NINJA TV SERIES OPENINGS: The Last Ninja (1983), The Master (1984), Raven (1992-1993)

Looking at 'The Master', it makes me wonder if it influenced the creation of 'Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'. Seems to have the same dynamic duo archetype of the wise old master and the young hotshot protégé.

I can't get enough of that The Master theme.

Raven always gives me goosebumps

Going from Mako to Tim Van Patten in the voiceovers results in a drastic reduction of awesomeness!

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AWESOME Intros What a Memories🎉

The Master was the best.

ABC and NBC were racist for not having Mako and Sho Kosugi the lead good guys in there shows.

Jeffrey Meek in Raven said that he looks back fondly on his time as Raven, and went on to say that he was sorry the show was cancelled so soon, as he would have liked to seen the character and his relationships evolve more through the years. According to Jeffrey Meek, they were constantly getting lots of flak from CBS, who wanted the show to stay away from the "all the Japanese stuff" as they called it. When speaking of Raven's cancellation in a 1993 interview, star Jeff Meek said, "There were too many people involved in the creative process, all with their own opinions, telling the show what it should be like. One of the big problems was that the writers were in Hollywood and we were in Hawaii."

The Last Ninja, lol. That was some terrible opening music. The Master has a great intro. Especially with the music, and Sho Kusugi being in the show.

I thought the last ninja was just a TV movie.

It's always hilarious how Anglo Saxons are trained by ninjas and samurai 🤣🤣🤣

I never heard of The Raven. I saw the other two when I was a kid.

The Last Ninja was never a Series, Only a Pilot.

Raven!!! I looooved that TV series when I was growing up, you can't go wrong when you mix martial arts with hot babes!! 😄

Didn’t Jeff meek play raider in Mortal Kombat and ended the series with shao Kahn killing all the main characters.

Least convincing Ninja-- the first one-- looks like Ashida Kim was his stunt double in the intro/opening ninja silhouette showing off his "master" moves!!!!

The Master...looks oddly familiar...

The Last Ninja and The Master were both shown on ITV while Raven was on Sky One and both The Master and The Last Ninja are now owned and distributed by ViacomCBS-Paramount

Please does anyone know where I can watch the last ninja. I use to watch that almost everyday on VHS as a kid in the 80s 90s.

Saudades dessa época!!

What sort of debauchery are they getting up to in Japan when they've all got kids they never knew about?

So many white Ninjas

When you have sho kosugi plaing Okasa aka also played in ninja abomination, ninja assassination ,enter the ninja,revenge of the ninja, pray for death.the master, you knew it was going be cool.shouldve had kosugi playing the lead role

I didn't know raven and the last ninja anyway best intro is the master... simply awesome..

I loved all three and was disappointed they were cancelled. 😔☹

The Last Ninja never made it beyond the pilot episode, but it was the only one of the three that treated the subject material seriously. You can get it on DVD and worth the money. The Master was okay, never liked the Van Patten kid, but Lee Van Cliff was always great and of course Sho Kosugi was amazing. Raven, never watched it. Didn’t have an appeal to me.

Knew about the 1st 2, but don't remember Raven at all...

Its interesting to note that The Last Ninja was created by Ed Spielman, the same guy who a decade earlier created the classic tv series Kung Fu.

The Master wasthebest known, and right at the height of the Ninja boom, with Sho
Kosugi, star of the Ninja film trilogy, as the bad guy.

Typical Figitive plot, pursued by a nemesis, looking for the family member, daughter in this case, with lay side kick. Dukes of Hazzard county week to week, good old boy enemies to defeat, like Roadhouse. John was the old Master, rather than a young star, in a way, the most believable of them.

Cancelled after one season

Warriors, come out and plaaa-E-aaay.

The last ninja was amazing!! Trying to get a copy now as my video of it has died..

Before seeing The Master on MST3K (under the Film Ventures Home Video title "Master Ninja"), I only vaguely remember seeing it on prime time TV.

To my recollection, Raven had a great pilot episode and then promptly began to suck after that. I think I made it about halfway through the season and lost interest.

The Last Ninja is available on DVD now, I saw it in the UK on ITV back in 1988, one off, never aired again to my knowledge.

Never seen the last ninja but that music does nothing for the opening sequence. Whereas The Master..perfect!🤩

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Sho Kosugi should've been the hero in The Master but back then people needed a white guy as the hero SHAME on you America and your damn racism

i only know Master Ninja and Raven, i haven't The Last Ninja. And Raven is the reason study martial arts.

The master was the best would haul ass home to see cause sho was the best ninja good guy or bad sho was great

I honestly can't remember "The Last Ninja," but I would have loved it back then. I watched "The Master" religiously.

In the early '80s you could get almost every throwing star design imaginable..but not the coolest one of all, the one in the "The Master" opening.

Wish producers had the balls to let Kosugi take the lead. The series might have survived if that were the case. Van Cleef looks ridiculous in a ninja costume, and he moves like he looks.

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The Last Ninja theme reminds me of Friday the 13th theme :D

Never heard of Raven. Was even more surprised to see Lee Majors was in it. The intro looks like a cross between Baywatch mixed with martial arts.

The Last Ninja was a “made for TV” movie. It was never a series.

"You are strong..." -- The Last Ninja

Aside from the Master, I didn’t know the other two even existed.