Shonen Jump Naruto

VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL NATIONAL ROAD TOUR FOR SHONEN JUMP NARUTO

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), has announced a special national road show to highlight SHONEN JUMP NARUTO to fans across the country. The tour kicks off on November 4 in Atlanta, GA with subsequent stops scheduled for Bloomington, MN and Cedar Park, TX with future dates in 2007 to be announced. The event will be free to attend and information is available at www.naruto.viz.com.

At each stop, a special event staging area will immerse young and older fans alike into the captivating and action-filled worlds of the popular manga and anime series. The event will feature multiple activity stations including a Ninja Academy, where visitors can learn special moves and techniques with an instructor, the Chakra Challenge, sponsored by Mattel, sneak peeks of upcoming anime episodes on a large main screen, a Bandai collectible game card area, several video game kiosks where fans can play the latest NARUTO video games from Tomy/D3P and NAMCO/BANDAI, a manga drawing area, and a green screen where fans can have their picture taken with a variety of backgrounds featured in the anime series. Upon entering, each visitor will be given a special NARUTO passport that will guide them to the various activities and after collecting passport stamps, each fan will receive an exclusive SHONEN JUMP NARUTO goodie bag filled with collectable premiums.

Dates for the SHONEN JUMP NARUTO Road Tour Include:

Saturday, November 4: Cumberland Mall
Atlanta, GA
Event Hours: 12pm – 7pm
Saturday, November 11: Mall of America
Bloomington, MN
Event Hours: 12pm – 7pm

Saturday, November 18: Lakeline Mall
Cedar Park, TX
Event Hours: 12pm – 7pm

NARUTO screens on Cartoon Network, where it is featured as part of the network’s Toonami block of action programming and attracts millions of viewers each week. The NARUTO manga was recently awarded the coveted Quill Award for Best Graphic Novel for 2006. The newest volume of the manga series, published in North America by VIZ Media, was also ranked at Number 21 on USA Today’s Top 150 Best Seller List for the week of August 27, 2006. This is the highest placement any manga title has ever achieved on the daily’s noted literary sales list, which compiles sales traction for fiction, non-fiction, hardcover as well as paperback titles. VIZ Media also distributes the anime series on DVD and recently issued a special uncut box set of the entire first season.