General discussion (non-Usagi Yojimbo related) about all things Japan -- Feudal Japan, Samurai, Ninjas, Anime & Manga, Chambara films, Japanese Pop Culture, Otaku, martial arts, history, sushi, giant robots, Godzilla... anything Japan-related!
The only thing I know about this show was that it was a massive hit with kids in Australia (who especially loved the ninja). There was a documentary on the subject made a while back.
I picked up a season of it a year or two ago, unfortunately it was the dubbed version (as shown in Australia). And while it wasn't too bad, it still didn't appeal enough for me to bother getting more seasons. I have to admt to being happy to have finally gotten the chance to watch some of it after having first heard about it a few years earlier and how popular it had been.
jam tin lid homemade shuriken being confiscated at schools, etc.