Boruto Updates: Anime Teases a ‘Special Project’ During Re-Runs

The ongoing pandemic has been severely affecting the lives of many of us and it has left a clear mark on the manga and anime industry.

One after the other, anime, manga and adaptation films are getting delayed indefinitely. One of the most popular anime series of all time, Boruto, has also not been spared from the clutches of COVID-19. But the creators have found a surprising way to please fans.

The Boruto team has come up with a new strategy to keep fans hooked onto the anime. This special project called, “At Home With Naruto” requires the voice actors of the series to hold a live Tweet session. This live-Tweet is done simultaneously with the reruns of the anime episodes.

5月からの再放送に合わせて、特別企画「#おうちでBORUTO」がスタート！
毎週、出演声優さんを迎えて、放送中に実況ツイートしてくれるぞ！誰が参加してくれるのかは、毎週のお楽しみ！
初回は5月3日（日）の夕方5：30から！
みんなで一緒に語りながら「BORUTO」を楽しもう！#おうちでBORUTO pic.twitter.com/CZCIlI55Yn

— アニメ BORUTO-ボルト-【公式】 (@NARUTOtoBORUTO) May 1, 2020

A special project “to coincide with the rebroadcast from May #おうちでBORUTO Has started!

Every week, we welcome the voice actors who will perform live tweets during the broadcast! Weekly fun to see who will participate!

The first time is from 5:30 in the evening on Sunday, May 3! Let’s enjoy “BORUTO” while talking together! #おうちでBORUTO

English Translation, Twitter Translate

Every week, the cast of the voice actors will add “#Home BORUTO” and live tweet during the broadcast, according to the official website. It might be interesting to see who Tweets and what information they share with the fans.

The Boruto: Naruto Next Generations team apologized for the inconvenience as well as thanked the fans for the support and promised to inform in case of any further developments.

Meanwhile, those who have missed episodes or want to become a Boruto fan have an opportunity to catch up on all the released episodes.

Episode 155 of the anime series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations could not be aired thanks to the pandemic. Instead, re-runs of past episodes will be shown. There had already been an announcement of the delay in the manga production procedure.

Japan’s state of emergency was supposed to be lifted in the first week of May, but as the danger of COVID-19 looms large, it has been extended till May 31st by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.

About Boruto: Next Generations

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is written and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto, and supervised by Masashi Kishimoto himself. It came into serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in June 2016.

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is the series that follows the exploits of Naruto’s son, Boruto, during his academy days and further on. The series follows the character development of Boruto and the looming evil that challenges the fate of him and his loved ones.