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Naruto fan brings Minato Namikaze’s story to life

Last year, Masashi Kishimoto creator of Naruto returned with an original story that deals with the past of Minato Namikaze, who was voted as the fans’ favorite character in the series through the contest held in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the anime. Currently, the franchise is working on its big comeback, but for the time being, fans of the series were surprised with the animation of this short story about Minato thanks to a fan at Galactic Republic Studio, a non-profit animation studio. In this article we tell you all the details about this event.

The Whorl Within the Spiral” Naruto prequel trailer

The Whorl Within the Spiral” is a short story of only one chapter of 55 pages that was released for the celebration of Naruto’s 20th anniversary and that, as we mentioned before, covers part of Minato Namikaze’s past. In it we are told a new story that takes place before the events of the main story of the series, deepening the connection between Minato and Kushina even before Naruto existed.

Here we follow Minato at a very relevant moment when he is developing the Rasengan for the first time for the purpose of helping Kushina. The video clip is only 46 seconds long, but that time was enough to shock Naruto fans, who expressed their approval on both the Twitter/X account and Galactic Republic StudiosYouTube channel with comments praising the animation studio’s great work and thanking them for their excellent work as usual.

Cover of Minato Namikaze’s One-Shot

Naruto Minato Namikaze
Naruto Minato Namikaze

This one shot can be read through MANGA PLUS although unfortunately it is only in English. On the occasion of Naruto’s anniversary, it was planned that the anime would make a comeback in a four chapter special that would address new adventures of Team 7 that we had not seen before, unfortunately it had to be delayed and has no fixed release date, we will have to stay tuned for news about the franchise.

Minato Namikaze’s personality is sincere and pleasant, having as a priority the villagers and the people dear to him, this caused him to be a very respected and loved person by the villagers. He is also a cunning and brave man, who was willing to lay down his life for his family. As it is already known, Minato is Naruto’s father and due to his personality he always showed overflowing emotions of love for his son and his wife.

As it was shown in the survey, Minato is a very popular character, so it is no surprise that this small demonstration of what could be an anime based on his past, has caused so much furor among Naruto fans, it would be very interesting if in the future this project could become a reality. Would you like to see the story of Minato animated?

Naruto Minato Namikaze
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