VIZ MEDIA EXPANDS THE NARUTO CATALOG WITH UZUMAKI NARUTO: ILLUSTRATIONS ART BOOK AND NARUTO: KAKASHI’S STORY NOVEL
NARUTO
Manga Creator Masashi Kishimoto’s Artwork Depicted In Vivid New
Oversized Book And In NARUTO: KAKASHI’S STORY, The First Book In New
Series Of Novels
San Francisco, CA, October 20, 2015 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and
licensor of manga and anime in North America, gives NARUTO fans the
opportunity to expand their personal collections with the release in
November of UZUMAKI NARUTO: ILLUSTRATIONS, a new, full-color art book
featuring works from the NARUTO series by its acclaimed creator, Masashi
Kishimoto. Original NARUTO ninja adventures in fiction form are also
set for release in early November as VIZ Media announces NARUTO:
KAKASHI’S STORY, the first of a new series of NARUTO prose novels
focusing on key characters from the series and complemented by original
cover art by Masashi Kishimoto.
Masashi
Kishimoto made his first-ever international professional appearance as
an exclusive Guest of Honor at New York Comic Con 2015 this past month.
The NARUTO manga series finale, Volume 72, was released in print and
also digitally on October 6th, bringing the long-running ninja action
adventure to its thrilling conclusion.
UZUMAKI NARUTO: ILLUSTRATIONS
MSRP: $19.99 U.S. / $22.99 CAN · Available November 3rd!
The
third full-color art book from the hit manga series NARUTO! Experience
Masashi Kishimoto's artwork in all of its colorful glory in this
collection of images from the finale of the best-selling Naruto manga!
Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi and all your favorite characters appear
in nearly a hundred pages of gorgeous full-color images. The book also
features commentary from Masashi Kishimoto, a beautiful double-sided
poster and a sticker sheet!
NARUTO: KAKASHI’s story
MSRP: $10.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN · Available November 3rd!
In
the first in a new series of prose novels straight from the worldwide
smash hit franchise, Naruto’s allies and enemies take center stage in
these fast-paced adventures, with each volume focusing on a particular
series character.
In
NARUTO: KAKASHI’S STORY, a year has passed since the Fourth Great Ninja
War, and Kakashi’s appointment to Hokage looms. But first he heads to
the Land of Waves for a dangerous mission rescuing hostages from a top
secret airship. There he confronts a ninja whose heart is frozen by
tragedy. Having lost both his friend’s eye and his greatest abilities,
can Kakashi really protect anyone? What is the true meaning of the will
of fire gained in the distant heavens? Kakashi finds these answers and
more as he opens the door to a new ninja era.
Manga
author/artist Masashi Kishimoto was born in 1974 in rural Okayama
Prefecture, Japan. Like many kids, he was first inspired to become a
manga artist in elementary school when he read Dragon Ball. After spending time in art school, he won the Hop Step Award for new manga artists with his story, Karakuri.
After considering various genres for his next project, Kishimoto
decided on a story steeped in traditional Japanese culture. His first
version of NARUTO, drawn in 1997, was a one-shot story about fox spirits; his final version, which debuted in Japan in Weekly Shonen Jump in
1999, quickly became the most popular ninja manga in the world. The
series would also spawn multiple anime series, movies, novels, video
games and more. Having concluded the series in late 2014, Masashi
Kishimoto has kept himself busy this year with the side story, Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring, and writing the story for the latest NARUTO movie, Boruto: Naruto the Movie, both of which focus on the title character's son, Boruto.
VIZ
Media is the North American master licensor for NARUTO and publishes
the bestselling NARUTO manga series in print and digitally and also
distributes the NARUTO and NARUTO SHIPPUDEN anime series and feature
films. Additional information on NARUTO is available at www.Naruto.com.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered
in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and
licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by
three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc.,
Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ
Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English
speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and
South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN
JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and ONE PIECE, VIZ
Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties
for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ
Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated
television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a
variety of consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and
manga at www.VIZ.com.
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NARUTO ILLUSTRATION BOOK UZUMAKI NARUTO © 2015 by Masashi Kishimoto/SHUEISHA Inc.
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