to Ninja Promotional Schedule
Okay, so I tried to put together a rough schedule of the promotional stuff programmed for this month… with links to show where I got most of the information.


July 19th

・A joint interview with Masashi Kishimoto and Masafumi Gotou from Asian Kung-Fu Generation (in the magazine “CUT”)

July 20th

・A report on the movie and an interview with Masashi Kishimoto (in the film magazine Kinema Junpo)
・An interview with Masashi Kishimoto (in the magazine Otonafami)
・An interview with Masashi Kishimoto (during the Asaichi TV show on NHK)
・An introduction to the movie (during the children’s TV show Ohasuta on TV Tokyo)
・A brief interview with Masashi Kishimoto (during Sakiyomi Jan Bang on TV Tokyo)

July 21th

・A special program on the movie (a special program on TV Tokyo for the release of the Naruto movie)

July 24th

・Release of the new Ichiraku Ramen (at Lawson)
・New episode of ‘Rock Lee Springtime of Youth’, possibly linked to the movie (The Naruto movie opening to the public! - Lee and TenTen compete with each other while scrambling for a manga magazine containing some movie information. At which point, the two are suddenly engulfed in a white light…)

July 25th

・Release of the original movie soundtrack

July 26th

・’ROAD TO SAKURA’ (All of a sudden, Sakura appears in the sky and falls to the ground. Those who happened to see her land want to help her, but due to the impact Sakura has lost her memories. Her friends from the village work together to help return her memories, but…)

July 27th

・Release of the 61th volume of the manga (the first people to buy it in a bookshop affiliated with the campaign will also receive the bonus book ‘Naruto - Maki no Nin’ - containing, among other things, the special chapter drawn by Masashi Kishimoto for the movie)
・A brief interview with Masashi Kishimoto (during Sakiyomi Jan Bang on TV Tokyo)
・Release of the ‘Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie’ novel

July 28th

・Opening day of the movie

Anyone currently living in Japan and taking pity on us poor souls, please make sure that all this stuff reaches us…?