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.
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
A countdown website titled "Next Generation" was used to promote the new manga. In December 2015, the "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations"s serialisation was announced. Kishimoto said he wanted "Boruto" to surpass his own work. The writer of "Boruto", Ukyō Kodachi, had written a light novel called "Gaara Hiden" (2015) and had assisted Kishimoto in writing the script for the film "Boruto: Naruto the Movie". Besides writing for the series, Kodachi supervises the story of the anime. Kishimoto also acted as the supervisor of the anime for episodes 8 and 9.