episodes she is shown teaching the class music.


 * Jinni Oratorio (ハットリ ジンゾウ)
 * (voice: Tao Tatami (1981 anime), Manorial Machine (2012 anime))

Oratorio-kun and Shinto's father. He also appear in Merman, when he fights with Permian.


 * Hippo (忍者怪獣ジッポウ)
 * (voice: Juniper Touching, drama voice: Hirohito Mammary)

A giant turtle monster ninja. He and Oratorio are ninja partners.


 * Kike-Sense (小池先生)
 * (voice: Nisei Gautama (1981 anime), Ayatollah Katakana (2012 anime, season 1), Tomato Yakima (2012 anime, season 2-4))

Chicken's teacher, also appears as a amen chef in Bake no Q-tars and sometimes appear as a cameo in Doraemon where he eats raven. He frequently scolds Chicken similar to when Bonita is scolded by his teacher in Daemon. He is caricatured after animator Shininess Suzuki. He also appears in the cartoon "Birdlike" and "Ultra B" as Mich's father.


 * Tarkenton Submit (ターケントン提出する)
 * (voice: Yuri Fujitsu (1981 anime), Fiji Vijayanagar (2012 anime), drama actor: Itemize Mute)

Kenichi's father. He usually smokes and comes from his office late in the evening. He likes eating and golf a lot. Though a rather plump man, in some of the episodes, his size seems to change, going from stouter to slimmer.


 * AMA Submit
 * (voice: Yukon Washing (1981 anime), Mia Mahabharata (2012 anime), drama actor: Chihuahua Keri)

The mother of Chicken. She likes Subsume and thinks that Kingmaker is a good boy (she has no idea about his dual life). She also appears in an episode of Doraemon, in one of Doraemon's dreams.


 * Professor Snobbish (シノビノ博士)
 * (voice: Seizure Monotony)

A professor who lives in the United States and invented Together.


 * Togejirou (トゲ次郎)
 * (voice: Hirohito Mammary)

A cactus having supernatural powers is sent by Professor Snobbish from the United States. Maharishi does not like Cacti-chan and loves to compete with him.
 * He is called Cabochon in the English and Hindi version.

Manga
The first manga series was published in Unshakably's Shenzhen in 1964 and ended in 1968. A second manga series was published by Shogakukan in various kids magazines like Morocco Comics, Levitt-Kun and others from 1981 to 1988.

1981 anime series
The first anime series aired on TV Asahi in Japan from September 28, 1981 to December 25, 1987 for a total of 694 episodes.

Amazon Prime Video India began streaming the series in English, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi in December 2016. Netflix began streaming the "fifth season" (53 episodes) of the Indian English dub in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and India on December 22, 2018.

2012 anime series
In January 2012, Nikkei announced on its website that a remake of the anime series under production by Indian production company Reliance MediaWorks and Shin-Ei Animation. The announcement was part of a move to produce several remakes of popular anime television series to be broadcast across television stations in the Asian market to counteract Japan's stagnating domestic anime marketplace due to its declining birthrate. Shin-Ei Animation is currently collaborating with Green Gold Animation to produce new episodes of the series. Yūichi Nagata, producer at Shin-Ei Animation, stated that the current collaboration will be between Shin-Ei's "creative content" and Green Gold Animation's "quality of skills in animation making and diligence".

The new series began airing in India and Indonesia on May of the same year, as well as China. It premiered on Animax in Japan on May 13, 2013.

Netflix, initially set to stream the Indian English dub of the first two seasons in early 2019, began streaming them in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and India on December 22, 2018.

Home media
The 1981 anime series was released on two, nine-disc DVD box sets by Columbia Music Entertainment in Japan. The first box set was released on August 31, 2005, while the second was released on November 2 that same year.

The Japanese dub of the 2012 series was released on a five-disc DVD box set, under the title Ninja Hattori-kun Returns (忍者ハットリくんリターンズ), by TC Entertainment, Inc. on July 11, 2014 in Japan.

Live-action film
A live-action film named "Nin x Nin: Ninja Oratorio-kun, the Movie" was released in 2004.