
Universal Studios has revealed the live-action cast for their adaptation of fish-cake ninja anime Naruto, pictured above.
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The at times disturbing content of a Russian cosplay event is on display here, showing less the than lofty peaks of success alongside the depressingly deep chasms of failure…
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Detractors of hit manga Naruto will be gnashing their teeth in anguished frustration with the news that the manga sales charts for the first weeks of May show a spectacular showing from the orange ninja in Japan, with his compiled adventures crushing all comers…
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Characters from a number of notable shonen manga titles feature in their fujoshi homosexualised renditions in this image.
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The American distributors of Naruto, Viz Media, will shortly be starting belated but promising provision of Naruto Shippuden episodes streamed simultaneously with the Japanese airing (“simulcast”).
The release schedule begins March 26th with the 101st episode of Naruto Shippuden, airing on Viz’s official site Naruto.com. Episodes will of course be subtitled only, and entirely free. The previous 100 episodes are also available for viewing.
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A recent comic and manga best seller list for the USA, compiled by the New York Times, has revealed the embarrassing truth: manga is Naruto.
Of the recent top ten (for early March), only three non-Naruto titles feature, and the top ranks are entirely dominated by the title:
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 19, 2009 15:16 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Censorship, Copyright, Indonesia, Islam, Marketing, Naruto, Parody, Politics

Clone abusing ninja Naruto has been spotted lending his support to Indonesia’s Prosperous Justice Party, or Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, an Islamist party supporting such backwards medievalist policies as bans on pornography, in what we can only consider as an episode which could damage his chances of becoming Hokage.
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Long time Naruto fansubbing group Dattebayo, whose torrent releases are downloaded hundreds of thousands of times each week, has announced that it will cease fansubbing Naruto come January.
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The latest in the excellent Naruto based Narutimate Hero (or Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, if you prefer) series of 3D action/fighting games has been confirmed as being due for a winter release on the PS3. The game is entitled NARUTO ‐ ナルト ‐ ナルティメットストーム / Narutimate Storm.
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Sasuke-chan learns the truth about Itachi. Spotted this rather strange but undeniably well executed Naruto/Yotsuba-to parody manga, which I took the liberty of translating; see below for the whole thing, Japanese original included as well. Via here.
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Some dojinshi are conspicuous in how great they are – most of the works of ねこまた屋/Nekomataya fall into this category (also published as ねこまたなおみ/Nekomata Naomi). Nekomataya’s works are probably also essential reading for anyone looking for Genshiken or Naruto dojinshi, but original works have also lately been forthcoming. Whatever the genre, they are some of the most artistically accomplished and erotically potent works around.
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