List of Naruto episodes
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 (2002–03)
Season 2 (2003–04)
Season 3 (2004–05)
Season 4 (2005–06)
Season 5 (2006–07)
Releases
DVD
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Collection | Episodes | DVD release date | Reference |
| 1 | 1–52 | May 24, 2017 | |
| 2 | 53–106 | May 24, 2017 | |
| 3 | 107–163 | May 24, 2017 | |
| 4 | 164–220 | May 24, 2017 | |
| Complete | 1–220 | December 5, 2018 |