Posts Tagged ‘Naruto’

The latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump in Japan has confirmed the forthcoming Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 fighting game along with Hidan and Kakuzu as playable characters. The online play will also be a first for the series and take place worldwide, with the game also being the first in the series to be [...]

Viz has announced that it has expanded the availability of the ever popular Naruto in Latin America via its ongoing partnership with Miami, Florida-based holding company Televideo Services Inc. to include Central and South America on top of current availability in Brazil. As part of the agreement, Season 3 (Episodes 105-156) of Naruto has been [...]

So I watched Disney XD’s treatment of Naruto Shippuden on Wednesday and it was far superior to the treatment given by Cartoon Network for the first series. It turns out Cartoon Network’s edits for the whole of Naruto were garbage compared to the light touch Disney gave the first four episodes of Shippuden.

Following up, Viz has solicited the first volumes of the forthcoming Naruto Shippuden DVD release. The first volume will contain episodes 1-4 with uncut footage and dual-language audio and is slated for release on September 29th for an MSRP $24.99. The second volume will be available on October 27th with episodes 5-8 for the aforementioned [...]

ICV2 has a breakdown of ComScore streaming video audience numbers for the month of February that demonstrate the growing audience for anime moving from TV to the internet. Of note is the fact that Viz’ Naruto came in at #20 on Hulu’s general “All shows/All channels” listing in February, with the original Naruto ranking at [...]

The Viz managed Naruto destination site has begun streaming the last eight subtitled episodes of the first Naruto series (#216-220) before the official debut of Naruto Shippuden on January 2nd with the first eight English subtitled episodes of the aforementioned series on the site after the last original Naruto episode airs. Crunchyroll will then begin [...]

Following up on the distribution announcement, Viz Media has also announced that it has made Death Note, Bleach, and uncut Naruto available for purchase and download on the Canadian iTunes Store. To celebrate the launch of the shows on the venerable download service, the first episodes of the aforementioned shows will be free to download [...]

Viz has posted a new Naruto Shippuden trailer on the Naruto subdomain of the aforementioned company website. While the show had been announced as one of the properties licensed for near simultaneous streaming alongside the Japanese broadcast last week with English subs and Japanese audio, the trailer hints at possible English dubbing for the episodes [...]

In response to recent announcements by Viz Media, TV Tokyo, and Crunchyroll of new episodes of Naruto Shippuden being streamed for free within a week of airing in Japan, the fansubbing group Dattebayo posted a message on their website saying they would be stopping the fansubbing of the show the same time the official streams [...]