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Ninja Resurrection
Ninja Resurrection, known in Japan as is a two-part original video animation directed by Yasunori Urata.
The OVA series is based on Futaro Yamada's novel "Makai Tensho". Although based on the same source material and of a similar style, "Ninja Resurrection" is not a sequel to the anime film "Ninja Scroll" although it was marketed as one.
Plot.
"Ninja Resurrection" takes place in the Tokugawa era, at a time when Christians in Japan were being persecuted
, and that production would move ahead as soon as financing had been secured. He also divulged that the studio was experiencing difficulty finding investors due to the fact that the original film was "not a big hit in Japan". As of 2019, the project remains in limbo.
In North America, the "Ninja Resurrection" anime films were marketed as sequels to "Ninja Scroll", but were actually based on an unrelated story and created by a different animation studio. The only similarity shared by the films is