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Naruto anniversary artwork. Naruto is one of the most popular manga, anime, and video game series of all time, and despite picking up in earnest over 20 years ago, it remained popular the entire time.
Itachi has ranked high in the Weekly Shonen Jump popularity polls for the series, continuously placing in the top 10. [6] He was ranked in fifth position in the polls of 2011. [ 55 ] In the 2023 online global poll, held to celebrate the 20 years of the manga, Itachi was found to be the second most popular character in the franchise, behind only ...
Critical reception of Obito's character has been and his fight scenes as an adult. In 2023, Obito was ranked as the 11th most popular character in the results of the Naruto Worldwide Character Popularity Vote. [1] Obito and his varied personas have appeared in Naruto video games and animated adaptations.
Kakashi has ranked within the top five characters in every official Weekly Shōnen Jump popularity poll, acquiring the first position, as the most popular character, several times. [57] In the most recent poll, he ranked third, with Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha acquiring the top two positions. [58]
Sakura Haruno (Japanese: 春野 サクラ, Hepburn: Haruno Sakura) is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto.Sakura is depicted as a kunoichi affiliated with Konohagakure (木ノ葉隠れの里, English version: "Hidden Leaf Village") and a part of Team 7, which consists of herself, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and their sensei Kakashi Hatake.
When Masashi Kishimoto was originally creating the Naruto series, he looked to other shōnen manga for inspiration while still attempting to make his characters as unique as possible. [2] Kishimoto cites Akira Toriyama 's Dragon Ball series as one of these influences, noting that Goku , the protagonist of Dragon Ball , was a key factor when ...
Sasuke has ranked among the top-five Naruto characters in every Weekly Shōnen Jump popularity poll of the series. Initially alternating between third and fourth places, he has finished first twice. [108] [109] A popularity poll on the Japanese website Charapedia ranked Sasuke and Naruto's rivalry as the best in anime. [110]
Shikamaru has ranked highly in the Weekly Shōnen Jump popularity polls for the series, continuously placing in the top ten and reaching fourth place in one poll. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] The last such poll was in 2011, in which Shikamaru was in ninth place, behind Sasori and ahead of Hinata.