Season 1
🎬 32 Episodes 📅 2007 ⏱ 25 min
A warrior's journey transcends time itself when he returns home transformed by experience and hardened by sacrifice. Naruto Shippūden captures the raw intensity of reunion paired with the weight of impossible choices, as childhood bonds are tested against the emergence of shadowy threats. Stunning animation brings gravity to every clash, weaving action-packed sequences into a deeper meditation on loyalty, redemption, and the price of power. The series stands as a testament to how far one will go to save those who matter most.
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📊 Season Stats
32
Episodes
2007
Year
25
min / ep
13.3
Watch Hours
1/20
Season No.
⭐ 8.9
Best Episode
Ep. 26 · Puppet Fight: 10 vs. 1…
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🎬 Episodes 32 episodes
1
⭐ 8.3
Homecoming
A figure passes through the gates. It's an older Naruto, who has returned from a long training journey with Jiraiya. Naruto Uzumaki is back!
🎬 Masaaki Kumagai ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
2
⭐ 7.8
The Akatsuki Makes Its Move
Naruto and Sakura team up and challenge Kakashi to a survival challenge to show off their progress.
🎬 Atsushi Nigorikawa ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
3
⭐ 7.6
The Results of Training
Naruto’s and Sakura’s combined skills force Kakashi to use his Sharingan right off the bat. Naruto masterfully unleashes his jutsu one after another.
🎬 Yuki Sugihara ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
4
⭐ 8.8
The Jinchuriki of the Sand
Gaara is quick to detect Deidara’s presence, and an aerial battle ensues with Deidara on his giant bird and Gaara atop sand.
🎬 Kiyomu Fukuda ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
5
⭐ 8.6
The Kazekage Stands Tall
Naruto and Sakura defeat Kakashi in the survival challenge. Tsunade assigns them to a three-man squad led by Kakashi, who tells them they are now his equals.
🎬 Yuki Kinoshita ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
6
⭐ 8.6
Mission Cleared
In order to protect his village from Deidara’s explosive clay, Gaara uses his chakra to create a giant sand shield.
🎬 Mitsutaka Noshitani ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
7
⭐ 8.6
Run, Kankuro
Gaara, his strength completely exhausted, is whisked away by Deidara. Kankuro ignores Baki’s efforts to stop him and immediately sets out in pursuit with a platoon to rescue Gaara.
🎬 Hayato Goda ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
8
⭐ 8.4
Team Kakashi, Deployed
An urgent message from the Sand Village detailing the Akatsuki’s kidnapping of the Kazekage reaches the Hidden Leaf Village. Tsunade wastes no time in ordering Team Kakashi to the Sand Village.
🎬 Hiroshi Kimura ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
9
⭐ 7.5
The Jinchuriki's Tears
On her way to the Sand Village, Temari encounters Kakashi and his team. Kakashi admonishes Naruto when he tries to rush ahead…
🎬 Masaaki Kumagai ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
10
⭐ 7.6
Sealing Jutsu: Nine Phantom Dragons
The Sand ninja fight against time to treat Kankuro. Even the Sand’s poison expert, Granny Chiyo, is baffled. The only hope lies with the reinforcements sent by Tsunade.
🎬 Akitaro Daichi ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
11
⭐ 8.2
The Medical Ninja's Student
Sakura treats a critically ill Kankuro. After extensive training she’s now a full-fledged Medic Ninja, and Sakura amazes everyone with her sure, steady hands.
🎬 Atsushi Nigorikawa ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
12
⭐ 7.7
The Retired Granny's Determination
Pakkun finds the hideout of the Akatsuki. Team Kakashi and Temari prepare to set out to get Gaara back, but Temari is ordered to stay behind and help guard the village.
🎬 Kiyomu Fukuda ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
13
⭐ 8.6
A Meeting With Destiny
Guy prepares to use a forbidden secret jutsu. Meanwhile, Naruto falls under Itachi’s genjutsu, and all the anti-genjutsu training he underwent with Jiraiya races through Naruto’s mind.
🎬 Neko Okuma ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
14
⭐ 8.2
Naruto's Growth
Guy prepares to use a forbidden secret jutsu. Meanwhile, Naruto falls under Itachi’s genjutsu, and all the anti-genjutsu training he underwent with Jiraiya races through Naruto’s mind.
🎬 Mitsutaka Noshitani ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
15
⭐ 8.0
The Secret Weapon is Called...
Granny Chiyo and Sakura rescue Naruto from Itachi’s genjutsu. Without a moment’s delay, Kakashi begins a counterattack.
🎬 Hayato Date ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
16
⭐ 8.0
The Secret of Jinchuriki
Chiyo and Kakashi realize that the attack was just a diversion, and that the Akatsuki have already begun the process of extracting the Tailed Beast from Gaara.
🎬 Hiroshi Kimura ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
17
⭐ 8.3
The Death of Gaara!
Teams Kakashi and Guy take a short rest. Granny Chiyo watches Naruto dozing off and is reminded of Sasori as a child. The pursuit resumes, and when Chiyo wonders why Naruto puts such effort into...
🎬 Masaaki Kumagai ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
18
⭐ 8.2
Charge Tactic! Button Hook Entry!!
Teams Kakashi and Guy reach the Akatsuki hideout. They hurry to infiltrate but are thwarted by a five-seal barrier. The only way to break the barrier is to remove all five seals at once.
🎬 Akitaro Daichi ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
19
⭐ 8.1
Traps Activate! Team Guy's Enemy
Breaking the five-seal barrier set off a trap, which now has Team Guy battling amazingly accurate copies of themselves. Back at the Akatsuki hideout, Deidara and Sasori struggle to take the Nine-Tail Jinchûriki.
🎬 Atsushi Nigorikawa ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
20
⭐ 8.8
Hiruko Vs. Two Kunoichi!
At last, the showdown between the old woman and her grandson begins. Sakura is confused by Sasori’s strange appearance, and Granny Chiyo explains that this is Hiruko…
🎬 Kiyomu Fukuda ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
21
⭐ 8.6
Sasori's Real Face
Granny Chiyo and Sakura manage to expose Sasori, who amazingly looks no older than he did twenty years earlier.
🎬 Neko Okuma ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
22
⭐ 8.3
Chiyo's Secret Skills
Sakura is caught by Sasori’s tactic and surrounded by a poison cloud.
🎬 Mitsutaka Noshitani ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
23
⭐ 8.3
Father and Mother
Chiyo and Sakura take cover, and Sasori wastes no time unleashing a ruthless attack.
🎬 Seiki Takuno ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
24
⭐ 8.2
The Third Kazekage
Sakura counters the Iron Sand attack of the Third Kazekage puppet with superhuman strength.
🎬 Hiroshi Kimura ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
25
⭐ 8.6
Three Minutes Between Life and Death
Sakura destroys the Third Kazekage puppet thanks to a secret antidote she had taken.
🎬 Masaaki Kumagai ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
26
⭐ 8.9
Puppet Fight: 10 vs. 100!
Sakura and Granny Chiyo are engaged in a fierce battle with Sasori, who is able turn himself into a human puppet. They somehow bring Sasori down within the time limit, but he ends up reviving.
🎬 Atsushi Nigorikawa ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
27
⭐ 8.7
Impossible Dream
Although stung with poison herself, Granny Chiyo uses the last of the antidote on Sakura. Mocking the tender scene between Granny Chiyo and Sakura, Sasori attempts to end Granny Chiyo's life.
🎬 Akitaro Daichi ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
28
⭐ 8.1
Revival of the Beasts
Team Guy senses the result of the Sakura and Granny Chiyo’s desperate struggle while still in battle with his deadly copy. Although Guy’s team members are showing fatigue, their copies remain strong!
🎬 Kiyomu Fukuda ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
29
⭐ 8.0
Kakashi's Enlightened!
Sakura hurries to get to Naruto with Granny Chiyo, who is suffering from the poison. The members of Team Guy rush to assist Team Kakashi. Meanwhile, with all preparations complete, Kakashi reveals his Mangekyo Sharingan.
🎬 Yuki Kinoshita ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
30
⭐ 8.7
Aesthetics of an Instant
Naruto loses all reason to anger and is gradually taken over by the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit. Having been forewarned by Jiraiya, Kakashi narrowly manages to suppress the Nine-Tailed Fox.
🎬 Shigeharu Takahashi ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
31
⭐ 8.6
The Legacy
Relying on Naruto's power, Granny Chiyo performs the Transmigration Jutsu on Gaara.
🎬 Shinji Satoh ✍️ Satoru Nishizono
32
⭐ 7.8
Return of the Kazekage
Gaara and his rescuers make a triumphant return to the Hidden Sand Village.
🎬 Hiroshi Kimura ✍️ Satoru Nishizono