The Anime of Boruto has been on hiatus for 3 years. But in the next part of the series, we will finally learn who the successor of Naruto is.
When will the anime continue? The last episode of the Boruto anime aired in March 2023 and concluded with 293 episodes. Directly after that, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex will be released, which takes place 3 years after the end of Boruto.
So far, there has been no announcement about when the anime will continue with the next part. Since the manga celebrates its 10th anniversary in May 2026, it would be a suitable time for an announcement, and there are more hints that the anime will be announced soon:
- The animation studio Pierrot is currently busy with the finale of Bleach: Thousand-Year-Blood-War. The grand finale is set to air in Fall 2026. The studio has already announced that a new project will follow after this (as read on Men’s Non-No).
- As part of the anniversary, an initial announcement has already been made. Thus, a figure of Boruto, which is from the next part of the anime, will be released in Fall 2026 (as seen on Naruto Official). It is often the case that figures are released in parallel to the airing of a new anime or manga.
Thus, we can assume that there might be an announcement regarding the anime in May, and Two Blue Vortex will likely premiere in Fall 2026 or early 2027. However, there is no 100% guarantee for this.
The next part of the anime reveals Naruto’s heir
Attention, Spoilers! Here are some spoilers about the plot of the next part of Boruto. If you want to watch the anime without bias, you should skip the following section.
What about Naruto’s legacy? Through the manga, we already know how the anime continues.
In Boruto, his father Naruto must defeat an extremely powerful enemy, which is why he uses a completely new ultimate form, the Baryon Mode. This makes Naruto incredibly powerful, but comes at a deadly price: it consumes the life of Kurama, the nine-tailed fox spirit, which has been sealed in Naruto since his birth.
Kurama sacrifices himself and his life energy extinguishes. For a long time, it seems that Kurama has finally died. However, it turns out that he returns in another person, not in Boruto himself, but in Naruto’s daughter Himawari, who is Boruto’s sister.
She gets a baby version of the fox spirit and seems to be stronger than her father was at the same age. Therefore, Himawari is the perfect heir for Naruto.
However, it will still take a while before we get to see this scene in the anime, as it does not directly appear in Chapter 1 of the manga. But with the expected announcement of the continuation of the anime, we can already look forward to this iconic scene.
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