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NarutoNARUTO?????romanized (Romanization of Japanese) as 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 aspires to become a Hokage (World of Naruto#Kage), the ninja in his village that is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. The series is based on a one-shot comic (One-shot (comics)) 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 Japans Weekly Sh?nen Jump magazine. Currently, the manga is still being serialized with fifty-one tank?bon volumes 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 (Terrestrial television) TV Tokyo network and the anime satellite television network Animax on October 3, 2002. The first series lasted 220 episodes, while Naruto: Shippuden (#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 six 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 (Shonen Jump (magazine)) magazine, and as well as the indidividual 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 (Disney XD (United States)) in October of the same year.
The manga has sold over 100 million copies in Japan. Serialized in Vizs Shonen Jump magazine, Naruto has become one of the companys best-selling manga series. The English adaptation of the series has also appeared in the USA Today Booklist several times and volume 11 won the Quil Award (Quill Awards) 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 sh?nen (Sh?nen manga) plot elements.
Ja Kanji: NARUTO?????
Genre: Action (Action (genre)), Adventure (Adventure (genre)), Fantasy Infobox animanga/Print
Type: manga
Title: Naruto (pilot chapter)
Author: Masashi Kishimoto
Publisher: Shueisha
Publisher En: flagiconCanada flagiconUnited States Viz Media
Demographic: ''Sh?nen (Sh?nen manga)''
Magazine: Akamaru Jump,
Magazine En: flagiconCanada flagiconUnited States Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump (magazine))
Published: 1997 Infobox animanga/Print
Type: manga
Author: Masashi Kishimoto
Publisher: Shueisha
Publisher En: flagiconAustralia flagiconNew Zealand Madman Entertainment, flagiconCanada flagiconUnited Kingdom flagiconUnited States Viz Media
Publisher Other: flagiconArgentina Larp Editores,flagiconBrazil flagiconItaly Panini Comics , flagiconCatalonia flagiconSpain Gl�nat (Gl�nat (publisher)), flagiconDenmark flagiconGermany Carlsen Comics, flagiconFinland Sangatsu Manga (Sangatsu Manga (Publisher)), flagiconFrance flagiconNetherlands flagiconQuebec Kana (Kana (publisher)), flagiconGreece Anubis Manga (Compupress), flagiconHong Kong Rightman, flagiconHungary Mangafan , flagiconIndonesia Elex Media Komputindo, flagiconMalaysia Comics House, Komik Remaja, flagiconMexico Mundo Vid, flagiconNorway flagiconSweden Schibsted Forlagene, flagiconPoland JPF (Japonica Polonica Fantastica), flagiconRepublic of China Tong Li Comics, flagiconRussia Comix-art, flagiconSingapore Chuang Yi (Chinese), flagiconSouth Korea Daiwon C.I., flagiconThailand Nation Edutainment
Demographic: ''Sh?nen (Sh?nen manga)''
Magazine: Weekly Sh?nen Jump
Magazine En: flagiconCanada flagiconUnited States Shonen Jump
Magazine Other: flagiconGermany Banzai! (Banzai! (magazine)),flagiconMalaysia Weekly Comic,flagiconNetherlands AniWay,flagiconNorway Shonen Jump,flagiconSouth Korea Comic Champ,flagiconSweden Shonen Jump,flagiconThailand Weekly Boom Comic
First: November 1999
Volumes: 51
Volume List: List of Naruto manga volumes Infobox animanga/Video
Type: tv series
Director: Hayato Date
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Licensor: flagiconAustralia flagiconNew Zealand Madman Entertainment, flagiconCanada flagiconUnited States Viz Media, flagiconUnited Kingdom Manga Entertainment
Network: Animax, TV Tokyo
Network En: flagiconAustralia Network Ten, Cartoon Network, flagiconCanada YTV (YTV (TV channel)), flagiconNew Zealand Cartoon Network, flagiconUnited Kingdom Jetix (Jetix (UK)), flagiconUnited States Cartoon Network
Network Other: flagiconArgentina flagiconMexico Cartoon Network, flagicon Syriaspacepower flagiconBrazil Cartoon Network, SBT (Sistema Brasileiro de Televis�o), flagiconChile Chilevision, Cartoon Network, flagiconDenmark DR (Danmarks Radio), flagiconDominican Republic Telesistema Dominicano, Cartoon Network, flagiconFrance GameOne, flagiconGermany RTL II, flagiconHong Kong TVB Music (TVB), TVB Jade, flagiconHungary Jetix (Jetix (Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia)), Animax (Animax Hungary), flagiconIndia flagiconPakistan Cartoon Network (coming soon on Animax in 2009), flagiconIndonesia Global TV (Global TV (Indonesia)), flagiconIsrael Children Channel, flagiconItaly Italia 1, flagiconMalaysia TV3 (TV3 (Malaysia)), flagiconPeru Cartoon Network, America, flagiconPhilippines ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation), Studio 23, Hero TV (Hero (TV channel)), Cartoon Network Philippines, flagiconPoland Jetix (Jetix (Poland)), flagiconPortugal Sic Radical, flagiconQuebec T�l�toon (T�l�toon (Canada)), flagiconRomania Jetix (Jetix (Romania)), flagiconSouth Korea Tooniverse, flagiconSingapore E City, flagiconSpain Jetix, Cuatro (Cuatro TV), flagiconSyria spacepower, flagiconSweden ZTV, flagiconTaiwan CTS (Chinese Television System), flagiconThailand Cartoon Network (Cartoon Network (Southeast Asia)), Gang Cartoon Channel
First: October 3, 2002
Last: February 8, 2007
Episodes: 220
Episode List: List of Naruto episodes Infobox animanga/Print
Type: novel
Title: Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood
Author: Masatoshi Kusakabe
Publisher: Shueisha
Publisher En: flagiconUnited States Viz Media
Published: 2002 Infobox animanga/Video
Type: ova
Title: Naruto: Find the Four-Leaf Red Clover!
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Licensor: flagiconAustralia flagiconNew Zealand Madman Entertainment
Released: 2003
Runtime: 17 minutes Infobox animanga/Video
Type: ova
Title: Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Licensor: flagiconCanada flagiconUnited States Viz Media
Released: 2004
Runtime: 40 minutes Infobox animanga/Video
Type: ova
Title: Naruto: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival
Director: Hayato Date
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Licensor: flagiconCanada flagiconUnited States Viz Media
Released: August 21, 2004
Runtime: 11 minutes Infobox animanga/Video
Type: ova
Title: Naruto: Finally a clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indiscriminate grand melee tournament meeting!!
Director: Hayato Date
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Released: December 22, 2005
Runtime: 26 minutes Infobox animanga/Video
Type: ova
Title: Naruto: The Cross Roads CGI OVA
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Runtime: 28 minutes Infobox animanga/Video
Type: tv series
Title: Naruto: Shippuden
Director: Hayato Date
Studio: Studio Pierrot
Licensor: flagiconCanada flagiconUnited States Viz Media
Network: Animax, TV Tokyo
Network En: flagiconUnited States Disney XD (Disney XD (United States))
Network Other: flagiconFrance Game One , flagiconItaly Italia 1, flagiconMalaysia TV3 (TV3 (Malaysia)), flagiconPhilippines ABS-CBN, Hero TV
First: February 15, 2007
Episodes: 161
Episode List: List of Naruto: Shippuden episodes Infobox animanga/Other
Title: Related works
Content: * ''Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow'' * ''Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel'' * ''Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom'' * ''Naruto: Shipp?den the Movie'' * ''Naruto Shipp?den 2: Bonds'' * ''Naruto Shipp?den 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire'' * ''Naruto'' video games (List of Naruto video games) Infobox animanga/Footer nihongo