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Naruto
''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. The story is told in two parts: the first is set in Naruto's pre-teen years (volumes 1–27), and the second in his teens (volumes 28–72). The series is based on two one-shot manga by Kishimoto: ''Karakuri'' (1995), which earned Kishimoto an honorable mention in Shueisha's monthly ''Hop Step Award'' the following year, and ''Naruto'' (1997). ''Naruto'' was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from September 1999 to November 2014, with its 700 chapters collected in 72 volumes. Viz Media licensed the manga for North American production and serialized ''Naruto'' in their digital '' Weekly Shonen Jump'' magazine. The manga adapted into two anime television series by Pierrot and Aniplex, which ran from October 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naruto Uzumaki
() is the title character, titular protagonist of the manga ''Naruto'', created by Masashi Kishimoto. He is a ninja from the fictional . As a boy, Naruto is ridiculed and ostracized on account of the Kurama (Naruto), Nine-Tailed Demon Fox—a malevolent creature that attacked Konohagakure—that was sealed away in his body. Despite this, he aspires to become his village's leader, the Hokage, in order to receive their approval. His carefree, optimistic, and boisterous personality enables him to befriend other Konohagakure ninja, as well as ninja from other villages. Naruto appears in the series's films and in other media related to the franchise, including video games and original video animations (OVA), as well as the sequel ''Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', where he is the Hokage, and his son, Boruto Uzumaki, is the protagonist. When creating Naruto for the List of Naruto chapters (Part I), initial part of the series, Kishimoto kept the character "simple and stupid" while g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Naruto Media
''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto and published by Shueisha in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who searches constantly for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. The manga made its debut on September 21, 1999, and it concluded on November 10, 2014. A total of 72 volumes and 700 chapters were released. The books published in Japan by Shueisha under various imprints were adapted or expanded upon the ''Naruto'' manga and anime series. Several of the titles have been licensed for publication in North America by Viz Media. The first part of the anime was released on October 10, 2002, and it concluded on February 8, 2007, with a total of 220 episodes. The second part of the anime was released on February 15, 2007, and it concluded on March 23, 2017, with a total of 500 episodes. Aside from that, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Naruto Video Games
''Naruto'' video games have appeared for various consoles from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft, based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga and anime. Most of them are fighting games in which the player directly controls one of a roster of various characters as featured in the series' Parts I and II. The player pits their character against another character controlled by the game's AI or by another player, depending on the mode the player is in. The objective is to reduce the opponent's health to zero using basic attacks and special techniques unique to each character derived from techniques they use in the ''Naruto'' anime or manga. The first ''Naruto'' video game was ''Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō'', which was released in Japan on March 27, 2003, for the WonderSwan Color. Most ''Naruto'' video games have been released only in Japan. The first games released outside Japan were the '' Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen'' series and the '' Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshu'' series, released in North Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shippuden (2007–17)
''Naruto'' is a Japanese anime television series based on Masashi Kishimoto's 1999–2014 manga series ''Naruto''. It follows Naruto Uzumaki, a young orphan ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Like the manga, the anime series is divided into two separate parts: the first series retains the original manga's title and is set in the world of ninjas. The second series, a direct sequel titled ''Naruto: Shippuden'', takes place during his teens. Both anime series were animated by Pierrot, produced by Aniplex, and licensed by Viz Media in North America. The first anime series aired on TV Tokyo and ran for 220 episodes from October 2002 to February 2007. An English dub produced by Viz Media aired on Cartoon Network and YTV from September 2005 to December 2009. The second series, ''Naruto: Shippuden'', also aired on TV Tokyo and ran for 500 episodes from February 2007 to March 2017. The Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masashi Kishimoto
is a Japanese manga artist. His manga series, ''Naruto'', which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014, has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019. The series has been adapted into two anime and multiple films, video games, and related media. Besides the ''Naruto'' manga, Kishimoto also personally supervised the two anime films, ''The Last: Naruto the Movie'' and ''Boruto: Naruto the Movie'', and has written several one-shot stories. In 2019, Kishimoto wrote ''Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru'' which ended in March 2020. From May 2016 through October 2020 he supervised the ''Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' manga written by Ukyō Kodachi and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto. In November 2020 it was announced that he had taken over as writer on the series, replacing Kodachi. A reader of manga from a young age, Kishimoto showed a desire to write his own manga, citing authors Akira Toriyama and Katsuhiro Otomo as his main influences. As a result, Kishimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boruto
is a Japanese manga series written by Ukyō Kodachi and Masashi Kishimoto, and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto. It is a spin-off and a sequel to the manga series ''Naruto'' by Kishimoto, and follows the exploits of Naruto Uzumaki's son Boruto and his ninja team. The manga began serialization under the title with Kodachi as writer and Kishimoto as editorial supervisor in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in May 2016, and was transferred to Shueisha's monthly magazine '' V Jump'' in July 2019. Kodachi stepped down in November 2020, with Kishimoto taking over as writer. In April 2023, the series concluded the first part of the story, and, following a brief hiatus, continued in August of the same year with a second part titled ''Boruto'' originated from Shueisha's proposal to Kishimoto on making a sequel to ''Naruto''. However, Kishimoto rejected this offer and proposed his former assistant Mikio Ikemoto to draw it; the writer of the film '' Boruto: Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viz Media
Viz Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. The company was founded in 1986 as Viz, LLC. In 2005, Viz and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current Viz Media, which is owned by Japanese publishing conglomerates Shueisha and Shogakukan, as well as Japanese production company Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro). In 2017, Viz Media was the largest publisher of graphic novels in the United States in the bookstore market, with a 23% share of the market. History Founding Seiji Horibuchi, originally from Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, Japan, moved to California, United States in 1975. After living in the suburbs for almost two years, he moved to San Francisco, where he started a business exporting American cultural items to Japan, and became a writer of cultural information. He also became interested in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierrot (company)
, previously known as until 2002, is a Japanese animation studio established in May 1979 by Yuji Nunokawa, previously an animator and director for Tatsunoko Production. Its headquarters are located in Mitaka, Tokyo. Pierrot is renowned for several worldwide popular anime series, such as ''Naruto'', ''Bleach'', ''Tokyo Ghoul'', '' Tokyo Underground'', '' Yu Yu Hakusho'', '' Black Clover'', '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', '' Ghost Stories'', '' Great Teacher Onizuka'', and '' Gensomaden Saiyuki''. ''Yu Yu Hakusho'' and ''Saiyuki'', two of the company's anime series, won the Animage Anime Grand Prix Award in 1994 and 1995, and 2000, respectively. History The studio was founded in 1979 by Yuji Nunokawa, Hisayuki Toriumi, , and . Prior to the studio's founding, all four animators previously worked at Tatsunoko Production and Mushi Production. Nunokawa was the studio's first president and CEO, a position which he held until 2012. That year, Nunokawa retired and was elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekly Shonen Jump (American Magazine)
''Weekly Shonen Jump'' was a online magazine, digital ''shōnen manga, shōnen'' manga anthology published in North America by Viz Media, and the successor to their monthly print media, print anthology ''Shonen Jump (magazine), Shonen Jump''. It began serialization on January 30, 2012, as ''Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha'' (officially stylized as ''Weekly SHONEN JUMP αlpha'' or ''Weekly SHONEN JUMP Alpha''), with two free preview issues published in the buildup to its launch. Based on Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, popular Japanese magazine of the same name, ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' was an attempt to provide English-speaking readers with easily accessible, affordable, and officially licensed editions of the latest installments of popular ''Shōnen Jump'' manga soon after their publication in Japan, as an alternative to popular copyright infringement, bootleg scanlation services which were illegal and often poorly translated. It attempts to copy the Japanese magazine. The anthology l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shonen Jump (magazine)
''Shonen Jump'', officially stylized ''SHONEN JUMP'' and abbreviated ''SJ'', was a '' shōnen'' manga anthology published in North America by Viz Media. It debuted in November 2002 with the first issue having a January 2003 cover date. Based on Shueisha's popular Japanese magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', ''Shonen Jump'' was retooled for English readers and the American audience, including changing it from a weekly publication to a monthly one. It featured serialized chapters from different manga series and articles on Japanese language and culture, as well as manga, anime, video games, and figurines. The premiere issue of ''Shonen Jump'' also introduced the first official English translations of '' One Piece'', '' Sand Land'', '' Yu-Gi-Oh!'', '' YuYu Hakusho'', and '' Naruto''. Prior to the magazine's launch, Viz launched an extensive marketing campaign to promote it and help it succeed where previous manga anthologies published in North America had failed. Shueisha purchas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekly Shōnen Jump
is a weekly Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump (magazine line), Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many Action (fiction), action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. Chapters of the series that run in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' are collected and published in volumes under the ''Jump Comics'' imprint (trade name), imprint every two to three months. It is one of the longest-running manga magazines, with the first issue being released with a cover date of August 1, 1968. The magazine has sold over #Circulation figures, 7.5billion copies since 1968, making it the List of best-selling comic series, best-selling comic/List of Japanese manga magazines by circulation, manga magazine, ahead of competitors such as ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' and ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''. The mid-1980s to the mid-1990s represents the era when the magazine's circulation was at its highest, 6.53million copies per w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
