A classic character of Japanese literature is reimagined as a mischievous, shapeshifting adventurer in this zany, Pop Art-esque gag manga by a titan of the genre.In the early 1960s, the Japanese manga artist Shigeru Sugiura took the well-loved literary character Ninja Sarutobi Sasuke and made him his own.

In this legendary gag manga, Ninja Sarutobi Sasuke, Shigeru sends the famous Ninja on a wild, eye-popping adventure: Sarutobi encounters cowboys and aliens, spaceships and sailing ships, mid-60s celebrity cameos, mushroom clouds, detectives with squirt guns, and more in a delightful and ever-surprising world.

(Source: New York Review Books)

Note: Complete revision of the original 1954 magazine serialization and is the basis for the NYR 2024 english licensed edition.