Naruto to receive first official trading card game in over a decade

Bandai Card Games announced an official Naruto trading card game, the first in over a decade, set to launch globally in 2027 with preview sessions at upcoming conventions. The reveal included an original illustration from creator Masashi Kishimoto showing Naruto and Sasuke locked in an intense match.

“I hope these cards can make their way into all of your hands and hearts,” wrote Kishimoto in a statement. “The world of Naruto continues to grow.” The launch will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Naruto TV series, which adapted Kishimoto’s 1999 manga in 2002 to immediate international fame.

The original Naruto TCG, also from Bandai, had a respectable seven year run between 2006 and 2013. It’s surprising an anime as popular as Naruto has gone so long without a formal presence in the card shop, beyond t-shirts and headbands worn by competitors, a gap that reveals the intense ebbs and flows of the TGC world.

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