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[[File:Naruto WSJ1999-43.png|thumb|right|The cover of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump that contains the first ''Naruto'' manga chapter.]]
{{translation|'''Naruto'''|ナルト|NARUTO}} is a [[Wikipedia:Manga|manga]] by [[Masashi Kishimoto]] with an [[Wikipedia:Anime|anime]] TV series adaptation. Its main character, [[Naruto Uzumaki]], is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent [[ninja]] who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become [[Hokage]], who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.
 
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{{translation|'''''Naruto'''''|NARUTO -ナルト-|}} is a [[Wikipedia:Manga|manga]] by [[Masashi Kishimoto]] with an [[Wikipedia:Anime|anime]] TV series adaptation. Its main character, [[Naruto Uzumaki]], is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent [[ninja]] who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become [[Hokage]], who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.
   
The manga was first published by [[Anime:Shueisha|Shueisha]] in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's ''[[Wikipedia:Weekly Shōnen Jump|Shōnen Jump]]'' magazine. [[Wikipedia:VIZ Media|VIZ Media]] publishes a translated version in the American ''Shonen Jump'', and is currently within a few volumes of the Japanese publication. ''Naruto'' has become VIZ Media's best-selling manga series.<ref>[http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2006/03_naruto.php USA Today's Top 150 Best Seller list features VIZ Media's Shonen Jump's Naruto manga at number 29]</ref>
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The manga was first published by [[Anime:Shueisha|Shueisha]] in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's ''[[Wikipedia:Weekly Shōnen Jump|Shōnen Jump]]'' magazine. [[Wikipedia:VIZ Media|VIZ Media]] publishes a translated version in the American ''Shōnen Jump'', and is currently within a few volumes of the Japanese publication. ''Naruto'' has become VIZ Media's best-selling manga series.<ref>[http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2006/03_naruto.php USA Today's Top 150 Best Seller list features VIZ Media's Shonen Jump's Naruto manga at number 29]</ref>
   
The anime series, produced by [[Wikipedia:Studio Pierrot|Studio Pierrot]] and [[Wikipedia:Aniplex|Aniplex]], premiered across Japan on the terrestrial [[Wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]] network and the anime satellite television network [[Wikipedia:Animax|Animax]] on October 3, 2002, and is still being aired. Viz also licensed the anime for North American production. ''Naruto'' debuted in the United States on [[Wikipedia:Cartoon Network|Cartoon Network]]'s [[Wikipedia:Toonami|Toonami]] programming block on September 10, 2005, and in Canada on [[Wikipedia:YTV (TV channel)|YTV]]'s [[Wikipedia:Bionix|Bionix]] on September 16, 2005. Naruto began showing in the UK on [[Wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] on July 22, 2006. It began showing on [[Wikipedia:Toasted TV|Toasted TV]] on January 12, 2007 in Australia, although it could be watched on Cartoon Network in 2006. The first series lasted nine seasons, while the second began its first on February 15, 2007.
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The animated television series, produced by [[Wikipedia:Studio Pierrot|Studio Pierrot]] and [[Wikipedia:Aniplex|Aniplex]], premiered across Japan on the terrestrial [[Wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]] network and the anime satellite television network [[Wikipedia:Animax|Animax]] on October 3, 2002, and stopped airing in 23rd March 2017. Viz also licensed the anime for North American production. ''Naruto'' debuted in the United States on [[Wikipedia:Cartoon Network|Cartoon Network]]'s [[Wikipedia:Toonami|Toonami]] programming block on September 10, 2005, and in Canada on [[Wikipedia:YTV (TV channel)|YTV]]'s [[Wikipedia:Bionix|Bionix]] on September 16, 2005. ''Naruto'' began showing in the UK on [[Wikipedia:Jetix|Jetix]] on July 22, 2006. It began showing on [[Wikipedia:Toasted TV|Toasted TV]] on January 12, 2007 in Australia, although it could be watched on Cartoon Network in 2006. The first series lasted nine seasons, while the second began its first on February 15, 2007.
   
In November 22, 2012, VP of Strategic Marketing & Promotions for Cartoon Network, Jason DeMarco, has announced Naruto will make a come back to Toonami on Saturday, December 1, 2012. Also, they mentioned that it will be uncut and the time will be 12:30 a.m. est. The show will start all the way back to episode 1 and move on.
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In November 22, 2012, VP of Strategic Marketing and Promotions for Cartoon Network, Jason DeMarco, announced ''Naruto'' would make a come back to Toonami, now a block on [[Wikipedia:Adult Swim|Adult Swim]] on Saturday, December 1, 2012. Additionally, they mentioned that it would be uncut. The show started all the way back at episode 1 and was removed from the schedule after episode 52 on November 30, 2013 due to Toonami announced will be premieres January, 5 on ''[[Naruto: Shippūden]]''.
   
 
== Naruto Manga ==
 
== Naruto Manga ==
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{{see also|List of Volumes|Chapter-Tankōbon Differences}}
 
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The ''Naruto'' manga currently has 60 volumes and 589 chapters (as of May 6, 2012).
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The ''Naruto'' manga has ended with 72 volumes and 700 chapters.
   
 
=== Naruto Manga Pilot ===
 
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== Growth and Popularity ==
 
== Growth and Popularity ==
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{{see also|Naruto in Popular Culture}}
The series' length and popularity is comparable to that of [[Wikipedia:Akira Toriyama|Akira Toriyama]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Dragon Ball|Dragon Ball]]'', another popular action/martial arts-oriented [[Wikipedia:shōnen|shōnen]] manga, and one that was said to have greatly influenced Kishimoto's manga, Naruto. Since its creation, ''Naruto'' has spawned a large number of fansites that contain detailed information, guides, and active forums. Some of the first and most popular sites targeted at English speaking audiences were established shortly after the first English manga volume was released in August of 2003. And Like many other manga and anime titles, ''Naruto'' has also spawned its [[Naruto Collectible Card Game|own collectible card game]].
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The series' length and popularity is comparable to that of [[Wikipedia:Akira Toriyama|Akira Toriyama]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Dragon Ball|Dragon Ball]]'', another popular action/martial arts-oriented [[Wikipedia:shōnen|shōnen]] manga, and one that was said to have greatly influenced Kishimoto's manga, ''Naruto''. Since its creation, ''Naruto'' has spawned a large number of fansites that contain detailed information, guides, and active forums. Some of the first and most popular sites targeted at English speaking audiences were established shortly after the first English manga volume was released in August of 2003. Also, like many other manga and anime titles, ''Naruto'' has also spawned its own [[Naruto Collectible Card Game|collectible card game]], along with an array of merchandise, such as action figures, clothing, stationery kits and household goods.
   
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''Naruto'' has had several collaborations with big name brands, including Primitive, Nike, Adidas, Coach, BAPE and Champion, and in 2022, Chinese phone company Realme released a ''Naruto''-themed edition of their GT Neo 3 phone.
Prior to the anime's North American debut in 2005, several [[Wikipedia:scanlation|scanlation]] and [[Wikipedia:Fansub|fansub]] groups translated the series and made it available for free download on the internet. Despite North American companies' perceived tendency to prosecute fansubbing groups more frequently than Japanese companies,<ref>[http://animesuki.com/doc.php/licensed/ Licensed Anime @ AnimeSuki]</ref> there are some that have continued to translate new ''Naruto'' episodes due to the extremely large gap between the English and Japanese versions.
 
   
Volume 7 of the manga has won a Quill Award for best graphic novel in North America.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13737567/ Nominees for the Graphic Novel category]</ref> In [[Wikipedia:TV Asahi|TV Asahi]]'s latest top 100 Anime Ranking, ''Naruto'' ranked 17th on the list.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japan's-favorite-tv-anime Japan's Favourite TV Anime]</ref>
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As of October 2014, the manga has over 220 million copies in print, with over 130 million copies in Japan and the remaining 75 million being overseas, making it the sixth [[wikipedia:List_of_best-selling_manga|best-selling manga]] series in history. The manga is also available in 35 countries outside Japan.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2015-10-14/masashi-kishimoto-at-new-york-comic-con/.94188</ref><ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-11-08/naruto-manga-has-200-million-in-print-worldwide/.80771 Naruto Manga Has 200 Million in Print Worldwide]</ref> It has also become one of North American publisher VIZ Media's best-selling manga series. Their English adaptation of the series has appeared in the ''[[wikipedia:USA_Today|USA Today]]'' Booklist several times and volume 7 won the [[wikipedia:Quill_Award|Quill Award]] in 2006.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-10-11/naruto-wins-2006-quill-award Naruto Wins 2006 Quill Award]</ref> In [[Wikipedia:TV Asahi|TV Asahi]]'s latest top 100 Anime Ranking, ''Naruto'' ranked 17th on the list.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japan's-favorite-tv-anime Japan's Favourite TV Anime]</ref>
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In 2015, ''[[Live Spectacle Naruto]],'' a stage play based off the series began showing, in 2018, a ''Naruto'' kabuki play of the show began it's run throughout Japan and in 2019, 2 ''Naruto'' theme parks, one in Japan and one in Shanghai, opened.
   
 
== Anime Details ==
 
== Anime Details ==
 
{{see also|List of Episodes|Anime-Manga Differences}}
 
{{see also|List of Episodes|Anime-Manga Differences}}
Even though it debuted some time after the manga, the anime quickly caught up, since one anime episode usually covers one or two manga chapters. To prevent overlapping, the anime's producers tend to organise content from the manga chapters into long, uneventful sections followed by short bursts of action, sometimes adding [[Wikipedia:Filler_(media)#Anime_series|filler]] content in between. By the time the Sasuke Retrieval Arc ended in the anime (episode 135), the series was at a point where it was quickly gaining on the manga. At the conclusion of this arc, the anime immediately switched to anime-only episodes to allow the manga to broaden the gap once more. Most of these episodes are stand-alone stories, with a few being part of arcs that were several episodes long, and lasted for a total of 85 episodes in the first series.
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Even though it debuted some time after the manga, the anime quickly caught up, since one anime episode usually covers one or two manga chapters. To prevent overlapping, the anime's producers tend to organise content from the manga chapters into long, uneventful sections followed by short bursts of action, sometimes adding [[Wikipedia:Filler_(media)#Anime_series|filler]] content in between. By the time the Sasuke Recovery Mission ended in the anime (episode 135), the series was at a point where it was quickly gaining on the manga. At the conclusion of this arc, the anime immediately switched to anime-only episodes to allow the manga to broaden the gap once more. Most of these episodes are stand-alone stories, with a few being part of arcs that were several episodes long, and lasted for a total of 85 episodes in the first series.
   
 
After the series moved back into manga-adapted episodes, it was renamed {{translation|''Naruto: Shippūden''|ナルト 疾風伝|Naruto Shippūden|lit meaning=Naruto Hurricane Chronicles}}. The new series premiered on February 15, 2007.
 
After the series moved back into manga-adapted episodes, it was renamed {{translation|''Naruto: Shippūden''|ナルト 疾風伝|Naruto Shippūden|lit meaning=Naruto Hurricane Chronicles}}. The new series premiered on February 15, 2007.
   
The anime generally remains true to the manga, usually changing only minor details (causes of death, loss of limbs, and other injuries have been lessened in the anime) or expanding on parts skipped by the manga, such as the fight between [[Tenten]] and [[Temari]]. The anime-only arcs, though unreferenced in the manga (save for a few scant scenes), deal with the breaks between manga volumes, which covers a short period before the Sasuke Retrieval Arc and several months before the time skip. The anime-only arcs tend to cover the supporting characters, occasionally giving insight into an otherwise rarely seen character.
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The anime generally remains true to the manga, usually changing only minor details (causes of death, loss of limbs, and other injuries have been lessened in the anime) or expanding on parts skipped by the manga, such as the fight between [[Tenten]] and [[Temari]]. The anime-only arcs, though unreferenced in the manga (save for a few scant scenes), deal with the breaks between manga volumes, which covers a short period before the Sasuke Recovery Mission and several months before the time skip. The anime-only arcs tend to cover the supporting characters, occasionally giving insight into an otherwise rarely seen character.
   
New episodes, animated by [[Wikipedia:Studio Pierrot|Studio Pierrot]], air weekly on [[Wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]] in Japan during the [[Wikipedia:Prime_time#Japan|Golden Time slot]] (Japan's equivalent of prime time in the US). As of October 5, 2006, it shows on Thursday nights. The series has also spawned eight movies, ''[[Naruto the Movie: Snow Princess' Book of Ninja Arts|Naruto the Movie]]'', ''[[Naruto the Movie 2: Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth|Naruto the Movie 2]]'', ''[[Naruto the Movie 3: The Animal Riot of Crescent Moon Island|Naruto the Movie 3]]'', ''[[Naruto: Shippūden the Movie]]'', ''[[Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds|Naruto Shippūden the Movie 2]]'', ''[[Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire|Naruto Shippūden the Movie 3]]'', ''[[Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower]]'' and ''[[Naruto 5: Blood Prison]]''.
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New episodes, animated by [[Wikipedia:Studio Pierrot|Studio Pierrot]], air weekly on [[Wikipedia:TV Tokyo|TV Tokyo]] in Japan during the [[Wikipedia:Prime_time#Japan|Golden Time slot]] (Japan's equivalent of prime time in the US). As of October 5, 2006, it shows on Thursday nights. The series has also spawned eleven movies: ''[[Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow]]'', ''[[Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel]]'', ''[[Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom]]'', ''[[Naruto Shippūden the Movie]]'', ''[[Naruto Shippūden the Movie: Bonds]]'', ''[[Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Will of Fire]]'', ''[[Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Lost Tower]]'', ''[[Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison]],'' ''[[Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie]]'', ''[[The Last: Naruto the Movie]]'' and ''[[Boruto: Naruto the Movie]]''.
   
 
== English-Language Broadcast ==
 
== English-Language Broadcast ==
On September 10, 2005, ''Naruto'' had its hour-long premiere in the U.S. on Cartoon Network's Toonami. The first episode of ''Naruto'' premiered in Canada on YTV on September 16, 2005. In the United Kingdom, ''Naruto'' premiered on Jetix on July 22, 2006. In Australia and New Zealand it premiered on Cartoon Network on September 27, 2006. On October 28, 2009, [[Wikipedia:Disney XD|Disney XD]] began airing English dubbed episodes of ''[[Naruto: Shippūden]]''.
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On September 10, 2005, ''Naruto'' had its hour-long premiere in the U.S. on Cartoon Network's Toonami. The first episode of ''Naruto'' premiered in Canada on YTV's Bionix on September 16, 2005. In the United Kingdom, ''Naruto'' premiered on Jetix on July 22, 2006 after ended on 104 episodes. In Australia and New Zealand it premiered on Cartoon Network on September 27, 2006 and ended on 220 episodes. On October 28, 2009, [[Wikipedia:Disney XD|Disney XD]] began airing English dubbed episodes of ''[[Naruto: Shippūden]]'' after November 5, 2011 and ended on 98 episodes. In Australia and New Zealand, Cartoon Network would be premiere on 2011 on Naruto: Shippūden.
   
In its English anime release, ''Naruto'' was aired with a TV-PG rating in the US and a PG rating in Canada. More explicit episodes, such as Jiraiya's debut and the battle with Zabuza, have been given a TV-PG-DS or a TV-PG-V rating. References to alcoholism, Japanese cultural differences, mild language, mild sexual situations, and even blood and death remain in the English version, though reduced.<ref>[http://www.anime-editz.net/naruto_editz_index.php Anime-Editz - Naruto Editz Guide]</ref> Other networks make additional content edits apart from the edits done by Cartoon Network, such as Jetix's more strict censoring of blood, language, and the like.
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In its English anime release, ''Naruto'' was aired with a TV-PG rating in the US and a PG rating in Canada. More explicit episodes, such as Jiraiya's debut and the battle with Zabuza, have been given a TV-PG-DS or a TV-PG-V rating. References to alcoholism, Japanese cultural differences, mild language, mild sexual situations, and even blood and death remain in the English version, though reduced.<ref>[http://www.anime-editz.net/naruto_editz_index.php Anime-Editz - Naruto Editz Guide]</ref> Other networks make additional content edits apart from the edits done by Cartoon Network, such as Jetix's more strict censoring of blood, language, and the like are the same. The Adult Swim versions of the show did not edit anything.
   
 
== Plot Overview ==
 
== Plot Overview ==
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{{further|[[Plot of Naruto]]}}
 
Twelve years before the events at the focus of the series, the [[Nine-Tailed Demon Fox]] attacked [[Konohagakure]]. It was a powerful demon; a single swing of one of its nine tails would raise tsunamis and flatten mountains. It raised chaos and caused the deaths of many, until the leader of Konoha, the [[Fourth Hokage]], defeated it by sacrificing his own life to seal the demon inside a newly-born child. That child's name was [[Naruto Uzumaki]].
 
Twelve years before the events at the focus of the series, the [[Nine-Tailed Demon Fox]] attacked [[Konohagakure]]. It was a powerful demon; a single swing of one of its nine tails would raise tsunamis and flatten mountains. It raised chaos and caused the deaths of many, until the leader of Konoha, the [[Fourth Hokage]], defeated it by sacrificing his own life to seal the demon inside a newly-born child. That child's name was [[Naruto Uzumaki]].
   
 
The Fourth Hokage was celebrated as a hero for sealing the Nine-Tails away. He wanted Naruto to be respected in a similar light by being the containment vessel for the Nine-Tails. The village he grew up in, however, mostly shunned Naruto; they regarded him as if he were the Nine-Tails itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood.
 
The Fourth Hokage was celebrated as a hero for sealing the Nine-Tails away. He wanted Naruto to be respected in a similar light by being the containment vessel for the Nine-Tails. The village he grew up in, however, mostly shunned Naruto; they regarded him as if he were the Nine-Tails itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood.
   
A decree made by the [[Third Hokage]] made it so that the other villagers were forbidden to mention the event to anyone, even to their own children. However, this did not stop them from treating Naruto like an outcast. Although their children did not specifically know why their parents treated Naruto the way they did, they learned through example to despise the boy. As a result, Naruto grew up as an orphan in a lonesome atmosphere without friends, family, or acknowledgment. He could not force people to befriend him, so he sought acknowledgment and attention the only way he knew – through pranks and mischief. However, that soon changed after Naruto graduated from the [[Academy]] by using his [[Multiple Shadow Clone Technique]] to save his teacher, [[Iruka Umino]], from the renegade ninja [[Mizuki]]. That encounter gave Naruto two insights: that he was the container of the Nine-Tails, and that there was someone besides the Third Hokage who actually cared about him. His graduation from the academy opened a gateway to the events and people that would change and define his world, including his way of the ninja for the rest of his life.
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A decree made by the [[Third Hokage]] made it so that the other villagers were forbidden to mention the event to anyone, even to their own children. However, this did not stop them from treating Naruto like an outcast. Although their children did not specifically know why their parents treated Naruto the way they did, they learned through example to despise the boy. As a result, Naruto grew up as an orphan in a lonesome atmosphere without friends, family, or acknowledgement. He could not force people to befriend him, so he sought acknowledgement and attention the only way he knew – through pranks and mischief. However, that soon changed after Naruto graduated from the [[Academy]] by using his [[Multiple Shadow Clone Technique]] to save his teacher, [[Iruka Umino]], from the renegade ninja [[Mizuki]]. That encounter gave Naruto two insights: that he was the container of the Nine-Tails, and that there was someone besides the Third Hokage who actually cared about him. His graduation from the academy opened a gateway to the events and people that would change and define his world, including his way of the ninja for the rest of his life.
   
 
''Naruto'' maintains a balance between drama and comedy, with plenty of action interspersed. It follows Naruto and his friends' personal growth and development as ninja, and emphasises their interactions with each other and the influence of their backgrounds on their personalities. Naruto finds two friends and comrades in [[Sasuke Uchiha]] and [[Sakura Haruno]], two fellow young ninja who are assigned with him to form a three-person team under a very experienced sensei named [[Kakashi Hatake]]. Naruto also confides in other characters as well that he has met through the [[Chūnin]] Exam. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better, and experience a coming-of-age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the [[Hokage]] of Konoha.
 
''Naruto'' maintains a balance between drama and comedy, with plenty of action interspersed. It follows Naruto and his friends' personal growth and development as ninja, and emphasises their interactions with each other and the influence of their backgrounds on their personalities. Naruto finds two friends and comrades in [[Sasuke Uchiha]] and [[Sakura Haruno]], two fellow young ninja who are assigned with him to form a three-person team under a very experienced sensei named [[Kakashi Hatake]]. Naruto also confides in other characters as well that he has met through the [[Chūnin]] Exam. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better, and experience a coming-of-age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the [[Hokage]] of Konoha.
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''Naruto'' places strong emphasis on character development. Almost all outcomes are a result of decisions, character, and personality; very few things happen just because of chance. At first, emphasis is placed on Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, who are the members of Team 7. However, other characters are developed, such as Kakashi, Guy, and Jiraiya, as well as Naruto's peers in the other Genin teams and other villages.
 
''Naruto'' places strong emphasis on character development. Almost all outcomes are a result of decisions, character, and personality; very few things happen just because of chance. At first, emphasis is placed on Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, who are the members of Team 7. However, other characters are developed, such as Kakashi, Guy, and Jiraiya, as well as Naruto's peers in the other Genin teams and other villages.
   
Several major villains came into play as well, the first being [[Zabuza Momochi]], a [[missing-nin]] from the [[Kirigakure]], and his partner, [[Haku]]. Later, in the Chūnin Exam Arc, [[Orochimaru]] is introduced as an S-Class missing-nin at the top of Konoha's most wanted list. Later, a mysterious organisation called [[Akatsuki]] begins to pursue Naruto in order to take the Nine-Tails inside him and harness its power.
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Several major villains came into play as well, the first being [[Zabuza Momochi]], a [[missing-nin]] from the [[Kirigakure]], and his partner, [[Haku]]. Later, in the Chūnin Exam Arc, [[Orochimaru]] is introduced as an S-Class missing-nin at the top of Konoha's most wanted list, along with other Otogakure ninja, including [[Kabuto Yakushi]], [[Team Dosu]] and the [[Sound Four]]. Later, a mysterious organisation called [[Akatsuki]] begins to pursue Naruto in order to take the Nine-Tails inside him and harness its power.
   
 
== Characters ==
 
== Characters ==
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[[File:Naruto characters.png|thumb|Some protagonists, antagonists and support characters of ''Naruto'' series.]]
 
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{{see also|Special:BrowseData/Characters{{!}}Characters}}
 
''Naruto'' has a large and colourful cast of characters, running a gamut of detailed histories and complex personalities, and allowing many of them their fair share in the spotlight; they are also seen to grow and mature with the series, as it spans several years. As fitting for a coming-of-age saga, Naruto's world constantly expands and thickens, and his social relations are no exception – during his introduction he has only his [[Iruka Umino|teacher]] and the [[Hiruzen Sarutobi|village's leader]] for sympathetic figures, but as the story progresses, more and more people become a part of his story.
 
''Naruto'' has a large and colourful cast of characters, running a gamut of detailed histories and complex personalities, and allowing many of them their fair share in the spotlight; they are also seen to grow and mature with the series, as it spans several years. As fitting for a coming-of-age saga, Naruto's world constantly expands and thickens, and his social relations are no exception – during his introduction he has only his [[Iruka Umino|teacher]] and the [[Hiruzen Sarutobi|village's leader]] for sympathetic figures, but as the story progresses, more and more people become a part of his story.
   
The students at the Academy, where the story begins, are split up into teams of three after their graduation and become [[Genin]]. Each team is assigned an experienced sensei. These core teams form a basis for the characters' interactions later in the series, where characters are chosen for missions for their team's strength and complementary skills; Naruto's Team 7 becomes the social frame where Naruto is acquainted with [[Sasuke Uchiha]] and [[Sakura Haruno]], and their sensei [[Kakashi Hatake]], also called the "copy ninja" for copying thousands of ninja techniques with his [[Sharingan]], forming the core of his world-in-the-making. The other three-man teams of his former classmates form another such layer, as Naruto connects with them to various degrees, learning of their motives, vulnerabilities, and aspirations, often relating them to his own. The groups of three are not limited to the comrades Naruto's age – groups in the story in general come in threes and multiples of three with very few exceptions.
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The students at the Academy, where the story begins, are split up into teams of three after their graduation and become [[genin]]. Each team is assigned an experienced sensei. These core teams form a basis for the characters' interactions later in the series, where characters are chosen for missions for their team's strength and complementary skills; Naruto's [[Team Kakashi|Team 7]] becomes the social frame where Naruto is acquainted with [[Sasuke Uchiha]] and [[Sakura Haruno]], and their sensei [[Kakashi Hatake]], also called the "copy ninja" for copying thousands of ninja techniques with his [[Sharingan]], forming the core of his world-in-the-making. The other three-man teams of his former classmates form another such layer, as Naruto connects with them to various degrees, learning of their motives, vulnerabilities, and aspirations, often relating them to his own. The groups of three are not limited to the comrades Naruto's age – groups in the story in general come in threes and multiples of three with very few exceptions.
   
 
Sensei-student relationships play a significant role in the series; Naruto has a number of mentors with whom he trains and learns, most notably Kakashi Hatake and [[Jiraiya]], and there are often running threads of tradition and tutelage binding together several generations. These role models provide guidance for their students not only in the ninja arts but also in a number of Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideals. Techniques, ideals, and mentalities noticeably run in families, Naruto often being exposed to the abilities and traditions of generation-old clans in his village when friends from his own age group demonstrate them, or even achieve improvements of their own; it is poignantly noted that Naruto's generation is particularly talented.
 
Sensei-student relationships play a significant role in the series; Naruto has a number of mentors with whom he trains and learns, most notably Kakashi Hatake and [[Jiraiya]], and there are often running threads of tradition and tutelage binding together several generations. These role models provide guidance for their students not only in the ninja arts but also in a number of Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideals. Techniques, ideals, and mentalities noticeably run in families, Naruto often being exposed to the abilities and traditions of generation-old clans in his village when friends from his own age group demonstrate them, or even achieve improvements of their own; it is poignantly noted that Naruto's generation is particularly talented.
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This article is about the manga and anime series Naruto. For the title character Naruto Uzumaki, see Naruto Uzumaki. For other uses, see Naruto (disambiguation).
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The cover of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump that contains the first Naruto manga chapter.

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Naruto (NARUTO -ナルト-) is a manga by Masashi Kishimoto with an anime TV series adaptation. Its main character, Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.

The manga was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Shōnen Jump magazine. VIZ Media publishes a translated version in the American Shōnen Jump, and is currently within a few volumes of the Japanese publication. Naruto has become VIZ Media's best-selling manga series.[1]

The animated television series, produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex, premiered across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo network and the anime satellite television network Animax on October 3, 2002, and stopped airing in 23rd March 2017. Viz also licensed the anime for North American production. Naruto debuted in the United States on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block on September 10, 2005, and in Canada on YTV's Bionix on September 16, 2005. Naruto began showing in the UK on Jetix on July 22, 2006. It began showing on Toasted TV on January 12, 2007 in Australia, although it could be watched on Cartoon Network in 2006. The first series lasted nine seasons, while the second began its first on February 15, 2007.

In November 22, 2012, VP of Strategic Marketing and Promotions for Cartoon Network, Jason DeMarco, announced Naruto would make a come back to Toonami, now a block on Adult Swim on Saturday, December 1, 2012. Additionally, they mentioned that it would be uncut. The show started all the way back at episode 1 and was removed from the schedule after episode 52 on November 30, 2013 due to Toonami announced will be premieres January, 5 on Naruto: Shippūden.

Naruto Manga

See also: List of Volumes and Chapter-Tankōbon Differences The Naruto manga has ended with 72 volumes and 700 chapters.

Naruto Manga Pilot

Naruto World Map

Naruto Geography.

Main article: Naruto Manga Pilot In 1997, Masashi Kishimoto created the first published incarnation of the Naruto series. Debuting in Akamaru Jump, the Naruto one-shot would be Kishimoto's first incarnation of the Naruto universe. Though the plot of the one-shot bears little resemblance to the later shōnen manga, many of the same character and ninja themes would be displayed for the first time.

Growth and Popularity

See also: Naruto in Popular Culture The series' length and popularity is comparable to that of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball, another popular action/martial arts-oriented shōnen manga, and one that was said to have greatly influenced Kishimoto's manga, Naruto. Since its creation, Naruto has spawned a large number of fansites that contain detailed information, guides, and active forums. Some of the first and most popular sites targeted at English speaking audiences were established shortly after the first English manga volume was released in August of 2003. Also, like many other manga and anime titles, Naruto has also spawned its own collectible card game, along with an array of merchandise, such as action figures, clothing, stationery kits and household goods.

Naruto has had several collaborations with big name brands, including Primitive, Nike, Adidas, Coach, BAPE and Champion, and in 2022, Chinese phone company Realme released a Naruto-themed edition of their GT Neo 3 phone.

As of October 2014, the manga has over 220 million copies in print, with over 130 million copies in Japan and the remaining 75 million being overseas, making it the sixth best-selling manga series in history. The manga is also available in 35 countries outside Japan.[2][3] It has also become one of North American publisher VIZ Media's best-selling manga series. Their English adaptation of the series has appeared in the USA Today Booklist several times and volume 7 won the Quill Award in 2006.[4] In TV Asahi's latest top 100 Anime Ranking, Naruto ranked 17th on the list.[5]

In 2015, Live Spectacle Naruto, a stage play based off the series began showing, in 2018, a Naruto kabuki play of the show began it's run throughout Japan and in 2019, 2 Naruto theme parks, one in Japan and one in Shanghai, opened.

Anime Details

See also: List of Episodes and Anime-Manga Differences Even though it debuted some time after the manga, the anime quickly caught up, since one anime episode usually covers one or two manga chapters. To prevent overlapping, the anime's producers tend to organise content from the manga chapters into long, uneventful sections followed by short bursts of action, sometimes adding filler content in between. By the time the Sasuke Recovery Mission ended in the anime (episode 135), the series was at a point where it was quickly gaining on the manga. At the conclusion of this arc, the anime immediately switched to anime-only episodes to allow the manga to broaden the gap once more. Most of these episodes are stand-alone stories, with a few being part of arcs that were several episodes long, and lasted for a total of 85 episodes in the first series.

After the series moved back into manga-adapted episodes, it was renamed Naruto: Shippūden (ナルト 疾風伝, Naruto Shippūden, literally meaning: Naruto Hurricane Chronicles). The new series premiered on February 15, 2007.

The anime generally remains true to the manga, usually changing only minor details (causes of death, loss of limbs, and other injuries have been lessened in the anime) or expanding on parts skipped by the manga, such as the fight between Tenten and Temari. The anime-only arcs, though unreferenced in the manga (save for a few scant scenes), deal with the breaks between manga volumes, which covers a short period before the Sasuke Recovery Mission and several months before the time skip. The anime-only arcs tend to cover the supporting characters, occasionally giving insight into an otherwise rarely seen character.

New episodes, animated by Studio Pierrot, air weekly on TV Tokyo in Japan during the Golden Time slot (Japan's equivalent of prime time in the US). As of October 5, 2006, it shows on Thursday nights. The series has also spawned eleven movies: Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel, Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, Naruto Shippūden the Movie, Naruto Shippūden the Movie: Bonds, Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Will of Fire, Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Lost Tower, Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison, Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, The Last: Naruto the Movie and Boruto: Naruto the Movie.

English-Language Broadcast

On September 10, 2005, Naruto had its hour-long premiere in the U.S. on Cartoon Network's Toonami. The first episode of Naruto premiered in Canada on YTV's Bionix on September 16, 2005. In the United Kingdom, Naruto premiered on Jetix on July 22, 2006 after ended on 104 episodes. In Australia and New Zealand it premiered on Cartoon Network on September 27, 2006 and ended on 220 episodes. On October 28, 2009, Disney XD began airing English dubbed episodes of Naruto: Shippūden after November 5, 2011 and ended on 98 episodes. In Australia and New Zealand, Cartoon Network would be premiere on 2011 on Naruto: Shippūden.

In its English anime release, Naruto was aired with a TV-PG rating in the US and a PG rating in Canada. More explicit episodes, such as Jiraiya's debut and the battle with Zabuza, have been given a TV-PG-DS or a TV-PG-V rating. References to alcoholism, Japanese cultural differences, mild language, mild sexual situations, and even blood and death remain in the English version, though reduced.[6] Other networks make additional content edits apart from the edits done by Cartoon Network, such as Jetix's more strict censoring of blood, language, and the like are the same. The Adult Swim versions of the show did not edit anything.

Plot Overview

Further information: Plot of Naruto Twelve years before the events at the focus of the series, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attacked Konohagakure. It was a powerful demon; a single swing of one of its nine tails would raise tsunamis and flatten mountains. It raised chaos and caused the deaths of many, until the leader of Konoha, the Fourth Hokage, defeated it by sacrificing his own life to seal the demon inside a newly-born child. That child's name was Naruto Uzumaki.

The Fourth Hokage was celebrated as a hero for sealing the Nine-Tails away. He wanted Naruto to be respected in a similar light by being the containment vessel for the Nine-Tails. The village he grew up in, however, mostly shunned Naruto; they regarded him as if he were the Nine-Tails itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood.

A decree made by the Third Hokage made it so that the other villagers were forbidden to mention the event to anyone, even to their own children. However, this did not stop them from treating Naruto like an outcast. Although their children did not specifically know why their parents treated Naruto the way they did, they learned through example to despise the boy. As a result, Naruto grew up as an orphan in a lonesome atmosphere without friends, family, or acknowledgement. He could not force people to befriend him, so he sought acknowledgement and attention the only way he knew – through pranks and mischief. However, that soon changed after Naruto graduated from the Academy by using his Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to save his teacher, Iruka Umino, from the renegade ninja Mizuki. That encounter gave Naruto two insights: that he was the container of the Nine-Tails, and that there was someone besides the Third Hokage who actually cared about him. His graduation from the academy opened a gateway to the events and people that would change and define his world, including his way of the ninja for the rest of his life.

Naruto maintains a balance between drama and comedy, with plenty of action interspersed. It follows Naruto and his friends' personal growth and development as ninja, and emphasises their interactions with each other and the influence of their backgrounds on their personalities. Naruto finds two friends and comrades in Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, two fellow young ninja who are assigned with him to form a three-person team under a very experienced sensei named Kakashi Hatake. Naruto also confides in other characters as well that he has met through the Chūnin Exam. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better, and experience a coming-of-age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the Hokage of Konoha.

Naruto places strong emphasis on character development. Almost all outcomes are a result of decisions, character, and personality; very few things happen just because of chance. At first, emphasis is placed on Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, who are the members of Team 7. However, other characters are developed, such as Kakashi, Guy, and Jiraiya, as well as Naruto's peers in the other Genin teams and other villages.

Several major villains came into play as well, the first being Zabuza Momochi, a missing-nin from the Kirigakure, and his partner, Haku. Later, in the Chūnin Exam Arc, Orochimaru is introduced as an S-Class missing-nin at the top of Konoha's most wanted list, along with other Otogakure ninja, including Kabuto Yakushi, Team Dosu and the Sound Four. Later, a mysterious organisation called Akatsuki begins to pursue Naruto in order to take the Nine-Tails inside him and harness its power.

Characters

Naruto characters

Some protagonists, antagonists and support characters of Naruto series.

See also: Characters Naruto has a large and colourful cast of characters, running a gamut of detailed histories and complex personalities, and allowing many of them their fair share in the spotlight; they are also seen to grow and mature with the series, as it spans several years. As fitting for a coming-of-age saga, Naruto's world constantly expands and thickens, and his social relations are no exception – during his introduction he has only his teacher and the village's leader for sympathetic figures, but as the story progresses, more and more people become a part of his story.

The students at the Academy, where the story begins, are split up into teams of three after their graduation and become genin. Each team is assigned an experienced sensei. These core teams form a basis for the characters' interactions later in the series, where characters are chosen for missions for their team's strength and complementary skills; Naruto's Team 7 becomes the social frame where Naruto is acquainted with Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, and their sensei Kakashi Hatake, also called the "copy ninja" for copying thousands of ninja techniques with his Sharingan, forming the core of his world-in-the-making. The other three-man teams of his former classmates form another such layer, as Naruto connects with them to various degrees, learning of their motives, vulnerabilities, and aspirations, often relating them to his own. The groups of three are not limited to the comrades Naruto's age – groups in the story in general come in threes and multiples of three with very few exceptions.

Sensei-student relationships play a significant role in the series; Naruto has a number of mentors with whom he trains and learns, most notably Kakashi Hatake and Jiraiya, and there are often running threads of tradition and tutelage binding together several generations. These role models provide guidance for their students not only in the ninja arts but also in a number of Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideals. Techniques, ideals, and mentalities noticeably run in families, Naruto often being exposed to the abilities and traditions of generation-old clans in his village when friends from his own age group demonstrate them, or even achieve improvements of their own; it is poignantly noted that Naruto's generation is particularly talented.

Many of the greater lingering mysteries of the series are questions of character motives and identity. The legacy of Naruto's parents, the goals that guide Kabuto Yakushi, the identity of the mysterious Akatsuki leader – these are only a few of the fundamental unanswered questions of "who" and, by proxy, "why" currently at the core of the series. The story is remarkably character-driven; the theme of causality runs inherently throughout the series as characters reciprocate for their past actions and relationships. In this respect, characters' respective destinies are very much intertwined, and large emphasis is placed on comradeship and 'bonds' between the community or individual.

Character names often borrow from Japanese mythology, folklore and literature (such as the names borrowed from the folk-tale Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari), or are otherwise elaborate puns; often there is a noticeable influence of the story behind the name shouldered by the character.[7]

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