Uchiha Sasuke perhaps one of your
favorite ninjas from Team Seven and
Naruto overall. Sasuke is definitely the
favorite character for the author
Kishimoto, at least to draw. So how do
you compare to Sasuke? At the beginning
of the series at 12 years old, Sasuke was
almost exactly 5 feet or 153 centimeters.
By the end of Naruto part 2
Ssasuke had grown a bit more. At 17 Sasuke
was 5 feet 5 inches or 168 centimeters.
As of the last Naruto movie the adult
Sasuke is 5 feet 9 inches which is
180 centimeters. So how do you compare to
Sasuke? Are you taller or shorter! Be sure
to keep age in mind. By the way get
ready to mark your calendars! Sasuke's
birthday is coming up pretty soon. His
birthday is on July 13th. You know who
else has the same birthday as Sasuke?
Takeshi from Prince of Tennis. Does
anyone remember that anime?
in case you were not aware Sasuke is
set to appear in real life in an
upcoming live-action Naruto movie.
Lionsgate is the studio producing this
possible mess. No release date just yet,
although it's very likely to come out in
2019 or 2020. So we're going to have
Naruto going up against the Avengers, but
back to Sasuke.
Kishimoto himself is working on this
live-action adaptation. It is interesting
to see what he envisions for Sasuke in
this Western Naruto world.
Kishimoto has said that from the ninjas
he only sees Sasuke as being Asian.
In other words Sasuke will likely be
played by a Japanese actor. So about that,
what does this say about the other cast?
Especially considering that Naruto is
going to be American in this live-action
world. It is also interesting to consider
what this means for the Uchiha clan. Is
the Uchiha clan going to be the only
Asian clan in the village? Is there even
a village? So what do you think about
this? Hopefully this doesn't get some
backlash similar to what happened with
the recent Ghost in the Shell bomb.
In the original Japanese version for
Naruto, Sasuke is voiced by Noriaki
Sugiyama. You might be familiar with a
couple with other roles. Let me know which
of these you know already! He did have a
part in Code Geass as Rivals. He was that
blue haired guy that was Lelouch's buddy
at the start a series. He also has voiced
Shirou Emiya from the Fate Series. You
definitely know him! He's been the UK
from the Hetalia series and William from
Black Butler. He's even voiced a
character from a competing series at the
time, Ishida from Bleach. Yeah you know
what happened to Bleach. bBy some miracle
let's hope that he gets a chance to
return as Ishida again for some more
Bleach in the future.
The author Kishimoto has admitted that
drawing Sasuke has been his most
favorite. On the other hand Sasuke has
also been the most difficult for him to
actually draw. Part of this is due to the
amount of work that goes into drawing
Sasuke's hair. Which by the way is one of
the reasons that Kishimoto chose to keep
it short at the very beginning. The
second reason is Sasuke's outfit. Again
Kishimoto consciously gave Sasuke a
simple outfit, since like the ninja
headband, this was something he would
have to constantly draw a lot.
Unfortunately later on Kishimoto just
couldn't help himself. Remember that time
in the Chunin exams. The time where
Sasuke got a new outfit, the one with all
those straps. After doing that once,
Kishimoto said never again! That was just
way too complex to keep drawing it
weekly.
So Kishimoto decided to go back to the
original outfit as soon as possible. If
you were ever wondering about why the
switch back this was why. This gets even
funnier when you know that Kishimoto's
original design for Sasuke included a
bunch of necklaces and ties around his
arms and legs. So with just a bandage of
mummy blinged-out Sasuke version. Could
you imagine that!
And since we're on the topic of Sasuke's
outfit, did you know what Sasuke
originally wear at the beginning was
based off of Kishimoto's previous work.
Back before Naruto was even created
Kishimoto had his first success with a
one-shot manga called Karakuri. You
could easily see the resemblance to
Sasuke with the main character.
Interesting enough this main character
of the series was also part of this
group red blood red eyes who also had
special abilities. hmm remind you of
someone or of some group?
If you look at the series even more
you'll notice more and more things
similar to the Uchiha clan. You might be
thankful that this manga later bombed
when they debuted in the Shonen Jump
magazine. Since that failure eventually
led to Kishimoto creating Naruto!
At this point I think it's pretty common
knowledge about where Sasuke's name
originates from. One being Sasuke Sarutobi,
the infamous ninja from the Sarutobi
clan. And the second was actually from a
manga called Sasuke, one of Kishimoto's
favorites. An interesting part about this
is a possible third piece to this puzzle.
Kishimoto himself has admitted how much
the Dragon Ball series has influenced
his life and his work. There's already a
huge amount of parallels between Naruto
and Dragon Ball so a third possible
influence could have been Akira Toriyama,
the creator of Dragon Ball. Turns out his
oldest son is also named Sasuke!
Coincidence?
I think not.
Sasuke is known as that one emo ninja
but there must be some things he
actually likes. Well on to his favorite
foods! There's only two, Tomatoes and
Onirigi, specifically onigiri with Okaka.
Okaka being this fermented dried smoked
tuna. Basically a Japanese rice ball
filled with tuna. They're actually pretty
good. I had some while being in Japan. You
could even buy them at the 7-eleven for
like a dollar! but anyway as for things
that Sasuke does not like. This guy
hates natto and anything sweet, so what
the hell? I don't know how you could even
hate sweet things. I find myself going to
the local bakery pretty often
so me and him cannot be friends. oh and I
should mention Sasuke's favorite word,
Chikara. This being Japanese meaning
power. So wow what a surprise!
That's almost like finding out that
Sasuke's favorite color is black. Shocker.
So it turns out that Sasuke is super
popular. Not too hard to believe. In every
popularity poll done for Naruto, Sasuke
has always come in the top four
characters of the series. So good for him.
Of course being popular means there's
going to be a ton of haters too. Anyway
due to this popularity Sasuke has
gotten its own spin-off manga in the
past. This been among us shows the
shenanigans of him and his team. of
course this is a complete comedy piece.
If you ever seen the attack on titan
junior high anime, it's similar to that.
And talking about Sasuke and his team
Taka, here's some juicy info about that
group.
Sasuke himself has always been known to
this lone wolf type of character. Now
think back. Didn't you find it weird that
immediately after being freed from
Orochimaru that Sasuke would decide to
form a new team. It really just didn't
seem like his style.
Turns out Kishimoto thought the same. Team
Taka for Sasuke was originally never
planned.
Kishimoto has stated that Taka was
created due to feedback from his editors.
The original plan was to just have
Sasuke go at it alone. Perhaps this helps
explain why Taka was quickly forgotten
later on in the series.
So if you just found out about one thing
that should never have existed you might
be surprised to know that Sasuke himself
actually fits this quite nicely. The
original pilot for the Naruto manga
didn't have Sasuke or any of the
other rookie ninjas at all. Kishimoto
initially had never intended to create
Sasuke. Whether you hate sasuke or love
Sasuke you could thank his editors for
him. Like for any Shonen series his
editors highly recommended making a
rival for the main character. This is
really just a shone staple. It helps a
lot to keep the readers engaged. The
issue was that Kishimoto wasn't really
sure of how to construct this character
so you looked around at other mangas for
inspiration. You know that Dragon Ball is
a top inspiration for him so the
parallels between Goku and Vegeta to
Naruto and Sasuke could easily be seen.
There is one key thing that Kishimoto
hoped not to do while creating a rival
for Naruto. He wanted not to follow the
footsteps of other past shonen series,
that is, not to make up this rival
character that eventually just becomes
friends with the main character and that
is later heavily surpassed by that main
character. So what do you think about
that! Do you think his original plans for
Sasuke worked out? Especially for where
sSasuke is now in Boruto. Hey guys
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