Naruto (2002–2007)

The stories of the struggles of three young ninjas - Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno - as they go through their training.

Creator:

Masashi Kishimoto

Stars:

Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan, Kate Higgins

Cast

Series cast summary:
Junko Takeuchi	...	Naruto Uzumaki (217 episodes, 2002-2007)
Maile Flanagan	...	Naruto Uzumaki (217 episodes, 2002-2007)
Kate Higgins	...	Sakura Haruno (135 episodes, 2002-2007)
Chie Nakamura	...	Sakura Haruno (132 episodes, 2002-2007)
Noriaki Sugiyama	...	Sasuke Uchiha (90 episodes, 2002-2006)
Yuri Lowenthal	...	Sasuke Uchiha (90 episodes, 2002-2006)

Storyline

Many years ago, in the hidden village of Konoha, lived a great demon fox. When it swung one of it's nine tails, a tsunami occurred. The fourth hokage sealed this demon fox inside a boy in exchange for his own life. Naruto was that boy, and he grew up with no family, and the villagers hated him thinking that he himself was the demon fox. Naruto's dream is to become Hokage, and have the villagers acknowledge him.

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Plot Keywords:

ninja | hero | ninja magic | based on comic book | cartoon violence | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Cartoon Network

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

10 September 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Naruto Shounen-hen

Company Credits

Production Co:

Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (220 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The names of the three Sannin (Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru) were taken from the "Legend of the Gallant Jiraiya" each of whom had a special magic they learned - toad, slug, and snake.

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Goofs

In some episodes of the series, some symbols on the clothes that the characters wear have some mistakes on them. Like sometimes, the Leaf symbol on the Leaf headbands would not have the pointy part of the symbol on it, and sometimes, the Sound symbol would have either a wavy flag or a non-wavy flag on it. And the Mist symbols would sometimes be lines instead of squiggly lines. On one of the early episodes, Sasuke Uchiha had a blue shirt with the Uchiha Clan symbol on the back, but on one shot where he talks to Sakura Haruno, the Clan symbol is not on his back. And some of the characters' faces were drawn badly in the original Japanese film, but were edited in the English version. As well as the symbol on Neji Hyuga's forehead (in the Japanese version, it looked like a Swastika, but was edited in the English version so that it wouldn't represent fascism).

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Quotes

[after Haku appearingly kills Sasuke]
Naruto Uzumaki: I won't forgive you!
[the Nine Tails chakra bursts out of him]
Naruto Uzumaki: I'll rip you apart!

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Connections

Referenced in Mad: 2012 Dalmatians/Grey's in Anime (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Harumonia"
(Ending theme, epiodes 26-51)
Arranged by Chokkaku
Written and Performed by Rythem

User Reviews

Amazing show.

I have watched Naruto for about a year now and I have to say that it is one of the most engaging and developed anime shows ever. There are currently 146 episode, 2 specials, and 1 movie and all of them have something positive to contribute to the anime world. The only thing that slows the pace down is the flash back episodes, or the episodes where it is heavily based on dialog. The action in the show is fantastic and the animation in the show is done perfectly. But the one thing that makes this anime a cut above the rest is the music. With original recordings, the in show music is the icing on this already delicious cake. I highly recommend Naruto if you are looking for a deep, engaging anime show dripping in style and originality.