Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-44437908-20200507051002/@comment-26636534-20200511143530

LegionZero wrote:

Check the timeline Chaptees 1-700 are on there, not the anime.

'''And they havent acknowledged those episodes in anyway way. You can try to spin it''' but the company flatout stated the manga is the canon version of the events.

Its debatable of the anime that was in production a decade before New Era is part of New Era viz Literally has shonen jump imprinted on the box sets that contain those episodes.

The company, does acknowledge it unfortunately. No matter how you try to spin it.