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 featuring Naruto Uzumaki.
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| NARUTO -ナルト- | |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Manga | |
| Naruto (pilot chapter) | |
| Written by | Masashi Kishimoto |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Akamaru Jump |
| English magazine | |
| Published | 1997 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masashi Kishimoto |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | September 21, 1999 –November 10, 2014 |
| Volumes | 72 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hayato Date |
| Written by | Katsuyuki Sumisawa (Episodes #1-132) Junki Takegami (Episodes #133-220) |
| Music by | Musashi Project Toshio Masuda |
| Studio | Pierrot |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 3, 2002 –February 8, 2007 |
| Episodes | 220 |
| Anime television series | |
| Naruto: Shippuden | |
| Directed by | Hayato Date Masa'aki Kumagai (Assistant Director, Episodes #261-280) Yasuaki Kurotsu[1] (Episodes #290-295)[2] |
| Written by | Junki Takegami (Episodes #1-289, #296-) Satoru Nishizono (Episodes #1-53) Yasuyuki Suzuki (Episodes #54-71) Yasuaki Kurotsu[1] (Episodes #290-295)[3] |
| Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Studio | Pierrot |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| English network | |
| Original run | February 15, 2007 – ongoing |
| Episodes | 453 |
| Manga | |
| Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring | |
| Written by | Masashi Kishimoto |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | April 27, 2015 – July 6, 2015 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Boruto | |
| Written by | Ukyō Kodachi Masashi Kishimoto |
| Illustrated by | Mikio Ikemoto |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | May 9, 2016 – ongoing |
| Films | |
Naruto (ナルト?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It 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 aone-shot manga by Kishimoto that was published in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump.
Naruto was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from the 43rd issue of 1999 to the 50th issue of 2014, with the chapters collected into seventy-two tankōbonvolumes by Shueisha. The manga was later adapted into a television anime, which was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered across Japan on theterrestrial TV Tokyo and other TX Network stations 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 eleven movies and several original video animations. 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 serialized Naruto in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, as well as publishing 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. Naruto: Shippuden was first released by Viz in North America in September 2009, started broadcast on Disney XD in October of the same year and on Adult Swim's Toonami block in January 2014. Viz Media began streaming both series on their streaming service Neon Alley in December 2012.
As of October 2015, the manga has sold over 220 million copies worldwide, making it the third best-selling manga series in history.[4] The manga is also available in 35 countries outside Japan.[5] 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. Reviewers of the series have praised the balance between fighting and comedy scenes, as well as the characters' personalities, but have criticized it for using standard shōnen manga plot elements
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