Transcription: ' Itami ni chikau ketsui' ( Japanese: 痛みに誓う決意) Transcription: ' Kiri no ansatsusha!' ( Japanese: 霧の暗殺者!) Transcription: ' Jūyō ninmu! Nami no Kuni e chō-shuppatsu!' ( Japanese: 重要任務!波の国へ超出発!) 'A Dangerous Mission! Journey to the Land of Waves!' Transcription: ' Shikkaku? Kakashi no Ketsuron' ( Japanese: 失格?カカシの結論) Transcription: ' Shiren! Sabaibaru enshū' ( Japanese: 試練!サバイバル演習) Transcription: ' Shukuteki!? Sasuke to Sakura' ( Japanese: 宿敵!?サスケとサクラ) Transcription: ' Konohamaru da kore!' ( Japanese: 木ノ葉丸だコレ!) Transcription: ' Sanjō! Uzumaki Naruto!' ( Japanese: 参上!うずまきナルト) 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 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 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. For the list of episodes from Naruto: Shippuden, see List of Naruto: Shippuden episodes. This article is about the episodes in the original Naruto series.

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