New Naruto Limited Anime Series Announced

Viz Media has announced a new “limited” anime series as a part of the Naruto franchise, with more details to come at the “NARUTO: What’s Next?” panel at New York Comic Con. The panel will take place on October 10 at the Javits Center (North-Level 5: Empire Stage, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET).

Junko Takeuchi (voice of Naruto Uzumaki) and Noriaki Sugiyama (voice of Sasuke Uchiha) will attend the “NARUTO: What’s Next?” panel. Yoshihiro Tominaga (executive producer at Pierrot Films) will also appear. A YouTube live stream will be available for the panel:

When announced, the panel promised “the latest updates on the anime, the NARUTO CARD GAME, and other exciting new projects.” NARUTO CARD GAME launches in summer 2027 worldwide as a strategy-focused, competitive trading card game, and it will be appear at multiple events following its Gen Con 2026 debut. NARUTO CARD GAME features characters and stories from NARUTO, NARUTO: Shippuden, and BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS. Each player builds around a Leader card with a deck of 51 cards, 5 Chakra cards, and 1 Summon card. Assemble characters in their Leader’s color and attack to reduce the opponent’s Leader’s life to zero.

The new series will be part of the Naruto anime’s 25th anniversary in 2027. TV Tokyo CEO and president Hiroshi Yoshitsugu provided this comment:

We position the [Naruto] 25th anniversary as the beginning of a new stage, and we have various plans centered around it. We also have plans in the works for 2027 and beyond, which include animations* and games developed by new partners.

According to Final Weapon staff writer and translator Ryuji, the exact Japanese term used for animations was “eizou,” which could encompass media projects outside of anime such as movies. Further, while new animation projects were originally planned for Naruto‘s 20th anniversary, Studio Pierrot delayed them indefinitely in order to focus on other projects.