Ninjas

Seriously Amazing (and Funny) G.I. Joe Cosplay on a Real Aircraft Carrier

It’s about time that ninjas did something for charity, and that’s why the Cobra 1st Legion was formed. The group is full of G.I. Joe cosplayers who dress up, visit cool locations around the SF Bay Area, and raise money for tons of worthy charities. Check out some pictures from their amazing photoshoots, below. According…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 11

Why Americans Became Obsessed with Ninjas

There are almost 22 thousand people on Twitter who call themselves “social media ninjas.” Elsewhere in the world of post-industrial job titles you’ll find “code ninjas” (subspecies: “JavaScript ninjas”) “sales ninjas,” and even “mommy ninjas.” Sometimes these titles refer to a vaguely eastern way of doing things, but today being a “ninja” is just a…

Movies Annalee Newitz Feb 6

Bunny ninja hats will make you stealthy and adorable

More than any other creature, the bunny needs ninja skills. And you can celebrate this fact with a bunny ninja fleece hat from Bunnywarez. It covers your face, but gives you the floppy ears you’ve always wanted. In stealthy black, of course. Not good enough for you? Then try a ninja kitty hat on for…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 29

G.I. Joe: Retaliation would like to remind you that it’s chock full of ninjas

Now that they’ve converted the film to 3-D and (reportedly) increased its Channing Tatum levels, Paramount needs to remind people that the G.I. Joe movie sequel Retaliation is actually coming out on March 29th (unless they decide to postpone it again at the last second). Step one: 1) this new trailer, full of new footage…

Trailers Rob Bricken Jan 23

This is the “ultimate ninja battle”

I’m not entirely sure what film this is from, but judging from the flaming sai, we’re dealing with a duel from the oeuvre of famed martial arts director Godfrey Ho (more Ho-ness here). Fire extinguisher nunchaku, flamethrower sai, sparkler shoes — according to CDT Crew, we are indeed witnessing the “ultimate ninja battle.” Do you…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Oct 16

27 Of The Most Insane Martial Arts Battles Ever Filmed

We here at io9 love a good mind-melting martial arts battle between ninjas, kung fu masters, or two perplexed extras who have no self-defense training whatsoever. And over the years, a hearty 98% of our daily coverage has been devoted to finding the weirdest, most reality-defying fisticuffs ever dreamt up. For posterity’s sake, we’ve amassed…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Oct 3

Watch this ninja dog stalk a decoy wolf

This Vizsla was enjoying a nice game of fetch when he spotted a wolf on the golf course — or so he thought. Either way, he’s going to be very cautious in approaching his quarry, and walk as slowly as he possibly can. [via reddit]

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 29

Meet Iran’s 3,500-woman-strong ninja army

To round out their squadron of flying boats and UFO project, an estimated 3,500 Iranian women are training in Japanese ninjutsu, according to a state-run news station. It’s official — the Iranian government is in cahoots with COBRA from G.I. Joe. https://gizmodo.com/irans-flying-boat-squadron-is-right-out-of-a-james-bond-5654389 https://gizmodo.com/iran-rounds-out-its-mad-scientist-air-cavalry-with-zoha-5783425 The Iranian channel Press TV has produced the above 6.5-minute segment about…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 5

Do not end your kung fu film with boob lasers

We’ve seen some particularly inept ways to wrap up martial arts films, but the 1982 magical kung fu flick Ninja In The Dragon’s Den takes bad movie endings to zeniths that have not been replicated in the last 30 years. https://gizmodo.com/hula-hoops-and-fish-grenades-two-contenders-for-the-wo-5810125 https://gizmodo.com/will-the-evil-ninjas-umbrella-defeat-the-good-ninjas-in-5816850 In the finale above, the protagonists square off against an evil master who…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Feb 3

Ninja attack engagement photos add much-needed katanas to marriage

We’ve seen zombie apocalypse family portraits and undead assault engagement photos. Now, a couple from Queens, New York have illustrated the Ashford-And-Simpson-like sturdiness of their pending nuptials with a photo series depicting a shinobi attack in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. My favorite part of all this is the randomly appearing snowball. You can see more photos…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Dec 18

Ninjas Do Not Fight Fair

Ninjas are cunning foes. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people. Foolish Canadians learned this valuable lesson after challenging one ninja and being ambushed by scores of the deadly assassins. If you see a ninja on the street, walk away. Because either they’ll slice you up into little bits, or…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Oct 21

Ninja has been defending mid-sized English town for six years

Ninja hooliganism is a burgeoning problem these days, so it’s good to know that some shinobis are using their clandestine arts to prevent dumb kids from shooting swans with BB guns. https://gizmodo.com/ninja-crime-is-on-the-rise-in-pittsburgh-5795853 Meet 33-year-old Ken “Shadow” Andre, who’s been patrolling the South England town of Yeovil for a little more than half a decade. Daytime,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 28

If you decapitate a ninja with a boomerang, he just ain’t dead

In the 1966 Toei fantasy flick The Magic Serpent, the hero Ikazuchi-Maru is ambushed by a gang of boomerang-wielding ninjas (who are way more dangerous than hula-hoop-wielding ninjas). https://gizmodo.com/hula-hoops-and-fish-grenades-two-contenders-for-the-wo-5810125 The dastards succeed in decapitating our hero, but he’s got one last stupid ninjutsu up his sleeve. Also, witness the most ignominious death of a ninja…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 1

Will the evil ninja’s umbrella defeat the good ninja’s invisible dynamite?

We love ourselves some Godfrey Ho around here, and the ending to his 1987 film Ninja Death Squad is trash fabulous. Watch as almost 900 ninjutsus are depicted in a span of 102 seconds for a budget of $20. https://gizmodo.com/hula-hoops-and-fish-grenades-two-contenders-for-the-wo-5810125

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 29

Ninja uses car-crash-jutsu in a botched attempt to rob an Apple store

Another day, another distressing story of ninja crime. A new report of stealthy artifice comes out of Greensboro, North Carolina, when a would-be Shinobi attempted to purloin some iPads from an Apple Store last Friday. Notes My Fox 8: Greensboro police received a call around 4:43 a.m. after a dark gray or blue Honda crashed…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 5

Unemployed ninja advertises his wares on San Antonio news station

Mere days after a ninja vandalism streak in Pittsburgh, a San Antonio ninja has turned to local television to market his shinobi prowess. He is also “a dancer, a math wizard and prank caller.” A ninja mathemagician? I’m sold. https://gizmodo.com/ninja-crime-is-on-the-rise-in-pittsburgh-5795853 [Via Kens 5]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 30

Pittsburgh Is Having A Ninja Problem

The greater Pittsburgh area has been contending with a very annoying ninja infestation lately. If you’ve ever had a ninja problem yourself, you know that they’re really hard to get rid of, and if you see one, you can be sure there’s hundreds more where he came from. The most recent outbreak occurred when a…

Tech News Seth Abramovitch Apr 27

Ninja crime is on the rise in Pittsburgh

We’ve always trumpeted local news as the most exciting news, and this report only validates our claims further. A ninja in Pittsburgh enacted shinobi vengeance against some hapless parked cars last Sunday, and local news was asking the hard questions. https://gizmodo.com/carnivorous-space-cacti-on-the-loose-in-roswell-news-a-5791810 According to an eyewitness, Sunday’s ninja was likely a drunk ninja, which (as we…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 26

Acid zits, laser peaches, and Dracula: the most inexplicable martial arts and ninjutsu techniques

Most of us are familiar with standard ninja and kung fu attacks, but did you know that there’s a technique that conjures Dracula to vanquish your foes? According to bargain bin cinema, martial arts allow you to do anything and everything you damn well please. I was looking through the io9 archives the other day,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 21

The Backyard Ninja Decapitates a Plastic Army

When Snake Eyes retires, you’ll find him doing pretty much exactly this, forever, the end. [The Daily What]

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 9

Seriously Amazing (and Funny) G.I. Joe Cosplay on a Real Aircraft Carrier

Why Americans Became Obsessed with Ninjas

Bunny ninja hats will make you stealthy and adorable

G.I. Joe: Retaliation would like to remind you that it’s chock full of ninjas

This is the “ultimate ninja battle”

27 Of The Most Insane Martial Arts Battles Ever Filmed

Watch this ninja dog stalk a decoy wolf

Meet Iran’s 3,500-woman-strong ninja army

Do not end your kung fu film with boob lasers

Ninja attack engagement photos add much-needed katanas to marriage

Ninjas Do Not Fight Fair

Ninja has been defending mid-sized English town for six years

If you decapitate a ninja with a boomerang, he just ain’t dead

Will the evil ninja’s umbrella defeat the good ninja’s invisible dynamite?

Ninja uses car-crash-jutsu in a botched attempt to rob an Apple store

Unemployed ninja advertises his wares on San Antonio news station

Pittsburgh Is Having A Ninja Problem

Ninja crime is on the rise in Pittsburgh

Acid zits, laser peaches, and Dracula: the most inexplicable martial arts and ninjutsu techniques

The Backyard Ninja Decapitates a Plastic Army

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