Naruto: The Official Fanbook

by Masashi Kishimoto

Overview

BY FANS FOR FANS OF THE ULTIMATE NINJA!

Think you know all you can possibly know about Naruto? Think again! The Official Fanbook takes you deeper than ever before into the world of the most determined ninja as he pushes ever closer to his ultimate destiny! Maps, character profiles, previously hidden revelations and more give you all the inside secrets about Masashi Kishimoto's incredible saga. Includes the original 44-page Naruto manga!!

By Fans For Fans! The Ultimate Source For Naruto That You Helped Create!

We asked you, the loyal legions of Naruto fans across the nation, to help us create this definitive volume of secret knowledge about the world of Naruto, and boy did you respond! Now see your contributions proudly displayed alongside official maps, character profiles, and previously hidden revelations about Masashi Kishimoto's incredible saga.

The Official Fanbook takes you deeper than ever before into the world of the most determined ninja, as he pushes ever closer to his ultimate destiny! Think you know all you can possibly know about Naruto?

Think again! Includes the original 44-page Naruto manga!

Note: includes poster

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421518442
Publisher:	VIZ Media LLC
Publication date:	02/19/2008
Series:	Naruto: The Official Fanbook
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	368,029
Product dimensions:	5.19(w) x 8.12(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	13 Years

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

At 41 volumes and counting-29 in English so far-ninja-in-training Naruto just keeps riding the best sellers lists. This 2002 fan book is no Naruto 101 for newbies, and don't look for definitions of such basic concepts as shinobi or jutsu or even an index. (The detailed table of contents does help.) This is more like a baroque collage with an assortment of maps, character profiles, social hierarchies, quizzes, historical-cultural details, and fan art that jumble together along with arcane how-tos: how to make hyorogan(ninja military ration pellets), how to cut your hair like character Rock Lee, how to make the 12 shinobi hand signs. Manga-ka Kishimoto includes a long and fascinating section about his own background, workspace, drawing tools, and lifestyle (bottom line: he doesn't get much sleep or leisure). Another special feature is the full text of the original 1997 short story on which the Naruto manga was based. Heavily illustrated and featuring dozens of fan submissions from multiple countries, this bag of goodies will have wide appeal for Naruto readers in all public libraries. A downside: the small size of some of the more detailed graphics. For teens up.
—Martha Cornog

Library Journal