New Naruto Anime Series Announced: NYCC Panel Reveals Details

The new Naruto anime is officially real. On Monday, September 28, Viz Media announced that the Naruto franchise will get a television anime described as a "limited" series, with full details promised at a "NARUTO: What's Next?" panel at New York Comic Con on October 10. Then, on Tuesday morning, two official Naruto accounts confirmed on X that the panel is indeed about the revival fans have waited on for more than three years, not another exhibition or merch drop.

Nine years after the last episode of Naruto Shippuden aired, the announcement lands on the doorstep of the franchise's 25th anime anniversary — and it arrives with a live worldwide YouTube stream, meaning no fan has to be in New York to watch the reveal happen in real time.

A three-year road to this announcement

The road back to the Hidden Leaf Village has been anything but straight. Masashi Kishimoto's manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1999 to November 2014, and the television adaptations that followed — the original Naruto and Naruto Shippuden — wrapped up in 2017. Then came the 20th anniversary of the anime in 2023, and with it an announcement that set the fandom alight: four special episodes remade with modern animation techniques, accompanied by a ten-minute trailer revisiting the most iconic scenes with a polished new look.

Those episodes were supposed to air in September 2023. Instead, in August of that year, Studio Pierrot postponed them indefinitely to improve quality — and then silence. As Polygon reported this week, some fans began to speculate the project had quietly been shelved, while others theorized that Pierrot's packed schedule on Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, which concludes on October 26, had pushed Naruto to the back of the queue. The first real sign of life came in August 2026, when Viz Media and Shueisha announced a New York Comic Con panel teasing a "new project," and this week's confirmation finally connects the dots.

What the new Naruto anime panel will reveal

The "NARUTO: What's Next?" panel is scheduled for Saturday, October 10, at New York Comic Con, with a worldwide livestream on the official Naruto/Boruto YouTube channel so fans outside the Javits Center can watch live. According to Anime News Network's reporting, the guests are the kind of lineup that signals a serious announcement: Junko Takeuchi and Noriaki Sugiyama, the Japanese voice actors behind Naruto and Sasuke, will appear alongside Pierrot Films executive producer Yoshihiro Tominaga.

What exactly they will announce remains the biggest open question. The official wording promises that attendees will be "the first to witness the latest news of the New Naruto TV Anime Limited Series" — a deliberately tight-lipped framing that keeps the door open on the format. One possibility is that this is the long-delayed anniversary project, finally finished. Another is that the scope grew into something larger, like a full remake in the style of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. A third possibility comes from earlier September reporting that suggested a new animated Naruto film might be in development, though Viz's latest language specifically describes a television series. The distinction should become clear once the panel wraps.

A revival — and a Hollywood film on the horizon

Naruto's return fits a wider remake wave sweeping anime. Netflix is rebooting One Piece with a new adaptation slated for February 2027, and the One Piece property is simultaneously getting a LEGO collaboration, showing how legacy franchises are being reintroduced to a generation that grew up watching them. For Naruto, whose original anime defined after-school television for millions now in their twenties, a limited series offers a low-commitment way back in — no 700-episode catch-up required.

The anime is not the only Naruto project moving forward, either. Lionsgate is developing a Hollywood live-action adaptation of Kishimoto's manga, and earlier this summer the project began a global casting search for its lead trio of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. Charles Melton, known for Riverdale and Beef, is reportedly in final negotiations to play the mentor ninja Kakashi Hatake, with Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton attached to direct and produce, according to Anime News Network.

For longtime fans, October 10 is the date that matters. A new Naruto anime limited series, a panel with the original voices, and a global livestream: after three years of waiting, the Hidden Leaf Village is about to get loud again. Keep an eye on our anime and animation coverage and the movies desk for the full breakdown once the panel drops.

Sources: Polygon, Sam Lover, Anime News Network.