| Ninja Cadets | |
| Ja Kanji: | Ninja者 |
| Ja Romaji: | Ninja Mono |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |
| Creator: | Eiji Suganuma |
| Type: | ova |
| Director: | Eiji Suganuma |
| Producer: | Hiroshi Tazaki Kinya Watanabe |
| Music: | Takeo Miratsu |
| Studio: | AIC, Youmex |
| First: | March 27, 1996 |
| Last: | June 12, 1996 |
| Runtime: | 29 minutes per episode |
| Episodes: | 2 |
| Type: | Light novel |
| Author: | Daisuke Kawaguchi |
| Illustrator: | Eiji Suganuma |
| Publisher: | Fujimi Shobo |
| Demographic: | Male |
| Imprint: | Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
| Published: | May 25, 1996 |
Ninja Cadets, known in Japan as, is a two-episode original video animation (OVA) anime series produced by AIC and Youmex and created by Eiji Suganuma, who also directed, storyboarded it and designed the characters. It is a comedy about a group of ninja-in-training in feudal Japan.
Ninja Cadets was released in two episodes from March 27 to June 12, 1996.[1] It has the distinction of being the first anime DVD ever released.[2] The series is licensed in the United States by Media Blasters under its AnimeWorks label.[3] It is the first English anime dub ever produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment.[4]