It wasn`t long before they were put to the test, as the three students and their tutor were assigned a mission to escort a bridge builder home to The Country Of The Waves. The first volume saw Naruto begin his training, and start developing his ninja skills. What makes things difficult is that few see him as Naruto, instead of the dreadful fox demon that was sealed inside him. Even when he did manage to get his certification, he was assigned to undergo training by the demanding Kakashi, partnered with his rival Sasuke and Sakura, the girl on whom he has a crush. He has more than a little competition, the Hidden Leaf village is a community of ninja, and Naruto had great difficulty just passing his entrance exams to qualify as a lowly Genin. Not only does he want to be a ninja, but he also wants to be the strongest ninja of them all and be granted the title Hokage. That orphan grew up as Naruto Uzumaki, a mischievous prankster with great ambition. The Fourth Hokage ninja sacrificed his life to defeat the menace, and sealed up the spirit in the body of a newborn child. So there will only be around 100 episodes or so of filler to get through… Just imagine, one day they might release all of Coronation Street on DVD! 12 years previously, the Hidden Leaf village was plagued by the Nine-Tailed fox demon. The good news is that the manga series has caught up and even surpassed the television series, and come the New Year, the new series of Naruto in Japan will return to the print source. Now Manga Entertainment are looking to release 4 volumes of 13 episodes a year, so… carry the one… add sixteen… you should look to be approaching Naruto releases with some degree of wariness around about the year 2009/10. By all accounts, this material is of lesser quality than the earlier episodes, and can be best described as filler. Not to be confused with Manga with a big `M`, which in this case refers to the DVD distribution company, which is releasing Naruto in the UK) Television schedules being what they are, the television production of Naruto long ago outstripped the manga storyline, and the producers were forced to create their own story to keep the series going. (Note to clarify, manga with a little `m` means comic book/graphic novel. Like many anime series, Naruto is based on an ongoing manga series. Introduction With the Naruto invasion continuing apace, and nigh on 300 episodes of this series (still in production) to look forward to, I decided to look ahead and see what was in store.
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