Yo-Yo Ninja Boy was an online animated cartoon about a young boy training to become a yo-yo master. He trained at his grandfathers dojo, his grandfather was a yo-yo master. There were 6 (?) episodes of yo-yo ninja boy where he eventually wins the world yo-yo contest.

The cartoon was conceived by Alex Ross and an associate of the company and then produced L Fenton and Alex Ross by of Spot Box, Inc., a small start-up company in Santa Clara, California, that specialized in web technologies for on-line entertainment. The company left the yo-yoing community, but, it didn't take us long to find them, and for them to find us. Soon they were putting profiles of professional yo-yoers, like Steve Brown and Doctor Popular, on their website and Duncan released a limited edition "Yo-Yo Ninja Boy Freehand" that today sells for lots of money on ebay. Although a following for Yo-Yo Ninja Boy was starting to build, Spot Box, Inc., was unable to obtain funding for future episodes of "Yo-Yo Ninja Boy," and the cartoon was cancelled after a few episodes. An animated 3d version was also in consideration.

Artists: Lead Animator - Scott Lewis, Animator and Flash conversion and clean-up - Nutzy Lewis, Animator - Michelle Tapia

Sound Editing: Fred Torres, Richard Fenton, Wernher Goff

Flash programming, and keyframing: Dave Mickelson, Fred Torres, Richard Fenton

Voice-Over Talent: Yo-Yo Ninja Boy - Wernher Goff, Grandfather - Scott Lewis, and Fred Torres, Evil Guy - Fred Torres, Wendy - Jasmine Torres, Genius Kid: Scott Lewis

In 1999, Spot Box, Inc., was also responsible for the demo reel for Duncan Toys.

Less Than Jake Edit

Through their friendship with Steve Brown, Less Than Jake recorded a song called "Yo-Yo Ninja Boy", the lyrics can be found here.

Archive Edit

• A Yo-Yo Ninja Boy game where you have to help Grandpa put the plates away.
• A Yo-Yo Ninja Boy game where you have to fight the evil Yomegega