After the 52nd episode, the series was removed from the schedule rotation to make room for its successor series, Naruto: Shippuden. Adult Swim's relaunched Toonami block reran the first 52 episodes in a completely uncut format from December 1, 2012, to November 30, 2013. The remaining eleven episodes of the English version aired on YTV's Bionix programming block in Canada from October 25 to December 6, 2009. 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. On March 23, 2009, Viz stated that they were still dubbing new episodes and intended to see them aired on television. 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 Januwhen episode 209, the last episode to air in the US was shown, due to the closure of Toonami Jetstream. The filler isn’t well liked in the Naruto community. 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. The Original NARUTO anime is getting Four New Episodes to celebrate its 20th anniversary in September 2023. At this point, the anime goes into a long march of filler episodes and filler arcs. The 220 episodes that constitute the series were aired between October 3, 2002, and February 8, 2007, on TV Tokyo in Japan. 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 series was directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. 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. Naruto is an anime series based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga series of the same name.

Original naruto episode list