BORUTO -Raiden- (Anime Series)

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BORUTO: RAIDEN ( -ボルト: ライデン-) is a rebranding television anime series, the anime reimagination and adaptation of Part II of the BORUTO manga, produced by Studio Pierrot, set four years following Boruto lost against Kawaki, now currently on the run as a Rogue Ninja due to him being Otsutsuki and becoming target to all Shinobi World.

Production
Following the final episode of BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATION Anime series, the studio Pierrot decide to take the anime production on hiatus for at least two or three years for the major revised production, increased deadline, and re-organized management, along with the schedule, work structure, animators, and more in order to bring proper better for anime production, while allows manga series continue to have more time to developed more manga chapters forward and other anime works in production.

While the BORUTO Manga series has now entered Part II, a new BORUTO Anime series, BORUTO: RAIDEN is also in development, but according to Kishimoto, it might take a while or at least in years in order for preparation for the new BORUTO anime series to be completed, and he also stated that it would be a seasonal anime project instead a long-running project.

Although, the Part II of BORUTO Manga would at least would take over 7-8 volumes, in which due to Ikemoto's statement of how they targeting the manga series to have at least 30 volumes, in which would only cover at least four final arcs.

Masashi Kishimoto has discussed with Shueisha editor and Studio Pierrot about how he want to bring this new BORUTO anime series into a whole new level to the animation and to make it more than just being "anime adaptation", also brings up evolutions and differences from BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATION in terms about the story, animation, direction, voice acting, characters, lores, world-building, and much more. While discussing of how the anime story Part II titles will completely deviate from predecessor as it no longer to use "NARUTO NEXT GENERATION" as the intention has shifted to makes more focus into Boruto Uzumaki's story which leads toward the titles being rebranded as BORUTO: RAIDEN.

According to Kishimoto, that BORUTO: RAIDEN will follow its own continuities from the manga, while the story consistently follow the continuities from its anime storyline in chronological, but, this doesn't mean that the story will diverge from the manga either, especially for the ending of the manga story. In conclusion it will goes the same axis as the manga event, but the way how it connected and consistently fit to the timeline would be different from the manga itself which exclusively found in anime.

The BORUTO: RAIDEN might start the story in completely different direction from the manga, however, the themes, concepts, intention, and more will still same as the manga, but it has been reimagined to fit the way anime story had told, and for the infamous manga scene like Boruto vs Kawaki will not be removed since it's prove that how the story start differently but lead the same axis for the manga events in new direction.

Kishimoto will also oversee the changes that have been made for Manga adaptation into an anime, he admit that there would be new and different changes from it's source materials, while improved, expand, and adds a new element of twist that never even shown in the manga, while how characters from anime arc might had a roles in the manga adaptation arc as well, which is interesting how there were involved in that kind of situation.

He also stated that there various changes and expand within chronological timeline, events, various retcons from character developed due to Anime-Original Arc, and much more. Although he promises that their favorite scene manga scenes would be adapted into anime, while there's also desired for how he want to provide the scene or stories with a better version from the manga in accordance change from Kishimoto.

Kishimoto wanted BORUTO: RAIDEN anime series to surpassed its predecessor like BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATION and bringing a whole new definitive version from its manga as how his goal wanted to portray something that can only do in anime. He confirmed that BORUTO: RAIDEN is it's own story things and he want fans who had already read the manga can see a whole new different and some things that stay same, he want fans to not worry because of how this anime series will do differently and fresh from its predecessor.

As the majority of the stories would be original story anime written by Masashi Kishimoto which cannot be found in the manga, he promise to fans that whole new story in BORUTO: RAIDEN will delivers a high-quality animation, high-quality consistent storyline, and newly different established developed characters within Boruto and his friend, also utilize the dark tone, actions, and drama in the series very well.

Boruto Uzumaki as a character in Part II would be a whole new reimagination from his manga counterpart, while this version better polished and better development from its source materials, so Kishimoto want fans expect the differences between Boruto characters in the manga and anime, and how it established his character very well. He also want to take a whole new light within Boruto and bringing his character into something that never seen before which based on how tragic his life was.

Studio Pierrot released a new original video animation which titled BORUTO: INTERLUDE which is set as a prologue and prequel to the BORUTO: RAIDEN anime series which focused on Sarada Uchiha, which set four years following the event of BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATION as how the world is now in state of chaos, especially without Naruto in charge as Hokage and the Kages are now hunt for two Otsutsuki vessels, Boruto Uzumaki which became her turmoils and depression whether she have to fight Boruto. A new original video animation brings bridge gap between two anime series like BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATION and BORUTO: RAIDEN.

Kishimoto along with staff anime writing from Studio Pierrot, including Masaya Honda is also working with many new BORUTO: RAIDEN anime project which possibility can featured original video animation, side-story manga, the game, and also a new theatrical anime film.