The Exact Year Naruto Was Created—and Why It Changed Anime Forever
The first *Naruto* chapter hit *Weekly Shōnen Jump* in 1999, but its conception stretched years earlier—rooted in a high schooler’s sketches and a publisher’s gamble. Masashi Kishimoto, then a 19-year-old aspiring artist,…
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