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The জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা was first published দ্বারা Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Currently, the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা is still being serialized with forty-seven tankōbon volumes released so far. The জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা was later adapted into an anime, which was produced দ্বারা Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered across জাপান on the terrestrial TV Tokyo network and the জীবন্ত satellite টেলিভিশন network Animax on October 3, 2002. The first series lasted 220 episodes, while Naruto: Shippuden, a sequel to the original series, has been airing since February 15, 2007. In addition to the জীবন্ত series, Studio Pierrot has developed six চলচ্চিত্র for the series and several original video animations (OVAs). Other types of merchandise include light novels, video games and trading cards developed দ্বারা several companies.
Viz Media has licensed the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা and জীবন্ত for North American production. Viz has been publishing the series in their Shonen Jump magazine, and as well as the indidividual volumes. The জীবন্ত series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2005, and later in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2006 and 2007 respectively. The films, as well as most OVAs from the series, have also been released দ্বারা Viz, with the first film premiering in cinemas. The first DVD volume of Naruto: Shippuden will be released দ্বারা Viz in North America on September 29, 2009.
Serialized in Viz's Shonen Jump magazine, নারুত has become one of the company's best-selling জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা series. As of volume 36, the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা has sold over 71 million copies in Japan. The English adaptation of the series has also appeared in the USA Today Booklist several times and volume 11 won the Quil Award in 2006. Reviewers from the series have praised the balance between fighting and comedy scenes, as well as the characters' personalities, but have criticized it for using standard shōnen plot elements.
Contents
Plot
See also: তালিকা of নারুত characters and World of Naruto
নারুত Uzumaki is a young boy who has the Nine-Tailed Demon শিয়াল sealed within him. Twelve years before the start of the series, the Nine-Tailed Demon শিয়াল attacked the ninja village Konohagakure, slaughtering many people. In response, the leader of Konohagakure and its ninja military – the Fourth Hokage – sacrificed his life to সীল the demon inside নারুত when he was a newborn. Konohagakure, however, regarded নারুত as if he were the demon শিয়াল itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood. A decree made দ্বারা the Third Hokage, who replaced the Fourth Hokage after his death, forbade anyone mention the attack of the demon শিয়াল to anyone. Years later, নারুত is tricked দ্বারা the renegade ninja Mizuki into stealing a forbidden scroll, but is stopped দ্বারা his teacher, Iruka Umino. When Iruka almost dies while protecting নারুত from Mizuki, নারুত defeats Mizuki using the power from the scroll, which develops the অতিপ্রাকৃতিক ability Jutsu Shadow Clone Technique that creates clones from himself. That encounter makes নারুত realize he was the container of the demon fox.
The main story follows নারুত and his friends' personal growth. নারুত befriends two comrades, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, who are assigned with him to form a three-person team named Team 7 under an experienced sensei named কাকাসি Hatake. Like all the ninja teams from the every village, Team 7 is in charge in completing missions requested দ্বারা villagers such as being bodyguards. During the course of the missions, নারুত also befriends other characters that he meets throughout the series. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better, and experience a coming-of-age journey as নারুত dreams of becoming the Hokage of Konohagakure. After several missions, কাকাসি allows Team 7 to participate into a ninja exam in which they can improve their ranks, and thus, be part of harder missions. During the exams, Orochimaru, a criminal at the শীর্ষ of Konohagakure's most wanted list, attacks Konoha killing the Third Hokage as an act of revenge. This causes one of the three legendary ninja, Jiraiya to খুঁজুন for his partner Tsunade, to become the Fifth Hokage. During that search, it is revealed that Orochimaru also desires to acquire Sasuke Uchiha due to his powerful genetic heritage. Believing Orochimaru will be able to give him the strength needed to kill his brother Itachi, who destroyed all his clan, Sasuke goes to him. Tsunade sends a group of ninja including নারুত to make Sasuke return to Konoha, but নারুত is unable to defeat him. নারুত does not give up on Sasuke, leaving Konoha for two-and-a-half years of training under Jiraiya's tuition to prepare himself for the পরবর্তি time he encounters Sasuke.
After the training period, a mysterious organization called আকাটসুকি attempts to capture the nine powerful tailed beasts including the Nine-Tailed Demon শিয়াল sealed inside of Naruto. Several ninjas from Konohagakure, including Team 7, fight against the আকাটসুকি members and খুঁজুন for their teammate Sasuke. Although they manage to save the host from the One-tailed beast, Gaara, আকাটসুকি is successful in capturing seven from the creatures. Sasuke, in the meantime betrays Orochimaru and faces Itachi to take revenge. Although Itachi dies in battle, Sasuke is later told দ্বারা the আকাটসুকি founder Madara Uchiha that Itachi was ordered দ্বারা Konohagakure's leadership to destroy his clan. Saddened with the revelation, Sasuke joins forces with আকাটসুকি to destroy Konohagakure. Meanwhile, as several আকাটসুকি members are defeated দ্বারা the Konohagakure ninja, the leader, Pain, invades the village to capture Naruto. However, নারুত defeats all of Pain's bodies and convinces the real one to leave. While the villagers rebuild Konohagakure Tsunade is dismissed from her position as the Hokage as she ended in coma for using all her energy to protect the villagers from Pain. Therefore, the elder Danzo quickly takes the role.
Production
Masashi Kishimoto first created a one-shot of নারুত for August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump.[1] Despite its high positive results in the reader poll, Kishimoto thought "[the] art stinks and the story's a mess!" Kishimoto was originally working on Karakuri for the Hop Step Award when, unsatisfied দ্বারা the rough drafts, he decided to work on something different, which later formed into the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা series Naruto. Kishimoto has expressed concerns that the use of chakras and hand signs makes নারুত too Japanese, but still believes it to be an enjoyable read.[2]
When originally creating the নারুত story, Kishimoto looked to other shōnen জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা as influences for his work, although he attempted to make his characters as unique as possible.[3] The separation of the characters into different teams was intended to give each group a specific flavor. Kishimoto wished for each member to be "extreme," having a high amount of aptitude in one প্রদত্ত attribute yet be talentless in another."[4] The insertion of villains into the story was largely to have them act as a counterpoint to the characters' moral values. Kishimoto has admitted that this focus on illustrating the difference in values is central to his creation of villains to the point that, "I don't really think about them in combat."[5] When drawing the characters, Kishimoto consistenly follows a five-step process: concept and rough sketch, drafting, inking, shading, and coloring. These steps are followed when he is drawing the actual জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা and making the color illustrations that commonly adorn the cover of tankōbon, the cover of Weekly Shōnen Jump, অথবা other media, but the toolkit he utilizes occasionally changes.[6] For instance, he utilized an airbrush for one illustration for a Weekly Shōnen Jump cover, but decided not to use it for future drawings largely due to the cleanup required.[7] For Part II, the part of the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা beginning with volume 28, Kishimoto ব্যক্ত that he attempted to not "overdo the typical জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা style" দ্বারা not including "too much deformation" and keeping the panel layouts to make it easy for the reader to follow the plot. Kishomoto ব্যক্ত his drawing style changed from "the classic জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা look to something a bit আরো realistic."[8]
Kishimoto added that, as নারুত takes place in a "Japanese ফ্যান্টাসি world," he has set certain rules, in a systematic way so that he could easily "convey the story." Kishimoto wanted to "draw on" the Chinese zodiac tradition, which had a long-standing presence in Japan; the zodiac hand signs originate from this. When Kishimoto was creating the setting of the নারুত manga, he initially concentrated on the designs for village of Konohagakure, the primary setting of the series. Kishimoto asserts that his নকশা for Konohagakure was created "pretty spontaneously without much thought", but admits that the scenery is based on his প্রথমপাতা in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. Without a specific time period, Kishimoto included modern elements in the series such as convenience stores, but specifically excluded projectile weapons and vehicles from the storyline. For reference materials, Kishimoto performs his own research into Japanese culture and alludes to it in his work.[9] Regarding technology Kishimoto ব্যক্ত that নারুত would not have any firearms. He ব্যক্ত he may include automobiles, aircraft, and "low-processing" computers; Kishimoto specified the computers would "maybe" be eight-bit and that they would "definitely not" be sixteen-bit.[10] He has also stated that he has a visual idea of the last chapter of the series, including the text and the story. However, he notes that it may take a long time to end the series since "there are still so many things that need to be resolved".[11]
When asked about what was Naruto's main theme during Part I, Kishimoto answered that it is how people accept each other citing Naruto's development in such part. Since being unable to focus in the romance during Part I, Kishimoto that during Part II he was to emphasize this theme more, despite finding it difficult.[12]
Media
Manga
Main article: তালিকা of নারুত জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা volumes
নারুত premiered in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in 1999.[13] The first 238 chapters are known as Part I, and constitute the first part of the নারুত storyline. জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা chapters 239 to 244 comprise a gaiden series focusing on the background of the character কাকাসি Hatake. All subsequent chapters belong to Part II, which continues the storyline in Part I after a two and a half বছর time gap. The নারুত জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা is serialized in North America দ্বারা Viz Media in their জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা anthology magazine Shonen Jump, with the first chapter of the English adaptation published in the January 2003 issue.[14] To compensate for the gap between the Japanese and English adaptations of the manga, Viz implemented its "Naruto Nation" campaign, where it released three volumes a মাস in the last four months of 2007 in order to close ব্যক্ত gap.[15] Cammie Allen, Viz's product manager, মতামত প্রদত্ত that, their main reason for the schedule was to catch up to the Japanese release schedule to give their readers a similar experience to that of Japanese readers.[15] A similar campaign was planned for 2009, with eleven volumes from Part II of the series being released between February and April in order to catch up to the Japanese serialization. Starting with the release of volume forty-five in July, Viz will begin releasing নারুত on a quarterly basis.[16]
As of August 2009[update], 47 tankōbon have been released দ্বারা Shueisha in Japan, with the first twenty-seven tankōbon containing Part I, and the remaining nineteen belonging to Part II. The first tankōbon was released on March 3, 2000.[17][18] In addition, several tankōbon, each containing ani-manga based one of the নারুত movies, have been released দ্বারা Shueisha.[19][20][21][22] In Japanese, Shueisha has also released the series for cell-phone download on their website Shueisha জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা Capsule.[23] Viz has released 45 volumes of the English adaptation of the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা with the first being published on August 16, 2003.[24][25] In addition, Viz Media released all twenty-seven volumes in a boxed set, thus constituting the entirety of the নারুত storyline before Part II on November 13, 2007.[26]
জীবন্ত series
Naruto
Main article: তালিকা of নারুত episodes
Directed দ্বারা Hayato তারিখ and produced দ্বারা Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, the নারুত জীবন্ত adaptation premiered in জাপান on TV Tokyo October 3, 2002, and ran for 220 episodes until its conclusion on February 8, 2007.[27][28] The first 135 episodes are adapted from the first twenty-seven volumes of the manga, while the remaining eighty episodes are original episodes that utilize plot elements not seen in the original manga.[29]
Episodes from the series have been published in DVD. The first DVD series has been the only one to be collected in VHS format.[30] There are a total of five series, with each of the including four episodes per volume.[31] The series has also been collected in a series of three DVD boxes during 2009.[32][33] The newest DVD series is নারুত The Best Scene which collects scenes from the first 135 episodes from the anime.[34]
Viz licensed the জীবন্ত series for broadcast and distribution in the Region 1 market. The English adaptation of the জীবন্ত began airing on September 10, 2005 and finished on January 31, 2009, with 209 episodes aired.[35] The episodes have been shown on Cartoon Network's Toonami (United States), YTV's Bionix (Canada) and Jetix's (United Kingdom) programming blocks. YTV still airs the প্রদর্শনী with newer ones at midnight on Sundays and with reruns at 4am on Tuesdays-Fridays. Beginning on March 28, 2006, Viz released the series on DVD.[36] While the first 26 volumes contain four episodes, since DVD volumes have five episodes.[37] Uncut editions are compiled in DVD Box Sets, each containing 12-15 episodes, with some variation based around story arcs.[38] In the American broadcast, references to alcohol, Japanese culture, sexual innuendo, and the appearance of blood and death were sometimes reduced for the broadcast, but left in the DVD editions.[39] Other networks make additional content edits apart from the edits done দ্বারা Cartoon Network, such as Jetix's stricter censoring of blood, language, smoking and the like. The series has also been licensed to the websites Hulu, Joost, and Crunchyroll, which air episodes online with the original Japanese audio tracks and English subtitles.[40][41][42]
Naruto: Shippuden
Main article: তালিকা of Naruto: Shippuden episodes
Naruto: Shippuden (ナルト 疾風伝, নারুত Shippūden?, lit. "Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles") is the ongoing sequel to the original নারুত জীবন্ত and covers the নারুত জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা from volume twenty-eight on. The TV adaptation of Naruto: Shippuden debuted in জাপান on February 15, 2007 on TV Tokyo. It is developed দ্বারা Studio Pierrot and directed দ্বারা Hayato Date.[43][29] ABS-CBN is the first TV network (TV network outside Japan) to broadcast Naruto: Shippuden. ABS-CBN has initially aired the first 40 episodes of Naruto: Shippuden until March 19, 2008. Beginning January 8, 2009, TV Tokyo began broadcasting new episodes via internet streaming directly to monthly subscribers. Each streamed episode is be made available online within an ঘন্টা of its Japanese premiere and include English subtitles.[44] Viz began streaming English subtitled episodes on January 2, 2009 on their official website for the series. The uploaded episodes include both previously released episodes and the new episodes from Japan.[45] Beginning in October 2009, the English dub of Naruto: Shippuden will air weekly on ডিজনি XD.[46]
The series is being released to Region 2 DVD in জাপান with four অথবা five episodes per disc. There are currently four series of DVD releases divided দ্বারা story arc.[47] There is also a special feature included with the seventh Naruto: Shippuden compilation DVD based on the সেকেন্ড ending of the series called Hurricane! "Konoha Academy" Chronicles.[48] Besides the regular DVD series, on December 16, 2009 it will be released one named কাকাসি Chronicles ~Boys' Life on the Battlefield~ (カカシ外伝~戦場のボーイズライフ~, কাকাসি Gaiden - Senjō no bōizuraifu?) featuring episodes 119-120 which are set during কাকাসি Hatake's childhood.[49] The first North American DVD of the series was released on September 29, 2009.[50]
CDs
Cover of নারুত Shippūden Original Soundtrack
The নারুত soundtracks were composed and arranged দ্বারা Toshio Masuda. The first, titled নারুত Original Soundtrack, was released on April 3, 2003 and contained twenty-two tracks that appeared during the first season of the anime.[51] The second, called নারুত Original Soundtrack II was released on March 18, 2004 and contained nineteen tracks.[52] The third, called নারুত Original Soundtrack III was released on April 27, 2005 and contained twenty-three tracks.[53]
A series of two soundtracks containing all the opening and ending themes of the series, titled Naruto: Best Hit Collection and Naruto: Best Hit Collection II were released on November 17, 2004 and August 2, 2006, respectively.[54][55] Of all tracks of the series, eight were selected and released as a CD called নারুত in Rock -The Very Best Hit Collection Instrumental Version- that was released on December 19, 2007.[56] Each of the three চলচ্চিত্র of the first জীবন্ত series has a soundtrack that was released near its release date.[57][58][59] Various Drama CD series have also been released in which the voice actors play original episodes.[60]
The soundtracks of Naruto: Shippuden have been produced দ্বারা Yasuharu Takanashi. The first, নারুত Shippūden Original Soundtrack was released on December 9, 2007.[61] নারুত All Stars was released on July 23, 2008 and consists of ten original নারুত songs remixed and sung দ্বারা characters from the series.[62] The two films from the sequel also had their soundtracks, with the first released on August 1, 2007 and the সেকেন্ড on July 30, 2008.[63][64]
Original video animations
There are four নারুত original video animations (OVAs). The first two, Find the Crimson Four-Leaf Clover! and Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!, were aired at the Shōnen Jump Jump Festa 2003 and Jump Festa 2004, respectively, and were later released on DVD.[65] The English localization of the সেকেন্ড OVA was released on DVD দ্বারা Viz on May 22, 2007.[66] The third OVA, Finally a clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indiscriminate grand melee tournament meeting!!, was released on a bonus disc with the Japanese edition of the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 video game for the PlayStation 2.[67] The fourth OVA, Konoha Annual Sports Festival, is a short video released with the first নারুত movie. In North America, the OVA was included in the "Deluxe Edition" DVD from the first film.[68]
Films
The series has also spawned six films; with the first three situated during the first জীবন্ত series, the remaining from Naruto: Shippūden. The first film, Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, was released on August 21, 2004 in Japan. It tells how Team 7 is dispatched to the Land of Snow to protect the actors during the shooting of the new Princess Fuun movie, to whom নারুত became a fan. As a bonus, the short original video অ্যানিমেশন Konoha Annual Sports Festival was included with the Japanese release of the film.[69] It premiered on September 6, 2007 in the United States.[70][71]
It was followed দ্বারা Legend of the Stone of Gelel, which was released in theaters in জাপান on August 6, 2005. The The film involves Naruto, সিকামারু and Sakura during a ninja mission in which they are involved in a war between the Sunagakure village and a large number of armored warriors.[72] Unlike its predecessor, Legend of the Stone of Gelel did not see a theatrical release in the United States, and was direct-to-video instead. It aired on Cartoon Network on July 26, 2008 and then was released to DVD July 29, 2008.[73]
The third film, Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, was originally released on August 5, 2006. It shows how Naruto, Sakura, Lee, and কাকাসি are assigned to protect the future prince of the Land of Moon, Hikaru Tsuki.[74] The English dub of the movie aired on Cartoon Network and was released to DVD on November 11, 2008.[75][76] On July 3, 2008, Sony released a Japanese DVD Box containing the first three movies.[77]
The series' fourth film, Naruto: Shippūden the Movie, was released on August 4, 2007, and chronicles Naruto's assignment to protect the priest Shion who starts having visions of his death.[78] The fifth film, নারুত Shippūden 2: Bonds, was released on August 2, 2008. It tells how ninja from the Sky Country attack Konoha and to stop them, নারুত and Sasuke যোগদান forces although the latter has already left two years ago.[79] The latest film is নারুত Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire, which premiered in জাপান on August 1, 2009.[80]
Light novels
Three নারুত light novels, written দ্বারা Masatoshi Kusakabe, have been published in জাপান দ্বারা Shueisha, while the first two were released in English in North America দ্বারা Viz. The first, Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood (白の童子、血風の鬼人?), retells Team 7's mission in which they encounter the assassins Zabuza and Haku. It was released on December 16, 2002 in জাপান and November 21, 2006 in North America.[81][82] The সেকেন্ড novel Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (滝隠れの死闘 オレが英雄だってばよ!, Takigakure no Shitō Ore ga Eiyū dattebayo!?, lit. The Waterfall Village's Fight to the Death I am the Hero!), based on the 2nd original video অ্যানিমেশন of the anime, was published on December 15, 2003 in জাপান and October 16, 2007 in the United States.[83][84] The latest novel is an adaptation of the first নারুত film and was published on August 23, 2004.[85] Viz has also started to প্রকাশ new novels called Chapter বই written দ্বারা Tracey West, and with illustrations from the manga. Unlike the series, the novels are aimed to children aged 7 to 10 years old.[86] The first two novels were released on October 7, 2008 and currently seven novel have been published.[87][88][89]
Video games
Main article: তালিকা of নারুত video games
নারুত video games have appeared on various consoles from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. Most of them are fighting games in which the player controls one of a select few characters directly based upon their counterparts in the নারুত জীবন্ত and manga. The player pits their character against another character controlled দ্বারা the game's AI অথবা দ্বারা another player, depending on the mode that the player is in. The objective is to reduce the opponent's health to zero using basic attacks and special techniques unique to each character that are derived from techniques they use in the নারুত জীবন্ত অথবা manga.[90] The very first নারুত video game was Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō, which was released in জাপান on March 27, 2003, for the WonderSwan Color.[91] Most নারুত video games have been released only in Japan. The first games released outside জাপান were the Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen series and the Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshu series, released in North America under the titles of Naruto: Clash of Ninja and Naruto: Ninja Council.[92][93]
Trading card game
নারুত Collectible Card Game (ナルト- カードゲーム, lit. নারুত CardGame?) is a collectible card game based around the নারুত series. Produced দ্বারা Bandai, the game was first introduced in জাপান in February 2003.[94] Bandai began releasing the game in English in North American in April 2006.[95] The game is played between two players requiring players use a customized deck of fifty cards from the set, a game mat, an item to act as a "turn marker" for noting whose turn it is, and a "Ninja Blade Coin" which is primarily used to flip for making decisions. In order to win, a player must either earn ten "battle rewards" through their actions in the game, অথবা they must cause the other player to exhaust their deck.[96]
The cards are released in named sets, called "series" in the form of four different 50-card preconstructed box sets.[94][95] Each set includes a starter deck, the game mat, a turn-counter, and one stainless steel "Ninja Blade Coin". Additional cards are made available in 10-card booster packs, and deck sets, primarily for retailers, contain all four box sets available for each series. Cards for each set are also made available in collectible tins, containing several booster packs and exclusive promotional cards in a metal box.[97] দ্বারা October 2006, seventeen series had been released in জাপান spanning 417 unique cards.[94] As of August 2008, ten of these series have been released in North America.[98]
Art and guidebooks
Several supplementary বই of the নারুত series have been released. An artbook named The Art of Naruto: Uzumaki contains illustration from the Part I জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা and was released in both জাপান and the United States.[99][100] For the Part II manga, an interactive book called PAINT JUMP: Art of নারুত was released দ্বারা Shueisha on April 4, 2008.[101] The latest artbook was published on July 3, 2009 under the name of Naruto.[102] A series of guidebooks for the Part I called First Official Data Book (秘伝·臨の書キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, Hiden: Rin no Sho Character Official Data Book?)[103] and সেকেন্ড Official Data Book (秘伝·闘の書キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, Hiden: Tō no Sho Character Official Data Book?)[104] were released only in Japan. The third databook, Character Official Data Book Hiden Sha no Sho (秘伝・者の書 ― キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, Hiden: Sha no Sho - Kyarakutā ofisharu dēta book ?) was released on September 4, 2008, and adapted Part II from the manga.[105] These বই contain character profiles, Jutsu guides and drafts made দ্বারা Kishimoto. For the anime, a series of guidebook called নারুত জীবন্ত profiles were also released. These বই contain information about the production of the জীবন্ত episodes and explanation of the characters designs.[106] On October 4, 2002, it was released a জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা fanbook named Secret: Writtings from the Warriors Official Fanbook (秘伝・兵の書 ― オフィシャルファンBOOK, Hiden: Hei no Sho - Ofisharu অনুরাগী book?).[107] Viz published it in North America on February 19, 2008 under the name of Naruto: The Official Fanbook.[108]
Reception
নারুত has been well received in both জাপান and the United States. As of volume 36, the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা has sold over 71 million copies in Japan.[109] During 2008, volume 43 sold 1,188,881 copies becoming the 9th best-selling comic from Japan. Volumes 41, 42 and 44 also ranked within the শীর্ষ 20, but had smaller sold copies.[110] In total, the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা sold 4,261,054 copies in জাপান during 2008, becoming the 2nd best-selling series.[111] In the first half from 2009, it ranked as the 3rd best-seller জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা from Japan, having sold 3,490,349 copies.[112] In such period, volume 45 ranked 5th with 1,131,145 sold copies, while volume 46 ranked 9th, having sold 864,708 copies and volume 44 at 40th place.[113]
The নারুত জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা series has become one of Viz's শীর্ষ properties,[114] accounting for nearly 10% of all জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা sales in 2006.[115] ICv2 has listed it as the শীর্ষ জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা property from North America several times.[116][117] The seventh volume of Viz's release became the first জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা win a Quill Award when it claimed the award for "Best Graphic Novel" in 2006.[115] The জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা also appeared in the USA Today Booklist with volume 11 holding the শিরোনাম of the highest ranked জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা series on the list, until it was surpassed দ্বারা volume 28, which claimed the 17th rank in its first week of release in March 2008.[118][119][120] Volume 28 also had one of the biggest debut weeks of any জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা in years, becoming the শীর্ষ selling জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা volume of 2008 as well as the সেকেন্ড best-seller book in North America.[121][122] During its release, volume 29 ranked #57, while the volume 28 had dropped to #139.[123] In April 2007, volume 14 earned Viz the "Manga Trade Paperback of the Year" Gem Award from Diamond Comic Distributors.[124] The জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা series also became the শীর্ষ জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা property from 2008 in the United States with 31 volumes having been published during the chart.[125] Searches for the word "Naruto" were #7 on the Yahoo! web খুঁজুন engine's তালিকা of the শীর্ষ 10 most জনপ্রিয় খুঁজুন terms of 2008, and #4 from 2007.[126]
The series has received praise and criticism দ্বারা several reviewers. A. E. Sparrow from IGN noted how some জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা volumes focus only in certain characters to the point the number of অনুরাগী increases. He also praised the way that Kishimoto manages to make a remarkable combinations of fighting scenes, comedy and good artwork.[127] The জীবন্ত and জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা magazine Neo described Naruto's character as "irksome", but attributed the series' "almost sickening addictiveness" to its level of characterization.[128] Carl Kimlinger from জীবন্ত News Network (ANN) praised the designs of the characters, since every one shows their unique way of অভিনয় and appearance. He also noted how even the "goofiest looking character" can act "damm cool" when he fights. However, Kimlinger noted that in some volumes there are several fights, so the plot is not able to be developed, however he praised how each of the battles were emotional.[129] The series has also been praised for remaining enjoyable after several volumes দ্বারা Javier Lugo from mangalife.com, who also praised the antagonists as well as the fights scenes from the manga. Kishimoto's artwork was also মতামত প্রদত্ত দ্বারা Lugo as it makes the story "dramatic, exciting, and just right for the story he’s telling".[130] The start of Part II has been praised in another review দ্বারা Casey Brienza from ANN. She noted how well the characters were developed as they had new appearances and abilities. Brienza also praised the balance between plot and action scenes allowing the readers the enjoy the volume. However, she noted that it is not frequent that all the volumes have the same quality.[131] Briana Lawrence from Mania Entertainment added that in Part II, the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা feels "adult" since several characters grew up but there are still comedy parts in the series. However, Viz's translations were criticized for being "inconsisent" due to the change of some Japanese terms to English, while other words were left intact.[132]
In TV Asahi's latest শীর্ষ 100 জীবন্ত Ranking from October 2006, নারুত ranked 17th on the list.[133] নারুত Shippuden has ranked several times as one of most watched series in Japan.[134][135] The নারুত জীবন্ত adaptation won the "Best Full-Length অ্যানিমেশন Program Award" in the Third UStv Awards held in the বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.[136] The first of the DVD compilations containing thirteen episodes, released দ্বারা Viz was nominated at the American জীবন্ত Awards for best package design.[137] It also ranked as the third best-seller জীবন্ত property from all 2008.[138] নারুত was named "Best Full Animated Program" at the USTv Student's Choice Awards 2009 held at the UST Medicine Auditorium on February 19, 2009.[139] In ICv2's "Top 10 জীবন্ত Properties" from the first half of 2009, নারুত ranked as the সেকেন্ড best জীবন্ত franchise.[140] The episodes from Naruto: Shippuden have appeared various times in Japanse জীবন্ত TV Ranking.[141][142] DVD sales from Naruto: Shippuden have also been good, having appeared several times in the Japanese অ্যানিমেশন DVD Ranking.[143][144] The freely streamed episodes from Naruto: Shippuden have an average of 160,000 viewers a week.[145] নারুত has also been 20th among shows and channels from Hulu in February from 2009. In Joost, it was first during the same month. In February, Naruto: Shippuden was first among the animated shows on Joost while নারুত stayed second.[146]
The নারুত জীবন্ত was listed as the 38th best animated প্রদর্শনী in IGN's শীর্ষ 100 Animated Series.[147] Reviewers noted that the primary focus of the series was on the fighting since they consider that the fight scenes are আরো dedicated than backgrounds. The সঙ্গীত has also been noted to be a good match with the fighting scenes though it sometimes interferes with the dialogues.[148] Martin Theron from ANN criticized the series for long fights, but he also noted that most of them break the "stereotypical shōnen concepts." The soundtracks have been praised for enhancing the excitement and mood of the storytelling.[149] Although Christina Carpenter of T.H.E.M. জীবন্ত Reviews considered the characters from the series as "likeable", she মতামত প্রদত্ত that most of them did not surpass the "stereotypics" that appear in shōnen manga. She also considered Kishimoto "an average artist at best" and derided the poor transition of his artistic style into animation.[150] Despite this, the সেকেন্ড reviewer from T.H.E.M. জীবন্ত Reviews, Derrick L. Tucker, admitted that when the animators were at their best, they produced "artistic renderings that leave little to be desired on the part of অনুরাগী of the manga", but concluded the অ্যানিমেশন was "a mixed bag". He also added that while fights were entertaining, due to the large number of them, the plot takes time to continue.[151] Some critics panned the Battle at Hidden Falls special, as being a throw back to the earliest episodes of the main নারুত series. ANN' s reviewer called it a poor addition to the নারুত franchise that didn't "do the series justice" but may make viewers gain new appreciation for how far the series has progressed since its earliest episodes. Todd Douglass Jr. from DVD talk মতামত প্রদত্ত the OVA was good overrall but it still lacked the depth that common story arcs from the series have.
The জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা was first published দ্বারা Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Currently, the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা is still being serialized with forty-seven tankōbon volumes released so far. The জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা was later adapted into an anime, which was produced দ্বারা Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered across জাপান on the terrestrial TV Tokyo network and the জীবন্ত satellite টেলিভিশন network Animax on October 3, 2002. The first series lasted 220 episodes, while Naruto: Shippuden, a sequel to the original series, has been airing since February 15, 2007. In addition to the জীবন্ত series, Studio Pierrot has developed six চলচ্চিত্র for the series and several original video animations (OVAs). Other types of merchandise include light novels, video games and trading cards developed দ্বারা several companies.
Viz Media has licensed the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা and জীবন্ত for North American production. Viz has been publishing the series in their Shonen Jump magazine, and as well as the indidividual volumes. The জীবন্ত series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2005, and later in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2006 and 2007 respectively. The films, as well as most OVAs from the series, have also been released দ্বারা Viz, with the first film premiering in cinemas. The first DVD volume of Naruto: Shippuden will be released দ্বারা Viz in North America on September 29, 2009.
Serialized in Viz's Shonen Jump magazine, নারুত has become one of the company's best-selling জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা series. As of volume 36, the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা has sold over 71 million copies in Japan. The English adaptation of the series has also appeared in the USA Today Booklist several times and volume 11 won the Quil Award in 2006. Reviewers from the series have praised the balance between fighting and comedy scenes, as well as the characters' personalities, but have criticized it for using standard shōnen plot elements.
Contents
Plot
See also: তালিকা of নারুত characters and World of Naruto
নারুত Uzumaki is a young boy who has the Nine-Tailed Demon শিয়াল sealed within him. Twelve years before the start of the series, the Nine-Tailed Demon শিয়াল attacked the ninja village Konohagakure, slaughtering many people. In response, the leader of Konohagakure and its ninja military – the Fourth Hokage – sacrificed his life to সীল the demon inside নারুত when he was a newborn. Konohagakure, however, regarded নারুত as if he were the demon শিয়াল itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood. A decree made দ্বারা the Third Hokage, who replaced the Fourth Hokage after his death, forbade anyone mention the attack of the demon শিয়াল to anyone. Years later, নারুত is tricked দ্বারা the renegade ninja Mizuki into stealing a forbidden scroll, but is stopped দ্বারা his teacher, Iruka Umino. When Iruka almost dies while protecting নারুত from Mizuki, নারুত defeats Mizuki using the power from the scroll, which develops the অতিপ্রাকৃতিক ability Jutsu Shadow Clone Technique that creates clones from himself. That encounter makes নারুত realize he was the container of the demon fox.
The main story follows নারুত and his friends' personal growth. নারুত befriends two comrades, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, who are assigned with him to form a three-person team named Team 7 under an experienced sensei named কাকাসি Hatake. Like all the ninja teams from the every village, Team 7 is in charge in completing missions requested দ্বারা villagers such as being bodyguards. During the course of the missions, নারুত also befriends other characters that he meets throughout the series. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better, and experience a coming-of-age journey as নারুত dreams of becoming the Hokage of Konohagakure. After several missions, কাকাসি allows Team 7 to participate into a ninja exam in which they can improve their ranks, and thus, be part of harder missions. During the exams, Orochimaru, a criminal at the শীর্ষ of Konohagakure's most wanted list, attacks Konoha killing the Third Hokage as an act of revenge. This causes one of the three legendary ninja, Jiraiya to খুঁজুন for his partner Tsunade, to become the Fifth Hokage. During that search, it is revealed that Orochimaru also desires to acquire Sasuke Uchiha due to his powerful genetic heritage. Believing Orochimaru will be able to give him the strength needed to kill his brother Itachi, who destroyed all his clan, Sasuke goes to him. Tsunade sends a group of ninja including নারুত to make Sasuke return to Konoha, but নারুত is unable to defeat him. নারুত does not give up on Sasuke, leaving Konoha for two-and-a-half years of training under Jiraiya's tuition to prepare himself for the পরবর্তি time he encounters Sasuke.
After the training period, a mysterious organization called আকাটসুকি attempts to capture the nine powerful tailed beasts including the Nine-Tailed Demon শিয়াল sealed inside of Naruto. Several ninjas from Konohagakure, including Team 7, fight against the আকাটসুকি members and খুঁজুন for their teammate Sasuke. Although they manage to save the host from the One-tailed beast, Gaara, আকাটসুকি is successful in capturing seven from the creatures. Sasuke, in the meantime betrays Orochimaru and faces Itachi to take revenge. Although Itachi dies in battle, Sasuke is later told দ্বারা the আকাটসুকি founder Madara Uchiha that Itachi was ordered দ্বারা Konohagakure's leadership to destroy his clan. Saddened with the revelation, Sasuke joins forces with আকাটসুকি to destroy Konohagakure. Meanwhile, as several আকাটসুকি members are defeated দ্বারা the Konohagakure ninja, the leader, Pain, invades the village to capture Naruto. However, নারুত defeats all of Pain's bodies and convinces the real one to leave. While the villagers rebuild Konohagakure Tsunade is dismissed from her position as the Hokage as she ended in coma for using all her energy to protect the villagers from Pain. Therefore, the elder Danzo quickly takes the role.
Production
Masashi Kishimoto first created a one-shot of নারুত for August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump.[1] Despite its high positive results in the reader poll, Kishimoto thought "[the] art stinks and the story's a mess!" Kishimoto was originally working on Karakuri for the Hop Step Award when, unsatisfied দ্বারা the rough drafts, he decided to work on something different, which later formed into the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা series Naruto. Kishimoto has expressed concerns that the use of chakras and hand signs makes নারুত too Japanese, but still believes it to be an enjoyable read.[2]
When originally creating the নারুত story, Kishimoto looked to other shōnen জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা as influences for his work, although he attempted to make his characters as unique as possible.[3] The separation of the characters into different teams was intended to give each group a specific flavor. Kishimoto wished for each member to be "extreme," having a high amount of aptitude in one প্রদত্ত attribute yet be talentless in another."[4] The insertion of villains into the story was largely to have them act as a counterpoint to the characters' moral values. Kishimoto has admitted that this focus on illustrating the difference in values is central to his creation of villains to the point that, "I don't really think about them in combat."[5] When drawing the characters, Kishimoto consistenly follows a five-step process: concept and rough sketch, drafting, inking, shading, and coloring. These steps are followed when he is drawing the actual জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা and making the color illustrations that commonly adorn the cover of tankōbon, the cover of Weekly Shōnen Jump, অথবা other media, but the toolkit he utilizes occasionally changes.[6] For instance, he utilized an airbrush for one illustration for a Weekly Shōnen Jump cover, but decided not to use it for future drawings largely due to the cleanup required.[7] For Part II, the part of the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা beginning with volume 28, Kishimoto ব্যক্ত that he attempted to not "overdo the typical জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা style" দ্বারা not including "too much deformation" and keeping the panel layouts to make it easy for the reader to follow the plot. Kishomoto ব্যক্ত his drawing style changed from "the classic জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা look to something a bit আরো realistic."[8]
Kishimoto added that, as নারুত takes place in a "Japanese ফ্যান্টাসি world," he has set certain rules, in a systematic way so that he could easily "convey the story." Kishimoto wanted to "draw on" the Chinese zodiac tradition, which had a long-standing presence in Japan; the zodiac hand signs originate from this. When Kishimoto was creating the setting of the নারুত manga, he initially concentrated on the designs for village of Konohagakure, the primary setting of the series. Kishimoto asserts that his নকশা for Konohagakure was created "pretty spontaneously without much thought", but admits that the scenery is based on his প্রথমপাতা in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. Without a specific time period, Kishimoto included modern elements in the series such as convenience stores, but specifically excluded projectile weapons and vehicles from the storyline. For reference materials, Kishimoto performs his own research into Japanese culture and alludes to it in his work.[9] Regarding technology Kishimoto ব্যক্ত that নারুত would not have any firearms. He ব্যক্ত he may include automobiles, aircraft, and "low-processing" computers; Kishimoto specified the computers would "maybe" be eight-bit and that they would "definitely not" be sixteen-bit.[10] He has also stated that he has a visual idea of the last chapter of the series, including the text and the story. However, he notes that it may take a long time to end the series since "there are still so many things that need to be resolved".[11]
When asked about what was Naruto's main theme during Part I, Kishimoto answered that it is how people accept each other citing Naruto's development in such part. Since being unable to focus in the romance during Part I, Kishimoto that during Part II he was to emphasize this theme more, despite finding it difficult.[12]
Media
Manga
Main article: তালিকা of নারুত জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা volumes
নারুত premiered in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in 1999.[13] The first 238 chapters are known as Part I, and constitute the first part of the নারুত storyline. জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা chapters 239 to 244 comprise a gaiden series focusing on the background of the character কাকাসি Hatake. All subsequent chapters belong to Part II, which continues the storyline in Part I after a two and a half বছর time gap. The নারুত জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা is serialized in North America দ্বারা Viz Media in their জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা anthology magazine Shonen Jump, with the first chapter of the English adaptation published in the January 2003 issue.[14] To compensate for the gap between the Japanese and English adaptations of the manga, Viz implemented its "Naruto Nation" campaign, where it released three volumes a মাস in the last four months of 2007 in order to close ব্যক্ত gap.[15] Cammie Allen, Viz's product manager, মতামত প্রদত্ত that, their main reason for the schedule was to catch up to the Japanese release schedule to give their readers a similar experience to that of Japanese readers.[15] A similar campaign was planned for 2009, with eleven volumes from Part II of the series being released between February and April in order to catch up to the Japanese serialization. Starting with the release of volume forty-five in July, Viz will begin releasing নারুত on a quarterly basis.[16]
As of August 2009[update], 47 tankōbon have been released দ্বারা Shueisha in Japan, with the first twenty-seven tankōbon containing Part I, and the remaining nineteen belonging to Part II. The first tankōbon was released on March 3, 2000.[17][18] In addition, several tankōbon, each containing ani-manga based one of the নারুত movies, have been released দ্বারা Shueisha.[19][20][21][22] In Japanese, Shueisha has also released the series for cell-phone download on their website Shueisha জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা Capsule.[23] Viz has released 45 volumes of the English adaptation of the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা with the first being published on August 16, 2003.[24][25] In addition, Viz Media released all twenty-seven volumes in a boxed set, thus constituting the entirety of the নারুত storyline before Part II on November 13, 2007.[26]
জীবন্ত series
Naruto
Main article: তালিকা of নারুত episodes
Directed দ্বারা Hayato তারিখ and produced দ্বারা Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, the নারুত জীবন্ত adaptation premiered in জাপান on TV Tokyo October 3, 2002, and ran for 220 episodes until its conclusion on February 8, 2007.[27][28] The first 135 episodes are adapted from the first twenty-seven volumes of the manga, while the remaining eighty episodes are original episodes that utilize plot elements not seen in the original manga.[29]
Episodes from the series have been published in DVD. The first DVD series has been the only one to be collected in VHS format.[30] There are a total of five series, with each of the including four episodes per volume.[31] The series has also been collected in a series of three DVD boxes during 2009.[32][33] The newest DVD series is নারুত The Best Scene which collects scenes from the first 135 episodes from the anime.[34]
Viz licensed the জীবন্ত series for broadcast and distribution in the Region 1 market. The English adaptation of the জীবন্ত began airing on September 10, 2005 and finished on January 31, 2009, with 209 episodes aired.[35] The episodes have been shown on Cartoon Network's Toonami (United States), YTV's Bionix (Canada) and Jetix's (United Kingdom) programming blocks. YTV still airs the প্রদর্শনী with newer ones at midnight on Sundays and with reruns at 4am on Tuesdays-Fridays. Beginning on March 28, 2006, Viz released the series on DVD.[36] While the first 26 volumes contain four episodes, since DVD volumes have five episodes.[37] Uncut editions are compiled in DVD Box Sets, each containing 12-15 episodes, with some variation based around story arcs.[38] In the American broadcast, references to alcohol, Japanese culture, sexual innuendo, and the appearance of blood and death were sometimes reduced for the broadcast, but left in the DVD editions.[39] Other networks make additional content edits apart from the edits done দ্বারা Cartoon Network, such as Jetix's stricter censoring of blood, language, smoking and the like. The series has also been licensed to the websites Hulu, Joost, and Crunchyroll, which air episodes online with the original Japanese audio tracks and English subtitles.[40][41][42]
Naruto: Shippuden
Main article: তালিকা of Naruto: Shippuden episodes
Naruto: Shippuden (ナルト 疾風伝, নারুত Shippūden?, lit. "Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles") is the ongoing sequel to the original নারুত জীবন্ত and covers the নারুত জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা from volume twenty-eight on. The TV adaptation of Naruto: Shippuden debuted in জাপান on February 15, 2007 on TV Tokyo. It is developed দ্বারা Studio Pierrot and directed দ্বারা Hayato Date.[43][29] ABS-CBN is the first TV network (TV network outside Japan) to broadcast Naruto: Shippuden. ABS-CBN has initially aired the first 40 episodes of Naruto: Shippuden until March 19, 2008. Beginning January 8, 2009, TV Tokyo began broadcasting new episodes via internet streaming directly to monthly subscribers. Each streamed episode is be made available online within an ঘন্টা of its Japanese premiere and include English subtitles.[44] Viz began streaming English subtitled episodes on January 2, 2009 on their official website for the series. The uploaded episodes include both previously released episodes and the new episodes from Japan.[45] Beginning in October 2009, the English dub of Naruto: Shippuden will air weekly on ডিজনি XD.[46]
The series is being released to Region 2 DVD in জাপান with four অথবা five episodes per disc. There are currently four series of DVD releases divided দ্বারা story arc.[47] There is also a special feature included with the seventh Naruto: Shippuden compilation DVD based on the সেকেন্ড ending of the series called Hurricane! "Konoha Academy" Chronicles.[48] Besides the regular DVD series, on December 16, 2009 it will be released one named কাকাসি Chronicles ~Boys' Life on the Battlefield~ (カカシ外伝~戦場のボーイズライフ~, কাকাসি Gaiden - Senjō no bōizuraifu?) featuring episodes 119-120 which are set during কাকাসি Hatake's childhood.[49] The first North American DVD of the series was released on September 29, 2009.[50]
CDs
Cover of নারুত Shippūden Original Soundtrack
The নারুত soundtracks were composed and arranged দ্বারা Toshio Masuda. The first, titled নারুত Original Soundtrack, was released on April 3, 2003 and contained twenty-two tracks that appeared during the first season of the anime.[51] The second, called নারুত Original Soundtrack II was released on March 18, 2004 and contained nineteen tracks.[52] The third, called নারুত Original Soundtrack III was released on April 27, 2005 and contained twenty-three tracks.[53]
A series of two soundtracks containing all the opening and ending themes of the series, titled Naruto: Best Hit Collection and Naruto: Best Hit Collection II were released on November 17, 2004 and August 2, 2006, respectively.[54][55] Of all tracks of the series, eight were selected and released as a CD called নারুত in Rock -The Very Best Hit Collection Instrumental Version- that was released on December 19, 2007.[56] Each of the three চলচ্চিত্র of the first জীবন্ত series has a soundtrack that was released near its release date.[57][58][59] Various Drama CD series have also been released in which the voice actors play original episodes.[60]
The soundtracks of Naruto: Shippuden have been produced দ্বারা Yasuharu Takanashi. The first, নারুত Shippūden Original Soundtrack was released on December 9, 2007.[61] নারুত All Stars was released on July 23, 2008 and consists of ten original নারুত songs remixed and sung দ্বারা characters from the series.[62] The two films from the sequel also had their soundtracks, with the first released on August 1, 2007 and the সেকেন্ড on July 30, 2008.[63][64]
Original video animations
There are four নারুত original video animations (OVAs). The first two, Find the Crimson Four-Leaf Clover! and Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!, were aired at the Shōnen Jump Jump Festa 2003 and Jump Festa 2004, respectively, and were later released on DVD.[65] The English localization of the সেকেন্ড OVA was released on DVD দ্বারা Viz on May 22, 2007.[66] The third OVA, Finally a clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indiscriminate grand melee tournament meeting!!, was released on a bonus disc with the Japanese edition of the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 video game for the PlayStation 2.[67] The fourth OVA, Konoha Annual Sports Festival, is a short video released with the first নারুত movie. In North America, the OVA was included in the "Deluxe Edition" DVD from the first film.[68]
Films
The series has also spawned six films; with the first three situated during the first জীবন্ত series, the remaining from Naruto: Shippūden. The first film, Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, was released on August 21, 2004 in Japan. It tells how Team 7 is dispatched to the Land of Snow to protect the actors during the shooting of the new Princess Fuun movie, to whom নারুত became a fan. As a bonus, the short original video অ্যানিমেশন Konoha Annual Sports Festival was included with the Japanese release of the film.[69] It premiered on September 6, 2007 in the United States.[70][71]
It was followed দ্বারা Legend of the Stone of Gelel, which was released in theaters in জাপান on August 6, 2005. The The film involves Naruto, সিকামারু and Sakura during a ninja mission in which they are involved in a war between the Sunagakure village and a large number of armored warriors.[72] Unlike its predecessor, Legend of the Stone of Gelel did not see a theatrical release in the United States, and was direct-to-video instead. It aired on Cartoon Network on July 26, 2008 and then was released to DVD July 29, 2008.[73]
The third film, Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, was originally released on August 5, 2006. It shows how Naruto, Sakura, Lee, and কাকাসি are assigned to protect the future prince of the Land of Moon, Hikaru Tsuki.[74] The English dub of the movie aired on Cartoon Network and was released to DVD on November 11, 2008.[75][76] On July 3, 2008, Sony released a Japanese DVD Box containing the first three movies.[77]
The series' fourth film, Naruto: Shippūden the Movie, was released on August 4, 2007, and chronicles Naruto's assignment to protect the priest Shion who starts having visions of his death.[78] The fifth film, নারুত Shippūden 2: Bonds, was released on August 2, 2008. It tells how ninja from the Sky Country attack Konoha and to stop them, নারুত and Sasuke যোগদান forces although the latter has already left two years ago.[79] The latest film is নারুত Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire, which premiered in জাপান on August 1, 2009.[80]
Light novels
Three নারুত light novels, written দ্বারা Masatoshi Kusakabe, have been published in জাপান দ্বারা Shueisha, while the first two were released in English in North America দ্বারা Viz. The first, Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood (白の童子、血風の鬼人?), retells Team 7's mission in which they encounter the assassins Zabuza and Haku. It was released on December 16, 2002 in জাপান and November 21, 2006 in North America.[81][82] The সেকেন্ড novel Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (滝隠れの死闘 オレが英雄だってばよ!, Takigakure no Shitō Ore ga Eiyū dattebayo!?, lit. The Waterfall Village's Fight to the Death I am the Hero!), based on the 2nd original video অ্যানিমেশন of the anime, was published on December 15, 2003 in জাপান and October 16, 2007 in the United States.[83][84] The latest novel is an adaptation of the first নারুত film and was published on August 23, 2004.[85] Viz has also started to প্রকাশ new novels called Chapter বই written দ্বারা Tracey West, and with illustrations from the manga. Unlike the series, the novels are aimed to children aged 7 to 10 years old.[86] The first two novels were released on October 7, 2008 and currently seven novel have been published.[87][88][89]
Video games
Main article: তালিকা of নারুত video games
নারুত video games have appeared on various consoles from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. Most of them are fighting games in which the player controls one of a select few characters directly based upon their counterparts in the নারুত জীবন্ত and manga. The player pits their character against another character controlled দ্বারা the game's AI অথবা দ্বারা another player, depending on the mode that the player is in. The objective is to reduce the opponent's health to zero using basic attacks and special techniques unique to each character that are derived from techniques they use in the নারুত জীবন্ত অথবা manga.[90] The very first নারুত video game was Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō, which was released in জাপান on March 27, 2003, for the WonderSwan Color.[91] Most নারুত video games have been released only in Japan. The first games released outside জাপান were the Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen series and the Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshu series, released in North America under the titles of Naruto: Clash of Ninja and Naruto: Ninja Council.[92][93]
Trading card game
নারুত Collectible Card Game (ナルト- カードゲーム, lit. নারুত CardGame?) is a collectible card game based around the নারুত series. Produced দ্বারা Bandai, the game was first introduced in জাপান in February 2003.[94] Bandai began releasing the game in English in North American in April 2006.[95] The game is played between two players requiring players use a customized deck of fifty cards from the set, a game mat, an item to act as a "turn marker" for noting whose turn it is, and a "Ninja Blade Coin" which is primarily used to flip for making decisions. In order to win, a player must either earn ten "battle rewards" through their actions in the game, অথবা they must cause the other player to exhaust their deck.[96]
The cards are released in named sets, called "series" in the form of four different 50-card preconstructed box sets.[94][95] Each set includes a starter deck, the game mat, a turn-counter, and one stainless steel "Ninja Blade Coin". Additional cards are made available in 10-card booster packs, and deck sets, primarily for retailers, contain all four box sets available for each series. Cards for each set are also made available in collectible tins, containing several booster packs and exclusive promotional cards in a metal box.[97] দ্বারা October 2006, seventeen series had been released in জাপান spanning 417 unique cards.[94] As of August 2008, ten of these series have been released in North America.[98]
Art and guidebooks
Several supplementary বই of the নারুত series have been released. An artbook named The Art of Naruto: Uzumaki contains illustration from the Part I জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা and was released in both জাপান and the United States.[99][100] For the Part II manga, an interactive book called PAINT JUMP: Art of নারুত was released দ্বারা Shueisha on April 4, 2008.[101] The latest artbook was published on July 3, 2009 under the name of Naruto.[102] A series of guidebooks for the Part I called First Official Data Book (秘伝·臨の書キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, Hiden: Rin no Sho Character Official Data Book?)[103] and সেকেন্ড Official Data Book (秘伝·闘の書キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, Hiden: Tō no Sho Character Official Data Book?)[104] were released only in Japan. The third databook, Character Official Data Book Hiden Sha no Sho (秘伝・者の書 ― キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, Hiden: Sha no Sho - Kyarakutā ofisharu dēta book ?) was released on September 4, 2008, and adapted Part II from the manga.[105] These বই contain character profiles, Jutsu guides and drafts made দ্বারা Kishimoto. For the anime, a series of guidebook called নারুত জীবন্ত profiles were also released. These বই contain information about the production of the জীবন্ত episodes and explanation of the characters designs.[106] On October 4, 2002, it was released a জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা fanbook named Secret: Writtings from the Warriors Official Fanbook (秘伝・兵の書 ― オフィシャルファンBOOK, Hiden: Hei no Sho - Ofisharu অনুরাগী book?).[107] Viz published it in North America on February 19, 2008 under the name of Naruto: The Official Fanbook.[108]
Reception
নারুত has been well received in both জাপান and the United States. As of volume 36, the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা has sold over 71 million copies in Japan.[109] During 2008, volume 43 sold 1,188,881 copies becoming the 9th best-selling comic from Japan. Volumes 41, 42 and 44 also ranked within the শীর্ষ 20, but had smaller sold copies.[110] In total, the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা sold 4,261,054 copies in জাপান during 2008, becoming the 2nd best-selling series.[111] In the first half from 2009, it ranked as the 3rd best-seller জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা from Japan, having sold 3,490,349 copies.[112] In such period, volume 45 ranked 5th with 1,131,145 sold copies, while volume 46 ranked 9th, having sold 864,708 copies and volume 44 at 40th place.[113]
The নারুত জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা series has become one of Viz's শীর্ষ properties,[114] accounting for nearly 10% of all জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা sales in 2006.[115] ICv2 has listed it as the শীর্ষ জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা property from North America several times.[116][117] The seventh volume of Viz's release became the first জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা win a Quill Award when it claimed the award for "Best Graphic Novel" in 2006.[115] The জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা also appeared in the USA Today Booklist with volume 11 holding the শিরোনাম of the highest ranked জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা series on the list, until it was surpassed দ্বারা volume 28, which claimed the 17th rank in its first week of release in March 2008.[118][119][120] Volume 28 also had one of the biggest debut weeks of any জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা in years, becoming the শীর্ষ selling জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা volume of 2008 as well as the সেকেন্ড best-seller book in North America.[121][122] During its release, volume 29 ranked #57, while the volume 28 had dropped to #139.[123] In April 2007, volume 14 earned Viz the "Manga Trade Paperback of the Year" Gem Award from Diamond Comic Distributors.[124] The জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা series also became the শীর্ষ জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা property from 2008 in the United States with 31 volumes having been published during the chart.[125] Searches for the word "Naruto" were #7 on the Yahoo! web খুঁজুন engine's তালিকা of the শীর্ষ 10 most জনপ্রিয় খুঁজুন terms of 2008, and #4 from 2007.[126]
The series has received praise and criticism দ্বারা several reviewers. A. E. Sparrow from IGN noted how some জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা volumes focus only in certain characters to the point the number of অনুরাগী increases. He also praised the way that Kishimoto manages to make a remarkable combinations of fighting scenes, comedy and good artwork.[127] The জীবন্ত and জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা magazine Neo described Naruto's character as "irksome", but attributed the series' "almost sickening addictiveness" to its level of characterization.[128] Carl Kimlinger from জীবন্ত News Network (ANN) praised the designs of the characters, since every one shows their unique way of অভিনয় and appearance. He also noted how even the "goofiest looking character" can act "damm cool" when he fights. However, Kimlinger noted that in some volumes there are several fights, so the plot is not able to be developed, however he praised how each of the battles were emotional.[129] The series has also been praised for remaining enjoyable after several volumes দ্বারা Javier Lugo from mangalife.com, who also praised the antagonists as well as the fights scenes from the manga. Kishimoto's artwork was also মতামত প্রদত্ত দ্বারা Lugo as it makes the story "dramatic, exciting, and just right for the story he’s telling".[130] The start of Part II has been praised in another review দ্বারা Casey Brienza from ANN. She noted how well the characters were developed as they had new appearances and abilities. Brienza also praised the balance between plot and action scenes allowing the readers the enjoy the volume. However, she noted that it is not frequent that all the volumes have the same quality.[131] Briana Lawrence from Mania Entertainment added that in Part II, the জাপানি কমিকস মাঙ্গা feels "adult" since several characters grew up but there are still comedy parts in the series. However, Viz's translations were criticized for being "inconsisent" due to the change of some Japanese terms to English, while other words were left intact.[132]
In TV Asahi's latest শীর্ষ 100 জীবন্ত Ranking from October 2006, নারুত ranked 17th on the list.[133] নারুত Shippuden has ranked several times as one of most watched series in Japan.[134][135] The নারুত জীবন্ত adaptation won the "Best Full-Length অ্যানিমেশন Program Award" in the Third UStv Awards held in the বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.[136] The first of the DVD compilations containing thirteen episodes, released দ্বারা Viz was nominated at the American জীবন্ত Awards for best package design.[137] It also ranked as the third best-seller জীবন্ত property from all 2008.[138] নারুত was named "Best Full Animated Program" at the USTv Student's Choice Awards 2009 held at the UST Medicine Auditorium on February 19, 2009.[139] In ICv2's "Top 10 জীবন্ত Properties" from the first half of 2009, নারুত ranked as the সেকেন্ড best জীবন্ত franchise.[140] The episodes from Naruto: Shippuden have appeared various times in Japanse জীবন্ত TV Ranking.[141][142] DVD sales from Naruto: Shippuden have also been good, having appeared several times in the Japanese অ্যানিমেশন DVD Ranking.[143][144] The freely streamed episodes from Naruto: Shippuden have an average of 160,000 viewers a week.[145] নারুত has also been 20th among shows and channels from Hulu in February from 2009. In Joost, it was first during the same month. In February, Naruto: Shippuden was first among the animated shows on Joost while নারুত stayed second.[146]
The নারুত জীবন্ত was listed as the 38th best animated প্রদর্শনী in IGN's শীর্ষ 100 Animated Series.[147] Reviewers noted that the primary focus of the series was on the fighting since they consider that the fight scenes are আরো dedicated than backgrounds. The সঙ্গীত has also been noted to be a good match with the fighting scenes though it sometimes interferes with the dialogues.[148] Martin Theron from ANN criticized the series for long fights, but he also noted that most of them break the "stereotypical shōnen concepts." The soundtracks have been praised for enhancing the excitement and mood of the storytelling.[149] Although Christina Carpenter of T.H.E.M. জীবন্ত Reviews considered the characters from the series as "likeable", she মতামত প্রদত্ত that most of them did not surpass the "stereotypics" that appear in shōnen manga. She also considered Kishimoto "an average artist at best" and derided the poor transition of his artistic style into animation.[150] Despite this, the সেকেন্ড reviewer from T.H.E.M. জীবন্ত Reviews, Derrick L. Tucker, admitted that when the animators were at their best, they produced "artistic renderings that leave little to be desired on the part of অনুরাগী of the manga", but concluded the অ্যানিমেশন was "a mixed bag". He also added that while fights were entertaining, due to the large number of them, the plot takes time to continue.[151] Some critics panned the Battle at Hidden Falls special, as being a throw back to the earliest episodes of the main নারুত series. ANN' s reviewer called it a poor addition to the নারুত franchise that didn't "do the series justice" but may make viewers gain new appreciation for how far the series has progressed since its earliest episodes. Todd Douglass Jr. from DVD talk মতামত প্রদত্ত the OVA was good overrall but it still lacked the depth that common story arcs from the series have.