THE LIBRARY

Same story, different object: pacing, filler, softened violence, expanded fights, and the places where the anime's version became the famous one.

Junko Takeuchi and Maile Flanagan carried the same character for twenty years in two languages: the principal voices of the anime's two main versions.

The strangest channel move in the franchise's American history: how the sequel series landed on a Disney channel, what was edited, and where it went next.

Between the episodes and the films sit the OVAs: festival shorts, Jump Festa pieces and pack-in specials that collectors track separately.

For the anime's 20th anniversary Pierrot re-animated the series' greatest scenes into one montage, and new episodes were announced: what was released and what changed.

Boruto's manga returned in 2023 with a new title and a timeskip: the sequel's second part, its creative team, and how it is published.

The sequel's unusual credits: Ikemoto's art throughout, Kodachi's scripts, and the 2020 handover that brought Kishimoto back as writer.

The 2004 film that started an annual tradition: a movie-star princess, a snow country's armor, and the rainbow chakra finale.

The 2012 film Kishimoto personally designed: a limited Tsukuyomi world where Naruto's parents live and every friend's personality is inverted.

The 2015 eleventh film that launched the next generation: Boruto's resentment, a cheating device, Momoshiki's attack, and Kishimoto's most personal script.

Six films carried the Shippuden banner from 2007 to 2013: the release order, their premises, and where each sits against the television arcs.

The question every viewer asks: of eleven films, only the last two bind the manga's story, and one of those is the sequel's foundation.

CyberConnect2's finale to the Storm line: the war's end as a spectacle fighter, and the 2017 expansion that handed the story to Boruto.

The 2023 Storm revival: a greatest-hits history mode, a new Boruto story, and the largest roster the series has fielded.

Naruto's turn-based chapter: the DS role-playing games that retold the manga's first half as a party RPG.

The PlayStation 2 action-adventure branch: mission-based brawlers that let Naruto run free around the Leaf between the fighting games.

Ubisoft's Xbox 360 pair: a French studio's open-village Naruto, and the only major Naruto games made in the West.

The PSP's musou experiment: one ninja against hundreds, compressing Shippuden's first half into a single handheld campaign.

The browser MMO that let players live in the Leaf beside the story: its Chinese origin, its Western run, and its place among the games.

Chapters 699 and 700 closed the series in November 2014: the double finale, the full color last chapter, and the issue collectors hunt.

Naruto's debut issue shared a table of contents with One Piece in its infancy and the tail of the Dragon Ball generation: reading the issue as a whole.

The prize for winning the worldwide poll: Kishimoto's 2023 one-shot about young Minato and Kushina, and the origin of the Rasengan's name.

The label Western fandom gave Jump's 2000s giants: where the term came from, what it measured, and why it stuck to these three series.

Viz printing numbers hide on the copyright page: how to read them, why early English printings differ, and what to check in a listing.

Cover prices across the run in both markets: the tankobon price creep in Japan and the two price eras of the English edition, all in era dollars and yen.