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"NARUTO"
redirects here. For other uses, see Naruto
(disambiguation).
This article is about the manga and anime franchise.
For the title character, see Naruto
Uzumaki.
Naruto

NARUTO - ナルト
-(Naruto)
Demographic
Shōnen
Genre
Action, Fantasy
Manga: Naruto
Author
Masashi
Kishimoto
Publisher
Shueisha
[show]Other
publishers:
Viz
Media
Tong
Li ComicsRightmanDaiwon C.I.JPFKanaCarlsen ComicsMangafanPanini
Comics (Planet Manga)Comics
House, Komik RemajaChuang Yi
(Chinese)GlénatElex Media
KomputindoSchibsted
ForlagenePanini
ComicsSangatsu
MangaMundo
Vid
Serialized in
Weekly Shonen
Jump
Shonen
JumpShonen
JumpWeekly
ComicComic
Champ
Original run
November 1999 – ongoing
Volumes
41 volumes with
388 chapters (as of February 6, 2008)
TV anime:
Naruto
Director
Hayato Date
Studio
Studio
Pierrot
Licensor
AniplexViz MediaManga
Entertainment
Network
Animax, TV Tokyo
[show]Other
networks:
Cartoon Network
YTVNetwork
Ten,Cartoon NetworkCartoon Network,SBTChilevision,Cartoon NetworkJetix
(UK)Jetix (Poland)Jetix (Hungary)Jetix (Romania)GameOneRTL IITVB Music, TVB JadeItalia 1Global TVTooniverseTV3, Astro RiaABS-CBN, Studio 23, Hero TV, Cartoon
NetworkCartoon Network,
AmericaE
CityJetix, CuatroCTSChildren
ChannelTélétoon
(Fall 2007)ZTVDR (Danmarks
Radio)
Original run
October 3, 2002 – February 8, 2007
Episodes
220
TV anime: Naruto
Shippūden
Director
Hayato Date
Studio
Studio
Pierrot
Licensor
Aniplex
Network
Animax, TV Tokyo
[show]Other
networks:
ABS-CBN
Original run
February
15, 2007 –
ongoing
Episodes
46
(as of February 7, 2008)
Related works
Jump
Festa 2003: Find the Crimson Four-Leaf Clover (OVA)
Jump
Festa 2004: Battle at Hidden Falls. I am the Hero! (OVA)
Finally
a clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indiscriminate grand melee tournament meeting!!
(OVA)
Naruto
the Movie OVA: Konoha Annual Sports Festival (OVA)
Naruto
the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Naruto
the Movie 2: Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth
Naruto
the Movie 3: Great Excitement! The Animal Panic of Crescent Moon Island
Naruto:
Shippūden the Movie
Naruto:
Shippūden the Movie 2
Naruto video
games
Naruto (NARUTO - ナルト -, Naruto?) is a Japanese manga series written and
illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto with
an anime
adaptation. The main character, Naruto
Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, unpredictable
adolescent ninja
who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become a Hokage, the ninja
in the village acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all.
Kishimoto
first authored a one-shot of Naruto
in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump.[1] The plot differed
substantially in that Naruto was the son of the Nine-Tailed
Demon Fox instead of being the container, and the story was placed in a more
modern setting.[2] This early version of
Naruto already had the ability to transform into a sexy young woman - but when
he did so, a fox tail sprouted. Kishimoto then rewrote the story to its current
form, which was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd
issue of Japan's Shonen Jump magazine.
As of volume 36, the manga has sold over 71 million copies in Japan.[3] Viz Media publishes a
translated version in the American Shonen Jump
magazine. Naruto has become Viz's best-selling manga series.[4] To date, the first 27
volumes are available in English.
The first of two anime 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 is still being aired. Viz
also licensed the anime for North American production.
The first series lasted nine seasons, while Naruto: Shippūden began its first on February
15, 2007.
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, which features the
German dub opening, although it could be watched on Cartoon Network in 2006.