Masashi Kishimoto
For the ninth "Naruto" film, "", Kishimoto was responsible for both the story planning and characters' designs. To promote the film, Kishimoto worked in "Motion Comic Naruto" a DVD that shows scenes from the manga in 3D that was given to the first 1.5 million people who went to the cinema. Regarding "Naruto"s publication Kishimoto told Tetsuya Nishio in July 2012 that the series would take over a year and a half to end. However, Kishimoto admitted that it now appears that the manga will continue beyond that timeframe. In April 2012, it was announced that Kishimoto would publish a one-shot version of his long-postponed mafia manga, "Mario", in "Jump Square", based on the rough, 160-page manuscript he began working on before "Naruto" became serialized.
Naruto: Clash of Ninja
Naruto: Clash of Ninja, released in Japan as , is a series of 3D cel-shaded fighting games based on the manga and anime series "Naruto" by Masashi Kishimoto. They are developed by Eighting and published by D3 Publisher and Tomy. Four games are available for the GameCube, seven for the Wii. "Naruto: Clash of Ninja", "Clash of Ninja 2", "Revolution", "Revolution 2" and "Revolution 3" are available in the US. "Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2", "Revolution" and "Revolution 2" are available in PAL regions. "Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution III" was released in Europe on April 9, 2010. All installments, excluding the "Revolution" series, have been released in Japan.