The Naruto Card Game is a Bandai trading card game set for a worldwide launch in June 2027, with starter decks for Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara. It is one of eight initiatives under the PROJECT RASENGAN banner, four of which are still unnamed.
Bandai Card Games is making a Naruto trading card game, and the shape of it has settled over three rounds of news. Two trailers released in early August showed cards and rules. Tutorial sessions at Gen Con 2026 in Indianapolis let attendees learn the game and take home a promotional card and other items. The worldwide launch was set for 2027 at that point.
At the "NARUTO: What's Next?" panel at New York Comic Con on October 10, the launch narrowed to June 2027, and starter decks for Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara were named. The card game was grouped with three other confirmed initiatives under the name PROJECT RASENGAN: a four-episode Naruto and Ninku crossover anime, a new mobile game, and a manga written and drawn by Masashi Kishimoto. The eight initiatives under that banner are planned for 2027 through 2029, and the panel revealed only four, leaving four slots unannounced.
The same panel brought the Naruto Mobile game, until now available only in Mainland China, to a worldwide release. Both the mobile game and the card game fall under PROJECT RASENGAN. More details on both are promised for Jump Festa '27 on December 19 and 20. Junko Takeuchi, the Japanese voice of Naruto Uzumaki, and Noriaki Sugiyama, the voice of Sasuke Uchiha, attended the panel as special guests.
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Oct 11
At the "NARUTO: What's Next?" panel at New York Comic Con on October 10, Masashi Kishimoto was announced as the writer and artist of a new manga in the Naruto franchise. A teaser video showed a possible title, read by sources as Shadow Rising Naruto or Naruto: Shadow Rising, and Anime Corner reports it as NARUTO: SHADOW RISING with Kishimoto set to draw the project. The panel grouped the manga with three other confirmed initiatives out of eight planned for 2027 through 2029 under the banner PROJECT RASENGAN: a four-episode Naruto and Ninku crossover anime, a NARUTO Card Game releasing in June 2027, and a new mobile game. More details are planned for Jump Festa '27 on December 19 and 20. Junko Takeuchi, the Japanese voice of Naruto Uzumaki, and Noriaki Sugiyama, the voice of Sasuke Uchiha, attended as special guests.
Oct 10
The "NARUTO: What's Next?" panel at New York Comic Con announced that the Naruto Mobile game, currently available only in Mainland China, will get a worldwide release, with more details promised at Jump Festa '27 on December 19-20. The panel also detailed the Naruto Card Game, which launches in June 2027 with starter decks for Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara. Both fall under Project Rasengan.
Aug 5
Bandai Card Games released two trailers for Naruto Card Game, a new trading card game based on the Naruto series, introducing cards and rules. The game launches worldwide in 2027, with tutorial sessions at Gen Con 2026 in Indianapolis, where attendees can receive a promotional card and other items.