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Naruto ''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. T ...

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is written by

Masashi Kishimoto is a Japanese manga artist. His manga series, ''Naruto'', which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014, has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019. The series has been adapted into two anime and multiple films, vi ...

and is published by

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in the ''

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of the series that run ...

'' magazine, in twenty-page installments. Part I follows the

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named

Naruto Uzumaki () is the titular protagonist of the manga ''Naruto'', created by Masashi Kishimoto. As the series progresses, he is a young ninja from the fictional village of Konohagakure (Hidden Leaf Village). The villagers ridicule and ostracize Naruto on ...

, an energetic and determined pre-teen

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with superhuman

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abilities, who is the host of the

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that was sealed inside of him 12 years ago before the series began, seeks recognition from his peers, and dreams to become the Hokage, the strongest ninja leader of the Hidden Leaf Village in order to gain respect from the villagers. The first chapter of ''Naruto'' was published in issue 43 from 1999. continuing to more than seven hundred chapters in all. The ''Naruto'' manga is serialized in

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Viz Media VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ M ...

in their manga anthology magazine '' Shonen Jump'', with the first chapter of the English adaptation published in the January 2003 issue. The ''Naruto'' manga is split in two parts to divide the storyline; the first part, Part I, covers the first two hundred thirty-eight chapters of the series.

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of the ''Naruto'' storyline begins at the two hundred forty-fifth chapter, and takes place two and a half years after the end of Part I which focuses on teenage Naruto's return. The six chapters between Part I and Part II form a

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taking place before the regular storyline, called the . An

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adaptation of the series, produced by

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and

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, was aired on TV Tokyo, with the first episode shown on October 3, 2002. The last episode of the ''Naruto'' anime aired on February 8, 2007, with the anime adaptation of Part II, known as '' Naruto: Shippūden'', to replace it. The chapters that make Part I have been composed into twenty-seven ''

tankōbon is the Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or cultur ...

'' in Japan by Shueisha. The first ''tankōbon'' was published on March 3, 2000, and the twenty-seventh on April 4, 2005. Most of the ''tankōbon'' contains nine chapters from the original manga. Viz Media has also published all twenty-seven volumes of the English adaptation of Part I in North America. In addition, Viz Media has published the twenty-seven volumes within a boxed set, thus constituting the entirety of the ''Naruto'' storyline before Part II, on August 26, 2008. A "Collector's Edition" of volume 1, adding a hardcover, was also published on September 16, 2008, by Viz. The "Naruto Nation" campaign, a plan to release three volumes each month in the last four months of 2007, was announced by Viz Media shortly before the release of the fourteenth volume. Cammie Allen, Viz Media's product manager, commented that, "Our main reason or the accelerated schedulewas to catch up to the Japanese release schedule to give our readers a similar experience to that of our readers in Japan." As such, the English serialization of Part II premiered on December 4, 2007, in ''Shonen Jump''. __TOC__

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External links

Official Shueisha ''Naruto'' site

Official Viz Media ''Naruto'' site
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