For those keeping track, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have now encountered Batman, the wider DC Universe, the Power Rangers, the Street Fighter gang, and the Stranger Things kids. I say it’s not enough. The Turtles must cross over with EVERYTHING. It’s time they expand into meeting manga characters!
Boom, wish granted. The next Ninja Turtle Crossover is with the world of Naruto. It takes place in the Hidden Leaf Village in a time long before pizza, and Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi-Sensei, Lady Tsunade and the Shadfow Clone Jutsu Master himself all star. Caleb Goellner (IDW’s Sonic the Hedgehog) wrote this story and and Hendry Prasetya (IDW’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) created the art.
So how do the Turtles wind up meeting Naruto? Did Krang open a portal that got out of hand? No, they’re trying something different here. This appears to be its own continuity where the Turtles simply exist in ancient Japan, and so does April O’Neil.
When teenage reporter April O’Neil has a clandestine meeting with Tsunade, the leader of the Hidden Leaf Village, it garners the attention of Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi. They aren’t the only ones who are wondering what the two women were discussing, though. The sinister Foot Clan have their own interest in April’s visit, as they think she might hold the valuable information on mutation research being conducted by the scientist Baxter Stockman. With April caught between the forces of the Hidden Leaf Village and the Foot Clan, it can’t be long before the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show up to lend her a hand!
I guess when you think about it, the world of Naruto is off-kilter enough that four mutant turtles running around wouldn’t raise that many eyebrows. And you know, they’d be accepted as normal in the world of My Hero Academia too. Imagine Mikey palling around with Froppy. Make it happen, IDW! There’s precedence now!
The first issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto goes on sale November 13. As with similar crossovers, four issues will be produced in all.
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