The manga was adapted into an anime television series that broadcast a total of 220 episodes in Japan from 2002 to 2007. Naruto was serialized 1999 to 2014, and was later released in book form. The series is based on two one-shot manga by Kishimoto. The story is divided into two parts the first set in Naruto’s pre-teen years, and the second in his teens. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks to gain recognition from his peers and also dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. Naruto (ナルト) is a Japanese franchise that started off as a manga written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto.
If you are already familiar with the series in general, skip the introduction and go directly to the martial arts part. So, let’s start with a little bit of introduction to the series, and then we will proceed to the martial arts used in the Naruto series. But what about other characters? We did a little research and managed to pull out some really interesting things about martial arts used in the series. Those are the martial arts that the main character uses. Naruto uses boxing, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Aikido and Kung Fu. So, in order to help you understand Naruto, we’ve decided to analyse the martial arts used in the franchise, especially the one’s Naruto use.
Although the franchise has adventurous, supernatural and other elements, martial arts are crucial for understanding it. The main anime series started its broadcast back in 2002, three years after the manga debuted in Japan and five years after the pilot chapter of the manga came out. Naruto is one of the most popular Japanese anime and manga franchises in the world.