![]() ![]() As a result, Kishimoto spent several years working to write his own shōnen manga for Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine which he was a fan of. Ī reader of manga from a young age, Kishimoto showed a desire to write his own manga, citing authors Akira Toriyama and Katsuhiro Otomo as his main influences. In November 2020 it was announced that he had taken over as writer on the series, replacing Kodachi. From May 2016 through October 2020 he supervised the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga written by Ukyō Kodachi and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto. In 2019, Kishimoto wrote Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru which ended in March 2020. ![]() Besides the Naruto manga, Kishimoto also personally supervised the two canonical anime films, The Last: Naruto the Movie and Boruto: Naruto the Movie, and has written several one-shot stories. The series has been adapted into two anime and multiple films, video games, and related media. His manga series, Naruto, which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014, has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019. The world is not yet solid, but what you see in the story is not everything in the world of Naruto.Masashi Kishimoto ( 岸本 斉史, Kishimoto Masashi, born Novem) is a Japanese manga artist. The states have more power than the ninja, but since the daimyo don't cooperate with each other, I guess coup d'etats happen rather frequently. In America, you have a president at the top, but you also have the military general at the top of the military. Hinokuni, or the Land of the Fire, provides Konohagakure a place to live, and in return, the resident ninja protect the country as a whole, similar to a military force.Īs for the government, the daimyo, or warlords, govern the lands and run the political system and the bureaucracy.Įach country has warlords at the top, and its military has its own leaders. Konohagakure, the Village Hidden in the Leaves, is the military part of the country. People make their living by running businesses, et cetera. "The world outside of the ninja is pretty normal. Kishimoto breaks it down in an interview with Shonen Jump US: But while the series may have a specific focus, there's a lot going on outside the world of ninja. While Naruto does go beyond the village of Konoha, we don't get to see much about what life is like for people who aren't ninja, or what life is like in the smaller nations. But I figured, 'Why not make this another type of real ninja?' Of course, I had some hardcore ninja fans who were like, 'Dude, get lost.' (laughs) They were really upset because this is not how ninjas are supposed to be!" It's an orange jumpsuit, and Naruto goes 'Hey, I'm here!' Which is totally opposite of how a ninja should behave! It's a paradox. I figured I wanted to take a polar opposite approach, and portray this character who wears orange. So I was thinking about what would be appropriate for not only a shonen manga series, but a Jump shonen manga series. That kind of story, it would be a different genre. That's cool in its own way, but it's not necessarily appropriate or really makes up for a shonen manga series. ![]() "So of course, a realistic ninja is someone who wears all black with only the eyes visible, kind of lurks in the shadows, and they are assassins. ![]() When talking to Anime News Network, Kishimoto explained why: While real ninja from history wore ordinary clothes, there's a clear image of what a ninja is like, and Naruto Uzumaki does not fit that image. When most people think about ninja, they think about shadowy figures wearing all black. It kind of triggers this thought in you, 'Oh, how did she get there?' That's the kind of story I think would be fun to draw." In fact, there's a very famous TV series in Japan called Oshin. I'd forgotten this aspect of that show until now, but in the very beginning of Oshin, you see the woman as a very old woman, very rich, and all of a sudden it flashes back to when she was a kid and she was poor and destitute. So I think it would be fun to show that gap. So it'd be interesting to show that contrast.Īlso, Jiraiya grew up in a time when the jutsu that we know now in the current Naruto worldview had not been refined, or even developed in some cases. But there was a time when he was still young, when he didn't really know much and he was kind of dumb too. "This actually just came to me but, for example, if I were to draw the story from Jiraiya's viewpoint, from what we've already seen of Jiraya he's very… not so much arrogant, but overconfident, blusterous, and very, very skilled. While there's no guarantee he'll ever create such a thing, it's still cool to read about his ideas. During an interview with NYCC, Kishimoto came up with a possible sequel from Jiraiya's perspective. ![]()
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