About Masashi Kishimoto
Masashi Kishimoto is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the Naruto series, which ran from 1999 to 2014 and sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries. The series was adapted into two anime, several films, video games and other media. Kishimoto also personally supervised the three Naruto films—Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, The Last: Naruto the Movie and Boruto: Naruto the Movie—and wrote various one‑shot stories. In 2019 he began the short series Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru, which ended in March 2020. From May 2016 to October 2020 he oversaw the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga, and in November 2020 he became its writer, replacing Ukyō Kodachi.
![“That is a considerable amount of puppets. But ... [Proceeds to summon one hundred puppets of his own] With this, I took down a whole country” quote by Masashi Kishimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/masashi-kishimoto-4637_country_that-is-a-considerable-amount-of-puppets_3195669.png)
