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New Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Anime Visual Unveiled

Written By Samantha Ferreira

It’s a sad day when I can’t make awful “Believe it!” jokes anymore. Or, it’s a great day that we get new Boruto details. Dealer’s choice.

Last night, the official Boruto: Naruto Next Generations anime website updated with a new key visual. The image features the major characters posing against a stylized background that sees paint spatters and buildings erupting from a beige sky scape.

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations will hit Japanese TV on April 5. The series will adapt Mikie Ikemoto and Ukyō Kodachi’s Boruto manga.

Noriyuki Abe will direct the project at Studio Pierrot, with Hiroyuki Yamashita serving as series director. The team of Tetsuya Nishio and Hirofumi Suzuki will handle character design on the show, while Makoto Uezo takes charge of series composition.

Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Story Supervisor: Ukyo Kodachi
  • Music: Yasuharu Takanashi
  • Music: Yaiba
  • Art Director: Hideyuki Ueno
  • Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura
  • Director of Photography: Mai Masuno
  • Color setting: Tomoe Imamura

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Boruto Uzumaki: Yuko Sanpei
  • Sarada Uchiha: Kokoro Kikuchi
  • Inojin Yamanaka: Atsushi Abe
  • Naruto Uzumaki: Junko Takeuchi
  • Shikadai Nara: Kensho Ono
  • Hinata Hyuga: Nana Mizuki
  • Chōchō Akimichi: Ryoko Shiraishi
  • Mitsuki: Ryūichi Kijima
  • Shino Aburame: Shinji Kawada
  • Shikamaru Nara: Showtaro Morikubo
  • Himawari Uzumaki: Saori Hayami

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is a sequel to Masashi Kishimoto’s popular series Naruto. Ukyo Kodachi and illustrator Mikie Ikemoto are producing the series under Kishimoto’s supervision. The title began publication in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in May 2016.

Viz Media currently publishes the title in their Weekly Shonen Jump digital publication.

A 30-second teaser was released to promote Boruto: Naruto Next Generations in December. You can check it out below:

Source: MoCa News

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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