New Naruto Manga's Protagonist Will Be Chosen By Fans
The "Narutop99" popularity poll was recently announced on the Naruto anime's official website. The winning character will receive a unique one-shot manga adaptation by Masashi Kishimoto. And based on early poll results, it appears that we may already be able to predict who will win.
Fans have been lamenting its loss for almost five years since "Naruto Shippuden" finished. "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations," the sequel series, has fallen short of meeting their expectations. A YouTube commemorative film comprising remakes of iconic "Naruto" moments was created to mark the franchise's 20th anniversary. The anniversary film excited viewers, who started clamoring for a "Naruto" anime remake after noticing the enhanced animation. A manga adaptation for a character from the original series will be written by "Naruto" creator Masashi Kishimoto, while a complete anime remake may not be in the works. The character who wins the poll will be given this special treatment, with the manga adaptation being drawn by Kishimoto himself.
Masashi Kishimoto added his thoughts with the poll, alongside an illustration.
The text roughly translates to:
NARUTO has done many character popularity surveys in Japan’s Shōnen Jump magazine, but this is our first time doing a vote on a global scale, so I’m excited to see which characters will make it to the top ranks! I’m eagerly awaiting lots of votes from fans around the world!!
Masashi Kishimoto in his iillustration
You can vote for your favourite character in the survey by going to the link of the official Narutop99 website.
Who is winning the poll right now?
With over 1 million votes already been submitted, the “Naruto Franchise” took it to Twitter and decided to update fans on the person who is currently winning.
The top 3 characters on the poll right now are:
Minato Namikaze
Itachi Uchiha
Shisui Uchiha
The official Twitter account will announce the popularity poll winner on 13 January 2023.
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