Naruto

lNaruto (NARUTO ? , romanized as NARUTO) is an ongoing Japanese manga serial publication written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for reference and aspires to constrain a Hokage, the ninja in his village that is acknowledged as the attractor and the strongest of all. The series is based on a one-shot comic by Kishimoto that was produce in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump.The manga was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japans Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. Currently, the manga is still organism serialized with fifty-one tankobon volumes released so far. The manga was later on adapted into an gum gum anime, which was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered crossways Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo network and the anime satellite television network Animax on October 3, 2002.The first series lasted 220 episodes, magical spell Naruto Shippuden, a s equel to the original series, has been airing since February 15, 2007. In addition to the anime series, Studio Pierrot has developed six movies for the series and several original scene animations (OVAs). Other types of merchandise include light novels, video games and trading tease developed by several companies. Viz Media has licensed the manga and anime for North the Statesn production.Viz has been publishing the series in their Shonen Jump magazine, and as well as the indidividual volumes. The anime series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2005, and later in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2006 and 2007, respectively. The films, as well as most OVAs from the series, have also been released by Viz, with the first film premiering in cinemas. The first DVD volume of Naruto Shippuden was released by Viz in North America on September 29, 2009, and it started broadcast on Disney XD in October of the same year.The manga has sell over 100 million copies in Japan. Ser ialized in Vizs Shonen Jump magazine, Naruto has become one of the companys best-selling manga series. The English adaptation of the series has also appeared in the USA Today Booklist several times and volume 11 won the Quil Award in 2006. Reviewers from the series have praised the balance between engagement and comedy scenes, as well as the characters personalities, but have criticized it for victimization standard shonen plot elements.