Akakage
| Kamen no Ninja Akakage | |
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| 仮面の忍者 赤影 | |
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| Genre | Action |
| Television drama | |
| Studio | Toei |
| Original network | KTV, Fuji TV |
| Original run | April 5, 1967 – March 27, 1968 |
| Episodes | 52 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Susumu Ishizaki |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Original network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | 13 October 1987 – 22 March 1988 |
| Episodes | 23 |
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| Kamen no Ninja: Akakage | |
| Developer | Shouei |
| Publisher | Toei Animation |
| Genre | Action |
| Platform | Famicom |
| Released | May 20, 1988 |
| Live-action film | |
| Red Shadow: Aka Kage | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Nakano |
| Released | 2001 |
Akakage (赤影 Red Shadow?) is a fictional Japanese superhero featured in several manga and anime, as well as live action movies and TV shows. Akakage first appeared in the 1967 TV series, Kamen no Ninja Akakage which was produced by Toei Company Ltd..
Akakage is a ninja who wears a red-and-black costume and a stylized red mask. He was created by Japanese manga artist Mitsuteru Yokoyama. His adventures are set in Feudal Japan, where Akakage and his ninja sidekicks, Aokage (青影 Blue Shadow?, a little boy) and Shirokage (白影 White Shadow?, an old man) fight evil warlords. The ninjas use their superhuman fighting powers and high-tech gadgets to defeat these warlords in a genre referred to as daikaiju, in which protagonists combat a range of humanoid monsters.
Kamen no Ninja Akakage (仮面の忍者 赤影 Masked Ninja Akakage?), was produced by Toei Company Ltd., and aired on KTV and Fuji TV from April 5, 1967 to March 27, 1968, with a total of 52 episodes (divided into four segments). Akakage was played by Yuzaburo Sakaguchi, Aokage was played by Yoshinobu Kaneko (younger brother of fellow child actor Mitsunobu Kaneko of Akuma-kun and Giant Robo fame) and Shirokage was played by Fuyukichi Maki.
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