Just a few days ago, we gave you some great news: to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original Naruto anime, everyone’s beloved ninja was set to return with a four-episode mini-series. The poster itself drew attention with its animation change and updated aesthetics, and its arrival was imminent: from September 3rd to 24th.
However, bad news has arisen for the fans: as announced by Studio Pierrot, the creators of the new Naruto series, these episodes will experience a significant delay and will no longer premiere in September, but rather at a later date. We don’t have the new release date yet, but they essentially need more time to work on the animations and make it appealing to everyone, so we could be looking at a delay until early 2024.
The mini-series has been indefinitely delayed, but what happened?
This new anime won’t follow the Boruto storyline, instead, it will focus once again on the childhood stage of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura in Team 7 alongside their sensei Kakashi. In this way, we’ll get to see an animated remake of the most iconic moments of the series across these four half-hour episodes.
Although the exact plot is unknown, we can infer that it will likely be streamed on Crunchyroll, the anime-specialized streaming platform that holds the rights to the original series internationally. Through this VOD service, we’ll receive more updates about its arrival in Spain and other countries outside Japan.
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