DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know Naruto the manga was such a huge commercial success that it became the third best-selling manga series in history? According to Anime News Network (ANN), Masashi Kishimoto’s hit manga series, Naruto, sold 235 million copies since it was created in 1999 up to its thrilling conclusion in 2014. Its sales are just five million behind Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball, but Eiichiro Oda’s long-running masterpiece, One Piece, has sold 440 million copies from 1997 to early 2018 and clearly dwarfs Kishimoto’s numbers. 

More than half of Naruto’s sales are from Japan but the manga also did well in the USA, becoming Viz Media’s top-selling manga of all time after appearing on USA Today and The New York Times bestseller lists. It then won the prestigious Quill Award for the Best Graphic Novel in 2006, setting the record as the first manga to bag the coveted award. Nine years later, Naruto was nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and Kishimoto won the Rookie of the Year award given by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs. Because of its commercial success, it was adapted into the big screen 11 times, with the first three following the Naruto timeline, and the last eight following the Naruto: Shippuden timeline, with one that included Naruto’s son, Boruto, a character that now has its own series, Boruto. And now that Naruto has concluded, you might as well check out these Naruto games for Android. But if you want to rewatch then you can download Naruto episodes from this list of anime downloader site. Even so, you can also watch Demon Slayer online for free.