It’s finally here: the end of an anime era is upon the fandom, and the Internet is full of feels. After more than a decade on air, Naruto Shippuden is coming to a quiet close tomorrow with its 500th episode. The touching epilogue story arc will wrap with a massive wedding ceremony for Konoha’s most unpredictable ninja. But, for today, fans are simply gearing up for the emotional impact tomorrow’s final episode will bring.
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Created in February 2007, Naruto Shippuden will bow out shortly after celebrating its tenth birthday. The anime was created to cover the stories featured in Masashi Kishimoto’s manga after its time-skip finished. The original Naruto anime made its debut back in October 2002 and covered the first 27 volumes of Kishimoto’s manga. The series introduced Uzumaki Naruto to the world as he became a genin ninja and started on a journey to become the greatest hokage.
Fans have known for awhile now that the end of Naruto Shippuden was upon them. The anime caught up with Kishimoto’s manga some time ago when it animated Naruto’s final climatic battle with Sasuke at the Valley of the End. With the manga finished, Naruto Shippuden went on to animate a slew of epilogue stories. The last arc brought to the anime has been Konoha Hiden, a post-manga novel that follows Naruto and Hinata as the two ninja prepare to get married.
While Naruto Shippuden may be ending, the hero will not be gone for long. Studio Pierrot is set to debut a new Naruto anime on TV Tokyo at the beginning of April. The series will tell the story of Konoha’s new ninja and focus on the eldest child of Naruto. Named Boruto, fans will find the young boy as he enters the academy with his friends and does his best to escape the shadow of his father’s enduring legacy.
You can check out the synopsis for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations below:
“The village of Konoha has managed to change, modernized next to an era of peace. Raising high constructions, large computer monitors of transmission of images (televisions last generation), divisions and divisions (streets) connected to run (to mobilize) electric cars, The way to live in the ninja era has changed …
The leader of the village is, the seventh Hokage. Boruto is the son of Naruto Uzumaki, to become a ninja must enroll in the school “ninja academy”. But the students in the surroundings see Boruto with prejudiced eyes for the thing of being “the son of the seventh Hokage”. However Boruto has unprecedented capabilities.
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Boruto will meet new friends, and there will be an incident mystery how he will face this challenge, inside the heart of the whole team, now the story of “Boruto Uzumaki,” begins.”
