With the largest catalogue of post-2000 Japanese animation, TV TOKYO is participating in GCB for the first time. Among its portfolio is Naruto, the world’s best-known ninja action franchise synonymous with Japanese animation, comprised of four series with over 900 half-hour episodes and eleven theatrical films. Betraying the preconceived notion that animation is for children, popularity of Japanese animation targeted at teenagers and young adults is soaring worldwide, being identified as an alternative source of entertainment for millennials; action, comedy, fantasy, horror, sci-fi, thriller, romance, etc. in all imaginable genres.