September fourth is the date of NARUTO－ナルト－ 秘伝・者の書 キャラクター公式ファンブック's release. Yes, a new Naruto data book containing updated Shippuden profiles and no doubt information about the Akatsuki. I am ecstatic.

I do believe it is read "Sha no Sho". I bet you kiddies could buy it off the internet.

Details include: (scrappy translation by moi)

1. Over 120 ninja profiles and more than 110 jutsu revealed!
2. Explaining key words of NARUTO through "Ninja Professor! (or something like that?)
3. Kishimoto Masashi sensei's never-before-seen and how the Shippuden Naruto cast was created/designed!

sauce: http://red.ap.teacup.com/13music13life/timg/middle_1217594286.jpg

This is a must-get, guys! I'm serious!

I MUST GET IT. I CALL BUYING IT!!!!! :D

I hope they have EVERYTHING about the Akatsuki... Weight, height, blood type, birthdays, hobbies, jutsu, birthplace, some bg info... MAYBE EVEN A FEW PAGES OF STORIES ABOUT THEIR PAST FOR EACH OF THEM.

anikoku, I'm relying on you for some translations! Maybe I can scan some stuff when I get it..??

do ya know if it's gonna come out in english?

*apocalyptic voice* NOT FOR A VERRRRYY VERRRRRYYYY LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME.

Shippuden only has three books in English, and I don't think it's even STARTED on the anime here... URGH. YEAH. NOT FOR LIKE, 430,575,035,094,278,056 years.

Don't forget though, there will be pretty art, and we CAN read SOME stuff, and we have SUPA ANIKOKU~!!! *needs superman emoticon*

True, very true!
Hey, Anikoku, do you know where we'll be able to buy it?

Internet, perhaps?

yeah. Where did you hear about it?

A fanart site. And then I did some research...

huh. Cool

IRONPLUS IS MY GOD.

Gosh, I wonder what kind of info they'll have on the Akatsuki. Hopefully...

Birthday
Height
Weight
Bloodtype (that mightr be a bit much, but I want to know if I have the same blood as Deidara, lol!)
(Ex)Village
Past Info
Jutsu (WITH ALL THE FANCY NAMES LOL)

...and that's all I can think of. What do YOU guys wanna know? Like, stuff that would actually be IN the data book, not stuff like the age old BOXERS, OR BREIFS? (*giggles*)

Favorite foods, hobbies..

*drool*

I LACK THE FEELING THAT TELLS ME THAT KISHIMOTO WOULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THAT, anikoku!!

He should really put all that stuff in though. I wonder if he realizes that his fans will be PISSED if he doesn't put at least their BIRTHDAYS.

Well, we totally need their birthdays.

But Saucy gets favorite foods. Why!? Is it too much to think of?

GOOD GODS LOOK AT THIS. I SO KINDLY TYPED UP ALL OF THE INFORMATION THE LOVELY anikoku FOUND ABOUT THE AKATSUKI THAT WAS POSTED FROM THE DATA BOOK IN VARIOUS PLACES!

Inside the spoiler lives the information of GODS.

Spoiler:

HEIGHTS (ranked from BIGGEST to SMALLEST) Kisame - 195 cm (TALL! TALL!) Kakuzu - 185 cm Itachi - 178 cm Pein - 176.5 cm (YES, POINT FIVE) Zetsu - 177 cm Tobi - 175 cm Hidan - 171.1 cm (AGAIN, YES. POINT ONE.) Konan - 169.4 cm (...) Deidara - 166 cm Sasori - 164.1 cm (OK YEAH KISHIMOTO IS NUTS. AND DANNA IS SHORT! <3) WEIGHTS (Just because~ And I converted them because I'm awesome like that.) Kisame - 83.1 kg = 182.8 lbs Kakuzu - 63.2 kg = 139 lbs Pein - 57.2 kg = 125.8 lbs Tobi - 55.9 kg = 123 lbs Hidan - 56.8 kg = 125 lbs Konan - 45.3 kg = 99.7 lbs (GOOD NOODLES I COULD PICK HER UP!) Deidara - 50.8 kg = 111.8 lbs Sasori - 47.3 kg = 104.1 lbs AGES (Just a few for these. When I get it, hopefully there will be more.) Kisame - 32 Kakuzu - 91 (Kakuzu is so old!) Hidan - 22 (HIDAN IS SO YOUNG~!) Deidara - 19 (OMGOMGOMGIWASRIGHT) Sasori - 35 (Danna... The pedophile.) BIRTHDAYS (Same as above... I WANT MOAR.) Itachi - June 9th (Same as Mukuro... ) Kakuzu - August 15th Hidan - April 2nd (He is SUCH an Aries! ) Konan - Febuary 20th Deidara - May 5th (A day under one month after mine!!!) Sasori - November 8th (I FEEL HAPPEH.)

DAMMIT I WISH I WERE AS LIGHT AS THOSE NINJAS!!

YEAH SO ENJOY, YOU PEEPS~! Hopefully I can add more stuff, or someone else can. I'm just assuming that you guys know Kisame's bday because we do know it, and I just can't remember the exact date. (IM SORRY KISAME. )

I hope to add more stuff for everyone when I get the book, and I have our trusty local translator, anikoku, to help me~!

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FAI_RE YOU ARE WONDERFUL FOR POSTING THAT!

*feverishly scribbles down information* So many details I've wanted to know have been revealed!!!

Somehow I always knew Hidan was as young as he looked.... All these people just assume that because Hidan is immortal he's bajillions of years old. (okay maybe not bajillions since that isn't a real number......) But now they have been prove wrong!!!! AT LAST!!!!!!!! Personally I could tell because Hidan acts too young to be that old.