Naruto

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This article is about the media franchise. For the title character, see Naruto
Uzumaki. For other uses, see Naruto (disambiguation).
Naruto
NarutoCoverTankobon1.jpg
Cover of the first Japanese Naruto manga volume featuring Naruto Uzumaki.
NARUTO -Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Manga
Naruto (pilot chapter)
Written by

Masashi Kishimoto

Published by Shueisha
English publisher
NA
Viz Media
Demographic
Magazine

Shnen

Akamaru Jump

English magazine
NA
Shonen Jump
Published

1997

Manga
Written by

Masashi Kishimoto

Published by Shueisha
English publisher
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Viz Media

UK
Viz Media
Demographic
Magazine

Shnen

Weekly Shnen Jump

English magazine
NA
Weekly Shonen Jump
Shonen Jump (formerly)
Original run September 21, 1999 November 10, 2014
Volumes

72 (List of volumes)

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
StudioPierrot
Licensed by
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Viz Media
UK
Manga Entertainment
Network

TXN (TV Tokyo)

English network
AUS
Cartoon Network (Toonami)
AU
ABC3, Network Ten (Season 1 only)

BI
Jetix
CA
YTV, Tltoon
NA
Neon Alley
SEA
Animax Asia
US
Cartoon Network, Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run October 3, 2002 February 8, 2007
Episodes

220 (List of episodes)

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

StudioPierrot
Licensed by
NA
Viz Media
Network

TXN (TV Tokyo)

English network
AUS
Cartoon Network

NA
Neon Alley
SEA
Animax Asia
US
Disney XD, Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run February 15, 2007 ongoing
Episodes

443 (List of episodes)

Manga
Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring
Written by

Masashi Kishimoto

Published by Shueisha
English publisher
NA
Viz Media
Demographic
Magazine

Shnen

Weekly Shnen Jump

English magazine
NA
Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run April 27, 2015 July 6, 2015
Volumes

Manga
Boruto
Written by

Uky Kodachi

Masashi Kishimoto
Illustrated by

Mikio Ikemoto

Published by Shueisha
English publisher
NA

Viz Media
Demographic
Magazine

Shnen

Weekly Shnen Jump

English magazine
NA
Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run Spring 2016 ongoing
Anime television series
Naruto Shippden: Itachi Shinden-hen ~Hikari to Yami~
StudioPierrot
Original run March 2016 ongoing
Films
Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Legend of the Stone of Gelel
Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
Naruto Shippuden the Movie
Bonds
The Will of Fire
The Lost Tower
Blood Prison
Road to Ninja
The Last
Boruto
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Naruto (?) 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 a
one-shot manga by Kishimoto that was published in the August 1997 issue of
Akamaru Jump.

Naruto was serialized in Weekly Shnen Jump magazine from the 43rd issue of 1999
to the 50th issue of 2014, with the chapters collected into seventy-two tankbon
volumes by Shueisha. The manga was later adapted into a television anime, which
was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered across Japan on the
terrestrial 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 ten 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 shnen manga plot elements.