Tadashi Sudo [Anime! Anime!]
August 24, 2009
Worldwide popular ninja NARUTO will be illustrated on postal stamps in Japan on October 23. NARUTO -Shippuden will be the popular stamp series in Japan called Anime Hero Heroin Series.
Anime Hero Heroin Series started in 2005 in collaboration between The Association of Japanese Animations and Japan Post Service. Every time Japanese prominent anime title gets picked up, such as POCKET MONSTERS, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, and more.
It will be a 10-sheet stamp set. Each stamp costs 80 yen and the whole sheet is 800 yen. The characters on the stamps will be all starts from NARUTO; Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, Sai, Shikamaru, Deidara, Itachi, Jiraiya and Hokage. Moreover, the stamp sheet will come with a large size illustration of Naruto and Sasuke.
-Related site
Japan Post Service Co., Ltd.
http://www.post.japanpost.jp/english/index.htmlThe Association of Japanese Animations
http://www.aja.gr.jp/