Update: The contest has started! Click here for the official contest page

Listen up, all you Naruto fans. Want some free Naruto swag? Over the next few days I’ll be holding a contest to promote Viz’s efforts to bring you free streaming episodes of Naruto Shippuden on Naruto.com. For the first time ever for U.S, audiences, subtitled versions of all of the past Naruto Shippuden episodes are streaming on Naruto.com. Additionally, the latest subtitled episodes are being posted on the site every Thursday for U.S. audiences - just one week after they premiere in Japan. All of these episodes are available on Naruto.com, and there is absolutely no cost to watch.

To help remind you all of how AWESOME this is, myself and the generous folks at Fanscape will be having a little contest.

Since I’m a big fan of Twitter and short, funny text messages, we’re gonna have a mini-review contest. Here’s the lowdown:

• This Thursday, January 29th 2009, I’ll post the newest episode of Naruto Shippuden on this site in a blog post.
• You, the fan, will post a mini-review of this episode in the comments of that post, using 140 characters or less! (Twitter-style). The more creative, the better, and don’t forget to include your email address in the comment form, and a Twitter account in your comment if you have one.
• On Monday, February 2nd, 2009, I’ll announce the reviews that I liked the most, and send the winners an email with details on how to claim your prize from VIZ.

Simple, right?

So here’s the totally sweet prizes:

Konoha Hoodie ($49.00 value)

Akamaru plush small messenger bag ($36.99)

Gaara’s gourd bag ($36.99 value)

Orange specialty bag ($36.99 value)

And there’s Naruto DVD set available too! (value TBD). Prizes will be given at my discretion (I’ll be fair, I promise). This is a sweet deal, for just a little bit of work, so get your short and sweet ideas ready for Thursday!

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