This year’s 50th issue of Shonen Jump on November 10th will contain the last ever Naruto. The series follows a boy who contains the spirit of the dangerous nine-tailed fox as he becomes a ninja, goes to war and tries to win his friends back. The end of the long-running and popular story was foreshadowed […]
A blast from the past: Naruto Shippuden movie 4 – The Lost Tower
The Lost Tower starts well. We don’t have some of the momentum issues that Naruto sometimes suffers from. It’s combat from the outset and it is designed to grab your attention. The start of the movie sees Yamato leading a mission to capture a puppet master called Mukade. Naruto, Sai and Sakura are with him. […]
Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #3
The holidays are sneaking closer and the combination of extra hours at work and endless shopping has made anime watching more of a challenge. Bah! It’ll take more than a bit of time pressure to stop this geek from getting his dose of animated action. In this Irregular Reconnaissance column I offer a collection of […]
My Neighbor Kurama
This is an anime mashup. Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro is blended with Naruto. The result? My Neighbor Kurama. Created by Jin Joson, the clever image refers to the spirit of the Nine Tail Fox that is trapped inside Naruto. The mashup works not just as a smashup but as an inspired way to show […]
Naruto: Road to Ninja trailer
Opening on the 28th July in Japan is the 9th Naruto film (and sixth Naruto Shippuden film) Road to Ninja. Cinema goers in Japan also get a 30 minute motion comic and a special card from Miracle Battle Carddass when they go to see the movie. Naruto: Road to Ninja features chracters and a story […]
The top 100 selling manga in Japan this year
Japanese entertainment hub Oricon have published two lists on which manga have sold the most in the first half of this year. There are plenty of names which will be familiar to western audiences as well as titles to watch out for. The first list shows the 10 most purchased series. One Piece [13,833,116] Naruto […]
Anime top trumps
Anime Trumps is a game from NGames. On the 14th it opens its doors to welcome beta testers – and this phase will run until the 28th of March. After that all the data will be wiped. Actually, the blog title is wrong. It’s not “top trumps”. I think that’s a trademark but the idea […]
Fan film: Naruto Shippuden: Dreamers Fight
The plot is pretty simple – Rock Lee decides he needs to test himself by fighting Naruto. Okay; that’s a simple plot but it fits with the rest of the Naruto Shippuden series I’ve seen. It sounds like something Rock Lee would do and Naruto agree to. This 15 movie (part 1) isn’t really about […]
Naruto causes OCD? Photographic evidence
Once again the mighty Reddit must be thanked. This photograph comes from Uniqlo who I’ve seen described as “Japan’s Gap” but that’s mean because Uniqlo does cool things and Gap’s Gap. I wonder just how badly the employee suffered from OCD to arrange this t-shirt pile in the first place and also maintain it as […]
Uniqlo launch Naruto t-shirt range
Can’t say I normally investigate the Uniqlo website but today Manga UK are running a quick competition to win a Naruto t-shirt from them. Turns out that their new Naruto t-shirt range is pretty funky. I’ve grabbed about half of the total to highlight some of my favourites. Hopefully they’ll do some more anime ranges. […]
