Itachi Shinden Spinoff Novels Get TV Anime Adaptation in Spring 2016

[Koby]

The Naruto stage program held at the Jump Festa event on Saturday in Tokyo announced that the Itachi Shinden (The True Legend of Itachi) spinoff novels will get a TV anime adaptation starting in spring 2016. The official Naruto Movie Twitter account confirmed the news.

 

TV Tokyo revealed a main visual for the anime featuring the text "In Spring 2016, the Truth arc starts."

 

TV Tokyo also revealed that the title of the anime will be Naruto Shippūden: Itachi Shinden-hen ~Hikari to Yami~ (Naruto Shippūden: The True Legend of Itachi Volume ~Light and Darkness~).

 

Shueisha released author Takashi Yano's Itachi Shinden novel in two parts. The Itachi Shinden: Kōmyō-hen (The True Legend of Itachi: Glory Volume) novel shipped on September 4, and the Itachi Shinden: Anya-hen (The True Legend of Itachi: Dark Night Volume) novel shipped on October 2.