Senran Kagura (Japanese: ?????) is a video game series created by Kenichiro Takaki produced by Marvelous and mostly developed by Tamsoft. The franchise revolves around groups of female shinobi and has received manga and anime adaptations. The anime has been licensed by Crunchyroll LLC in North America. By August 2017 worldwide sales for the games in the series had surpassed 1.65 million copies. The first game in the series Senran Kagura: Shojo-tachi no Shin'ei (????? -??????- Senran Kagura: Skirting Shadows) is a side scrolling action game with playable ninja characters that was released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS on September 22 2011. The sequel Senran Kagura Burst (????? Burst) consists of the original game and an extra storyline. It was released in Japan for Nintendo 3DS on August 30 2012 and was later released digitally on the Nintendo eShop on January 10 2013.