Announcement from Naruto.com: Naruto Shippuden will be aired on Disney...TT^TT

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"Naruto Coming to Disney XD!
September 10, 2009 2:37 pm by Ho Lin | Posted in News | 37
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Many of you fans out there have waited for this day a long time --
heck, even polls have started up about it. So we're pleased as punch
to finally be able to make the official announcement: Naruto is
returning to television! Naruto Shippuden will make its premiere on
the Disney XD channel next month. As soon as the broadcast dates are
finalized we'll make the announcement, so be sure to check back here
often. For more details, check out the press release below... And of
course, feel free to discuss and comment on this news in our
discussion forum.

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VIZ MEDIA TEAMS WITH DISNEY XD

TO PRESENT NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

TO TELEVISION AUDIENCES THIS FALL



Newly Launched Disney XD Channel To Host World’s Most Popular Ninja
With New Action-Packed Episodes

To Debut Weekly Beginning In October




San Francisco, CA, September 10, 2009 – In a landmark agreement, VIZ
Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most
innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing
companies, has announced that its animated series NARUTO Shippuden has
been acquired by Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group for debut on Disney
XD (www.DisneyXD.com) television channel beginning in October.



Disney XD is a new basic cable channel and multi-platform brand that
showcases a compelling mix of live-action and animated programming for
kids age 6-14, hyper-targeting boys and their quest for discovery,
accomplishment, sports, adventure and humor. New dubbed episodes of
NARUTO Shippuden will premiere on the network.



In the NARUTO manga and animated series, Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja
in training, wants to be the best ninja in the land. He's done well so
far, but Naruto knows he must train harder than ever and leaves his
village for intense exercises that will push him to his limits. NARUTO
Shippuden begins two and a half years later, when Naruto returns to
find that everyone has been promoted up the ninja ranks—except him.
Sakura is a medic ninja, Gaara has advanced to Kazekage, and Kakashi…
well, he remains the same. But pride isn’t necessarily becoming of a
ninja, and Naruto quickly regains his focus when he learns that Sasuke
never returned from his search for Orochimaru and that the mysterious
Akatsuki organization is still an ever-present danger. The more Naruto
finds out about Akatsuki’s sinister plot, the more he realizes that
nothing in his world is as it seems. Naruto is finding that he’s
older, but will he also prove wiser and stronger?



“Disney XD is a growing destination for our key demographic, boys
6-14, and we're looking forward to bringing the adventures of NARUTO
Shippuden to our lineup," says Tracy McAndrew, Director, Acquisitions
and Co-Productions, Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group.



Created by Masashi Kishimoto, NARUTO was first introduced in Weekly
Shonen Jump magazine in Japan in 1999 and quickly became that
country’s most popular ninja manga targeting tweens and teens and has
sold more than 92 million copies to-date. The manga series (rated ‘T’
for Teens) and animated counterpart (NARUTO rated ‘T’ for teens, and
NARUTO Shippuden rated ‘T+’ for older teens), is one of VIZ Media’s
most successful properties and has captivated millions of fans across
North America, Europe and South America. NARUTO is a co-production of
TV TOKYO, VIZ Media parent company Shueisha Inc., and Pierrot Co.,
Ltd.



“We’re very pleased to partner with Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group to
bring NARUTO Shippuden to U.S. television audiences this fall,” says
Bill Germain, Director of Programming Sales, VIZ Media. “With Disney
XD as its new broadcast home base, NARUTO Shippuden is poised to take
viewers, both new and old, to unprecedented levels of ninja-
excitement!”