ANIME CHARACTERS(NARUTO)

                          (NARUTO)

                   NARUTO IS A JAPANESE MANGA SERIES WRRITEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MASHAMI KISHIMOTO. IT TELLS THE STORY OF NARUTO UZUMUKI, A YOUNG NINJA WHO SEEKS TO GAIN RECOGNITION FROM HIS PEERS AND ALSO DREAMS OF BECOMING THE 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 TEENS. THE SERIES IS BASED ON 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 SERIEALIZED IN SHUISHA'S MAGANIZE, WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP FROM 1999 TO 2014, AND RELEASED IN TANKOBO(BOOK)FORM IN 72 VOLUMES. THE MANGA WAS ADAPTED INTO AN ANIME TELEVISION SERIES PRODUSED BY PIERROT AND ANIPLEX, WHICH BROADCAST 220 EPISODES IN JAPAN FROM 2002 TO 2007; THE ENGLISH ADAPTATION OF THE SERIES AIERED ON CARTOON NETWORK AND YTV FROM 2005 TO 2009.NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, A SEQUEL TO THE ORIGINAL SERIES, PREMIERED IN JAPAN IN 2007, AND ENDED IN 2017,AFTER 500 EPISODES. THE ENGLISH ADAPTATION WAS BROADCAST ON DISNEY XD FROM 2009 TO 2011, AIRING THE FIRST 98 EPISODES, AND THEN SWITCHED OVER TO ADULT SWIM'S TOONAMI PROGRAMMING  BLOCKE IN JANUARY 2014,STARTING OVER FROM THE FIRST EPISODE. THE ENGLISH ADAPTATION IS STILL AIRING WRRKLY ON ADULT SWIM TO THIS DAY. BESIDES THE ANIME SERIES,PIERROT  HAS DEVLOPED ELEVEN MOVIES AND TWELVE ORIGINAL VIDEO ANIMATIONS. OTHER NARUTO-RELATED MERCHANDISE INCLUDES LIGHT NOVELS, VIDEO GAMES, AND TRANDING CARDS DEVLOPED BY SERVEL COMPANIES.

                   VIZ MEDIA LICENSED THE MANGA AND ANIME FOR NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCTION AND SEERIALIZED NARUTO IN THEIR DIGITAL WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP MAGANIZE. 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 FILMS AND MOST OVAS THE FIRST FILM PREMIERING IN MOVIE THEATERS.VIZ,MEDIA BEGAN STREAMING THE TWO ANIME SERIES ON THEIR STREAMING SERVICE NEON ALLEY IN DECEMBER 2012. THE STORY OF NARUTO CONTINUES WITH NARUTO'S SON,BORUTO UZUMAKI,IN BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS: BORUTO WISHES TO CREATE HIS OWN NINGA WAY INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING HIS FATHER'S.

                  NARUTO IS THE FORTH BEST-SELING MANGA SERIES IN HISTORY, SELLING 250 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE IN 46 COUNTRIES. IT HAS BECOME ONE OF VIZ MEDIA'S BEST-SELINGS MANGA SERIES; THEIR ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF THE VOLUMES HAVE APPARED ON USA TODAY AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST SEVERAL IMES,AND THE SEVENTH VOLUME WON AQUILL AWARD IN 2006. REVIEWERS PRAISED THE MANGA'S CHARACTER DEVLOPMENT, STRONG STORYLINES, AND WELL-EXECUTED FIGHT SCENES, THROUGH SOME FELT THE FIGHT SCENES SLOWED THE STORY DOWN. CRITICS NOTED THAT THE MANGA, WHICH HAS A COMING-OF-AGE THEME, MAKES USE OF CULTURAL REFERENCES FROM JAPANISH MYTHOLOGY AND CONFUCIANISM.

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