Fourth Hokage, Minato Uzumaki also known as The Flash
Naruto's Father is The Fourth Hokage! On the conversation of Tsunade and Jiraiya:
Chapter 367 of the Naruto manga, by Masashi Kishimoto, titled "Itachi and Sasuke", confirmed the true identity of Naruto Uzumaki being a son of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Uzumaki, also known as The Flash, and mother to Kushina Uzumaki, female ninja from the whirlpool country.
Naruto got his looks from his Father, and his attitude and ninjutsu style from his Mother, Tsunade and Jiraiya said.
Who would have guessed that, well actually it was pretty obvious, Naruto and The Fourth's resemblance but still is quite of a suprise. =)
Anime Title: Bleach (Burichi) Author: Kubo Tite Genre: comedy, fantasy, action, adventure, supernatural Number of Episodes: 137 - ongoing Runtime per Episode: 25 minutes Published: August 2001(manga) - October 05, 2004 (anime) Publisher: Shueisha Studio: Studio Pierrot Network: Tokyo TV
BLEACH is an ongoing manga series authored by Tite Kubo that has appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since August 2001.
Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki, a high school student with the ability to see ghosts, and Rukia Kuchiki, a shinigami (Soul Reaper or, literally, "death god"). The early parts of the story focus mainly on the characters and their pasts. As events unfold, the story begins to delve deeper into the world of these gods of death.
The manga series has been adapted into an animated television series, two OVAs, two animated feature films, a rock musical, and numerous video games. Compilation volumes of the manga have sold over 40 million copies in Japan, and have reached the top of manga sales charts in the United States. The manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award, and the anime has been nominated for several American Anime Awards.
STORY The story opens with the sudden appearance of the shinigami Rukia in Ichigo's bedroom. She is surprised at his ability to see her, but their resulting conversation is interrupted by the appearance of a hollow, an evil spirit. After Rukia is severely wounded while trying to protect Ichigo, she intends to transfer half her powers to Ichigo, hoping to give him the opportunity to face the hollow on equal footing. Ichigo unintentionally absorbs all her powers instead, allowing him to defeat the hollow with ease.
The next day, Rukia appears in Ichigo's classroom as a transfer student. Much to his surprise, she appears to be a normal human. She theorizes that it was the unusual strength of Ichigo's spirit that caused him to fully absorb her powers, thus leaving her stranded in the human world. Rukia has transferred herself into a gigai — an artificial human body — while waiting to recover her abilities. In the meantime, Ichigo must take over her job as a shinigami, battling hollows and guiding lost souls to the afterlife.
Anime Title: One Piece (Wanpīsu) Author: Eiichiro Oda Genre: comedy, pirates, fantasy, action, adventure Number of Episodes: 323 on going Runtime per Episode: 25 minutes Published: August 04, 1997 Publisher: Shueisha Studio: Toei Animation
One Piece is an anime and manga series created by mangaka Eiichiro Oda. One Piece focuses on a ragtag crew of pirates called Straw Hat Pirates formed and led by Captain Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy's greatest ambition is to obtain the world's ultimate treasure, One Piece, and become Pirate King.
The Story As the Pirate King Gold Roger was executed he revealed that his treasure, known as "One Piece", was hidden somewhere on the Grand Line. Monkey D. Luffy dreams of finding the legendary treasure and becoming the Pirate King, and after eating the devil's fruit gains the power to do so. But first he must find a crew... Greatness,Glory,Gold. A Pirate Named Gold Roger also known as the Pirate King has conquered this all. He was executed with an unknown reason but before he died he had revealed his last word about The legendary Treasure named One Piece which was hidden in the Grand Line. 22 years after his Death, A Pirate named Monkey D. Luffy appeared and has only one Goal, To Become the Next "Pirate King" and Find The Treasure "One Piece". This Start The Never Ending Adventure... The manga began its serial run in issue #34 of Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump magazine on August 4, 1997, while the anime adaptation produced by Toei Animation premiered on Fuji TV on October 20, 1999.
Eiichiro Oda originally planned One Piece to last five years, and he had already planned out the ending, but he found himself enjoying the story too much to end it in that amount of time, and now has no idea how long it will take to reach that point. Nevertheless, the author states (as of July 2007) that the ending is still the one he had decided on from the beginning, and he is committed to seeing it through to the end, no matter how many years it takes.
One Piece is the third highest selling manga in the history of Weekly Shonen Jump, (being beaten by Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (Kochi Kame) and Dragon Ball) and is currently their most acclaimed and all-time third-best-selling title in Japan. The manga is so well-liked that it is the first to increase the sales of Weekly Shonen Jump in eleven years. Volume 27 of One Piece holds a manga sales record in Japan, with 2,630,000 units sold in its first printing alone; as of Volume 46, the series has sold over 140,000,000 copies domestically, and is the fastest manga to reach sales of 100,000,000. One Piece - First Opening Theme
One Piece - First Ending Theme
One Piece Movie(s): Since the debut of the series on television, Toei Animation has also produced eight One Piece feature films, released each spring since the year 2000. In typical fashion for movies based on serialized manga, the films feature self-contained, completely original plots w'ith animation of higher quality than what the weekly anime allows for. Additionally, three of these movies have had special features, showcasing the characters engaged in various activities unrelated to the series (specifically dancing, playing soccer, and playing baseball). These movies, and their attached features, are as follows:
Opening Theme(s): 1: "We Are!" by Hiroshi Kitadani (eps 1-47) 2: "Believe" by Folder5 (eps 48-116) 3: "Hikari E" by The Babystars (eps 117-168) 4: "Bon Voyage!" by Bon-Bon Blanco (eps 169-206) 5: "Kokoro no Chizu" by BOYSTYLE (eps 207-263) 6: "Brand New World" by D-51 (eps 264-279) 7: "We Are!" by the Straw Hat Pirates (eps 279-283) 8: "Crazy Rainbow" by Tackey & Tsubasa (eps 284-)
Ending Theme(s): 01: "memories" by Maki Otsuki (eps 1-30) 02: "RUN! RUN! RUN!" by Maki Otsuki (eps 31-63) 03: "Watashi ga iru Yo (私がいるよ)" by TOMATO CUBE (eps 64-73) 04: "Souchinosuke" by Suitei-Shoujo (eps 74-81) 05: "Before Dawn" by AI-SACHI (eps 82-94) 06: "Fish" by The Kaleidoscope (eps 95-106) 07: "Glory ~Kimi ga iru Kara~" by Takako Uehara (eps 107-116) 08: "Shining Ray" by Janne da Arc (eps 117-132) 09: "Free Will" by Ruppina (eps 133-155) 10: "faith" by Ruppina (eps 156-168) 11: "A to Z" by ZZ (eps 169-181) 12: "Tsuki to Taiyou (月と太陽; Moon and Sun)" by shela (eps 182-195) 13: "Dreamship" by Aiko Ikuta (eps 196-206) 14: "Mirai Koukai (Future Voyage)" by Tackey & Tsubasa (eps 207-230) 15: "Eternal Pose" by Asia Engineer (eps 231-245) 16: "Dear Friends" by TRIPLANE (eps 246-255) 17: "Asu wa Kurukara" by Dong Bang Shin Gi (eps 256-263) 18: "Adventure World" by Delicatessen (eps 264-278)
Critically acclaimed Metal Gear Series creator, Hideo Kojima, continues the series with a number of new elements and contents to the Playstation 3. The game motto "No place to Hide" and it's central theme of "Sense", builds the thought of how the players senses will be the best key to surviving in Metal Gear Solid 4.
Featuring a highly futuristic setting, and a broad war-torn environment, that resembles of wars between great nations.
Following the previous Metal Gear titles, the game will be having the same aspects and additional combat moves and will be featuring a more precise first-person aiming. A new form of camouflage called "Octocamo" will allow the player to blend to it's environment, which much replaces the old-camouflage system of Metal Gear Solid 3.
"It's my turn to save you, Snake" - Raiden
Tokyo Game Show 2006 - Trailer
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Devil May Cry, one of the most famous action adventure games that Capcom developed for the Playstation 2, has released an Anime version of the game.
Anime Title: Devil May Cry Genre: Action, Adventure, Supernatural Number of Episodes: 12 - Scheduled Runtime per Episode: 30 mins Published: June 14, 2007 Studio: Madhouse Production
The anime debuted on Japan T.V. network called WOWOW and is expected to run up to 12 Episodes, initially.
Dante the main character for the Anime and also the main character in the game, is hired through his own business Devil May Cry. Just like the game Devil May Cry is about the Demon Hunter Dante, who himself is a Half-demon and Half-human.