Perjalanan Terindah
Di kesunyian, alarm berbunyi. Teralunkan musik merdu, terdengar bersemangat berjudul Sang Pemimpi. Mataku sedikit terbuka, pertanda mimpi indah malam ini telah usai. Jam menunjukkan pukul 03.00. Aku tetap terbaring, bukan berarti malas. Kuhayati setiap lirik musik yang kudengarkan, penuh dengan makna. Aku masih terbaring, kukumpulkan semangatku saat itu. Musik reff terdengar, semangatku semakin berkumpul. Ku terbangun dan langsung kubuka jendela kamarku. Angin pagi berhembus menyegarkan, walaupun memang masih gelap. Bibir ini berbisik, ucapan do’a tanda syukurku atas dibangunkannya jasad ini dari alam yang tak kukenal. Aku siap melewati hari ini.
Aku berjalan menuju ruang makan, kulihat ibu telah menyiapkan makan sahur. Hari ini hari senin, sudah menjadi amalan andalan kami untuk berpuasa setiap hari senin dan kamis. Ku tersenyum pada ibu, kuteruskan langkahku untuk membasuh muka, menyegarkan wajah kusutku seusai bangun tidur. Berdua saja kami duduk di depan meja makan, aku dan ibuku.
“Sudah siapkah semua barangnya, Nak?” tanya ibuku.
“Tentu saja sudah, Bu. Tinggal berangkat saja”, jawabku.
“Hati-hati ya kalau sudah di sana. Terus hubungi ibu, takut terjadi apa-apa” ucap ibuku, sedikit khawatir.
“Tenang saja, Bu. Lily bisa jaga diri kok, insya Allah”, ujarku.
“Baguslah kalau begitu. Seusai shalat subuh, ayah akan langsung mengantarmu ke stasiun”.
Aku hanya tersenyum dan mengangguk. Kulanjutkan membereskan apa saja yang harus ku bawa. Aku mungkin terlalu keasyikan, setelah shalat subuh aku malah terdiam dan merenung. Bersama kesunyian aku membayangkan, mimpiku ternyata bisa terwujud. Dengan keadaan keluarga yang apa adanya, aku bisa kuliah tanpa mengeluarkan biaya sedikitpun. Di dalam lamunanku, aku terkejut.
“Neng!” ucap ayahku dengan kerasnya.
“Iya Ayah?” jawabku kaget.
“Ayo, sudah pukul lima. Nanti terlambat masuk kereta” ucap ayahku cemas.
“Oh, baiklah Ayah”.
Dengan menaiki motor yang begitu khas suaranya, kami mulai berangkat. Ibu tak ikut mengantarku, katanya dia harus menjaga rumah. Lagipula tak bisa bila harus menaiki motor dengan tiga orang penumpang sambil membawa barang yang cukup banyak, sungguh hal yang mustahil.
“Jaga diri baik-baik, Nak. Banyak berdo’a. Tetap semangat, jangan lupa ibadahnya”, nasehat dari ibuku.
“Baik, Bu. Do’akan saja Lily semoga semuanya bisa barakah bagi kehidupan Lily” ucapku, dengan mata yang cukup berkaca-kaca.
“Iya, Nak. Ibu pasti akan selalu mendo’akanmu. Kalau begitu lekaslah, takut ketinggalan kereta”, ucap ibuku dengan air matanya yang menetes.
“Kalau begitu kami berangkat dulu, Bu. Assalamu’alaikum”, ucap ayahku.
“Wa’alaikumsalam”, jawab ibuku.
Aku pun bersalaman dengan ibu, begitupun ayah. Air mata membasahi pipi ibu. Aku mengerti, memang seperti itulah perasaan seorang ibu. Air mataku pun ikut terjatuh, hatiku luluh. Segera ku bergegas menaiki motor sambil menghapuskan air mataku. Begitu dinginnya subuh itu. Namun untungnya aku tetap merasakan kehangatan, dari jaket pemberian ibuku dan dari hangatnya punggung ayahku.
Kereta beberapa menit lagi berangkat. Aku berlari dengan kencangnya bersama ayahku, membawa barang yang cukup berat. Tepat di depan pintu kereta aku berdiri.
“Hati-hati ya Nak. Kalau ada apa-apa hubungi ayah atau ibu. Banyak berdo’a di jalan. Musafir do’anya sangat mustajab. Kabari ayah kalau sudah sampai”. ucap ayahku dengan lembutnya.
“Baik, Ayah. Doakan Lily ya”, ucapku tersenyum, namun dengan air mata yang menetes.
Ayah mengangguk. Aku masih tetap tersenyum. Tepat saat itu, kereta mulai berjalan. Aku pun masuk, kucari tempat duduk yang masih kosong, tepat di pinggir jendela. Kulihat ayahku masih berdiri, menunggu keberangkatan kereta hingga sampai jauhnya. Aku masih tetap tersenyum bersama linangan air mata. Ayahku, ibuku, dan juga desa yang kucintai ini pasti akan amat kurindukan. Di dalam hati aku semakin bertekad, aku harus bisa menggapai cita-citaku dengan baik. Ikhtiar dan do’a, sudah pasti harus selalu kulakukan.
Perjalanan di dalam kereta memang amat membuatku nyaman, menurutku. Apalagi dengan duduk tepat di pinggir jendela. Di pagi hari yang cerah, pemandangan yang indah tentu sudah sangat cukup untuk menyegarkan penglihatan ini. Asri, indah nan permai. Inilah salah satu tanda kekuasaanNya. Sesekali ku beranjak dari tempat dudukku, melangkah menuju pintu kereta. Angin berhembus, menerpa hijab biru mudaku, menggerakkan bibirku hingga akhirnya dapat tersenyum refleks, tanpa sadar. Di depan mataku terlihat sawah yang terhampar luas. Langit biru, bersama para awan dan juga burung yang beterbangan semakin memperindah suasana ini.
“Maaf Mba, bisakah Anda menyingkir dulu dari sini?”, ucap seorang lelaki berbaju merah dengan celana jinsnya yang begitu rapi, ditambah dengan sepatu ala boybandnya berwarna matching dengan kaos merahnya. Aku sedikit ilfeel dengan gayanya saat berbicara itu. Ditambah gaya pakaiannya yang seperti orang kota. Memang tampan, namun raut wajahnya seperti orang yang angkuh. Itulah pemikiranku, sebagai seseorang yang sederhana.
“Kalau ga mau, gimana?”, ucapku sinis.
“Maaf mba, hati-hati kalau berdiri di situ, berbahaya”.
Aku terdiam. Di hatiku terjadi perdebatan. Aku menganggapnya orang kota yang angkuh, namun setelah kulihat ternyata ucapannya terasa lembut. Aku bingung, namun saat itu aku lebih memilih sinis kembali padanya. Orang kota dengan gaya seperti itu pastilah sombong, dan terkadang selalu menyakiti hati orang-orang yang sederhana, apalagi perempuan sepertiku. Bila dia memang berlaku baik padaku, dia pasti memiliki maksud yang tidak baik. Seperti apa yang dikatakan orang-orang di sekitarku, dan juga sesuai dengan pengalaman pribadiku, bahwa laki-laki yang terlihat angkuh namun memiliki wajah yang tampan, pastilah dia selalu menyakiti hati seorang wanita.
Lelaki itu berkata “Maaf mba, berbahaya berdiri di situ, saya hanya memberi tahu. Lagipula....”, aku memotong ucapannya.
“Maaf ya mas, kalau bahaya ya biar saja. Lagipula berbahaya buat saya, bukan buat Mas!” ucapku semakin sinis.
“Tapi mba..”
“Tapi apa? Jangan paksa saya dong!” ucapku dengan lebih sinis lagi.
“Maaf Mba, silakan jika mau tetap berdiri di situ. Tapi...”, ucapannya dipotong lagi olehku.
“Tapi apa?” sentakku. Aku tahu ini tidak baik, tapi aku tetap pada pendirianku yaitu berlaku sinis kepada laki-laki, apalagi yang belum kukenal.
“Mohon maaf sekali Mba, saya mau lewat ke gerbong sebelah. Saya sudah ditunggu oleh teman saya. Sebentar saja Mba, kalau saya sudah lewat, silakan kalau Mba mau berdiri lagi di situ”, ucapnya dengan sopan.
Aku cukup malu sebenarnya. Dia begitu lembut padaku, tapi aku malah menyentaknya. Akupun melangkah menjauhi pintu kereta itu dan kembali ke tempat dudukku. Dia pun melewat.
“Makasih, Mba” ucap lelaki itu sambil tersenyum.
Aku tersenyum kecil. Aku pun melangkah, dalam hati aku masih ingin tetap berdiri di sana. Kutengok ke arah belakangku, kulihat lelaki itu malah berdiri di tempat dimana aku berdiri tadi kemudian tersenyum. Aku sedikit kesal, kemudian akupun menghampirinya.
“Katanya mau lewat, nyatanya kamu malah berdiri di situ!” teriakku padanya.
“Oh, iya maaf Mba. Cuma mau berdiri sebentar, sekarang pun mau ke gerbong sebelah. sekali lagi maaf ya, Mba” ucapnya dengan begitu ramah. Dia pun berjalan meninggalkan gerbong yang ku tempati, menuju gerbong sebelah. Aku terdiam. Aku pun berdiri kembali di pintu kereta sambil melihat pemandangan dari setiap jalan yang kulewati. Akupun dapat tersenyum kembali dengan melihat semua itu.
Dari pagi sampai siang, gerbong yang ku tempati memang penuh. Namun ternyata lama-kelamaan, penumpang satu persatu turun dari kereta. Gerbong mulai kosong, maklumlah memang tujuan yang ku tuju adalah stasiun pemberhentian akhir, jadi aku harus tetap duduk di kereta hingga stasiun akhir, yaitu di Malang. Cukup sepi juga. Aku masih tetap asik melihat pemandangan sambil duduk di kursi dekat jendela kereta. Aku merenung dan terkadang tersenyum sendiri. Kulihat kembali lelaki berkaos merah tadi, duduk di dekat pintu gerbong sambil memegang kamera SLRnya. Dia memotret segala yang ada di sekitarnya, dan dia seperti memotret ke arahku. Rasa suudzon mulai muncul kembali di dalam hatiku, sepertinya dia hendak mengambil fotoku. Bagaimana bisa aku membiarkan seseorang yang tak kukenal mengambil foto wajahku. Aku pun beranjak dari tempatku, dan langsung menghampirinya.
“Kamu mengambil foto-fotoku? Buat apa, kamu orang asing, berani-beraninya mengambil fotoku!” ucapku dengan nada yang cukup tinggi. Dia hanya terdiam. Aku pun merebut SLR di tangannya. Kulihat foto-foto yang tadi dia ambil. Ternyata bukan fotoku, ada beberapa foto yang kulihat dan itu adalah foto-foto pemandangan di sepanjang jalan yang telah dilewati. Seketika itu dia merebut kembali SLRnya dengan wajah yang sinis. Aku amat tak berkutik waktu itu. Dia sepertinya kesal padaku. Aku terdiam, aku merasa amat bersalah.
“Maaf, Mas”, ucapku. Tanpa melihat wajahnya, aku langsung berlari ke tempat dudukku. Aku malu. Mengapa aku harus suudzon kepadanya, ditambah lagi kejadian tadi pagi saat aku menyentaknya. Semakin ku mengingatnya, semakin ku merasa bersalah padanya. Perjalanan masih jauh, aku belum shalat dzuhur. Biarlah, mungkin nanti bisa diqashar. Kereta berhenti di sebuah stasiun, menunggu penumpang yang akan segera masuk. Sesekali pengamen dan juga para pedagang masuk. Seorang anak kecil datang menghampiri penumpang dan memberikan amplop yang bertuliskan sesuatu.
Bapak/Ibu, mohon kasihani kami. Kami belum makan, kami lapar. Mohon minta keikhlasannya. Semoga amalan Bapak/Ibu diterima di sisi Allah, Amin.
Itulah kata-kata yang tertulis di amplop itu. Hati kecil ini merenung, betapa kerasnya kehidupan mereka. Kulihat dompetku, tak begitu banyak uang di sana. Kusisihkan sedikit saja, mungkin dapat membantu mereka. Mereka tidak mungkin berbohong, kalaulah memang mereka berbohong, aku yakin bahwa mereka membutuhkan uang dari orang lain. Sungguh hatiku tersentuh melihat anak kecil itu.
Sesekali aku melihat ke ujung kereta, duduk seorang lelaki berkaos merah tadi. Teringat kembali rasa bersalahku tadi. Aku hanya diam. Walaupun begitu, aku masih tetap saja ingin berdiri di dekat pintu kereta. Akupun berdiri kembali di sana, di dekatku duduk lelaki itu. Namun dia tidak menolehku sedikitpun, dia sepertinya marah padaku.Aku pun memakluminya bila dia bersikap seperti itu padaku. Handphone ku bergetar, ku kira ada telepon dari ayah atau ibu, ternyata hanya sms dari operator seluler. Aku terdiam kembali, aku lupa tidak mengisi pulsaku, jadi aku hanya bisa menunggu telepon dari orang tuaku.
Aku kembali merenung, melamun. Itulah kebiasaanku di waktu senggang, memikirkan berbagai hal, memberaikan segala fantasi yang ada di benakku. Aku terkejut. Lelaki berkaos merah itu menghampiriku dan langsung membawa handphone yang ku pegang. Dia berlari keluar dari gerbong kereta. Aku refleks mengejarnya keluar. Dia tersenyum. Aku kelelahan, sambil berlari aku berteriak.
“Hey kamu! Kembalikan handphoneku! Mau kau apakan handphoneku. Heyy!”. Dia menoleh, kemudian tersenyum kembali. “Sini saja ambil, kejar dong!”.
“Aku cape! Kamu siapa sih! Tolong jangan ambil hp itu. Aku masih memerlukannya untuk menghubungi keluargaku. Heeeeey!”, teriakku dengan lebih kencangnya lagi.
Dia malah berlari semakin kencang. Apa boleh buat, akupun harus berlari dengan kencang pula. Tapi jangan diremehkan, akupun bisa berlari dengan kencang, maklum juara estapet se-kecamatan pada saat sd. Aku semakin sulit mengejarnya. Aku tak tahu seberapa jauh aku berlari, yang pasti aku harus mendapatkan handphoneku. Di suatu tempat dia berhenti. Aku menghampirinya dengan nafas yang terengah-engah.
“Kok berhenti! Kenapa gak lari lagi aja sih sekalian! Puas kan!” teriakku dengan begitu kerasnya.
“Santai aja, Mba. nih Hpnya”, ucapnya sambil tersenyum.
“Loh, maksud kamu apa sih! Bawa hp saya, terus sekarang dikembalikan lagi. Ga ada kerjaan ya emangnya ......”, ucapanku berhenti. Dia memegang dahuku, dan mengarahkannya ke segala arah di sekitarku. Dia pun tersenyum. Seketika aku berkata, “Subhanallah”.
Tanpa aku sadari, aku telah berlari jauh dengannya hingga tiba di sebuah taman yang penuh dengan bunga. Keadaannya yang amat bersih dan asri membuatku terkesima tanpa batas. Aku tersenyum, terdiam, menengadah ke arah langit biru. Sungguh, inilah salah satu keindahan atas segala kekuasaanNya yang lain. Fatahmorgana alam yang begitu menyejukkan, jutaan warna yang berbeda, hidup membentuk sebuah kesatuan yang begitu luar biasa. Renunganku itu membuatku lupa akan segalanya untuk beberapa saat. Setelah itu aku teringat kembali akan suatu hal.
“Mengapa kau membawaku kemari, Mas?” tanyaku pada lelaki berkaos merah itu.
“Sudahlah, tak usah banyak tanya. Nikmati keindahan dari Sang Pencipta ini”, ucapnya sambil tersenyum.Dia memegangku dan membawaku lari. Dia tertawa, akupun tertawa. Aku tak tahu pasti mengapa aku tertawa, mungkin karena di dalam hati kecilku tumbuh perasaan yang amat membahagiakan. Dia membawaku berlari di sekitar taman, memetik banyak bunga yang berwarna-warni.
“Tunggu, Mas. Saya belum shalat. Bisakah kita shalat dahulu”, ucapku.
“Astagfirullohaladzim, saya pun lupa Mba. Baiklah kita shalat terlebih dahulu. Di sekitar sini ada mesjid”, ucapnya dengan raut wajah yang menyejukan hati.
Kami berjalan, melangkah di jalan yang penuh dengan pohon. Daun beguguran diterpa angin yang bertiup dengan begitu lembutnya. Kesejukan hati ini amat dapat kurasakan. Beberapa menit kami berjalan, kami pun tiba di sebuah mesjid. Subhanallah, mesjid yang megah dan indah. Para jamaahnya pun banyak, ada yang sedang membaca Al Qur’an, ada yang sedang duduk beristirahat, dan masih banyak lagi. Kami pun shalat berjamaah di sana.
Seusai shalat, kami berjalan-jalan kembali. Sesekali kami membeli dagangan yang ada di sekitar taman, seperti es krim, roti bakar, dan yang lainnya. Tempat singgah yang terakhir yaitu di bawah pohon yang amat rindang, di sebuah ayunan sederhana, kami duduk bersama.
“Mengapa kau mengajakku kemari?” tanyaku padanya.
“Tak apa, aku hanya ingin merasakan bisa dekat denganmu saja”, jawabnya.
“Memangnya mengapa? Kau tak mengenalku bukan?”, tanya ku kembali.
“Tentu saja tidak. Tapi saat aku melihat wajahmu, sepertinya ada suatu hal yang kurasakan. Perasaan yang tak pernah kurasakan sebelumnya”, jelasnya.
“Memangnya perasaan apa? Kamu itu memang aneh ya”, ujarku.
“Ternyata kamu itu bawel ya. Tapi bikin asyik juga” ucapnya tersenyum kembali.
“Maaf ya atas perlakuanku tadi”, ucapku menyesal.
“Sudahlah, tak usah terlalu difikirkan. Tak usah minta maaf, ekspresi wajahmu saat kau kesal padaku bukan membuatku kesal padamu. Aku malah ingin tersenyum sendiri bila mengingatnya”, ujarnya.
“Yah, gausah ngegombal lah. Eh iya, aku hampir lupa. Aku kan sedang dalam perjalanan menuju Malang. Ya Allah, tasku masih di dalam kereta. Pasti kereta telah meninggalkanku sejak tadi! Astagfirullohal’adzim”, ucapku dengan mata yang berkaca-kaca. Aku pun berlari meninggalkan lelaki itu. Dia memegang tanganku.
“Tak usah terburu-buru. Kamu masih punya waktu sekitar satu jam lagi” ucapnya seakan menghiburku.
“Satu jam lagi? Bagaimana bisa? Kereta pasti sudah berangkat dari tadi!” ucapku dengan nada cukup tinggi.“Memang sudah berangkat” ujarnya malah tersenyum.
“Terus, aku gimana? Ini dimana? Bagaimana aku bisa sampai ke Malang. Ditambah lagi barangku masih ada di kereta. Aku mau ke stasiun sekarang”.
Akupun berlari meninggalkannya. Dia mengejarku, aku berlari lebih kencang lagi sambil menangis. Aku takut, aku takut tak bisa sampai menuju cita-cita yang kutuju. Lelaki berkaos merah itu berhasil mengejarku.
“Mau kemana, Mba?” ucapnya khawatir.
“Tentu aku mau ke stasiun. Aku mau ke Malang. Kamu siapa berani mencegahku? Kamu mau menculikku?” teriakku padanya.
“Ya Allah Mba. Sabarlah dulu”, ucapnya semakin khawatir.
“Maaf Mas. Aku ketakutan”, ucapku kemudian terdiam.
“Tak usah takut Mba. Ada Allah SWT bersama Mba”, ujarnya. Aku terdiam.
“Jangan khawatir Mba. Barang Mba sudah saya bawa. Pemberangkatan menuju Malang akan dimulai pukul 17.00. Tiket sudah saya pesankan. Nanti saya antarkan ke stasiun. Untuk sekarang izinkan saya menemani Mba sebelum jadwal pemberangkatan dimulai. Saya takut terjadi apa-apa pada Mba”, jelasnya dengan penuh perhatian.
“Benarkah?”, ucapku. Dalam tangisku aku tersenyum. Dia sungguh lelaki yang baik. Aku tak tahu siapa dia, tapi aku bisa merasa nyaman dengannya. Dia hanya mengangguk, setelah itu kami berjalan-jalan kembali ke tempat yang lebih menakjubkan lagi. Hingga akhirnya, jam menunjukan pukul 16.45. Aku harus segera ke stasiun.
“Terima kasih ya Mba atas hari ini”, ucapnya dengan wajah yang berseri-seri.
“Justru aku yang berterima kasih. Maaf telah merepotkanmu”, ucakpku.
Dia tak berkata apapun, hanya tersenyum kecil. Aku berdiri di pintu kereta. Perlahan kereta berjalan. Dia memberikan sehelai amplop, entah berisi apa. Senyumnya melebar. Aku semakin menjauh darinya. Seketika aku lupa menanyakan suatu hal. “Siapa namamu?” teriakku. Dia menjawab, namun tak terdengar olehku. Yang ada hanyalah tersirat senyum manis di bibirnya yang seakan terus mengikutiku saat di dalam kereta kemudian merasuki fikiranku. Aku melangkah menuju kursi dekat jendela kereta. Kubuka amplop yang dia berikan. Isi dari amplop itu adalah foto-fotoku saat berdiri di dekat pintu kereta. Ternyata memang benar, dia mengambil foto-fotoku. Aku tersenyum. Aku bisa merasakannya, merasakan kehangatan tangannya, lembut suaranya, dan senyuman menawan di wajahnya.
Perjalanan ini akan selalu kuingat, perjalanan terindah di dalam hidupku. Sejak saat itu, aku semakin merasakan indahnya hari-hariku. Aku tak tahu dia ada dimana. Yang pasti, untuk saat ini yang harus aku lakukan adalah menggapai cita-citaku. menjadi kebanggaan orang tuaku dan dapat menjadi manfaat bagi orang lain. Aku yakin, suatu saat dia akan datang kembali. Entah kapan, tinggal menunggu waktu yang tepat dari Sang Pencipta. Inilah keyakinan hatiku. Semoga kita dapat bertemu kembali, dengan kisah yang indah dan diridhai olehNya, semoga...
Monday 1 September 2014
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Tutorial Menginstall MikroTik OS Menggunakan Qemu
1. Klik tombol tambah
3. disk imagenya jadikan 2 gb
4. Finish
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5. klik kanan di network card lalu add new network card
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6. Ke tab drives lalu doble klik CD-ROM lalu browse mikrotik ISO
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7. ini adalah tampilan kalau cd sudah di set
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8. Klik di VMnya lalu jalankan
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9. selesai
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Tutorial Menginstall GNS3
1. Buka Setup GNS3
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2. Klik tombol next >
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3. Klik tombol next >
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4. uncheck qemu, klik tombol next >
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5.Pilih directory file installation yang anda inginkan, lalu Klik tombol next >
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6. Klik tombol Finish
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Wednesday 5 December 2012
alive lyrics
Dare datte shippai wa suru nda
Hazukashii koto janai
Kono kizu o muda ni shinai de
Waratte arukereba ii
Sou shizuka na kuuki suikomi
Hiroki sora ni kao age tobikomi
Toki ni ame ga futtara hito yasumi
Jaa yukusaki wa kaze fuku mama ni
Takusan no matotteru koukai
Kono kizu o muda ni shicha shounai
Ude ni kunshou kizami ikoukai shougai
Sou kokkara ga Show Time
Ah iroasete kono PORA naka de ikiteru kako no jibun toka
Itsumo TSURU nde hi no nai you ni
Ibasho mitsukete hiataru you ni
Konna kanji de hibi kattou ippo fumidasu beki ganbou
Makkou shoubu jibun ni muke issou koko de kono uta hibikasou
Dare datte shippai wa suru nda
Hazukashii koto janai
Kono kizu o muda ni shinai de
Waratte arukereba ii
Kyou hajimari o tsugeru asayake yume to genjitsu no hazama de
What's Say kono koe kareru sono hi made
Korogari tsudzukeru Another Day
Shuppotsu shinkou kamase in o shindou kaitaku michi ippon yeah
Yagate toori ni hanasake soshite mirai ni mugete habatake
Genjitsu omoku nokkaru ga mezase chouten Like a No Culture
Saru ga saru ni shikanarenai Oh
Jibun wa jibun ni shikanarenai Yo
Asu o ki ni shite shita muku mae ni
Kyou no jibun no ki no muku mama ni
Saisei kyou wa chou kaisei nanimo nayami nankanaize
Omoku no shikakaru genjitsu ga
Ima no boku o semetateteru
Kantan ni wa ikanai na
Sonna koto kurai chouchi shiteru yo
Dare datte shippai wa suru nda
Hazukashii koto janai
Kono kizu o muda ni shinai de
Waratte arukereba ii
Takusan no koukai o matotte
Aji no aru hito ni naru sa
Kanashimi mo kaze ni kaete
Tsuyoku susunde ikereba ii
Sou shizuka na kuuki suikomi
Hiroki sora ni kao age tobikomi
Toki ni ame ga futtara hito yasumi
Jaa yukusaki wa kaze fuku mama ni
Takusan no matotteru koukai
Kono kizu o muda ni shicha shounai
Ude ni kunshou kizami ikoukai shougai
Sou kokkara ga Show Time
Hazukashii koto janai
Kono kizu o muda ni shinai de
Waratte arukereba ii
Sou shizuka na kuuki suikomi
Hiroki sora ni kao age tobikomi
Toki ni ame ga futtara hito yasumi
Jaa yukusaki wa kaze fuku mama ni
Takusan no matotteru koukai
Kono kizu o muda ni shicha shounai
Ude ni kunshou kizami ikoukai shougai
Sou kokkara ga Show Time
Ah iroasete kono PORA naka de ikiteru kako no jibun toka
Itsumo TSURU nde hi no nai you ni
Ibasho mitsukete hiataru you ni
Konna kanji de hibi kattou ippo fumidasu beki ganbou
Makkou shoubu jibun ni muke issou koko de kono uta hibikasou
Dare datte shippai wa suru nda
Hazukashii koto janai
Kono kizu o muda ni shinai de
Waratte arukereba ii
Kyou hajimari o tsugeru asayake yume to genjitsu no hazama de
What's Say kono koe kareru sono hi made
Korogari tsudzukeru Another Day
Shuppotsu shinkou kamase in o shindou kaitaku michi ippon yeah
Yagate toori ni hanasake soshite mirai ni mugete habatake
Genjitsu omoku nokkaru ga mezase chouten Like a No Culture
Saru ga saru ni shikanarenai Oh
Jibun wa jibun ni shikanarenai Yo
Asu o ki ni shite shita muku mae ni
Kyou no jibun no ki no muku mama ni
Saisei kyou wa chou kaisei nanimo nayami nankanaize
Omoku no shikakaru genjitsu ga
Ima no boku o semetateteru
Kantan ni wa ikanai na
Sonna koto kurai chouchi shiteru yo
Dare datte shippai wa suru nda
Hazukashii koto janai
Kono kizu o muda ni shinai de
Waratte arukereba ii
Takusan no koukai o matotte
Aji no aru hito ni naru sa
Kanashimi mo kaze ni kaete
Tsuyoku susunde ikereba ii
Sou shizuka na kuuki suikomi
Hiroki sora ni kao age tobikomi
Toki ni ame ga futtara hito yasumi
Jaa yukusaki wa kaze fuku mama ni
Takusan no matotteru koukai
Kono kizu o muda ni shicha shounai
Ude ni kunshou kizami ikoukai shougai
Sou kokkara ga Show Time
Monday 5 November 2012
Naruto
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This article is about the media franchise. For the title character, see Naruto Uzumaki. For other uses, see Naruto (disambiguation).
| Naruto | |
 Cover of the first Japanese Naruto manga volume | |
| NARUTO—ナルト— | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Manga | |
| Naruto (pilot chapter) | |
| Written by | Masashi Kishimoto |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Akamaru Jump |
| English magazine | |
| Published | 1997 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masashi Kishimoto |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | November 1999 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 62 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hayato Date |
| Written by | Katsuyuki Sumisawa Junki Takegami |
| Music by | Musashi Project Toshio Masuda |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | Animax, TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 3, 2002 –February 8, 2007 |
| Episodes | 220 |
| Novel | |
| Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood | |
| Written by | Masatoshi Kusakabe |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Published | 2002 |
| Original video animation | |
| Naruto: Find the Four-Leaf Red Clover! | |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 2003 |
| Runtime | 17 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! | |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 2004 |
| Runtime | 40 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Naruto: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival | |
| Directed by | Hayato Date |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | August 21, 2004 |
| Runtime | 11 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Released | December 22, 2005 |
| Runtime | 26 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Naruto: The Cross Roads | |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Released | 2009 |
| Runtime | 28 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Naruto Shippuden | |
| Directed by | Hayato Date |
| Written by | Junki Takegami |
| Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | Animax, TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | February 15, 2007 – ongoing |
| Episodes | 284 |
| Related works | |
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Naruto (NARUTO—ナルト— NARUTO) is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story ofNaruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and dreams to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. The series is based on a one-shot comic by Kishimoto that was published in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump.
The manga was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Currently, the manga is still being serialized; fifty-nine tankōbon volumes have been released so far. The manga was later adapted into an anime, which was produced by Studio Pierrotand Aniplex. It premiered across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo network and the anime satellite television network Animax on October 3, 2002. The first series lasted 220 episodes, while Naruto: Shippuden, a sequel to the original series, has been airing since February 15, 2007. In addition to the anime series, Studio Pierrot has developed eight movies for the series and several original video animations (OVAs). Other types of merchandise include light novels, video games and trading cards developed by several companies.
Viz Media has licensed the manga and anime for North American production. Viz has been publishing the series in their Shonen Jump magazine, and as well as the individual volumes. The anime series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2005, and later in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2006 and 2007, respectively. The films, as well as most OVAs from the series, have also been released by Viz, with the first film premiering in cinemas. The first DVD volume of Naruto: Shippuden was released by Viz in North America on September 29, 2009, and it started broadcast on Disney XD in October of the same year. Viz Media will begin streaming both series on their upcoming streaming service Neon Alley this fall.
Naruto is one of the best selling manga of all time having sold more than 113 million copies in Japan. Serialized in Viz's Shonen Jump magazine,Naruto has become one of the company's best-selling manga series. The English adaptation of the series has also appeared in the USA TodayBooklist several times and volume 7 won the Quil Award in 2006. Reviewers from the series have praised the balance between fighting and comedy scenes, as well as the characters' personalities, but have criticized it for using standard shōnen plot elements.
Plot
See also: List of Naruto characters and World of Naruto
Twelve years before the start of the series, a powerful creature known as the Nine-tailed Demon Fox attacked the ninja village Konoha, killing many people. In response, the leader of Konoha– the Fourth Hokage– sacrificed his life to seal the demon inside the newborn Naruto Uzumaki. Konoha, however, regarded Naruto as if he were the demon fox itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood. A decree made by the current Kage, the Third Hokage, forbade anyone mention the attack of the demon fox to anyone else. This included Naruto, who was not aware of the demon inside of him. Years later, Naruto is tricked by the renegade ninja Mizuki into stealing a forbidden scroll that would teach him a secret ninja technique, but he is stopped by his teacher, Iruka Umino. When Iruka almost dies while protecting Naruto from Mizuki, who also reveals that he is the container of the Nine-Tailed Fox, Naruto uses the Jutsu he learned from the scroll that creates multiple clones of himself, Shadow Clone Technique, to defeat Mizuki.
Naruto is assigned alongside Sasuke Uchiha, whom he often competes against, and Sakura Haruno to form a four person team named Team 7 under an experienced and severe sensei named Kakashi Hatake. Like all the ninja teams from every village, Team 7 is charged with completing missions requested by villagers, such as doing chores or being bodyguards. After several missions, most notably their mission to Wave Country as Tazuna the bridge builder's guards, Kakashi allows Team 7 to participate in a ninja exam in which they can advance to a higher rank, and thus, take part in more difficult missions. During the exams, Orochimaru, a criminal at the top of Konoha's most wanted list, attacks Konoha and kills the Third Hokage in an act of revenge. This forces one of the three legendary ninja, Jiraiya to search for his former teammate Tsunade, who has been nominated to become the Fifth Hokage. During the search, it is revealed that Orochimaru desires to acquire Sasuke due to his powerful genetic heritage, the Sharingan. Believing Orochimaru will be able to give him the strength needed to kill his brother Itachi, who destroyed his clan, Sasuke eventually joins him after a humiliating defeat at his brother's hands. Tsunade sends a group of ninja including Naruto to make Sasuke return to Konoha, but Naruto is unable to defeat him and bring him back to the village. Naruto does not give up on Sasuke, however, and he leaves Konoha to train for two-and-a-half years under Jiraiya's tutelage in order to prepare himself for the next time he encounters Sasuke.
After the training period, a criminal organization called Akatsuki attempts to capture the nine powerful tailed beasts that are sealed within people—including the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox sealed inside of Naruto. Several ninjas from Konoha, including Team 7, fight against the Akatsuki members and search for their teammate Sasuke. Although they manage to revive Gaara, the host of the One-Tailed beast and Kazekage (Leader of the Sand Village), Akatsuki is successful in capturing the other seven of the creatures (and thus killing the hosts). In the meantime, Sasuke betrays Orochimaru and faces Itachi to take revenge. After Itachi dies in battle, Sasuke is told by the Akatsuki founder and leader Tobi that Itachi was ordered by Konoha's leadership to destroy his clan. Saddened with this revelation, Sasuke joins forces with Akatsuki to kill Konoha's superiors who orchestrated the Uchihas' elimination.
Meanwhile, as several Akatsuki members are defeated by the Konoha ninjas, their figurehead leader, Pain, invades the village to capture Naruto. However, Naruto defeats him and convinces him to abandon the Akatsuki. With Pain's eventual death, Tobi—disguised as one of Konoha's founding fathers Madara Uchiha—announces that he wants to obtain all nine of the tailed beasts in order to perform an illusion powerful enough to control all of humanity. The leaders of the five ninja villages refuse to aid him, and instead, join forces to confront him and his allies. This results into a fourth ninjaworld war between the unified armies of the Five Great Countries collectively known as the "Ninja Alliance Army" and Akatsuki's forces.
Production
Masashi Kishimoto first created a one-shot of Naruto for August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump.[1] Despite its high positive results in the reader poll, Kishimoto thought "[the] art stinks and the story's a mess!" Kishimoto was originally working on Karakuri for the Hop Step Award when, unsatisfied by the rough drafts, he decided to work on something different, which later formed into the manga series Naruto. Kishimoto has expressed concerns that the use of chakras and hand signs makes Naruto too Japanese, but still believes it to be an enjoyable read.[2] When asked about what was Naruto's main theme during Part I, Kishimoto answered that it is how people accept each other citing Naruto's development across the series. Kishimoto said that since he was unable to focus on romance during Part I, he was to emphasize it more in Part II, the part of the manga beginning with volume 28, despite finding it difficult.[3]
When originally creating the Naruto story, Kishimoto looked to other shōnen manga as influences for his work, although he attempted to make his characters as unique as possible. He based it off of Japanese culture[4] The separation of the characters into different teams was intended to give each group a specific flavor. Kishimoto wished for each member to be "extreme," having a high amount of aptitude in one given attribute yet be talentless in another."[5] The insertion of villains into the story was largely to have them act as a counterpoint to the characters' moral values. Kishimoto has admitted that this focus on illustrating the difference in values is central to his creation of villains to the point that, "I don't really think about them in combat."[6] When drawing the characters, Kishimoto consistently follows a five-step process: concept and rough sketch, drafting, inking, shading, and coloring. These steps are followed when he is drawing the actual manga and making the color illustrations that commonly adorn the cover of tankōbon, the cover of Weekly Shōnen Jump, or other media, but the toolkit he utilizes occasionally changes.[7] For instance, he utilized an airbrush for one illustration for a Weekly Shōnen Jump cover, but decided not to use it for future drawings largely due to the cleanup required.[8] For Part II, Kishimoto said that he attempted to not "overdo the typical manga style" by not including "too much deformation" and keeping the panel layouts to make it easy for the reader to follow the plot. Kishomoto said his drawing style changed from "the classic manga look to something a bit more realistic."[9]
Kishimoto added that, as Naruto takes place in a "Japanese fantasy world," he has set certain rules, in a systematic way so that he could easily "convey the story." Kishimoto wanted to "draw on" the Chinese zodiac tradition, which had a long-standing presence in Japan; the zodiac hand signs originate from this. When Kishimoto was creating the setting of the Naruto manga, he initially concentrated on the designs for village of Konohagakure, the primary setting of the series. Kishimoto asserts that his design for Konohagakure was created "pretty spontaneously without much thought", but admits that the scenery is based on his home in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. Without a specific time period, Kishimoto included modern elements in the series such as convenience stores, but specifically excluded projectile weapons and vehicles from the storyline. For reference materials, Kishimoto performs his own research into Japanese culture and alludes to it in his work.[10] Regarding technology Kishimoto said thatNaruto would not have any firearms. He said he may include automobiles, aircraft and "low-processing" computers; Kishimoto specified the computers would "maybe" be eight-bit and that they would "definitely not" be sixteen-bit.[11]
Regarding the series' length, Kishimoto was surprised when the series reached its tenth volume as a result of its popularity.[12] He has also stated that he has a visual idea of the last chapter of the series, including the text and the story. However, he notes that it may take a long time to end the series since "there are still so many things that need to be resolved."[13] Additionally, he commented that he doesn't know when will the story ends since there are still many things to solve.
Media
Manga
Main article: List of Naruto manga volumes
Naruto premiered in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in 1999.[14] The first 238 chapters are known as Part I, and constitute the first part of the Naruto storyline. Manga chapters 239 to 244 comprise a gaiden series focusing on the background of the character Kakashi Hatake. All subsequent chapters belong to Part II, which continues the storyline in Part I after a three year time gap. Besides the regular Naruto manga, a spin-off series focused in the character of Rock Lee started being published in Shueisha's Super Strong Jump since December 2010.[15]
The Naruto manga is serialized in North America by Viz Media in their manga anthology magazine Shonen Jump, with the first chapter of the English adaptation published in the January 2003 issue.[16] To compensate for the gap between the Japanese and English adaptations of the manga, Viz implemented its "Naruto Nation" campaign, where it released three volumes a month in the last four months of 2007 in order to close said gap.[17]Cammie Allen, Viz's product manager, commented that, their main reason for the schedule was to catch up to the Japanese release schedule to give their readers a similar experience to that of Japanese readers.[17] A similar campaign was planned for 2009, with eleven volumes from Part II of the series being released between February and April in order to catch up to the Japanese serialization. Starting with the release of volume forty-five in July, Viz began releasing Naruto on a quarterly basis.[18]
As of November 2011, 58 tankōbon have been released by Shueisha in Japan, with the first twenty-seven tankōbon containing Part I, and the remaining thirty belonging to Part II. The first tankōbon was released on March 3, 2000.[19][20] In addition, several tankōbon, each containing ani-manga based one of the Naruto movies, have been released by Shueisha.[21][22][23][24] In Japanese, Shueisha has also released the series for cell-phone download on their website Shueisha Manga Capsule.[25]
Viz has released 57 volumes of the English adaptation of the manga with the first being published on August 16, 2003.[26][27][28] In addition, Viz Media released all twenty-seven volumes in a boxed set, thus constituting the entirety of the Naruto storyline before Part II on November 13, 2007.[29] On May 3, 2011, Viz started collecting the series in format in which each volume contains three from the original format.[30]
Anime series
Naruto
Main article: List of Naruto episodes
Directed by Hayato Date and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, the Naruto anime adaptation premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo October 3, 2002, and ran for 220 episodes until its conclusion on February 8, 2007.[31][32] The first 135 episodes are adapted from the first twenty-seven volumes of the manga, while the remaining eighty episodes are original episodes that utilize plot elements not seen in the original manga.[33] Beginning on April 29, 2009, the original Naruto anime began a rerun on Wednesdays and Thursdays (until the fourth week September 2009 when it changed to just Wednesdays) in HDTV with new opening and ending themes under the name Shōnen Hen (少年篇, "Youth Version").[34]
Episodes from the series have been published in DVD. The first DVD series has been the only one to be collected in VHS format.[35] There are a total of five series, with each of the including four episodes per volume.[36] The series has also been collected in a series of three DVD boxes during 2009.[37][38] The newest DVD series is Naruto The Best Scene which collects scenes from the first 135 episodes from the anime.[39]
Viz licensed the anime series for broadcast and distribution in the Region 1 market. The English adaptation of the anime began airing on September 10, 2005 and finished on January 31, 2009, with 209 episodes aired.[40] The episodes have been shown on Cartoon Network's Toonami (United States), YTV's Bionix (Canada) and Jetix's (United Kingdom) programming blocks. Beginning on March 28, 2006, Viz released the series on DVD.[41] While the first 26 volumes contain four episodes, since DVD volumes have five episodes.[42] Uncut editions are compiled in DVD Box Sets, each containing 12-15 episodes, with some variation based around story arcs.[43] In the American broadcast, references to alcohol, Japanese culture, sexual innuendo, and the appearance of blood and death were sometimes reduced for the broadcast, but left in, in the DVD editions.[44] Other networks make additional content edits apart from the edits done by Cartoon Network, such as Jetix's stricter censoring of blood, language, smoking and the like. The series has also been licensed to the websites Hulu, Joost, and Crunchyroll, which air episodes online with the original Japanese audio tracks and English subtitles.[45][46][47] The last Naruto episode aired on YTV's Bionix block on December 6, 2009 at 12:30am ET.[48]
Naruto: Shippuden
Main article: List of Naruto: Shippuden episodes
Naruto: Shippuden (NARUTO -ナルト- 疾風伝 Naruto Shippūden, lit. "Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles") is the ongoing sequel to the original Naruto anime and covers the Naruto manga from volume twenty-eight on. The TV adaptation of Naruto: Shippuden debuted in Japan on February 15, 2007 on TV Tokyo. It is developed by Studio Pierrot and directed by Hayato Date.[33][49] ABS-CBN is the first TV network outside Japan to broadcast Naruto: Shippuden; it aired the first 40 episodes of Naruto: Shippuden, running the show through March 19, 2008. On January 8, 2009, TV Tokyo began broadcasting new episodes via internet streaming directly to monthly subscribers. Each streamed episode is made available online within an hour of its Japanese premiere and includes English subtitles.[50] Viz began streaming English subtitled episodes on January 2, 2009, on its official website for the series. The uploaded episodes include both previously released episodes and the new episodes from Japan.[51] Since October 2009, the English dub ofNaruto: Shippuden started airing weekly on Disney XD.[52]
The series is being released to Region 2 DVD in Japan with four or five episodes per disc. There are currently four series of DVD releases divided by story arc.[53] There is also a special feature included with the seventh Naruto: Shippuden compilation DVD based on the second ending of the series called Hurricane! "Konoha Academy" Chronicles.[54] Besides the regular DVD series, on December 16, 2009 Kakashi Chronicles: Boys' Life on the Battlefield (カカシ外伝～戦場のボーイズライフ～ Kakashi Gaiden ~Senjō no Bōizu Raifu~) was released featuring episodes 119-120 which are set duringKakashi Hatake's childhood.[55]
The first North American DVD of the series was released on September 29, 2009.[56] Only the first fifty-three episodes were collected in this format that ended with the 12th volume released on August 10, 2010.[57] Following episodes have been released as part of DVD boxes that started release on January 26, 2010 with the first season.[58] In the United Kingdom, the series is licensed by Manga Entertainment who released the first DVD collection on June 14, 2010.[59]
Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
Main article: List of Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals episodes
In February 2012, Shueisha announced that the spin-off manga Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden would receive an anime adaptation.[60] Produced by Studio Pierrot, the series premiered in TV Tokyo on April 3, 2012.[61] Crunchyroll simulcasted the series' premiere in their website and will also stream its following episodes.[62]
CDs
The Naruto soundtracks were composed and arranged by Toshio Masuda. The first, titled Naruto Original Soundtrack, was released on April 3, 2003 and contained twenty-two tracks that appeared during the first season of the anime.[63] The second, called Naruto Original Soundtrack II was released on March 18, 2004 and contained nineteen tracks.[64] The third, called Naruto Original Soundtrack III was released on April 27, 2005 and contained twenty-three tracks.[65]
A series of two soundtracks containing all the opening and ending themes of the series, titled Naruto: Best Hit Collection and Naruto: Best Hit Collection II were released on November 17, 2004 and August 2, 2006, respectively.[66][67] Of all tracks of the series, eight were selected and released as a CD called Naruto in Rock -The Very Best Hit Collection Instrumental Version- that was released on December 19, 2007.[68] Each of the three movies of the first anime series has a soundtrack that was released near its release date.[69][70][71] On October 12, 2011, a CD collecting the themes from Naruto Shōnen Hen was also released.[72] Various Drama CD series have also been released in which the voice actors play original episodes.[73]
The soundtracks of Naruto: Shippuden have been produced by Yasuharu Takanashi. Although in a few Shippuden episodes did feature tracks from the first series. The first, Naruto Shippūden Original Soundtrack was released on December 9, 2007.[74] The second CD, Naruto Shippuden Original Soundtrack II, was published on December 16, 2009.[75] Naruto All Stars was released on July 23, 2008 and consists of ten original Naruto songs remixed and sung by characters from the series.[76] Ten themes from the two series were also collected in the DVD box Naruto Super Hits 2006-2008released on July 23, 2008.[77] Each of the films from the sequel also had their soundtracks, with the first released on August 1, 2007.[78][79]
Original video animations
There are five Naruto original video animations (OVAs). The first two, Find the Crimson Four-Leaf Clover! and Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!, were aired at the Shōnen Jump Jump Festa 2003 and Jump Festa 2004, respectively, and were later released on DVD in Australia under the title "Naruto Jump Festa Collection".[80] The English localization of the second OVA was released on DVD by Viz on May 22, 2007 in USA under the title "Naruto - The Lost Story".[81] The third OVA, Konoha Annual Sports Festival, is a short video released with the first Naruto movie. In North America, the OVA was included in the "Deluxe Edition" DVD from the first film.[82] The fourth OVA, Finally a clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indiscriminate grand melee tournament meeting!!, was released on a bonus disc with the Japanese edition of the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 video game for the PlayStation 2.[83] The fifth OVA, Naruto: The Cross Roads, was featured at the Jump Festa 2010. It is focused in Team 7 after their encounter with Zabuza and Haku.[84] A short OVA was also included within the DVD "Naruto x UT Original DVD" released on January 1, 2011 as promoted by UNIQLO.[85]
Films
The series has also led to eight films; with the first three situated during the first anime series, the remaining from Naruto: Shippūden. The first film, Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, was released on August 21, 2004 in Japan. It tells how Team 7 is dispatched to the Land of Snow to protect the actors during the shooting of the new Princess Fuun movie, to whom Naruto became a fan. As a bonus, the short original video animation Konoha Annual Sports Festival was included with the Japanese release of the film.[86] It premiered on June 6, 2007 in the United States.[87][88]
It was followed by Legend of the Stone of Gelel, which was released in theaters in Japan on August 6, 2005. The film involves Naruto, Shikamaru and Sakura during a ninja mission in which they are involved in a war between the Sunagakure village and a large number of armored warriors.[89] Unlike its predecessor, Legend of the Stone of Gelel did not see a theatrical release in the United States, and was direct-to-video instead. It aired on Cartoon Network on July 26, 2008 and then was released to DVD July 29, 2008.[90]
The third film, Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, was originally released on August 5, 2006. It shows how Naruto, Sakura, Lee, and Kakashi are assigned to protect the future prince of the Land of Moon, Hikaru Tsuki.[91] The English dub of the movie aired on Cartoon Network and was released to DVD on November 11, 2008.[92][93] On July 3, 2008, Sony released a Japanese DVD Box containing the first three movies.[94]
The series' fourth film, Naruto Shippuden: the Movie, was released on August 4, 2007, and chronicles Naruto's assignment to protect the priest Shion who starts having visions of his death.[95] The fifth film, Naruto Shippuden The Movie: Bonds, was released on August 2, 2008. It tells how ninja from the Sky Country attack Konoha and to stop them, Naruto and Sasuke join forces although the latter has already left two years ago.[96] The next film is Naruto Shippūden The Movie: Inheritors of the Will of Fire, which premiered in Japan on August 1, 2009.[97] Naruto Shippuden The Movie: The Lost Tower followed it in Japan on July 31, 2010, while Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison is the latest film as of 2012.[98] A new movie, Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja will be out at July 28, 2012.[99]
Light novels
Three Naruto light novels, written by Masatoshi Kusakabe, have been published in Japan by Shueisha, while the first two were released in English in North America by Viz. The first, Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood (白の童子、血風の鬼人), retells Team 7's mission in which they encounter the assassins Zabuza and Haku. It was released on December 16, 2002 in Japan and November 21, 2006 in North America.[100][101] The second novel Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (滝隠れの死闘 オレが英雄だってばよ！ Takigakure no Shitō Ore ga Eiyū dattebayo!, lit. The Waterfall Village's Fight to the Death I am the Hero!), based on the 2nd original video animation of the anime, was published on December 15, 2003 in Japan and October 16, 2007 in the United States.[102][103] A novel titled Naruto: Tales of a Gutsy Ninja (NARUTO―ナルト―ド根性忍伝 Naruto: Dokonjō Ninden) was published on August 4, 2009. It's presented as the in-universe novel written by Naruto's master Jiraiya, and follows the adventures of a fictional shinobi named Naruto Musasabi, who served as Naruto's namesake.[104] Novelizations of the two Narutofilms, Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow and Blood Prison, have also been published in Japan.[105][106]
Viz has also published new novels called Chapter Books written by Tracey West, and with illustrations from the manga. Unlike the series, the novels are aimed to children aged 7 to 10 years old.[107] The first two novels were released on October 7, 2008 and currently at least 11 novel have been published.[108][109][110]
Video games
Main article: List of Naruto video games
Naruto video games have appeared on various consoles from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. Most of them are fighting games in which the player controls one of a select few characters directly based upon their counterparts in the Naruto anime and manga. The player pits their character against another character controlled by the game's AI or by another player, depending on the mode that the player is in. The objective is to reduce the opponent's health to zero using basic attacks and special techniques unique to each character that are derived from techniques they use in theNaruto anime or manga.[111] The very first Naruto video game was Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō, which was released in Japan on March 27, 2003, for the WonderSwan Color.[112] Most Naruto video games have been released only in Japan. The first games released outside Japan were the Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen series and the Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshu series, released in North America under the titles of Naruto: Clash of Ninja and Naruto: Ninja Council.[113][114] In January 2012, Namco Bandai announced that they have sold 10 million Naruto games worldwide.[115]
Trading card game
Naruto Collectible Card Game (NARUTOカードゲーム Naruto Kādo Gēmu, lit. Naruto CardGame) is a collectible card game based around the Naruto series. Produced by Bandai, the game was first introduced in Japan in February 2003.[116] Bandai began releasing the game in English in North America in April 2006.[117] The game is played between two players requiring players use a customized deck of fifty cards from the set, a game mat, an item to act as a "turn marker" for noting whose turn it is, and a "Ninja Blade Coin" which is primarily used to flip for making decisions. In order to win, a player must either earn ten "battle rewards" through their actions in the game, or they must cause the other player to exhaust their deck.[118]
The cards are released in named sets, called "series" in the form of four different 50-card preconstructed box sets.[116][117] Each set includes a starter deck, the game mat, a turn-counter, and one stainless steel "Ninja Blade Coin". Additional cards are made available in 10-card booster packs, and deck sets, primarily for retailers, contain all four box sets available for each series. Cards for each set are also made available in collectible tins, containing several booster packs and exclusive promotional cards in a metal box.[119] By October 2006, seventeen series had been released in Japan spanning 417 unique cards.[116] As of August 2008, ten of these series have been released in North America.[120]
Art and guidebooks
Several supplementary books of the Naruto series have been released. An artbook named The Art of Naruto: Uzumaki contains illustration from the Part I manga and was released in both Japan and the United States.[121][122] For the Part II manga, an interactive book called PAINT JUMP: Art of Naruto was released by Shueisha on April 4, 2008.[123] The latest artbook was published on July 3, 2009 under the name of Naruto with its English version released on October 26, 2010.[124][125]
A series of guidebooks for the Part I called First Official Data Book (秘伝·臨の書キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK Hiden: Rin no Sho Character Official Data Book)[126] and Second Official Data Book (秘伝·闘の書キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK Hiden: Tō no Sho Character Official Data Book)[127] were released only in Japan focusing on Part I. The third databook, Character Official Data Book Hiden Sha no Sho (秘伝・者の書 ― キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK Hiden: Sha no Sho - Kyarakutā ofisharu dēta book ) was released on September 4, 2008, and adapted Part II from the manga.[128] These books contain character profiles, Jutsu guides and drafts made by Kishimoto. The third book will be released by Viz on January 10, 2012.[129] For the anime, a series of guidebook called Naruto anime profiles were also released. These books contain information about the production of the anime episodes and explanation of the characters designs.[130] On October 4, 2002, it was released a manga fanbook named Secret: Writings from the Warriors Official Fanbook (秘伝・兵の書 ― オフィシャルファンBOOK Hiden: Hei no Sho - Ofisharu fan book).[131] Viz published it in North America on February 19, 2008 under the name of Naruto: The Official Fanbook.[132] Another fanbook was released to conmemmorate the series' 10th anniversary. It includes illustrations of Naruto Uzumaki by other manga artists, a novel, Kishimoto's one-shot named Karakuri and an interview between Kishimoto and Yoshihiro Togashi.[133]
Reception
Manga
Naruto has been well received in both Japan and the United States. As of 2007, the manga has sold over 71 million copies in Japan,[134] while in 2008 it increased to 89 million.[135] In April 2010, Shueisha announced Naruto sold 100.4 million copies, becoming the fifth manga from Shueisha that sold more than 100 million.[136] During 2011, the sales increased to over 113 million copies.[137] During 2008, volume 43 sold 1.1 million copies becoming the 9th best-selling comic from Japan. Volumes 41, 42 and 44 also ranked within the top 20, but had smaller sold copies.[138]In total, the manga sold 4.2 million copies in Japan during 2008, becoming the 2nd best-selling series.[139] In the first half from 2009, it ranked as the 3rd best-seller manga from Japan, having sold 3.4 million copies.[140] In such period, volume 45 ranked 5th with 1.1 million sold copies, while volume 46 ranked 9th, having sold 864,708 copies and volume 44 at 40th place.[141]
The Naruto manga series has become one of Viz's top properties,[142] accounting for nearly 10% of all manga sales in 2006.[143] Gonzalo Ferreyra, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Viz, noted that the volumes's sales of Naruto astonished him as the attrition on the series is relatively low.[144] ICv2 has listed it as the top manga property from North America several times.[145][146]The seventh volume of Viz's release became the first manga win a Quill Award when it claimed the award for "Best Graphic Novel" in 2006.[143] The manga also appeared in the USA TodayBooklist with volume 11 holding the title of the highest ranked manga series on the list, until it was surpassed by volume 28, which claimed the 17th rank in its first week of release in March 2008.[147][148][149] Volume 28 also had one of the biggest debut weeks of any manga in years, becoming the top selling manga volume of 2008 as well as the second best-seller book in North America.[150][151] During its release, volume 29 ranked #57, while the volume 28 had dropped to #139.[152] In April 2007, volume 14 earned Viz the "Manga Trade Paperback of the Year" Gem Award from Diamond Comic Distributors.[153] The manga series also became the top manga property from 2008 in the United States with 31 volumes having been published during the chart.[154]Searches for the word "Naruto" were #7 on the Yahoo! web search engine's list of the top 10 most popular search terms of 2008, and #4 from 2007.[155] Responding to Naruto's success, Kishimoto said in Naruto Collector Winter 2007/2008 that he was "very glad that the American audience has accepted and understood ninja. It shows that the American audience has good taste... because it means they can accept something previously unfamiliar to them."[156]
The series has received praise and criticism by several reviewers. A. E. Sparrow from IGN noted how some manga volumes focus only in certain characters to the point the number of fans increases. He also praised the way that Kishimoto manages to make a remarkable combination of fighting scenes, comedy and good artwork.[157] The anime and manga magazine Neo described Naruto's character as "irksome", but attributed the series' "almost sickening addictiveness" to its level of characterization.[158] Carl Kimlinger from Anime News Network (ANN) praised the designs of the characters, since every one shows their unique way of acting and appearance. He also noted how even the "goofiest looking character" can act "damn cool" when he fights. However, Kimlinger noted that in some volumes there are several fights, so the plot is not able to develop, but he praised how each of the battles were emotional.[159] The series has also been praised for remaining enjoyable after several volumes by Javier Lugo from mangalife, who also praised the antagonists as well as the fights scenes from the manga. Kishimoto's artwork was also commented by Lugo as it makes the story "dramatic, exciting, and just right for the story he’s telling".[160] The start of Part II has been praised in another review by Casey Brienza from ANN. She noted how well the characters were developed as they had new appearances and abilities. Brienza also praised the balance between plot and action scenes allowing the readers the enjoy the volume. However, she noted that it is not frequent that all the volumes have the same quality.[161] Briana Lawrence from Mania Entertainment added that in Part II, the manga feels "adult" due to the growth from various of the characters. However, Viz's translations were criticized for being "inconsistent" due to the change of some Japanese terms to English, while other words were left intact.[162]
The Spanish webcomic author Jesús García Ferrer (JesuLink) created the parody webcomic Raruto, based on Naruto. As of 2008 about 40,000 people in Spain read Raruto.[163]
Anime
In TV Asahi's latest top 100 Anime Ranking from October 2006, Naruto ranked 17th on the list.[164] Naruto Shippuden has ranked several times as one of most watched series in Japan.[165][166]The Naruto anime adaptation won the "Best Full-Length Animation Program Award" in the Third UStv Awards held in the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.[167] The first of the DVD compilations containing thirteen episodes, released by Viz was nominated at the American Anime Awards for best package design.[168] It also ranked as the third best-seller anime property from all 2008.[169] Naruto was named "Best Full Animated Program" at the USTv Student's Choice Awards 2009 held at the UST Medicine Auditorium on February 19, 2009.[170] In ICv2's "Top 10 Anime Properties" from the first half of 2009, Naruto ranked as the second best anime franchise.[171] The episodes from Naruto: Shippuden have appeared various times in Japanese Anime TV Ranking.[172][173] DVD sales from Naruto: Shippuden have also been good, having appeared several times in the Japanese Animation DVD Ranking.[174][175] The freely streamed episodes fromNaruto: Shippuden have an average of 160,000 viewers a week.[176] Naruto has also been 20th among shows and channels from Hulu in February from 2009. In Joost, it was first during the same month. In February, Naruto: Shippuden was first among the animated shows on Joost while Naruto stayed second.[177]
The Naruto anime was listed as the 38th best animated show in IGN's Top 100 Animated Series.[178] Reviewers noted that the primary focus of the series was on the fighting since they consider that the fight scenes are more dedicated than backgrounds. The music has also been noted to be a good match with the fighting scenes though it sometimes interferes with the dialogues.[179]Martin Theron from ANN criticized the series for long fights, but he also noted that most of them break the "stereotypical shōnen concepts." The soundtracks have been praised for enhancing the excitement and mood of the storytelling.[180] Although Christina Carpenter of T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews considered the characters from the series as "likeable", she commented that most of them did not surpass the "stereotypics" that appear in shōnen manga. She also considered Kishimoto "an average artist at best" and derided the poor transition of his artistic style into animation.[181]Despite this, the second reviewer from T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews, Derrick L. Tucker, admitted that when the animators were at their best, they produced "artistic renderings that leave little to be desired on the part of fans of the manga", but concluded the animation was "a mixed bag". He also added that while fights were entertaining, due to the large number of them, the plot takes time to continue.[182]
Naruto: Shippuden received a good response from Activeanime's David C. Jones who commented on the new character designs and the improved animation. Jones also felt the series to be more serious and dramatic.[183] The series was noted by ANN to have a more serious tone, and a good balance between comedy and drama in the first original episodes made specifically for the TV series. Unlike the panned fillers from Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden's have been praised thanks to its likable storylines and connection with the main plot.[184][185] While the pacing for the first episodes has been criticized for being slow, the delivery and development in the interactions between the characters has received positive comments
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