Anime Ganbare Goemon


Anime Ganbare Goemon is an anime television series, based on Konami's best-selling video [game franchise] Ganbare Goemon. The television series was produced by Trans Arts, aired from 1997 to 1998, ran for 23 episodes, and 5 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD. It was eventually picked up in North America for an English dub done by ADV Films under the name Legend of the Mystical Ninja.

Plot

The Demon Lord Makamuge intends to conquer both the game world and the real world, and is up to Goemon and his friends to prevent this from happening.

Characters

Recurring

;Goemon
;Ebisumaru
;Sasuke
;Omitsu

Production

The 1997 anime features Goemon, the main character in Konami's video game franchise Ganbare Goemon, being pulled "from his magical medieval world to become a superhero on Earth". It was directed by Shigeru Omachi and Katsuyoshi Yatabe. Goemon had been previously featured in the 1991 Original [video animation|OVA] GFIG: Nightmare Dimension. After the television series, Goemon then appeared in the "short movie" GFIG: Battle to Rescue Earth.