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| alt          = Naruto Uzumaki doing a hand sign while there is a scroll in his mouth.
| caption      = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover, featuring [[Naruto Uzumaki]]
| ja_kanji     = {{ruby-ja|NARUTO|ナルト}}
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| type         = manga
| author       = [[Masashi Kishimoto]]
| publisher    = [[Shueisha]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publishers
| AUS = [[Madman Entertainment]]
| [[Northern America|NA]]/[[United Kingdom|UK]]|[[Viz Media]]
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| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen]]}}
| magazine     = [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]
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| imprint      = [[Jump Comics]]
| first        = September 21, 1999
| last         = November 10, 2014
| volumes      = 72
| volume_list  = List of Naruto volumes
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| title        = Anime television series
| content      =
* ''[[Naruto (TV series)|Naruto]]'' (2002–07)
* ''[[Naruto (TV series)#Part II: Shippuden (2007–17)|Naruto: Shippuden]]'' (2007–17)
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| title        = Media franchise
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* [[List of Naruto media|List of ''Naruto'' media]]
** [[List of Naruto media#Films|List of ''Naruto'' films]]
** [[List of Naruto video games|List of ''Naruto'' video games]]
** ''[[Boruto]]''
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'''''Naruto'''''{{efn|[[Japanese language|Japanese]]: {{Ruby-ja|NARUTO|ナルト}}}} 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. The story is told in two parts: the first is set in Naruto's pre-teen years (volumes 1–27), and the second in his teens (volumes 28–72). The series is based on two [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot manga]] by Kishimoto: ''Karakuri'' (1995), which earned Kishimoto an honorable mention in [[Shueisha]]'s monthly ''Hop Step Award'' the following year, and ''Naruto'' (1997).

''Naruto'' was serialized in Shueisha's [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from September 1999 to November 2014, with its chapters collected in 72 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. [[Viz Media]] licensed the manga for North American production and serialized ''Naruto'' in their digital ''[[Weekly Shonen Jump (American magazine)|Weekly Shonen Jump]]'' magazine. Part I of the manga was adapted into an [[anime]] [[Naruto (TV series)|television series]] by [[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]] and [[Aniplex]], which ran for 220 episodes from October 2002 to February 2007 on [[TV Tokyo]]. A second series, which adapts material from Part II of the manga, is titled ''[[Naruto: Shippuden]]'' and ran on TV Tokyo for 500 episodes from February 2007 to March 2017. Pierrot also developed 11 animated films and 12 [[original video animation]]s (OVAs). The franchise includes [[light novel]]s, video games, and trading cards developed by several companies. The story of ''Naruto'' continues in ''[[Boruto]]'', where Naruto's son [[Boruto Uzumaki]] creates his own ninja way instead of following his father's.</onlyinclude>

''Naruto'' is one of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series]] of all time, having {{formatnum:250}} million copies in circulation worldwide in 47 countries and regions, with 153 million copies in Japan alone and remaining 97 million copies elsewhere. It has become one of Viz Media's best-selling manga series; their English translations of the volumes have appeared on ''[[USA Today]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]'' bestseller list several times, and the seventh volume won a [[Quill Award]] in 2006. Reviewers praised the manga's character development, storylines, and action sequences, though some felt the latter slowed the story down. Critics noted that the manga, which has a [[coming-of-age]] theme, makes use of cultural references from [[Japanese mythology]] and [[Confucianism]].

== Plot ==
=== Part I ===
{{See also|List of Naruto chapters (Part I){{!}}List of ''Naruto'' chapters (Part I)}}
A powerful fox known as the [[List of Naruto characters#Kurama|Nine-Tails]] attacks Konoha, the hidden leaf village in the Land of Fire, one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries in the Ninja World. In response, the leader of Konoha and the Fourth Hokage, [[Minato Namikaze]], at the cost of his life, seals the fox inside the body of his newborn son, [[Naruto Uzumaki]], making him a host of the beast.{{efn-lr|The host is known as a ''jinchuriki'' in the story. The secret that the fourth Hokage who sealed the beast in Naruto is his father is revealed in Part II. It is a human being in the Ninja World who has a Tailed Beast inside of them. A Tailed Beast is a giant creature that contains a large amount of chakra (energy) inside of their bodies.}} The [[Hiruzen Sarutobi|Third Hokage]] returns from retirement to become the leader of Konoha again. Naruto is often scorned by Konoha's villagers for being the host of the Nine-Tails. Due to a decree by the Third Hokage forbidding any mention of these events, Naruto learns nothing about the Nine-Tails until 12 years later, when Mizuki, a renegade ninja, reveals the truth to him. Naruto defeats Mizuki in combat, earning the respect of his teacher, [[Iruka Umino]].{{efn-lr|In ''Naruto'', a ''jutsu'' is a skill or a technique involving supernatural abilities.}}

Shortly afterward, Naruto becomes a ninja and joins with [[Sasuke Uchiha]], against whom he often competes, and [[Sakura Haruno]], on whom he has a crush, to form [[List of Naruto characters#Team 7|Team 7]], under an experienced ''[[sensei]]'', the elite ninja [[Kakashi Hatake]]. Like all the ninja teams from every village, Team 7 completes missions requested by the villagers, ranging from doing chores and being bodyguards to performing assassinations.

After several missions, including a major one in the Land of Waves, Kakashi allows Team 7 to take a ninja exam, enabling them to advance to a higher rank and take on more difficult missions, known as Chunin Exams. During the exams, [[Orochimaru (Naruto)|Orochimaru]], a wanted criminal, invades Konoha and kills the Third Hokage for revenge. [[Jiraiya (Naruto)|Jiraiya]], one of the three legendary ninjas, declines the title of Fifth Hokage and searches with Naruto for [[Tsunade (Naruto)|Tsunade]] whom he chooses to become Fifth Hokage instead.

During the search, it is revealed that Orochimaru wishes to train Sasuke because of his powerful genetic heritage, the Sharingan.{{efn-lr|{{anchor|Sharingan}}The {{nihongo|Sharingan|写輪眼||{{lit}} "Copy Wheel Eye", English manga: "Mirror Wheel Eye"}} is a special ability of the eye that the Uchiha clan holds. The Sharingan can copy any type of ''jutsu'', can see rapid movements, and can cast an illusion on its victim, and Sasuke being the last member of his clan as he holds the Sharingan.}} After Sasuke attempts and fails to kill his older brother [[Itachi Uchiha|Itachi]],{{efn-lr|He destroyed their clan and joined a criminal organization called [[Akatsuki Members|Akatsuki]].}} who had showed up in Konoha to kidnap Naruto, he joins Orochimaru, hoping to gain from him the strength needed to kill Itachi. The story takes a turn when Sasuke leaves the village: Tsunade sends a group of ninja, including Naruto, to retrieve Sasuke, but Naruto is unable to persuade or force him to come back. Naruto and Sakura do not give up on Sasuke; Naruto leaves Konoha to receive training from Jiraiya to prepare himself for the next time he encounters Sasuke, while Sakura becomes Tsunade's apprentice.

=== Part II ===
{{See also|List of Naruto chapters (Part II, volumes 28–48){{!}}List of ''Naruto'' chapters (Part II, volumes 28–48)|List of Naruto chapters (Part II, volumes 49–72){{!}}List of ''Naruto'' chapters (Part II, volumes 49–72)}}
Two and a half years later, Naruto returns from his training with Jiraiya. The [[Akatsuki (Naruto)|Akatsuki]] starts kidnapping the hosts of the powerful Tailed Beasts. Team 7 and other Leaf ninja fight against them and search for their teammate Sasuke. The Akatsuki succeeds in capturing and extracting seven of the nine Tailed Beasts, killing all the hosts except [[Gaara]], who is now the Kazekage. Meanwhile, Sasuke betrays Orochimaru and faces Itachi to take revenge. After Itachi dies in battle, Sasuke learns from the Akatsuki founder [[Obito Uchiha|Tobi]] that Itachi had been ordered by Konoha's superiors to destroy his clan to prevent a coup; he accepted, on the condition that Sasuke would be spared. Devastated by this revelation, Sasuke joins the Akatsuki to destroy Konoha in revenge. As Konoha ninjas defeat several Akatsuki members, the Akatsuki figurehead leader, [[Nagato (Naruto)|Nagato]], kills Jiraiya and devastates Konoha, but Naruto defeats and redeems him, earning the village's respect and admiration.

With Nagato's death, Tobi, disguised as [[Madara Uchiha]] (one of Konoha's founding fathers), announces that he wants to capture all nine Tailed Beasts to cast an illusion powerful enough to control all humanity and achieve [[world peace]]. The leaders of the five ninja villages refuse to help him and instead join forces to confront his faction and allies. That decision results in a Fourth Shinobi World War between the combined armies of the Five Great Countries (known as the Allied [[Ninja|Shinobi]] Forces) and Akatsuki's forces of [[Revenant|zombie-like]] ninjas. The Five Kage try to keep Naruto, unaware of the war, in a secret island turtle near Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village), but Naruto finds out and escapes from the island with [[Killer Bee (Naruto)|Killer Bee]], the host of the Eight-Tails. At that time, Naruto—along with the help of Killer Bee—gains control of his Tailed Beast and the two of them head for the battlefield.

During the conflict, it is revealed that Tobi is Obito Uchiha, a former teammate of Kakashi's who was thought to be dead. The real Madara saved Obito's life, and they have since collaborated. As Sasuke learns the history of Konoha, including the circumstances that led to his clan's downfall, he decides to protect the village and rejoins Naruto and Sakura to thwart Madara and Obito's plans. However, Madara's body ends up possessed by [[List of Naruto characters#Kaguya Ōtsutsuki|Kaguya Otsutsuki]], an ancient princess who intends to subdue all humanity. A reformed Obito sacrifices himself to help Team 7 stop her. Once Kaguya is sealed, Madara dies as well. Sasuke takes advantage of the situation and takes control of all the Tailed Beasts, as he reveals his goal of ending the current village system. Naruto confronts Sasuke to dissuade him from his plan, and after they almost kill each other in a final battle, Sasuke admits defeat and reforms. After the war, Kakashi becomes the Sixth Hokage and pardons Sasuke for his crimes. Years later, Kakashi steps down while Naruto marries [[Hinata Hyuga]] and becomes the Seventh Hokage, raising the [[Boruto: Naruto Next Generations|next generation]].

== Production ==
=== Development ===
In 1995, Shueisha released ''Karakuri'', a one-shot manga by Masashi Kishimoto that earned an honorable mention in the ''Hop Step Award'' in 1996. Kishimoto was unsatisfied with his subsequent drafts for a follow-up, and decided to work on another project.<ref name="vol16">{{cite book|title=Naruto, Volume 16|last=Kishimoto|first=Masashi|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|year=2007|isbn=978-1-4215-1090-3|page=150|author-link=Masashi Kishimoto|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/narutokish16kish}}</ref> The new project was originally going to feature Naruto as a chef, but this version never made it to print. Kishimoto originally wanted to make Naruto a child who could transform into a fox, so he created a one-shot of ''Naruto'' for the summer 1997 issue of ''Akamaru Jump'' based on the idea.<ref name="kizuna">{{cite book|title=NARUTO－ナルト－名言集 絆－KIZUNA－ 天ノ巻|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|year=2013|isbn=978-4-08-720681-4|pages=188–195|author=Kishimoto, Masashi|author-link=Masashi Kishimoto|language=ja|trans-title=Naruto Kizuna: The Words That Bind—Scroll of Heaven}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-05/sj-runs-yu-gi-oh's-end-slam-dunk-debut-naruto-origin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225210532/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-05/sj-runs-yu-gi-oh%27s-end-slam-dunk-debut-naruto-origin|archive-date=December 25, 2016|work=[[Anime News Network]]|title=SJ Runs Yu-Gi-Oh's End, Slam Dunk's Debut, Naruto's Origin|date=May 11, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the positive feedback it received in a readers' poll, Kishimoto was unhappy with the art and the story, so he rewrote it as a story about ninjas.<ref name="Crossroads 226" />

The first eight chapters of ''Naruto'' were planned before it appeared in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'', and these chapters originally devoted many panels of intricate art to illustrating the Konoha village. By the time ''Naruto'' debuted, the background art was sparse, instead emphasizing the characters.<ref name="Crossroads 226">{{cite book|title=Manga's Cultural Crossroads|last=Gan|first=Sheuo Hui|date=2013|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]]|isbn=978-1-134-10283-9|location=Hoboken|page=226|chapter=Auteur and Anime as Seen in the Naruto TV Series|editor1-last=Berndt|editor1-first=Jacqueline|editor2-last=Kümmerling-Meibauer|editor2-first=Bettina}}</ref> Though Kishimoto had concerns that [[chakra]] (the energy source used by the ninjas in ''Naruto'') made the series too Japanese, he still believed it is an enjoyable read.<ref name="Collector's Edition 2005 p 68">{{cite magazine|magazine=Shonen Jump Special Collector Edition (Free Collector's Edition)|title= Naruto: Page 68|year=2005|issn=1545-7818|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|page=68}}</ref> Kishimoto is a fan of [[Godzilla]], and the tailed beasts mythology was introduced because Kishimoto wanted an excuse to draw monsters.<ref name="nippon.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nippon.com/en/views/b00114/|title=Farewell, Naruto: The Curtain Closes on the World's Best-Loved Ninja|date=December 26, 2014|publisher=Nippon Communications Foundation|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150113014354/http://www.nippon.com/en/views/b00114/|archive-date=January 13, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has said that the central theme in [[List of Naruto chapters (Part I)|Part I]] of ''Naruto'' is how people accept each other, citing Naruto's development across the series as an example.<ref name="Second Official Character Data Book">{{cite book|title=NARUTO―ナルト―［秘伝・闘の書］|last=Kishimoto|first=Masashi|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|year=2005|isbn=978-4-08-873734-8|pages=310–311|language=ja|trans-title=Naruto: The Second Official Character Data Book}}</ref>

For Part II of the manga, Kishimoto tried to keep the panel layouts and the plot easy for the reader to follow, and avoid "overdo[ing] the typical manga-style".<ref name="Shonen Jump November 2009">{{cite magazine|date=November 2009|title=Naruto: Volume 7|magazine=[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|volume=7|issue=11 #83|pages=16–17|issn=1545-7818}}</ref> He considers that his drawing style has changed from "the classic manga look to something a bit more realistic."<ref name="Shonen Jump November 2009" /> Because of wishing to end the arc involving Sasuke Uchiha's search for his brother, Itachi, in a single volume, Kishimoto decided that volume 43 should include more chapters than regular volumes. As a result, Kishimoto apologized to readers for this since volume 43 was more expensive than regular volumes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kishimoto|first=Masashi|title=Naruto, Volume 43|year=2008|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|page=1|isbn=978-1-4215-2929-5|author-link=Masashi Kishimoto}}</ref>

=== Characters ===
{{Main|List of Naruto characters{{!}}List of ''Naruto'' characters}}
When he created ''Naruto'', Kishimoto looked to other {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga as influences for his work and tried to make his characters unique, while basing the story on Japanese culture.<ref name="ArtBook138">{{cite book|author=Kishimoto, Masashi|author-link=Masashi Kishimoto|title=Uzumaki: the Art of Naruto|year=2007|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|page=138|isbn=978-1-4215-1407-9}}</ref> The separation of the characters into different teams was intended to give each group a particular flavor. Kishimoto wanted each member to have a high level of aptitude in one skill and be talentless in another.<ref name="ArtBook141">{{cite book|title=Uzumaki: the Art of Naruto|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|year=2007|isbn=978-1-4215-1407-9|page=141|author-link=Masashi Kishimoto|author=Kishimoto, Masashi}}</ref> He found it difficult to write about romance, but emphasized it more in [[List of Naruto volumes#Part II|Part II of the manga]], beginning with volume 28.<ref name="Second Official Character Data Book" /> He introduced villains into the story to have them act as a counterpoint to his characters' moral values and clearly illustrate their differences.<ref name="ArtBook142">{{cite book|title=Uzumaki: the Art of Naruto|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|year=2007|isbn=978-1-4215-1407-9|page=142|author-link=Masashi Kishimoto|author=Kishimoto, Masashi}}</ref> As a result of how the younger characters were significantly weaker than the villains, Kishimoto made the [[ellipsis (narrative device)|ellipsis]] in order to have them age and become stronger during this time.<ref name="koba">{{Cite AV media|title=漫道コバヤシ第13号「NARUTO完結！岸本斉史SP」|date=December 13, 2014|language=ja|publisher=[[Fuji Television]]|trans-title=Kobayashi No. 13 'Completion of Naruto! Masashi Kishimoto SP'}}</ref>

=== Setting ===
Kishimoto made use of the [[Chinese astrology|Chinese zodiac]] tradition, which had a long-standing presence in Japan; the zodiac hand signs originate from this.<ref name="Collector's Edition 2005 p 68" /> When Kishimoto was creating the primary setting of the ''Naruto'' manga, he concentrated initially on the designs for the village of Konoha. The idea of the setting came to him "pretty spontaneously without much thought", but admits that the scenery became based on his home in the Japanese prefecture of [[Okayama Prefecture|Okayama]]. Since the storyline does not specify when it is set, he was able to include modern elements in the series such as convenience stores.<ref name="Uzumaki: the Art of Naruto 2007" /> He considered including automobiles, planes and simple computers, but excluded projectile weapons and vehicles from the plot.<ref name="Uzumaki: the Art of Naruto 2007">{{cite book|author=Kishimoto, Masashi|author-link=Masashi Kishimoto|title=Uzumaki: the Art of Naruto|year=2007|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|page=145|isbn=978-1-4215-1407-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Shonen Jump|title= Naruto: Volume 3|volume= 3|issue= 9|date=September 2003|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|issn=1545-7818|page=8}}</ref>

=== Conclusion ===
Masashi Kishimoto's home was close to [[Hiroshima]] where his grandfather lived. He would often tell his grandson stories of war and how it was related to grudges. However, Kishimoto commented that someone cannot look at the current state and criticize war as "being simply wrong", adding that every little thing in history causes the build-up towards war, and when it reaches its limit, "it breaks out." For that reason, Kishimoto felt that war would not be believable in his manga unless he had carefully elaborated on its background. Upon further researching, Kishimoto decided to create a world war story arc for the manga's finale. However, unlike the stories he heard from his grandfather, Kishimoto wanted to give the war covered in ''Naruto'' a more hopeful feeling.<ref name="war">{{cite web|title=Interview with Masashi Kishimoto Pt. 2 - Feb 13, 2012|url=https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/interview-with-masashi-kishimoto-pt-2-204|accessdate=April 16, 2022|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|archive-date=September 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923095629/https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/interview-with-masashi-kishimoto-pt-2-204|url-status=live}}</ref> Nagato's arc paved the way for the ending of ''Naruto'' to occur. Nagato stood out as a villain due to suffering war and killing Naruto's mentor Jiraiya. Understanding the fears of war, Naruto's characterization was made more complex for him to experience the Fourth Great Shinobi War. These events end with Naruto forgiving Sasuke as he had forgiven Nagato in the final battle.<ref name="koba" />

Due to unknown issues, the series' finale was delayed. Once volume 66 was released, Kishimoto commented he reached a moment from the narrative involving something he always wanted to draw.<ref>{{cite book|title=Naruto|volume=66|page=Afterword|publisher=Viz Media|year=2014|isbn=978-1-4215-6948-2}}</ref> When serialization began, Kishimoto decided the ending would feature a fight between two characters: Naruto and Sasuke. However, the writer felt the two were not equals as the former was not a victim of war like the latter whose family was killed to stop a possible civil war.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/style/AJ201411100007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110064229/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/style/AJ201411100007
|archive-date=November 10, 2014|title=Masashi Kishimoto: Fan letters from overseas made me realize the popularity of 'Naruto'|newspaper=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|date=November 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Kishimoto chose Hinata Hyuga as Naruto's romantic partner from the early stages of the manga, since Hinata had always respected and admired Naruto even before the series' beginning, and Kishimoto felt this meant the two of them could build a relationship.<ref name="comiconinter">{{cite news|author=Aoki|first=Deb|date=October 14, 2015|title=Masashi Kishimoto at New York Comic-con The Anime News Network Interview|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2015-10-14/masashi-kishimoto-at-new-york-comic-con/.94186|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019091230/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2015-10-14/masashi-kishimoto-at-new-york-comic-con/.94186|archive-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref> When Hinata first appeared, Kishimoto thought of expanding romantic plotlines.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Green|first=Scott|date=January 30, 2017|title=Viz Presents "Naruto" Author's Comments On Tone Of "Boruto," Hinata Marriage And More|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/01/30/viz-presents-naruto-authors-comments-on-tone-of-boruto-hinata-marriage-and-more|access-date=January 30, 2017|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131043837/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/01/30/viz-presents-naruto-authors-comments-on-tone-of-boruto-hinata-marriage-and-more|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Shubham|date=January 31, 2017|title=Jump Festa 2017 Interviews Masashi Kishimoto for Future of Boruto Naruto Next Generations - OtakuKart|url=https://otakukart.com/animeblog/2017/01/31/jump-festa-2017-interview-masashi-kishimoto-future-boruto-naruto-next-generations/|access-date=January 31, 2017|website=Otakukart|archive-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208141138/http://otakukart.com/animeblog/2017/01/31/jump-festa-2017-interview-masashi-kishimoto-future-boruto-naruto-next-generations/|url-status=live}}</ref> but decided to leave Naruto's maturation through romance as an idea for the film 2014 ''[[The Last: Naruto the Movie]]'' where he worked alongside screenwriter Maruo Kyozuka, a writer more skilled at the theme of romance.<ref name="guide">{{cite book|trans-title=The Last: Naruto the Movie The Last's Program Guide|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|year=2015|type=booklet|script-title=ja:【映画パンフレット】The Last: Naruto the Movie|page=14}}</ref> Similarly, the title character's relationship with his first son, [[Boruto Uzumaki|Boruto]], was explored furthermore in the 2015 film ''[[Boruto: Naruto the Movie]]'' to end Naruto's growth as the character had become an adult, but it was briefly shown in the manga's finale.<ref name="dvd">{{cite video|title=Boruto: Naruto the Movie|year=2015|medium=DVD}} Studio: [[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]].</ref>

== Media ==
{{Further|List of Naruto media{{!}}List of ''Naruto'' media}}

=== Manga ===
{{Main|List of Naruto volumes{{!}}List of ''Naruto'' volumes}}
Written and illustrated by [[Masashi Kishimoto]], ''Naruto'' was serialized for a 15-year run in [[Shueisha]]'s magazine, ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from September 21, 1999,<ref>{{cite press release|script-title=ja:累計発行、1億冊突破！ 『NARUTO-ナルト-』第51巻（岸本斉史 著：ジャンプ・コミックス 集英社）、4月30日(金)発売！！|url=https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000016259/|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|via=Dream News|access-date=June 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607110727/https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000016259/|archive-date=June 7, 2013|language=ja|date=April 26, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:7月公開映画『NARUTO』は原作者・岸本氏自ら描く新作ストーリーに|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2009105/full/|website=[[Oricon|Oricon News]]|access-date=December 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204220104/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2009105/full/|archive-date=December 4, 2022|language=ja|date=March 26, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> to November 10, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Urian|date=November 10, 2014|title=Viz Blog / This Week's Issue! - Nov 10, 2014|url=https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/this-week-s-issue-2380|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210219212701/https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/this-week-s-issue-2380|archive-date=February 19, 2021|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「NARUTO」15年の連載に幕！来春には新編の短期集中連載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/130807|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021192618/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/130807|archive-date=October 21, 2017|language=ja|date=November 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Shueisha collected its chapters in 72 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes—27 for Part I, and the rest for Part II; they were released between March 3, 2000,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:NARUTO―ナルト― 1|url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-872840-8|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=December 4, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=December 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204221557/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-872840-8|url-status=live}}</ref> and February 4, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:NARUTO―ナルト― 72|url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880220-6|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=December 4, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=December 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204221601/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880220-6|url-status=live}}</ref> The first 238 chapters are Part I and constitute the first section of the ''Naruto'' storyline. Chapters 239 to 244 include a {{Transliteration|ja|[[gaiden]]}} (side-story) focusing on Kakashi Hatake's background. The remaining chapters (245 to 700) belong to Part II, which continues the story after a {{frac|2|1|2}}-year gap in the internal timeline. Shueisha have also released several [[Films comic|ani-manga]] {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}}, each based on one of the ''Naruto'' movies,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=Naruto+Ani-Manga|title=Naruto Ani-Manga: Books|publisher=Amazon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620034109/https://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Naruto%20Ani-Manga|archive-date=June 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and has released the series in Japanese for cell-phone download on their website ''Shueisha Manga Capsule''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mangacapsule.jp/pc/|script-title=ja:NARUTO —ナルト—|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|trans-title=Naruto|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101124901/http://mangacapsule.jp/pc/|archive-date=January 1, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> A miniseries titled {{nihongo foot|''[[Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring]]'',|{{ruby-ja|NARUTO|ナルト}}外伝・七代目火影と緋色の花つ月|Naruto Gaiden: Nanadaime Hokage to Akairo no Hanatsuzuki|group=lower-alpha}} centered on the main characters' children, began serialization in the Japanese and English editions of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' on April 27, 2015, and ended after ten chapters on July 6 of the same year.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=March 26, 2015|title=Naruto Spinoff Manga Mini-Series to Begin on April 27|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-26/naruto-spinoff-manga-mini-series-to-begin-on-april-27/.86389|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225025537/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-26/naruto-spinoff-manga-mini-series-to-begin-on-april-27/.86389|archive-date=December 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=April 20, 2015|title=Naruto Sequel Spinoff Manga to Run in Viz's Shonen Jump|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-20/naruto-sequel-spinoff-manga-to-run-in-viz-shonen-jump/.87324|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505071021/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-20/naruto-sequel-spinoff-manga-to-run-in-viz-shonen-jump/.87324|archive-date=May 5, 2016}}</ref>

''Naruto'' was [[scanlation|scanlated]] (translated by fans) and available online before a licensed version was released in North America;<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2006/09/07/culture/fans-lift-j-culture-over-language-barrier/#.T_Oij_VTi59|title=Fans lift J-culture over language barrier {{!}} The Japan Times|last=Macias|first=Patrick|date=September 7, 2006|work=[[The Japan Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611065114/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2006/09/07/culture/fans-lift-j-culture-over-language-barrier/#.WUlAVWgrK01|archive-date=June 11, 2016|url-status=live|author-link=Patrick Macias}}</ref> the rights were acquired by [[Viz Media]], who began serializing ''Naruto'' in their anthology comic magazine ''[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]'', starting with the January 2003 issue.<ref name="ANNNarutoManga">{{cite news|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=August 1, 2002|title=Shonen Jump Press Release|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-08-01/shonen-jump-press-release|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225210629/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-08-01/shonen-jump-press-release|archive-date=December 25, 2016}}</ref> The schedule was accelerated at the end of 2007 to catch up with the Japanese version,<ref name="PublisherWeeklyNarutoNation">{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/1-legacy/24-comic-book-reviews/article/12945-viz-speeds-up-naruto-releases.html|title=Viz Speeds Up Naruto Releases|date=May 1, 2007|publisher=PWxyz, LLC|work=[[Publishers Weekly]]|author=Alverson, Brigid|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201035824/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/1-legacy/24-comic-book-reviews/article/12945-viz-speeds-up-naruto-releases.html|archive-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref> and again in early 2009, with 11 volumes (from 34 to 44) appearing in three months, after which it returned to a quarterly schedule.<ref name="Campaign2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/?id=169|title=A New Generation, A New Destiny|date=November 17, 2008|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216075136/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/?id=169|archive-date=December 16, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> All 27 volumes of Part I were released in a boxed set on November 13, 2007.<ref name="VolumeSetAmazon">{{cite book|title=Fall 2007 Naruto Box Set, Volumes 1–27 (Naruto)|isbn = 978-1-4215-1980-7|date=2007| publisher=Viz Media}}</ref> On May 3, 2011, Viz started selling the manga in an omnibus format with each book containing three volumes.<ref>{{cite book|title=Naruto: 3-in-1 Edition, Vol. 1 (Uzumaki Naruto / The Worst Client / Dreams)|isbn=978-1-4215-3989-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/naruto3in1volume0001kish|year=2011|last=Kishimoto|first=Masashi}}</ref>

The franchise has been licensed in 90 countries, and the manga serialized in 35 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.txhd.co.jp/en/ir/library/business/pdf/index_2008.pdf|title=TV Tokyo – Annual Reports 2008|publisher=[[TV Tokyo]]|page=12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716182530/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/ir/eng/report/pdf/ar2008/ar2008.pdf|archive-date=July 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Million" /> [[Madman Entertainment]] began publishing ''Naruto'' volumes in Australia and New Zealand in March 2008 after reaching a distribution deal with Viz Media.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 23, 2008|title=Viz Media Teams With Madman Entertainment on Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2008-02-23/viz-media-teams-with-madman-entertainment-on-manga|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531053323/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2008-02-23/viz-media-teams-with-madman-entertainment-on-manga|archive-date=May 31, 2015|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>

==== Spin-offs ====
A spin-off comedy manga by Kenji Taira, titled {{nihongo foot|''Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden,''|{{ruby-ja|NARUTO|ナルト}} SD ロック・リーの青春フルパワー忍伝||Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals|group=lower-alpha}} focuses on the character [[Rock Lee]], a character who aspires to be strong as a ninja but has no magical {{Transliteration|ja|jutsu}} abilities. It ran in Shueisha's ''[[Saikyō Jump]]'' magazine from December 3, 2010, to July 4, 2014,<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=November 9, 2010|title=Shueisha to Launch Super Strong Jump Mag for Kids|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-09/shueisha-to-launch-super-strong-jump-mag-for-kids|url-status=live|access-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202034150/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-09/shueisha-to-launch-super-strong-jump-mag-for-kids|archive-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=June 1, 2014|title=Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals Manga to End|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-01/naruto-spin-off-rock-lee-and-his-ninja-pals-manga-to-end/.75066|url-status=live|access-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421025455/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-01/naruto-spin-off-rock-lee-and-his-ninja-pals-manga-to-end/.75066|archive-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref> and was made into an [[List of Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals episodes|anime]] series, produced by Studio Pierrot, and premiering on [[TV Tokyo]] on April 3, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=February 2, 2012|title=Pierrot's Naruto: Rock Lee Anime Slated for Bleach's Timeslot|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-02/pierrot-naruto/rock-lee-anime-slated-for-bleach-timeslot|url-status=live|access-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106173922/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-02/pierrot-naruto/rock-lee-anime-slated-for-bleach-timeslot|archive-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref> Crunchyroll [[simulcast]]ed the series' premiere on their website and streamed the following episodes.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sevakis|first=Justin|date=April 2, 2012|title=Crunchyroll Adds Rock Lee Spinoff TV Anime Series|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-02/crunchyroll-adds-rock-lee-spinoff-tv-anime-series|url-status=live|access-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913032909/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-02/crunchyroll-adds-rock-lee-spinoff-tv-anime-series|archive-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref> Taira also wrote {{nihongo foot|''Uchiha Sasuke no Sharingan Den,''|うちはサスケの写輪眼伝||Sasuke Uchiha's Sharingan Legend|group=lower-alpha}} which released on October 3, 2014, which runs in the same magazine and features Sasuke.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|date=July 31, 2014|title=Naruto's Sasuke Uchiha Gets Spin-Off Manga in Saikyo Jump|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-31/naruto-sasuke-uchiha-gets-spin-off-manga-in-saikyo-jump/.77158|url-status=live|access-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801011856/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-31/naruto-sasuke-uchiha-gets-spin-off-manga-in-saikyo-jump/.77158|archive-date=August 1, 2014}}</ref>

A monthly sequel series titled ''[[Boruto: Naruto Next Generations]]'' began in the Japanese and English editions of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in early 2016, illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto and written by [[Ukyō Kodachi]], with supervision by Kishimoto. Ikemoto was Kishimoto's chief assistant during the run of the original ''Naruto'' series, and Kodachi was his writing partner for the ''[[Boruto: Naruto the Movie]]'' film screenplay. The monthly series was preceded by a [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]], titled {{Nihongo|''Naruto: The Path Lit by the Full Moon''|NARUTO-ナルト-外伝 ～満ちた月が照らす道～|Naruto Gaiden ~Michita Tsuki ga Terasu Michi~}}, written and illustrated by Kishimoto, and published on April 25 of that same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/blog/posts/boruto-s-coming-to-shonen-jump|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917214349/http://www.viz.com/blog/posts/boruto-s-coming-to-shonen-jump|archive-date=September 17, 2016|title=VIZ Blog / Boruto's Coming to Shonen Jump!|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「NARUTO」新作読み切りがジャンプに、次号より「BORUTO」の連載始動|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/184865|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 28, 2023|language=ja|date=April 25, 2016|archive-date=May 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531133534/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/184865|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Urian|url=https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/this-week-s-issue-04-25-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703023613/https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/this-week-s-issue-04-25-16|archive-date=July 3, 2016|title=VIZ Blog / This Week's Issue 04/25/16|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=dead|date=April 25, 2016}}</ref> The staff from Shueisha asked Kishimoto if he would write a sequel to ''Naruto''. However, Kishimoto refused the offer and offered his former assistant Mikio Ikemoto and writer Ukyō Kodachi write ''Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' as the sequel to ''Naruto''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Weekly Shonen Jump|title=A Conversation With Masashi Kishimoto and Mikio Ikemoto|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|issue=July 2016}}</ref>

Another one-shot chapter by Kishimoto, titled {{Nihongo|''Naruto: The Whorl Within the Spiral''|NARUTO-ナルト-外伝 ～渦の中のつむじ風～|Naruto Gaiden ~Uzu no Naka no Tsumujikaze~}}, centered on Naruto's father, Minato Namikaze, was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' on July 18, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Manga 1-Shot About Naruto's Father Slated for July 18|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-27/manga-1-shot-about-naruto-father-slated-for-july-18/.199672|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 28, 2023|date=June 27, 2023|archive-date=June 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627175637/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-27/manga-1-shot-about-naruto-father-slated-for-july-18/.199672|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「NARUTO」約7年ぶりの読切がジャンプに、ルフィらが55周年記念号の表紙に集結|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/533168|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716225524/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/533168|archive-date=July 16, 2023|language=ja|date=July 17, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

A [[Crossover (fiction)|crossover]] comic with ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', titled ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles × Naruto'', is set to run for four issues starting on November 13, 2024. The comic is written by Caleb Goellner, with drawing by Hendry Prasetya, coloring by Raúl Angulo, and lettering by Ed Dukeshire. Jorge Jiménez and Prasetya drew the cover art for the first issue.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Naruto Franchise Gets Crossover Comic with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-22/naruto-franchise-gets-crossover-comic-with-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/.213483|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722234252/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-22/naruto-franchise-gets-crossover-comic-with-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/.213483|archive-date=July 22, 2024|date=July 22, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Anime ===
{{Main|Naruto (TV series){{!}}''Naruto'' (TV series)}}
The first ''Naruto'' anime television series, directed by [[Hayato Date]] and produced by Pierrot and Aniplex, premiered on TV Tokyo in Japan on October 3, 2002, and concluded on February 8, 2007, after 220 episodes.<ref name="tvtokyo">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto2002/story_f.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822094056/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto2002/story_f.html|archive-date=August 22, 2016|title=Naruto story|publisher=[[TV Tokyo]]|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto2002/stuff_f.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702164537/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto2002/stuff_f.html|archive-date=July 2, 2016|title=Naruto staff|publisher=[[TV Tokyo]]|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first 135 episodes were adapted from Part I of the manga; the remaining 85 episodes are original and use plot elements that are not in the manga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animesays.com/list/naruto/|title=Naruto Filler & Episode List – AnimeSays|publisher=AnimeSays|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220180640/http://www.animesays.com/list/naruto/|archive-date=February 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Tetsuya Nishio]] was the character designer for ''Naruto'' when the manga was adapted into an anime; Kishimoto had requested that Nishio be given this role.<ref>{{cite book|title=Manga's Cultural Crossroads|last=Gan|first=Sheuo Hui|date=2013|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]]|isbn=978-1-134-10283-9|location=Hoboken|page=227|chapter=Auteur and Anime as Seen in the Naruto TV Series|editor1-last=Berndt|editor1-first=Jacqueline|editor2-last=Kümmerling-Meibauer|editor2-first=Bettina}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=July 21, 2012|title=Kishimoto: Naruto Manga to Continue Longer Than 1.5 Years|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-21/kishimoto/naruto-manga-to-continue-longer-than-1.5-years|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110231938/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-21/kishimoto/naruto-manga-to-continue-longer-than-1.5-years|archive-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref>

The second anime television series, titled {{Nihongo foot|''Naruto: Shippuden'',|{{ruby-ja|NARUTO|ナルト}} 疾風伝|Naruto Shippūden|{{lit}} "Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles"|group=lower-alpha}} was also produced by Pierrot and directed by Hayato Date, and serves as a direct sequel to the first ''Naruto'' anime series; it corresponds to Part II of the manga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto/staff/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308114433/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto/staff/|archive-date=March 8, 2017|title=スタッフ•キャスト|trans-title=Naruto – Staff Cast|publisher=TV Tokyo|url-status=dead}}</ref> It debuted on Japanese TV on February 15, 2007, on TV Tokyo, and concluded on March 23, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto/episodes2007.html|title=Naruto: Shippuden episodes from 2007|language=ja|publisher=TV Tokyo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523041139/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto/episodes2007.html|archive-date=May 23, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-23/naruto-shippuden-anime-ending-on-500th-episode-confirmed/.113787|title=Naruto Shippūden Anime's Ending on 500th Episode Confirmed|work=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323123510/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-23/naruto-shippuden-anime-ending-on-500th-episode-confirmed/.113787|archive-date=March 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

A series of four "brand-new" episodes, to commemorate the original anime's 20th anniversary, were originally scheduled to premiere on September 3, 2023;<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Original Naruto Anime's Brand-New Episodes Premiere on September 3|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2023-07-02/original-naruto-anime-brand-new-episodes-premiere-on-september-3/.199903|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702164922/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2023-07-02/original-naruto-anime-brand-new-episodes-premiere-on-september-3/.199903|archive-date=July 2, 2023|date=July 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> however, in August of that same year, it was announced that the episodes would be postponed to a later date.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Naruto Anime Delays Premiere of 4 New Episodes|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-29/naruto-anime-delays-premiere-of-4-new-episodes/.201744|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 29, 2023|date=August 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829222234/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-29/naruto-anime-delays-premiere-of-4-new-episodes/.201744|archive-date=August 29, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Films ====
{{Main|List of Naruto media#Films|l1=List of ''Naruto'' films}}
The series was adapted into 11 theatrical films and 12 [[original video animations]] (OVAs). The first three films correspond to the first series, and the remaining eight correspond to the second. In July 2015, [[Lionsgate]] announced the development of a live-action film with [[Avi Arad]] through his production company Arad Productions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/lionsgate-naruto-movie-micahel-gracey-1201554281/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170103/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/lionsgate-naruto-movie-micahel-gracey-1201554281/|archive-date=March 3, 2016|title=Lionsgate Ramping 'Naruto' Movie with Michael Gracey|magazine=Variety|last=McNary|first=Drew|date=July 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The film will be directed by [[Michael Gracey]]. On December 17, 2016, Kishimoto announced that he has been asked to co-develop.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=December 17, 2016|title=Masashi Kishimoto is Involved in Production on Lionsgate, Michael Gracey's Naruto Hollywood Film|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-17/masashi-kishimoto-is-involved-in-production-on-lionsgate-michael-gracey-naruto-hollywood-film/.110034|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810053206/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-17/masashi-kishimoto-is-involved-in-production-on-lionsgate-michael-gracey-naruto-hollywood-film/.110034|archive-date=August 10, 2020|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> On November 27, 2023, it was announced that Tasha Huo will work on the script for the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Variety: Tasha Huo to Work on Live-Action Naruto Script|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-27/variety-tasha-huo-to-work-on-live-action-naruto-script/.204846|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 27, 2023|date=November 27, 2023|archive-date=November 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127100054/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-11-27/variety-tasha-huo-to-work-on-live-action-naruto-script/.204846|url-status=live}}</ref>

On February 23, 2024, Gracey had exited the project, and [[Destin Daniel Cretton]] had been hired to direct and co-write the film. Cretton received his blessings from Kishimoto, after a visit in [[Tokyo]], with Kishimoto stating that when he heard that Cretton would be directing, he thought that he was the perfect choice.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=February 23, 2024|title='Naruto' Movie in the Works with Destin Daniel Cretton Writing and Directing (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/naruto-movie-in-the-works-1235833511/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223193438/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/naruto-movie-in-the-works-1235833511/|archive-date=February 23, 2024|access-date=February 23, 2024|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

=== Novels ===
Twenty-six ''Naruto'' [[light novel]]s, the first nine written by Masatoshi Kusakabe, have been published in Japan.<ref name="amazon1">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?rh=n%3A467278%2Ck%3ANARUTO|title=Naruto {{endash}} ライトノベル / コミック・ラノベ・BL: 本|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|trans-title=Naruto {{endash}} Light Novel / Comic Ranove / BL: Book|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403021541/http://www.amazon.co.jp/s?rh=n%3A467278%2Ck%3ANARUTO|archive-date=April 3, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Of these, the first two have been released in English in North America. The first adapted novel, ''Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood'' (2002), retells a Team 7 mission in which they encounter the assassins Zabuza and Haku;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/books/naruto-novel/5864|title=Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood (Novel)|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002354/https://www.viz.com/read/books/naruto-novel/5864|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703121-7&mode=1|title=NARUTO―ナルト―白の童子、血風の鬼人|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=Naruto {{endash}} white childish child, demon of blood style|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106165246/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703121-7&mode=1|archive-date=November 6, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> the second, ''Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!'' (2003) was based on the second OVA of the anime.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/books/naruto-novel/6772|title=Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (Novel)|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002310/https://www.viz.com/read/books/naruto-novel/6772|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872840-8&mode=1|title=NARUTO―ナルト―滝隠れの死闘 オレが英雄だってばよ|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=NARUTO {{endash}} Naruto Falls Hidden death fight I am a hero|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222085957/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872840-8&mode=1|archive-date=February 22, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Viz has also published 16 [[chapter book]]s written by Tracey West with illustrations from the manga. Unlike the series, these books were aimed at children ages seven to ten.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-02/viz-to-ship-anniversary-shonen-jump-naruto-kids-novels|title=Viz to Ship Anniversary Shonen Jump, Naruto Kids' Novels|date=June 2, 2008|work=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231153926/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-02/viz-to-ship-anniversary-shonen-jump-naruto-kids-novels|archive-date=December 31, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Thirteen original novels have appeared in Japan;<ref name="amazon1" /> eleven of these are part of a series, and the other two are independent novels unconnected to the series. The first independent novel, titled ''Naruto: Tales of a Gutsy Ninja'' (2009), is presented as an in-universe novel written by Naruto's master [[Jiraiya]]. It follows the adventures of a fictional {{Transliteration|ja|shinobi}} named Naruto Musasabi, who served as Naruto's namesake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703229-1&mode=1|title=NARUTO―ナルト―ド根性忍伝|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=NARUTO {{endash}} Naruto the gutsy ninja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624041034/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703229-1&mode=1|archive-date=June 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The other independent novel, ''Naruto Jinraiden: The Day the Wolf Howled'' (2012), is set shortly after Sasuke's fight with Itachi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703279-6&mode=1|title=NARUTO―ナルト― 迅雷伝 狼の哭く日|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|trans-title=Naruto Jinraiden: The Day the Wolf Howled|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413134601/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703279-6&mode=1|archive-date=April 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Itachi Shinden'', which consists of two novels, and ''Sasuke Shinden'', a single novel, both appeared in 2015, and both were adapted into anime arcs in ''Naruto: Shippuden'' in 2016, titled ''Naruto Shippūden: Itachi Shinden-hen: Hikari to Yami'' and ''Book of Sunrise'' respectively.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-19/itachi-shinden-spinoff-novels-get-tv-anime-adaptation-in-spring-2016/.96702|title=Itachi Shinden Spinoff Novels Get TV Anime Adaptation in Spring 2016|date=December 19, 2015|work=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218123558/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-19/itachi-shinden-spinoff-novels-get-tv-anime-adaptation-in-spring-2016/.96702|archive-date=February 18, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-11-04/j-world-tokyo-hosts-event-for-naruto-sasuke-shinden-novel-previews-anime-visual/.108448|title=J-World Tokyo Hosts Event For Naruto: Sasuke Shinden Novel, Previews Anime Visual|date=November 4, 2016|work=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108140308/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-11-04/j-world-tokyo-hosts-event-for-naruto-sasuke-shinden-novel-previews-anime-visual/.108448|archive-date=January 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>  ''Hiden'' is a series of six light novels published in 2015 that explores the stories of various characters after the ending of the manga.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-15/contents-of-naruto-epilogue-novels-unveiled/.83299|title=Contents of Naruto Epilogue Novels Unveiled|date=January 15, 2015|work=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115102821/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-15/contents-of-naruto-epilogue-novels-unveiled/.83299|archive-date=November 15, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Merchandise ==
=== Video games ===
{{Main|List of Naruto video games{{!}}List of ''Naruto'' video games}}
''Naruto'' video games have been released on various consoles by [[Nintendo]], [[Sony]], and [[Microsoft]]. The majority of them are [[fighting game]]s in which the player directly controls one of the characters from ''Naruto''. The player pits their character against another character controlled by the game's [[Artificial intelligence (video games)|AI]] or by [[multiplayer video game|another player]]; the objective is to reduce the opponent's health to zero using basic attacks as well as special techniques unique to each character derived from techniques they use in the ''Naruto'' anime or manga.<ref name="GameSpotHandsOnCoN1">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/naruto-clash-of-ninja-updated-hands-on/1100-6144888/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315122904/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/naruto-clash-of-ninja-updated-hands-on/1100-6144888/|archive-date=March 15, 2017|title=Naruto: Clash of Ninja Updated Hands-On|website=[[GameSpot]]|last=Torres|first=Ricardo|date=February 24, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first ''Naruto'' video game was ''Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō'', which was released in Japan on March 27, 2003, for the [[WonderSwan#WonderSwan Color|WonderSwan Color]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/naruto-konoha-ninpouchou/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303135226/http://www.gamespot.com/naruto-konoha-ninpouchou/|archive-date=March 3, 2017|title=GameSpot: Naruto: Konoha Ninpouchou|website=[[GameSpot]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> Most ''Naruto'' video games have been released only in Japan. The first games released outside of Japan were the ''[[Naruto: Clash of Ninja (series)|Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen]]'' series and the ''[[Naruto: Ninja Council (series)|Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshu]]'' series, released in North America under the titles of ''Naruto: Clash of Ninja'' and ''Naruto: Ninja Council''.<ref name="ClashofNinjaAnnouncement">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/naruto/news.html?sid=6141993&mode=all|title=Shonen Jump's Naruto Coming to North America!|website=[[GameSpot]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628212936/http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/naruto/news.html?sid=6141993&mode=all|archive-date=June 28, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NinjaCouncilGeneralInfo">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/games/naruto-ninja-council/gba-497565|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413132707/http://www.ign.com/games/naruto-ninja-council/gba-497565|archive-date=April 13, 2016|title=IGN: Naruto: Ninja Council|website=[[IGN]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2023, [[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Namco Bandai]] announced that the ''Naruto'' video games had sold {{nowrap|32.52 million}} units worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bandai Namco Group: Fact Book 2023|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/ir/integrated/pdf/2023EN_fact.pdf|publisher=[[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Bandai Namco Group]]|access-date=November 6, 2023|archive-date=November 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105110713/https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/ir/integrated/pdf/2023EN_fact.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Art and guidebooks ===
{{Main|List of Naruto media#Supplemental material|l1=List of ''Naruto'' supplemental material}}
Three official artbooks based on the ''Naruto'' series have been released. The first two, titled ''Art Collection: Uzumaki'', and ''Illustration Collection: Naruto'', were released in Japan in 2004 and 2009, with North American editions following in 2007 and 2010 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/books/art-of-naruto-uzumaki/6667|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002221/https://www.viz.com/read/books/art-of-naruto-uzumaki/6667|archive-date=February 2, 2017|title=The Art of Naruto: Uzumaki|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873706-7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224112148/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873706-7|archive-date=December 24, 2015|title=NARUTO―ナルト― 岸本斉史画集 UZUMAKI|trans-title=NARUTO {{endash}} Masashi Kishimoto art book UZUMAKI|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874823-8&mode=1|title=Naruto－ナルト－イラスト集 Naruto|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|trans-title=Naruto {{endash}} Illustration Collection Naruto|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703032022/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874823-8&mode=1|archive-date=July 3, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Naruto: The Official Character Data Book|isbn = 978-1-4215-3869-3|last = Kishimoto|first = Masashi|date=2010-10-26| publisher=VIZ Media LLC}}</ref> The third artbook ''Illustration Collection: Naruto Uzumaki'', was published in 2015 in Japan and later the same year in North America;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880384-5&mode=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430111330/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880384-5&mode=1|archive-date=April 30, 2015|title=イラスト集 UZUMAKI NARUTO|trans-title=Illustration Collection: Naruto Uzumaki|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/art-book/uzumaki-naruto-illustrations/12134|title=Uzumaki Naruto: Illustrations|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419145749/https://www.viz.com/read/art-book/uzumaki-naruto-illustrations/12134|archive-date=April 19, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> it contains artwork originally on ''Shonen Jump'' comic covers. It has no text except a brief commentary by Kishimoto about his favorite artworks.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Uzumaki Naruto Illustrations|url=http://www.midwestbookreview.com/ibw/feb_16.htm#Art|url-status=dead|magazine=[[Internet Bookwatch]]|publisher=Midwest Book Review|date=February 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317010819/http://www.midwestbookreview.com/ibw/feb_16.htm#Art|archive-date=March 17, 2017}}</ref> An interactive coloring book called ''Paint Jump: Art of Naruto'' was released in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-782168-0&mode=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223163231/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-782168-0&mode=1|archive-date=February 23, 2017|title=Paint Jump Art of Naruto|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> An unreleased artbook titled ''Naruto Exhibition Official Guest Book'' by Masashi Kishimoto was given to those who attended the ''Naruto'' art exhibition at the [[Mori Art Museum]] on April 25, 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/naruto-art-exhibition-coming-to-tokyo-and-osaka-with-free-new-manga-for-all-attendees|title=Naruto art exhibition coming to Tokyo and Osaka with free, new manga for all attendees|last=Bassel|first=Casey|date=February 25, 2015|work=[[Japan Today]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150228224208/http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/naruto-art-exhibition-coming-to-tokyo-and-osaka-with-free-new-manga-for-all-attendees|archive-date=February 28, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Four guidebooks titled ''First Official Data Book'' through ''Fourth Official Data Book'' have been released; the first two cover Part I of the manga, and were released in 2002 and 2005; the third and fourth volumes appeared in 2008 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873288-X&mode=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222052607/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873288-X&mode=1|archive-date=February 22, 2017|title=NARUTO―ナルト―［秘伝・臨の書］|trans-title=NARUTO {{endash}} Naruto [Book of secrets · clinic]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873734-2&mode=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420153531/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873734-2&mode=1|archive-date=April 20, 2016|title=NARUTO―ナルト―［秘伝・闘の書］|trans-title=NARUTO {{endash}} Naruto [Book of secret fighting]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874247-2&mode=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408233935/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874247-2&mode=1|archive-date=April 8, 2016|title=NARUTO―ナルト―［秘伝・者の書］|trans-title=Naruto [Secret Letter / Person's Book]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> These books contain character profiles, Jutsu guides, and drafts by Kishimoto.<ref>{{cite book|title=Naruto: The Official Character Data Book|isbn = 978-1-4215-4125-9|year = 2012|last1=Kishimoto|first1=Masashi| publisher=VIZ Media LLC}}</ref> For the anime, a series of guidebooks called ''Naruto Anime Profiles'' was released. These books contain information about the production of the anime episodes and explanations of the characters' designs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/books/naruto-anime-profiles/all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002307/https://www.viz.com/read/books/naruto-anime-profiles/all|archive-date=February 2, 2017|title=Viz Media {{endash}} products. Naruto: Anime Profiles|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> A manga fan book titled ''Secret: Writings from the Warriors Official Fanbook'' appeared in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873321-5&mode=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420153158/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873321-5&mode=1|archive-date=April 20, 2016|title=NARUTO―ナルト―［秘伝・兵の書］|trans-title=NARUTO {{endash}} Naruto [Book of secret militia]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> and another fan book was released to commemorate the series' 10th anniversary, including illustrations of Naruto Uzumaki by other manga artists, a novel, Kishimoto's one-shot titled ''Karakuri'', and an interview between Kishimoto and [[Yoshihiro Togashi]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Naruto-ナルト-秘伝・皆の書オフィシャルプレミアムファ|trans-title=Naruto {{endash}} Secrets · Everyone's Official Official Premium Fanbook|language=ja|id= {{ASIN|4088748344|country=jp}}}}</ref>

=== Collectible card game ===
Produced by Bandai, the ''Naruto Collectible Card Game'' was released in Japan in 2003,<ref name="JapaneseSets">{{cite web|url=http://www.carddass.com/naruto/product/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124212/http://www.carddass.com/naruto/product/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|title=Naruto-ナルト- カードゲーム|trans-title=Naruto card game|publisher=[[Bandai]]|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in North America in 2006.<ref name="Set1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bandaicg.com/naruto/cardlists_s1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110102739/http://www.bandaicg.com/naruto/cardlists_s1.html|archive-date=November 10, 2008|title=Series #1:The Path to Hokage|publisher=[[Bandai]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> The game is played between two players using a customized deck of fifty cards from the set, and a game mat. To win, a player must either earn ten "battle rewards" through their actions in the game or cause the other player to exhaust their deck.<ref name="RuleBook">{{cite web|url=http://www.bandaicg.com/naruto/NarutoRuleBook.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060410074157/http://www.bandaicg.com/naruto/NarutoRuleBook.pdf|archive-date=April 10, 2006|title=Naruto Rule Book|year=2002|publisher=[[Bandai]]|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The cards were released in named sets called "series", in the form of four 50-card pre-constructed box sets.<ref name="JapaneseSets" /><ref name="Set1" /> Each set includes a [[Booster pack|starter deck]], the game mat, a turn-counter, and one stainless steel "Ninja Blade Coin". Extra cards are available in 10-card [[booster pack]]s, and deck sets. Four box sets sold in retailers are available for each series. Cards for each set are available in collectible tins, containing several booster packs and exclusive promotional cards in a metal box.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014E0VKA|publisher=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306062314/http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014E0VKA|archive-date=March 6, 2016|title=2008 Naruto: Secret of the Masters Tin: Naruto Uzumaki & Jiraiya|url-status=dead}}</ref> By October 2006, seventeen series had been released in Japan with 417 unique cards.<ref name="JapaneseSets" /> As of August 2008, ten of these series had been released in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bandaicg.com/naruto/cardlists_s10.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121045419/http://www.bandaicg.com/naruto/cardlists_s10.html|archive-date=November 21, 2008|title=Series #10: Lineage of the Legends|publisher=[[Bandai]]|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Reception ==
=== Sales ===
The manga has 250&nbsp;million copies in circulation worldwide, making it one of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series]] in history.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『NARUTO』初の全世界人気キャラ投票の結果発表 1位はナルトの父・波風ミナトで作者驚き|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2275377/full/|website=[[Oricon News]]|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421162903/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2275377/full/|archive-date=April 21, 2023|language=ja|date=April 13, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> More than half of the total circulation were in Japan, with the remaining circulation from 46 countries and regions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20190502-OYT1T50164/|script-title=ja: 「ＮＡＲＵＴＯ―ナルト―」作者・岸本斉史さん 新連載『サムライ８（エイト）八丸伝（ハチマルデン）』スタ–ト 君も完璧じゃなくていい|publisher=Yomiuri Online|language=ja|date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504200712/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20190502-OYT1T50164/|archive-date=May 4, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Million">{{cite news|last=Mahoney|first=Rachel|date=November 9, 2014|title=Naruto Manga Has 200 Million in Print Worldwide|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-11-08/naruto-manga-has-200-million-in-print-worldwide/.80771|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910230815/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-11-08/naruto-manga-has-200-million-in-print-worldwide/.80771|archive-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> It has become one of North American publisher Viz Media's best-selling manga series;<ref>{{cite book|title=Naruto Box Set 1: Volumes 1–27 with Premium|isbn = 978-1-4215-2582-2|last = Kishimoto|first = Masashi|year=2008| publisher=VIZ Media LLC}}</ref> their translation of the series appeared on ''[[USA Today]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]'' bestseller lists several times. It was included in the fiction section of ''Teacher Librarian''<nowiki/>'s recommended list for 2008,<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The best, notable, and recommended from 2008|magazine=Teacher Librarian|publisher=E L Kurdyla Publishing LLC|date=April 1, 2009|volume=36|issue=4|pages=8(14)|issn=1481-1782}}</ref> and ''School Library Journal'' described it as an essential manga for school libraries.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Manga 101: a primer that will turn you into an otaku (fan)|magazine=School Library Journal|publisher=Library Journals, LLC|date=June 1, 2015|volume=61|issue=6|pages=38(3)|issn=0362-8930|last=Lipinski|first=Andrea}}</ref>  Volume 28 of the manga reached seventeenth place in the ''USA Today Booklist'' in its first week of release in March 2008, only two places short of the record for a manga, held by ''[[Fruits Basket]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Koulikov|first=Mikhail|date=March 13, 2008|title=USA Today Booklist, March 3–9: Highest-Ranking Naruto|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-13/usa-today-booklist-march-3-9-highest-ranking-naruto/2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040117/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-13/usa-today-booklist-march-3-9-highest-ranking-naruto/2|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> The volume had one of the biggest debut weeks of any manga in years, becoming the top-selling manga volume of 2008 and the second best-selling book in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/14161/top-20-bookstore-graphic-novels-2008|title=Top 20 Bookstore Graphic Novels of 2008|date=January 25, 2009|publisher=ICv2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222625/http://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/14161/top-20-bookstore-graphic-novels-2008|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/12330/bookscans-top-20-graphic-novels-march|title=BookScan's Top 20 Graphic Novels for March|publisher=ICv2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184235/http://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/12330/bookscans-top-20-graphic-novels-march|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, Viz, the publisher, commented on the loyalty of readers, who reliably continued to buy the manga as the volume count went over 40.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/16702/interview-viz-gonzalo-ferreyra-part-1|title=Interview with Viz's Gonzalo Ferreyra, Part 1|date=January 21, 2010|publisher=ICv2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307153334/http://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/16702/interview-viz-gonzalo-ferreyra-part-1|archive-date=March 7, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Critical response ===
Several reviewers commented on the balance between fight scenes and plot development; A. E. Sparrow of ''[[IGN]]'' and Casey Brienza of ''[[Anime News Network]]'' felt that the result was a strong storyline,<ref name="ANNManga28Review">{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/naruto/gn-28|title=Naruto GN 28 Review|date=August 7, 2008|work=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116001305/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/naruto/gn-28|archive-date=November 16, 2016|author=Brienza, Casey|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/02/28/naruto-vol-13-review|title=Naruto Vol. 13 Review|date=February 27, 2007|website=[[IGN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115183335/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/02/28/naruto-vol-13-review|archive-date=January 15, 2016|author=Sparrow, A. E.|url-status=dead}}</ref> but Carl Kimlinger, also writing for the same website, suggested that there were too many fights, which slowed down the plot.<ref name="ANNManga8-10Review">{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/naruto-gn-8-10|title=Naruto GN 8–10 {{endash}} Review|date=November 2, 2006|work=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510144105/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/naruto-gn-8-10|archive-date=May 10, 2016|author=Kimlinger, Carl|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kimlinger liked the character designs, and approved of the fight scenes themselves<ref name="ANNManga8-10Review" /> which also drew positive comments from Rik Spanjers, who felt that the excitement of the scenes depends on Kishimoto's skill in depicting action.<ref name="ANNManga8-10Review" /> Javier Lugo, writing for Manga Life, agreed, describing the artwork as "dramatic, exciting, and just right for the story he's telling".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mangalife.com/reviews/narutov14.htm|title=Naruto v. 14 Review|publisher=Mangalife.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310222027/http://mangalife.com/reviews/narutov14.htm|archive-date=March 10, 2016|author=Lugo, Javier|url-status=dead}}</ref> Briana Lawrence from ''Mania Entertainment'' describes the growth of the characters gave Part II an adult feel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/naruto-vol28_article_83777.html|title=Naruto Vol.#28 review|date=March 27, 2008|publisher=Mania Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810231741/http://www.mania.com/naruto-vol28_article_83777.html|archive-date=August 10, 2011|author=Lawrence, Briana|url-status=dead}}</ref> Writing for ''IGN'', Ramsey Isler called ''Jutsu'' one of the most entertaining concepts in ''Naruto'', stating as well that their diversity, complex signs required for techniques, the unique physical features, and the sheer destructive power of ''Ninjutsu'' are the elements that have made the series widely popular.<ref>{{cite web|last=Isler|first=Ramsey|title=Top Ten Naruto Techniques|url=http://anime.ign.com/articles/841/841682p1.html|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=January 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707021618/https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/12/14/top-ten-naruto-techniques|archive-date=July 7, 2023|date=December 14, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a review of volume 28 Brienza also praised Part II's storyline and characterization, though she commented that not every volume reached a high level of quality.<ref name="ANNManga28Review" /> The fights across the Part II received praise, most notably Naruto's and Sasuke's, resulting in major changes into their character arcs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://activeanime.com/html/2009/01/18/naruto-vol-33/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317091949/http://activeanime.com/html/2009/01/18/naruto-vol-33/|archive-date=March 17, 2016|title=Naruto Vol. 33|publisher=Active Anime|author=Jones, Davey C.|date=January 18, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mangalife.com/features/MangaLifeSpotlightonNaruto.htm|title=MangaLife Spotlight on: Naruto v34-v40!|website=Manga Life|last=Cooper|first=Park|date=March 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326001417/http://www.mangalife.com/features/MangaLifeSpotlightonNaruto.htm|archive-date=March 26, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/naruto/gn-42|title=Naruto GN 42-44|author=Brienza, Casey|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=25 April 2009|archive-date=April 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426044213/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/naruto/gn-42|url-status=live}}</ref> Meanwhile, the final battle between the two characters in the finale earned major praise for the choreography and art provided as well as how in depth the two's personalities were shown in the aftermath. Some writers criticized Kaguya being the least entertaining villain, making the showdown between Naruto and Sasuke more appealing as a result. The finale earned nearly perfect scores from both ''Anime News Network'' and ''Comic Book Bin'', with the latter acclaiming the popularity of the title character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/naruto/gn-72/.93358|title=Naruto GN 72|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 4, 2015|last=McNulty|first=Amy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711082141/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/naruto/gn-72/.93358|archive-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/naruto071.html|title=Naruto: Volume 72 manga review|website=Comic Book Bin|date=October 4, 2015|author=Douresseaux, Leroy|archive-date=June 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605170324/http://www.comicbookbin.com/naruto071.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-11-13/naruto-part-ii/.80991|title=House of 1000 Manga Naruto Part II|last=Thompson|first=Jason|date=November 13, 2014|website=[[Anime News Network]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428143850/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-11-13/naruto-part-ii/.80991|archive-date=April 28, 2017|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)}}</ref>

Responding to ''Naruto''{{'s}} success, Kishimoto said in ''Naruto Collector Winter 2007/2008'' that he was "very glad that the American audience has accepted and understood ninja. It shows that the American audience has good taste&nbsp;[...] because it means they can accept something previously unfamiliar to them."<ref>{{cite magazine|date=November 2009|title=10th Anniversary: The Masashi Kishimoto Files|magazine=Shonen Jump|publisher=Viz Media|volume=7|issue=11}}</ref> Gō Itō, a professor in the manga department of [[Tokyo Polytechnic University]], compared the series' development to the manga of ''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]'', saying that both manga present good illustrations of three-dimensional body movements that capture the characters' martial arts very well. Gō felt readers could empathize with the characters in ''Naruto'' via their inner monologue during battles.<ref>{{cite book|author-last=Itō|author-first=Gō|chapter=Particularities of boys' manga in the early 21st century: How NARUTO differs from DRAGON BALL|pages=9–16|chapter-url=http://imrc.jp/images/upload/lecture/data/web_version_cologne%E8%AB%96%E9%9B%86.pdf|title=Intercultural crossovers, transcultural flows manga/comics|editor-last=Berndt|editor-first=Jacqueline|year= 2012|series=Global Manga Studies|volume=2|publisher=Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center|isbn=978-4-905187-06-6|oclc=962747377|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205554/http://imrc.jp/images/upload/lecture/data/Web_Version_Cologne%E8%AB%96%E9%9B%86.pdf|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> The series also influenced the movie ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. The World]]'' with director [[Edgar Wright]] saying he was inspired by how whenever there is a "killer move" in the manga, there is an impact in the background following any technique's usage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-761-12-unexpected-inspirations-behind-famous-movies-shows/|title=12 Strange Origin Stories Behind Famous Movies And Shows|publisher=Cracked|date=September 2, 2017|archive-date=December 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230125831/https://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-761-12-unexpected-inspirations-behind-famous-movies-shows/|url-status=live}}</ref>

When the manga ended, multiple authors from the magazine expressed congratulations to Kishimoto's work.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sarah|first=Nelkin|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-11-08/shonen-jump-manga-creators-also-send-off-naruto-with-comments/.80813|title=Shonen Jump Manga Creators Also Send Off Naruto With Comments|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 8, 2014|archive-date=October 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020140908/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-11-08/shonen-jump-manga-creators-also-send-off-naruto-with-comments/.80813|url-status=live}}</ref> The fight scenes in general earned acclaim for how well written they are, something game developer [[CyberConnect2]] took into account when developing the ''Naruto'' games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://es.ign.com/naruto-1/86392/feature/los-20-mejores-duelos-de-naruto-y-naruto-shippuden?p=2|title=Los 20 mejores duelos de Naruto y Naruto Shippuden|date=November 10, 2014|publisher=IGN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314154416/http://es.ign.com/naruto-1/86392/feature/los-20-mejores-duelos-de-naruto-y-naruto-shippuden?p=2|archive-date=March 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://es.ign.com/naruto-1/86392/feature/los-20-mejores-duelos-de-naruto-y-naruto-shippuden?p=4|title=Los 20 mejores duelos de Naruto y Naruto Shippuden|date=November 10, 2014|publisher=IGN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407170501/http://es.ign.com/naruto-1/86392/feature/los-20-mejores-duelos-de-naruto-y-naruto-shippuden?p=4|archive-date=April 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="fukuoka">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNPRz5MOiCY|title=Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 - PS3 / X360 - Behind the Game 2: Ninja Art|publisher=Youtube|work=Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe|date=October 13, 2010 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926144154/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNPRz5MOiCY|archive-date=September 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name="stormtwo">{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2010/10/16/9-questions-for-naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-2s-hiroshi-matsuyama/|title=9 Questions for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2's Hiroshi Matsuyama|date=October 16, 2010|publisher=Venture Beat|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003033937/http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/16/9-questions-for-naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-2s-hiroshi-matsuyama/|archive-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> Christel Hoolans, managing director director of [[Kana (publisher)|Kana]] and [[Le Lombard]], called ''Naruto'' the first long-running series after ''Dragon Ball'' to become a classic in France.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Paquot|first=Valentin|date=April 22, 2022|title="Naruto est après Dragon Ball la première série longue à devenir un classique", décrypte Christel Hoolans|url=https://www.linternaute.com/livre/mangas/2616079-naruto-est-apres-dragon-ball-la-premiere-serie-tres-longue-a-devenir-un-classique-decrypte-christel-hoolans/|access-date=August 28, 2022|website=[[L'Internaute]]|language=fr|archive-date=August 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828095158/https://www.linternaute.com/livre/mangas/2616079-naruto-est-apres-dragon-ball-la-premiere-serie-tres-longue-a-devenir-un-classique-decrypte-christel-hoolans/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Awards and accolades ===
''Naruto'' won the [[Quill Award]] for [[graphic novel]] in 2006.<ref name="Fluidity of modes">{{Cite journal|last1=Huang|first1=Cheng-Wen|last2=Archer|first2=Arlene|date=October 13, 2014|title=Fluidity of modes in the translation of manga: the case of Kishimoto's Naruto|journal=Visual Communication|volume=13|issue=4|pages=471–486|doi=10.1177/1470357214541746|s2cid=147372886|issn = 1470-3572}}</ref><ref name="Wins 2006 Quill">{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-10-11/naruto-wins-2006-quill-award|title=Naruto Wins 2006 Quill Award|date=October 11, 2006|work=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201113904/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-10-11/naruto-wins-2006-quill-award|archive-date=December 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2007, volume 14 earned Viz the Manga Trade Paperback of the Year Gem Award from [[Diamond Comic Distributors]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=April 7, 2008|title=Viz Wins Two 2007 Gem Manga Awards from Diamond|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-07/viz-wins-two-2007-gem-manga-awards-from-diamond|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917200804/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-07/viz-wins-two-2007-gem-manga-awards-from-diamond|archive-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref> The manga was nominated for Favorite Manga Series in ''[[Nickelodeon Magazine]]''{{'}}s 2009 Comics Awards.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-27/pokemon-wins-nickelodeon-mag-favorite-manga-award|title=Pokémon Wins Nickelodeon Mag's Favorite Manga Award|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 27, 2009|archive-date=December 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230225021/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-27/pokemon-wins-nickelodeon-mag-favorite-manga-award|url-status=live}}</ref> It won the 16th Spanish [[Manga Barcelona]] award for the shonen category in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|last=López|first=Raúl|date=October 29, 2010|title=Premios XVI Salón del manga de Barcelona|url=https://www.zonanegativa.com/premios-xvi-salon-del-manga-de-barcelona/|access-date=March 31, 2022|website=Zona Negativa|language=es|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513221105/https://www.zonanegativa.compremios-xvi-salon-del-manga-de-barcelona/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, the manga was nominated for the 19th [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=February 23, 2015|title=19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-23/19th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced/.85311|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127164513/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-23/19th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-nominees-announced/.85311|archive-date=November 27, 2021|access-date=April 25, 2022|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> Masashi Kishimoto was the winner of Rookie of the Year for the series in the Japanese government's [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] 2014 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Fine Arts Recommendation Awards.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=March 14, 2015|title=Masashi Kishimoto Wins 'Rookie of the Year' Award for Naruto|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-14/masashi-kishimoto-wins-rookie-of-the-year-award-for-naruto/.85976|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510194017/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-14/masashi-kishimoto-wins-rookie-of-the-year-award-for-naruto/.85976|archive-date=May 10, 2016}}</ref> On [[TV Asahi]]'s Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, ''Naruto'' ranked seventh.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日『国民15万人がガチで投票!漫画総選挙』ランキング結果まとめ！ 栄えある1位に輝く漫画は!?|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746|website=animate Times|publisher=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103023119/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746|archive-date=January 3, 2021|language=ja|date=January 3, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Themes ===
Amy Plumb argues that Kishimoto's use of references to [[Japanese mythology]] in ''Naruto'' is intended to add further layers to the story. Kishimoto expects his readers to decode the references, which allows him to avoid direct explanations. One example is Itachi, who has three ninja techniques named after Shinto deities: [[Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto|Tsukiyomi]], [[Amaterasu]], and [[Susanoo-no-Mikoto|Susano-o]]. Plumb also cites Sasuke's clan's heraldic symbol, a fan known as an {{Transliteration|ja|uchiwa}}. These fans are used in Japanese myths to exorcise evil, by blowing it away; Sasuke discovers late in the series that he has the ability to "blow away" the influence of the Nine-Tailed Fox on Naruto. Foxes ([[Kitsune#Kitsunetsuki|{{Transliteration|ja|kitsune tsuki}}]]) are tricksters in Japanese mythology, and in some stories, they take over human bodies; Plumb comments on the obvious similarities to the Nine-Tail sealed in Naruto, and the pranks Naruto plays.<ref name="Plumb">{{cite journal|date=2010|title=Japanese Religion, Mythology, and the Supernatural in Anime and Manga|journal=The International Journal of the Humanities|volume=8|issue=5|issn=1447-9508|last=Plumb|first=Amy|pages=237–246|doi=10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v08i05/42930}}</ref>

Christopher A. Born notes that the ''Naruto'' storyline contains traditional [[Confucianism|Confucian]] values, and suggests that students who analyse manga such as ''Naruto'' and ''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]'' will learn more about Confucianism than they would from studying its abstract ideas.<ref>{{cite journal|date=April 1, 2010|title=In the Footsteps of the Master: Confucian Values in Anime and Manga|journal=ASIANetwork Exchange|volume=17|issue=2|pages=39–53|doi=10.16995/ane.206|doi-access=free|last=Born|first=Christopher A.}}</ref> Norman Melchor Robles Jr. evaluated the portrayal of both positive and negative ideas in ''Naruto'' by counting words in the script which were associated with either violence or positive values; he found that a small majority of tagged words were violent, but commented that the portrayal of violence seemed organized to show how positive strategies on the part of the protagonists could overcome the violence.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pena|first=Norman Melchor Robles Jr.|editor1-last=Drummond|editor1-first=Phillip|title=Violence and Values in the Japanese Manga Naruto|date=2013|publisher=The London Film and Media Reader 1|location=London|isbn=978-0-9573631-3-7|pages=406–417|url=http://www.thelondonfilmandmediaconference.com/app/download/5788808861/The%20London%20Film%20and%20Media%20Reader%201.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323040205/http://www.thelondonfilmandmediaconference.com/app/download/5788808861/The%20London%20Film%20and%20Media%20Reader%201.pdf|archive-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref> Sheuo Hui Gan considers the series to have a set of "traditional ethical values". She also compares the treatment of [[wikt:alienate|alienation]] in ''Naruto'', which Naruto overcomes by joining his society, to the portrayal of alienation in ''[[Akira (1988 film)|Akira]]'' and ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', where the main characters remain alienated.<ref>{{cite book|title=Manga's Cultural Crossroads|last=Gan|first=Sheuo Hui|date=2013|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]]|isbn=978-1-134-10283-9|location=Hoboken|pages=238–239|chapter=Auteur and Anime as Seen in the Naruto TV Series|editor1-last=Berndt|editor1-first=Jacqueline|editor2-last=Kümmerling-Meibauer|editor2-first=Bettina}}</ref>

''Naruto'' has been described by several critics as a [[coming-of-age story]].<ref name="Lawrence C. Rubin" /><ref name="Crossroads 172-175" /><ref name="Spanjers">{{cite book|title=Critical Survey of Graphic Novels : Manga|date=2013|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-1-58765-955-3|location=Ipswich, Mass.|pages=215–221|chapter=Naruto|last=Spanjers|first=Rik|editor1-last=Beaty|editor1-first=Bart H.|editor2-last=Weiner|editor2-first=Stephen}}</ref> Psychologist Lawrence C. Rubin suggests that the storylines would appeal to readers of any age who have lost loved ones, or are having difficulty finding friends, or who are in other situations shown in the series.<ref name="Lawrence C. Rubin">{{cite book|title=Popular Culture in Counseling, Psychotherapy, and Play-Based Interventions|url=https://archive.org/details/popularcultureco00rubi|url-access=limited|last=Rubin|first=Lawrence C.|publisher=Springer Pub|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8261-0118-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/popularcultureco00rubi/page/n274 232]–234|chapter=Big Heroes on the Small Screen: Naruto and the Struggle Within}}</ref> In [[Yukari Fujimoto]]'s view, as the characters mature, they show respect to the adults who have raised and taught them, making it a conservative storyline in comparison to other manga of the same time period such as ''[[One Piece]]'' and ''[[Air Gear]]''.<ref name="Crossroads 172-175">{{cite book|title=Manga's Cultural Crossroads|last=Fujimoto|first=Yukari|date=2013|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]]|isbn=978-1-134-10283-9|location=Hoboken|pages=172–175|chapter=Women in Naruto, Women Reading Naruto|editor1-last=Berndt|editor1-first=Jacqueline|editor2-last=Kümmerling-Meibauer|editor2-first=Bettina}}</ref> Rik Spanjers sees the difference between Sasuke (a loner) and Naruto (an optimist) as tragic, arguing that the contrast between the two protagonists' approach to the world is fundamental to the plot: "Naruto's strength grows as he gains more loved ones to protect, while Sasuke remains alone and is increasingly absorbed by his quest for revenge".<ref name="Spanjers" /> Omote Tomoyuki points out that there are many comic moments in the story despite the difficulties Naruto finds himself in, but the comic elements diminish dramatically over time as Naruto grows into a teenager, particularly once Part II begins. ''Shōnen Jump'' began to carry comedies such as ''[[Gin Tama|Gintama]]'' and ''[[Reborn!]]'' from 2003 onwards, and in Tomoyuki's view this is part of the reason for the change in emphasis: ''Naruto'' "was not supposed to provide laughter anymore".<ref>{{cite book|title=Manga's Cultural Crossroads|last=Tomoyuki|first=Omote|date=2013|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]]|isbn=978-1-134-10283-9|location=Hoboken|pages=167–169|chapter=Naruto as a Typical Weekly Magazine Manga|editor1-last=Berndt|editor1-first=Jacqueline|editor2-last=Kümmerling-Meibauer|editor2-first=Bettina}}</ref>

Fujimoto argues that the story has overly traditional gender roles, noting "[...] its representations suggest that men are men and women are women and that they differ naturally regarding aptitude and vocation". For example, the girls initially outperform the boys in the Ninja Academy, but "once the boys get serious, the girls cannot keep pace". Fujimoto points out that this does not upset Sakura, who is now surpassed by Naruto. Character development based on female roles, when it does occur, again uses stereotypical roles: Tsunade, for example, a middle-aged woman with large breasts, is a clear mother figure, and when she teaches Sakura to be a medical ninja, which requires special skills possessed only by women, the story reinforces the idea that women only belong on the battlefield as healers. Tsunade herself, who is a figure of authority in ''Naruto'', is portrayed as ridiculous in a way that men in the same position are not. Fujimoto suggests this presentation of women may explain why the female characters are often the most disliked characters among readers of the manga.<ref>{{cite book|title=Manga's Cultural Crossroads|first=Yukari|last=Fujimoto|date=2013|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]]|isbn=978-1-134-10283-9|location=Hoboken|pages=175–177|chapter=Women in Naruto, Women Reading Naruto|editor1-last=Berndt|editor1-first=Jacqueline|editor2-last=Kümmerling-Meibauer|editor2-first=Bettina}}</ref>

== ''Naruto'' run ==
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The ''Naruto'' run, or ninja run, is a running style based on the way the characters run leaning forward with their arms outstretched behind their backs. It became popular in 2017 when groups worldwide organized events to run like ''Naruto'' characters, especially on anniversaries of the series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/thousands-of-people-say-theyre-going-to-run-like-naruto-1798439896|title=Thousands of People Say They're Going To Run Like Naruto This Weekend|first=Cecilia|last=D'Anastasio|website=[[Kotaku]]| date=August 25, 2017|archive-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403094749/https://kotaku.com/thousands-of-people-say-theyre-going-to-run-like-naruto-1798439896|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://technology.inquirer.net/67366/watch-naruto-run-gets-uplb-students-running-like-ninjas|title=Watch: 'Naruto Run' gets UPLB students running like ninjas|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=September 27, 2017|author=Bayle, Alfred|archive-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403094756/https://technology.inquirer.net/67366/watch-naruto-run-gets-uplb-students-running-like-ninjas|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2017/09/naruto-run-to-take-place-on-campus-its-national-cheese-pizza-day|title=Naruto Run to take place on campus; it's National Cheese Pizza day|website=The Post|archive-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403094800/https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2017/09/naruto-run-to-take-place-on-campus-its-national-cheese-pizza-day|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 27, 2019, Matty Roberts posted a satirical event called "[[Storm Area 51|Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us]]" on [[Facebook]] where he wrote "We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry. If we naruto run, we can move faster than their bullets. Let's see them aliens."<ref name="Griffin 2019">{{cite news| last=Griffin| first=Andrew| title=Why alien hunters are threatening to storm Area 51| work=[[The Independent]]| date=July 16, 2019| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/storm-area-51-when-where-aliens-military-base-raid-facebook-event-a9005546.html| access-date=July 18, 2019| archive-date=July 16, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716140827/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/storm-area-51-when-where-aliens-military-base-raid-facebook-event-a9005546.html| url-status=live}}</ref> This quickly became an [[Internet meme]], resulting in nationwide alerts and warnings issued by Nevada law enforcement and the [[U.S. Air Force]] to not go to Area 51.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/area-51-raid-naruto-memes-homey-airport-facebook-storm-1449574|title=Nevada law enforcement confirms government monitoring Area 51 'Naruto' runners, threaten alien rescuers|date=July 16, 2019|work=[[Newsweek]]|archive-date=September 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916214535/https://www.newsweek.com/area-51-raid-naruto-memes-homey-airport-facebook-storm-1449574|url-status=live}}</ref>
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