I'm the Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village. I'm protective of my friends and our bonds. I hope to continue to maintain the peace we have in the ninja world.
With that Toonami has aired all 500 episodes of Naruto
#Shippuden
on the block. Thank you to everyone who tuned in every week to watch it all. And thank you to the Toonami staff for airing the entirety of it.
Fun Fact: A
#MyHeroAcademia
Art Exhibition has recently opened in Japan. This exhibition features art from not just Horikoshi himself, but other big authors from Shonen Jump. One of them was even Kishimoto himself!
Here's the art piece he made! Naruto x My Hero Academia!
"Becoming Hokage isn't about getting people to acknowledged you. Only those already acknowledged will ever become Hokage. Never forget your friends."
#Shippuden
Fun Fact: I'm sure you all know this by now, but today marks the 20th anniversary of the Naruto series!
To celebrate its anniversary, the
#Boruto
anime will be doing a new story arc where Boruto travels back in time to the beginning of the series!
Fun Fact: Did you know for Dragon Ball's 30th anniversary, Masashi Kishimoto drew a young Goku and Krillin as a tribute. With DBZ Kai ending tonight on Toonami, I thought it was appropriate to share this.
#Shippuden
Fun Fact: Masashi Kishimoto (creator of Naruto) gave a shout-out to
#MyHeroAcademia
when an anime adaption was announced. Since it was starting out when Naruto was ending, he felt like it was a passing of the torch. He was confident the series was going to be very successful.
Fun Fact: We reached the 300th episode of
#Shippuden
on Toonami! That's crazy! We've come a long way since we began in 2014. If we keep this up then it'll have a complete run on the block. I can't thank people enough for watching and tweeting out every week. You're all awesome!
Fun Fact: Did you know that the manga artist that make up The Big 3 have all drawn Deku as a tribute to
#MyHeroAcademia
. All the artists are Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto), Tite Kubo (Bleach) and Eiichiro Oda (One Piece). It’s almost like they were all passing on the torch!
Akira Toriyama sadly passed away this week. He was Masashi Kishimoto's biggest influence for Naruto. Without him the series wouldn't exist. Kishimoto said as much in an interview with ANN during NYCC. We owe him so much.
Thank you for everything, Akira Toriyama.
#Shippuden
Fun Fact: July 11th marked the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump! To commemorate the moment, Masashi Kishimoto (creator of Naruto) drew this art as a tribute!
#Shippuden
Fun Fact: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of
#JoJosBizarreAdventure
, Masashi Kishimoto (creator of Naruto) drew a tribute for the series. He drew the protagonist of Part 5, Giorno Giovanna!
It just hit me how big
#Toonami
is tonight.
We have:
- My Hero Academia airing early
- Classic villains showing up in Super
- Attack on Titan S3 dub premiere
- JoJo Part 4 dub premiere
- Yami vs Licht in Black Clover
- Team 7's reunion in Shippuden and
- One Punch Man rerun
"Kid, that's enough. You talk too much you know that? While he fought you, his heart was breaking. Haku was always too soft. I'm glad he fought you in the end. It's as you said. Even shinobi are human. No matter how hard we try to escape that fact. We always fail."
#Shippuden
Fun Fact: This week marked the 16th anniversary of when the original Naruto anime series first premiered in Japan! All these years and still going strong. Thank you all for continuing to stick with the series.
#Shippuden
This is what I love about Toonami. They really do care about the people who view the block. They listened to all the complaints and lived up to it. I didn't think they'd air the post credit scene at all. I never want to hear anyone say they don't care about fans.
#AttackOnTitan
Fun Fact: Yuto Tsukuda (creator of Food Wars) and Yuki Tabata (creator of
#BlackClover
) are actually childhood friends. As both of their series run on Shonen Jump, they cheer each other on. So it's very fitting that both series air back to back on Toonami.
Starting tonight Toonami will be shortening the block. It'll go from 11:30pm - 3:00am. That means
#Shippuden
will be the one closing out Toonami tonight at 2:30am. So make sure to tune in and catch some anime greatness tonight!
We're still in the middle of celebrating Toonami's 25th anniversary. So here's a look at the very first Naruto promo shown back in the summer of 2005 on Cartoon Network!
#Shippuden
So after thinking about it for some time, I've decided that tonight will be the last night I'll be posting screencaps. With Boruto going on hiatus on Toonami and Naruto Shippuden staying at 3:00am, I think giving screencaps a break is for the best.
#Boruto
Haku: "Is there anyone that is precious to you? So you see, when a person has something precious they want to protect, that's when they become genuinely strong."
Yeah. I hear ya! I know exactly what you're saying.
Haku: "You will get strong. And we will meet again."
#Shippuden
The first official Naruto ramen restaurant in the world just opened in Shanghai! It has all the ramen a ninja could ask for!
Now this is what heaven looks like!
#Shippuden
It’s a special day today because it’s the day the original
#Naruto
premiered on
#Toonami
! It aired 18 years ago today on September 10th, 2005! What an unforgettable day that was!
Fun Fact: Starting with tonight's episode of
#Shippuden
, every dub episode will be considered new episodes that have never been shown on either TV or on a streaming broadcast. Episodes 339 onward will be considered TV debut appearances on Toonami!
"No thief is good or noble, ya know! Now don't get me wrong, helping the weak is fine, it's just the way they're going about it. Hurting others in the process is wrong."
#Boruto
Fun Fact: Yuki Tabata (creator of
#BlackClover
) drew a special illustration for the final volume of
#FoodWars
. Yuki Tabata and Yuto Tsukuda (creator of Food Wars) are really good friends, so this illustration was done out of a lot of respect.
Fun Fact: We’re now on episode 200 of
#Shippuden
! This is the most Toonami has aired of a series in its current AS revival! It beats out Bleach (111 episodes), DBZ Kai (currently on 160 episodes) and One Piece (177 episodes). Let’s hope the series continues strong on Toonami!
Fun Fact: As most of you can tell, this episode was meant to promote the film, Road to Ninja. This episode takes place during the events of the movie.
#Shippuden
Fun Fact: These four weeks will consist of episodes that retell the events of the original series. This was done to celebrate the anime's 10th anniversary. The series continues strong. Believe it!
#Shippuden
Fun Fact: Something similar happened on
#Toonami
many years ago . If I remember the story right, someone messed up during an episode of Hamtaro. When it was time to put it back after commercials someone accidentally put in an episode of Rurouni Kenshin instead.
It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from or even how you look. We’re all human. Nobody should have to feel alone or live in fear. In these troubling times we should all unite as one. Together we can truly bring peace in this world and stop this cycle of hatred.
In case some of you don't know, next weeks episode of
#Boruto
will be the last one that'll air on Toonami before going on a break. I wish this weren't the case, but we can only hope it'll return quickly after leaving.
Regardless, continue to look forward to seeing it next week!
Fun Fact: This episode was an ambitious project by the director of the anime, Tatsuya Yoshihara. It uses a Sakuga style of animation and the team that worked on this was mostly made by young, rising animators who mostly worked on small projects on Twitter/Youtube.
#BlackClover
My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like instant ramen in a cup. I really like the ramen that Iruka sensei got for me at Ichiraku's. But the thing I hate is waiting until the ramen is done. And my future dream is... to be Hokage!
#Shippuden
Fun Fact: We've now reached the halfway point of
#Shippuden
on Toonami! We're now on Episode 250 out of 500! That's incredible! This is all because of you guys! Thanks for continuing to watch the series every week!
Fun Fact: Tonight is the 5th anniversary of
#BlackClover
! What a coincidence too considering it’s playing on Toonami. Here’s to many more years of it!
"I need to get stronger! So that I can become the very best ninja in my whole entire village! And then everyone will know who I am and respect me!"
#Boruto
#Shippuden
Naruto
#Shippuden
Opening 7 - The World That Was Transparent
The opening to the Pain Assault arc. This all lead into an unforgettable fight. This sure brings me back.
#ThrowbackThursday
Boruto's a big fan of Super Ninja Hero Battle. He was planning to play it just as much as he did with the 1st one.
Mr. Haguruma is happy to hear how much of a fan he is of his work.
#Boruto
It's been 15 years since the Fourth Great Ninja War. Many children have been born since. Not only the Land of Fire, but all Five Nations made it through without great upheaval, thanks to everyone's hard work. We Five Kage will remain united and protect the peace we won.
#Boruto
"Taijutsu, ninjutsu... You excel all around and are a cut above the rest. You have the skills of a genin and even a chunin. And that's the reason why this is gonna be the end of the line for you."
#Boruto
"He cried for me. I was his enemy, yet still he cried for me. And he called me his friend even though we had battled. He saved me. We were on different sides, but we were both jinchuriki. Between those who had experienced the same pain there can be no hate!"
#Shippuden
Gaara: "My mother is amazing. Thanks to her, I have now received medicine from you, father."
Rasa: "Gaara, my son. You've surpassed me long ago. I leave the village to you."
#Shippuden