VIZ Media LLC will launch Naruto Nation, a campaign to accelerate the frequency of publication for the Naruto manga series. From September through December, the company will offer three volumes per month, a first for any U.S. manga publisher. The new schedule will carry the series up to Volume 27, after which there is a significant break in the story arc: two and a half years pass and Naruto is now older and wiser. To support the campaign, VIZ Media’s Shonen Jump magazine will continue to serialize the series, provide in-depth background information about the developments in the accelerated manga, and begin to feature the new adventures of the older Naruto beginning in the January 2008 issue.