Quote Originally Posted by Seto Fett
(SPOILER)Well, I read the translated chapter "A New Sharingan" and it stated it was a Mangekyou. It simply could be a variant of it, not Itachi's kind, but Kakashi's version.
(SPOILER)Yeah, apparently it is, by several translations, and I won't aruge; my bad. And yeah, it's probably a variant, 'cause I don't think they look the same at all.

The anime gets better when you skip every other episode. :|