MrBeast just lobbed a grenade into anime fandom: he wants a full-blownNarutoremake, modern animation, tighter storytelling, and, yes, a merciless purge of filler episodes. And because he’s MrBeast, he didn’t stop at “someone should do this.” He said he’d help finance it if that’s what it takes.
That’s the fun part. Here’s the less fun part: there’s still zero official sign that a completeNarutoremake is actually in production. And the only concrete “new Naruto” project we’ve heard about, four special episodes from Studio Pierrot, still doesn’t have a release date.
MrBeast’s X post: “Remake Naruto… and cut the filler”
The whole thing kicked off on X during a broader chatter-fest about anime remakes. In the version reported by specialty outlets, MrBeast was reacting to comments attributed toOne Piececreator Eiichiro Oda about a remake ofOne Piece. MrBeast’s response was basically: great, now doNarutothe same way.
His pitch wasn’t vague. He’s talking about a true start-from-episode-one remake, built around the modern streaming model: cleaner pacing, updated visuals, and no “we ran out of manga so here’s 12 episodes of side quests” energy. Multiple sites quoted him saying he’d help fund it if necessary.
And look, the filler complaint isn’t some niche nerd gripe. The originalNarutoanime was produced in the old weekly-TV grind, where studios had to keep the machine running even when the manga couldn’t feed it fast enough. Result: long stretches of anime-original arcs designed to buy time.
Some fans are nostalgic for that era, the weekly ritual, the weird detours, the occasional experimental episode. Plenty of others think it kneecapped the story’s momentum and made recommendingNarutoto new viewers feel like assigning homework.
The awkward reality: influencers don’t greenlight anime remakes
MrBeast is rich. MrBeast is famous. MrBeast can move a crowd with a single post.
But he can’t just snap his fingers and order up a Japanese studio, the rights holders, the publishers, the broadcasters, the streaming partners, and the merchandising machine to line up behind a multi-year remake project.
Anime, especially a mega-franchise likeNaruto, runs through production committees: layered groups of companies that split risk, control rights, and decide what gets made and where it airs. An outside money guy can matter, sure. But he’s not the committee.
What his postdoesdo is act like a giant neon sign: “There’s demand here.” And when demand comes with a built-in global megaphone, executives tend to at least pick up the phone.
Studio Pierrot promised four new Naruto episodes, and still won’t say when
Before anyone gets carried away with “MrBeast presents: Naruto Kai,” remember the industry can’t even land the plane on a much smaller promise.
Studio Pierrot, the studio historically tied toNaruto, announced years ago it was producingfour new episodes. Fans treated it like something closer to a mini-refresh than a throwaway bonus.
Problem: as of the reporting reflected in the French article, there’s stillno publicly locked-in release datefor those episodes.
That silence feeds two pretty obvious explanations. One is industrial: anime production has been strained for years, staffing shortages, fragmented outsourcing, and rising expectations for quality. The other is strategic: if you’re going to reviveNaruto, you don’t casually drop it on a random Tuesday. You pick a window that maximizes hype, licensing, merch, and international reach.
Either way, it’s a bad look for the “full remake” dream. If four episodes can’t get a date, a from-scratch remake would be a marathon, years of planning, staffing, approvals, and coordination.
Why “One Piece without filler” is the model everyone’s pointing at
TheOne Piececomparison isn’t random fandom cross-talk. It’s the blueprint people keep circling: take a legendary long-run series, remake it with modern production values, tighten the pacing, and strip out the episodes that don’t move the main plot.
That’s the streaming era’s religion. Weekly broadcast TV used filler as a business tactic, keep the show on the air, keep kids watching, keep the merch flowing. Streaming flips the incentive: platforms want completion rates, bingeability, and fewer points where viewers bail.
A “no-filler” remake isn’t just a creative choice. It’s a product designed for platform math.
There’s also the visual argument. Animation standards have moved on, digital compositing, more consistent art direction, smoother action, fewer quality dips across a season. A remake can iron out the unevenness that comes with long weekly production runs.
But remakes come with a cultural cost. A lot of people love the originalNarutofor its music, its vibe, even its rough edges. “Modernizing” can easily turn into sanding off personality.
Money helps, but it doesn’t solve the real bottleneck: time and talent
MrBeast saying “I’ll help fund it” sounds like a cheat code. In anime, it isn’t.
Yes, cash can buy better schedules, better pay, and more breathing room. But the real choke point is production capacity, experienced animators, stable teams, and enough time to do the work without collapsing the staff. The industry has shown, repeatedly, that bigger budgets don’t magically prevent delays when the pipeline is jammed.
MrBeast’s real leverage is marketing. He can put a potential remake in front of tens of millions of people instantly, especially in the West. That kind of exposure can make streaming platforms and production committees salivate.
But it also sets a trap: a big public promise, followed by months (or years) of nothing, is how you manufacture disappointment.
So what’s actually solid here?
One thing: Studio Pierrot has said four newNarutoepisodes are coming.
One problem: nobody’s saying when.
Everything else, the full remake, the “no filler” overhaul, MrBeast’s potential involvement, is still living in the realm of hype, desire, and a single very loud post from a guy who knows exactly how to light the internet on fire.
