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Naruto, Toriko, One Piece Event Anime Shorts Streamed
posted on by Egan Loo
On Monday, the English website for Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has posted the Naruto and Toriko original anime shorts that were film, Gekijō-ban Yu-Gi-Oh! ~Chō-Yūgō! Jikū o Koeta Kizuna~, in the near future.
The Naruto: The Cross Roads short tells an original story set when the fan-favorite character Sasuke was with Kakashi's ninja squad. The Toriko anime short was the first anime adaptation of Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's manga. In Toriko's story, "Bishokuya" (gourmet food providers) travel the world to hunt down the animals and plants needed for the finest cuisine dishes. Viz Media is releasing both manga series as well as the Naruto anime in North America.
One Piece Film Strong World will bringing together the main heroes of all three TV Tokyo anime series. Viz Media is releasing the manga versions of One Piece and Yu-Gi-Oh in North America. Funimation handles the One Piece anime, while 4Kids handles the Yu-Gi-Oh anime.
Update: More background information added.
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