New Type USA Article on Naruto
Reported by: Tazmo on Tuesday, June 1st, 2004 at 09:55AM
Thanks to Breena for sending this bit in! The June issue of New Type USA has a small article published pertaining to the Naruto anime series. This article mentions that a new character may be introduced into the anime sometime after the Naruto movie is released, that did not appear in the Naruto manga.

Date (the chief director at studio perriot) suggested adding a few of their own episodes. "I was thinking we'd make naruto a bit cheerier than it has been up to now." He's contemplating inrtoducing a new character based on Mori no Ishimatsu -- a real historical figure who lived at the end of the Edo era. The character would be one who "loved wine and women, was quick to fight and lose his temper. The show hasn't had a character like that yet, so i thought it would be fun if a character like that got mixed up with Naruto somehow." The new character is tentatively slated to debut on TV after the theatrical release --- a stand alone original story helmed by Tesai Okamura.


copied from narutofan website if this is true it will mean countless filler eps to make up for the lack of a gap between anime and manga this sucks i hope this character is really cool cuz i don't want too watch countless filler eps