{"id":52307,"date":"2022-12-18T21:19:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T05:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=52307"},"modified":"2022-12-18T21:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T05:19:06","slug":"naruto-opens-narutop99-voting-poll-to-determine-the-most-popular-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/12\/18\/naruto-opens-narutop99-voting-poll-to-determine-the-most-popular-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Naruto Opens \u201cNARUTOP99\u201d Voting Poll to Determine the Most Popular Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At Shueisha&#8217;s Jump Festa 2023 event, a worldwide <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/10\/03\/road-of-naruto-20th-anniversary-video-features-modern-reproduction-of-famous-naruto-scenes\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Naruto<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> character popularity poll called NARUTOP99 was launched to celebrate the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/10\/02\/naruto-anime-series-celebrates-20th-anniversary-with-new-visuals\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">20th anniversary of the franchise<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The anime production team released a promotional video announcing the start of voting for the poll, which will run from December 17, 2022 until January 31, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300eNARUTO\u300f\u5168\u4e16\u754c\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\u4eba\u6c17\u6295\u7968\u958b\u5e55 PV\u3010NARUTOP99\u3011\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O8czN6GUqHw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Fans can put in one vote for their favorite character every day on the official NARUTOP99 website, which will update itself every midnight so fans can vote again. The final results will be announced in April 2023 and posted on the website and other social media channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Original manga creator <\/span><b>Masashi Kishimoto<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will draw an original short manga featuring the top character with the most votes in the poll. In addition, the top 20 characters will be made into figures by Bandai and Kishimoto will draw special illustrations for each of them.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52313\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/12\/18\/naruto-opens-narutop99-voting-poll-to-determine-the-most-popular-characters\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"naruto top99 globsl character poll\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a91999 by Masashi Kishimoto\/ SHUEISHA Inc.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll.jpg?fit=696%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-52313\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll.jpg?resize=650%2C366&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"narutop99 character poll visual\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll.jpg?resize=696%2C392&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll.jpg?resize=1068%2C601&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll.jpg?resize=747%2C420&amp;ssl=1 747w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-top99-globsl-character-poll.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a91999 by Masashi Kishimoto\/ SHUEISHA Inc.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The NARUTOP99 character poll marks the first time a character poll for the series is open worldwide. To commemorate the launch of the poll, Kishimoto shared a short message along with a newly illustrated visual featuring Naruto. In the visual, he expressed his excitement that the character popularity surveys from Weekly Shonen Jump magazine are now open to fans worldwide. He tells fans that he is eagerly awaiting votes from everyone around the world and can\u2019t wait to see which characters make the top ranks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52316\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52316\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/12\/18\/naruto-opens-narutop99-voting-poll-to-determine-the-most-popular-characters\/naruto-masashi-kishimoto-illustration\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-masashi-kishimoto-illustration.jpg?fit=1066%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1066,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"naruto masashi kishimoto illustration\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a91999 by Masashi Kishimoto\/ SHUEISHA Inc.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-masashi-kishimoto-illustration.jpg?fit=267%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-masashi-kishimoto-illustration.jpg?fit=696%2C783&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-52316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-masashi-kishimoto-illustration.jpg?resize=500%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"naruto masashi kishimoto illustration\" width=\"500\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-masashi-kishimoto-illustration.jpg?resize=267%2C300&amp;ssl=1 267w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-masashi-kishimoto-illustration.jpg?resize=910%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 910w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-masashi-kishimoto-illustration.jpg?resize=768%2C865&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-masashi-kishimoto-illustration.jpg?resize=696%2C783&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-masashi-kishimoto-illustration.jpg?resize=373%2C420&amp;ssl=1 373w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-masashi-kishimoto-illustration.jpg?w=1066&amp;ssl=1 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a91999 by Masashi Kishimoto\/ SHUEISHA Inc.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, the cover for the second issue of Saikyou Jump features a redesigned <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Naruto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> cover that pays homage to its first cover illustration in 1999.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52315\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52315\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/12\/18\/naruto-opens-narutop99-voting-poll-to-determine-the-most-popular-characters\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?fit=2048%2C1460&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"naruto saikyo jump cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a91999 by Masashi Kishimoto\/ SHUEISHA Inc.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?fit=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?fit=696%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-52315\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?resize=650%2C463&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"naruto saikyou jump cover\" width=\"650\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?resize=1024%2C730&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?resize=768%2C548&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?resize=1536%2C1095&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?resize=100%2C70&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?resize=696%2C496&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?resize=1068%2C761&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?resize=589%2C420&amp;ssl=1 589w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/naruto-saikyo-jump-cover.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a91999 by Masashi Kishimoto\/ SHUEISHA Inc.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Naruto franchise has received numerous announcements at Jump Festa 2023 this past weekend, including an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/12\/16\/sasukes-story-the-uchiha-and-the-heavenly-stardust-to-be-adapted-into-anime\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">adaptation of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Naruto: Sasuke\u2019s Story \u2014 The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and a new entry for the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Live Spectacle Naruto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> stage play.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kishimoto ran his <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Naruto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> manga in Shueisha\u2019s Weekly Shonen Jump from September 21, 1999 to November 10, 2014 under the Jump Comics imprint. A total of 72 tankoubon volumes have been released in total. The manga has inspired a long-running television anime, films, novels, music, artbooks, a collectible trading card game, and many more.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/narutop99.naruto-official.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NaruTop 99 Official Website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A worldwide Naruto character popularity poll called NARUTOP99 was launched to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":52312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[4178,5565,785,6078,1638],"class_list":["post-52307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-jump-festa","tag-masashi-kishimoto","tag-naruto","tag-narutop99","tag-shueisha"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/narutop-99-character-poll-visual-e1671426634670.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-dBF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52307"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52318,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52307\/revisions\/52318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}