Naruto Shadow Rising and Naruto x Ninku announced at New York Comic Con 2026
At the Naruto panel at New York Comic Con 2026, a new manga, Shadow Rising, and the crossover anime Naruto x Ninku were announced.
The official Naruto channels posted a teaser for the new manga on October 10, 2026, and pointed fans to the NARUTO Super Stage at Jump Festa 2027 for more information.
IGN reports that Naruto x Ninku is in production and that several names are already attached to the project, but no release date has been announced yet.
What happened
At New York Comic Con 2026, Naruto announced two new projects. According to IGN, these are Shadow Rising, a new manga by Masashi Kishimoto, and Naruto x Ninku, an anime crossover between Naruto and the 1990s franchise Ninku.
The official X account of NARUTO OFFICIAL (@NARUTO_info_en) shared a teaser for a new manga by Kishimoto on October 10, 2026, and said fans should look to Jump Festa 2027 for more updates. In a second post, NARUTO x NINKŪ was also described as a project in production and as a crossover between two "legendary shinobi series."
IGN further writes that the crossover anime is being supervised by Koji Kiriyama and Masashi Kishimoto, with Noriyuki Abe as director and Tetsuya Nishio as character designer and chief animation director. Those credits have not yet been confirmed in a separate official press release in the available sources, so the only firm conclusion is that the project is in development.
Timeline
2026-10-10: NARUTO OFFICIAL posts a teaser for a new manga by Masashi Kishimoto and points to Jump Festa 2027 for more information.
2026-10-11: IGN publishes a report on the reveal of Shadow Rising and the crossover anime Naruto x Ninku.
New York Comic Con 2026: The two projects are officially announced during the Naruto panel.
Jump Festa 2027: The next update on the new manga is announced by the official Naruto channels.
Background
Naruto is the manga and anime franchise by Masashi Kishimoto. Shadow Rising is the title mentioned in the reporting for the new manga, but no details are known yet about its format, chapter count, or release date.
Ninku is a manga and anime franchise from the 1990s. Naruto x Ninku is described in the available sources as a crossover between both series, but the exact story and premiere date have not yet been revealed.
The official Naruto post and the IGN report do make clear that the franchise is putting two new projects in the spotlight at once, with Jump Festa 2027 set as the next moment for more information.