Masashi Kishimoto's favorite character offered him creative and artistic challenges that he wholeheartedly embraced, and the ...

Masashi Kishimoto discusses the obstacles he faced in continuing Naruto's story after the iconic Pain arc, exploring ...

Naruto, as one of the most popular shonen, has many die-hard fans. But there are even more facts about the ninjas that ...

Masashi Kishimoto shared how a legendary samurai manga surpassed his expectations and pushed him to choose ninja over samurai ...

During an interview, Masashi Kishimoto and his editor, Kosuke Yahagi, shared how Naruto’s original draft was very different, ...

Interestingly, Masashi Kishimoto had intended for Obito to survive and become a major antagonist from the beginning of the Naruto story. Those references were much later in the series—chapters ...