Naruto Shippūden (2007)
Original title: ナルト 疾風伝
Naruto Shippūden is a 2007 Japanese-language animation series. It stars Junko Takeuchi, Noriaki Sugiyama and Chie Nakamura.
Naruto Uzumaki comes home to the Hidden Leaf Village after two and a half years of training, older, stronger, and still chasing his dream of becoming Hokage. The village he returns to is more dangerous than the one he left: Akatsuki, a shinobi organization with its own designs, is on the move, and the friends he grew up with have grown alongside him. This sequel arc deepens the rivalries, the ninja politics, and the emotional stakes of Masashi Kishimoto's saga. Studio Pierrot animates the long-running series with big set-piece battles and a stubbornly hopeful hero at its center.
Quick answers
What is Naruto Shippūden about?
Naruto Uzumaki comes home to the Hidden Leaf Village after two and a half years of training, older, stronger, and still chasing his dream of becoming Hokage. The village he returns to is more dangerous than the one he left: Akatsuki, a shinobi organization with its own designs, is on the move, and the friends he grew up with have grown alongside him. This sequel arc deepens the rivalries, the ninja politics, and the emotional stakes of Masashi Kishimoto's saga. Studio Pierrot animates the long-running series with big set-piece battles and a stubbornly hopeful hero at its center.
When was Naruto Shippūden released?
Naruto Shippūden was released on 15 February 2007.
How many episodes does Naruto Shippūden have?
Naruto Shippūden has 500 episodes across 20 seasons.
Where can I watch Naruto Shippūden?
Naruto Shippūden is available on Adult Swim, Crunchyroll Premium, Crunchyroll Premium (Via Prime), Hulu, Google Play and Amazon.
Where to watch Naruto Shippūden
Stream: Adult Swim, Crunchyroll Premium, Crunchyroll Premium (Via Prime), Hulu
Rent: Google Play
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
Cast
- Junko Takeuchi as Naruto Uzumaki (voice)
- Noriaki Sugiyama as Sasuke Uchiha (voice)
- Chie Nakamura as Sakura Haruno (voice)
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Kakashi Hatake (voice)
- Showtaro Morikubo as Shikamaru Nara (voice)
- Satoshi Hino as Sai (voice)
- Akira Ishida as Gaara (voice)
- Hideo Ishikawa as Itachi Uchiha (voice)
- Koichi Tochika as Neji Hyuga (voice)
- Keiko Nemoto as Shizune (voice)
- Kujira as Orochimaru (voice)
- Masako Katsuki as Tsunade (voice)
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A few thoughts on Naruto Shippūden
Fans of Naruto's mix of ninja action, rivalry, and heart should try the manga Rurouni Kenshin for its wandering-swordsman battles, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle for the same escalating shonen spectacle on the big screen. The film Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender shares its martial-arts-and-destiny mix, and the sweeping Berserk score suits its darker turns.
Long-running shonen anime built on training arcs and escalating battles
Naruto Shippuden runs on the same engine these shows do: a young fighter grinds through training, then throws everything into fights that keep raising the ceiling. If the rhythm of new techniques, tournament stakes and stubborn heroes kept you watching Naruto's return, these battle epics carry the same momentum across dozens of arcs.
The manga pages behind the biggest action anime
Kishimoto drew Naruto before Studio Pierrot animated it, and the same is true of these. Reading the source manga gives you the fights and character turns at your own pace, ink instead of motion. Fans of Shippuden's shinobi world will recognize the shonen DNA in these long-running action comics.
Ninja, swordsmen and warrior legends in anime
Shippuden lives and dies by its ninja: stealth, jutsu and duels between rivals who grew up together. These anime share that warrior focus, trading masked assassins and drawn blades across feudal battlefields and modern shadows. If the shinobi combat mattered more to you than the power scaling, start here.
Animated heroes fighting to protect their world
Naruto never stops believing he can save the people who doubt him, and that hopeful-hero streak runs through these too. Whether the setting is a bending nation, a mutant team or a demon-slaying corps, each follows young fighters carrying the weight of a world on their shoulders. Big-hearted action animation, East and West.