

I am a big fan of _Naruto_. I recently found that numbers of _Naruto_ movies
were released in Japan as well as in the USA, but not a single one was
released in India. What's the reason for this?


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Why were no Naruto movies released in India?


Not only India, but they are not released in many other countries, too. You
can also compare in IMDb: for [The Last: Naruto the
Movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3717532/releaseinfo), it was not released
in UK, Switzerland, Malaysia, etc, but Western animation does cover those
countries as well.

Anime are not as popular as American animations globally, not everybody knows
about it.

For the case of _Naruto_ , even its anime series is not regular in India. They
come in India with a good delay time. On the other hand, American animated
series come on time in India and few even come with regional languages, too,
such as Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, etc. Anime like _Dragon Ball_ and _Naruto_ are
few of the most famous anime in India, but still their telecast order is not
comfortable. They always stop telecasting in middle without any future release
news.

So releasing Naruto films in India will be a big risk, as people might not
even be up-to-date with Naruto universe. Even manga is not much popular in
India, I have not even seen any famous manga in popular book stores.

This even raises the use of illegal means of entertainment, too. And illegal
site brought the anime and manga sooner than regular release.

So as a whole, I will say India has not been considered as a big anime market
yet, that's why famous anime movies never make into big release in India. At
best they get television broadcast few years later and sometimes not even make
into India.


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