Naruto is one of the bestselling mangas ever and has spurned numerous movies as well as multiple TV series with hundreds of episodes. While this is a fantastic development for its fans, it can also be a bit challenging to figure out the correct order in which to watch these movies and TV series so as to logically follow the adventures of the young titular warrior of the story. If such a dilemma confronts you, then you are in the right place, as we have got the correct Naruto watch order right here.
How Many Parts Does Naruto Series Have?
The Naruto manga is split into two parts. The first part tells the origin story of the titular character. He grew and progressed, became a ninja, embarked on numerous exams, and joined a team featuring Sakura and Sasuke with Kakashi as their mentor. Naruto and his team embark on many successful adventures together, but by the end of Part 1, Sasuke turns against them.
The second part of Naruto sees Naruto go head to head with Sasuke. Other numerous battles are also fought to maintain peace in Konoha and beyond, and in the end, Sasuke repents while Naruto becomes the leader of Konoha. The first part of Naruto manga corresponds to the first Naruto TV series which originally aired from October 2, 2002, to February 8, 2007. It had a total of 220 episodes.
The 2nd part of the Naruto manga has been made into a TV series known as Naruto: Shippuden. It originally aired from February 15, 2007 – March 23, 2017, and had a whopping 500 episodes.
Recam How Naruto Anime is Divided
- Naruto anime (2002 – 2007)
- Naruto: Shippuden (2007 – 2017)
List of Naruto Movies in Order
Naruto has not only spurned two hit TV series but 11 movies as well 12 home videos. For our purposes here, we will be focusing on the 11 theatrical films, and they are:
- Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004)
- Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005)
- Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006)
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007)
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008)
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009)
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010)
- Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison (2011)
- Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)
- The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
- Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)
How To Watch Naruto Series in Order
To watch the Naruto series in order, one would watch not only the series per se but also a handful of the films as well in order to get the full picture of the stories. Therefore, to watch the Naruto series in order, one must first watch Naruto episodes 1 to 101.
At this juncture, you will have to stop watching the series and then switch to watching the very first Naruto movie, which is 2004’s Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow. This tells the story of Naruto and his teammates traveling to the land of snow to protect a bunch of film stars.
After watching Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, one will have to return to the Naruto series and watch episodes 102 to 160. Then, they will head back to the movies section again to now watch the second Naruto movie known as Legend of the Stone of Gelel, which was released in 2005.
To continue watching Naruto in order, you will now have to watch episodes 161 to 196 of the series. The next thing to tackle will be the 3rd Naruto movie known as Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006). After tackling this, then you are finally ready to watch the last episodes of the Naruto series, which is episodes 197 – 220.
Naruto Series Watch Order
- Naruto (Episodes 1-101)
- Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004)
- Naruto (Episodes 102-160)
- Naruto the Movie: The Legend Stone of Gelel (2005)
- Naruto (Episodes 161-196)
- Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006)
- Naruto (Episodes 197-220)
How To Watch Naruto Shippuden in Order
The Naruto Shippuden series is pretty much interspaced with the Naruto Shippuden movies. So, to follow the series chronologically, one has to alternate with the movies as well. For the purpose of the watch order, we will focus on the episodes as a whole and not break them down into seasons and episodes.
If you want to watch Naruto Shippuden in order, then you start with Episodes 1-23. After that, you watch the 2007 movie Naruto Shippuden the Movie. After watching the movie, you watch episodes 24 to 69. Having done that, you return to the movies and watch Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008).
The next lineup on your watching order will now be episodes 70 to 120 of the Naruto Shippuden series, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009), episodes 121 to 171 of Naruto Shippuden series, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010), episodes 172 to 220 of Naruto Shippuden series, Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison (2011); episodes 221 to 271 of Naruto Shippuden series, and Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012).
To continue watching the Naruto Shippuden series in order, resume with episodes 272 to 390 of the Naruto Shippuden series, The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014), episodes 391 to 423 of Naruto Shippuden series, Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015) and then conclude with episodes 424 to 500 of Naruto Shippuden.
The Correct Naruto Shippuden Watch Order
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 1-23)
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 24-32)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 33-53)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 54-69)
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 70-71)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 72-88)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 89-112)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 113-120)
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 121-143)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 144-151)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 152-171)
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 171-175)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 176-196)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 197-220)
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episode 25 221)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 222-242)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 243-271)
- Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 272-275)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 276-295)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 296-320)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 321-348)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 349-361)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 362-372)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 373-390)
- The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 391-393)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 394-413)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 414-423)
- Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 424-479)
- Naruto Shippuden (Episodes 480-500)
How Many Seasons are in Naruto?
Naruto has 27 seasons in total. The first five seasons belong to the first Naruto anime series, which ran from 2002 to 2007. Naruto Shippuden then has 22 seasons broken down into a varying number of episodes.
Naruto Shippuden ran from 2007 to 2017, which is 11 years in total. Both series are now available on various streaming platforms for anyone that wants to catch up with them.
How Many Episodes are in Naruto?
Naruto has a total of 720 episodes. The first 220 episodes belong to the first Naruto anime series, while Naruto Shippuden has 500 episodes in total. It must be pointed out that a good number of these episodes are filler episodes, i.e., episodes that are not based on what is in the source manga. Naruto anime series has about 85 filler episodes out of the total 220 episodes, while 40% of Naruto Shippuden or 199 episodes is filler.
What Do I Watch After Naruto?
If you have finished watching Naruto and so loved what you watched that you will love more of the action, then you can watch Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. This chronicles the adventures of Naruto’s son Boruto as well as his pals, Sarada Uchiha (daughter of Sakura and Sasuke) and Mitsuki (Orochimaru’s artificial son).
The likes of Sasuke, Sakura, and of course, Naruto routinely appear, meaning that you can catch more action from your favorite stars. You can also watch other interesting animes such as Attack on Titan, One Piece, and Dragon Ball after watching Naruto.
