

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.

The show has earned plenty of positive reviews as audiences and critics gravitated towards its lively characters and clean animation, although some have found the earlier seasons to feature too much padding.This article is about the episodes in the original Naruto series. It ran for 220 episodes, with multiple story arcs, including the appearance of villains such as the Akatsuki and Orochimaru. It followed the protagonist as he and his fellow trainees, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, were taught how to take on missions and grow as ninjas under the watchful eye of Kakashi Hatake. The original Naruto anime focused on the titular ninja when he was still a young boy in the process of training. Over the course of two decades, the world of Naruto has garnered a passionate fanbase. The sequel project, Naruto: Shippuden, took over after the original show ended its run and kept the series going for another decade, helping to solidify the franchise as one of the most influential anime stories in history. Based on the manga by Masashi Kishimoto, the series began airing in October 2002 and ran until 2007.
