The English adaptation of the series has also appeared in the USA Today Booklist several times and volume 11 won the Quil Award in 2006. Serialized in Viz's Shonen Jump magazine, Naruto has become one of the company's best-selling manga series. The manga has sold over 100 million copies in Japan.
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. The films, as well as most OVAs from the series, have also been released by Viz, with the first film premiering in cinemas. The anime series began airing in the United States and Canada in 2005, and later in the United Kingdom and Australia in 20, respectively. Viz has been publishing the series in their Shonen Jump magazine, and as well as the indidividual volumes. Viz Media has licensed the manga and anime for North American production. Other types of merchandise include light novels, video games and trading cards developed by several companies. In addition to the anime series, Studio Pierrot has developed six movies for the series and several original video animations (OVAs). The first series lasted 220 episodes, while Naruto: Shippuden, a sequel to the original series, has been airing since February 15, 2007.
It premiered across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo network and the anime satellite television network Animax on October 3, 2002. The manga was later adapted into an anime, which was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. Currently, the manga is still being serialized with fifty-one tankōbon volumes released so far. The manga was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. The series is based on a one-shot comic by Kishimoto that was published in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become a Hokage, the ninja in his village that is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. Naruto ( NARUTO-ナルト-, romanized as NARUTO) is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. A Japanese amusement park based after the series has been slated to open in March of 2010. In addition to the anime series and OVA, One Piece has been adapted into ten feature films by Toei and multiple video games based on the series have been released.
It has since been licensed for a full Region 1 DVD release and broadcast by Funimation Entertainment in its original and uncut form. The anime series was licensed for a heavily edited English dubbed broadcast in North America by 4Kids Entertainment. Since then, the still ongoing series has aired more than four hundred episodes. It was later adapted into a full anime series by Toei Animation that premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on October 20, 1999. The series was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) produced in 1998 by Production I.G. Madman Entertainment is releasing the series in Australia and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, the series was being released by Gollancz Manga, it is now released by Viz Media along with all of their other manga previously released by Gollancz Manga.
The individual chapters are being serialized in Viz's Shonen Jump manga anthology and being published in tankōbon volumes. One Piece is licensed for an English-language release in North America by Viz Media. Luffy's greatest ambition is to obtain the world's ultimate treasure, One Piece, and thereby become the next Pirate King. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy who gained incredible abilities by eating a magical fruit, and his ragtag crew of heroic pirates, named the Straw Hats. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. In 2009, Shueisha announced that they sold 176 million volumes of One Piece manga so far volume 56 set a new record for the highest initial print run of any manga in history. The individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on Decemand the 58th volume released as of June 2010. One Piece ( ONE PIECE(ワンピース), Wan Pīsu ) is a long-running shōnen manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, that has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997. you are right.",) according to wikipedia: " Dragonball though Naruto is pretty cool, and will be the number one selling manga worldwide before its through imo "One Piece is already the top selling, Naruto won't top it.