Fuji TV updated its broadcast schedule this week for the Mandō Kobayashi manga television program. The schedule reveals that Naruto manga creator Masashi Kishimoto will appear as a special guest on the 13th episode that will premiere on December 13. The announcement also confirms that Kishimoto's ninja manga has 200 million copies in print worldwide.
As of September, the series had more than 200 million copies in print, including 130 million in Japan and 75 million in 35 countries worldwide.