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Ninja in popular culture
A ninja is a stock character in Japanese and international popular culture. The cultural references listed below are separated by category: anime, manga, novels, comics, television and music. Live-action films and video games are discussed in separate articles.
==History==
Depictions of ninjas in fiction range from realistic to exaggerated. Fictional ninjas tend to wear masks and bodysuits of various colors, wield katanas, use ninjutsu techniques and magical powers, and are organized into clans. Although they are often depicted as nearly invincible when they are the heroes of a story, ninjas may also be used as cannon fodder to be dispatched by a story's protagonist.
In modern Japan, ninjas are seen as a national myth stemming from a combination of old folk tales and modern day popular culture. Ninja are popular characters in Japanese folklore, jidaigeki literature and the performing arts; Ishikawa Goemon was the subject of a number of kabuki plays, and Sarutobi Sasuke has appeared in Japanese children's stories since the early 20th century.
The first major appearance of ninja in Western pop culture was a secret commando force used by Japanese intelligence in the 1967 James Bond film ''You Only Live Twice''. The 1960s TV series ''The Samurai'' sparked interest in ninja among young Australian viewers, but ninja were unnoticed in other Western countries until later. Western interest in ninja increased during the 1980s, particularly in the United States where several American ninja movies starring Sho Kosugi were released early in the decade, contributing to worldwide "ninja-mania". Later ninja-themed international hit media franchises include the 1980s ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' franchise and the late 1990s ''Naruto'' manga and anime series.
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