a fun, nostalgic, cute action packed crossover
teenage april is being escorted to the Hidden Leaf Village to meet with leader Tsunade
escorted by Kakashi, naruto, sakura and sasuke, the foot clan attacks and soon the turtles arrive to help!
sharing back stories, weapons and adventures, the teams bond making the characters stronger and an unlikely heartwarming friendships bloom
when splinter and kakashi are kidnapped by the shredder, the teens must work together and save them

Surrounded by polemics, the crossover between Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Naruto has always felt as a money grabber move more than a heartfelt tribute to both these legends of comics! In reality, what I have read, thanking a lot IDW Publishing and Viz Comics and NetGalleys for this opportunity, is, without a doubt, a theatre of archetypes in which powermoves and iconic lines and designs of characters are very entertaining, thanks to well represented fights and an heartfelt, nostalgic narrative. What I have to say is that the full writing feels like a generic Sonic Comic, a thing enhanced by the fact that the writer has worked for the quoted issues, and there is the true intention of limiting the possibilities of the setting working in a very safe spot. This is a quotes fest, and the exciting modern look may save some parts of a strange proposal inside today's publication world.

FINAL VERDICT: ⭐⭐⭐

as a fan of both naruto and teenage mutant ninja turtles, i watched both of these anime when i was growing up. so this manga was such a TREAT and it made me feel so nostalgic for the early 2000s hahaha

The ninja crossover I wasn't expecting...but still enjoyed despite not being much of a traditional comic book reader (I'm more of a manga enjoyer). It was interesting to say the least, they tied in a couple parallels from each universe pretty well. Perhaps this would have been five stars if I was more than just an average enjoy of the two fandoms, TMMT even less so. But the turtles did look really cute in their Naruto headbands.

Visually it was great, I liked it a lot. I'm not usually a fan of comic book art but this I liked, but I'm no connoisseur for that kind of thing--so just my humble opinion. The writing is a bit corny for my taste, but I'd say it's pretty on-brand for TMMT. Fight scenes went a littleee fast for my taste, but it was still a lot of fun nonetheless. The pizza eating page at the end was my favorite. Overall, I enjoyed it.

Thank you to the publisher the digital copy of the ARC!

This is a crossover I didn’t know I needed. I feel like it was accessible to fans of both series and may lead to new fans of both.

The art, being in a grungy western comic book style was great and surprisingly didn’t leave me sad that the Naruto characters were not in their original style.

The backstory for each were easy to understand. The story was quick and could have been fleshed out a bit, the fights did feel rushed at times. However for a short AU crossover piece it satisfied and left me feeling nostalgic for Saturday morning cartoons.

This was such a cool AU where the cartoon I first watched in the 90s met the very first manga I ever read and little me loved it.

🍥A perfect swirl of nostalgia and newness, this crossover sees Naruto in the art style of TMNT and TMNT reimagined in the Naruto universe as heroes of Big Apple Village. This was the TMNT's origins rewritten for a new universe.

🌀I really liked the Turtles ANBU style masks and the super move Half Shell Rasengan Spiral Sphere which saw all 9 of our FMC & MMC's do a team up move against Shredder had me grinning like a kid again!

Ok the positive first. This is a enjoyable read. I dig the simplicity of the story. I love the origin stories of both TMNT and Naruto. The interactions between the two team is good. The really reason why I gave this a 3 star is the artwork specially solid specially the action scenes. The cover arts and the extra gallery are hands down the best in this collection.

Now the however part...However, don't expect an epic crossover story with these two hot ninja team. If you're a big fan of both team, and you're looking for something extravagant, this book is not it! If you shorten it more it will feel like reading a FCBD comic. The story is very predictable, their is no chemistry between the two team, didn't moved emotions and nothing new to offer for fans. Casual readers will also feel that "not so great" vibe.

I hope they could come up with something more solid that will make this series shine.

Netgalley Arc Read Review

A crossover I wouldn’t have even considered myself, but is great when you think about it. This was such a fun read. I loved seeing two series I loved as a kid mashed together to make an epic comic. I love the art style. I would love to see future volumes include the rest of the naruto teams. I think you could really put a fun twist on this collab.

4.2 ⭐
Thank you to IDW Publishing for sending me an eARC through NetGalley.

I grew up a casual fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but when I heard they were doing a collaboration with Naruto I knew I needed to read it. I have been a huge fan of Naruto since the early 2000s and know the characters pretty well. I felt that this comic was able to reflect each member of Team 7's personalities perfectly. The art style, while different from Kishimoto's, was very eye catching and jaw dropping during fight scenes.

I only had one issue with the comic: the story was definitely rushed. I would have loved to see more bonding time between Team 7 and the Turtles as their personalities compliment each other very well. The story could have lasted at least 100 more pages.

While this may not have been for everyone, I definitely enjoyed reading it and would read more of it.

Naruto vacations with TMNT. I would love more of the clash of weird 80’s future science and Japanese magic. Lots of flashbacks to explain TMNT to the Naruto audience.

A crossover between Naruto and Ninja Turtles.
As someone who likes both, I found this fun.
Overall, 3 stars, because I wish it were more coherent.

I feel like we should have got a few more issues of this to maybe do something a bit more with it. Instead we get the usual groups meet, groups fight, they come to realise they’re on the same side, fight Shredder, pizza.

Its perfectly fine and i think a younger reader might get a bit more out of it than i did

The art is very good though.

Thank you to IDW and Netgalley for an advance copy

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles match up with Team 7 from Naruto!

I was so excited to read this issue that contains comics #1-4. Growing up, I was a passive watcher of TMNT and a huge Naruto fan, so I felt like I had a pretty decent knowledge base to pull from when I sat down and started reading.

Unfortunately, this just fell kind of flat. The biggest issue I have is the way Team 7 was handled. There are quite a bit of inconsistency with the timeline if you are trying to seamlessly integrate this into the overall Naruto story. With the setting change of TMNT from New York to Big Apple Village, it was easier to see this as something new.

Having Naruto communicate with the Nine-Tails, Tsunade as Hokage, AND Sasuke having learned chidori but still staying with the team as if the events of the Chunin exams didn't happen? That was a little too much into alternate timeline without any setup. It would have been more believable if both sets of characters were thrown into a completely new setting.

On a lighter note, the fight scenes and artwork were really captivating and what kept my interest throughout. While there is some awkward dialogue, it was still nice to see the callbacks to catchphrases.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this early.

This is definitely an interesting combination. This book can be read by fans of either series, but it is helpful to have a bit of knowledge about each before reading this one. Overall, a good book.

First of all thanks to Netgalley and IDW for giving me a copy of this. *Naruto* is one of my favorite series of all time (I'm currently rewatching *Shippuden* actually and planning a Sasuke cosplay photoshoot for myself) and *TMNT* is a franchise I've liked since I was a kid but never really dove into deeply so this was genuinely a real treat. It's a solid 4 stars and the only reason I couldn't give it a full 5 is because there's some things from the Naruto cast that don't make a lot of sense.

I did LOVE opening the first page though and seeing Kakashi's hands with a ninja scroll and the STATUE OF LIBERTY in the background, I started giggling so hard my friend I was with asked me if I was okay. It was also super nostalgic for me to see Team 7 as genin again and I love looking at them in this art style I would 100% buy a poster print.

Where things fell apart for me a bit was actually Naruto communicating with Kurama (the Nine-Tails) because as a genin he doesn't really do that since he doesn't see Kurama as an intelligent creature but just as a monster who attacked his home and is now sealed inside him and ruined the life he could have had. Similarly towards the end in the big fight with Shredder (which was an *incredible* reveal btw) Naruto says he wants to fight with his own strength against Shredder while literally using the Nine-Tails cloak which is explicitly *Kurama's chakra* and not Naruto's own strength. Also Naruto being able to create a Rasengan without the use of a shadow clone is something he's unable to do until *Shippuden.* But for me that's minor in comparison.

I did really enjoy this overall. The fight sequences were a lot of fun, even if I did find the combo attack names a little corny but I get it, it's on brand. I also have to shout out the author and artist for actually not making Sakura useless, bending the "lore" a bit and giving her that strength she cultivated in her training with Tsunade was really nice to see and that's coming from a reformed Sakura-hater. I also snorted as Leonardo absolutely clocked Sasuke and his vengeance seeking from a mile away.

Still, I stand by my solid 4/5 rating. This is very fun if you're a *Naruto* fan since so much of this revolves around them interacting with the turtles, it's a jackpot if you're a fan of both *Naruto* and *TMNT.*

This is just a fun crossover, which honestly, the turtles are very good at at this point. The story is a little wild, but in a "go with it" kind of way. The art style is a nice compromise between each series respective styles and the characters bounce off each other well.. Way to go, pop culture ninjas!

This is the collection of issues 1-4 of TMNT x Naruto.

This is a fever dream of ninja loving comic readers. The Ninja Turtles meet up with Team 7 in a cross over I never saw coming. The mash up of both worlds was done with liberties. NYC is now the Big Apple Village, in a merger of the TMNT NYC we all know and the Villages of the Naruto Universe.
You'll notice changes in the verbiage more so on the Naruto side, the first one that got me was that "Shadow clone jitsu" is "Art of the Doppelgänger " , then it continued from there. I'm assuming that there had to be changes due to copy writing , however it would have almost been better to omit them calling out their jitsu moves vs changing them completely.

The teams start off fighting each other due to a misunderstanding and April lets it happen for footage vs stopping them to explain, and that's not super in Aprils normal character either. Finally Kakashi talks to Splinter, mistaking him for an old master he knows, however, Kakashi wouldn't mistake a Rat for a person so that seemed off as well. I can keep going on how the characters are just a tad to much off kilter , but it would be me nit picking.

The Plot itself fell a little flat for me. I wanted to go into it knowing its not a cannon cross over, but thinking it would be a cool story maybe ending with some weird Sharingan training or something Kakashi was doing to mess with Team 7. However, it felt more like a fan service.

In all honesty, if this was just cross over art , it would have been very cool.

I REALLY wanted to enjoy this, however It fell sort for me. That being said if you are someone who hasn't really read or watched either Naruto or TMNT, it could be an enjoyable story.

Thank you NetGalley and IDW Publishing for the Digital ARC for review.

Not entirely sure about this one, nor its star rating. Coming down in the fence. I have read more turtle stories, and on that basis not sure about the tie up with another massive series of equally well published characters. Both sets seem to vie for attention. This definitely falls on the fun side of these turtle genre offerings. Enough to entertain, but I really need the whole series to really decide - hit (definitely lots of that) or miss (lots of that too, but for the baddies only a temporary reprieve). The cartoon, smile filled, action bursts out of the page at you. Thank you to IDW publishing and NetGalley for the comic ARC. The views expressed are all mine freely given.

A zany comedic graphic novel that was everything it set out to be and more.

While I thought it would have been too over the top and zany. It was the perfect blend of both franchises that fit in well together

3.5
OMG, I never imagined having Naruto and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the same space, but what a surprise! Both teams are super lovable, but to be honest, seeing Team 7 again totally got me in the feels (insert emotional tears here). 🥲🍥

The action scenes were really cool, and while there were a few things that didn’t completely worked for me, I get it (I mean, it’s a crossover, so...), and in the end, they did just enough to make it feel coherent and believable, well, as believable as a fantasy crossover can get.

Oh, and huge thanks to NetGalley and IDW Publishing for the e-arc! :)