Naruto: Ichiraku Ramen Shop - 25th Anniversary

- Naruto Uzumaki -

Welcome back to Konoha LEGO fans!

As Naruto says, we will not give up. We stand strong and we still think that Naruto has a lot of potential to become a great LEGO set. For that reason and in coincidence with the 25th anniversary of Naruto in 2024, we are in the perfect timing to re-launch this idea today. Please, join us in the celebration of Naruto's 25th anniversary with this special commemorative LEGO idea!

As you already may know, we are big fans of Naruto, one of the most popular and familiar manga and anime in the world. We are also huge LEGO fans, so we would love to see Naruto in an official LEGO set. That's the main reason we have worked so hard on this.

We could not think on a better location to commemorate Naruto's 25th anniversary than the Ichiraku Ramen Shop. It is a place that awakens happiness and makes you remember good and emotional moments of the saga. After every mission Naruto and his teammates went to Ichiraku Ramen Shop to have dinner. It is the place where Naruto received the encouragement from his academy teacher to start his Path of the Ninja, the beginning of an extraordinary adventure.

We have based our design in the version that takes place during the "Land of Waves" arc of Naruto's original series, just before the "Chunnin exams" arc. It is our favorite moment of the Naruto series too!

With around 1600 pieces, 8 minigures and a complete set of accessories, this set reproduces with an extraordinary level of detail Ichiraku Ramen Shop, one of the most iconic buildings of Konoha. The main floor contains the kitchen and the restaurant (just a bar with 4 seats). As the upper part of the building has been never shown in the anime, we have converted it in Teuchi's apartment, with a little bedroom and a bathroom. It can be accessed through the stairs at the back side of the building.

As a commemorative 25th anniversary set, we have decided to include the following minifigures:

All the minifigures have two faces with different expressions and all of them include personalized accessories and decals.

Naruto series is an extremely popularly worldwide manga (1999-2014) by Masashi Kishimoto that was adapted later into an anime television series (2002-2017). The saga includes 72 manga volumes and the anime is split in two parts: Naruto, with 220 episodes and Naruto Shippuden, a sequel to the original series with 500 episodes.

Naruto will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in September 2024, so we wanted to create a commemorative set for this loved manga and anime. The timing is just perfect!

If this is the first time you hear about Naruto, this LEGO Idea may help you to discover the incredible and epic adventure of Naruto, a young ninja who seeks to gain recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the leader of his village. No matter what challenges life throws at him, he always finds the way to reach his dream. It is a story full of emotions, determination, friendship and encouragement. Naruto is the clear example of never giving up when facing problems and adversity.

Ramen is one of the key elements of the set. It is a Japanese soup of noddles dished up with meat or fish broth. It can be flavored with miso or soy sauce and is served with different toppings such as menma, egg, pork, nori, scallions and of course, naruto!

Nowadays ramen has become one of the most popular Japanese food around all the world, it has even surpassed sushi. Needless to say that it is the favorite Naruto's dining food!

There is not just one reason to make this set real, but hundreds of them! When we designed this set, we meditated a lot about it and the infinite possibilities it would bring. Here are some of the reasons that led us to create the project and why we think it should become a reality: