For the ninja-obsessed folks who may have grown up on Sho Kosugi movies, Naruto manga, or classic ninja video games, 2025 was their year, thanks to a confluence of releases both nostalgic and new.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. One of the more interesting ninja games on the NES was the ...

An Assassin’s Creed game in Japan should have been a slam dunk. While the series has always been more interesting when delving into lesser-explored settings like Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age ...