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{{Two other uses|the manga and anime series|the title character|Naruto Uzumaki|other uses|Naruto (disambiguation)}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Naruto'''''|ナルト||romanized as ''NARUTO'' in ]}} is a ] by ] with an ] TV series adaptation. Its ], ], is a loud, ], adolescent ] who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become ], acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.

The manga was first published by ] in 1999 in the 43rd issue of ]'s '']'' magazine. As of volume 36, the manga has sold over 71 million copies in Japan.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Comi Press | date = ], ] | title = The Rise and Fall of Weekly Shonen Jump: A Look at the Circulation of Weekly Jump | url = http://comipress.com/article/2007/05/06/1923}}</ref> ] publishes a translated version in the ] ''Shonen Jump'' magazine. ''Naruto'' has become VIZ's best-selling manga series.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = VIZ Media | date = ], ] | title = USA Today's Top 150 Best Seller list features VIZ Media's Shonen Jump's Naruto manga at number 29 | url = http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2006/03_naruto.php}}</ref> To date, the first fourteen volumes are available. In order to catch up to the translated anime, VIZ plans to release volumes 16 to 27 three at a time over the months of September to December 2007.<ref>{{cite web | title = VIZ Media's Naruto Nation campaign | work = | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-04-26/viz-media-launches-naruto-nationtm-campaign-to-increase-release-rate-of | accessdate = 2007-04-26}}</ref>

The anime series, produced by ] and ], premiered across Japan on the ] ] network and the anime ] network ] on ], ], and is still being aired. Viz also licensed the anime for ]n production. ''Naruto'' debuted in the United States on ]'s ] programming block on ], ], and in Canada on ]'s ] on ], ]. Naruto began showing in the UK on ] on ], ]. It began showing on ] on ], ] in ], although it could be watched on Cartoon Network in ]. The first series lasted nine seasons, while the second began its first on ], ].

== Growth and popularity ==
The series' length and popularity is comparable to that of ]'s '']'', another popular action-oriented ] manga. Since its creation, ''Naruto'' has spawned a large number of fansites that contain detailed information, guides, and active ]. Some of the first and most popular sites targeted at English speaking audiences were established shortly after the first English manga volume was released in August 2003. Like many other manga and anime titles, ''Naruto'' has also spawned its ].

Prior to the anime's North American debut in 2005, several ] and ] groups translated the series and made it available for free download on the internet. Despite North American companies' perceived tendency to prosecute fansubbing groups more frequently than Japanese companies,<ref>{{cite web | title = Licensed Anime @ AnimeSuki | work = | url = http://animesuki.com/doc.php/licensed/ | accessdate = 2006-10-31}}</ref> there are some that have continued to translate new ''Naruto'' episodes due to the extremely large gap between the English and Japanese versions.

Volume 7 of the manga has recently won a ] for best graphic novel in North America.<ref>{{cite web | title = Nominees for the Graphic Novel category | work = | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13737567/ | accessdate = 2006-08-27}}</ref> In ]'s latest top 100 Anime Ranking, ''Naruto'' ranked 17th on the list.<ref>{{cite web | title = Japan's Favorite TV Anime | work = | url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-13/japan's-favorite-tv-anime | accessdate = 2006-12-22}}</ref>

== Anime details ==
{{see also|List of Naruto episodes|List of Naruto: Shippūden episodes|List of Naruto media}}
Even though it debuted some time after the manga, the anime quickly caught up, since one anime episode usually covers one or two manga chapters. To prevent overlapping, the anime's producers tend to organize content from the manga chapters into long, uneventful sections followed by short bursts of action, sometimes adding ] content in between. By the time the Sasuke Retrieval arc ended in the anime (episode 135), the series was at a point where it was quickly gaining on the manga. At the conclusion of this arc, the anime immediately switched to anime-only filler episodes to allow the manga to broaden the gap once more. Most of the filler episodes are stand-alone stories, with a few being part of arcs that are several episodes long. The filler episodes lasted for 85 episodes, the duration of the first series.

After the series moved back into manga-adapted episodes, it was renamed {{nihongo|''''']'''''|疾風伝||''lit.'' Hurricane Chronicles}}. The new series premiered on ], ].

The anime generally remains true to the manga, usually changing only minor details (causes of death, loss of limbs, and other injuries have been lessened in the anime) or expanding on parts skipped by the manga, such as the fight between ] and ]. The filler arcs, though unreferenced in the manga (save for a few scant scenes), deal with the breaks between manga volumes, which covers a short period before the Sasuke Retrieval arc and several months before the time skip. The filler arcs tend to cover the supporting characters, occasionally giving insight into an otherwise rarely seen character.

New episodes, animated by ], air weekly on ] in Japan during the Golden Time slot (Japan's equivalent of ] in the US). As of ], ], it shows on Thursday nights. The series has also spawned three movies, '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'' scheduled to premiere on ], ]. The first three are available on DVD.

== English-language broadcast ==
On ], ], ''Naruto'' had its hour-long premiere in the U.S. on Cartoon Network's Toonami. The first episode of ''Naruto'' premiered in Canada on YTV on ], ]. In the United Kingdom, ''Naruto'' premiered on Jetix on ], ]. In Australia and New Zealand it premiered on Cartoon Network on ], ]. It also began showing on Toasted TV on ], ], in Australia.

In its English anime release, ''Naruto'' was aired with a TV-PG rating in the US and a PG rating in Canada. More explicit episodes, such as Jiraiya's debut and the battle with Zabuza, have been given a TV-PG-DS or a TV-PG-V rating<ref>{{cite web | title = American-Naruto: Episode Guide and Rating | work = | url = http://www.american-naruto.com/show/guide/waves/guide7.php | accessdate = 2007-05-05}}</ref>. References to ], Japanese cultural differences, mild language, mild sexual situations, and even blood and death remain in the English version, though reduced in some instances.<ref>{{cite web | title = Anime-Editz - Naruto Editz Guide | work = | url = http://www.anime-editz.net/naruto_editz_index.php | accessdate = 2006-04-14}}</ref> Other networks make additional content edits apart from the edits done by Cartoon Network, such as Jetix's more strict censoring of blood, language, smoking and the like.

== Plot overview ==
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Twelve years before the events at the focus of the series, the ] attacked ]. It was a powerful demon indeed; a single swing of one of its nine tails would raise ]s and flatten ]s. It raised chaos and slaughtered many people, until the leader of the Leaf Village &ndash; the ] &ndash; defeated it by sacrificing his own life to seal the demon inside a newly-born child, whose origins are as yet unknown. That child's name was ].

The Fourth Hokage was celebrated as a hero for sealing the demon fox away. He wanted Naruto to be respected in a similar light by being the containment vessel for the demon fox. The village he grew up in, however, mostly shunned Naruto; they regarded him as if he were the demon fox itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood.

A decree made by the ] made it so that the other villagers were forbidden to mention the event to anyone, even to their own children. However, this did not stop them from treating Naruto like an outcast. Although their children did not specifically know why their parents treated Naruto the way they did, they learned through example to despise the boy. As a result, Naruto grew up as an ] in a lonesome atmosphere without friends, family, or acknowledgment. He could not force people to befriend him, so he sought acknowledgment and attention the only way he knew &ndash; through pranks and mischief. However, that soon changed after Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy by using his ] to save his teacher, ], from the renegade ninja ]. That encounter gave Naruto two insights: that he was the container of the demon fox, and that there was someone besides the Third Hokage who actually cared for and acknowledged him. His graduation from the academy opened a gateway to the events and people that would change and define his world, including his way of the ninja for the rest of his life.

''Naruto'' maintains a balance between ] and ], with plenty of action interspersed. It follows Naruto and his friends' personal growth and development as ninja, and emphasizes their interactions with each other and the influence of their backgrounds on their personalities. Naruto finds two friends and comrades in ] and ], two fellow young ninja who are assigned with him to form a three-person team under a very experienced ] named ]. Naruto also confides in other characters as well that he has met through the ] Exam. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better, and experience a coming-of-age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the ] of the Leaf Village.

''Naruto'' places strong emphasis on character development. Almost all outcomes are a result of decisions, character, and personality; very few things happen just because of chance. At first, emphasis is placed on Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, who are the members of Team 7. However, other characters are developed, such as Kakashi, Guy, and Jiraiya, as well as Naruto's peers in the other Genin teams and other villages.

Several major villains came into play as well, the first being ], a ] from ], and his partner, ]. Later, in the ], ] is introduced as an ] missing-nin at the top of Konoha's most wanted list. Later, a mysterious organization called ] begins to pursue Naruto in order to take the demon fox inside him and harness its power.
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== Characters ==
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''Naruto'' has a large and colorful cast of characters, running a gamut of detailed histories and complex personalities, and allowing many of them their fair share in the spotlight; they are also seen to grow and mature with the series, as it spans several years. As fitting for a coming-of-age saga, Naruto's world constantly expands and thickens, and his social relations are no exception &ndash; during his introduction he has only his teacher and the village's leader for sympathetic figures, but as the story progresses, more and more people become a part of his story.

The students at the Ninja Academy, where the story begins, are split up into teams of three after their graduation and become ]. Each team is assigned an experienced sensei. These core teams form a basis for the characters' interactions later in the series, where characters are chosen for missions for their team's strength and ] skills; Naruto's Team 7 becomes the social frame where Naruto is acquainted with ] and ], and their sensei ], also called the "copy ninja" for copying thousands of ninja techniques with his ] eye, forming the core of his world-in-the-making. The other three-man teams of his former classmates form another such layer, as Naruto connects with them to various degrees, learning of their motives, vulnerabilities, and aspirations, often relating them to his own. The groups of three are not limited to the comrades Naruto's age &ndash; groups in the story in general come in threes and multiples of three with very few exceptions.

Sensei-student relationships play a significant role in the series; Naruto has a number of mentors with whom he trains and learns, most notably Kakashi Hatake and ], and there are often running threads of tradition and tutelage binding together several generations. These role models provide guidance for their students not only in the ninja arts but also in a number of ] and philosophical ideals. Techniques, ideals, and mentalities noticeably run in families, Naruto often being exposed to the abilities and traditions of generation-old clans in his village when friends from his own age group demonstrate them, or even achieve improvements of their own; it is poignantly noted that Naruto's generation is particularly talented.

Many of the greater lingering mysteries of the series are questions of character motives and identity. The legacy of Naruto's parents, the goals that guide ], the identity of the mysterious ] leader &ndash; these are only a few of the fundamental unanswered questions of "who" and, by proxy, "why" currently at the core of the series. The story is remarkably character-driven; the theme of ] runs inherently throughout the series as characters reciprocate for their past actions and relationships. In this respect, characters' respective destinies are very much intertwined, and large emphasis is placed on comradeship and 'bonds' between the community or individual.

Character names often borrow from ], folklore and literature (such as the names borrowed from the folk-tale '']''), or are otherwise elaborate puns; often there is a noticeable influence of the story behind the name shouldered by the character.<ref>{{cite web | title = Naruto names' origins and meanings | work = | url = http://home.wanadoo.nl/debbie.kiki/ | accessdate = 2006-04-14}}</ref>

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