Naruto Creator Masashi Kishimoto Re-Draws First Ever Cover Page for This Month’s Saikyo Jump
Hyping up the latest issue of the monthly Saikyo Jump manga magazine, which was released today in Japan, is a cover drawn by Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto. Though the fact that Kishimoto drew a cover for a magazine isn’t all that remarkable, what is notable is that Kishimoto re-drew the original Weekly Shonen Jump cover page that held the first chapter of the Naruto manga in his latest style.
Comparison with issue 43 of Weekly Shonen Jump from 1999 and today’s Saikyo Jump:
本日１/４(水)発売 #最強ジャンプ ２月特大号は #NARUTO 特集‼
岸本斉史先生描き下ろしイラストの表紙に付録と盛りだくさんです✨
他にもさまざまな情報が掲載❗️
ぜひ本誌をチェック????付録内容
①<描き下ろし>ペーパースタンド
②<描き下ろし>ポストカード２種
③うずまき家3世代ポストカード２種 pic.twitter.com/A6ubEvHcKa— NARUTO・BORUTO【原作公式】 (@NARUTO_kousiki) January 4, 2023
The cover was drawn to celebrate the magazine’s special Naruto feature that looked back at the franchise’s history.
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Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto manga ran in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump from September 21, 1999, to November 10, 2014, inspiring two anime series, both of which are streaming right here on Crunchyroll. The sequel series, BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS follows Naruto’s son and was launched in Weekly Shonen Jump on May 9, 2016, by illustrator Mikio Ikemoto and writer Ukyo Kodachi with Kishimoto taking back writing duties in November 2020.
BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS has also inspired its own TV anime series, which streams weekly here on Crunchyroll and is described as such:
The life of the shinobi is beginning to change. Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, has enrolled in the Ninja Academy to learn the ways of the ninja. Now, as a series of mysterious events unfolds, Boruto’s story is about to begin!
Source: Naruto on Twitter
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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
