Board Thread:Naruto Gaiden/@comment-12509038-20150702050604/@comment-25402783-20150705021852

Matako wrote: Very optimistic. I like that. But I'm certain we won't stop hearing about Naruto so soon. If I remember correctly, after the Boruto movie they will have a one-part manga about how Naruto became Hokage... I don't know the exact details anymore. It might be before the release of the movie, I can't clearly remember. But I personally believe we will have the same Dragon Ball scenario all over again. I mean, Dragon Ball officially ended a long time ago, yet those who for some reason enjoy this show are expecting new episodes in 2015. I believe it will be the same with Naruto. I can see more pointless and badly written stories like Naruto Gaiden coming after the movie to milk what's left to its full potential. I know after the movie Kishi is done with Naruto. But the question becomes: does WSJ own the rights to Naruto? In that, can they continue to print new Naruto stories without Kishi? A good example of this (at least in the comic world) is Marvel and DC. Their characters were created by multiple different writers but DC and Marvel own the rights to those characters and thus can continue to publish their titles. Is that the same deal with WSJ and Naruto?