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Characters and Skills

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Uzumaki Naruto

Using his signature move, Shadow Clones, Naruto is able to perform powerful moves such as the Uzumaki Naruto Combo and Rasengan.
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Haruno Sakura

Due to her recent training as a medical ninja with Tsunade, Sakura is now able to deliver powerful punches and heal her teammates.
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Uchiha Sasuke

The sole survivor of the Uchiha clan massacre. Using his sharingan, Sasuke is able to anticipate incoming attacks and is capable of advanced offensive moves.
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Inuzuka Kiba

Kiba is a member of the Inuzuka clan, which uses dogs in battle. He can fuse with his dog Akamaru to become extremely powerful.
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Aburame Shino

Shino is the successor of the Aburame clan, which uses bugs for fighting. These bugs can be used to leach chakra or defend the entire team.
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Hyuuga Hinata

Hinata is a shy girl that doubts her own powers and potential. Only recently, she developed a new fighting style that involves extremely precise chakra control.

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Nara Shikamaru

Shikamaru is the smartest ninja in Konoha. As a member of the Nara clan, he can control shadows and use them to capture and damage the enemy.

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Akimichi Chouji

Chouji is a member of the Akimichi clan. With his clans special food pills and multi-size techniques, he can do some serious damage.

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Yamanaka Ino

Ino, as a member of the Yamanaka clan, can control the minds of others. She can either enter minds, or disrupt a persons movements.

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Hyuuga Neji

Neji is the most talented member of the Hyuuga clan. Being a super genius, he was able to master his Byakugan and the fighting style Gentle Fist all by himself.

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Rock Lee

Lee is a Taijutsu specialist. Under the study of Maito Gai he has learned how to open his chakra gates, vastly increasing the strength of his lotus technique.

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Tenten

Tenten is a true weapon master. Within seconds, she can throw hundreds of projectiles at one or more targets without a single miss.

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Gaara of the Desert

Gaara has the demon Shukaku within him, which enables him to use sand for fighting. This sand can either form an ultimate defence or kill an opponent instantly.

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Kankuro

Kankuro is a master puppeteer, and uses only puppets for fighting. His puppets can deal damage as well as poison enemies.

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Temari

Temari is the elder sister of Gaara and Kankuro. She uses a giant fan as her main weapon to do powerful long ranged attacks.

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Dosu Kinuta

Perhaps the strongest of the three sound genin, Dosu Kinuta uses his implanted Melody Arm to amplify sound waves and increase the power of his taijustu.

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Kin Tsuchi

One of the three sound genin who took part in the chuunin exams, Kin Tsuchi uses strings and the sound of bells to confuse and incapacitate her foes.

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Zaku Abumi

Zaku Abumi is one of the three sound genin sent to the chuunin exams. He was surgically altered with hollow tubes in his arms, allowing him to create waves of compressed air.

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Haku

Haku is the sole survivor of his clan and is the subordinate of Momochi Zabuza. His bloodline ability allows him to potentially disable and attack all his enemies.

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Demon Brothers

A duo of Mist Nin who work for Zabuza, the Demon Brothers specialize in assassinating their targets with their shuriken chain. Created and Submitted by PiemanX

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Momochi Zabuza

Zabuza is a missing-nin from the Hidden Mist Village. He is a frightening opponent attacking his enemies out of the fog he creates.

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Oboro

A Rain Genin in the Chuunin exams, Oboro specializes in distracting his opponents with illusions and attacking when unexpected. Submitted by jhaybirdsz.

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Shigure

A Genin from the Village of Rain, Shigure specializes in using his chakra to control needles hidden in his umbrellas. Created by: rodneyiscool, Submitted by: naruto_link

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Jiroubou

Jiroubou is the largest member of the Sound four. His fighting style involves powerful physical attacks in combination with manipulation of earth.

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Kidoumaru

Kidoumaru has spider-like skills. He has 6 arms and has the ability to create weapons and traps with a strange golden web-like liquid.

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Sakon

Sakon usually carries a strange head around on his back. This head turns out to be his brother Ukon, who can also exit Sakon and enter other bodies in order to destroy them.

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Tayuya

Tayuyas only weapon is a flute with which she can cast Genjutsu or control three summoned demons, The Doki.

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Kaguya Kimimaro

One of Orochimarus top ninjas, Kimimaro has very strong offensive abilities but his disease is slowly killing him.

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Umino Iruka

Iruka is one of the instructors at the Konoha ninja academy. He is a well rounded ninja with diverse abilities and skills. Created and submitted by OMGWTFitzBEN.

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Akadou Yoroi

Part of the three man team of Kabuto during the Chuunin Exams working as spies, Yoroi has a special ability that allows him to absorb his opponents energy.

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Mitarashi Anko

Once a student of Orochimaru and a bearer of the Cursed Seal of Heaven, Anko is now a special Jounin who oversees the second portion of the Chuunin exams.

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Shizune

Shizune is the aid of Tsunade. A competent combatant using poisons and needles, she is also a highly skilled medic who is able to heal her allies.

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Yakushi Kabuto

Kabuto was once found on the battlefield, was taught medical ninjutsu, and now assists Orochimaru. He uses his medical skill for both offence and defense.

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Hatake Kakashi

Kakashi is the sensei of Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. With his Sharingan he is able to turn his foes skills back upon themselves and can cause severe damage with his Raikiri and Nin-Dogs skills.

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Yuhi Kurenai

Yuhi Kurenai is a jounin and team leader of Hinata, Shino and Kiba. She is a genjutsu master who is able to both disable and attack her enemies with illusions.

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Sarutobi Asuma

Sarutobi Asuma is the leader of Team 10. He uses trench knives extended by his chakra to fight and protect his teammates.

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Maito Gai

Gai is the sensei of Lee, Tenten and Neji. He and Lee both use the same fighting style, Strong Fist, which involves high-speed attacks and the opening of inner chakra gates.

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Baki

Baki is the Jounin team leader of Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro. A mysterious and perhaps devious but loyal man, he specializes in wind element jutsu.

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Orochimaru

Orochimaru is one of the Legendary Sannin. He can increase his teams chakra for a price and summon powerful snakes to beat his enemies.

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Jiraiya

Jiraiya is one of the Legendary Sannin. With his various frog-based jutsus he is able to both hinder and damage all of his opponents.

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Tsunade

Tsunade is the Godaime Hokage and a Legendary Sannin. Her skill with medical ninjutsu allows her to do significant damage and heal herself and teammates.

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Sandaime Hokage

Sandaime Hokage, known as the God of Shinobi, was the strongest Kage to ever live. He is able to concentrate on one opponent while his summon, Enma, confronts others. When all else fails he can summon the death god.

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Shodai Hokage

The First Hokage and the founder of the Hidden Village of Konoha, Shodai has the ability to create and manipulate trees. This ability to give life shows the extent of his power.

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Nidaime Hokage

Nidaime is the second Hokage and the grand uncle of Tsunade. He is very skilled with water jutsu, requiring no water source to perform them.

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Gaara Rehabilitated

After his fateful encounter with Naruto, Gaara has left behind his murderous ways. He has become even more skilled with using sand since Naruto last saw him too.

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Kyuubi Naruto

Drawing upon the strength of the Kyuubi demon sealed inside him, the power of Naruto explodes, and he becomes a virtual army onto himself.

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Cursed Seal Sasuke

When Sasuke releases the full power of his cursed seal his body and chakra become a twisted vision of his inner self and his strength is amplified greatly.

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Hoshigaki Kisame

Formerly one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist Village, Kisame is an S-Rank missing nin. He is Itachi's partner and a member of a mysterious organization. Designed with Redxmaverick.

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Uchiha Itachi

The only other surviving Uchiha, Itachi is a master of doujutsu and is an S-Rank missing nin. He is Kisame's partner and a member of a mysterious organization. Designed with Redxmaverick.

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Uzumaki Naruto (S)

After nearly three years of secluded training with Jiraiya, Naruto has returned to Konoha with a greatly improved arsenal of ninja skills.

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Haruno Sakura (S)

With her extensive training under Tsunade, the Godaime, for the last two and a half years, Sakura's healing and combat abilities have both greatly improved.

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Sai (S)

A current member of the elite ANBU Root, Sai is an unparalleled artist who uses chakra to bring his images to life.

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Hatake Kakashi (S)

Kakashi has used the last couple years to improve upon his sharingan, giving him access to a new deadly but costly ability.

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Yamato (S)

Yamato (S) is a member of ANBU whose real name is unknown. Given the code name Yamato by Tsunade for this mission, he is tasked to lead Team 7 while Kakashi recovers.

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Rock Lee (S)

After nearly three years Lee is now a chuunin. In his continued time as part of Team Gai his taijutsu skills have risen to new heights.

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Tenten (S)

After nearly three years Tenten is now a chuunin. In this time she has improved the diversity and strength of her ranged arsenal.

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Hyuuga Neji (S)

The only one of the original genins to make it to the level of jounin, Neji has greatly increased his ability with both byakugan and gentle fist taijustu.

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Maito Gai (S)

The continued leader of Team Gai, Gai's taijutsu techniques are flawless and his ability to unlock chakra gates is to be feared.

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Nara Shikamaru (S)

Once known to be the laziest ninja, the past couple years have brought many changes to Shikamaru (S). He's a couple years older and a couple years wiser... And a touch less lazy.

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Sarutobi Asuma (S)

Somehow continuing to avoid lung cancer, the light-hearted Asuma (S) still takes his pride and duty as a protector of Konoha very seriously. When Konoha's future is on the line do not cross him.

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Chiyo (S)

The grandmother of Sasori and elder ninja of the Sand Village, Chiyo is a well known and accomplished puppet master and builder.

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Kazekage Gaara (S)

After a few short years and much soul-searching, Gaara has risen to be his village's Kazekage. Rather than destroying others he now protects those he cares about to prove his existence.

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Four Tail Kyuubi Naruto (S)

Naruto, after giving into his rage and manifesting a fourth tail ceases to be himself. In this state Naruto becomes a mindless being of rage and destruction but the price is his own life.

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Orochimaru (S)

Orochimaru returns, strong as ever and with some new tricks up his sleeve. But his body seems to be on borrowed time.

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Kisame Body Double (S)

By using one of Pein's techniques a Sand Nin spy for Akatsuki is changed to look like Kisame. The body double is controlled by Kisame but only has a third of his chakra.

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Itachi Body Double (S)

By using one of Pein's techniques a Sand Nin spy for Akatsuki is changed to look like Itachi. The body double is controlled by Itachi but only has a third of his chakra.

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Deidara (S)

A former ninja of the Earth Village and now a junior Akatsuki member, Deidara is able to fuse clay and chakra to create devastating explosives.

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Sasori of the Red Sand (S)

Sasori (S) is a senior Akatsuki member and a legendary puppet master. He is even rumored to have defeated an entire nation with puppets alone.

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Hidan (S)

Hidan is a member of Akatsuki and a worshiper of the obscure god Jashin. He is apparently immortal and has perhaps the foulest mouth of the entire criminal organization.

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Kakuzu (S)

A missing-nin of mysterious talents and a member of Akatsuki, Kakuzu is certainly older than he appears. He seems to only be concerned with money and the bounties which provide him with it.

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Masashi Kishimoto creator of Naruto

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Masashi Kishimoto...the creator of one of the most popular manga in the world, Naruto. Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1974, Kishimoto, the older of the twins, was already starting to draw during his childhood in elementary school. Kishimoto often drew images from his favorite anime Doraemon, but that soon changed when was introduced to the show Mobile Suit Gundam. After seeing the creation of Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump, Kishimoto began to find his interest in manga, stating that the arts were great and he soon began to produce Dr. Slump drawings. Eventually, he became a fan of the Dragonball series by Toriyama and later referring to it as one of his most popular manga and anime series. After seeing the works of the talented Toriyama, Kishimoto hoped to one day become a great mangaka much like Toriyama. Thus, he began creating a manga called "Hiatari-Kun", a story about a shadow ninja boy.

During his years in Junior High, Kishimoto began to focus a lot of baseball, which a very popular sport in modern day Japan. He had even tried attempting to make a baseball manga. It was during his year in Junior High that an incident occurred that influenced him to continue in drawings. One day, when walking home form school, Kishimoto came across a drawing of Katsuhiro Ootomo's "Akira". This sparked Kishimoto's urge to draw again.

He was soon able to finish his first manga which was only about 31 pages long. After getting feedbacks from his brother and father, Kishimoto didn't feel that his drawings were good enough. After graduating high school ranked 38th out of 39 students, Kishimoto felt he wasn't good at anything. But he never gave up on becoming a great mangaka and kept on drawing. Masashi Kishimoto would eventually go on to create one of the greatest manga read by many around the world, Naruto.

His manga Naruto would debuted in 1999 in the Weekly Shonen Jump and has become widely popular among boys and girls of all age. The following is an interview with Masashi Kishimoto from the Shonen Jump issue #6, enjoy!

1. Read interview with Masashi Kishimoto about his life
2. Read interview with Masashi Kishimoto about Ninja
3. Read interview with Masashi Kishimoto about Naruto

Source: Shonen Jump

About Naruto

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NARUTO UZUMAKI

NARUTO - ナルト -
(Naruto)

Demographic

Shōnen

Genre

Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Manga: Naruto

Authored by

Masashi Kishimoto

Publisher

Jump Comics

[show]Other publishers:
Viz Media Tongli Rightman Daiwon C.I. JPF Kana Carlsen Comics Mangafan Panini Comics (Planet Manga) Comics House, Komik Remaja Chuang Yi (Chinese) Glénat Elex Media Komputindo Schibsted Forlagene Panini Comics (2007) Mundo Vid

Serialized in

Weekly Shonen Jump

Shonen Jump
Shonen Jump
Weekly Comic

Original run

November 1999 – Ongoing

No. of volumes

39 volumes with 371 chapters

TV anime: Naruto

Directed by

Yuuto Date

Studio

Studio Pierrot

Licensor

Aniplex

Viz Media
Manga Entertainment

Network

Animax, TV Tokyo

[show]Other networks:
Cartoon Network YTV Network Ten,Cartoon Network Cartoon Network,SBT Chilevision,Cartoon Network Jetix (UK) Jetix (Poland) Jetix (Hungary) Jetix (Romania) GameOne RTL II TVB Music, TVB Jade Italia 1 Global TV Tooniverse TV3, Astro Ria ABS-CBN, Studio 23, Hero TV E City Jetix, Cuatro CTS Children Channel Télétoon (Fall 2007) ZTV

Original run

October 3, 2002 – February 8, 2007

No. of episodes

220

TV anime: Naruto Shippūden

Directed by

Studio

Licensor

Network

Original run

February 15, 2007 – Ongoing

No. of episodes

(NARUTO - ナルト -^?) is a manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Masashi Kishimoto with an anime adaptation. The main character, Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, unpredictable adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition, as well as to become Hokage, acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.

Twelve years before the events at the focus of the series, the nine-tailed demon fox attacked Konohagakure. Powerful enough to raise tsunamis and flatten mountains with a swish of one of its tails, it raised chaos and slaughtered many people, until the leader of the Leaf Village – the Fourth Hokage – sacrificed his own life to seal the demon inside his newborn son, Naruto Uzumaki. The Fourth Hokage, who was celebrated as a hero for sealing the demon fox away, wanted Naruto to be respected in a similar light by being the containment vessel for the demon fox.

The Leaf Village, however, shunned him, regarding Naruto as if he were the demon fox itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood. A decree made by the Third Hokage forbade anyone to discuss or mention the attack of the demon fox to anyone, even their own children. However, this did not stop them from treating him like an outcast and as a result he grew up an orphan without friends, family, or acknowledgment. He could not force people to befriend him, so he sought acknowledgment and attention the only way he knew – through pranks and mischief.

However, that soon changed after Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy by using his Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, a technique from a forbidden scroll that he was tricked into stealing, to save his teacher, Iruka Umino, from the renegade ninja Mizuki. That encounter gave Naruto two insights: that he was the container of the demon fox, and that there was someone besides the Third Hokage who actually cared for and acknowledged him. His graduation from the academy opened a gateway to the events and people that would change and define his world, including his way of the ninja for the rest of his life.^[4]

The main story follows Naruto and his friends' personal growth and development as ninja, and emphasizes their interactions with each other and the influence of their backgrounds on their personalities. Naruto finds two friends and comrades in Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, two fellow young ninja who are assigned with him to form a three-person team under an experienced sensei named Kakashi Hatake. Naruto also confides in other characters that he meets throughout the series as well. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better, and experience a coming-of-age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the Hokage of the Leaf Village.

Throughout all of the Naruto plot, strong emphasis on character development changes the plot, with very few things happening because of chance. At first, emphasis is placed on Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, who are the members of Team 7. However, other characters are developed, such as Kakashi, Tsunade, and Jiraiya, as well as Naruto's peers in the other teams and villages. Several major villains come into play as well, the first being Zabuza Momochi, a missing-nin from Kirigakure, and his partner, Haku. Later, in the Chunin Exams arc, Orochimaru is introduced as an S-Class missing-nin at the top of Konoha's most wanted list. Later still, a mysterious organization called Akatsuki begins to pursue Naruto for the nine-tailed demon fox inside him.

The manga 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.^[1] Viz Media publishes a translated version in the American Shonen Jump magazine. Naruto has become Viz's best-selling manga series.^[2] To date, the first 18 volumes are available. In order to catch up to the translated anime, Viz plans to release volumes 16 to 27 three at a time over the months of September to December 2007.^[3]

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. 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, although it could be watched on Cartoon Network in 2006. The first series lasted nine seasons, while Naruto: Shippūden began its first on February 15, 2007.

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