The "Naruto: What's Next?" panel at New York Comic Con 2026 announced a brand new four-episode crossover anime based on Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga and Kouji Kiriyama's Ninkuu manga on Saturday. The Naruto franchise's official website opened a new page, revealing the main cast, staff, theme songs, a teaser visual (pictured above), and teaser promotional video.

Cast
Naruto Uzumaki: Junko Takeuchi (Hunter x Hunter)
Fuusuke: Rica Matsumoto (Pokemon)
Sasuke Uchiha: Noriaki Sugiyama (Fate/stay night)
Aicho: Mitsuaki Madono (Bleach)
Sakura Haruno: Chie Nakamura (Dororo)
Touji: Juurouta Kosugi (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken)
Kakashi Hatake: Kazuhiko Inoue (Natsume Yuujinchou)
Rihoko: Megumi Hayashibara (Shinseiki Evangelion)
Hiroyuki: Katsumi Suzuki (InuYasha)

Staff
Director: Noriyuki Abe (Bleach)
Character Design: Tetsuya Nishio (Naruto)
Original Concept Cooperation: Shou Hinata (One Piece Novel: A light novel)
Series Composition: Masaya Honda (Shin Ikkitousen)
Assistant Director: Nozomi Fukui (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
Art Director: Mio Isshiki (Cool Doji Danshi)
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada (Steel Ball Run: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken)
Art Design: Yuuji Ikeda (Killing Bites)
CG Director: Yutaka Nakajima (Gintama')
Color Design: Tomoe Imamura ([i]Boruto: Naruto Next Generations[/i)
CG Asset Director: Kazufumi Gotou (Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen CG director)
Music: Yasuharu Takanashi (Fairy Tail), -yaiba- (Naruto: Shippuuden), Yusuke Honma (Great Teacher Onizuka)
Editing: Yumika Okazaki (Tougen Anki), Seiji Morita (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou)
Studio: Studio Pierrot

Rock band FLOW (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch) is performing the opening theme "GO!!! (20th Anniversary ver.)" and ending theme "Viva★Rock."

The anime project is the long-delayed work originally planned to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Naruto television anime. It had been scheduled to air for four consecutive weeks beginning in September 2023, but was postponed in August 2023 to improve production quality.

Kiriyama serialized Ninkuu in Weekly Shounen Jump from June 1993 to August 1995. The sequel, Ninkuu: Second Stage - Etonin-hen, ran in Ultra Jump from September 2005 to September 2011.

Studio Pierrot adapted the original manga into a television anime that aired in 55 episodes from January 1995 to February 1996.

Kishimoto serialized Naruto in Weekly Shounen Jump from September 1999 to November 2014. Shueisha published the 72th and final volume in February 2015. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in November 2002 and released the 72th volume in October 2015.

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, the sequel manga written by Ukyou Kodachi with illustrations by Mikio Ikemoto began in Weekly Shounen Jump in May 2016, with Kishimoto serving as the supervisor. The manga transferred to V-Jump in 2019. Kishimoto took over the story in November 2020, concluding it in April 2023 after 20 volumes.

Kishimoto resumed the manga under the title Boruto: Two Blue Vortex in August that year, with Ikemoto remaining as the illustrator. Shueisha published the ninth volume on October 2.

The original Naruto television anime aired in 220 episodes from October 2002 to February 2007. The Naruto Shippuden sequel ran for 500 episodes from February 2007 to March 2017.

The Naruto franchise has received 11 anime movies, with the latest, Boruto: Naruto the Movie, premiering in August 2015.

Teaser PV


Official site: https://naruto-official.com/special/naruto-ninku

Source: Oricon News

Naruto x Ninkuu on MAL