Ninja Tai

Ninja Tai is a Japanese anime series based on Ninja Hattori by Fujiko Fujo. The show is about a ninja named Tai from the Ancient Village who comes to the present to learn the life of his master, Roney Ferguson. The cartoon aired in TV Tokyo in March 18, 2012 and was English dubbed by Ocean Group (the opening theme still intact) and aires on Cartoon Network on March 30, 2012.

Plot
10-year old Roney Ferguson befriends an ancient ninja from the past who asks him to be his master in which he lives with the Ferguson's family.

A back-up segment was made, animated in French called "Zig and Sharko", a silent comedy series about Zig who tries to eat a mermaid named Marina.

Characters

 * Kanzo Hattori/Tai Dozu (voice: Junko Hori, English voice: Brendan Meyer): The protagonist of the series, at the age of 11, born in the past, who time travels to the present to help his master. Kanzo's weakness is his fear of frogs and tends to meddle to other people's business.
 * Sh'inichi Mitsuba/Roney Ferguson (voice: Masako Sugaya, English voice: Dylan Riley Snyder): A 10-year old average boy who goes to middle school, does poor with his studies and has a crush on Yumiko (Rose). He wishes to become an actor.
 * Shinzo Hattori/Farley Drexel "Wing" Dozu (voice: Yuka Mita, English voice: G Hannelius): Kanzo's younger brother. A good point is that Kanzo is called "Hattori" (surname) and Shinzo is called his regular name (in the English version, no one calls him his first name "Farley-Drexel" except his brother), accompaning his catchphrase "Don't call me Farley". He is a ninja in training and can cry very loud.
 * Tsubame/Swallow (voice: Fuyumi Shirashi, English voice: Gig Morton): A female ninja who has a major crush on Tai and wishes to marry him. She wears pink colored robes and her specialty is her woodwind instruments to make anyone fall asleep. She hates most of the guys (except Tai) and Yummiko. Her parents are hippies; Windbear and Oceanbird.
 * Kumuzou Kemumaki/Drago Yakihito (voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki, English voice: Kel Mitchell): The main antagonist of the series. He usually causes most of the trouble and blames it on his cat, Kagechiyo. Kemumaki and Sh'inichi tend to win the heart of Yummiko. He wears green colored robes. He is raised by monks in a temple (orphanage in English version). Kel Mitchell, of Kenan and Kel, does his voice in the style of Rob Dydrek and Dean Martin.
 * Kagechiyo/Grinz (voice: Eiko Yamanda, English voice: Eddie Garvar, impersonaitng John Byner): The talking cat friend of Kemumaki who causes mischif and is known for his facial expression similar to the Joker from Batman. He always carries out some tasks but usually fails.
 * Yumeko Kawai/Rose Daisy (voice: Runa Akiyama, English voice: Brenda Song): The girl who is the classmate of Sh'nichi (Rony), Hattori (Tai) and Kemumaki (Drago) which they all have a crush on causing a fight (Tai fights less often because he has a secret crush). Her father is a rich tycoon and her mother is a chef.
 * Koike-sensei/Mr. Clark (voice: Issei Futamata, English voice: John DiMaggio): Sh'nichi's teacher who usually scolds him like Nobita's teacher does to Nobita in Doraemon. His English name is based on famous teacher, Ron Clark.
 * Zig: A hyena who plans to eat Marina.
 * Marina: A mermaid who lives in a house at the bottom of the sea and stays in daytime at a rock.
 * Sharko: A shark who protects Marina from Zig.