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The title of Masashi Kishimoto’s new manga is NARUTO SHADOW RISING. It was announced on PROJECT RASENGAN, a special page on the official NARUTO website, as an all-new work drawn entirely by Kishimoto himself. Details are scheduled to be announced at the NARUTO Jump Super Stage at Jump Festa 2027, held on December 19 and 20, 2026.
The announcement came out of New York Comic Con 2026 in the United States. At the stage event “NARUTO: What’s Next?” on October 10 local time, the global initiative PROJECT RASENGAN – which bundles manga, anime, a card game and a mobile game – kicked off, and a super teaser video for SHADOW RISING screened as one of its pillars, according to Comic Natalie.
The main NARUTO series ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from issue 43 of 1999 to issue 50 of 2014, closing out at 700 chapters across 72 collected volumes plus one side-story volume. That was 12 years ago. The weight of the phrase “drawn entirely new” – meaning the original creator is picking up the pen again himself – is a completely different thing from the story credit and supervision he provided on BORUTO.
That said, there’s something worth pinning down before anyone gets carried away. In this article I draw a hard line between what can be confirmed on the official site and what hasn’t been announced yet. Not a single character has been revealed about where it will run or when serialization starts. …Even a twice-divorced guy like me gets his blood pumping over news like this, I’ll admit.
- SHADOW RISING is an all-new manga drawn entirely by Masashi Kishimoto
- The publication, start date and chapter count are all unannounced
- PROJECT RASENGAN rests on four pillars: manga, anime, cards and mobile
- The reveal happened on stage at New York Comic Con 2026
- The next update comes at the Jump Festa 2027 Super Stage
Let’s start by tracing exactly what the official side said, and how far it went. Leave that vague and you’ll end up swallowing the “serialization starts in month X” chatter that floats around social media.
What kind of manga is SHADOW RISING? An all-new work drawn entirely by Masashi Kishimoto
SHADOW RISING is a new NARUTO manga drawn completely from scratch by Masashi Kishimoto. The official site states it plainly in its headline: a new NARUTO manga drawn by Masashi Kishimoto.
Masashi Kishimoto’s all-new, completely original manga NARUTO SHADOW RISING!
Details to be announced at the NARUTO Jump Super Stage at Jump Festa 2027, held December 19-20, 2026!
Stay tuned!Source:Official NARUTO website, PROJECT RASENGAN
It’s a short statement, but the information density is high. “Drawn entirely new” signals fresh artwork from Kishimoto himself, and the English-language headline goes further, stating “An all-new story drawn completely by Masashi Kishimoto!” – making clear that the story is new as well. In other words, this isn’t a repackaging of existing episodes or a reprint anthology.
As for what was actually in the super teaser video, Comic Natalie reports that rough sketches of familiar characters such as Naruto and Sasuke were shown. The fact that only roughs have surfaced is, conversely, a sign that the project has only just started moving. It’s worth keeping in mind that a long gap between the announcement and serialization is possible.
When can you read SHADOW RISING? Have the publication and chapter count been announced?
There has been no official announcement as of October 2026. The publication it will run in, the serialization start date, the chapter count, whether it’s a one-shot or an ongoing series, and any plans for collected volumes – none of it has been revealed.
The only schedule the official side has given is a single point: details will be announced on stage at Jump Festa 2027. Put another way, it’s natural to assume no new facts will emerge before December 19 and 20, 2026.
The table below is our editorial breakdown of what can be read off the official site as of October 14, 2026, versus what remains unannounced. Use it as a yardstick for checking which box any story circulating on social media belongs in.
| Item | Status as of October 14, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Title | NARUTO SHADOW RISING (officially announced) |
| Creator | Drawn entirely new by Masashi Kishimoto (officially announced) |
| Is the story new? | The English headline explicitly says “all-new story” (officially announced) |
| When details arrive | The NARUTO Jump Super Stage at Jump Festa 2027 (officially announced) |
| Publication / magazine | Unannounced |
| Serialization start date | Unannounced |
| Chapter count / one-shot or series | Unannounced |
| Collected volumes / price | Unannounced |
| Characters appearing | Roughs of Naruto, Sasuke and others have been reported to appear in the super teaser video |
What this breakdown shows is that all that has been announced is the work’s existence and the date of the next update. Information about the content itself is close to zero. Which is exactly why the December stage should be the real first reveal.
What are the four pillars of PROJECT RASENGAN? The full picture across manga, anime, cards and mobile
PROJECT RASENGAN is an initiative that drives NARUTO’s global rollout along four pillars at once. SHADOW RISING is one of them – this is not a standalone new-work announcement.
| Project | Details | Timing / next update |
|---|---|---|
| NARUTO SHADOW RISING | An all-new manga drawn entirely by Masashi Kishimoto | Details to be announced at Jump Festa 2027 |
| NARUTO×NINKŪ | A completely new NARUTO animation. Supervised in full by NINKŪ creator Koji Kiriyama and Masashi Kishimoto | Broadcast window unannounced |
| NARUTO CARD GAME | A full-fledged trading card game releasing worldwide simultaneously | Releasing June 2027 |
| Hokage Ninja MOBILE | A global rollout for the NARUTO mobile game. Ninja from across the series history appear as playable characters | Launch window unannounced |
Lined up side by side, the aim of this initiative becomes clear. Manga adds story, anime adds moving images, and the card game and mobile game add places to play. Because the four pillars run through different companies on different schedules, it’s best not to mistake news about any one of them for the progress of the whole.
The card game in particular is the only pillar with an explicitly stated window: “2027.06 RELEASE!” The official site explains a design built around assembling a deck of your favorite ninja, reading your opponent, and winning with jutsu, with a wide variety of newly drawn illustrations as a selling point. While we wait for the next word on SHADOW RISING, this is probably where the visible movement will be.
What was announced at New York Comic Con 2026?
The venue for the reveal has been reported as the “NARUTO: What’s Next?” stage event at New York Comic Con 2026. It was held on October 10 local time, and the reports say PROJECT RASENGAN launched there alongside a newly drawn key visual and promo videos for each project.
A video titled as the super teaser for Masashi Kishimoto’s new manga NARUTO SHADOW RISING has also been reported to have screened at the event. Toward the end of the event, a message from Destin Daniel Cretton, director of the Hollywood live-action NARUTO film, was reportedly read aloud on his behalf, which makes me think the timing of the announcement was aligned with the live-action project.
The other pillar that moved on that same stage was NARUTO×NINKŪ, the completely new animation. The official site describes it as a crossover with NINKŪ – the legendary work that inspired Kishimoto to draw NARUTO in the first place – delivering a completely new story supervised across every episode by NINKŪ creator Koji Kiriyama and Kishimoto. Comic Natalie reports that four episodes are planned, and that the story begins with Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura being handed a certain mission by Kakashi.
It’s interesting that the same phrase used for the manga – a completely new work with Kishimoto involved – is being used on the anime side too. Whether SHADOW RISING and the NINKŪ collaboration are set in the same world or are entirely separate projects is something on which there has been no official announcement as of October 2026.
Where exactly at Jump Festa 2027 will the next update drop?
The next update will be announced at the NARUTO Jump Super Stage at Jump Festa 2027. The official site tells fans to “check the Jump Festa stage (streaming available) for further news on the project,” so even those who can’t make it to the venue can follow along via the stream.
| Item | Jump Festa 2027 event details |
|---|---|
| Dates | Saturday, December 19 and Sunday, December 20, 2026 |
| Hours | 9:00-17:00 (final admission 16:30) |
| Venue | Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall, Halls 1-9 and 11 (2-1 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture) |
| Admission | Free, by advance application and invitation. Every attendee of elementary school age or older needs a digital ticket in the Jump NAVI app |
| Organizer | Shueisha (Weekly Shonen Jump / Shonen Jump+ / V Jump / Jump SQ. / Saikyo Jump) |
The thing to watch is how you get in. It’s free, but it runs on advance application and invitation, and without a digital ticket you can’t enter the venue. Given the crowds the NARUTO Super Stage draws every year, targeting that specific slot will be a tough ask, so planning around the stream is the realistic move.
As for the stage’s detailed timetable and who will appear, there has been no official announcement as of October 2026. The official NARUTO and BORUTO YouTube channel and the official X account are the primary sources for the super teaser video and any further news.
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Final Thoughts: What we know about SHADOW RISING, and what has to wait until December
NARUTO SHADOW RISING, the all-new manga drawn entirely by Masashi Kishimoto, was announced on the PROJECT RASENGAN special page on the official NARUTO website. The confirmed information is the title, the nature of the work as a completely new story drawn by Kishimoto himself, and the fact that the detailed reveal will happen at the NARUTO Jump Super Stage at Jump Festa 2027.
Everything else – the publication, the serialization start date, the chapter count, the format and collected volumes – is unannounced. The reveal lands on December 19 and 20, 2026, at Jump Festa 2027 at the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall, and the stage will also be streamed. Of the four pillars of PROJECT RASENGAN, the only one with a stated window is the NARUTO CARD GAME in June 2027.
The genuinely valuable thing about this announcement is the simple fact that a title now exists. Since the main series wrapped in 2014, new NARUTO developments have been led by anime, games and stage plays, and a manga newly drawn by the original creator never materialized. Now the official side has written the words “all-new work drawn entirely” by him. As a place to put your hopes, that’s more than enough. But don’t forget that all we’ve actually seen is rough artwork and two lines of copy. Whether it’s an ongoing series or a short, intensive run, and whether it continues the main story or sits alongside it as a side story, changes how a reader should brace themselves entirely.
Until December 19 and 20, enjoying the guesswork as guesswork is the best way to handle this. Stay tuned, as the official site itself puts it.
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