

(If, like many of us, you don't live in the U.S., you can also watch Naruto for free at Crunchyroll. For American users, Hulu features all the episodes.
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At first, it seemed like it would be marketed as a kiddie show with blood - Never Say "Die" was in full effect - but the Wave Country arc onwards saw free usage of the words "kill", "die", etc.Ĭartoon Network stopped airing the show when there were only 11 episodes of filler left, but thankfully by that time there were alternate means to watch - an official English-subtitled version of the anime was available for a subscription fee as little as an hour after the Japanese broadcast and is still available for free on Naruto's official website. But Viz Media had plenty of interest, since they scooped up the license and dubbed it for the U.S. When the news first spread that Naruto was hitting the States, despite the fanbase's fears, 4Kids had little, if any interest. The English dub ran on Cartoon Network's Toonami in the U.S. The manga Naruto, written by Masashi Kishimoto, follows the story of his pursuit of greatness, with the help of his teammates (angst-ridden Anti-Hero Sasuke and hot-headed Tsundere Sakura), and eventually moves to encompass their struggles against Big Bads such as Orochimaru, ruthless leader of the rival village of Otogakure ("Village Hidden in the Sound"), and the S-Class criminal organization Akatsuki. He continues to pursue his ambition of becoming the next Hokage ("Fire Shadow", a title for the head ninja of his village). Furthermore, the beast had to be sealed and contained inside the infant Naruto's body, and the boy has had to grow up with the stigma of basically being a living prison for a malevolent monster.īut like any good Shōnen protagonist, Naruto doesn't let this slow him down. The beast was eventually subdued, but not before it had killed many of the strongest ninja of the village. However, Naruto's cheerful disposition hides a dark secret: when he was but a baby, his hometown of "The Village Hidden In the Leaves" ( Konohagakure) was attacked by a monstrous creature known as the "Nine-Tailed Fox" (Kyūbi). That boy is Naruto Uzumaki, a twelve-year-old ninja-in-training who tries to make up for his disadvantages with enthusiasm and sheer determination.

In a World rife with Ninja, one boy seeks to become the greatest ninja there ever was.
