Naruto
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Introduction
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 2000, and began airing as an animated series in 2003. Both are still on going, and one of the current most 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.
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Plot
The main character of the series is Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto), a young boy who dreams of becoming the leader of his Hidden Village. It will be difficult though for Naruto, because when he was a baby an evil demon was placed inside him to stop its rampage. As Naruto grew the townspeople saw Naruto himself as the demon, even though he was merely its container. When the series begins the reader and viewer will begin their journey with Naruto on his path to become respected by the village.
The series takes place in a world populated by ninja villages. The ninja in the series serve as the armies for the countries that inhabit the world. Most of the countries have their own Hidden Village, which serves to train and manage the ninja of the country. Also the ninja in the series are able to utilize jutsu techniques, which are the secrecy, body and illusion arts of the ninja. These allow the ninja to perform many amazing skills such as the manipulation of the surrounding elements.
Characters
{See also: List of Minor Naruto characters}
Uzumaki Naruto
Haruno Sakura
Uchiha Sasuke
Hatake Kakashi
The Manga's 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.
