Naruto Star Ranks the Anime's Best Episode
Naruto has been following the Seventh Hokage for decades, exploring how the boy wielding the Nine-Tailed Fox would overcome adversity, inspire others, and eventually come to lead the Hidden Leaf Village. With the Shonen franchise set to play a big role at this month's Jump Festa, while also teasing some big reveals in the coming weeks, the voice actor responsible for bringing Naruto to life in Japan has revealed which episode, and scene, she loves the most from her time in the series.
Naruto is preparing to drop some major bombs apparently as a part of the upcoming Jump Festa, though the details behind what these information dumps might be remain a mystery at this point. Fans have taken the opportunity before this event takes place to speculate on what the future holds for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, with some theorizing that a new anime might be in the works. One of the wilder theories is that a new project might be linked to the idea that Naruto had never freed himself from the genjutsu placed on him by Madara Uchiha, opening up a story that would take place in a new timeline, though there's been no evidence to back this idea up as of yet.
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Naruto: The Gallery will feature new and old artwork from the series, opening its doors later this month, with voice actor Junko Takeuchi revealing which episode of the series she believes to be her favorite and the answer might surprise you:
"There are so many great scenes in Naruto, but I would like to mention a scene that is not a Naruto scene: the final scene between Inoshikacho (aka Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, and Akimichi Choji) and Asuma Sarutobi. I heard that the scene was recorded in a very dense time, with the other actors sent home so that it was just the four of them, Inoshikacho and Asuma. I was envious to hear how precious their time was. When I saw the actual footage that was created, I could feel that the scene was done by a very good team, so I thought it was a really wonderful episode. The staff also took the initiative to do things that they thought were better even if it required a lot of time and effort, and I think this is the result of the human touch."
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