Naruto's Itachi Shinden-hen TV Anime Coming in March

12.28.2015 15:40

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According to the combined 5th/6th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, the anime adaptation of Naruto novel, Itachi Shinden (The True Legend of Itachi), will air in March 2016 in Japan.

The title of the anime previously announced was Naruto Shippūden: Itachi Shinden-hen ~Hikari to Yami~ (Naruto Shippūden: The True Legend of Itachi Volume ~Light and Darkness~). Shonen Jump's ad shortly calls it Naruto Shippūden: Itachi Shinden-hen.

Shueisha published Takashi Yano's Itachi Shinden novel in two parts. The first one titled Itachi Shinden: Kōmyō-hen (The True Legend of Itachi: Glory Volume).

The second one titled Itachi Shinden: Anya-hen (The True Legend of Itachi: Dark Night Volume).

The first novel's description:

Itachi Uchiha, age four. After seeing what occurs on the battlefield up close, he makes a certain decision. He decided that he would change the world. The dream that Itachi aimed for. His dream: A Hokage from the Uchiha clan, and a future where those he loved could live in peace. His time in the ninja academy, his meeting with Shisui, becoming a Genin, Chunin, and finally a member of the Anbu... Itachi ran straight down a path of glory, not knowing that a cruel darkness was spreading...
This is the story of the glory, frustration, and determination of the ninja called a genius. (From Amazon)

The second novel's description:

Along with his sworn friend Shisui, Itachi undertakes an assassination mission to take out spies in order to join the Anbu. In addition, the rivalry between the Uchiha clan and the village becomes even more furious, and it finally causes the death of a friend. Having lost all hope in his clan and village, along with gaining a new eye and making a certain decision, Itachi walks into the night of tragedy. The kind yet cruel truth of the dream and hope he left to his brother... is revealed here. (From Amazon)

Itachi Shinden and Sasuke Shinden were the first two series in the Naruto Shinden (Naruto True Legend) novel series.

Shueisha have published six Naruto epilogue novels earlier this year: Kakashi Hiden, Shikamaru Hiden, Akatsuki Hiden, Gaara Hiden, Sakura Hiden, and Konoha Hiden.