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• 1993-03-03
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• 2006-07-19
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• Bobby Roberts

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• Being wit a BEAUTIFUL grl.
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• 3 yearsold
Favorite Anime
• Naruto...and many mor! But I grew up wit Pok'emon and yu-gi-oh!
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• Pass 8th grade
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• Breaking stuff! Going Crazy, BAsketball, Air Soft shooting! and etc.
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myOtaku.com: Belive it~Naruto

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Growth and popularity
The series' length and popularity (especially in Japan) is comparable to that of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball Z, another popular action-oriented shônen series derived from a manga. Kishimoto cites Toriyama's Dragon Ball series and Katsuhiro Otomo, of the Akira fame, as some of his inspirations,[citation needed] though Naruto differs significantly in its execution, themes explored, and overall premise.

Since its creation, Naruto has spawned a large number of fansites that contain detailed information, guides, and active forums. Some of the first and most popular sites targeted at English speaking audiences were established shortly after the first English manga volume was released in August 2003.

Prior to the anime's North American debut in 2005, several scanlation and fansub groups translated the series and made it available for free download on the internet. Although many such groups stop once a series has been licensed, there are some that have continued to translate new Naruto episodes due to the extremely large gap between the English and Japanese versions. Many of the episodes subbed by the Dattebayo fansub group are downloaded over 100,000 times within the first week of their release, and several others have surpassed 200,000 downloads within their first months; a testament to their popularity. [2]

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