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This is a list of chapters of the Naruto manga, covering the first two hundred and forty-four chapters of the series. The chapters are written by Masashi Kishimoto and published by Shueisha in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.[1] The first chapter was published in 1999, continuing for a total of two hundred and forty-four chapters.[2] The last six chapters are part of a gaiden taking place before the regular storyline, called the Kakashi Gaiden. The chapters after the gaiden are part of Part II, the second part of the Naruto storyline that takes place two and a half years after the end of the Naruto manga. An anime adaptation, produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, was aired on TV Tokyo, with the first episode shown on October 3, 2002.[3] The last episode of the Naruto anime aired on February 8, 2007, with the anime adaptation of Part II, known as Naruto: Shippūden, replacing it.[3][4]
The Naruto manga was serialized in North America by Viz Media in the United States Shonen Jump magazine.[1] The first chapter of the English adaptation was published on January 7, 2003.[1] The English adaptation of the Naruto anime has been shown on Cartoon Network's Toonami and YTV's Bionix programming blocks, with the first episode airing on September 10, 2005.[3]
