Boruto: The Movie First Teaser Released

A first teaser trailer for the upcoming 'Boruto: The Movie' has hit the internet.

Not a lot is shown other than giving us a brief look at the animation, which again still appears to look as good as we'd expect a Naruto film to, but it does tease a few interesting tidbits. As seen in the end of the manga, Boruto seems to have a bit of an issue with his father, likely due to how busy Naruto is. There also seems to be potential rivalry between him and Sarada, Sasuke and Sakura's daughter. Most interestingly though are a set of labels on some characters in the teaser, or most specifically, Sasuke. The label of 'Master' pops up over him, seeming to imply that he's actually the sensei for Boruto (and perhaps Sarada as well)! That would definitely be a twist I wouldn't have seen coming.

The film is currently set to release in Japanese theaters on August 7^th.

Boruto: The Movie First Screenshots Revealed

A Japanese website has unveiled the first screenshots for the upcoming 'Boruto: Naruto The Movie' film, showcasing both the leads Boruto Uzumaki and Sarada Uchiha, as well as their fathers, Naruto and Sasuke. While it's not much, the screenshots do seem to show that the animation will be keeping to the level that other recent Naruto productions have kept to.

In addition, the cast for Boruto and Sarada was also recently revealed, as the pair will be played by Yuko Sanpei and Kokoro Kikuchi respectively. Yuko Sanpei is probably best known for Renton Thurston from Eureka Seven and Nozomi Yumehara in various Precure incarnations, while Kokoro Kikuchi has played such roles as Kruppoh in Toriko, and Potpourri in Precure – though it's also notable that she was the voice of the young Boruto Uzumaki in The Last: Naruto the Movie.

Boruto: The Movie - First Poster Revealed

Weekly Shonen Jump has released an illustrated poster by Masashi Kishimoto for the upcoming 'Boruto: Naruto The Movie' film, which is set to open in Japan on August 7. The poster, as can be seen above, shows a Naruto logo which has been de-faced to read 'Boruto' by Naruto's son (whose name can be romanized as either Boruto or Bolt – I'm unsure as of now what Viz has gone with) as Naruto himself stands in the background, with text reading 'Watch me crappy old man!'.

The main Naruto manga ended in November of last year after running for 15 years. A new mini-series depicting further adventures of the 'next generation' of ninja however, entitled 'Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring Month', will begin serialization later this month on April 27^th. This film will likely tie-in to the events of said manga.

As always, we'll keep you posted on more news as it becomes available, and look forward to reading reviews of the spinoff's chapters as they come out!