VIZ Media will unveil a new Naruto television anime "limited series" at the "NARUTO: What's Next?" panel at New York Comic Con on October 10, with a worldwide livestream confirmed.
After years of silence, the Naruto franchise is returning to television — and the details will be unveiled in front of a global audience.
VIZ Media has confirmed that a new Naruto television anime "limited series" will be announced at the "NARUTO: What's Next?" panel during New York Comic Con 2026 on October 10. The official Naruto franchise site describes the event as the planned announcement of "world premiere information regarding a completely new anime," alongside the latest news on the Naruto Card Game, which is scheduled for release in 2027.
What we know
The panel is set for Saturday, October 10, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. local time on the Empire Stage at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The date is not incidental: October 10 is the birthday of series protagonist Naruto Uzumaki.
Organizers have confirmed a simultaneous worldwide livestream of the stage, beginning October 11 at 6:00 a.m. Japan Time on the official NARUTO / BORUTO YouTube channel.
Scheduled to appear on stage are Junko Takeuchi, who voices Naruto Uzumaki; Noriaki Sugiyama, who voices Naruto's rival and best friend Sasuke Uchiha; and Yoshihiro Tominaga, executive producer at Studio Pierrot's PIERROT FILMS, the studio that has produced the Naruto anime for more than two decades.
A delayed project and an unanswered question
This is not the first time a new Naruto anime has been promised. In March 2023, the franchise announced four "brand-new" episodes to mark the anime's 20th anniversary, with plans to air them weekly beginning in September 2023. A week before their scheduled debut, the episodes were delayed to "improve the quality" of the production. No further news emerged on those four episodes after August 2023.
It remains unclear whether this newly announced "limited" series is the same project resurfacing or a separate production. VIZ Media and Studio Pierrot have not said.
Broader context
Masashi Kishimoto's original Naruto manga ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1999 to 2014, spanning 72 collected volumes. It spawned two long-running television anime — Naruto (2002–2007) and Naruto Shippuden (2007–2017) — as well as feature films, video games, novels, and the sequel series Boruto.
Separately, Lionsgate is developing a live-action Hollywood adaptation of the manga, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. The project launched a global casting search for its three leads in July, with Charles Melton reported to be in final negotiations to play Kakashi Hatake.
For now, the central question — what exactly the new anime is, and when it will air — remains unanswered. The panel on October 10 is expected to change that.