Shortly after, Naruto becomes a ninja and is assigned alongside Sasuke Uchiha, whom he often competes against, and Sakura Haruno, whom he has a crush on, to form a three-person team named Team 7 under an experienced sensei, the elite ninja Kakashi Hatake. Twelve years later, renegade ninja Mizuki reveals the truth to Naruto before being defeated by him with the Shadow Clone Jutsu technique, earning the respect of his teacher Iruka Umino. A decree made by the current Hokage, the Third Hokage, forbids anyone mentioning the Nine-Tails to anyone else. As a child, Naruto is isolated from the Konoha community, who regards him as if he was the Nine-Tails itself. In response, the leader of Konoha – the Fourth Hokage – seals the fox inside his newborn son Naruto Uzumaki at the cost of his life. See also: List of Naruto characters and Ninja WorldĪ powerful fox known as the Nine-Tailsattacks the ninja village Konoha.
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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. Their English adaptation of the series has appeared in the USA Today Booklist several times and volume 7 won the Quill Award in 2006. Viz Media began streaming both series on their streaming service Neon Alley in December 2012.Īs of October 2015, the manga has sold over 220 million copies worldwide, making it the fourth best-selling manga series in history. The manga is also available in 35 countries outside Japan. It has also become one of North American publisher Viz Media's best-selling manga series. 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. The anime series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2005, and later in the United Kingdom and Australia in 20, respectively. Viz serialized Naruto in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, as well as publishing the individual volumes. Viz Media has licensed the manga and anime for North American production. Other types of merchandise include light novels, video games, and trading cards developed by several companies. In addition to the anime series, Studio Pierrot has developed eleven movies and several original video animations. The first series lasted 220 episodes, while Naruto: Shippuden, a sequel to the original series, has been airing since February 15, 2007. It premiered across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyoand other TX Network stations on October 3, 2002. The manga was later adapted into a television anime, which was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. Naruto was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jumpmagazine from the 43rd issue of 1999 to the 50th issue of 2014, with the chapters collected into seventy-two tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. The series is based on a one-shot manga by Kishimoto that was published in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump. 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. Naruto (ナルト?) is a Japanese mangaseries written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto.