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Synonyms: NARUTO Japanese: ナルト English: Naruto More titles
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Type: TV Episodes: 220 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Oct 3, 2002 to Feb 8, 2007 Premiered: Fall 2002 Broadcast: Thursdays at 19:30 (JST) Producers: TV Tokyo, Aniplex Licensors: VIZ Media Studios: Studio Pierrot Source: Manga Genres:ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, FantasyFantasy Theme:Martial ArtsMartial Arts Demographic:ShounenShounen Duration: 23 min. per ep. Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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8.02Ranked #690Popularity #9Members 3,089,526Fall 2002TVStudio PierrotAdd to My ListWatchingCompletedPlan to WatchSelect(10) Masterpiece(9) Great(8) Very Good(7) Good(6) Fine(5) Average(4) Bad(3) Very Bad(2) Horrible(1) Appalling Episodes: /220 Edit
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Twelve years ago, a colossal demon fox terrorized the world. During the monster's attack on the Hidden Leaf Village, the Hokage—the village's leader and most powerful ninja—sacrifices himself to seal the beast inside a newborn, relieving civilization from destruction while dooming the baby to a lonely life. Now, after years of being shunned and bullied, Naruto Uzumaki pesters the village with elaborate pranks and vandalism. Despite these antics, he works hard to achieve his dream: to become the Hokage and earn the acknowledgement of those who have mistreated him for his entire life. Naruto joins Team 7, a ninja squad made up of two of his peers—prodigy Sasuke Uchiha and clever Sakura Haruno. Under the aloof Kakashi Hatake's leadership, Team 7 takes on a series of difficult missions, forcing its members to grow in strength and comradery despite their many differences. Naruto strives to stand out in his rivalry with Sasuke and earn the romantic affection of Sakura. But as the trio brush against danger and death, their tragic pasts threaten to tear them apart. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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Naruto received numerous awards during its airing, including the Best Full-Length Animation Program Award in the third UStv Awards and the 38th Best Animated Show in IGN's Top 100 Animated Series. The anime was released on DVD in 16 volumes by VIZ Media from July 4, 2006, to September 22, 2009. The company rereleased it in eight volumes from October 6, 2009, to December 14, 2010. VIZ Media also made available a Blu-ray version in eight volumes from November 3, 2020, to October 18, 2022. The series adapts the first 27 volumes of the original manga.
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2:"Haruka Kanata (遥か彼方)" by Asian Kung-fu Generation(eps 26-53)
3:"Kanashimi wo Yasashisa ni (悲しみをやさしさに)" by little by little(eps 54-77)
4:"GO!!!" by FLOW(eps 78-103)
5:"Seishun Kyosokyoku (青春狂騒曲)" by Sambomaster(eps 104-128)
6:"No Boy, No Cry (ノーボーイ・ノークライ)" by Stance Punks(eps 129-153)
7:"Namikaze Satellite (波風サテライト)" by Snowkel(eps 154-178)
8:"Re:member" by FLOW(eps 179-202)
9:"YURA YURA (ユラユラ)" by Hearts Grow(eps 203-220)
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1:"Wind" by Akeboshi(eps 1-25)
2:"Harmonia" by Rythem(eps 26-51)
3:"Viva Rock ~Japanese Side~" by Orange Range(eps 52-64)
4:"ALIVE" by Raiko(eps 65-77)
5:"Ima made Nando mo" by the Mass Missile(eps 78-89)
6:"Ryusei" by Tia(eps 90-103)
7: "Mountain A Go Go Too" by Captain Straydum(eps 104-115)
8:"Hajimete Kimi to Shabetta" by GagagaSP(eps 116-128)
9:"Nakushita Kotoba" by No Regret Life(eps 129-141)
10:"Speed" by Analogfish(eps 142-153)
11:"Soba ni Iru Kara" by Amadori(eps 154-165)
12:"Parade" by CHABA(eps 166-178)
13:"Yellow Moon" by Akeboshi(eps 179-191)
14:"Pinocchio" by Ore Ska Band(eps 192-202)
15:"Scenario" by SABOTEN(eps 203-220)
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Write review 391 Recommended 81 Mixed Feelings 51 Not Recommended All reviews (523) Mar 5, 2026 WinterChocolate Recommended Naruto was the first anime that I had fortune to watch though I still like it,It will forever be wasted potential especially is naruto shippuden! The main story itself is compelling enough that it doesn’t feel like reason just to get cool characters to fight it out (Which is the vibe I’m getting from Bleach from my experience of watching it so far. The story in Naruto is always expanding, new characters get introduced, new villains emerge and while a lot of the events in this series are set up for what’s to come in Shippuden (Especially in the Sasuke Retrieval Arc) it’s still worth watching ...to see where the characters grow and mold into the people they are later in the story (I say this because it seems quite a few people skip this series and start with Shippuden). Not everything is flawless in this department, however. Naruto is notorious for having insane amounts of filler episodes and this show is one of the biggest offenders of this problem. It starts off harmless enough by having a recap episode, then a hot spring episode, a fun episode about Kakashi’s face and a five-episode arc about a race which would be fine if that was all it was. Instead of ending the show at the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, the show continues into 85 episodes of filler! Even for a long-running show like this one, 85 is an insane amount of filler episodes to have in a row. They even start the filler, right when the story was about to make it to the time-skip. While it was done to wait up for the manga, they could have just ended the original series and waited until they had enough material to start making Shippuden. Instead we got 85 episodes of low-quality random ninja missions that are close to unbearable to watch. I made it through the first few episodes of the first filler arc when I decided to stop and skip to the final episode. Even though this problem can be avoided now since you can just skip these episodes, it only really bugs me when I think of how long fans had to wait until the filler ended back when these episodes were airing. It may not be a problem now but it gets annoying when it still plagues Shippuden. But as I said before, you can just skip them now (Which is the most recommended option). So, in terms of the story department, Naruto does an excellent job considering all the filler is skippable. The soundtrack is amazing. The songs are a nice mix of traditional Japanese music mixed in with badass guitar. The Main Theme of the series is one of the most memorable, iconic and beautiful pieces of music to anybody that’s seen this show. If you haven’t heard it, you owe it to yourself to listen to it since it’s probably the most amazing song in the whole soundtrack. In terms of Openings and Endings, Naruto proves once again that just because it’s a long-running Shounen, it doesn’t need to half-ass it’s theme songs. Every Opening is a memorable J-Rock tune and not one of them is bad. It’s hard to pick a favorite from these songs which is why mine is a three-way tie between Haruka Kanata (OP 2), GO!!! (OP 4) and No Boy, No Cry (OP 6). The ED’s, while not as good as the OP’s, are still good and get the job done as Ending songs. Wind (ED 1), Viva Rock (ED 3) and Ima made Nando mo (ED 5) are my favorites while the others are still good, but not the most memorable. While I haven’t heard the Japanese voice acting since I watched the Dub, I can still judge the Dub and my god, is this a damn good Dub. Every voice actor hits the mark with every character they play. Maile Flanagan does an amazing job as Naruto and Yuri Lowenthal (who is one of my favourite voice actors) does one of my favourite performances from the show, as Sasuke who is one of the most iconic characters from the show. Tara Platt also does an amazing job as Temari considering that her performance is one of the main reasons that I like Temari so much. Other notable performances are Steven Blum as Zabuza and Orochimaru, Steve Stayley as Neji, Stephanie Sheh as Hinata, David Lodge as Jiraiya and Liam O’Brien as Gaara. Every other performance of the other main characters was also great but those were some of the best ones that were worth mentioning. If you couldn’t tell, Naruto also does a great job in the Sound department. My favorite character in Naruto was Sasuke Uchiha. A fascinating character really… & the most misunderstood man in the story. So many people call him emo, childish , power hungry.. arrogant… evil.. so many negative adjectives. Overall, As I stated before Naruto is very controversial. I genuinely enjoyed this anime, the show after The Final Fight may be filler, but if you are starting anime I can't recommend this anime anymore. The Shounen genre has a vast amount of anime, Naruto is one of the better ones believe me compared to other big three. Naruto is a legendary anime that could never be replaced, its extremely important to the community. Reviewer’s Rating: 10 What did you think of this review? Nice 0 Love it 0 Funny 0 Confusing 0 Informative 0 Well-written 0 Creative 0More reviews by WinterChocolate (2) Show allRead moreShow lessOpen Gift Report Jul 6, 2025 azuraffirm Mixed Feelings Basically, it's okay if you're casual and not investing too much expectation into it, otherwise you may be let down. It's good in a sense of "i can rewatch this sometime and not go through excruciating pain, totally!" but it definitely feels more easier to talk about the less than ideal things to do with the anime. This includes the quality drop overtime, the censorship of the manga (from what i've seen take this with a grain of salt), the character and character building, the seemingly "long" feeling of the episodes in a majority of them, etc. Only positive things i can go off from the ...top of my head is the character design, Rock Lee existing, and the chuunin exams being straight hands.... While unique and a product of its time, it;s like eating spaghetti for three weeks in a row. Iconic and loved by many, but not someones IMMEDIATE go-to! Though I was not one of the people that grew up watching this anime, I was by some people who were. Obviously, I'm not going to sit here and drone on about every detail, but despite the critiques I and many have, you can't deny that it didn't have an impact on the animanga scene as a whole. Which, in a way, makes it feel like a letdown if youre going in expecting the best, hands down. Hopefully, Shippuden will bear the fruits of my labor (watching this through its entirety)!! TLDR; Though iconic, it does have its qualms throughout. Dont expect too too much! Reviewer’s Rating: 7 What did you think of this review? Nice 0 Love it 0 Funny 0 Confusing 0 Informative 0 Well-written 0 Creative 0More reviews by azuraffirm (2) Show allRead moreShow lessOpen Gift Report Jan 15, 2022 AmadeusCho2021 Not Recommended Funny Uh what a bad anime. STORY Classic zero to hero story. But it's a very lazy story and full of bullshit. The power balance of the characters is ridiculous. Very weak characters can suddenly get power-ups and be victorious. The relationship between Sasuke and Naruto makes me to my stomach. It seems so fake that people who hate each other so much have weird love. ART The visuals are very bad as they have to shoot so many episodes. There is almost no fighting animation. Have silly word duels. SOUND ...Naruto's voice is incredibly annoying. Other than that no problem. CHARACTER Oh man... I hate Naruto,Sasuke and Sakura really bad. All of them are incredibly frustrating. I love Kakashi. But I hate most characters of Naruto. Cringy. ENJOYMENT There are many flashbacks. Characters are looking each other lmao. Saying same things again and again. Most of episodes are soooo boring. Oh man. What a garbage. Reviewer’s Rating: 4 What did you think of this review? Nice 0 Love it 0 Funny 0 Confusing 0 Informative 0 Well-written 0 Creative 0More reviews by AmadeusCho2021 (2) Show allRead moreShow lessOpen Gift Report More stacks
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Mar 5, 2026 WinterChocolate Recommended Naruto was the first anime that I had fortune to watch though I still like it,It will forever be wasted potential especially is naruto shippuden! The main story itself is compelling enough that it doesn’t feel like reason just to get cool characters to fight it out (Which is the vibe I’m getting from Bleach from my experience of watching it so far. The story in Naruto is always expanding, new characters get introduced, new villains emerge and while a lot of the events in this series are set up for what’s to come in Shippuden (Especially in the Sasuke Retrieval Arc) it’s still worth watching 
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