Watari (manga)

Watari
First tankōbon volume cover, published by Shogakukan
ワタリ
Genre	Action, Drama[1]
Manga
Written by	Sanpei Shirato
Published by	Kodansha (1965–1988) Akita Shoten (1969–2010) Kodansha (1974) Shogakukan (1983-2018)
Imprint	Shōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	April 25, 1965 – September 10, 1967
Volumes	7
Live-action film
Watari Ninja Boy
Directed by	Sadao Funatoko
Produced by	Hirooki Ogawa
Written by	Shunichi Nishimura Masaru Igami
Music by	Hirooki Ogawa
Studio	Toei Company
Released	July 26, 1966 (1966-07-26)
Runtime	86 minutes
Budget	¥66.54 million

Watari (Japanese: ワタリ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sanpei Shirato. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from April 1965 to September 1967, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes as of October 1972.

Shirato's manga has been adapted into a live-action film titled Watari Ninja Boy, was released by the Toei Company in Japanese theaters in July 1966, and was a huge box office success. It was the second most expensive film in the second half of 1965 and the first half of 1966 with ¥66.54 million budget. the film inspired numerous filmmakers to create ninjutsu period dramas with Special effect technology.