Masashi Kishimoto
Following the conclusion of "Naruto", Kishimoto became involved in the "Start of a New Era Project" commemorating the manga's conclusion and 15th anniversary. On the last page of the final chapter, "Weekly Shonen Jump" announced that a spin-off miniseries, also authored by Kishimoto, would be released in 2015. The series, "", ran from April to July 2015. Beyond this, Kishimoto was also heavily involved with two canonical movies, "" and "", as he personally supervised both movies, and illustrated several light novels. When asked by Boruto Uzumaki's voice actress Yūko Sanpei to continue making "Naruto" movies, Kishimoto stated that he was taking a break and could not physically do so.
List of Naruto characters
Obito in his Tobi persona was Kishimoto's favorite Akatsuki character at the time to draw, due to his simple mask. In the Japanese version, Obito is voiced by Wataru Takagi; his childhood self voiced by Sōsuke Komori before Megumi Han took over the position in 343. In the English version, Obito is voiced by Michael Yurchak while his younger self is voiced by Vic Mignogna. Also, Nolan North does Obito's Madara impersonation in "" while Todd Haberkorn voices him in "".