Naruto Episodes 1 - 5

Episode 1 "Homecoming"

Naruto Uzumaki returns to Konoha after a two-and-a-half-year training journey amidst Jiraiya. He is reintroduced to his peers, who have all advanced to Chunin point and beyond, unlike Naruto who is still a Genin. Elsewhere, two realtors of Akatsuki make it out towards Sunagakure to capture Gaara, who has from the time become the Kazekage, the village leader.

Episode 2 "Akatsuki makes its move"

Jiraiya tells Kakashi Hatake that Akatsuki's plan to collect the tailed beasts is underway. Because of the Demon Fox inside him, Naruto is in danger any time he leaves the village, so Jiraiya relinquishes Naruto's training to Kakashi, who can ensure his safety. Kakashi provides Naruto and Sakura Haruno a test to see how far properties have mproved. Meanwhile, the Akatsuki members Deidara and Sasori arrive at the entrance of the Sunagakure. They see that Yura, their sleeper agent, has already cleared the guards.

Epsiode 3 "The Results of Training"

Kakashi challenges Naruto and Sakura with the bell test, in which they must forcefully take from Kakashi two jingle bells using whatever means necessary. Sakura and Naruto both verify their newly made it to skills. At Sunagakure, Deidara reveals his ability to manipulate exploding clay. He takes to the skies aboard a giant clay bird and begins his aerial assault by lobbing exploding clay spiders onto the guards, instantly killing them. As soon as he makes it to the Kazekage building, however, he finds Gaara there waiting for him.

Episode 4 "Jinchuriki of the Sand"

Naruto and Sakura both notice that even though they suffer vastly improved, properties are still no balance for Kakashi's superior techniques, as he too has become stronger, and discover to resort to a good deal more unconventional means. They win the challenge by threatening to spoil the ending of Kakashi's new novel, forcing him to cover his ears and shut his eyes because of the Sharingan's ability to read lips. Meanwhile, Deidara and Gaara begin their battle. Deidara finds a formidable problem in Gaara's abilities to control and manipulate sand.

Episode 5 "As the Kazekage...!"

Deidara sees the subduing the Kazekage is not as easy as he thought. He hurls exploding clay at Gaara to no effect, as Gaara can hastily summon a shield of sand around him among relative ease. Gaara then commands his sand to attack Deidara who has no choice but to try to evade. Gaara's sand eventually catches up with Deidara and crushes his arm.
The Start of Uzumaki Naruto
Naruto is a complex and delightful story of a difficult child who wants to
be the greatest Ninja ever. Like multi of the anime that were derived from
their manga, it has developed a great and loyal following, not merely
because of the complexity, but the intense emotions and deep motivations.
Uzumaki Naruto is a child that a large number of children his age can identify with. It
is a story of heroes and challenges, amidst just now the perfect amount of
silliness, humor, and budding romance.

In the beginning, Naruto is a noisy, arrogant, troublesome child, who
performs disrespectful pranks around his village. He thinks he is going to
be the biggest ninja ever, yet when he is tested, cannot perform even the
simplest of techniques which all the !no! students own mastered. Alone,
without any parents to appear after him, he is identified with by his teacher,
Iruka-sensei, who has also been alone as of he was a child. It is renowned to
everyone in the village, but not to Naruto, that he has a monster
nine-tailed fox sealed inside of him. Twelve years earlier, the demon fox
had attacked the village, destroying it, and killing Iruka's parents. But
the village recovered, and the demon fox was neutralized by sealing it
inside the newly-born child, Uzumaki Naruto. It was forbidden for anyone in
the village to regularly reveal the truth to others, very to the child
himself.

Alone, unrecognized and despised by everybody, Naruto performs his pranks to
try to soar attention. In the end, when another final exam comes by, all
the students are given the odds to demonstrate their developing ninja
powers. Everyone passes, except Naruto, who attempts to create a
replication of himself, but only succeeds in creating an absurd, weak,
useless replication. Iruka, his teacher, has no choice but to fail him.
Naruto is depressed, seeing everyone else graduate and acquire the symbol of
graduation, a metal plate with the village symbol the current they wear as a
forehead protector.

Fate and an evil force conspire to give Naruto a instant chance. A sly and
untrustworthy teacher, Mizuki-sensei, befriends Naruto and convinces him
that he can graduate if he steals the Scroll of Sealing and uses its immense
and dangerous powers to decide impressive techniques that will allow him to
pass. Secretly, Mizuki manipulates Naruto for his own aim to steal
the scroll. He is prepared to kill Naruto in the process.

Naruto steals the scroll and learns one primary and powerful technique. The
head of the village, the Hokage-sama is angry by the theft, and sends the
village ninjas out to attain the childish thief. They are angry, saying that
this was no mere prank, but a very dangerous act. Even Hokage-sama
realizes that Naruto can mean great damage, and may a great deal be able to
unwittingly unseal the demon fox within him.

When Iruka has found Naruto, the boy is confused and exhausted. He has
practised over and over one of the forbidden techniques. The teacher and
student are set upon by Mizuki. The traitorous sensei injures and disables
Iruka, ready to take the next step and steal the scroll and kill both
witnesses. Iruka protects Naruto, who functions away, scampering off on all
fours just like a fox. Mizuki pursues and catches up, but Iruka looks and
is able to cover his student once more. When Naruto finds out the truth
about the demon fox sealed inside of him, he realizes the Iruka is a loyal
teacher and friend, who has one and only ever tried to help him. Mizuki attacks, but
Naruto, continuing to just a boy, unleashes his newly-developed technique of
multiple shadow replication. The astonished Mizuki is beaten up by the
hundreds of Naruto duplicates. Iruka is impressed, deciding then to
graduate the boy. He gives Naruto his metal forehead protector as a symbol,
and the boy is pleased and proud. But the wise Iruka-sensei warns the boy
that the path of the ninja is just beginning and it ought to be a lot harder
from here-on. Episode one ends on a note who is upbeat and with the anticipation of
many adventures and lessons to come.

The Japanese Origin of the Kyuubi in Naruto
Few circumstances in the anime, Naruto, can charge the atmosphere with as still as excitement and as a great deal awe as when Kyuubi looks as if it's on screen. This rendition of the Japanese mythical creature, the Kitsune, is one of the most mysterious and interesting characters in the anime. The Kyuubi, as I'm insured a large amount of Naruto fans know, is the nine-tailed demon fox once ravaged Konoha and was sealed by the fourth Hokage inside the body of Uzumaki Naruto, the series' main character. Naruto, for all his kindness, is often plagued by the Kyuubi's efforts to tempt him investing in raw power. And, when Naruto is not able to contain his strong emotions, he becomes consumed by the Kyuubi, losing both his sanity and control in a bout of pure and unrestrained rage. Naruto does a 360, turning from what i read in the lovable prankster that we all love to a rampaging monster who, if he passes a certain point, can no longer distinguish friend from foe.

Kyuubi's Origins

But where does the Kyuubi's origin lie? Kishimoto-sensei certainly did not just pull this Kyuubi legend out of his hat. Indeed, the Kyuubi is rooted on the Japanese mythological creature referred to as the Kitsune. Translated, Kitsune means 'fox'. The fox, as portrayed in Japanese folklore, is a cunning creature, intelligent but mischievous. In fact, the Kitsune is often called a 'trickster' and incidentally, this is how Naruto is depicted at the beginning of the story. The kitsune can transform into a human being, a skill it learns when it reaches a certain age, normally 100. However, it most commonly transforms into a beautiful woman, a seductress, much like 'Naruko', Naruto's female generate when he performs his Oiroke no Jutsu.

The kitsune can have a large number of tails, ranging for one to nine. The plethora of tails the kitsune has indicates its age, its wisdom, and its strength. In the anime, when Naruto succumbs to the Kyuubi's temptation of power, his charka leaks out and forms similar to 'tails'. The number of tails that grows out of Naruto, the stronger he becomes and the more he loses control of himself. So far, in both the manga and in Naruto Shippuden, we have merely seen up to four of Naruto's tails. At that point, he completely loses control of himself and he will begin to attack everyone - friend or foe. If he is not contained, or if the Kyuubi is not resealed and Naruto grows all nine tails of the Kyuubi, he will, in a sense, die, and the Kyuubi will once again be released to wreak havoc on the world.

Nine Tails

Thus, the Kyuubi, a nine-tailed fox, is a creature in its prime. Indeed, in the anime, the Kyuubi is said to be the strongest of the nine Bijuus scattered throughout the five countries. One swipe of its mighty tails can cause whole villages to crumble and tidal waves to form. In fact, it's so powerful the it is regarded as a 'natural disaster' by the villagers and is often believed to be a require the current comes when human beings become too evil and therefore desire to be 'purged'. The grounds why Kishimoto chose the Kyuubi to become the strongest Bijuu is probably based on the Japanese legend of the 9 Bijuu, one of which are elemental Bijuu, one of them is Gaara's Shukaku, the Bijuu of Wind. And of course, an additional one is the Kyuubi, the Bijuu of Fire, the strongest of all the tailed beasts. So that's pretty much it. Hopefully this may give you certain underlying thought of at which the Kyuubi comes on as well as some of the applications where the Kyuubi is being applied to inside the world of Naruto.