Itachi Shinden – Jump Festa 2016 Promotional Video [Off-Cam]

The first promotional video for the recently announced anime adaptation of Takashi Yano’s Naruto spin-off novel Itachi Shinden (The True Legend of Itachi). The video, an off-cam capture of the trailer, shows off the past of Itachi Uchiha and his clan. The anime will be titled Naruto: Shippuden – Itachi Shinden ~Hikari to Yami~ (Naruto Shippuuden: The True Legend of Itachi Volume ~Light and Darkness~), and is based on the prequel spin-off novel. The novel itself focuses on the past of Itachi Uchiha and is split into two different novels: Itachi Shinden: Koumyou-hen (The True Legend of Itachi: Glory) and Itachi Shinden: Anya-hen (The True Legend of Itachi: Dark Night).

The Itachi Shinden anime adaptation is being produced for April 2016, during the Spring 2016 anime season.

Here is the anime’s visual:

Here is the synopsis of the original novels:

Itachi Uchiha, age four. After seeing what occurs on the battlefield up close, he makes a certain decision. He decided that he would change the world. The dream that Itachi aimed for. His dream: A Hokage from the Uchiha clan, and a future where those he loved could live in peace. His time in the ninja academy, his meeting with Shisui, becoming a Genin, Chunin, and finally a member of the Anbu… Itachi ran straight down a path of glory, not knowing that a cruel darkness was spreading…

This is the story of the glory, frustration, and determination of the ninja called a genius.

You can visit the anime’s official website here: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto/
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