Naruto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto ( ja "> ??? ) . It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a teenage ninja who seeks recognition from his friends and village and also dreams of becoming Hokage, the leader of his village. The story is in two parts, the first set in Naruto's pre-teen years, and the second in his teenage years. The series is based on two one-shot manga by Kishimoto: Karakuri (1995), which makes Kishimoto mention honorable in Shueisha's monthly Hop Step Award the following year, and Naruto (1997).
Naruto serialized in Shueisha magazine, Weekly Sh? nen Jump from 1999 to 2014, and released in tanks? bon (book) in 72 volumes. The manga is adapted into an anime television series produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex, which broadcast 220 episodes in Japan from 2002 to 2007; the English adaptation of the series aired on Cartoon Network from 2005 to 2009. Naruto: Shippuden, the sequel to the original series, premiered in Japan in 2007, and ends in 2017, after 500 episodes. The English adaptation was broadcast on Disney XD from 2009 to 2011, and then switched to the Adult Toonami Swim blocks in January 2014. In addition to the anime series, Studio Pierrot has developed eleven movies and eleven original video animations (OVA). Other Naruto related items include light novels, video games, and trading cards developed by several companies.
Viz Media licensed manga and anime for North American production and continued Naruto in Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine . The anime series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2005, and in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2006 and 2007, respectively. The movies and most OVAs of the series were also released by Viz, with the first movie to be screened in theaters. Viz Media began streaming two anime series on their streaming service Neon Alley in December 2012. The story of Naruto continued with Naruto's son, Boruto Uzumaki, in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations : Boruto wants to create his own ninja way instead of following his father.
In 2017, Naruto is the third best-selling manga series in history, selling over 220 million copies worldwide in 35 countries outside of Japan. It has become one of Viz Media's best-selling manga series; Their English translations of the volume have appeared on the bestseller lists of USA Today and The New York Times several times, and the seventh volume won the Quill Prize in 2006. Reviewer praises the development manga characters, strong storylines, and well executed fight scenes, although some people feel the fight scene is slowing down the story. Critics note that the manga, which has a coming-age theme, makes use of cultural references from Japanese mythology and Confucianism.
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Plot
Bagian I
The powerful fox known as the Nine-Tails invades Konoha, a leaf village hidden in the Land of Fire, one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries in the Ninja World. In response, the leader of Konoha, the Fourth Hokage, sealed the fox inside the body of his newborn son, Naruto Uzumaki, making Naruto host the beast; this cost Naruto's father his life, and the Third Hokage returned from retirement to become the leader of Konoha again. Naruto is often mocked by Konoha villagers for being the host of the Nine-Tails. Because the decisions made by the Third Hokage forbid anyone to mention this event, Naruto knew nothing about the Nine-Tails until 12 years later, when Mizuki, a rebel ninja, revealed the truth to Naruto. Naruto then defeats Mizuki in battle, gaining the respect of his teacher Iruka Umino.
Shortly afterwards, Naruto becomes a ninja and joins Sasuke Uchiha, against whom he often competes, and Sakura Haruno, whom he has a crush on, to form Team 7, under an experienced sensei, Kakashi's elite ninja Hatake. Like all ninja teams from every village, Team 7 completes the mission requested by the villagers, from doing tasks and becoming a guard for murder.
After several missions, including the main one in Land of Waves, Kakashi allowed Team 7 to take the ninja exam, allowing them to advance to higher rank and take on a more difficult mission, known as Chūnin Exam. During the test, Orochimaru, a wanted criminal, attacks Konoha and kills the Third Hokage for revenge. Jiraiya, one of the three legendary ninjas, rejected the Fifth Hokage title and searched with Naruto for Tsunade whom he chose to become the Fifth Hokage.
During the search, it was revealed that Orochimaru wanted to train Sasuke because of his strong genetic heritage, the Sharingan. After Sasuke attempts and fails to kill his sister Itachi when he appears in Konoha to kidnap Naruto, he joins Orochimaru, hoping to get from him the force necessary to kill Itachi. The story takes a turn when Sasuke leaves the village of Konoha and when Tsunade finds out, he sends a group of ninja, including Naruto, to retrieve Sasuke, but Naruto can not persuade or force him to return. Naruto and Sakura do not give up on Sasuke: Naruto leaves Konoha to receive training from Jiraiya to prepare him for the next time he meets with Sasuke, while Sakura becomes Tsunade's apprentice.
Part II
Two and a half years later, Naruto returned from his training with Jiraiya. The Akatsuki begin to kidnap masters of the powerful Tailed Beast. Team 7 (and other ninjas) fight against them and look for their teammate Sasuke. The Akatsuki managed to capture and extract seven of the Bijuu, killing all hosts except Gaara (master of One-Tail) raised by Elder of the Sand village (where he is the new Kage) at the expense of his life. Meanwhile, Sasuke betrays Orochimaru and faces Itachi for revenge. After Itachi died in battle, Sasuke learned from Akatsuki's founder, Tobi that Itachi received orders from Konoha's superiors to destroy his clan to prevent a coup revolt. He accepts it on condition that he will be allowed to leave Sasuke alive. Saddened by this revelation, Sasuke joins Akatsuki to kill Konoha's top and destroy Konoha in retaliation. As the Konoha ninja defeats several Akatsuki members, the Akatsuki puppet leader, Nagato, kills Jiraiya and destroys Konoha, but Naruto defeats and redeems it, gaining the respect and admiration of the village.
With Nagato's death finally, Tobi, disguised as Madara Uchiha (one of the founders founders of Konoha), announces that he wants to get all the Nine Tailed Beasts to do an illusion strong enough to control all mankind, to create world peace. The leaders of the five ninja villages refused to help him and instead joined forces to confront Tobi and his allies. The decision resulted in a fourth major ninja war between the combined armies of the Five Great Countries (known as Shinobi Allied Forces) and Akatsuki troops from ninja-like zombies. The Five Kage tries to keep Naruto, unaware of war, in a secret island tortoise near Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village), but Naruto finds and escapes from the island with Killer Bee, the host of the Eight-Tails. At that time, Naruto along with the help of Killer Bee gained control of the Tailed-beast and they both headed for the battlefield.
During the conflict, it was revealed that Tobi is Obito Uchiha, Kakashi's former team mate who is considered dead. Madara actually saved Obito's life, and since then they have collaborated. When Sasuke studied Konoha's history, including the circumstances that led to his clan's downfall, he decided to protect the village and rejoin Naruto and Sakura to thwart Madara's plan and Obito. However, Madara's body is finally possessed by Kaguya Otsutsuki, an ancient princess who intends to conquer all mankind. Obito who reformed sacrificed himself to help Team 7 stop him. After Kaguya is sealed, Madara also dies. Sasuke takes advantage of the situation and takes over all of the Beasted Beasts, as he reveals his goal to end the current village system. Naruto confronts Sasuke to prevent him from his plans, and after they almost kill each other in the final battle, Sasuke admits defeat and reform. After the war, Kakashi became the Sixth Hokage and forgave Sasuke for his crimes. Years later, Kakashi retreated while Naruto married Hinata Hyuga and became the Seventh Hokage, raising the next generation.
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Production
Development
In 1995, Shueisha released Karakuri , a one-shot manga by Masashi Kishimoto who was honored in the Hop Step Award in 1996. Kishimoto is not satisfied with the next concept for action continued, and decided to work on another project. The new project will initially feature Naruto as a chef, but this version never works. Kishimoto originally wanted to make Naruto a child who could turn into a fox, so he created a one-shot from Naruto for the 1997 summer edition of Akamaru Jump based on the idea. Regardless of the positive feedback received in the reader's polls, Kishimoto is unhappy with his art and his story, so he writes it as a story about ninja.
The first eight chapters of Naruto have been planned before appearing in Weekly Sh? Nen Jump , and these chapters initially devoted many complex art panels to depict the Konoha village. By the time Naruto had made his debut, the art background was rare, not the character's emphasis. Although Kishimoto has worries that the chakra (the source of energy used by the ninja in Naruto ) makes the series too Japanese, he still believes it is a pleasant reading. Kishimoto is a devotee of Godzilla, and the tailed beast mythology was introduced because Kishimoto wanted a reason to draw a monster. He has said that the central theme in Part I of Naruto is how people accept each other, citing Naruto's development throughout the series as an example.
For Part II of the manga, Kishimoto tries to keep the panel layout and plot easy for the reader to follow, and to avoid the "mousing [ing] typical manga style". He assumes that his image style has changed from "classic manga look to something a bit more realistic." Wanting to end an arc involving Sasuke Uchiha looking for his brother, Itachi, in one volume, Kishimoto decided that volume 43 should include more chapters than regular volume. As a result, Kishimoto apologizes to readers for this because volume 43 is more expensive than regular volume.
Character
When he creates Naruto, Kishimoto looks at the manga sh? Nen as an influence for his work and try to make his character unique, while basing his story on Japanese culture. The separation of characters into different teams is meant to give each group a certain flavor. Kishimoto wants each member to have a high level of skill in one skill and not being gifted in another. She finds it difficult to write about romance, but rather emphasizes it in Part II of the manga, beginning with volume 28. She introduces criminals into the story to make them act as a counter to the moral values ​​of her character and clearly illustrate their differences. As a result of how the younger character is significantly weaker than the villain, Kishimoto makes the timeskip to make them grow older and become stronger during this time.
Settings
Kishimoto took advantage of the Chinese zodiac tradition, which had long existed in Japan; the signature of the zodiac comes from this. When Kishimoto created the main setting of the Naruto manga, he concentrated initially on the design for the Konoha village. The idea of ​​arrangement came to him "quite spontaneously without much thought," but admitted that the scene was the basis of his home in the prefecture of Okayama prefecture. Since the storyline does not specify when it is set, it is able to incorporate modern elements in series like stores. He considered including cars, airplanes and simple computers, but excludes projectile weapons and vehicles from the plot.
Conclusion
When serialization begins, Kishimoto decides the ending will feature a fight between two characters: Naruto and Sasuke, who will end up with Naruto forgiving Sasuke because he has forgiven Nagato. Kishimoto chose Hinata Hyuga as Naruto's romantic partner from the early stages of the manga, as Hinata always respected and admired Naruto even before the series began, and Kishimoto felt this meant they could both build relationships. This decision upsets his wife because he wants Naruto to marry Sakura Haruno, but Kishimoto sees Sakura as a friend of Naruto and his team mate, not a future wife. When Hinata first appeared, Kishimoto thought to form a love triangle among three characters, but because he decided that the battle was the main focus of the manga, there was little room for romantic plotlines.
Media
Manga
Naruto published in Shueisha magazine, Weekly Sh? nen Jump from 21 September 1999 (No. 43), to November 10, 2014 (No. 50). The manga is also published in the form of a tank? Bon (book) in Japan and other countries, released 72 volumes - 27 for Part I, and the remainder for Part II. The first 238 chapters are Part I and are the first part of Naruto's story line . Chapters 239 to 244 include gaiden (sides) that focus on Kakashi Hatake's background. The remaining chapters (245 to 700) belong to Part II, which continues the story after a two and a half year gap on the internal timeline. First tank? Bon was released on March 3, 2000. Shueisha also released some ani-manga tanks? Bon , based on one of Naruto movies, and has released series in Japanese for mobile downloads on their website Shueisha Manga Capsule . A miniseries titled Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring Naruto - ?????????????? , Naruto Gaiden: Nanadaime Hokage to Akairo no Hanatsuzuki ) , centered on the children's main characters, starting serialization in Japan and English edition Weekly Sh? Nen Jump on April 27, 2015, and ends after ten chapters on July 6, 2015.
Naruto is scanned (translated by fans) and available online before a licensed version is released in North America; those rights were acquired by Viz Media, who began serial in their anthology comic magazine Shonen Jump , beginning with the January 2003 edition. The schedule was accelerated in late 2007 to catch up with the Japanese version, and again in early 2009, with 11 volumes (from 34 to 44) appearing in three months, after which it returned to a three-month schedule. All 27 volumes of Part I were released in a box set on November 13, 2007. On May 3, 2011, Viz began selling manga in omnibus format with every book containing three volumes.
As of March 31, 2008, the franchise has been licensed in 90 countries, and manga is serialized in 35 countries. Carlsen Comics has licensed this series, through its regional division, and released the series in German and Danish. The series is also licensed for the regional language release in French and Dutch by Kana, in Polish by Japonica Polonica Fantastica, in Russian by Comix-ART, in Finnish by Sangatsu Manga, in Swedish by Bonnier Carlsen, and Italian by Panini Comics.
Spin-off
A spin-off comedy manga by Kenji Taira, titled Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden ???????????? Rock Lee & My Ninja Pals) focuses on the character of Rock Lee, a character who aspires to be strong as a ninja but lacks the magic capabilities jutsu . It ran on Shueisha's Saiky? Jump magazine from December 3, 2010, to July 4, 2014, and made into an anime series, produced by Studio Pierrot, and aired on TV Tokyo on April 3, 2012. Crunchyroll simulcast series premieres on their website and streaming the following episodes. Taira also wrote Uchiha Sasuke no Sharingan Den ( ??????????? , Legend of Sasuke Uchiha Sharingan) , which was released on October 3, 2014, which runs in the same magazine and featured Sasuke.
A monthly sequel series titled Boruto: Naruto Next Generations begins in the Japanese and English editions of Weekly Sh? Nen Jump in early 2016, illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto and written by Uky? Kodachi, with supervision by Kishimoto. Ikemoto is Kishimoto's main assistant during the original series of Naruto, and Kodachi is his co-author for the Boruto: Naruto the Movie movie scenario. The monthly series is preceded by a one-shot written and illustrated by Kishimoto. The staff of Shueisha asks Kishimoto if he will write a sequel to Naruto . However, Kishimoto rejected the offer and offered his former assistant Mikio Ikemoto and writer Ukyo Kodachi wrote Boruto: Naruto Next Generations as a follow-up of Naruto .
Anime
Tetsuya Nishio is the character designer for Naruto when the manga is adapted into anime series; Kishimoto had requested that Nishio be given this role. Directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, anime Naruto premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo October 3, 2002, and ended on February 8, 2007 after 220 episodes. 135 first episodes adapted from Part I of the manga; The remaining 85 episodes are original and use plot elements that are not in the manga. Beginning on April 29, 2009, the original anime Naruto started playback on Wednesdays and Thursdays (until the fourth week of September 2009 when it changed to just Wednesday). It's a remaster in HD, with new 2D and 3D effects, under the name Naruto: Sh? Nen Hen ( ??? , "Youth version") . Episodes of the series have been released on VHS and DVDs, and are collected as packaged sets.
Viz licensed the anime series to be broadcast and distributed in the Region 1 market. The English adaptation of the anime began airing on September 10, 2005 and ended on January 31, 2009, with 209 episodes airing on Cartoon Network Toonami in the United States. The episodes were also broadcast on SABC 2 (South Africa), YTV's Bionix (Canada) and Jetix (UK) programming blocks, and released on DVD on March 28, 2006. The first 26 volumes contained four episodes; then the DVD volume has five episodes. The Uncut edition was released in a DVD box set, each containing 12-15 episodes, with some variations based on the story arc. In American broadcasts, references to alcohol, Japanese culture, sexual innuendo, and the appearance of blood and death are sometimes edited but remain in the DVD edition. Other networks cut more material, for example Jetix censor scenes with blood, strong language, and smoking. The series is also licensed to Hulu, Joost, and Crunchyroll, which airs online episodes with original Japanese audio tracks and English subtitles. On June 1, 2017, it was announced that an HD remastered version of the Naruto anime television series will debut on Japanese TV on June 24, starting with the first episode of the event. Naruto: _Shippuden Naruto: Shippuden Naruto - ??? - ??? , Naruto Shipp? den Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles "), developed by Studio Pierrot and directed by Hayato Date, is a sequel to the original Naruto anime; it corresponds to Part II of the manga. It debuted on Japanese TV on February 15, 2007, on TV Tokyo, and ended on March 23, 2017. On January 8, 2009, TV Tokyo began broadcasting new episodes via internet streaming to monthly subscribers. Each episode of streaming is available online within one hour of its release in Japan and includes an English subtitle. Viz began streaming episodes of English subtitles on January 2, 2009, on the series website, including episodes already released as well as new episodes from Japan. In North America, the English rank of Naruto: Shippuden is aired weekly at Disney XD from October 28, 2009, to November 5, 2011. Episode 98 and beyond airs on Neon Alley, and in Toonami on January 5, 2014.
The series is released in Region 2 DVD in Japan with four or five episodes per disk; there are four series of DVD releases divided by story arcs. There is a special feature included with the seventh DVD Naruto: Shippuden compilation called Hurricane! "Konoha Academy" Chronicles . Kakashi Chronicles: The Life of Boys in Battle Field ( ????? ~ ?????????? , Kakashi Gaiden ~ Senj? no B? izu Raifu ~ ) was released on December 16, 2009; featuring episodes 119-120, the story revolves around Kakashi Hatake's childhood.
The first North American DVD of the series was released on September 29, 2009. Only the first 53 episodes were available in this format before ending with the 12th volume on August 10, 2010. The next episode was released as part of the DVD box package, starting with the first season on 26 January 2010. In the United Kingdom, the series is licensed by Manga Entertainment which released its first DVD collection on June 14, 2010.
Original video animation
Eleven Naruto original video animations (OVA) have been released.
- Find Clover Four Crimson Leaves! (2003). Follow Team 7 because they help Konohamaru with his mission to take four leaves of clover that make hope come true.
- Mission: Protect Village Waterfall! (2004). Team 7 is on a mission to escort the shinobi to his hometown. This and the previous OVA were later released in DVD form in Australia under the title Naruto Jump Festa Collection . Localization of English from Mission: Protect Village Waterfall! was released on DVD by Viz on May 22, 2007, in the United States under the title Naruto - The Lost Story .
- Annual Sports Festival Konoha. (2004) Some shinobi groups, including Team 7, participated in sports competitions where the award was a week-long break from the mission. Short videos released with the first Naruto movies; in North America, this is included in the DVD Deluxe Edition of the first film.
- Finally the clash! Jonin VS Genin !! Melee grand tournament meetings indiscriminately !! (2005) Sixth Hokage Tsunade creates competition between Jonin (high level ninja) and Genin (low level ninja). Released on bonus disc with Japanese edition of Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 video game for PlayStation 2.
- Shipp ?! "Konoha Gakuen" Den (2008). This OVA follows Naruto Uzumaki and his friends as they live their lives in high school.
- Naruto: The Cross Roads (2010). Focus on Team 7 after their meeting with Zabuza and Haku.
- Naruto, Jin, and Three Expectations !! (2010). When Team 7 is on the beach, Naruto finds the bottle and opens it to find a genie that gives three wishes.
- Naruto x UT (2011). Naruto is defeated by Sasuke and declared dead; events that lead to combat are displayed in flashback.
- Ch'nin on Fire Exams! Naruto vs Konohamaru! (2011). Naruto and Konohamaru are participants in the Chūnin Exam, and are matched to each other; they fight indefinitely.
- Naruto Shipp? den: Battle of the Sunny Side !!! (2014). In his sleep, Sasuke dreamed of his sister Itachi making breakfast repeatedly until perfect.
- Naruto's Day Become Hokage (2016). Naruto Uzumaki is officially the Seventh Hokage, but did not make it to the ceremony.
Movies
The series is adapted into eleven films; the first three correspond to the first anime series, and the remaining eight correspond to the second series. The dates in the list below are for genuine Japanese releases; all films are released in English, usually no more than three years later.
- Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004). Team 7 traveled to the Land of Snow to protect the actors during the filming of the new Princess Fuun movie. The fourth original video animation, the Konoha Annual Sports Festival, was included with the Japanese movie release.
- Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005). Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sakura go on a ninja mission that involves them in a war between the Sunaga villages and the armored armored armies. Unlike its predecessor, Legend of the Stone of Gelel has no theatrical release in the United States but is released in a direct-to-video format.
- Guardian of the Crescent Kingdom (2006). Naruto, Sakura, Lee, and Kakashi are assigned to protect the future prince Land of the Moon, Hikaru Tsuki.
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007). Naruto went on a mission to protect Shion's priest, who began to have a vision of his death.
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008). Naruto and Sasuke join when ninjas from Sky Country attack Konoha.
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009). Team 7 works to prevent Kakashi sacrificing himself to end world war.
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010). Naruto sent 20 years into the past as he explored the mystical tower to capture a naughty ninja, and found the Fourth Hokage, his father, living on the timeline.
- Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison (2011). Naruto is framed for attempted murder of the Raikage; when he tried to get out of jail, he found his secret.
- The road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012). Naruto and Sakura are sent to the alternative universe by Tobi and discover the meaning of friendship and parents. The story planning and character design was created by Masashi Kishimoto.
- Last: Naruto the Movie (2014). Naruto and his friends try to stop the moon from colliding with Earth. The film explains some parts of freelance involving series mythology and focuses on the romantic relationship of Naruto and Hinata. The story and character design was created by Masashi Kishimoto, who also served as the main storyteller.
- Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015). The film focuses on the children of the main characters, especially Boruto Uzumaki, who is training with his father's rival, Sasuke, to outrank it. Stories, scenarios and character designs were created by Masashi Kishimoto, who also served as head of the production supervisor.
In July 2015, Lionsgate announced that it developed a live action of Naruto with Avi Arad through its production company Arad Productions, with Michael Gracey directing, and Erik Feig, Geoff Shaveitz, and Kelly O'Malley produces. On December 17, 2016, Kishimoto announced that he had been asked to help develop the film.
Novel
Twenty six Naruto light novels, the first nine written by Masatoshi Kusakabe, have been published in Japan. Of these, the first two have been released in English in North America. The first novel to be adapted, Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood (2002), retells Team 7's mission in which they meet the Zabuza and Haku killers; the second one, Naruto: Mission: Protect the Village Waterfall! (2003) is based on the second OVA of the anime. Viz also published 16 chapters of the book written by Tracey West with illustrations from the manga. In contrast to the series, these books are intended for children aged seven to ten.
Thirteen original novels have appeared in Japan; eleven of these are part of the series, and the other two are independent novels that are unrelated to the series. The first independent novel, titled Naruto: Tales of a Gutsy Ninja (2009), is presented as a novel in the universe written by master Naruto Jiraiya. This follows the adventure of a fictitious shinobi named Naruto Musasabi, who serves as Naruto's namesake. Another independent novel, Naruto Jinraiden: The Day the Wolf Howled (2012), was set shortly after Sasuke's fight with Itachi.
Itachi Shinden, which consists of two novels, and Sasuke Shinden, a single novel, both appeared in 2015, and both were adapted into the anime arc in Naruto: Shippuden in 2016, titled Naruto Shipp? den: Itachi Shinden-hen: Hikari to Yami and Book of Sunrise . Hiden is a series of six light novels published in 2015 that explore the story of various characters after the end of the manga.
Music
Toshio Masuda composed and arranged the soundtrack of Naruto . Naruto Original Soundtrack was released on April 3, 2003, and contains 22 songs used during the first season of anime. This was followed by Naruto Original Soundtrack II , released on March 18, 2004, which includes 19 songs. The third, Naruto Original Soundtrack III , was released on April 27, 2005, with 23 songs. The two soundtracks contain all the opening and ending themes of the series, titled Naruto: Best Hit Collection and Naruto: The Best Hit Collection II was released on November 17, 2004, and August 2, 2006. Eight songs from the series were selected and released on a CD called Naruto in Rock -The Very Best Hit Collection Instrumental Version - was released on December 19, 2007. Soundtracks for three movies based on the first anime series available for sale near date release them. On October 12, 2011, a CD collecting themes from Naruto ShÃ…nen Hen was released. Various series of CDs were released with voice actors performing original episodes.
Soundtrack from Naruto: Shippuden produced by Yasuharu Takanashi; they are titled Naruto Shipp? den Original Soundtrack I , II , and III , and released in 2007, 2009, and 2016. Naruto All Stars , released in 2008, consisting of 10 original Naruto remixes and sung by characters from the series. Ten themes of the two anime series were collected in the DVD box of Naruto Super Hits 2006-2008, which appeared in 2008. The soundtrack of the movie Shippuden has also been released, with the first available on in 2007. The latter consists of a series to be released in late 2017 with Aniplex after initiating a survey for all Naruto and Naruto Shippuden themes to be included on the CD.
Merchandise
Video game
Naruto video games have been released on various consoles by Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Most of them are fighting in which the player directly controls one of the characters from Naruto . Players pit their characters with other characters controlled by game AI or other players; the goal is to reduce opponent's health to zero using basic attacks as well as unique techniques unique to each character derived from the techniques they use in the Naruto anime or manga. The first Naruto game video is Naruto: Konoha Ninp? Ch? , released in Japan on March 27, 2003, for WonderSwan Color. Most of the Naruto video games have been released only in Japan. The first games released outside Japan are the Naruto series: Gekitou Ninja Taisen and Naruto series: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshu, released in North America under the title Naruto: Clash of Ninja and Naruto: Ninja Council . In January 2012, Namco Bandai announced that it has sold 10 million games of Naruto worldwide.
Art and guidebook
Three official artbooks based on Naruto series have been released. The first two, titled Art Collection: Uzumaki , and Illustration Collection: Naruto , were released in Japan in 2004 and 2009, with North American editions each in 2007 and 2010. The third Artbook Illustration Collection: Naruto Uzumaki , was published in 2015 in Japan and later in the same year in North America; it contains works of art originally on the cover of the Shonen Jump comic. It has no text except a short comment by Kishimoto about his favorite artwork. An interactive coloring book called Paint Jump: Art of Naruto was released in 2008. An unreleased book titled Naruto Exhibit's Official Guest Book by Masashi Kishimoto was given to those attending Naruto art exhibition at the Mori Art Museum on April 25, 2015.
Four guidebooks titled First Official Data Book through the Fourth Official Data Book have been released; the first two covers of Part I of the manga, and released in 2002 and 2005; the third and fourth volumes appear in 2008 and 2014 These books contain character profiles, Jutsu guides, and drafts by Kishimoto. For anime, a series of guidebooks called Naruto Anime Profile was released. These books contain information about the production of anime episodes and explanations of character designs. A manga fan book titled Secret: Writings of the Warriors Official Fanbook appeared in 2002, and another fan book was released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the series, including illustrations of Naruto Uzumaki by other manga artists, a novel , One-shot Kishimoto titled Karakuri, and an interview between Kishimoto and Yoshihiro Togashi.
Card game collection
Produced by Bandai, Naruto's Card Game Game was released in Japan in 2003, and in North America in 2006. The game is played between two players using a customized deck of fifty cards from the set, and a game mat. To win, a player must get ten "war prizes" through their actions in the game or cause another player to spend their deck. The cards were released in a set named called "series," in the form of four sets of pre-built 50-card cards. Each set includes a starter deck, game mat, turn-counter, and one stainless steel "Ninja Blade Coin." Additional cards are available in 10-card booster packages, and deck sets. Four sets of boxes sold at retailers are available for each series. Cards for each set are available in collectable cans, containing some booster packages and exclusive promotional cards in a metal box. As of October 2006, seventeen series have been released in Japan with 417 unique cards. As of August 2008, ten of these series have been released in North America.
Commercial performance
The manga has sold over 220 million copies worldwide, making it the third best-selling manga series in history. More than half of sales are in Japan, with the remaining sales from 35 other countries. It has become one of the magazine series publishers of North American publication Viz Media; Their translations of this series appeared on bestseller lists of USA Today and The New York Times several times, and the volume of seven manga won the Quill Award for graphic novels in 2006. These include in the fictional section of the librarian librarian's recommendations for 2008, and School Journal Library describes it as an important manga for school libraries. Volume 28 of the manga reached its 17th place in Book Book USA Today in its first week of release in March 2008, just two places less than a record for the manga, held by Fruits Basket I. This volume has one of the biggest debut weeks of any manga in a few years, becoming the best-selling manga volume of 2008 and the second best-selling book in North America. In 2010, Viz, the publisher, commented on the loyalty of the readers, who reliably continued to buy manga when the volume amount reached over 40.
In April 2007, volume 14 received the Viz the Manga Trade Paperback of the Year Gem Award from Diamond Comic Distributors. Manga was nominated for Favorite Manga Series at the 2009 Nickelodeon Magazine ' 2009 Comics Awards. In February 2015, Asahi Shimbun announced that Naruto was one of nine nominations for the nineteenth Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award, and the following month Kishimoto was the winner of the Rookie of the Year for series in Government Government of Cultural Affairs 2014, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Award for Fine Arts. Responding to Naruto success , Kishimoto said in Naruto Collector Winter 2007/2008 that he is "very happy that American audiences have accepted and understood ninja. It shows that American audiences have good taste [...] because that means they can accept something that was previously unknown to them. "
Naruto Shippuden has been ranked several times as one of the most watched series in Japan. The first DVD compilation released by Viz received a nomination from the American Anime Awards for the best package design.
Reception
Manga
Some reviewers commented on the balance between fight scenes and plot development; A. E. Sparrow from IGN and Casey Brienza from Anime News Network (ANN) feel that the result is a powerful storyline, but Carl Kimlinger, also writing for ANN, suggests that there are too many fights, which slows down the storyline. Kimlinger liked the character's design, and approved the scene of the fight itself which also drew positive comments from Rik Spanjers, who felt that the excitement of the scene depended on Kishimoto's skill in portraying the action. Javier Lugo, writing for Manga Life, agrees, describing the artwork as "dramatic, interesting, and precise for the story he tells."
The anime and manga magazines describe Naruto's character as "annoying" but assume that the "almost addictive" addiction series is due to the quality of characterization, and in Briana Lawrence's opinion the growth of character gives Part II a feeling of adults. In a review of volume 28 Brienza also praised the storyline and characterization of Part II, although he commented that not every volume reaches a high level of quality.
G? This, a professor in the manga department of Tokyo Polytechnic University, compares the development of the series to the Dragon Ball manga, saying that both manga present a good illustration of the three-dimensional body movement that captures the characters of 'martial arts very well. G? readers feel able to empathize with characters in Naruto through their inner monologues during battle.
The series also affects the film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World with director Edgar Wright says she's inspired by how every time there's a "killer motion" in the manga, there's an impact in the background following the use of the technique. There is an internet meme known as "Naruto run" based on the way the characters run forward with their hands behind their backs. In September 2017, students from the University of the Philippines Los BaÃÆ'Â Â ± os Perspective began covering the publications of students who were running like Naruto characters. When the manga ended, many authors of the magazine congratulated Kishimoto's work.
Anime
The Naruto anime is listed as the 38th best animated show on the Top 100 Animated Series IGN. In September 2005, Japan's TV network Asahi broadcast a popularity poll based on a national survey where Naruto was 17th. Mike Hale from The New York Times described this series much better than American animation intended for children, but the animation received some criticism from T.H.E.M. Anime critic reviews: Christina Carpenter feels Kishimoto's artistic style is badly translated into animation, and Derrick Tucker is also negative, although he feels that the best, the "[left] little portrayal is desirable". Like manga, some reviewers, like Martin Theron of ANN, along with Tucker, feel there are too many fights, though Justin Rich argues that the fight scenes are the most important and fun element of the show. Carpenter also commented positively on the characters, though he felt that most were quite stereotypical.
Naruto: Shippuden has been well reviewed by Activeanime David C. Jones who commented that the animation has improved. ANN notes that this series has a more serious tone and a better balance between comedy and drama than the first anime series; with more interesting deviations from the mainstream. Although the pacing for the first episode was criticized as slow, the delivery and development of interactions between characters received positive comments. Writing for Los Angeles Times , Charles Solomon ranked the third best anime Shippuden in his "Top 10".
Themes
Amy Plumb argues that the use of Kishimoto's reference to Japanese mythology at Naruto is intended to add a further layer into the story. Kishimoto expects his readers to decode the reference, allowing him to avoid direct explanation. One such example is Itachi, who has three ninja techniques named after the Shinto gods: Tsukiyomi, Amaterasu, and Susano-o. Plumb also cites the sasuke symbol of the Sasuke clan, a fan known as uchiwa . This fan is used in Japanese myths to dispel evil, by blowing it; Sasuke discovers at the end of the series that he has the ability to "fly" the Nine-Tailed Infinite influence on Naruto. The fox ( kitsune tsuki ) is a con artist in Japanese mythology, and in some stories they take over the human body; Plumb's comments on the obvious similarities with the Nine-Tails are sealed in Naruto, and Naruto's jokes play.
Christopher A. Born notes that the Naruto storyline contains traditional Confucian values, and shows that students analyzing manga such as Naruto and Bleach will learn Furthermore. about Confucianism compared to studying his abstract ideas. Norman Melchor Robles Jr. evaluate the depiction of positive and negative ideas in Naruto by counting words in scripts associated with violence or positive values; he found that a small portion of the words marked were violent, but commented that the depictions of violence appear to be organized to show how a positive strategy from the protagonist can overcome violence. Sheuo Hui Gan considers this series to have a set of "traditional ethical values." He also compared the alienation treatment in Naruto, which Naruto won by joining his society, with depictions of alienation in Akira and Neon Genesis Evangelion, where characters the main remains alienated.
Naruto has been described by some critics as a coming-of-age story. Psychologist Lawrence C. Rubin points out that the storyline will appeal to readers of all ages who have lost loved ones, or difficulty finding friends, or who are in other situations indicated in the series. In Yukari Fujimoto's view, when the characters mature, they show respect to adults who have raised and taught them, making it conservative storyline compared to other manga in the same time period as One Piece and Air Gear . Rik Spanjers sees the difference between Sasuke (a loner) and Naruto (an optimist) as tragic, arguing that the contrast between the two protagonist's approach to the world is fundamental to the plot: "Naruto's power grows as he gets more loved ones. Sasuke remains alone and increasingly absorbed by his quest for revenge ". Omote Tomoyuki points out that there are many comic moments in the story despite the difficulty Naruto finds himself in, but the comic elements diminish dramatically over time when Naruto grows up to be a teenager, especially once Part II begins. Sh? nen Jump start bringing comedies like Gintama and Reborn! from 2003 onwards, and according to Tomoyuki this is part of the reason for the change of emphasis: Naruto "should not give a laugh anymore".
Fujimoto argues that the story has an overly traditional gender role, and states "[...] its representation shows that men are men and women are women and that they differ naturally about talents and vocations". For example, the girls initially outperformed the children at the Ninja Academy, but "once the boy gets serious, the girls can not follow." Fujimoto points out that this does not make Sakura upset, which is now surpassed by Naruto. Character development based on the role of woman, when it does, again using stereotyped roles: Tsunade, for example, a middle-aged woman with big breasts, is a clear mother figure, and when she teaches Sakura to become a medical ninja, requiring her special skills only by women, this story reinforces the idea that women are only on the battlefield as healers. Tsunade himself, who is an authority figure in Naruto, is described as ridiculous in a way that men in the same position do not. Fujimoto suggested this woman's presentation could explain why female characters are often the most disliked characters among manga readers.
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References
External links
- Official website
- Madman Entertainment's Official Website Naruto
- The Official Studio Site Pierrot Naruto (in Japanese)
- Official Tokyo TV Sites Naruto (in Japanese)
- Official Tokyo TV Naruto: Shipp? den website (in Japanese)
- Naruto (manga) in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
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