SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 28, 2006 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- aethereal FORGE
announces that Ninja lovers around the world will be celebrating the fourth
annual Day of the Ninja this December 5. On this day, individuals are
encouraged to dress up like ninja, participate in ninja-related activities,
and spread ninja propaganda via the Internet.

release of the Tom Cruise film entitled The Last Samurai (which featured a scene where samurai battled ninja). On a larger scale, the holiday is seen as a response to the popular International Talk Like a Pirate Day, celebrated every September 19.

"There is a popular Internet meme that establishes a rivalry between pirates
and ninja," said Michael Fiegel, creator of the Day of the Ninja. "Pirates are
loud, flashy, rude and crude, and ninja represent the extreme opposite. It
only seems fair that they should each get their own holiday."

For obvious reasons, the Day of the Ninja is not called "International Talk
Like a Ninja Day," as ninja are known for silence rather than speech.
Alternative names for the holiday have crept up however, with some referring
to the day as "Walk Like a Ninja Day" or

This year's Day of the Ninja will also mark the long-awaited release of the Ask a Ninja DVD, a compilation of the popular Ask a Ninja podcast from the award-winning askaninja.com website.

Ninja Burger helped kick off the Internet ninja craze in the year 2000 with the launch of ninjaburger.com, a website about a mythical band of ninja who devote their

lives to fast food delivery. The concept has since been licensed
as a Role-Playing Game and a Card Game (through Steve Jackson Games), and a
line of apparel. In June of 2006, The Ninja Burger Honorable Employee Handbook
was released through Citadel Press (ISBN 0-8065-2796-X).

Michael Fiegel
of aethereal FORGE
aeon @ aeforge.com