Anime-Manga Differences

This page lists the differences that occurred from the transition from manga to anime.

Censorship

 * In the manga Kaiza has his arms chopped off. In the anime, they are instead only broken.

Other

 * In the manga, Jiraiya trains Naruto at the Konoha Hot Springs. In the anime, he tries to escape from training by attempting to elude him through a series of antics, eventually he trains him nearby a river.
 * In the manga, Hashirama Senju uses the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique. In the anime, Tobirama Senju performs it.
 * In the manga, when Naruto and Gamabunta do the Combination Transformation they transform into a giant fox with a single tail. In the anime, they transform into the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
 * In the manga, Hiruko was a normal puppet, in the anime he was a Human Puppet.
 * In both instances of Ino Yamanaka first meeting the Tsunade's summon Katsuyu, in the Three-Tails arc and in the Invasion of Pain arc, she acts as if it is her first time meeting her.
 * In the anime, the Sannin's actions during the Second Great Shinobi World War war are incorrectly stated to have occurred during the Third Great Shinobi World War.

Animation Errors

 * In the manga, Gamabunta is shown to have not to have had a scar on his left eye when sitting next to Jiraiya. In the anime, he has a scar.