Naruto anko manga

Although “Naruto” gets away with a lot more than your typical Saturday morning cartoon in America, the anime isn’t completely free of censorship. Likely because of the young target demographic, the “Naruto” anime adaptation has toned down some suggestive and explicit scenes from the manga. A prominent example of this is the anime to remove the dead bodies that were hanging from his walls in the manga, sanitizing the cruel human experimentation that was performed there. The creators of the anime took a similar approach to Anko’s introduction, cutting one particularly shocking moment.

In the “Naruto” manga, Anko is depicted as having black hair that has a blue tint to it. The “Naruto” anime, however, presents her hair as a violet color. Why did the anime make such a significant change to Anko’s original appearance? There’s no official word on the matter, but this practice isn’t uncommon in anime adaptations. is shown to have golden blonde hair in the manga. However, the anime series gave an orange tint to Rangiku’s hair. Interestingly, Rangiku’s hair color has reverted back to golden blonde in “Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War.”

Bulma from the “Dragon Ball” series is practically the poster child of changing hair colors, as her original purple hair from the manga was changed to various hues of blue in the anime TV series and movies (one of which restored Bulma’s purple hair from the manga to celebrate the series’ 10th anniversary). Whatever the reason for changing Anko’s hair to purple in the anime, it’s a stylistic decision that the anime staff has remained committed to from “Naruto” to “Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.”

Thanks to some additional, anime-original stories from the TV series, Anko’s onscreen move set is bigger than it is in the manga. Anko is able to perform moves like Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, as well as its stronger variant, the Many Hidden Shadow Snake Hands. She can also make a perfect Konoha symbol out of dango sticks. It’s stated in the anime — “Naruto: Shippuden” Episode 261, to be exact — that she has built up an immunity to poisons thanks to Orochimaru.

Facts Only True Naruto Fans Know About Anko Mitarashi