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Naruto[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village.
In 1997, he wrote a one-shot version of Naruto (NARUTO－ナルト－) which was published in Akamaru Jump Summer. [13][22] In December 1997, while redeveloping Karakuri for serialization, Kishimoto was offered a one-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Nov 16, 2023 · Masashi Kishimoto’s Achievements. After more than 15 years of serialization, Naruto Manga ended on November 10th, 2014, with a total of 700 chapters collected in 72 volumes. It sold over 113 million copies in Japan and over 95 million copies in the US.
Masashi Kishimoto is a Japanese manga artist, best known for creating the popular manga series ‘Naruto.’ ‘Naruto’ has gone down in history as one of the most-loved manga in the world. Masashi was born in Okayama, Japan, and was a huge fan of anime and manga since his elementary school days.
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Early Life
Masashi Kishimoto was born in the Okayama Prefecture, Japan on November 8, 1974 as the older identical twin of Seishi Kishimoto. During his childhood, Kishimoto showed interest in drawing characters from the anime shows he watched, such as Dr. Slump's Arale and Doraemon's titular protagonist. In elementary school, Kishimoto started watching the Kinnikuman and Dragon Ball anime alongside his brother. During the following years, Kishimoto started idolising Dragon Ball's author Akira Toriyama, e...
Works
Kishimoto's first successful manga pilot was Karakuri (カラクリ, literally meaning: Mechanism), which he submitted to Shueisha in 1995. This earned him an honourable mention in Shueisha's monthly "Hop Step Award" in 1996, granted to promising rookie manga artists. At this point he was assigned an editor, Kosuke Yahagi, and worked on a number of rejected drafts including a slice-of-life manga, Michikusa (道くさ, literally meaning: Wandering Detour), and an action manga, Asian Punk (アジアンパンク, Ajian Pan...
While as a child Kishimoto enjoyed reading manga, he was inspired to write one after seeing a promotional image for the film Akira. This made him analyse the artwork of Akira's original author, Katsuhiro Otomo, as well as Akira Toriyama, another artist he admired. Realising both had their own style regarding the designs, Kishimoto decided to draw m...
Kazuhiro Takahashi (高橋一浩, Takahashi Kazuhiro)Takemi Kawahara (河原武実, Kawahara Takemi)Masashi Kishimoto (岸本 斉史 Kishimoto Masashi, born November 8, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist, well known for creating the manga series Naruto which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014. As of September 2014, the series had over 200 million copies in print worldwide.
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Jul 23, 2021 · Masashi Kishimoto gained prominence in Japan after his first manga series, 'Naruto' in Japan in 1999. 'Naruto' had sold over forty million copies in Japan before it was released in the United States in 2002.
