Naruto debuted in the United States on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block on September 10, 2005, and in Canada on YTV's Bionix on September 16, 2005. Viz also licensed the anime for North American production. The animated television series, produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex, premiered across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo network and the anime satellite television network Animax on October 3, 2002, and stopped airing in 23rd March 2017. Naruto has become VIZ Media's best-selling manga series. VIZ Media publishes a translated version in the American Shōnen Jump, and is currently within a few volumes of the Japanese publication. The manga was first published by Shueisha in 1999 in the 43rd issue of Japan's Shōnen Jump magazine. Its main character, Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village. The arcs are compelling, the manner in which later events are set up is riveting, and the breathtaking action kicks up the quality up a notch.Naruto ( NARUTO -ナルト-) is a manga by Masashi Kishimoto with an anime TV series adaptation. The ninja world is fleshed out beautifully, and the characters are a blast to interact with, even if the scope of Naruto's plot and a wealth of powerups leads to important characters moving away from the limelight to focus more on the central conflict.ĭespite the dip in quality in Shippuden, the original run of Naruto is full to the brim with some of the greatest episodes in anime history.

Kishimoto's popular manga has been touted by many as one of the greatest shows of all time. Updated June 16, 2023, by Ritwik Mitra: Naruto is a series that needs no introduction. Given that the focus right now is on the former, it's time to take a trip down memory lane and look at some of the best episodes present in the original run of Naruto. Most fans have no problem bingeing all the way to the end.īoth Naruto and Naruto Shippuden are full to the brim with some of the greatest episodes of all time. The legendary rivalry between Naruto and Sasuke, along with other character arcs and excellent stories, makes for a riveting watch. It goes without saying that Naruto is among the most popular shonen anime of all time.

Naruto original series episodes