http://www.miomio.tv/watch/cc114679/
Miss Ikoma tells that Naruto was originally a child of the 9 tailed fox (in the pilot one-shot).
-On the times before the series
Yahagi says the one-shot Naruto received a great response and they(=jump editors) were like "this Naruto chara is great! Let’s serialize it" but they were worried that kids might not be able to relate to a fox child. So he told Kish to write other one shots, which didn't go well.
Then they went back to Naruto like 'Naruto was great wasn't it?'
They decided that there shouldn't be any problems if the fox was sealed in Naruto, a human boy. and then the settings like ninja and villages which weren't in the one-shot came in and the series started..
-On the toughest time
Yahagi says right before the chunin exam
He asked Kish what to do next and Kish said he didn't have anything in particular.. Yahagi was like "eh weren't u so eager to make the series?"
Then he and Kish discussed and Kish decided to write the chunin exam and trainings to make the charas to step-up as ninjas
-On his fav chara
He likes Naruto the best. Dark mangas are rather easy to write while cheerful charas like Naruto are hard to create. bat for Naruto nothing started. The Naruto in the one-shot and the Naruto of now are just the same. Naruto hasn't changed inside from day one although he's grown big.
