The Right Stuf has announced the July release of the first volume of the 13-episode anime series Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu (MSRP $29.99). This absurdist comedy is based on a popular manga series by Ryoichi Koga and features Shinobu, a cute, but naive, female ninja-trainee attempting to learn her trade under the perverse tutelage of a strange globular creature named Onsokumaru. The first DVD in the series includes the first four episodes of the series and carries an age rating of 15+--Onsokumaru sends Shinobu on a stealthy midnight mission to collect panties from high school girls, but his obsessions are played for laughs as are Shinobu's feelings for the victims of her underwear thievery.
The DVD includes a 12-page booklet featuring Japanese production journals, exclusive artwork, and liner notes. Extras include Japanese and