"Naruto" (2002) TV series 2002-2007

Creator:

Masashi Kishimoto
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Seasons:

1

Release Date:

10 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Thriller

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Ninja | Based On Manga | Hero | Warrior | Hand To Hand Combat

Cast

Maile Flanagan	...	Naruto Uzumaki / ... (180 episodes, 2002-2007)
Kate Higgins	...	Sakura Haruno / ... (83 episodes, 2002-2007)

Series Directed by
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn		(19 episodes, 2002-2006)
Jeff Nimoy		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Masashi Kishimoto		(58 episodes, 2002-2007)
Steve Blum		(46 episodes, 2002-2007)
Liam O'Brien		(42 episodes, 2004-2007)
Marc Handler		(18 episodes, 2002-2003)
Akatsuki Yamatoya		(2 episodes, 2002-2004)

Series Produced by
Jamie Simone	....	producer (213 episodes, 2002-2007)

Series Original Music by
Toshio Masuda		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Atsuho Matsumoto		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Seiji Morita		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Shigenori Takada		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Takuya Kawami	....	color coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
David W. Barr	....	dialogue recording engineer / adr recordist (220 episodes, 2002-2007)
Eric Lewis	....	adr engineer: Studiopolis, Inc. (63 episodes, 2002-2007)
Yasunori Ebina	....	sound producer (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Atsuho Matsumoto	....	animation director (unknown episodes)
Tetsuya Nishio	....	character designer (unknown episodes)
Hirofumi Suzuki	....	character designer (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Jeremy Sweet	....	composer: theme and cues (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Yuko Iwaoka	....	original picture (220 episodes, 2002-2007)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	....	voice director (193 episodes, 2003-2007)
Jessica Renslow	....	production coordinator / office translator (81 episodes, 2002-2007)
Jeff Nimoy	....	voice director (26 episodes, 2002-2003)
Marc Handler	....	story editor (17 episodes, 2002-2003)
Jamie Simone	....	voice director (6 episodes, 2003)
Liam O'Brien	....	voice director (5 episodes, 2004)
Kirk Thornton	....	voice director (5 episodes, 2004)
Sean Kelley	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Lindsey Myers	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Katsuyuki Sumizawa	....	series story editor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd.

Distributors

• Cartoon Network (2005) (USA) (TV)
• YTV (2005) (Canada) (TV)
• AT-X (????) (Japan) (TV)
• AXN (2009-2010) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release) (on AXN Sci-Fi)
• Danmarks Radio (DR) (2008) (Denmark) (TV)
• Hollydan Works (2008) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)
• Jetix (2006) (UK) (TV)
• Kids Station (????) (Japan) (TV)
• TV Tokyo (2002-2007) (Japan) (TV)
• Toonami Jetstream (2006) (USA) (all media)
• Viz Media (2005-) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Changzhou New Star Art & Animation  digital coloring
• Studio Cats  digital coloring

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Japan:30 min (220 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Japan:U | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | South Korea:12 | Canada:PG (TV rating) | Germany:12 | Brazil:Livre | UK:12 (most episodes) (uncut) | New Zealand:M | Canada:G (Quebec) (VHS/DVD rating) | New Zealand:PG | Singapore:PG

Company:

Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd.

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: 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).

Quotes:

Naruto Uzumaki:[When Naruto falls for an obvious trap and is struggling about. Kakashi is telling him that a ninja must see through deception] I get it I get it!
Kakashi:No, you don't get it, thats why I'm telling you. You think you get it, which isn't the same as actually getting it. Get it?

Movie Connections:

Spin off "Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Kanashimi wo Yasashisa ni

NOT A DBZ RIPOFF

OK, so I've watched 103 episodes so far of this series, and I have to say it, Naruto is original. Yes Mishimoto was a big follower of Toriyama, and in many ways Naruto is a sort of homage to him. But Naruto has a lot of things that DBZ was missing. First off, when characters die, THEY STAY DEAD!!!!! There is no special way to wish them back. Once they're gone they're gone. Second, music: the music in Naruto is 100X better then anything heard in DBZ. Dbz did have some cool themes, but Naruto is the only series where I have actually imported the soundtrack. There's almost nothing wrong with the soundtrack other then the usual soft theme. Granted it isn't a Yoko Kanno piece, but in essence not everything should be compared to the work she does because it invariably falls short. Thirdly, character development:

The characters develop feelings for each other, and you will find yourself developing feelings for the characters. There are animes that do that, but not to the extent Naruto does. I have cried multiple times while watching Naruto because of the pain that Naruto and Company have to go through. Mostly Naruto in his quest to become Hokage. In DBZ, I couldn't care less about what happened. Fourth, fights: There is nothing wrong with the length of the fights in Naruto. They're not too fast and they're not too unbearably long. The average fight lasts about 4 episodes. There is an exception to this in the 70s, but only because there are two fights going on at the exact same time. In short, download the first 20 episodes, which takes you through the first saga. Yes, 103 episodes is a lot of time, but the story will keep you engrossed. Also of note, Happy Birthday to the anime which turns 2 years old on Sunday Oct. 3rd. I give this a 9/10