# ‘Naruto Shinden’ Novel Confirmed for Anime Adaptation to Air in February! <img src="http://a.nime.me/0135/6928/naruto-shinden-novel-confirmed-for-40.png"> It was revealed in the combined sixth and seventh issues of the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on Monday that the <i>Naruto Shinden</i> (The New Legend of <a href='https://ani.me/naruto'>Naruto</a>) novel is confirmed to have an anime adaptation. The anime series will be airing for three weeks starting on February 10. The <i>Naruto Shinden</i> novel was released on May 2 last year. While the other novels in these series namely <i>Sasuke Shinden</i>, and <i>Shikamaru Shinden</i> were respectively released on June 4 and July 4 in Japan. The stories of the series take place in the period when the title characters of the novels are parents. The original manga creator of <i>Naruto</i> Musashi Kishimoto drew the illustrations of the novels. <i>Naruto Shinden</i> was written by Mirei Miyamoto, <i>Sasuke Shinden</i> by Jun Esaka, and <i>Shikamaru Shinden</i> by Takashi Yano. The previous <i>Naruto</i> novels were also given anime adaptations in past like <i>Itachi Shinden</i> which aired in spring 2016. <i>Naruto: Sasuke’s Story</i>, <i>Naruto: Shikamaru’s Story</i>, and <i>Naruto: Konoha Hiden – Shugen Biyori</i> were also being adapted into anime from 2016 to 2017. Source: <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-06/naruto-shinden-novel-gets-tv-anime-adaptation-in-february/.141224">Anime News Network</a>