"Boruto: Naruto The Movie" is confirmed to hit the US shores.
Due to the immense popularity of Naruto in the United States, the new spinoff film featuring the new era of ninjas, starring Naruto's son Boruto. This will most likely happen since previous Naruto movies were also released in the US. However, the official release of the movie is still unannounced, according to Cross Map. The movie will hit Japan on Aug. 7.
The movie's official website first full movie poster showed the images showed "oyako" (parent-child) tandems of Naruto and Boruto Uzumaki, as well as Sasuke and Sarada Uchida. The press release also revealed the dubbers that will lend their voices to the characters. Yuko Sanpei will be starring as Boruto and Kokoro Kikuchi as Sarada. Sanpei said that she is happy to be a part of the family as Naruto is one of the works that is loved by everyone. Howevershe also felt pressured and is thinking of how does Boruto grew up and his ninja way.
Meanwhile, the manga version of the new era debut in the weekly Shonen Jump. The manga, "Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring," was penned and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The new series will star the son of Naruto who will carry on his footsteps. However, the spinoff series will run in a limited time.
"Boruto: Naruto The Movie" is the first movie of the popular franchise that is handled solely by Kishimoto. Naruto creator Kishimoto is credited as the director, script writer and character designer in the movie.