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Kishimoto's first successful manga pilot was {{translation|''Karakuri''|カラクリ|lit. "Mechanism"}}, which he submitted to [[wikipedia:Shueisha|Shueisha]] in 1995. This earned him an honourable mention in Shueisha's monthly "Hop Step Award" in 1996, granted to promising rookie manga artists.<ref>Naruto, Volume 16, page 150</ref> At this point he was assigned an editor, Kosuke Yahagi, and worked on a number of rejected drafts including a slice-of-life manga, {{translation|''Michikusa''|道くさ|lit. "Wandering Detour"}}, and an action manga, {{translation|''Asian Punk''|アジアンパンク|Ajian Panku}}. In 1997 he wrote a [[Naruto Manga Pilot|one-shot version of ''Naruto'']] which was published in ''Akamaru Jump Summer'' and was well received, but proved difficult to rework into a continuing series.
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Kishimoto's first successful manga pilot was {{translation|''Karakuri''|カラクリ|lit meaning=Mechanism}}, which he submitted to [[wikipedia:Shueisha|Shueisha]] in 1995. This earned him an honourable mention in Shueisha's monthly "Hop Step Award" in 1996, granted to promising rookie manga artists.<ref>''Naruto'' volume 16, page 150</ref> At this point he was assigned an editor, Kosuke Yahagi, and worked on a number of rejected drafts including a slice-of-life manga, {{translation|''Michikusa''|道くさ|lit meaning=Wandering Detour}}, and an action manga, {{translation|''Asian Punk''|アジアンパンク|Ajian Panku}}. In 1997 he wrote a [[Naruto Manga Pilot|one-shot version of ''Naruto'']] which was published in ''Akamaru Jump Summer'' and was well received, but proved difficult to rework into a continuing series.
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In December 1997, while redeveloping ''Karakuri'' for serialisation, Kishimoto was offered a one-shot in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. Hampered by the sudden deadline, a reworked ''Karakuri'' debuted two weeks later in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump 1998 No. 4-5'', but performed poorly in reader surveys and was immediately cancelled. Following the failure of ''Karakuri'', Kishimoto reduced his output and began moving in a [[wikipedia:Seinen manga|seinen]] direction with drafts for a baseball manga, {{translation|''Yakyūō''|野球王|lit. "Baseball King"}}, and a mafia manga, {{translation|''Mario''|マリオ}}, hoping to find better luck with a seinen magazine. Yahagi persuaded him to give the shōnen genre one last shot and Kishimoto began working on storyboards for a fantasy one-shot, {{translation|''Magic Mushroom''|マジックマッシュルーム|Majikku Masshurūmu}}, but stopped when Yahagi called and asked him to instead develop storyboards for serialisation. The two decided to submit a version of ''Naruto'' with a reworked story and world and produced storyboards for the first three chapters, winning a spot in the magazine. With a six-month lead time, Kishimoto repeatedly revised and redrew the first several chapters of the series.
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In December 1997, while redeveloping ''Karakuri'' for serialisation, Kishimoto was offered a one-shot in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. Hampered by the sudden deadline, a reworked ''Karakuri'' debuted two weeks later in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump 1998 No. 4-5'', but performed poorly in reader surveys and was immediately cancelled. Following the failure of ''Karakuri'', Kishimoto reduced his output and began moving in a [[wikipedia:Seinen manga|seinen]] direction with drafts for a baseball manga, {{translation|''Yakyūō''|野球王|lit meaning=Baseball King}}, and a mafia manga, {{translation|''Mario''|マリオ}}, hoping to find better luck with a seinen magazine. Yahagi persuaded him to give the shōnen genre one last shot and Kishimoto began working on storyboards for a fantasy one-shot, {{translation|''Magic Mushroom''|マジックマッシュルーム|Majikku Masshurūmu}}, but stopped when Yahagi called and asked him to instead develop storyboards for serialisation. The two decided to submit a version of ''Naruto'' with a reworked story and world and produced storyboards for the first three chapters, winning a spot in the magazine. With a six-month lead time, Kishimoto repeatedly revised and redrew the first several chapters of the series.
In September 1999, the serialised version of ''Naruto'' premiered in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump 1999 No. 43'' and quickly became a hit. ''Naruto'' ended on November 10, 2014 after more than 15 years of serialisation, with a total of 700 chapters collected in [[manga|72 volumes]]. Sales have exceeded 113 million copies in Japan and over 95 million copies in the US,<ref name="Japan">{{cite web | publisher = Viz Media/Shueisha | date = 11 August 2009 | title = The Origin of Naruto - Naruto Shippuden - Official U.S Site | url = http://naruto.viz.com/manga.php}}</ref> followed by over 93 million copies worldwide (outside Japan and United States) as of volume 36. It was adapted into two successful anime series. The ''Naruto'' manga series became one of [[wikipedia:Viz Media|Viz Media]]'s top properties,<ref>{{cite web | publisher = [[Viz Media]] | date = 7 March 2006 | title = USA Today's Top 150 Best Seller list features Viz Media's Shonen Jump's Naruto manga at number 29 | url = http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2006/03_naruto.php}}</ref> accounting for nearly 10% of all manga sales in the US in 2006.<ref name="Quill" /> The seventh volume of Viz's release became the first manga to ever win a [[wikipedia:Quill Awards|Quill Award]] when it claimed the award for "Best Graphic Novel" in 2006.<ref name="Quill">{{cite web | url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/9450.html | title=Naruto Nabs Quill Award |publisher=ICv2 |date=2006-10-12 |accessdate=2008-04-07}}</ref> Responding to ''Naruto''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s success, Kishimoto said in ''Naruto Collector Winter 2007/2008'' that he was "very glad that the American audience has accepted and understood ninja. It shows that the American audience has good taste... because it means they can accept something previously unfamiliar to them."<ref>"10th Anniversary: The Masashi Kishimoto Files". Shonen Jump (Viz Media) 7 (11). November 2009.</ref>
In September 1999, the serialised version of ''Naruto'' premiered in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump 1999 No. 43'' and quickly became a hit. ''Naruto'' ended on November 10, 2014 after more than 15 years of serialisation, with a total of 700 chapters collected in [[manga|72 volumes]]. Sales have exceeded 113 million copies in Japan and over 95 million copies in the US,<ref name="Japan">{{cite web | publisher = Viz Media/Shueisha | date = 11 August 2009 | title = The Origin of Naruto - Naruto Shippuden - Official U.S Site | url = http://naruto.viz.com/manga.php}}</ref> followed by over 93 million copies worldwide (outside Japan and United States) as of volume 36. It was adapted into two successful anime series. The ''Naruto'' manga series became one of [[wikipedia:Viz Media|Viz Media]]'s top properties,<ref>{{cite web | publisher = [[Viz Media]] | date = 7 March 2006 | title = USA Today's Top 150 Best Seller list features Viz Media's Shonen Jump's Naruto manga at number 29 | url = http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2006/03_naruto.php}}</ref> accounting for nearly 10% of all manga sales in the US in 2006.<ref name="Quill" /> The seventh volume of Viz's release became the first manga to ever win a [[wikipedia:Quill Awards|Quill Award]] when it claimed the award for "Best Graphic Novel" in 2006.<ref name="Quill">{{cite web | url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/9450.html | title=Naruto Nabs Quill Award |publisher=ICv2 |date=2006-10-12 |accessdate=2008-04-07}}</ref> Responding to ''Naruto''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s success, Kishimoto said in ''Naruto Collector Winter 2007/2008'' that he was "very glad that the American audience has accepted and understood ninja. It shows that the American audience has good taste... because it means they can accept something previously unfamiliar to them."<ref>"10th Anniversary: The Masashi Kishimoto Files". Shonen Jump (Viz Media) 7 (11). November 2009.</ref>