Boruto: Naruto the Movie

The success of One Piece’s live-action Netflix series means western studios are going to be looking at other popular shonen anime to bring to life. My Hero Academia is already on the docket over at Netflix, and we got one for Saint Seiya (or Knights of the Zodiac earlier this year. Next up might be none other than, drumroll please...Naruto. Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksEarlier in the week, Variety published a list of screenwriters to be on the lookout for. One of the…

Image: Studio Pierrot/CrunchyrollIn October 2002, Studio Pierrot released the anime adaptation of Mashashi Kishimoto’s Naruto. The manga was a big deal at the time and was grouped in with Bleach and One Piece as “the Big Three,” wherein each were the most popular and longest-running shonen series at the time. Naruto’s anime had similar success: across 20 years, it spawned a large amount of merchandise including films, light novels, and games (some of which still persist to this day). Even though the big 2-0 milestone came…