Bare-Armed Ninja

Something that came out the 80s and lived on into the 90′s was the bare-armed body-building look for ninja, a mutation driven by the painted covers of Ninja Magazine and video game package art. These roided-up shinobi sacrificed protection for an intimidating gun show, and cared not that the well-oiled sheen of those muscles did-in whatever stealth they were hoping to achieve.

And here’s another mutation from the video game world, the French Foreign Legion flapped hood.

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Posted in Art and Advertising February 15, 2012 at 1:28 am.

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Nintendo ninja and muscle madness!

Nifty post by Andrew Case over at Dreams of the Red King. A 1989 issue of Nintendo Power magazine — LAME ninja on cover, nice art for interior spreads.

Man, that is such a 1989 ninja suit...

OK people, answer me this: why are so many painted and illustrated ninja from the video game industry sleeveless or shirtless? Cases in point:

Well, maybe they learned it from magazines like these:

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Posted in Film and TV January 13, 2010 at 9:22 am.

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