Zenmai Zamurai (ぜんまいざむらい) is a Japanese children's anime created by Momoko Maruyama and Ryōtarō Kuwamoto (m&k).
The series focuses on the main title character, Zenmai Zamurai, who lives in a small Japanese village known as Karakuri Oedo (からくり大江戸).
Its exclusion from the 2010-11 NHK programming schedule signifies the end of its run on the station, but reruns for the series continued to air on the Hi-Vision BS premium channel until March 27, 2011.
200 years ago, Zenmai Zamurai, who was originally named as Zennosuke (ぜんのすけ) at that time, was a thief by profession, but not a very skilled one.
His name and the theme of the show is based on a short Japanese proverb, "Ichinichi Ichizen" (一日一膳), which means "Do a good deed daily".