aruto

This article is about the media franchise. For the title character, see Naruto Uzumaki. For other uses, see Naruto (disambiguation).

Naruto

Cover of the first Japanese Naruto manga volume

NARUTO Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy Manga Naruto (pilot chapter) Written by Published by English publisher Magazine English magazine Published Masashi Kishimoto Shueisha
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Viz Media Akamaru Jump

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Shonen Jump 1997 Manga

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Masashi Kishimoto Shueisha

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Madman Entertainment
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English publisher Magazine English magazine Original run Volumes Directed by Written by Music by Studio

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Viz Media Weekly Shnen Jump

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Shonen Jump (formerly) Weekly Shonen Jump (currently) November 1999 ongoing 64 (List of volumes) Anime television series Hayato Date Katsuyuki Sumisawa Junki Takegami Musashi Project Toshio Masuda Studio Pierrot
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Madman Entertainment
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YTV, Tltoon, Neon Alley

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Cartoon Network, Adult Swim (Toonami), Neon Alley October 3, 2002 February 8, 2007 220 (List of episodes) Novel

Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood Written by Published by English publisher Published Masatoshi Kusakabe Shueisha
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Viz Media 2002 Original video animation

Naruto: Find the Four-Leaf Red Clover! Studio Licensed by Released Runtime Studio Pierrot
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Madman Entertainment 2003 17 minutes Original video animation

Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! Studio Licensed by Released Runtime Studio Pierrot
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Viz Media 2004 40 minutes Original video animation

Naruto: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival Directed by Studio Licensed by Released Runtime Studio Released Runtime Hayato Date Studio Pierrot
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Viz Media August 21, 2004 11 minutes Original video animation Studio Pierrot December 22, 2005 26 minutes Original video animation Naruto: The Cross Roads

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2009 28 minutes Anime television series Naruto Shippuden

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Hayato Date Junki Takegami Yasuharu Takanashi Studio Pierrot

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Neon Alley
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Disney XD, Neon Alley February 15, 2007 ongoing 304 (List of episodes) Related works

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Naruto (NARUTO NARUTO?) is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and dreams to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. The series is based on a one-shot comic by Kishimoto that was published in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump. The manga was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Weekly Shnen Jump magazine. Currently, the manga is still being serialized; sixty-three tankbon volumes have been released so far. The manga was later adapted into an anime, which was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo network and the anime satellite television network Animax on October 3, 2002. The first series lasted 220 episodes, while Naruto: Shippuden,

a sequel to the original series, has been airing since February 15, 2007. In addition to the anime series, Studio Pierrot has developed eight movies for the series and several original video animations (OVAs). Other types of merchandise include light novels, video games and trading cards developed by several companies. Viz Media has licensed the manga and anime for North American production. Viz has been publishing the series in their Shonen Jump magazine, and as well as the individual volumes. The anime series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2005, and later in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2006 and 2007, respectively. The films, as well as most OVAs from the series, have also been released by Viz, with the first film premiering in cinemas. The first DVD volume of Naruto: Shippuden was released by Viz in North America on September 29, 2009, and it started broadcast on Disney XD in October of the same year. Viz Media will begin streaming both series on their upcoming streaming service Neon Alley this fall. Naruto is one of the best-selling manga series of all time having sold more than 126.5 million copies in Japan alone. Serialized in Viz's Shonen Jump magazine, Naruto has become one of the company's best-selling manga series. The English adaptation of the series has also appeared in the USA Today Booklist several times and volume 7 won the Quil Award in 2006. Reviewers from the series have praised the balance between fighting and comedy scenes, as well as the characters' personalities, but have criticized it for using standard shnen plot elements.

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