[ Naruto / Boruto ]
edited 2026-05-21A complete watch and reading order for the Naruto franchise — Masashi Kishimoto's original manga, the Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden anime series, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and all 11 theatrical films. Tagged by canon tier so you can follow just the manga canon, skip filler arcs in Shippuden, or experience the full anime run.
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01ANIME
2002The 19-episode opening arc of the Naruto anime, broadcast October 2002 to February 2003 on TV Tokyo. Naruto Uzumaki — a boisterous orphan sh…
›02ANIME
2003The 48-episode second arc of the Naruto anime, broadcast February to December 2003. Team 7 and several rival Konoha genin squads participate…
›03ANIME
2003The 13-episode third arc of the Naruto anime, broadcast December 2003 to February 2004. The Chunin Exams' final stage is interrupted by a co…
›04ANIME
2004The 29-episode fifth arc of the Naruto anime, broadcast August 2004 to March 2005 — and the final manga-adapted arc of Naruto Part I. Corrup…
›05ANIME
2004The 26-episode fourth arc of the Naruto anime, broadcast February to August 2004. With Konoha leaderless, Jiraiya takes Naruto on a journey…
›06ANIME
2005The 85-episode filler block that closes the original Naruto anime, broadcast March 2005 to February 2007. Produced while the manga's Part II…
›07ANIME
2007The opening 32-episode arc of Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast February to October 2007 on TV Tokyo. Two and a half years after Sasuke's defecti…
›08ANIME
2007The second arc of Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast October 2007 to March 2008. Tsunade assigns Team Kakashi a mission to meet an Orochimaru spy…
›09ANIME
2008The 17-episode fourth arc of Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast July to November 2008. The Akatsuki pair Hidan — an immortal ritualised killer — a…
›10ANIME
2008A 24-episode filler arc in Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast November 2008 to April 2009. Team 7, Team 8, and Team 10 are dispatched to suppress…
›11ANIME
2008An 18-episode filler arc in Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast March to July 2008. Naruto and Team Asuma investigate the resurrection of the Twelv…
›12ANIME
2009A 63-episode manga-canon block in Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast April 2009 to September 2010 (with a brief filler pause at episodes 144–151).…
›13ANIME
2009An 8-episode filler arc embedded within the Itachi Pursuit storyline in Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast June to August 2009. The six-tails jinc…
›14ANIME
2010A 21-episode filler arc in Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast October 2010 to March 2011. A series of flashback and side stories set during the ti…
›15ANIME
2011The 25-episode Five Kage Summit arc of Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast March to September 2011. The five Kage of the great nations convene to a…
›16ANIME
2011A 21-episode filler arc in Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast September 2011 to February 2012. Naruto is relocated to a remote island to train wit…
›17ANIME
2012The 50-episode first battle phase of the Fourth Great Ninja War in Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast April 2013 to March 2014 (following a filler…
›18ANIME
2012The 33-episode war-prelude arc of Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast February to October 2012. The Allied Shinobi Forces finalise preparations acr…
›19ANIME
2014The manga-canon war climax episodes of Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast March 2014 to January 2015 with filler interspersed. Madara revives hims…
›20ANIME
2014Filler episodes scattered through the Fourth Shinobi World War arc of Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast between 2014 and 2015. Includes stand-alo…
›21ANIME
2015The 24-episode final arc of the Naruto: Shippuden main story, broadcast January to June 2015 (including 4 bridging filler episodes). Kaguya…
›22ANIME
2016The 50-episode closing block of Naruto: Shippuden, broadcast June 2016 to March 2017. Includes extended flashback arcs exploring Naruto's an…
›23ANIME
2017The opening 15-episode block of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, broadcast April to July 2017 on TV Tokyo. Set over a decade after the Fourt…
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2017The 16-episode Chunin Exams arc of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, broadcast November 2017 to February 2018. Boruto enters the Chunin Exams…
›25ANIME
2017Five episodes of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, broadcast August to September 2017, directly adapting Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto Gaiden: T…
›26ANIME
2020The 64-episode manga-adapted arc of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, broadcast March 2020 to March 2022. The sinister Kara organisation and…
›27ANIME
2022The 73-episode closing arc of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, broadcast April 2022 to March 2023. Code, the sole surviving inner member of…
›▾manga4 items · 4 unwatched
▾theatrical films11 items · 11 unwatched
▾specials & ovas4 items · 4 unwatched
▾novels & side manga6 items · 6 unwatched