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[edit] Details Japanese Name: ナルト Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen Air Dates: 2002-10-03 to 2007-02-08 (English)br/ > Number of Episodes: 220 Licensed by:Viz Media

[edit] Plot Summary Twelve years before the events at the focus of the series, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attacked Land of Fire. Powerful enough to raise tsunamis and flatten mountains with a swish of one of its tails, it raised chaos and slaughtered many people, until the leader of the Leaf Village – the Fourth Hokage – sacrificed his own life to seal the demon inside his newborn son, Naruto Uzumaki. The Fourth Hokage, who was celebrated as a hero for sealing the demon fox away, wanted Naruto to be respected in a similar light by being the containment vessel for the demon fox.

The Leaf Village, however, shunned him, regarding Naruto as if he were the demon fox itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood. A decree made by the Third Hokage forbade anyone to discuss or mention the attack of the demon fox to anyone, even their own children. However, this did not stop them from treating him like an outcast and as a result he grew up an orphan without friends, family, or acknowledgment. He could not force people to befriend him, so he sought acknowledgment and attention the only way he knew – through pranks and mischief.

However, that soon changed after Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy by using his Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, a technique from a forbidden scroll that he was tricked into stealing, to save his teacher, Iruka Umino, from the renegade ninja Mizuki. That encounter gave Naruto two insights: that he was the container of the demon fox, and that there was someone besides the Third Hokage who actually cared for and acknowledged him. His graduation from the academy opened a gateway to the events and people that would change and define his world, including his way of the ninja for the rest of his life.

The main story follows Naruto and his friends' personal growth and development as ninja, and emphasizes their interactions with each other and the influence of their backgrounds on their personalities. Naruto finds two friends and comrades in Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura, two fellow young ninja who are assigned with him to form a three-person team under an experienced sensei named Kakashi Hatake. Naruto also confides in other characters that he meets throughout the series as well. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better, and experience a coming-of-age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the Hokage of the Leaf Village.

Throughout all of the Naruto plot, strong emphasis on character development changes the plot, with very few things happening because of chance. At first, emphasis is placed on Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, who are the members of Team 7. However, other characters are developed, such as Kakashi, Tsunade, and Jiraiya, as well as Naruto's peers in the other teams and villages. Several major villains come into play as well, the first being Zabuza Momochi, missing-nin from Kirigakure, and his partner, Haku. Later, in the Chunin Exams arc, Orochimaru is introduced as an S-Class missing-nin at the top of Konoha's most wanted list. Later still, a mysterious organization called Akatsuki begins to pursue Naruto for the nine-tailed demon fox inside him.

[edit] Characters [edit] Main Characters

Uzumaki NarutoUzumaki Naruto Name means "spiral" or "whirlpool". Voice: Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan(English Dubs) Naruto was born on October 10 in the fictional village of Konoha to Kushina Uzumaki and the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. When Naruto was a newborn infant, the powerful nine-tailed demon fox attacked his village. In order to save the village from destruction, the demon fox was sealed in Naruto's newborn body by his father, the active Hokage at the time, who sacrificed his life to do so.

Despite the Fourth Hokage's dying wish that Naruto be viewed as a hero for serving as the container for the demon, the adult villagers of Konoha harbored a fierce hatred for him. Many believed that Naruto and the demon were one and the same and openly displayed an abhorrence towards Naruto, thus leading to the unknowing village children picking up the adults' hatred. However, no one told Naruto about what his body harbored until he was twelve years old, leaving him confused for most of his childhood as to why the villagers of Konoha treated him with hostility.

Naruto is seen to be a prankster and a loner. He lives alone in a small apartment and has supposedly done so for years. Even though Naruto was treated as an outsider, he was befriended by his compassionate ninja instructor named Iruka Umino when he was twelve. Although Iruka's own parents perished during the battle with the demon fox, he refused to view Naruto as the cause of their deaths. Instead, Iruka attached himself to Naruto because he was similarly isolated after the death of his parents. Naruto was deeply moved by Iruka's kindness and confidence in him. As a result, Naruto now values Iruka as a father figure, as well as an instructor.

Uchiha SasukaeUchiha Sasuke Name means "to fan" or "cool off". Voice: Noriaki Sugiyama, Yuri Lowenthal (English Dubs) The early years of Sasuke's childhood were spent living in the shadow of his older brother, Itachi Uchiha, who had proven time and again that he was an extremely talented ninja. Because of Itachi's successes, most of the members of the Uchiha clan looked to Itachi as the clan's future, the biggest proponent of this idea being Sasuke's father, Fugaku Uchiha. Due to this focusing on Itachi, Sasuke did what he could to prove himself to his family, though no amount of training could help him in surpassing the milestones set in place by his brother. Itachi, aware of Sasuke's struggle for recognition, tried to shift some of their father's attention to Sasuke, even offering to train Sasuke in various fields of ninja abilities. Although Itachi succeeded in getting Fugaku to spend more time with Sasuke, much of that time was still dedicated to Itachi, and all the while Itachi never lived up to his promises of training Sasuke.

As time went by, Itachi's standing in the clan began to falter as his trustworthiness was constantly called into question. At this time, Itachi also began to create a more competitive relationship with Sasuke, challenging Sasuke to surpass him. Because of Itachi's changing personality, Fugaku began to take a more active interest in Sasuke's development, teaching him the Great Fireball Technique in less time than Itachi had taken to learn it, which also gave Sasuke proper membership into the clan. Most prominently, Fugaku encouraged Sasuke to not follow in Itachi's footsteps, the former prodigy of the clan having lost his father's confidence.

Soon after receiving the attention from his father that he had so yearned for, Sasuke returned home late one evening to find all the members of his clan dead. After finding Itachi standing over the bodies of their parents, indicating he was the one responsible for the clans' murders, Itachi informed Sasuke that he wasn't worth killing. As he left, Itachi repeated his encouragement to Sasuke to get strong enough to surpass him, and disappeared into the night. From that day forth, Sasuke lived as an orphan, longing for the parents that had been taken from him and allowing his brother's words to fester. Soon after the clan's annihilation, Sasuke's only goal in life became to gain power through any means necessary in order to kill Itachi and avenge the clan.

Haruno SakuraHaruno Sakura Name means "cherry blossom". Voice: Chie Nakamura, Kate Higgins (English Dubs) Sakura's early childhood, unlike those of her teammates, was mostly normal. The only major conflict was the development of a rivalry between her and a friend of hers, Ino Yamanaka, over the attention of Sasuke. At the series' start, one of Sakura's notable characteristics is her infatuation with Sasuke Uchiha. Initially this consists of following him everywhere in an attempt to help him and valuing his opinion and abilities above all others. Once Sasuke begins to be put in more dangerous situations, Sakura's display of her emotions shifts to concern for his well-being, first seen when he appears to have died and she goes against the Shinobi Code by crying for his loss. While his death turns out to be an illusion, Sakura maintains this method of showing her feelings for Part I's duration. She grows more worried when Sasuke achieved the Curse Seal form. Sakura also worries about the seal's potential to draw him away from Konoha. In time, her fears are realized and Sasuke abandons the village to seek out Orochimaru. Before he leaves Sakura attempts to stop him at the village exit, expressing her love for him and begging him to stay. She was so desperate that she was willing to go with him on his twisted journey. Sasuke, however, gives her a simple "thank you" before knocking her out.

Although it is unknown what her feelings for Sasuke are now, Sakura still wishes for Sasuke's return to Konoha. As such, during their reunion after the timeskip, she willingly attacks Sasuke to make this task easier and to protect others from his attacks. Despite this new mentality in regard to Sasuke, Sakura still worries about his well-being. Regardless of her conflicting approaches to Sasuke, Sakura is still unwilling to let anyone speak ill of him and readily beats anyone who badmouths him in an instant.

Sakura's opinion of Naruto is also one of her earliest personality traits. In Naruto's case, however, Sakura initially sees him to be a talentless idiot whose goal in life is to annoy her endlessly. While she continues to call him an "idiot" from time to time, Sakura abandons many of her convictions about Naruto as the two spend more time together. During each of his battles Naruto proves able to use numerous complicated jutsu in many ingenious ways, causing Sakura to value him as a teammate more with each passing mission. She even begins to find herself envious of Naruto's rapid progression but it also encourages her to do better as well. When Sasuke left Konoha, Sakura, unable to join the retrieval team, asked for Naruto to bring him back, believing Naruto to be the only person capable of getting through to Sasuke. Naruto promised that he will bring Sasuke back and made it his "promise of a lifetime". It is with this that Sakura realized Naruto's feelings for her as she cried for him when he is left in the hospital after his failed attempt in retrieving Sasuke. While Naruto still maintains that he will bring Sasuke back someday, Sakura resolves that next time they will bring him to Konoha together.

Sakura in Part II.In Part II, Sakura begins to learn of the various hardships in Naruto's life, particularly that he is the container of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and that Akatsuki seeks to capture him because of it. Furthermore, should Akatsuki succeed in capturing Naruto and remove the demon fox from his body, Naruto will die. Because of these revelations, Sakura has acquired a worrying mentality for Naruto, and cries over the various difficulties he faces. To help him in overcoming these obstacles, Sakura has become very protective of him and she wishes to prevent him from being captured by the Akatsuki. Upon finding that the medical abilities she has learned over the timeskip are ineffective in overcoming the demon fox, Sakura tries to see if there are other things she can learn to be of more use to Naruto. Yamato observed Sakura's determination to help Naruto in any way she could and was about to explain what kind of feelings those were but Naruto woke up before anything significant could be said. Sakura is generally more accepting of Naruto's personality traits and is much more capable of working well with him, as Kakashi commented. She was also observed by Sai and Yamato, who commented on the close relationship between Naruto and herself and how gentle she can be with him at times. However, she draws the line at his growing perversion, although she can be just as perverted at times.

Independent of her feelings for her teammates, Sakura's holding of herself sees a change during Part I. While she does not realize it at the time, Sakura's initial role is guarding Team 7's object of interest while Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi fight off any hostile forces. It is not until the second phase of the Chunin Exams that Sakura realizes how unfavorable this role is, as she is the sole protector of her defeated teammates during an attack by the Sound Genin. Although she attempts to fend them off with a series of preset traps, her efforts prove futile against the Genin team and Kin Tsuchi is able to grab Sakura by the hair and immobilize her. As Kin condescends her for putting more effort into her appearance than her ninja abilities, Sakura becomes distraught that people are always fighting for her because she can't fight for herself. Deciding to change this, Sakura cuts her hair with a kunai to free herself from Kin's grasp and does all in her power to battle the Sound Genin, buying enough time for reinforcements to arrive. This new resolve remains constant throughout the rest of the series, as Sakura readily comes to the aid of a teammate in need of protecting.

Within Sakura resides an "Inner Sakura", a manifestation of her inner emotions that, aside from comic relief, serves as a representation of Sakura's actual opinion on things when she outwardly displays something opposite. Inner Sakura's appearances are typically marked by an exclamation of "Shānnarō" (しゃーんなろー). The phrase has no literal meaning, but is usually translated as "hell yeah", "hell no", or "damn it" depending on the situation. VIZ replaced the phrase with "Cha!" in the English anime, similar to what they did with Naruto's "dattebayo" to "Believe it!". Inner Sakura's appearances are fairly infrequent, her last appearance being Sakura's fight during the Chunin Exams (where it is implied that Inner Sakura may be similar to a separate entity in Sakura's mind). Inner Sakura briefly resurfaces later on during one of the anime's filler arcs, in which she fears that she is less observant than even Naruto is, and again at the start of Part II. This large gap between appearances is likely due to Sakura becoming more comfortable with herself, and no longer having what she says contrast how she actually feels.

[edit] Minor Characters

Iruka Umino Name maens "dolphin". Voice: Toshihiko Seki, Quinton Flynn (English Dubs)

Iruka Umino is an instructor at the Ninja Academy, characterized by the distinctive scar across his face that he has had since childhood. His parents were killed by the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox when he was younger, though he holds no hostility towards its container, Naruto Uzumaki. In fact, Iruka is one of the few people at the start of the series who values Naruto as a person, being able to relate with Naruto's methods of trying to gain attention. Because he, like Naruto, was forced to grow up without parents, and was socially isolated as a result, he can relate to Naruto in this regard as well and has assumed the role as Naruto's father-figure.

Kakashi HatakeKakashi Hatake Kakashi means "scarecrow". Voice: Kazuhiko Inoue, Dave Wittenberg(English Dubs)

Kakashi is the leader of Team 7 consisting of Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. Like his father, Hatake Sakumo, Kakashi is considered a genius shinobi, graduating from the Ninja Academy at age 5 and achieving the rank of Chunin at 6. Not long after becoming a Jonin, a close friend of Kakashi died and his death profoundly changed Kakashi. Kakashi's personal life appears to be as much of a mystery as the face behind the mask he has worn for most of his ninja career. Though he evasively says that he has "many hobbies" when asked about himself, he is commonly seen reading of "Icha Icha Paradise", an adult and probably pornographic novel. Finally, Kakashi has an ongoing, albeit slightly one-sided, rivalry with Gai Maito, with Guy constantly proclaiming that Kakashi is his rival, and considering his and Kakashi's subordinates rivals. Kakashi, however, seems indifferent to their rivalry, which annoys Guy to no end. Hokage The leader and strongest ninja in the village. The title of -kage differs from village to village. for example Konoha("The Village Hidden in the Leaves" / "The Land of Fire) has the Hokage while Sunakagure("The Village Hidden in the Sand" / "The Land of Wind") has the Kazekage

Nara ShikamaruShikamaru Nara Shika means "deer". Voice: Showtaro Morikubo, Tom Gibis (English Dubs)

Shikamaru is an extremely unenthusiastic person, and as such lives his life avoiding work. In his free time he typically takes naps, watches clouds, and plays thinking games such as Shogi and Go. When put into a situation where he potentially needs to put effort into something, he attempts to try to find a way to avoid it such as forfeiting a battle or by pretending to be preoccupied with something else. In the instances where he can't avoid these situations, Shikamaru tends to remark "how troublesome" or, in the english dubs, "what a drag". Despite his cowardly tendencies, Shikamaru is extremely intelligent. His teacher, Asuma, wondering why Shikamaru was always able to beat him at Shogi and Go despite receiving abysmal grades at the Academy, disguised an IQ test as a series of puzzles to see how smart Shikamaru really was. In doing so, Asuma found Shikamaru to have an IQ of over 200, and learned that Shikamaru's poor grades were a result of him finding the lifting of a pencil to be too troublesome. Nevertheless, Shikamaru works very well with his teammates as their fathers were teamed together in their youth as well. Of his teammates, Shikamaru is closest with Choji, who repays Shikamaru's confidence in him with unyielding loyalty to Shikamaru. Ino Yamanaka Ino means "wild boar".

A girl who teams up with Choji and Shikamaru. Her special technique being a Yamanaka is a ninjutsu named Shintenshin no Jutsu or The Mind Body Switch Technique which takes control over a person's mind. Ino can make the person controlled to do things but she can only control a mind for a short period of time. Ino and Sakura were friends when they were little children and their friendship was very dominated by Ino's confident and Sakura being insecure with herself. When Sakura discovers that Ino also likes Sasuke she tells Ino that they for now on are rivals. The relationship as rivals changes when Sasuke leaves the village and they start to get more along with each other. Choji Akimichi Choji means "butterfly"

Kiba Inuzuka Kiba means "fang"

Akamaru Aka means "red"

Shino Aburame Hinata Hyuuga Part of the oldest clan in Konoha, the Hyuuga clan. The Hyuuga clans Kekkei genkai is the Byakugan, an eye condition where the user has almost 360 degrees of vision, except for a small blind spot behind the first thoracic vertebra (near the back of the neck), which is its only known weakness. She has obvious feelings for Naruto but he remains oblivious to them, although others are aware. Neji Hyuuga Part of the oldest clan in Konoha, the Hyuuga clan. The Hyuuga clans Kekkei genkai is the Byakugan, an eye condition where the user has almost 360 degrees of vision, except for a small blind spot behind the first thoracic vertebra (near the back of the neck), which is its only known weakness. He lectured Naruto about how he will always be a failure, and it made Naruto mad during the chuunin exams, especially when he did not stop tormenting him, Naruto goes on to beat him. Neji holds a grudhe against the main branch of the Hyuugas who "murdered" his father, when in fact his father choose freely to die, the one thing that he did against the Hyuuga clan. His father died because Hinata was kidnapped and the kidnapper, from the cloud was killed, forcing the exchange of the killer Gai Maito Gai Maito (Mite Guy Enlgish dub) ,team 10 leader(Neji Tenten Lee),and rival of Kakashi, Gai is a pure Taijutsu user, whos superior strength-and unorthadox fighting style-blow his oppenents away. He is also Lee's "personal trainer" teaching him all he knows. Tenten Jiraiya Name meaning "coming on one's own" Jiraiya is one of the Legendary Sannin trained by the Forth Hokage himself, along with teammates Tsunade and Orochimaru. Jiraiya is also a complete pervert. He claims that his "peeping" is purely for "gathering data" for his novels Ichi-Ichi Paradise which Kakashi is always seen reading. Also known as: Ero-Sennin and Perverted Hermit. Jiraiya is "The Toad Master" which obviously means his jutsus involve a variety of toads including Gmabunta who is "The Toad Boss" The symbol on his forehead protector mean oil. Orochimaru Kabuto Sabaku no Gaara Name has no other meanning other than "Gaara of the Sand". Gaara is a Jinnchuriki like Naruto, and absolutey hated and feared by his village.

Sabaku no Temari Temari is the older sister to both Kankuro and Gaara and daughter of the fourth Kazekage. She uses an oversizes fan to literally blow her opponents away. Her role in the anime and manga is mostly just that of a strong opponent. Although she seems to enjoy a fight she also questions the sands decision to go to war with Konoha. Sabaku no Kankuro A fierce ninja who uses puppets to capture his opponents. He is the brother of Gaara and Temari.

[edit] Theme Songs Opening Theme: 01: "Rise" by Jeremy Sweet and Ian Nickus (eps 1-52)[English Version] 02: "Haruka Kanata" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation (eps 53-78)[English version] 03: "GO!!!" by FLOW (eps 78-)[English Version] 1: "Rocks" by Hound Dog (eps 1-25) 2: "Haruka Kanata (遥か彼方)" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation (eps 26-53) 3: " Kanashimi wo Yasashisani (悲しみをやさしさに)" by little by little (eps 54-77) 4: "GO!!!" by FLOW (eps 78-103) 5: "Seishun Kyosokyoku (青春狂騒曲)" by Sambomaster (eps 104-128) 6: "No Boy, No Cry (ノーボーイ・ノークライ)" by Stance Punks (eps 129-153) 7: "Namikaze Satellite (波風サテライト)" by Snowkel (eps 154-178) 8: "Re:member" by FLOW (eps 179-202) 9: "YURA YURA" by Hearts Grow (eps 203-220)

Ending Theme: 1: "Wind" by Akeboshi (eps 1-25) 2: "Harmonia (ハルモニア)" by Rythem (eps 26-51) 3: "Viva Rock ~Japanese Side~ (ビバ★ロック ～japanese side～)" by Orange Range (eps 52-64) 4: "ALIVE" by Raiko (eps 65-77) 5: "Ima made Nando mo (今まで何度も)" by the Mass Missile (eps 78-89) 6: "Ryusei (流星)" by Tia (eps 90-103) 7: "Mountain A Go Go Too (マウンテン・ア・ゴーゴー・ツー)" by Captain Stridum (eps 104-115) 8: "Hajimete Kimi to Shabetta (はじめて君としゃべった)" by GagagaSP (eps 116-128) 9: "Nakushita Kotoba (失くした言葉)" by No Regret Life (eps 129-141) 10: "スピード (Speed)" by Analog Fish (eps 142-153) 11: "Soba ni Iru Kara (そばにいるから)" by Amadori (eps 154-165) 12: "Parade (パレード)" by CHABA (eps 166-178) 13: "Yellow Moon" by Akeboshi (eps 179-191) 14: "Pinocchio" by Ore Ska Band (eps 192-202) 15: "Scenario" by SABOTEN (eps 203-220)

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