Naruto

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Naruto
[[Image:Image:naruto.jpg|200px|Naruto Logo]]
Genre Shounen, Action, Adventure
Manga: Naruto
Written byKishimoto Masashi
PublisherSHUEISHA under Jump Comics
Original runNovember 1999 – Ongoing
Volumes40 tankobon

Naruto is a Shonen anime and manga created and illustrated by Kishimoto Masashi. Naruto was first serialized in SHUEISHA's Shounen Jump Weekly magazine in 1999, and began airing as an animated series in 2003. Both are still on going, and very popular series in both Japan and America.

In 2007, the anime Naruto ended, and a second series began, entitled Naruto Shippuuden, taking place after a three year time skip in the storyline. The original series encompassed 220 episodes. The manga has continued under the title of Naruto, despite the new title for the animated series.

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Plot


Naruto Uzumaki is a young boy who has the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox sealed within him. Twelve years before the start of the series, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attacked the ninja village Konohagakure, slaughtering many people. In response, the leader of Konohagakure – the Fourth Hokage – sacrificed his life to seal the demon inside his own son Naruto when he was a newborn. Konohagakure, however, regarded 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 mention the attack of the demon fox to anyone. Years later, Naruto was tricked by the renegade ninja Mizuki into stealing a forbidden scroll, but was stopped by his teacher, Iruka Umino. That encounter made Naruto realize he was the container of the demon fox however naruto grew in a great way and he began dreaming to become a hokage,and hes friend left the village so he wanted to bring him back,will he be able to bring sasuke back??will he become the hokage??

Setting

Characters

{See also: List of Minor Naruto characters}

Sai

Uzumaki Naruto

Haruno Sakura

Uchiha Sasuke

Hatake Kakashi

Uzumaki Minato

Uzumaki Kushina

Hyuuga Hinata

Inuzuka Kiba

Aburame Shino

Kurenai Yuuhi

Hyuuga Neji

Rock Lee

Tenten

Maito Gai

Hyuuga Hanabi

Nara Shikamaru

Yamanaka Ino

Akimichi Chouji

Sarutobi Asuma

Sarutobi Konohamaru

Sarutobi Hiruzen

Uchiha Itachi

Tsunade

Jiraiya

Orochimaru

Yakushi Kabuto

Sabaku no Gaara

Temari

Udon

Kankuro

Baki

Sasori of the Red Sand

Chiyo

Moegi

Mei

Momochi Zabuza

Haku

Suigetsu

Jugo

Karin

Nagato

Konan

Hoshigaki Kisame

Deidara

Zetsu

Uchiha Madara

Danzo

Kakuzu

Hidan

Manga Staff

The Naruto manga is drawn by Kishimoto Masashi and he has assistants who share various drawing duties. These individuals are:

  • Kazuhiro Takuhashi - Focuses on solid blacks in hair and clothing, fills in the half-tone areas and completes the background art.
  • Osamu Kazisa - Works similar to Takuhashi, also good at creating speedlines, special effects and plant-life.
  • Mikio Ikemoto - Works on crowds and background figures, also adds white to speed lines, characters eyes and highlights. Also cleans up the page by whiting out any art which goes out of the panel. Also adds in half-tones.
  • Takemi Kawahara - Has a hand in almost everything in the drawing process.

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