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Naruto premiered in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in 1999. The first 239 chapters are known as Part I, and constitute the first part of the Naruto storyline. Manga chapters 240 to 244 comprise a gaiden series focusing on the background of the character Kakashi Hatake. All subsequent chapters belong to Part II, which continues the storyline in Part I after a two and a half year time jump. The English adaptation of the Naruto manga is licensed by Viz and serialized in Viz's version of Shonen Jump. In order to compensate for the gap between the Japanese and English adaptations of the manga, Viz announced its "Naruto Nation" campaign, where it would release three volumes a month in the last four months of 2007 in order to close said gap.

As of May 2008, 42 tankōbon have been released by Shueisha in Japan, with the first twenty-seven tankōbon containing Part I, and the remaining fifteen belonging to Part II. The first tankōbon was released on March 3, 2000, with the forty-second released on May 2, 2008. In addition, four tankōbon, each containing ani-manga based one of the first four Naruto movies, have been released by Shueisha. Viz has released 33 volumes of the English adaptation of the manga.