Naruto, Vol. 56
By (Author) Masashi Kishimoto
56
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
1st May 2012
10th May 2012
United States
General
Fiction
741.5
Paperback
192
Width 127mm, Height 191mm, Spine 20mm
169g
The worlds most popular ninja comic!
Naruto is a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. Hes got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the worlds greatest ninja!
Naruto and the Allied Shinobi Forces battle Kabutos hordes of reanimated ninja soldiers. In the process, they come face-to-face with old friends brought back from the deadplus enemies and weapons more fearsome than any they could have imagined!
Author/artist Masashi Kishimoto was born in 1974 in rural Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Like many kids, he was first inspired to become a manga artist in elementary school when he read Dragon Ball. After spending time in art college, he won the Hop Step Award for new manga artists with his story Karakuri. After considering various genres for his next project, Kishimoto decided on a story steeped in traditional Japanese culture. His first version of Naruto, drawn in 1997, was a one-shot story about fox spirits; his final version, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, quickly became the most popular ninja manga in the world. The series would also spawn multiple anime series, movies, novels, video games and more. Having concluded the series in late 2014, Masashi Kishimoto has kept himself busy this year with the side story Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring and writing the story for the latest Naruto movie, Boruto: Naruto the Movie, both of which will focus on the title character's son, Boruto.