Naruto is an anime television series based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga series of the same name. It follows Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of the village. The series was directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. The episodes are based on the first twenty-seven volumes in Part I of the manga, while some episodes feature original, self-contained storylines.

The 220 episodes that constitute the series were aired between October 3, 2002, and February 8, 2007, on TV Tokyo in Japan. 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. 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 United States was shown, due to the closure of Toonami Jetstream.

On March 23, 2009, Viz stated that they were still dubbing new episodes and intended to see them aired on television. 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. The remaining eleven episodes of the English version aired on YTV's Bionix programming block in Canada from October 25 to December 6, 2009. 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.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1: 1st Stage (2002–03)

Season 2: 2nd Stage (2003–04)

Season 3: 3rd Stage (2004–05)

Season 4: 4th Stage (2005–06)

Season 5: 5th Stage (2006–07)

Releases DVD + Naruto Uncut (USA) Vol. Date Discs Episodes Reference 1 July 4, 2006 3 1–13 2 December 5, 2006 3 14–25 3 May 29, 2007 3 26–38 4 August 7, 2007 3 39–52 5 December 4, 2007 3 53–65 6 February 12, 2008 3 66–78 7 May 6, 2008 3 79–92 8 June 10, 2008 3 93–106 9 August 12, 2008 3 107–120 10 October 14, 2008 3 121–135 11 December 16, 2008 3 136–149 12 February 10, 2009 3 150–163 13 April 7, 2009 3 164–177 14 May 26, 2009 3 178–191 15 July 21, 2009 3 192–205 16 September 22, 2009 3 206–220

+ Naruto Season Box Set (USA) Box Set Date Discs Episodes Reference Season 1, Vol. 1 October 6, 2009 6 1–25 Season 1, Vol. 2 November 24, 2009 6 26–52 Season 2, Vol. 1 February 16, 2010 6 53–78 Season 2, Vol. 2 April 27, 2010 6 79–106 Season 3, Vol. 1 June 29, 2010 6 107–135 Season 3, Vol. 2 August 31, 2010 6 136–163 Season 4, Vol. 1 October 26, 2010 6 164–191 Season 4, Vol. 2 December 14, 2010 6 192–220

+ Naruto Unleashed (UK) Volume Date Box Set Release Disc Episodes Reference Series 1 Part 1 August 21, 2006 September 3, 2007 3 1–13 Series 1 Part 2 December 26, 2006 3 14–26 Series 2 Part 1 May 21, 2007 December 24, 2007 3 27–39 Series 2 Part 2 September 3, 2007 3 40–52 Series 3 Part 1 April 7, 2008 October 20, 2008 3 53–65 Series 3 Part 2 May 26, 2008 3 66–78 Series 4 Part 1 August 25, 2008 February 23, 2009 3 79–91 Series 4 Part 2 October 20, 2008 3 92–104 Series 5 Part 1 December 15, 2008 June 29, 2009 3 105–117 Series 5 Part 2 February 23, 2009 3 118–130 Series 6 Part 1 April 20, 2009 October 26, 2009 3 131–143 Series 6 Part 2 June 29, 2009 3 144–156 Series 7 Part 1 August 24, 2009 February 1, 2010 3 157–169 Series 7 Part 2 October 26, 2009 3 170–182 Series 8 Part 1 December 14, 2009 June 14, 2010 3 183–195 Series 8 Part 2 February 1, 2010 3 196–208 Series 9 April 19, 2010 3 209–220

+ Naruto Uncut (AUS/NZ) Collection Episodes DVD release date Reference 1 1–13 May 14, 2008 2 14–25 June 11, 2008 3 26–38 July 23, 2008 4 39–53 August 20, 2008 5 54–65 September 17, 2008 6 66–78 October 22, 2008 7 79–92 November 12, 2008 8 93–106 December 3, 2008 9 107–120 January 14, 2009 10 121–135 February 18, 2009 11 136–149 April 15, 2009 12 150–163 June 24, 2009 13 164–177 August 19, 2009 14 178–191 October 21, 2009 15 192–205 December 16, 2009 16 206–220 February 17, 2010 Jump Festa 2003 and 2004 Specials June 11, 2008

+ Naruto Origins (AUS/NZ) Collection Episodes DVD release date Reference 1 1–52 May 24, 2017 2 53–106 3 107–163 4 164–220 Complete 1–220 December 5, 2018

Blu-ray + Viz Media (Region 1/A) Set Date Discs Episodes References 1 November 3, 2020 4 1–27 2 February 16, 2021 4 28–55 3 May 11, 2021 4 56–82 4 August 24, 2021 4 83–110 5 October 19, 2021 4 111–137 6 March 1, 2022 4 138–165 7 June 14, 2022 4 166–192 8 October 18, 2022 4 193–220 Complete January 7, 2025 32 1–220

Notes

References

External links Official Viz Media Naruto anime site