Fields |
USA Info |
Japanese Info |
Image |
|---|---|---|---|
Title |
Naruto | Naruto(ナルト) |  |
Released |
209+ TV episodes, 3 OVA specials, 3 movies | 220 TV episodes, 4 OVA specials, 3 movies | |
Dates |
September 10, 2005 | October 3, 2002 | |
Company |
Viz/Studiopolis | Studio Pierrot/TV Tokyo | |
Creator |
Masashi Kishimoto | ||
Director |
Hayato Date | ||
Genre |
Martial Arts, Comedy, Eastern Fantasy | Martial Arts, Comedy, Eastern Fantasy | |
Related |
Naruto the Movie | Naruto the Movie | |
· · · |
Naruto Hurricane Chronicles | Naruto Shippuuden | |
Characters |
-- listed below -- | -- listed below -- |
Last I checked, this anime was available on DVD at Amazon and Anime Nation.
Once, in a small Japanese village, a nine tailed fox demon terrorized the people of the village. Then The 4th Hokage sealed the fox away in an orphan baby named Naruto. Naruto is now 12 years old and training to be a shinobi (ninja).
Naruto is an inept ninja-in-training. He has failed the final ninja academy test three times. He passes, though, when an evil ninja teacher tricked Naruto into stealing a forbidden shinobi scroll. Naruto uses a technique from the scroll, multiple doppelgangars (the art of creating flesh & blood copies of himself), to defeat the evil teacher. He is then passed.
Naruto then moved on to the next leg of training. Naruto meets a girl named Sakura and a very serious ninja-to-be named Sasuke. Then the three meet an elite ninja named Kakashi who is to be their sensei.
The squad began their training with Kakashi-sensei, and took part in various low-level missions. Then, soon after the completion of one mission in the Land of Waves that was more than any of them expected, Kakashi-sensei nominated them to take the Chunin exam. Even though some protested, Kakashi felt his students were ready.
The Chunin exam consists of multiple tests. The first was a written exam, for which the proctor was Ibiki (who is in charge of interrogation and black ops). The second test took place in the Forest of Death, and the proctor for that one was Anko. The object for that test was for the squads to each obtain a heaven scroll and earth scroll within five days, and then successfully bring them to the building in the center of the Forest of Death. And that area is rightfully named, as it is quite a deadly place. Normally, after this test the remaining students would move on to the third test, but because so many had passed, some preliminary eliminations were held to reduce the numbers. These were done as one-on-one battles. The rounds went as follows:
The third part of the chunin exam started a month later. The reason for this delay was so the remaining candidates could recover and work on some new tricks. The Third Hokage tells them that they will be judged by the leaders, kages, fuedal lords of the five shinobi nations. The judges would select either all, some, or none. The only person that doesn't hear this is Sasuke because he's in the hospital.
Shonen's Jump ran a poll in Japan, for subscribers of the magazine, on the popularity of the Naruto characters. Here is the page with the results:
There was once a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox who attacked the Hidden Leaf Village of the ninjas. A swipe from one of its nine tails could cause earthquakes and crumble mountains. All the ninjas in the village tried to fight it in vain, until the Fourth Hokage sacrificed his own life to seal the Demon Fox away...within the navel of a newborn baby boy. That boy's name: Naruto Uzumaki.
It is now twelve years later, and Naruto has grown up to be a very mischievous young boy, painting graffiti on the monuments and pulling pranks on everyone. He seems to enjoy bumming around, and is not taking his ninja apprenticeship too seriously. In fact, his teacher, Iruka tells him that he is the only one in the class who hasn't yet passed the final apprenticeship test, and Naruto has already failed the test three times!
But when a devious plan by an ambitious "Chuunin" (middle-level ninja) places Iruka-sensei's life in danger, Naruto's determination manifests itself and he saves his teacher. Naruto passes, and he now begins his journey towards being a true ninja!
Flag[admin]#51 - Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 at 4:55pm:
Kakashi is awesome I love his legendary sharingan! He is my most favorite character in was inspired by him I liked how he died but resurrected hey who doesn't like dying once (don't answer that):)
Flag[admin]#50 - Posted by romjanali on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 at 6:39am:
Do you heard the name of “Private Import Japan’’, they are very dutifully, careless and conscious about their service. They are too very friendly and honest. They are always trying to delivery their good products.
Flag[admin]#49 - Posted by Akatsuki Yuki Hatake on Thursday, July 28th, 2011 at 8:16pm:
>0< cant find any Pisces ninja uuuurrrrrrrggggggg
Flag[admin]#48 - Posted by narutofan on Sunday, July 10th, 2011 at 6:15pm:
I love this anime so much!it's the first i ever watched and literally changed my life in a way.
Flag[admin]#47 - Posted by Yamasachihiko on Saturday, June 11th, 2011 at 12:23am:
A lot of shows do keep the original names though.
Flag[admin]#46 - Posted by Jane on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 at 5:57pm:
What i like about naruto is that THEY DIDNT CHANGE THERE NAMES unlike other shows they did so ya i love it
Flag[admin]#45 - Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 at 9:50am:
Man, been so long Since I watched Naruto, I've moved onto Bleach and Hetalia now, and I don't real give a rats [censored] about Naruto anymore but still, *Gets Nostalgic*
Flag[admin]#44 - Posted by Hoori on Saturday, March 12th, 2011 at 9:21pm:
I doesn't matter which news you go to but go to a real news place(to avoid scams)for lists on how you can help Japan with the earthquake/tsunami relief. If you want to.
Flag[admin]#43 - Posted by Ilovekyoo on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 at 11:02am:
I lovee naruto<3
and deidara is adorbss
Flag[admin]#42 - Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 at 4:23pm:
Does anybody know if this site has spam report?
Hey wauw, I didn't expect Iruka to get so many votes. ( on the character popularity voting result-report's picture )