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How to watch “Naruto ”in order (including the movies)
Jul 12, 2025
Based on Masashi Kishimoto’s long-running manga series, Naruto follows a misunderstood adolescent ninja working to clear his name and polish his powers. First hitting screens in 2002, the series has since become a cottage industry. Throughout the 220-episode first half, fans came to identify with Naruto’s themes of perseverance and redemption. When American audiences discovered the series in 2005, it found a wealth of new viewers and fervent fans.
In the years since, there have been two spinoffs (Naruto: Shippuden and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) and 11 feature films continuing the Naruto arc. With 1,013 episodes to date, Naruto is an expansive coming-of-age portrait, melding high fantasy and authentic interpersonal drama. We’ve lived with these characters for so many years, the franchise as a whole now lands with uncommon emotional weight.
If you’re new to the Naruto party and hankering for a new streaming obsession, here's how to watch the entire franchise in order.
What is Naruto about?
Naruto Uzumaki (Junko Takeuchi) is an adolescent, orphaned ninja born with the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon inside of him. The powerful entity attacked Naruto’s home, the Hidden Tree Village, before his birth, and the boy’s father used his newborn son as a vessel to trap the demon.
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