A new key visual has been unveiled for the upcoming Ninja Vs. Gokudo TV anime series, as well as two new collaboration visuals with the A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof. The show is scheduled to premiere in Japan on October 7, 2025.
The two new Ninja Vs. Gokudo collaboration visuals with A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof features the two respective main characters of each series, which consist of Shinoha/Kiwami and Satoko/Konoha.
Toshinori Watabe (Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest, Edens Zero Season 2, Twilight Out of Focus) is directing the Ninja Vs. Gokudo anime, with Keiichiro Ochi (Summer Pockets, Once Upon a Witch’s Death) as series screenwriter and Tokuyuki Matsutake (Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike) as character designer. Studio Deen is in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast stars Chiaki Kobayashi as Shinoha Tanaka, Katsuyuki Konishi as Kiwami Kimura, and Sumire Uesaka as Gamute. The original action comedy manga by Shinsuke Kondo, which launched in Kodansha’s Comic Days on January 20, 2020 and has released 15th volumes as of May 2025. A 16th volume will be released on October 8, 2025. Kodansha USA licensed the manga for English release.
Synopsis:
The ninja banish evil from the shadows. The gokudo gather lonely outcasts and commit crimes. The grudge they forged centuries ago is rekindled in the present day. The ninja Shinoha meets Kiwami, a gokudo with the face of a businessman. Unknowing of the other’s identity, they bond over anime, but the war between ninja and gokudo intensifies. Who will survive and who will perish, ninja or gokudo?
