17 years since the end of the original Naruto anime series, and after the sequel Naruto Shippuden and the spin-off series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, the show is finally set to return sometime in the next fiscal year. The information was revealed in a report from a Q&A session on TV Tokyo's Financial Results with Ichiro Ishikawa, President and Representative Director of TV Tokyo Holdings.
In early July 2023, Naruto's official X (formerly Twitter) account announced that four brand new episodes of the original anime series would begin airing that same year on September 3. These episodes intended to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series, as Naruto first hit screens in October 2002. However, on August 29, 2023, four episodes were announced to be delayed due to quality issues manufacture. So far there has been no further news on the status of the new episodes, making the arrival of the new report extremely welcome news for fans of the franchise who have been waiting endlessly for the seemingly indefinite hiatus to come.
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Four new anniversary episodes of Naruto receive expected release times
In TV Tokyo's report, Ishikawa noted about the franchise: “The new Boruto series is currently on hiatus, but a new Naruto TV anime is expected to air this fiscal year to celebrate its 20th anniversary.” Founded year. In terms of distribution, we are expanding worldwide and we are also working in Latin America and the Middle East, and the rest is Eastern Europe. We are in the final stages of discussions to find a good partner to handle the related business operations.” If aired according to this schedule, new Naruto episodes will have a chance to release anytime between now and the end of the current fiscal year (March 31, 2025).
Four special anniversary Naruto episodes were initially introduced on the official website, along with the first image, as follows: “Members of pre-Shippuden Team 7—Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi—appear in the intro image! What story will be told in this brand new NARUTO anime?! Keep stable!” Even though the Boruto anime has been off the air since March 2023, viewers have had no new content to catch up with for a while, with some turning to fan-made projects like Naruto: The Whorl Inside the Spiral by Galactic Republic Studio, temporarily. A second season of the Boruto manga, titled Boruto: Two Blue Vortex, is also in the works and has received widespread positive reception and strong sales both domestically and in North America.
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The Naruto franchise began as a manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto and published in Weekly Shonen Jump starting in 1999. Since then, it has spawned the first Naruto anime series (2002-07). , the second anime series titled Naruto Shippuden (2007)-17), 11 theatrical films (the most recent was released in 2015) and multiple video games, along with anime and manga versions Boruto mentioned above. A live-action film from Lionsgate has been in development since 2015 and was confirmed by Kishimoto himself, although as of writing, the project has not yet received a release date.
Source: Q&A on TV Tokyo's financial results
