Ninja Cadets, known in Japan as Ninja Mono (Ninja者), is a two-episode original video animation (OVA) anime series produced by AIC and Youmex and created by Eiji Suganuma, who also directed, storyboarded it and designed the characters. It is a comedy about a group of ninja-in-training in feudal Japan.
Ninja Cadets was released in two episodes from March 27 to June 12, 1996.[1] It has the distinction of being the first anime DVD ever released.[2] The series is licensed in the United States by Media Blasters under its AnimeWorks label.[3] It is the first English anime dub ever produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment.[4]