Raruto is a Spanish webcomic by Jesús García Ferrer (Jesulink); Raruto parodies the Japanese anime and manga series Naruto. The series has been available in『Salón del Manga』events in Spain.[1] As of 2008 about 40,000 people in Spain read his webcomic.[2] Because of Raruto and other Spanish manga-inspired works, García became famous on the internet.[3] Raruto has translations in Catalan, Chinese, English, French, Italian, and Portuguese.[4] Rik translated the first six chapters in English, while Leecherboy translated the subsequent chapters in English.[5] Jesulink received an award for being the best Spanish artist at an ExpoManga event.[6] Raruto began on 30 October 2005 and concluded on June 6, 2008.[5]
Originally Raruto was a hobby of Jesulink, but as time passed he felt that the series became a "responsibility" for him, and he became careful with how he portrayed the characters so his readers would be satisfied. Raruto was created to satirize anime and manga properties that already existed.[7]
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