The Tale of Uzumaki Naruto

The Tale Of Uzumaki Naruto

In the Publishing world of Comic books the western hemisphere and eastern hemisphere are divided into two major categories, the American action comics and the Japanese manga books. This visual art of story telling developed hand-in-hand with print media such as newspaper, at first they started out as little action strips and as the popularity grew among fans these comics and manga started printing series of their own with amazing creators. When the broadcasting media took interest in these comics and manga they became a worldwide phenomenon. One of the best examples of this is the popularity of the manga, “Pokémon”.

Naruto is a Japanese manga created and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The first print was published in august 1997 and a one shot attempt and it was loved by the Japanese people, by 2014 the manga series sold around 200 million copies, with an estimated amount of 130 million in japan and 70 million overseas making it the third best selling manga of all time next to the famous ‘Dragon ball Z’ and ‘One Piece’. Ironically Naruto is the first major work by Kishimoto and it became one of the most beloved characters in the Anime industry.

The most unique feature about series Naruto is the main character, ‘Uzumaki Naruto’. In general the main character of any story will be the coolest and the most stylish one, so that it attracts peoples imagination, the stroke of genius by Kishimoto is creating Naruto into a complete loser. Throughout the series Naruto is a complete knucklehead, gets people into trouble with his silly words and has many weaknesses in him, the beautiful thing is that he accepts these facts and trains hard to become one of the greatest ninja in this world. It was more practical and unique to the readers as they could relate Naruto with themselves for being imperfect. All the characters in the series are well written as Anime and manga magazine Neo described these characters as ‘almost sickeningly addictive’ in terms of characterization.

Reference:

Solomon, C. (2008, December 17). Interview: The man behind 'Naruto' Retrieved August 24, 2015, from http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-etw-naruto17-2008dec17-story.html