Masashi Kishimoto to Launch Naruto: Shadow Rising Manga
PROJECT RASENGAN names eight initiatives for 2027 to 2029 and the panel revealed only four of them, so the manga, card game, mobile game, and crossover anime are the already-counted items and four slots remain unannounced.
Key Facts
- The "NARUTO: What's Next?" panel at New York Comic Con on October 10 announced that Masashi Kishimoto will launch a new Naruto manga.
- A teaser video showed the possible title Shadow Rising Naruto, read by sources as either Shadow Rising Naruto or Naruto: Shadow Rising.
- PROJECT RASENGAN spans manga, anime, games, and card games, with eight initiatives planned from 2027 to 2029 and four announced at the panel.
- A Naruto and Ninku crossover anime is in production as four episodes, supervised by Masashi Kishimoto and Kotomi Kiriyama.
- The NARUTO Card Game is set to release in June 2027, and more details on the announced projects will come at Jump Festa '27 on December 19 and 20.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Denfaminicogamer, Anime Corner.
At the "NARUTO: What's Next?" panel at New York Comic Con on October 10, Masashi Kishimoto was announced as the writer and artist of a new manga in the Naruto franchise. A teaser video showed a possible title, read by sources as Shadow Rising Naruto or Naruto: Shadow Rising, and Anime Corner reports it as NARUTO: SHADOW RISING with Kishimoto set to draw the project. The panel grouped the manga with three other confirmed initiatives out of eight planned for 2027 through 2029 under the banner PROJECT RASENGAN: a four-episode Naruto and Ninku crossover anime, a NARUTO Card Game releasing in June 2027, and a new mobile game. More details are planned for Jump Festa '27 on December 19 and 20. Junko Takeuchi, the Japanese voice of Naruto Uzumaki, and Noriaki Sugiyama, the voice of Sasuke Uchiha, attended as special guests.
The four revealed initiatives are the manga, a Naruto and Ninku crossover anime running four episodes, a NARUTO Card Game set for June 2027, and a new mobile game. The anime is a crossover with Ninku, supervised by Masashi Kishimoto and Kotomi Kiriyama, with an original story in which the young Naruto and the other members of Team 7 wander into the world of Ninku. A message from Kishimoto played in the teaser video: "If Ninku did not exist, Naruto would not exist," and "I drew Naruto because I wanted to see the continuation of Ninku."
Kishimoto ran the original Naruto manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1999 until November 2014, ending at 72 volumes. The franchise has since expanded through Naruto and Naruto Shippuden television anime, OVAs, films, spinoff manga, novels, stage plays, video games, and the Boruto sequel manga and anime. Anime Corner also notes a non-verbal live-action show at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater from February until June 2027, and a live-action film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton that has begun a cast search for Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Masashi Kishimoto to Launch New Naruto Manga
- Denfaminicogamer 『NARUTO』「PROJECT RASENGAN」が発表。マンガ、アニメ、ゲーム、カードゲーム、すべてを巻き込む新プロジェクト
- Anime Corner Naruto: Shadow Rising New Manga Announced, Masashi Kishimoto to Draw