Naruto (NARUTO romanized as NARUTO) is an ongoing Japanese manga sequence 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 turn into a Hokage, the ninja in his village that is acknowledged because the leader and the strongest of all. The series is predicated on a one-shot comic by Kishimoto that was revealed within the August 1997 challenge of Akamaru Jump.

The manga was first published by Shueisha in 1999 within the forty third difficulty of Japan's Weekly Shonen Leap magazine. Currently, the manga remains to be being serialized with fifty-one tankobon volumes launched so far. The manga was later tailored into an anime, which was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo network and the anime satellite tv for pc tv network Animax on October 3, 2002. The primary series lasted 220 episodes, while Naruto: Shippuden, a sequel to the unique series, has been airing since February 15, 2007. In addition to the anime sequence, Studio Pierrot has developed six motion pictures for the series and a number of other unique video animations (OVAs). Other kinds of merchandise embody gentle novels, video games and buying and selling cards developed by several companies.

Viz Media has licensed the manga and anime for North American production. Viz has been publishing the collection in their Shonen Jump journal, and in addition to the indidividual volumes. The anime sequence began airing within the United States and Canada in 2005, and later in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2006 and 2007, respectively. The movies, in addition to most OVAs from the collection, have also been released by Viz, with the primary 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 in October of the same year.

The manga has sold over 100 million copies in Japan. Serialized in Viz's Shonen Leap magazine, Naruto has become one of the company's greatest-selling manga series. The English adaptation of the sequence has additionally appeared in the USA At the moment Booklist a number of times and quantity 11 won the Quil Award in 2006. Reviewers from the sequence have praised the steadiness between combating and comedy scenes, as well as the characters' personalities, but have criticized it for utilizing customary shonen plot components.

 

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