Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25214441-20150915064104/@comment-734582-20150917170824

Hisana456 wrote: Kishi is done with Naruto, and only gives a damn for his own manga (sort of). Making the manga is literally a full-time job. Kishimoto doesn't have the time to bother with the Anime no matter how much he would want to. And these episodes were made when Kishi was still working on the manga. Anime can take up to a year to make.