Letter to Masahashi Kishimoto by Daniel Chen 2-4
Backstory: Masahashi Kishimoto is the author of Naruto. He is Japanese Manga artist (Japanese graphic novelist) who created the storyline of the Naruto world which has been adapted into an anime, or “animated series”. The anime ran between 2002 till 2017 for fifteen years spanning over seven hundred episodes along with a few movies. Naruto is based in a ninja world where people can manipulate their “chakra” or energy to exercise superpower-like abilities such as breathing fire, controlling flames, moving in superman speeds, etc.
To Masahashi Kishimoto, Your writing and imagination has shaped an entire generation’s childhood. When I first learned of the Naruto series, I was immediately drawn towards it like a child is to candy. The fighting scenes and the steadily progression of Naruto’s strength and abilities displayed that hard work and dedication truly does help you achieve your dreams. Your Japanese graphic novel has been adapted into over seven hundred 23 minute episodes through the span of 15 years. Despite the fact that the original series has already ended, your influence still …show more content…
I reminisce of the times when I imagined that I was Naruto himself or another character from the series, and controlled their powers and abilities. I dedicated a large sum of time learning the correct technique movements that allowed me to activate certain abilities like screaming Amaterasu and imagining black flames covering a person, or of the times when I ran with my arms loose and imagining a ball of compressed air in my palms and shouting out “RAASENGANN!” as I slam that into the wall to re-enact a scene from the show. Without Naruto, I don’t know what other shenanigans I would’ve done in order for me to express my imaginations. Perhaps, I would’ve played the game “Floor is lava” growing instead of expressing my imagination towards this
Backstory: Masahashi Kishimoto is the author of Naruto. He is Japanese Manga artist (Japanese graphic novelist) who created the storyline of the Naruto world which has been adapted into an anime, or “animated series”. The anime ran between 2002 till 2017 for fifteen years spanning over seven hundred episodes along with a few movies. Naruto is based in a ninja world where people can manipulate their “chakra” or energy to exercise superpower-like abilities such as breathing fire, controlling flames, moving in superman speeds, etc.
To Masahashi Kishimoto, Your writing and imagination has shaped an entire generation’s childhood. When I first learned of the Naruto series, I was immediately drawn towards it like a child is to candy. The fighting scenes and the steadily progression of Naruto’s strength and abilities displayed that hard work and dedication truly does help you achieve your dreams. Your Japanese graphic novel has been adapted into over seven hundred 23 minute episodes through the span of 15 years. Despite the fact that the original series has already ended, your influence still …show more content…
I reminisce of the times when I imagined that I was Naruto himself or another character from the series, and controlled their powers and abilities. I dedicated a large sum of time learning the correct technique movements that allowed me to activate certain abilities like screaming Amaterasu and imagining black flames covering a person, or of the times when I ran with my arms loose and imagining a ball of compressed air in my palms and shouting out “RAASENGANN!” as I slam that into the wall to re-enact a scene from the show. Without Naruto, I don’t know what other shenanigans I would’ve done in order for me to express my imaginations. Perhaps, I would’ve played the game “Floor is lava” growing instead of expressing my imagination towards this