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Naruto Licensing Reaction In Japan
Date: 2/17/2005
News of Naruto's American licensing has been announced in Japan and some new details have come to light. According to the Japanese announcement Shopro holds the rights to Naruto in North America and South America. The master license was acquired from TV Tokyo and Shueisha. Broadcast is currently scheduled for Cartoon Network in autumn of this year. This is the first major license the recently announced combined Viz / Shopro / Shueisha / Shogakukan entity will work with. SPE, mentions it wants to introduce the work of Japan like 'NARUTO' to children and adults across North America and South America to promote the foreign market, to succeed as a license business, and to contribute to the development of the contents business from Japan.
Source: Anime News Service