Naruto Opens Global Character Popularity Poll, Masashi Kishimoto to Draw Manga Based on Winner

 

Some big Naruto news came through during this weekend’s Jump Festa 2023 event, including plans to kick off a global character popularity poll called NARUTOP99. Fans around the world will have a chance to vote on their favorite characters between now and January 31, 2023, and series creator Masashi Kishimoto will even draw a short manga based on the number one character.

 

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The top 20 characters will be made into figures by Bandai, and Kishimoto will also create illustrations for them. Fans will be able to vote once per day for any character, with the site updating at midnight Japan time every day so you can vote all over again. The results will be announced in April 2023 and posted on the special NARUTOP99 website.

 

 

Kishimoto shared the following message:

 

NARUTO has done many character popularity surveys in Japan’s Shonen Jump magazine, but this is our first time doing a vote on a global scale, so I’m excited to see which characters will make it to the top ranks!

I’m eagerly awaiting lots of votes from fans around the world!!

 

 

Masashi Kishimoto’s original Naruto manga ran in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1999 to 2014, and inspired the Naruto and Naruto Shippuden anime series. The sequel, BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS, is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

 

Who would your top pick be for best character in the series? Let your voice be heard, because this is the first time a worldwide poll has ever been conducted!

 

 

Source: Press release

 

 

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