Naruto

Naruto

Overview: Naruto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. The series is based on a one-shot manga by Kishimoto that was puplished in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump. Naruto was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from the 43rd issue of 1999 to the 50th issue of 2014, with the chapters collected into seventy-two tankobon volumes by Shueisha. The manga was later adapted into a television anime, which was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered across Japan in the terrestrial TV Tokyo and other TX Networks stations on October 3 2002. The first series lasted 220 episodes, while Naruto: Shippuden,  sequel to the original series has been airing since February 10, 2007. In addition to the anime series, Studio Pierrot has developed ten movies and several original video animation.