Hanzō also appears in the novel Fukurō no Shiro ( Owl's Castle ), later made into two feature films ( including Owls ' Castle ), in the manga and anime series Gin Tama, Naruto, Samurai Deeper Kyo and Tail of the Moon, and in the live-action film Goemon, and was featured in an episode " Spartan vs. Ninja " of the TV show Deadliest Warrior.

It also makes cameos: The boss battle in The Legend of the Mystical Ninja, his arms trapped in a giant plastic by Marine World in Ganbare Goemon: Uchuu Kaizoku Akogingu, he disguised himself as a pirate in Ganbare Goemon: Kurofune Tou no Nazo, Several characters from Konami on Print Station in Mitsumete Knight R, The enemy that spits out the snowball in Ganbare Goemon: Tōkai Dōchū Ōedo Tengu ri Kaeshi no Maki, the title appears in New International Track & Field, the enemy like points in Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero and Nou Kaihatsu Kenkyujo Kuru Kuru Lab.

Beating a boss can trigger a cut scene, after which Goemon appears outside the dungeon or helms his giant robot friend Impact to thwart an enemy robot ( although not mentioned in the manual, these segments of gameplay support the Rumble Pak accessory ).

A new neutral character appears, a mysterious female ghost named Susaku, who tells Goemon where Bismaru escaped: Mafu Island, an island full of undead, creepy and ghost creatures in middle of the lava.

Unable to stop Bismaru again, Susaku appears again to give Goemon directions.

Eventually, Impact wins, and what appears to be the final encounter is a fight between Dochuki and Goemon.

In the original manga, Goemon first appears as a very dangerous enemy of Lupin in chapter 28.

1992 video game The Legend of the Mystical Ninja ( Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuushutsu Emaki ).

Goemon is the titular character of the long-running Konami video game series Ganbare Goemon ( Legend of the Mystical Ninja ) as well as an anime series based on it.

, known as Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Mystical Ninja, and Goemon in North America and the PAL region, is a long-running video game series produced by Konami.

While the early games of this title emphasized Goemon as a noble thief, he eventually becomes more of a standard video game hero character.

Ganbare Goemon has proven to be widely popular in Japan with its many video games, with its success spawning a wide series of merchandise and an anime and manga series.

It is the first game in the Japanese video game series Ganbare Goemon to have a western release.

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, known as in Japan, is an action-adventure video game released by Konami for the Nintendo 64 on August 7, 1997 in Japan and April 16, 1998 in North America as the fifth entry in the Ganbare Goemon series.

Legend of the Mystical Ninja ( known as Anime Ganbare Goemon in Japan ) is an anime television series, based on Konami's best-selling-in-Japan video game franchise Legend of the Mystical Ninja.

* A fictional version of the hero who stars as the protagonist of Ganbare Goemon ( also known as Legend of the Mystical Ninja ), a prolific video game series produced by Konami.

, known as Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon in Europe, is a video game developed and released by Konami for the Nintendo 64 on December 23, 1998.

Since the setting of the chapter is the Bakumatsu era, his presence is an anachronism, but considering the additional presence of Ishikawa Goemon, Yodo-Dono, and Shiro Tokisada Amakusa, it is clear that this section of the game was intentionally designed as a mash-up of popular Japanese history.

In 2005, Konami also included the game in the Nintendo DS title Ganbare Goemon: Tōkai Dōchū Ōedo Tengu ri Kaeshi no Maki.

The game, however, is a genuine Famicom cartridge, Ganbare Goemon!

The girls have appeared as a cameo in many Konami game, such as Konami Wai Wai World, Quiz Gakumon No Susume, Ganbare Goemon 3, Snatcher, TwinBee RPG, Bishi Bashi Champ, Bishi Bashi Special, Bishi Bashi Champ Online, Shout!

The last original game of the series was Ganbare Goemon: Tōkai Dōchū Ōedo Tengu ri Kaeshi no Maki, released exclusively in Japan for the Nintendo DS in 2005.

In North America and Europe, this game was followed by two different games for Nintendo 64, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon in 1998 and Goemon's Great Adventure ( known in Europe as Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon ) in 1999, as all subsequent releases for the Super Nintendo were absent of western release.

In this game, the players control Goemon and Ebisumaru ( called Kid Ying and Dr. Yang respectively in all non-Japanese releases ).

The second Goemon game released in North America, it follows Legend of the Mystical Ninja and features hybrid elements of platform games like Super Mario 64 and action-adventure games like The Legend of Zelda series.

American reviewers praised the game's story and setting for its quirky, unique flavor ; Nintendo Power called Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon a " blend of history, fantasy, and science fiction ," writing that the game " never failed to enchant or intrigue.

Reviewers fluent with past Ganbare Goemon games argued that the absence of the series ' usually intuitive minigames and a two-player mode hampered Mystical Ninja < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s replay value, and a Japanese reviewer felt that the transition to three dimensions had deprived the game of the traditional Goemon feel.

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon was immediately followed by a Game Boy game of the same name.

Featuring gameplay similar to the Super Famicom title Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishijūrokubē no Karakuri Manji Gatame, the game presented a new story in which Yae had been kidnapped by the Black Ship Gang.

Genre-defining titles attributed to Konami include the vampire-hunting side scroller Castlevania series, the survival horror Silent Hill series, the action / shooter Contra series, the platform / adventure Ganbare Goemon series, the espionage action Metal Gear series, the console role-playing Suikoden series, the music-oriented Bemani series ( which includes Dance Dance Revolution, Beatmania, GuitarFreaks, DrumMania, and Pop ' n Music, among others ) and the dating simulation Tokimeki Memorial series.

* Goemon Ishikawa XIII, a character in the Japanese manga series Lupin III

* Goemon in Legend of the Mystical Ninja ( TV series )

as King Dedede, and the Ganbare Goemon series as Ebisumaru.

Sasuke also appeared in the historical anime and manga Shura no Mon ( serving Sanada Tsubura ), in the taiga drama series Tenchijin, in the anime Sanada Ten Braves and in the film Goemon.

In 1992, Goemon appeared in the kabuki series of Japanese postage stamps.

He is the subject of the Shinobi no Mono novels and film series, starring Ichikawa Raizō VIII as Goemon in the first three installments.

Various fictional characters inspired by or nicknamed after Goemon appear in the film Abare Goemon: Rise Against the Sword ( played by Toshirô Mifune ), the manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms and the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider X, and the method of poison delivery sometimes attributed to Goemon's supposed attempt to kill Nobunaga inspired Aki's death scene in the film You Only Live Twice.

The character Goemon Ishikawa XIII in the manga and anime series Lupin III is purported to be his descendant and the opening sequence in the Lupin III TV special Burn, Zantetsuken!

Goemon is also an ancestor of Misaki Kureha in the anime series Divergence Eve and Misaki Chronicles ( Goemon himself is appearing in two episodes ).

Goemon very closely resembles actor Seiji Miyaguchi's character, stern master swordsman Kyūzō, in the universally acclaimed film Seven Samurai, down to even Miyaguchi's famous elongated face.

He then moved to the neighbouring Kansai region, where he formed and led a band of thieves and bandits as Ishikawa Goemon, robbing the rich feudal lords, merchants and clerics, and sharing the loot with the oppressed peasants.

Goemon accepts the unconscious, powerless Sasuke and walks to Kii-Awaji island, where the dragon-powered passenger ferry has been stopped by the dragon's sudden craze.

With the children liberated, Goemon follows Colon to the Chu-goku Region, where he revives Sasuke with two batteries.

Goemon summons Impact to fly into outer space, where he thwarts the giant peach ship Balberra and duels Lily and Dancin ' in their personal battle robot.

The series followed Goemon as he struggled against evil after being transported to modern society, where he befriended an elementary school student.

Somehow, Goemon and his friends manage to get to the Underworld, where undead and ghost creatures reside managing to get to the Underworld Castle to destroy Wise Man's Machine.