Episodes. List of episodesAnime television series. Naruto Shippuden. Directed by. Hayato Date. Masaaki KumagaiEpisodes 2. Yasuaki KurotsuaEpisodes 2. Written by. Junki TakegamiEpisodes 12. Satoru NishizonoEpisodes 15. Yasuyuki SuzukiEpisodes 5. Yasuaki KurotsuEpisodes 2. Music by. Yasuharu Takanashi. Studio. Pierrot. Licensed by. Original network. TXN TV TokyoEnglish network. Original run. February 1. March 2. 3, 2. 01. Episodes. 50. 0 List of episodesManga. Naruto The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring. Written by. Masashi Kishimoto. Published by. Shueisha. English publisher. Demographic. Shnen. Imprint. Jump Comics. Magazine. Weekly Shnen Jump. English magazine. Original run. April 2. July 6, 2. 01. 5Volumes. Manga. Films. Anime and Manga portal. Naruto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. The story is in two parts, the first set in Narutos pre teen years, and the second in his teens. The series is based on two one shot manga by Kishimoto Karakuri 1. Kishimoto an honorable mention in Shueishas monthly Hop Step Award the following year, and Naruto 1. Naruto was serialized in Shueishas magazine, Weekly Shnen Jump from 1. The manga was adapted into an anime television series produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex, which broadcast 2. Japan from 2. 00. English adaptation of the series aired on Cartoon Network from 2. Naruto Shippuden, a sequel to the original series, premiered in Japan in 2. The English adaptation was broadcast on Disney XD from 2. Adult Swims Toonami block in January 2. Besides the anime series, Studio Pierrot has developed eleven movies and eleven original video animations OVAs. Other Naruto related merchandise includes light novels, video games, and trading cards developed by several companies. Itunes Movies For Ipod Animals United. Viz Media licensed the manga and anime for North American production and serialized Naruto in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The anime series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2. United Kingdom and Australia in 2. The films and most OVAs from the series were also released by Viz, with the first film premiering in movie theaters. Viz Media began streaming the two anime series on their streaming service Neon Alley in December 2. The story of Naruto continues with Narutos son, Boruto Uzumaki, in Boruto Naruto Next Generations Boruto wishes to create his own ninja way instead of following his fathers. As of 2. 01. 7, Naruto is the third best selling manga series in history, selling more than 2. Japan. It has become one of Viz Medias 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 2. Reviewers praised the mangas character development, strong storylines, and well executed fight scenes, though some felt the fight scenes 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. A powerful fox known as the 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, the Fourth Hokage, seals the fox inside the body of his newborn son, Naruto Uzumaki, making Naruto a host of the beast d this costs Narutos father his life, and the Third Hokage returns from retirement to become leader of Konoha again. Naruto is often ridiculed by the Konoha villagers for being the host of the Nine Tails. Because of a decree made by the Third Hokage forbidding anyone to mention these events, Naruto knows nothing about the Nine Tails until 1. Mizuki, a renegade ninja, reveals the truth to Naruto. Naruto then defeats Mizuki in combat, earning the respect of his teacher Iruka Umino. Shortly afterwards, 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 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. During the exams, Orochimaru, a wanted criminal, invades Konoha and kills the Third Hokage for revenge. Jiraiya, one of the three legendary ninjas, declines the title of Fifth Hokage and searches with Naruto for 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. After Sasuke attempts and fails to kill his older brother Itachig when he showed up in Konoha to kidnap Naruto, he joins Orochimaru, hoping to gain from him the strength needed to kill Itachi. When Tsunade finds out, she 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 Tsunades apprentice. Part IIeditTwo and a half years later, Naruto returns from his training with Jiraiya. The Akatsuki starts kidnapping the hosts of the powerful Tailed Beasts. Team 7 and other ninja fight against them and search for their teammate Sasuke. The Akatsuki succeeds in capturing and extracting seven of the Tailed Beasts, killing all the hosts except Gaara the host of the One Tail who is resurrected by an Elder of the Sand village of which he is the new Kage at the cost of her life. Meanwhile, Sasuke betrays Orochimaru and faces Itachi to take revenge. After Itachi dies in battle, Sasuke learns from the Akatsuki founder Tobi that Itachi received an order from Konohas superiors to destroy his clan to prevent a coup dtat. He accepted it on the condition that he would be allowed to leave Sasuke alive. Saddened by this revelation, Sasuke joins the Akatsuki to kill Konohas superiors and destroy Konoha in revenge. As Konoha ninjas defeat several Akatsuki members, the Akatsuki figurehead leader, Nagato, kills Jiraiya and devastates Konoha, but Naruto defeats and redeems him, earning the villages respect and admiration. With Nagatos eventual death, Tobi, disguised as Madara Uchiha one of Konohas founding fathers, announces that he wants to get all nine Tailed Beasts to perform an illusion powerful enough to control all humanity, to create world peace. The leaders of the five ninja villages refuse to help him and instead join forces to confront Tobi and his allies.