here u go: kishi's interview
1. Akatsuki Leader's(not confirmed if its Pein / Madara) strength can't be matched even with 3 Sannins of the leaf.
-> With Jiraiya's death against Pain this seems to be confirmed, and by knowing that even Orochimaru was under Pain's lead
when he was in Akatsuki
2. There is another character in Akatsuki, and unexpected member will bring a chaos
-> I would also like to say this preview is confirmed, and this unexpected member would be Tobi(Uchiha Madara)
3. One of the Akatsuki's member becomes friend/ally with Naruto
-> not yet confirmed, I'm expecting it to be Konan or Kisame
4. Naruto's seal will be released by the end of 08, or beginning of the 09. At least 4 tails will be released, be prepared it could
be shocking scene
-> also not yet confirmed...
intresting
5. Toad dies(he laughs)
-> confirmed with Jiraiya's death
6. 3 of Naruto's important people will die or get seriously injured
-> almost confirmed. Jiraiya(dead), Sasuke(injured, barely alive), maybe Kakashi or Tsunade for 3rd person
7. Sasuke's skills cannot be matched against Naruto's new skills.
-> not yet confirmed, seems to be will be. These "new skills" will be the result of 2 and half year training, that Naruto
had hid it all along until now.(May include Jiraiya's restriction... but well Naruto will use it anyway)
8. Sasuke v. Itachi is great scale, and later Naruto's information about family and bloodline will show up
-> confirmed with first part, Sasuke v. Itachi is over with Sasuke's victory. Quite funny that my prediction matched with Kishi's
even though its not confirmed yet. I've thought there would be something about "Namikaze" ever since 4th name was revealed
9. Sai, he will cause something huge(laughs)
-> hmm interesting... reminds me of Jiraiya's warning... not confirmed yet
10. 4th's secret and bloodline will be shown
-> confirmed, by revealing that 4th's blood line with its name "Namikaze Minato"* Also confirmed by showing that 4th is
Naruto's father
*I expect there are more secrets about 4th
11. 2 huge characters of Konoha will die.
-> Jiraiya, in my opinion next one will be Kakashi or Tsunade
12. There is a female member in Akatsuki
-> confirmed, Konan
13. Akatsuki will invade Konoha with its mysterious beasts, and Shiranui Genma will provide great help to Konoha
-> not yet confirmed
Followings are the Kishi's words @ 2008 Jump Festa
1. Uchiha's secret will be revealed and 2 of the remaining will die
-> confirmed, Uchiha's secret of MS and etc revealed by Itachi, and Itachi is dead.**
** I think there will be more secrets about Uchiha besides about MS and Madara
2. Akatsuki's leader kills 6 people
-> not yet confirmed, however I think Pain did kill "6" people including Jiraiya. The other 5 would be Pain's bodies.
3. Sasuke and Itachi's fight will cause chaos; Uchiha, Uchiha Madara's secrets are revealed and all the skills of the MS will be revealed. The fight will end with death of one.
*** MS : Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu, and finally Susano'o
-> confirmed
4. Naruto will collide with Pain; Kakashi's team will collide with Tobi. There will be big turnaround on Tobi v. Kakashi's team.
Naruto v. Pain will be fights of the "beasts". Be prepared, during this fight there will be deaths from Naruto's team.
-> not yet confirmed.
5. 3 new members will join the Akatsuki. They will be stronger than Deidara, Hidan, and Kakuzu. One of them is the brother/sister of the Hokage
-> not yet confirmed, but the brother/sister of the Hokage will be likely to be Tsunade's???
6. Naruto's new skills and the result of the training will reveal when he fight against Pain.
He have learned all of the Jiraiya's jutsu during the 3 years of the time and he became
much stronger. He did not learn the "toad mode or w.e u call it". Naruto also learned
3 of the 4th's jutsus.
-> not yet confirmed
7. After all these fights, there will be a great war
-> not yet confirmed
8. There will be death on Tobi v. Naruto team and one of them becomes unable to fight.
-> not yet confirmed
9. Jinchuuriki of the 8 tailed will be revealed. This Jinchuuriki kills one of the Akatsuki's members and invades Konoha
by him/herself. During this fight one dies, and one will lose his/her eyesight
-> also not yet confirmed.
I also found this.....
SJ = Shonen Jump
MK = Masashi Kishimoto
SJ: There's many rumours regarding Madara being the absolute final villain. Is this true?
MK: Madara being the final villain is yet to be seen and I can't let that information out just yet. But he will play a big part as a villain, that's for sure.
SJ: Now that it's officially known that Yondaime is Naruto's father, will you show more of Minato?
MK: Yes, definitly. I actually wanted to reveal more about Yondaime earlier, but other characters were in development and some fights still had to be dealt with.
SJ: While we're at it... could you please tell us if Minato was the strongest shinobi that ever lived?
MK: Hmmm, it's a tricky question. As far as dead shinobis goes, then yes, he's the strongest. I'd say that Sandaime shares the number one spot with him. As far as living shinobis goes... well, without going into many details I'd have to say no. There's a couple of shinobis whose stronger than him.
SJ: Now that Itachi seems to be dead, what is Kisame going to do now?
MK: Kisame has always come off as a sidevillain whose only purpose is to travel along Itachi. But to my surprise, Kisame has gone from an unpopular character to someone whose more popular than Deidara after the Gai-fight. I won't say too much, but Kisame is a character that wont die anytime soon. I will definitly develop on his character more and possibly make him...
SJ: Make him what?
MK: It's a surprise.
