To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the airing of its first episode, Naruto brings an amazing gift to its fans: an incredible video with a montage of its best scenes, re-animated with stunning new visuals by Studio Pierrot. This modern remake of the iconic moments of Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden is accompanied by a medley of the series' opening songs, allowing fans to take a truly emotional walk down memory lane.

The first series of the anime, Naruto, aired from October 2002 to February 2007, while the sequel, Naruto: Shippuden aired from February 2007 to March 2017. Both were produced by Studio Pierrot, who worked on other successful anime such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Bleach, and more recently Black Clover. The Naruto anime is an adaptation of the best-selling manga of the same name, created by Masashi Kishimoto, which was serialized between 1999 and 2014 on Weekly Shonen Jump. While the manga was extremely successful, having sold more than 250 million copies, the anime adaptation made Naruto a global cultural phenomenon, contributing to the great worldwide expansion of Japanese otaku culture that happened during the 2000s.

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Twenty years after the first episode of Naruto aired on TV Tokyo, Studio Pierrot celebrates this milestone by releasing an incredible video on Youtube that summarizes the entire saga but with new, enhanced visuals. The video, which is almost ten minutes long, begins with Naruto's struggles as an orphan in the Konohagakure shinobi village, and immediately focuses on the most famous element of the series: the relationship between the protagonist and Sasuke. Naruto and Sasuke's complex and compelling dynamic is showcased through several key moments of the series that are present in the video: their battle against Zabuza, their iconic first clash at the Valley of the End, and the epic final showdown between the two at the very end of the series. Other unforgettable moments were treated to Studio Pierrot's makeup (which will surely make more than one tear fall), including Jiraya's death, Pain's destruction of Konoha and his following battle against Naruto, who finally becomes the hero of the village.

Celebrate Naruto's Legacy With A Gorgeous Remake

Few animes, and works of fiction in general, have been as influential as Naruto. Together with Bleach (which started airing in 2004) and One Piece (1999), the series opened a real floodgate for Japanese popular culture to invade the Western world. All these franchises have expanded into million-dollar businesses, but that's not the real legacy of Naruto. Twenty years later, people are still talking about how much the series changed their lives, inspiring them through the protagonist's effort of overcoming emotional distress and conflict, and his determination to achieve his dreams. These fans will enjoy the beautiful video created by Pierrot Studio more than anyone, but this is also a great way to introduce the series to a younger audience.

Naruto's 20th anniversary includes several projects and surprises, and this is the perfect moment to celebrate the legacy of a franchise that has changed the face of popular culture. Watching again the familiar iconic scenes from the anime with mesmerizing new visuals while listening to the songs that instantly awaken beautiful memories is the most amazing gift that Naruto fans could ask for.

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Source: Studio Pierrot