Naruto

Naruto

NARUTO -ナルト-
2002 -2007 Studio Pierrot TV Tokyo 220 episodes Completed
Action Adventure Martial Arts
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Details & Synopsis
Naruto Uzumaki was born on the night the Fourth Hokage sealed the Nine-Tailed Fox inside him to save the village. The village watched the demon go in. It forgot to tell the child what it had done to him. What followed was twelve years of a boy growing up knowing he was hated and not knowing why, loud, relentless, failing every test, eating ramen alone, until the day he graduated dead last from the Academy and became a ninja anyway through sheer refusal to stay down.
That is the premise. What the series becomes is something larger.
Naruto ran for 220 episodes on TV Tokyo from 2002 to 2007, produced by Studio Pierrot from Masashi Kishimoto's manga. The Chunin Exam arc is one of the great tournament sequences in shonen history. Naruto vs. Neji is a thesis statement about fate and effort that the show earns through fifty episodes of buildup before it delivers. The Sasuke Retrieval arc ends on failure, the hero does not get his friend back, does not keep his promise, is found in the dirt by Kakashi while Sasuke walks away, and that failure is the most radical thing a shonen series had done to its protagonist in years.
In the West, Cartoon Network aired a version. That version was not this. The broadcast cut removed blood, altered dialogue, and softened the things the show was specifically built around. The fansub community knew it immediately. ANBU-AonE, the result of a merger between two of the era's most respected groups, became the definitive answer. Their karaoke openings. Their translation fidelity. The weekly releases that IRC rooms and BitTorrent trackers distributed before streaming existed as a concept. Before Crunchyroll. Before legal alternatives. Before anyone in the industry believed Western audiences would watch anime subtitled in volume.
This archive holds the complete ANBU-AonE fansub run, all 220 episodes, the version the community actually watched, the version that built the Western Naruto fandom from the ground up. Not the broadcast. Not the remaster. The original release, as it was distributed, as it was intended.
This is provenance. This is the record.
Alt Title NARUTO -ナルト-
Studio Studio Pierrot
Network TV Tokyo
Aired 2002 - 2007
Episodes 220
Genre Action, Adventure, Martial Arts
Status Completed
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Village & World Atlas

The Five Great Shinobi Nations

Land of Fire (Konohagakure)

Hidden Leaf Village · Will of Fire · Central Power
Situated in the lush, fertile center of the continent. Governed by the Feudal Lord of Fire and military leader Hokage. Known for its rich agricultural economy, vast forests, and foundational role in pioneering the Hidden Village system under Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

Land of Wind (Sunagakure)

Hidden Sand Village · Arid Wasteland · Economic Strain
A vast, harsh desert realm bordered by sheer sandstone cliffs. Due to severe financial cuts by the Wind Feudal Lord, Sunagakure under the Fourth Kazekage was forced to downsize its standing army, focusing heavily on elite puppet masters, sand manipulation, and high-quality individual shinobi.

Land of Water (Kirigakure)

Hidden Mist Village · Island Archipelago · Bloody Mist Era
An isolated chain of misty, oceanic islands. Historically plagued by internal civil wars, bloodline purges, and the tyrannical "Bloody Mist" graduation rites overseen by the Fourth Mizukage (Yagura). Home to the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

Land of Lightning (Kumogakure)

Hidden Cloud Village · High-Altitude Fortress · Military Might
A mountainous peninsula surrounded by perpetual clouds and thunder. Kumogakure boasts an aggressively expanded military culture, heavy Lightning Release/Taijutsu styles, and the most successful Jinchūriki control program (Killer B and the Eight-Tails).

Land of Earth (Iwagakure)

Hidden Stone Village · Natural Ramparts · Subterranean Defense
A rugged, rocky country enclosed by stone mountain ranges that form natural defensive barriers. Governed historically by Ōnoki the Third Tsuchikage, Iwagakure's military doctrine emphasizes rigid obedience, subterranean tactics, and historical reliance on mercenary networks.

Minor & Buffer Nations

Land of Rain (Amegakure)

Industrial Warzone · Perpetual Rainfall · Akatsuki Birthplace
A densely built, highly industrial minor state sandwiched directly between the Lands of Fire, Wind, and Earth. Serving as the primary battlefield for three Great Shinobi World Wars, Amegakure gave rise to Hanzō of the Salamander and Pain's Rain faction.

Land of Waves (Nami no Kuni)

Poverty Archipelago · Gatō's Monopoly · Great Naruto Bridge
A impoverished, bridge-less island nation lacking its own shinobi village. Sufferings under the tyrannical economic blockade of corporate mobster Gatō until Team 7 defeated Zabuza and Haku, completing the construction of the Great Naruto Bridge.

Land of Sound / Rice Fields (Otogakure)

Orochimaru's Domain · Subterranean Labs · Experimental Facilities
Formerly the Land of Rice Fields, Orochimaru seized control of the small border territory to construct Otogakure, a network of secret underground laboratories and training grounds dedicated to biological human experiments and Curse Mark development.
Orochimaru

Land of Whirling Tides (Uzushiogakure)

Ruined Uzumaki Homeland · Destroyed Fūinjutsu Capital
An extinct island state once home to the Uzumaki clan. Fearing the clan's legendary mastery of sealing arts (Fūinjutsu) and immense life force, an alliance of neighboring nations invaded and completely annihilated the village prior to the Second War.

Key Strategic Landmarks

Valley of the End (Shūmatsu no Tani)

Fire/Sound Border · Hashirama vs. Madara Monument
A massive waterfall canyon cut into the border of the Land of Fire. Formed during the catastrophic duel between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, featuring two monumental stone statues carved into the canyon cliffs honoring the rivals.

Forest of Death (Shi no Mori)

Chūnin Exam Zone 44 · 10km Restricted Wilderness
A 10-kilometer radius restricted survival arena surrounding Konoha. Infested with giant venomous fauna, carnivorous flora, and dangerous terrain, utilized as the secondary testing ground for the Chūnin Exams.