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 character Sasuke Uchiha is named after The Third Hokage's father, Sasuke Sarutobi who was named after the famous Japanese literary character.

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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

Hinata Hyuga: [explaining why she refuses to withdraw from her fight with Neji, despite the fact that he is trying to kill her] The boy that I have watched for so long is finally watching me. And in front of him, I can't bear to lose.

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Connections

Followed by Naruto: Shippûden (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Yellow Moon"
(Ending theme, episodes 179-191)
Performed by Akeboshi

User Reviews

Very good and addictive anime!

I like anime, but am very picky and choosy with it. Most anime tends to stray from the storyline and go into something completely off the wall, or the subject matter to begin with is very juvenile. Not Naruto. The storyline is consistent and complete. Everything that happens which seems extraordinary is explained in detail, thus the viewer can keep up with what's going on. There is character growth and development. Naruto is based off a Japanese comic (manga) of the same name. A few episodes stray from the manga's storyline, these are generally bad episodes where the characters go against their nature... luckily they are short stints. In America the first 60 episodes are due to come out on toonami which was a horrendous choice for cartoon network. This will eliminate the adult aspects of the anime. I would've thought it would debut on adult swim. in Japan, up through episode 130ish, the story is consistent and enjoyable.