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30 years after Ninja Scroll redefined how far an anime could go for audiences everywhere, Cbr got the chance to touch base with the legendary Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Writer and director of Ninja Scroll, Yoshiaki Kawajiri reflects on a career that's transitioned into storyboarding, what a new Ninja Scroll would look like, and the "No. 1" movie he's made.

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Cbr: Its been over 30 years since Ninja Scroll released and left its mark on the industry. How do you reflect on the film three decades later?

Yoshiaki Kawajiri: The impact of a really good movie does not fade after time, even if it was made 50 years ago. I have...

https://youtu.be/VK5LptZGu38 Listen / download here: This week on Saturday Mourning Cartoons, we're fielding a long-standing Listener Request courtesy of Charles from Michigan. What does Charles want us to watch? Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, not to be confused with the follow-up anime Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls or even the similarly titled but earlier gateway anime standout Ninja Scroll. You've got to keep your ninja clans and scrolls straight, people. In this 2005 Gonzo-animated adaptation of Fûtarô Yamada's iconic works, the heirs to the Kouga and Iga ninja clans -- Gennosuke and …...

Leo DiCaprio seems to have a thing for anime. Earlier this year he snatched up Akira with intent to turn it into a live-action movie, and now Variety says his production company has hopped on board Ninja Scroll. My instinctive aversion to all things anime is near legendary, so rather than attempting to fake my way through a Ninja Scroll plot description, here's what Wikipedia has to say about it: It's "a Japanese action thriller anime, set in feudal Japan, by critically acclaimed director/writer Yoshiaki Kawajiri who was best known for his previous thriller Wicked City (Yōjū Toshi)... the movie is an homage to Ninpōchō series, ninja novels by Futaro Yamada. The main character, Jubei Kibagami, is an homage to the famed Japanese samurai folk hero Yagyū Jūbei." For an anime avoider like me... that might as well have been ...