This show is freaking amazing, i cant believe that people complain about blood, i mean we all have, and guess what when you get punched really hard or get stabbed....you bleed. If i had a kid i would let him/her watch it even if it was uncut where there is more swears and blood, i was quite a mature/smart kid, sure i would love to do the things people did in shows, but i would never try t do them and get myself killed. If your kid does do stupid things, blame yourself for crappy parenting instead of the show.
Naruto
(Rated TV-PG, Children, cartoons, & animation, Starring Johnny Yong Bosch, Steven Jay Blum, Maile Flanagan, Where to watch: Cartoon Network, DVD, Online)Ratings at a Glance
| 100% | of parents say there are good role models |
| 100% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 50% | of parents say it's too violent |
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Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
good for teens and up
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
reconmended for teenagers
I think parents should explain to thier child under 11 or 12 that the stuff in naruto is not real. Violence is problem for children under the age 12 (especialy for 6-10 rage). The uncut version and shippuden sub titled should be watch by teens and possibly 12 year olds
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
This is a very good kid show but if u want a more adult show watch naruto shippuden
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Appropriate for Preteens
This show has just about no bad language, and the only thing I'm not sure I like is all the violence. However, in comparison to the Japanese version, this show is really toned down. It's really suitable for anyone above 10.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Seriously...
You actually think that "hurting" is innappropriate for a 9-year old? If I've heard a kid swear on Super Nanny, I think I can live with this.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
Naruto, the truth behind the facts
Okay, I am a huge fan of Naruto, and have seen every episode, in Japanese and English, in Japan it's up to a part 2 after a time skip of 3 years and everyone is 3 years older, nonetheless, the review: As the show is aired on Cartoon Network I'd give it 10+, but the fact is it is extremely edited from the original Japanese version, the Japanese version used words such as "shit" "damn" "bastard" an awful lot, and the violence was much bloodier, that is why there are Naruto Uncut box sets, which many collector's and kids probably want, be careful, the English version of these is fine, with cursing such as "crap" or "damn", but the violence raises it to Viz's T+ rating (16+), and part 2 of naruto is being released in a year, and that is after the time skip, which is much bloodier, sexual, and using more cursing then many shows on adult swim, Part 2 is planned to be aired on adult swim as TV-14 for a reason, it's scary as well, as the akatsuki members consist of a Grim Reaper, a man made of dead bodies sewn together, a man who turned himself into a living puppet along with thousands of others by removing their organs, etc. Be careful But it is a great anime, great plot, America did some terrible dubs, I recommend the Japanese version for the more mature kids, I've seen the uncut in Japanese and every episode, and I believe it's a terrific anime, thumbs up
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
teen anime
This is NOT for little kids. Never ending ninja action, mild profanity, and some sexual dialog. I recommended parents to watch an episode where there is a fight going on.
- I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
Great Show
Naruto may be made in Japan which has all theese violent cartoons but Naruto is mainly flashbacks.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
Hmm... READ!
This show is okay, but my son is not a huge fan. He thinks there is an overusage of blood.
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
great
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
this is a good show for my child
first of all yes some language and violence but it shows friend ship and never giving up lesliejones suggested putting it on adult swim first of all yes some language like damn,hell but those are in further episodes like 148but this is not like they say really bad cursing and sexual stuff that on adultswim like sh** and f*** on adultswim
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
One of the best animes since Dragonball Z
Nartuo is one of the best anime's to date. Naruto is a story about a boy, who was discriminated by villagers for having the nine tailed fox demon sprit sealed inside him after being defeated by the 4th hokage years back. We join up on our hero at age 12. Naruto wants to prove to everybody that he’s a hero and to gain respect from villagers who abandoned him. He does this by following his own path and getting through hardships along the way. This show has good moral values like never give up and protect the ones that you love. By with these good messages there are some concerns. The VIZ Media edited version still has allot of adult subject matter that’s not approate for younger viewers under the age of 13 also the show appeals to a teen audience. Parents should be cautioned for there are scenes of mild graphic violence including a scene of tortured, brief nudity, mild sexual situations (A pervert peaking at young ladies in bath houses to name one.), Mild language like "Damn" And "Hell" the "S" word may be possible in future episodes and Dialogue and other subject matter that kids younger that 12 may not understand. So Viewer and Parental Discretion is Advised. All in all Naruto is good for pretty much anybody.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
Parental Guidance is important
I watch this program with my son and find the show to be entertaining and exciting. However, this is not a program designed solely for children (hence the PG rating) and I applaud the Cartoon Network for expanding their programming to include such programming. Of course, I take an active role in my son's development and limit his television & internet exposure to material that is appropriate for his age. It's refreshing to watch an action show with my son that has some realistic level of violence that isn't terribly harsh for a child to comprehend. I do realize the series gets more intense once you get further along in the story, but Naruto is actually a positive role model since he will never give up his quest to become the next Hokage.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
Best Ninja Show Around
First of all, another reviewer said this was on Miguzi. This show is concidered a part of regular Cartoon Network on weekdays, and on Saturday nights it's a part of Toonami. And the other reviewer said it people said "damn" and "hell", the closest thing they said to a curse word was "This Sucks". This show is one of the best anime series around, and I recomend it for ages 8 and up.
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
terrific... but violent
Well there is bloody cartoon violence, some language and a little bit of inneudo, but it is still very good
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
A Painting, But Not A Masterpiece
Naruto has many conflictions. The site pretty much says it all except they missed part of it. The Hokage smokes a cigar. There is violence, nothing of the naughty manner in the edited 4Kids version except old school crushes that you'd see in Pokemon, and there are some bad things said. The edited version doesn't have bad words, but it does say kill and other things like that. The show is okay, but it's not the best plotwise or animated. It's still entertaining, and the message is better than what you'd get in Hannah Montana or iCarly.
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Japanese for teens america for tweens
The English TV version is RUBBISH in my opinion. The Japanese version is a lot better but not briliant. The manga however is brilliant. Back to the English anime Naruto - it's child friendly since it's been edited by the 4kids entertainment company and it has friendly characters who unite to fight the common enemy. Watch it if you are 10 or up. Now for the Japanese subed version - it still has friendly characters but has some swearing, a lot more violence and blood which makes it alot more real. Watch it if your 13 and up. The manga is the best of them all as it's a bit more mature than the anime and should be read by all.
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Naruto is for tweens+
ages 9 and up: BLOODY CARTOON VIOLENCE, SEXUAL INNUENDO AND MILD LANGUAGE
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Very good watch
Some violence but there is a good message and no swearing
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
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My sister and I watch it all the time (mostly me) So what if there's violence? Hello? its an action show, you think there WILL be fighting no duh. And ninjas? Let's see What do you think when you hear the word ninja? I think of action. Also, if you heard about a 10-year-old boy putting his head in the sand pretending to be in Gaara's sand coffin with his friends, then that boy is stupid. It's amazing how he passed all the grades. What kind of 10-year-old boy puts his head in the sand first? He around friends but you think his friends would help him. Their boys! What happened to manliness or something like that? Anyways I love naruto and I'm obsessed I'm all currant on the mangas and anime. Oh and if its an action show, you think there will be blood. The author is trying to make it realistic fiction. So of course there will be blood. I see my blood everyday since I have diabetes. Its not the frighting children. If they seen batman the movie then I'm sure they will be fine for naruto. For the naked women their private parts are covered with clouds. In narutopedia, it said that in a myth of tailed beasts that the nine-tailed fox (which is inside of naruto) pretends to be a beautiful women and lure people to kill them or something like that. So that might be the reason why Kishamato (i think that's how you spell the author's name) chose naruto's jutsu to be like that. Pervy-sage is just like that because the great toads told him in a prediction that he was going to be a pervert and write books. The anime cuts out more things then from the mangas. So if your children watch the anime rather then reading the mangas, they will be better off. naruxhina forever x3
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
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Long and slightly repetitive; better show for tweens and kids.
I used to watch religiously when I was twelve, but right around the time I was 13 and a half I completely lost interest. This is an anime, but as far as animes go, it's more for older kids and tweens. If you watch the cartoon network version with the censors, there's no language and hardly any romance besides "oh I love Sasuke" and such. There is a lot of action violence, but it's not too graphic and it's not scary, even for younger kids. It has some good role models, and the good guys always win, so this show is perfectly suitable for 7+ year olds. However it gets really boring after the first 100 episodes or so, until Naruto Shippuden. (which is apparently a lot more graphic) Since it's about ninjas there are a lot of fighting seqences and such, but they get kind of repetitive and boring after awhile. I'm not saying this is a stupid show, but I've outgrown it and it's not really my favorite genre. If you're really into anime I suggest different titles such as Negima, Higurashi no naku koro ni, and Shakugan no Shana. (these are definitely for teenagers though)
- I rate this title off for age 10 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Awesome!!!!!!!!! Love it!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
horrible and boring.
This is the worst show ever. The violence in it makes the show really inappropite. But that is only 65% what makes the show so boring. This show is so boring because the adventures they are on is something people would be doing everyday between the art. BORING!!!!!
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
A Great Anime That Gradually Gets More Mature
Let's get one thing straight. The main character, Naruto, is stupid. It's the secondary characters that keep me hooked. I give it a 12+ rating. The English version has a lot of censors. There is MILD blood. Almost NO LANGUAGE. The only innapropriate things are the sexual themes. Naruto's mentor frequently spies on women, earning him the nickname "Pervy Sage". Sometimes those women are naked (though it doesn't show) or bikini-clad. Plus, Naruto himself is somewhat perverted. He invents a technique called the "Sexy Jutsu" that allows him to turn into a naked woman. (It's all covered up by clouds.) Sometimes he hangs all over men in naked woman form. The second season of Naruto called "Shippuden" is a LOT more violent and touches really deep themes of revenge, hatred, war, pain, and loss. This season hasn't been aired in America yet but can be watched with subtitles (it's in Japanese) on the Naruto website. Plus, these episodes are uncut, meaning that all the blood and gore is left in, most of the sexual themes (worse than the censored version), and some swearing (not all, because in the Japanese version the f-word is used A LOT, and they cut this out even in the uncut). Plus, in Shippuden there is an immortal man who worships a fictatious god and makes sacrifices to him (while cursing a lot and taking his own god's name in vain every three seconds). In conclusion, the regular, censored Naruto that airs on television is fine, but keep anyone under twelve away from the second series. Naruto is very popular, but a lot of it is fan hype. I love it, but it's not my favorite anime. Some of the plot twists are downright ridiculous. But still, five stars! :P
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
Comparing japanese and english versions.
Naruto is a very great anime with a great story. In the japanese version it has swearing in the english subtitles and more blood for instanse when Naruto used the Sexy Justu Iruka-Sensai was bleeding which is innapprpriote for some people and even i do too. But in the English version there is less bleed and so some stuff was cut out which is good for younger people. So for udults if you want your children to see the clean version see english. By the way Naruto Shippuden is on japanese so it will be the same as the other naruto series but not the english version. But someday the Shippuden episode and series will be translated and cleaned out some time in 2009 and mybe released in the US. I recomend this show for kids ages 10 or 11 and up.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
I really liked it!
I've seen this show on cartoon network in english and I liked the fact that it has no cussing in it. for the person who wrote the review for it,He/She have must have seen the tv show on dvd or something because on cartoon network it has no cussing at all. I would give this show an on for 12 and up because even though the show has no cussing on cn,it's kind of more of something teenagers would get into. So basicaly,you're only going to have the cuss words if you see the japanesse verison with the english subtitles.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
epic
two thumbs up!!!
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
words can't explain.
ok, first off naruto i admit does have a few obcenities, but putting aside what they teach kids in school anyway, naruto is the best show i have ever seen, like i said, words cant explain it acyually has lots of good messages like laying down yor life for a freind, and never give up, its actually very inspirational. If ur kid already knows what sex is, seeing a girl in a bikini wont push him over the edge. BUT there are many people who hate naruto, and the people who openly like it are at there own risk of being persecuted. 100 out of 100 i reccomend this.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
cool
this is da best show ever thres a little blood here and there but other than that and a perverted old man its ok
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
Back up
I was a bit hyper when i writ that last comment, great show, gots blood init, get it, blood init??? Anyways, Sad, Grusem, Says KnuckleHeadNinja, Funny, my type of show! 11+
- I rate this title on for age 15 and give it
....Example: "I cried! I laughed!" or "I lost six brain cells watching this!" or "A must-read book for every 8-year-old"
Amazing show, but for once in my time i am saying that its 15+ because it has got quite a bit of blood, and the further you get it gets bloodyer and swears a bit, and wen you get to the shipuuden the violence hits its limmit Bu ammazing show!
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
Great show with minor annoyances.
This show is great. No wonder everyone likes it. However, the flashbacks can get pretty annoying. Also, noty for young kids.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
The novels are better
show not so good, novels excellent
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
Pretty Good Kid's Show...
Naruto,(As I've heard) is a wonderful, kid-friendly show. However, Naruto Shippuden is meant for adults and older teens, so I highly reccomend ONLY letting your children watch Naruto, and not Naruto Shippuden.
- I rate this title iffy for age 7 and give it
its rules, plain and simple.
me and my brother love this show. its funny, and sometimes brings a tear to your eye. its a heart warming anime show. everyone should be able to watch it.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
LOVE IT
AWSOME
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
bring my naruto back
Naruto is the coolest show I ever seen. my cousin Mark can sing all the seasons in japenese. He loves naruto. and i dont Know why they are trying to get rid of him. Him and his cousin Rahzael has had enough of them trying to get rid of my Naruto.
