Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-27924662-20170419222535/@comment-734582-20170420164400

Narutopwnu7 wrote: sorry for my really dumb question here but which one is cannon the anime or the manga? Manga always supercedes everything else.

OnlineLurker wrote: @UltimaDude I've heard that kishi gave the anime, the "okay' and kodachi is the story supervisor. Can anyone confirm this? Assuming Kishimoto still is the owner of the Naruto IP (and didn't sell the rights for an indefinite time cheaply when it started) then anyone that wants the license needs his OK.