Just like any other ninja teams of Konoha, Team 7 too is charged with completing missions ranging from doing house chores or even bodyguard work.įor Naruto, the path to becoming a Hokage is a long a difficult one filled with pain, betrayal and loss, where he meets many friends and numerous foes along the way. They are guided by the experienced war veteran and extremely strict sensei, copy-ninja Kakashi Hatake. Together with his bitter rival Sasuke Uchiha and the object of his affections Sakura Haruno, they form a three-person Team 7. Yearning for love and respect from the people around him, Naruto decides on becoming a Hokage, a title given to the strongest ninja in Konoha and becomes its leader.Īfter joining the Ninja Academy, he later soon uncovers the truth behind the Nine-Tails attack from the renegade ninja Mizuki who planned on asking Naruto to steal the elusive Forbidden Ninjutsu Scroll for him.Īfter gaining the respect of his former teacher Iruka Umino, he graduated into becoming a genin, ninjas who is now able to take on low-level missions for the village. Twelve years have passed and Naruto has lived a solitary life shunned by everyone because of the Nine-Tail fox sealed within him.
Since then, its current leader, the Third Hokage, forbid anyone from mentioning the attack of Nine-Tails to anyone else, especially to Naruto. Growing up, Naruto has been detested by the villagers as if he himself was the demon fox itself. Leaving death and destruction in its wake, its current leader, the Fourth Hokage is forced to act upon this so-called demon fox.Īfter grueling and intense battle with Nine-Tails, the Fourth Hokage manages to seal the demon fox in his newborn son, Uzumaki Naruto, at the cost of his own life. Twelve years ago, the all-powerful and mischievous fox demon later known as the “Nine-Tails” attacked the ninja village Konoha. Naruto has finally ended its long run on November 2014 with its chapters collected in 72 tankobon volumes.ĭue to an increasing fanbase, Studio Pierrot decided to work on the anime adaptation of Naruto together with the man who worked on exceptional shows like Flame of Recca, Gensomaden Saiyuki, and Tokyo Underground, Director Hayato Date. Its pilot chapter was published in Shueisha’s Akamaru Jump back in 1997.ĭue to popular demand, Naruto was later serialized in the Weekly Shonen Jump where it was licensed for an English version by Madman Entertainment and Viz Media.
NARUTO is a Japanese action, adventure and fantasy manga series by the one and only Masashi Kishimoto.