Naruto (2005)

Naruto is an Anime based on the manga created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series was directed by Hayato Date and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo. In North America it was licensed by Viz Media. It oroginally aired on TV Tokyo between October 3, 2002 and February 8, 2007 and consisted of 220 episodes.

The English adaptation of the anime began airing on September 10, 2005 on Cartoon Network's Toonami. 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 till January 31, 2009 when episode 209, the last episode to air in US, was shown. On March 23, 2009 Viz stated that they have continued dubbing new episodes and intended to see them aired on television. However, new episodes from the series did not air in US but the remaining episodes were collected on DVD by VIZ, which was released on September 22, 2009.