NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER Patch Version 2.71 - Bandai Namco Entertainment America

On October 10, Naruto’s original author and illustrator announced that a new canon manga titled Naruto: Shadow Rising is set to be released sometime in 2027. This is great news if you love Naruto. However, if you hate Boruto, it’s incredible news—or at least, that’s what some people would lead you to believe. Following Naruto: Shadow Rising’s reveal at NYCC, several posts online have attempted to twist the announcement into something else entirely: confirmation that Boruto, Mikio Ikemoto’s ongoing sequel to Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto, is officially no longer canon. Now, rumors like this aren’t usually newsworthy, but this one has started to get somewhat out of hand. A viral post on X with almost 5 million views, posted on October 14, claimed that Kishimoto outright stated that “Boruto is an alternate universe” in a 2024 interview. Another post on X stated that Kishimoto “officially confirms” Boruto is now non-canon, by using a video of the author from 2017. Obviously, these quotes have been taken wildly out of context—something one of the posters on X quite brazenly admitted to.

Marvel Studios’ release of Avengers: Endgame: Encore was a shrewd gambit for a few reasons: It put the studio’s most successful film back in conversation right after the juggernaut success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day; it tided die-hards over with new footage ahead of December’s Avengers: Doomsday; and, perhaps most importantly, it raked in an additional $138 million for the film, reinstating its position as the worldwide box office champion over James Cameron’s Avatar. Cameron, who certainly doesn’t spend his precious time fretting about such matters as lifetime financial grosses and being the best in the world at stuff, recently expressed his congratulations to Marvel for once again overtaking his 2009 sci-fi film. “You are one of the people,” the director wrote (per The Wrap) in a composite image from Avatar, with Iron Man at the center of a welcoming Na’vi tribe. “Congratulations to Marvel and the #1 Avengers: Endgame: Encore for bringing moviegoers to the cinemas! – Jim Cameron.”