List of Naruto episodes

The Naruto franchise logo, where there is a yellow to orange gradient in each letter.

Naruto is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name by Masashi Kishimoto. The series centers on the adventures of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village, searching for recognitions and wishing to become the ninja by the rest of the village to be the leader and the strongest of all. The series was directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo.[1] The episodes are based on the first twenty-seven volumes in Part I of the manga, while some episodes feature original, self-contained storylines.[2]

The 220 episodes that constitute the series were aired between October 3, 2002, and February 8, 2007, on TV Tokyo in Japan.[1] The English version of the series was released in North America by Viz Media, and began airing on September 10, 2005, on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block in the United States.[3] On September 20, 2008, Cartoon Network ended its Toonami block, but the channel continued sporadically airing episodes of Naruto in the time slots originally occupied by Toonami's programming until January 31, 2009 when episode 209, the last episode to air in the US was shown, due to the closure of Toonami Jetstream.[4]

On March 23, 2009, Viz stated that they were still dubbing new episodes and intended to see them aired on television.[5][6] Ultimately, the final eleven episodes of the series never aired in the United States, but they were collected on DVD by Viz, which was released on September 22, 2009.[7] The remaining eleven episodes of the English version aired on YTV's Bionix programming block in Canada from October 25 to December 6, 2009.[8] Adult Swim's relaunched Toonami block reran the first 52 episodes in a completely uncut format from December 1, 2012, to November 30, 2013. After the 52nd episode, the series was removed from the schedule rotation to make room for its successor series, Naruto: Shippuden.[9]

  1. ^ a b NARUTO-ナルト-. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "Naruto Filler & Episode List – AnimeSays". AnimeSays. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016.
  3. ^ "Naruto: Season 1". IGN. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Cartoon Network to End Toonami on September 20 (Updated)". Anime News Network. September 20, 2008. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016.
  5. ^ "Viz Confirms Plans to Present New Dubbed Naruto". Anime News Network. March 23, 2009. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016.
  6. ^ "Naruto Get Online". Archived from the original on November 13, 2016.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Naruto16 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "1st Naruto Anime's Finale Premieres on Canada's YTV". Anime News Network. December 2, 2009. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016.
  9. ^ "Naruto to run uncut on Adult Swim's Toonami Block". Anime News Network. November 11, 2012. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016.