So I'm just going to be straight to the point here: I love ninjas. I have ever since I was a kid, and my fascination with these agile stealth assassins persists well into adulthood (and parenthood).
With that said, I struggle to find media that satisfies my ninja cravings these days. It seems to me that ninjas simply aren't as en vogue as they once were (I guess the 80's and 90's were their peak). Sure, you have popular anime properties like Naruto, but the depiction of ninjas on that show doesn't align with the representation that I prefer. I'm all about black-clad, impossibly fast, skilled, stealthy, and swift assassins. Their motivations don't even matter to me. I like ninjas both as enemy hordes and antihero protagonists.
So I thought I'd reach out to GAF for recommendations. I'm open to anything, whether it be films, anime, manga/graphic novels, or videogames. I just wanna gather everyone's favorites so I can pick through them to find new media that I have not yet consumed.
I'll round out the OP with some more badass Ninja Scroll GIFs because why not?
PS - Shinobido 2 is probably my overall favorite ninja stealth game ever, but I've already ranted about that enough on GAF.