Meet Naruto, he\'s a class-clown, a lazy bum, a total prankster, and could just possibly be the world\'s most powerful Ninja! Naruto is a ninja-in-training with an incorrigible knack for mischief.
Having concluded the series in late 2014, Masashi Kishimoto has kept himself busy this year with the side story Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring and writing the story for the latest Naruto movie, Boruto: Naruto the Movie , both of which will focus on the title character\'s son, Boruto..
The series would also spawn multiple anime series, movies, novels, video games and more.
His first version of Naruto , drawn in 1997, was a one-shot story about fox spirits; his final version, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, quickly became the most popular ninja manga in the world.
After considering various genres for his next project, Kishimoto decided on a story steeped in traditional Japanese culture.
After spending time in art college, he won the Hop Step Award for new manga artists with his story Karakuri .
Like many kids, he was first inspired to become a manga artist in elementary school when he read Dragon Ball .
Can Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke set aside their differences in time to team up against all the other young ninja? About author(s): Author/artist Masashi Kishimoto was born in 1974 in rural Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
He\'s got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the world\'s greatest ninja! The Challengers They\'re obnoxious, rude, and one of them really rubs Sakura the wrong way! Meet the Challengers that Naruto and his friends encounter when it comes time for their new exams.
Meet Naruto, he\'s a class-clown, a lazy bum, a total prankster, and could just possibly be the world\'s most powerful Ninja! Naruto is a ninja-in-training with an incorrigible knack for mischief