Naruto (Anime)

Naruto (ナルト) is a Japanese anime series that was created, written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The show aired in Japan on October 3, 2002 to February 8, 2007. The English version began aired on September 10, 2005. But 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. The remaining 11 episodes in English aired in Canada on YTV from October 25, 2009 to December 6, 2009. The show's main character, Uzumaki Naruto, is a loud, energetic, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition. Naruto finds two friends in Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura, two young ninja who are assigned with him to form a three-squad under a very experienced sensei named Hatake Kakashi. Naruto also encounters other characters that he met throughout the Chunin Exam. He and the other characters learn new skills, get to know each other better, and experience a coming of age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the Hokage.

Plot
12 years ago, a vicious tailed beast known as the Nine-Tails, attacked the shinobi village of Konohagakure. Many shinobi fought the beast, but it defeated and killed all those that stood in front of it. Luckily, the town was saved when the village's leader, the Fourth Hokage, sealed the beast with an infant boy at the cost of his own life. In the present, Uzumaki Naruto is a prankster who is constantly causing trouble throughout Konohagakure, most recently having placed graffiti all over the Hokage Monument. Much of the village dislikes him for it, but he enjoys the attention garnered from reprimands, as he had no parents or friends due to the villagers abusing him daily for no apparent reason.

During class Naruto shows his Sexy Technique to his teacher, Umino Iruka. But he gets scolded and as punishment, he has to clean off all the paint off the Hokage Monument, however Naruto gets excited when Iruka treats him to dinner at Ramen Ichiraku. While eating at the restaurant, Naruto tells Iruka that his idol is the Fourth Hokage and that his dream goal is to become Hokage so he have the villagers acknowledge him. Soon after Naruto asks Iruka if he can try on his forehead protector, but Iruka tells him no. As payback Naruto asks him for another bowl of Ramen, while Iruka session that this is why Naruto took off his goggles.

Despite claiming to be a talented shinobi who would someday become Hokage, Naruto is incapable of performing basic techniques such as the Clone Technique. When this leaves him unable to graduate from the Nija Academy for the third time, one of his instructors, Mizuki, tells Naruto that if he could steal the Scroll of Seals and learn one of its secret techniques he would be allowed to continue on to the ranks of the ninja anyway and graduate. After successfully stealing the scroll, Naruto is caught by Iruka, who realized that Naruto had been tricked. Iruka protects Naruto from the Mizuki who is planning to take the scroll for himself.

As Mizuki tells Naruto that he has the Nine-Tails sealed within him on the day of his birth. He goes on to explain that the villagers hate him for the monster he contains and that Iruka, whose parents were killed by the Nine-Tails, must hate him the most. Iruka said this was not the case, as he did not blame Naruto for the beast's actions, and that in fact he, having grown up also craving attention, sympathized with Naruto. Naruto believes Iruka and uses his newly-mastered Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to defeat Mizuki. Amazed by the complicated technique that Naruto has learned, Iruka officially makes Naruto a ninja by giving him his own forehead protector, and tells him that they will celebrate by having Ramen. However Naruto secretly smiles and happily cries as he jumps on Iruka by hugging him. As he is in pain from his back wound, Iruka says that Naruto will face the hardships of being a ninja, but says he will tell Naruto this when they get to the restaurant.

During the day, Naruto uses a bizarre photograph of himself in his Ninja Registration Form. The Third Hokage tells him to retake his photo, as the photograph made him seem senseless, but Naruto refuses and used his Sexy Technique in order to frustrate him. Soon after the Hokage asks Naruto why he isn't wearing his forehead protector, but Naruto tells him that he doesn't want to damage. Then the Hokage wonders why Naruto made such a weird paint design.

However a child tries to attack the Hokage but trips on his own scarf. But then a ninja arrives and seems concerned for the child. He notices Naruto, identifying him as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. The child claims that Naruto made him fall, trying to deny the fact that he falls over himself. However Naruto angrily tells the boy the truth. But, Ebisu, tells him that the child is the grandson of the Third Hokage; revealing him to be Sarutobi Konohamaru. When Konohamaru taunts Naruto by calling him weak, Naruto angrily hits him on the head, this even surprised Konohamaru mostly.

Soon after Ebisu tells Konohamaru to stay away from Naruto and to train with him so he will be Hokage quicker, but the boy slips away during Ebisu's speech to follow Naruto. Ebisu panics and leaves swiftly while the Hokage comments that Naruto wouldn't teach Konohamaru something stupid. Konohamaru follows Naruto through Konohagakure, by trying to avoid being spotted. However Naruto sees through his obvious disguise, and calls the disguise weak. Therefore Konohamaru ordered Naruto to train and teach him how to overthrow the Third Hokage. However Naruto refuses and Konohamaru calls him boss which shocks him. Soon after Naruto finally agrees.

While in public he tells Konohamaru that Sexy Technique is about hard work and guts. He then tells him to transform into the beautiful lady that he is pointing at. When Konohamaru asks Naruto if he looks like the woman he wanted him to transform in, Naruto lies but the real woman standing behind Naruto angrily hits him on the head. Then Naruto sneaks Konohamaru into the book store to look at magazines but the book store owner catches. He then hits Naruto with his broom off screen. Soon after Naruto has a black which suggests that he got it from the book store owner. So he and Konohamaru arrive at the woman's bath house, they use their sexy technique to get in but the girls recognize Naruto right away and break him up off screen.

While they are in the forest, Konohamaru apologized to Naruto for everything so far because of his status as the grandson of the Hokage. But Naruto tells him not to worry and now he can master the Sexy Technique. Mean while Ebisu finally where's the two boys location. As the boys take a break, Naruto asked Konohamaru why he is obsessed with the Hokage. Konohamaru tells him that the people never identified him as himself and just sees him as the Hokage's grandson. So Konohamaru wants to be Hokage, but Naruto tells him that it is not easy to become one he too shares the same goal which shocks Konohamaru.

At the rooftops of the Hokage mansion, Iruka asks the Hokage about Naruto's ninja registration form. The Hokage tells Iruka that Naruto did the assignment and Iruka is happy. Iruka tells the Hokage that he took Naruto out for Ramen the other day, and that Naruto truly wants be acknowledge by the whole village. However the Hokage explains that he has issued a decree not to let anybody know the fact that Naruto is a jinchuriki, and that he would punish any who would break it. He also says that the Fourth Hokage wants the village to see Naruto as a hero, but most of the villagers saw Naruto as the Nine-Tails itself. Including that Naruto has a hard showing the villagers that he exists.

Meanwhile Ebisu finally finds Konohamaru and Naruto. However Konohamaru announces that he was trying to learn the way to beat his grandfather so he could become Hokage. Ebisu taunts Konohamaru, who responds by using the Sexy Technique on him which distracts him. But Ebisu laughed upon seeing this technique and criticizes it which angers Naruto. So Ebisu try's to bring Konohamaru home by grabbing him through his scarf. Then Naruto uses his Shadow Clone Technique while The Hokage watches them with his Telescope Technique. Naruto transforms the clones into nude women with the Sexy Technique, causing Ebisu to have a huge nose bleed and fall unconscious.

However this surprises the third as he praised Naruto for the brilliant idea, but comment that the latter might use the technique on him too. Soon after Naruto tells Konohamaru that there is no shortcut to be Hokage, and that he had to work real hard which made one person acknowledged him so far. However Konohamaru realizes what Naruto is talking about and that they would be rivals. He also says that they would fight one day for the title of Hokage, however Naruto agrees and calls Konohamaru by his name which shocks him. He then tells Konohamaru to look forward to that day, but he also reveals his ninja status to the young boy. Naruto then waves goodbye to Konohamaru, while the Hokage comments that Naruto's finally start his journey of being a shinobi.

While eating breakfast, Naruto decides to wear his forehead protector instead of his goggles. As he walks to class Naruto sees Konohamaru fail attempt to attack him. Konohamaru reminds Naruto that they were supposed to play ninja since they are rivals. But Naruto reminds Konohamaru that he is a real head now and shows his forehead protector to him. This shocks Konohamaru overall and Naruto smiles. While at the Ninja Academy, Naruto happily sits at a desk. Meanwhile Sakura fixes her hair and is about to leave her house. But her inner self comments that her parents treat her like a child. While walking in the village, Sakura admits that she's not a student no more, but a female shinobi. However she sees Ino leave her house. The two began walking together even saying that their ruin friendship is in the past. So the two girls begin to race to the Ninja Academy.

Soon after Naruto speaks to Shikamaru. While Hinata is happy that Naruto graduate. Then Sakura and Ino might it to class, but they argue on who might it fist. Sakura then pushes Naruto out the way so see can sit next to Sasuke. However all the girls comment that they want to sit next to Sasuke.

Therefore Naruto jumps on top of the desk, and the two glare at each other. That is until a boy sitting in front of Naruto accidentally bumps his elbow onto Naruto and causes him to fall on Sasuke, much to everyone's disgust. Soon after Naruto gets up by Sakura and all the other fan girls off screen. Meanwhile the Third Hokage tells all the jonin about Naruto and Sasuke.

Later, Iruka announced the members of Team 7, Team 8, and Team 10. However Naruto is happy to be with but hates being with Sasuke. Whereas Sakura hates being with Naruto but loves being with Sasuke. Upon seeing how sad Naruto is, Hinata wished that she was on Naruto's team, but she ends up with Kiba and Shino. Therefore Sakura gives Ino a peace sign, which angers her rival. However Ino is annoy that she has Shikamaru and Choji on her team.

Shortly after Naruto approaches Sakura to have lunch, but she coldly dismisses him and leaves to find Sasuke. Upon sitting on a rooftop, Naruto angrily formulates a plan to make Sakura dislike Sasuke. However Naruto sees Sasuke eating lunch by himself. Therefore Naruto ambushes Sasuke through an open window, but the two were unaware that Ino and her teammates saw this. Soon after Sasuke is shown standing over a bound and gagged Naruto. Later, Sakura comments that everything about her changed except for her huge forehead. However she sees Sasuke leaning on a tree, and she day dreams about him wanting to comment her on her beautiful forehead.

However she cames back into reality when he asked her what she thought of Naruto. Sakura angrily replied that Naruto was annoying and that if he always had his way, she would never be happy. She then tells Sasuke that all she wants is for him to like her. As Sakura leaned in to kiss Sasuke, his stomach acts up and he was forced to go to the bathroom. This makes Sakura wonder if Sasuke is shy. However it was shown that Naruto had actually overpowered Sasuke and tied him up.

Meanwhile, the real Sasuke, who had managed to escape Naruto's bonds, walked by Sakura, who asks her if she seen Naruto. But she asks him why does he always to see Naruto. She even proceeded to mock Naruto, believing that he was such a brat because he has no parents to teach him how to behave. She even says that he is alone because of his childhood. However Sasuke became angry at Sakura saying that children who are orphaned fell lonely because they had no one in their life to take care of them.

Sakura asks him what does he mean, but he tells Sakura that she was annoying which shocks her and he leaves.Then Naruto runs into Sasuke after leaving the restroom. Sasuke ask him why he used the Transformation Technique to pass as him, but Naruto refuses to answer him. He then uses the Shadow Clone Technique to attack Sasuke, but all of the clones had to go to the bathroom. Upon seeing this Sasuke calls Naruto a idiot and leaves. While Sakura resolved to be a little nicer to Naruto in the future. Soon after Naruto approaches Sakura and when she tries to be friendly to him, Naruto thought that it was Sasuke who transformed into her. He yells at Sakura but flees once more to the bathroom, as he leaves this annoys Sakura. The Third Hokage and Kakashi were at Naruto's house. The Hokage briefs Kakashi on Team 7, which Kakashi would be leading. Kakashi examines a carton and declares that the milk had spoiled a long time ago, commenting about how much of a problem Naruto would be. The episode ends with Naruto in the bathroom while having a stomach ache.

As Naruto and his teammates wait for Kakashi. Naruto decides to put an eraser in between the open door as a prank for their new teacher being late. Sakura tells Naruto not to blame her for this, her inner self likes the idea. While Sasuke comments their teacher would fall for it. However Kakashi for it, which makes Naruto laugh while Sakura says that the prank was Naruto's idea whereas her inner self says the prank was awesome. While Sasuke thinks that Kakashi, however much to him and his teammates annoyance they hears Kakashi say that he dislikes them.

While on the rooftop, Kakashi takes the day to let the team bond by having them each introduce themselves to each other. However Kakashi tells his students his name, and that he has many hobbies. Soon after Naruto says that he likes ramen, hates how to cook it, likes pulling pranks and that he wants to be Hokage one day so the villagers can look up to him. As Sakura introudced herself, she merely blushes and glances at Sasuke. While Sasuke says he hates many things and dislikes the word "dreams", but declares that his goal is to kill a certain man.

After introductions are done, Kakashi then instructs them they will undergo a survival test. Kakashi then tells them to meet him at the training and not to eat breakfast. The next day while waiting at the training field, the students learn that one of Kakashi's hobbies is being late. Soon after he explains the test will be a survival battle in which the students attempt to take one of two bells from Kakashi. He then says only two will pass the test, and one will be sent back to the Ninja Academy.

As the test is beginning, Sakura and Sasuke start by hiding, but Naruto, attacks Kakashi with shadow clones. A clone then grabs Kakashi's back and all the other clones grab Kakashi's legs to hold him still while the real Naruto can attack Kakashi. However Kakashi evades Naruto's attack with a replacement technique leaving Naruto to fight his own clones. As Naruto then notices a bell lying under a nearby tree, he falls for a snare set by Kakashi, leaving him hanging upside down. Kakashi recovers the bell and lectures Naruto about falling for obvious traps. At that time, Sasuke attacks his sensei with shuriken and kunai, seemingly killing Kakashi.

However Kakashi evaded Sasuke's previous attack. He then deals with Sakura by luring her into a genjutsu. By making her see that Sasuke is hurt, which causes her to pass out. Meanwhile Sasuke fights using taijutsu on Kakashi, while he can't read his book. Then Sasuke uses a fire technique on Kakashi, but he evaded the attack by using his Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique. Soon after Naruto sees where the lunches are at. While Sakura is no longer under the effect of the genjutsu, so she tries to find Sasuke. Soon after she finds Sasuke incapacitated and passes out. When she wakes up, she hugs Sasuke and he tells her that he was close enough to touch a bell. Which shock her, but she tells him that they can try again next time. But he angrily tells her that he is a avenger, and this confuses her.

Meanwhile Naruto tries to steal some lunch, but is caught. As time runs out, Kakashi says that the three will be completely dropped from the bell test, but cannot become ninja due to their incomprehension of the test's true goal: team-work. Sasuke then becomes angry and tries to attack Kakashi but the latter holds him down on the ground, which angers Sakura. However Kakashi tells Naruto that he attacked alone, and didn't even know that Sakura was at his location. While he says that Sakura knew where Naruto was, but didn't want to help him and only chose to find Sasuke. Whereas Sasuke chose not to work with Naruto and Sakura since he believed that he can do the task on his own. Kakashi then looks at the memorial stone, and his students learn that all victims that have their name on the stone had die trying to protect others.

He then instructs Sakura and Sasuke that if they are caught feeding Naruto food, they will fail the test. Sasuke turns around and offers Naruto some of his lunch after hearing his stomach growl. As Sakura tells him not do, Sasuke states that he does not sense Kakashi nearby, and that Naruto would be a liability to them later since his weakness would impair their teamwork. Sakura sees this and offers Naruto her food as well, although she is annoy that she has to feed him since Naruto's hands were tied to the post. As soon as Naruto is fed, Kakashi dramatically appears before them.

Kakashi apparently prepares to punish them all, but Sakura explains that they gave Naruto food because he's a member of their team. Therefore Kakashi then announces that they have all passed his test. He informs the team that they are the first team to ever pass his test and that they are now officially his students. He explains one of a ninja's most important rules: those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum. Naruto and Sakura are happy, but Sasuke smirks. Therefore Kakashi goes them a thumbs up along with telling them that their first mission begins tomorrow, and to get some rest. As he, Sasuke and Sakura leave, Naruto angrily tells them to untie him from the stomp log.

After successfully completing another D-ranked mission, which involved catching a cat. Naruto relentlessly asks the Hokage for a higher level mission. Therefore Team 7 is assigned to a mission escorting master bridge-builder Tazuna to the Land of Waves, and protecting him while he finishes building his bridge. It turns out that this task is more difficult than a C-rank mission. On their way to the Land of Waves, two Chunin-level ninja from Kirigakure emerge from a puddle and ambush them. The Demon Brothers apparently defeat Kakashi and then turn to the genin and Tazuna. Before the two have a chance to attack Tazuna, Kakashi reappears and effortlessly defeats them.

This makes Kakashi disappointed with the way Naruto poorly handled the situation, then proceeds to compliment Sakura and Sasuke for their courage. Sasuke calls Naruto a scary cat, which angers him. While Sakura suggests to quit the mission since Kakashi pointed out that Naruto's wound is poisoned. However Naruto takes out a kunai and stabs his hand with it in order to remove the poison. He then makes an oath that he will never run away or back down from any mission, threat, or enemy a including that he will not lose to Sasuke.

Soon after Kakashi observes that Naruto's wound had already begun to heal and assumes that it was due to the healing power of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. Subsequently, Gato, who hired the Demon Brothers to eliminate Tazuna, is shown complaining about their failure and states that there is a high-level ninja accompanying Tazuna. However Zabuza threatens Gatō with his Kubikiribocho. He states that he is the Demon of the Hidden Mist and that this time he himself will go and eradicate Tazuna.

As Team 7 is on a motorboat, that owned by Kaji. They secretly headed towards the Land of Waves while cover in fog. However Kakashi threatened to abandon the mission if Tazuna did not provide an adequate explanation for lying about the mission's difficulty level. Therefore He told them that an extremely wealthy businessman called Gato was responsible for his country's struggles, and could not afford any high ranked missions. Later as they were walking, Kakashi suddenly told everyone to duck just before a giant sword spun over them and a ninja appeared on the handle of the sword. The ninja revealed himself to be Zabuza Momochi, a missing-nin from Kirigakure. Zabuza demanded to have Tazuna, to which Kakashi refused.

When Kakashi recognized Zabuza, he was forced to use his Sharingan. Naruto and Sakura are shock and confused. But Sasuke immediately recognized it and explained, along with Zabuza, that the Sharingan is a dojutsu that can immediately see and anticipate all ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu at hand. Sasuke himself was confused, as only members of his clan wielded the Sharingan. Soon after Zabuza summoned a thick veil of mist, and Kakashi informed his team to protect Tazuna.

The great tension between the two jonin causes Sasuke to have a panic attack, but Kakashi is able to calm him down. Zabuza stated that it was over, and prepared to strike them all with his sword. However Kakashi raced toward them and stabbed Zabuza with his kunai just in time, but Zabuza revealed that he merely used a water clone. He then sliced Kakashi in half, but Kakashi, who also used a clone, appeared behind Zabuza, catching him off guard, and held a kunai to Zabuza's throat. However Zabuza captures Kakashi in his water technique.

With Kakashi captured in Zabuza's Water Prison Technique, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are forced to defend against Zabuza's attacks. As Kakashi tells them to run. Naruto instinctively moves to flee. However while feeling the pain in his hand, Naruto remembers his oath of pain. He decides to fight to save Kakashi and keep Tazuna alive. Therefore he tells Sasuke that he has a plan. Naruto uses his Shadow Clone Technique to completely surround Zabuza's clone, who, with one swing of his sword, causes most of Naruto's clones to scatter and disappear. The remaining Naruto passes a Fuma Shuriken to Sasuke, who senses his team-mate's plan. Sasuke uses the Shadow Shuriken Technique, by throwing two shurikens at Zabuza. Zabuza easily catches the first shuriken, but only dodges the second at the last moment. Once past Zabuza, the second shuriken transforms back into Naruto who had disguised himself to trick the superior ninja. Naruto throws a kunai at Zabuza that forces him to stop his technique, therefore freeing Kakashi from his prison.

As Naruto's strategy and teamwork with Sasuke is a success. Zabuza is forced to break his hold on Kakashi to avoid their attack. Saved from Zabuza's Water Prison Technique, Kakashi praised Naruto for his little plan, which Naruto didn't mind explaining to everyone. Soon after Kakashi attacks his enemy with multiple water techniques copied from Zabuza using his Sharingan. Zabuza becomes agitated seeing his own techniques used against him, and Kakashi easily defeats him. Before Kakashi can deliver the finishing blow, Zabuza is seemingly killed by a young hunter-nin from Kirigakure. Naruto is angry and jealous that someone so young could easily defeat an opponent that gave Team 7 so much trouble, but Kakashi says that there are many ninja younger than Naruto yet stronger than himself. The hunter-nin leaves with Zabuza's body, and Kakashi collapses from exhaustion due to the overuse of his Sharingan.

While is brought to Tazuna's house to recover from overuse of his Sharingan. As he wakes up, Kakashi realizes that Zabuza's death had been odd, and concludes that it had probably been an act. This shocks the whole team, and soon afterwards they meet Inari. As Inari criticizes them by telling them that Gato is going to kill them, and that heroes don't exist. Naruto decides to give Inari a piece of his mind, however as he hears Inari crying in his room as he mourns his father's death. Naruto b comes depress and decided not to punish Inari.

Elsewhere, the hunter-nin, named Haku, revives Zabuza, even revealing that he is in league with the missing-nin. Zabuza promises to crush Kakashi when they meet again. In the meantime, both Kakashi and Zabuza need to rest for at least a week to recover from their battle. To prepare for Zabuza's likely return, Kakashi takes Team 7 to the nearby woods for training, where they learn to walk up vertical surfaces using only their chakra. Sakura performs this perfectly the first time, but Naruto and Sasuke require extra training. However Kakashi notices that Naruto is finally getting a good grasp on teamwork by talking to Sakura, along with also recognizing that Naruto's chakra is the highest of all three of them that is present.

Difference Between Anime and Manga

 * Part I


 * In the manga, Naruto was shown having a long rope tie around his waist while he was defacing the Hokage Monument with paint. But in the anime, it shows Naruto being chased by random Konoha shinobi after he had defaced the Hokage Monument with paint.
 * In the manga, Iruka sees Naruto defacing the Hokage Monument, to which he yells at him to go back to class which scared Naruto overall. But in the anime, Iruka catches Naruto off guard after the boy had defaced the Hokage Monument by yelling at him while being behind him, which scared Naruto like crazy.
 * In the manga, a random Ninja Academy student was in front of Naruto doing the Transformation technique. While three other random Ninja Academy students were standing next to Naruto as Iruka calls his name. But in the anime, it was Sasuke that was in front of Naruto doing the Transformation Technique. While Shino, Ino and Shikamaru were standing next to Naruto as Iruka calls his name.
 * In the anime, Sasuke, Sakura and their classmates from Team Kurenai and Team Asuma are introduced at the beginning of the story. But in the manga, Sasuke and Sakura first appeared in the third chapter, while the other six were introduced at the beginning of the Chunin Exam Arc.
 * In the manga, Sasuke was shown sitting behind Naruto before they were call to do the Shadow Clone Technique. But in the anime, Sasuke was shown sitting next to Sakura and Shikamaru. Whereas Naruto sits with an unseen classmate.
 * In the manga, Mizuki confronted Naruto while he is walking in the village after he fail graduating from the Ninja Academy for the third time. But in the anime, he confronts Naruto while he is sitting at the Ninja Academy swing after he had fail the test.
 * In the manga, as Naruto sneaks into the Hokage Residence to steal the Scroll of Seals. He is caught by Hiruzen, but manages to escapes by using Sexy Technique while Hiruzen lies on the floor having a huge nosebleed. But in the anime, Hiruzen simply sends out the higher rank ninja after Naruto, and is exposed to the Sexy Technique when he refuses to accept Naruto's ninja registration photo.
 * In the manga, Mizuki sees Naruto leaving the Hokage Mansion with the scroll. But in the anime, Mizuki tells this to Iruka while the latter is at his house.
 * In the manga, as soon as Iruka finds Naruto in the woods while he is practicing a technique. Naruto happily calls Iruka "Nosebleeder" while also saying that he found him, to which Iruka calls Naruto a "Idiot" by telling him that it is he who has found him. But in the anime, this scene is never shown at all whatsoever. Instead Naruto just tells Iruka, that he is so fast by catching him off guard, that he only had time to learn one technique.
 * In the manga, when Mizuki throws multiple kunai at Umino Iruka, Iruka pulls a kunai out of his chest. But in the anime, none of the kunai hit his chest and he pulls a kunai out of his right leg instead.
 * In the manga, Iruka discards Mizuki's shuriken after he pulls it out of his back. But in the anime, he throws it back at Mizuki.
 * In the manga, Choza was shown as one of the shinobi assigned to capture Naruto after he had sealed the Scroll of Seals. But in the anime, this scene is never shown. Instead Choza was introduced during the Chunin Exam finals.
 * In the manga, Ebisu fixes his glasses with his middle finger. But in the anime, he also uses his index finger.
 * In the manga, before Naruto leaves his house to be assigned to a team. As he eats toast, his hairstyle is like Son Goku from Dragon Ball Z. But in the anime, Naruto eats breakfast with his normal hairstyle.
 * In the manga, Naruto tells a random classmate that he graduated from the Ninja Academy. But in the anime, Naruto tells this to Shikamaru.
 * In the manga, as Sakura wants to sit next to Sasuke. She pushes down Naruto and the random student down on the chair as the two are sitting down. While also asking Sasuke if the sit next to him is taken. But in the anime, Sakura pushes Naruto out the way. She then shyly asks Sasuke if she can sit with him.
 * In the manga, two random fan girls are angry that Sakura sit next to Sasuke. But in the anime, only is annoy that Sakura sit next to Sasuke.
 * In the manga, after Team Kakashi is formed, Sasuke is seen eating outside of a window with Naruto inside preparing an attack. But in the anime, Sasuke is seen eating inside the window while Naruto attacks him from the outside.
 * In the manga, Sakura's hair is short. But in the anime, her hair is very long.
 * In the manga, during the bell test at the Third Training Ground, Sasuke unleashes a barrage of shuriken and kunai that directly impale Kakashi in the face which causes blood to spray out from a front angle. But in the anime, he is pushed aside quickly and only the scene of him viewed from behind is left.
 * During the bell test, Kakashi casts a genjutsu spell on Sakura, showing her a gravely injured Sasuke. In the manga, "Sasuke" has a missing left arm, a twisted left leg and numerous kunai impaling his body. But in the anime, he only has a few kunai impaling his body.
 * In the manga, as a result of the genjutsu. Sakura is rendered unconscious on the ground. She is then seen with wide blank eyes and seizure-like foam coming out of the mouth. But in the anime, upon seeing the genjutsu. Sakura becomes frighten with tears in her eyes, soon after she screams and falls unconscious.
 * In the manga, after the Demon Brothers capture and seemingly kill Kakashi, a silhouette of different body parts being shred apart is shown. But in the anime, much of the blood and gore is removed.
 * In the manga, before battling Zabuza for the first time, Naruto throws two shuriken into the bushes, one of them nearly hitting a snow white rabbit. But in anime, it was two kunai instead.
 * In the anime, Zabuza's flak jacket design was altered by adding metal with the Kirigakure village symbol on each shoulder.
 * In the manga, Momochi Zabuza kills Toriichi Kumade with a tanto. But in the anime, he uses a kunai.
 * In the manga, when Kakashi tells Zabuza that his future is death, he only has his Sharingan eye open. But in the anime, both of his eyes are open.
 * In the manga, when Kakashi is describing the role of a hunter-nin a severed hand that is impaled with a knife is shown. But in the anime, this is removed.
 * In the manga after Kakashi's first encounter with Zabuza; Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura attempts to look at his face while he is sleeping. But in the anime, this event is simply skipped.
 * In the manga, in the flashback scene where Kaiza is crucified and then executed, his arms have also been chopped off. But in the anime, they are instead only badly broken and burned.
 * In the manga, it never shows how Tsunami was knocked out by Gato's thugs before Naruto arrived to save her. But in the anime, it does shown how she was knocked out.
 * In the manga, it never show how Haku's parents died. But in the anime, it does show how his parents died.
 * In the anime, when Kakashi unintentionally killed Haku with his Lightning Cutter, his hand only pierced the front of Haku's chest. But in the manga, Kakashi's hand went right through his body, with his hand visibly coming out of Haku's back.
 * In the manga, when Gato arrives and sees Haku's corpse, he is seen kicking him across the face as payback for when Haku nearly broke his arm. But in the anime, the kick to his face is not seen, and only Naruto's look of shock is seen instead.
 * In the manga, when attacking Gato to avenge Haku's death. Zabuza angrily cuts his head off. But in the anime, Zabuza stabs Gato in the chest and then instead slashes him multiple times across the chest, which results in Gato falling off the bridge to his death.
 * In the manga, after Haku is kill by Kakashi it shows that Sasuke only has a little bit of needles on his neck, arms and legs. But in the anime, he has a ton of needles all over his body including on his face.
 * In the manga, Naruto summons five clones to battle Gato's remaining thugs. But in the anime, he summoning a lot of clones.
 * In the manga, after Haku and Zabuza are buried Naruto tries to take the dumplings that are place on Haku and Zabuza's grave. But Sakura slaps his hand and scolds him for doing it. This scene is not shown in the anime at all. Instead Naruto and his just pay their respects to Zabuza and Haku at their graves.
 * In the manga, it never shown what missions Naruto did taking the chunin exams. But in the anime, it des show what missions he did.
 * In the manga, it was Temari who explained to Naruto what the Chunin Exams were. But in the anime, it is Konohamaru who does this.
 * In the manga, Temari scolded Naruto for not evening paying attention to her after she explains about the Chunin Exams. But in the anime, this scene is never shown. Instead Naruto asks Konohamaru if he is better than Sasuke.
 * In the manga, Gaara's sash is red. But in the anime, the sash is white.
 * In the manga, Guy was never present during Iruka and Kakashi's argument about Naruto being a former Ninja Academy student. But in the anime, Guy is present during the argument.
 * In the manga, when Ino is introduced. Her eyes are green. But in the anime, her eyes are blue.
 * In the manga, when Tenten is introduced. Her eyes are steel-grey, and hair is black. But in the anime, her eyes and hair are dark brown.
 * In the manga, an unnamed Chunin Exams proctor is shown with a tattoo on his head. But the anime, he is removed completely.
 * In the manga, when Mitarashi Anko threw a kunai at Naruto and cut his cheek, she licks the blood directly from Naruto's cheek. But in the anime, she only touches the blood from his cheek with her fingers.
 * In the manga, Orochimaru's summoning tattoo has alternating curves coming out of it. But in the anime, these are removed. This is corrected in subsequent appearances, but instead adds another error where the lower part of the seal is incorrect.
 * In the manga, when Anko fights Orochimaru, she used daggers. But in the anime, she used senbon.
 * In the manga, during the second phase of the Chunin Exams, Team Kurenai gets their second scroll from a Konoha team. But in the anime, it was changed to a team from Amegakure.
 * In the manga, when Gaara is about to kill Baiu and Midare, Temari says goodbye to them and also waves goodbye with a big smile on her face. But in the anime, she just watches Gaara kill them without saying anything to them.
 * In the manga, when Shikamaru, Ino and Choji appear after Neji has spotted them, Shikamaru is to the left and Choji to the right of Ino. But in the anime, after Neji starts to walk off, they change places. With Ino being in the middle, Shikamaru is on the right and with Choji being on the left.
 * In the manga, during the preliminary rounds of the Chunin Exams, Abumi Zaku's right arm is blown off when Aburame Shino uses his bugs to block Zaku's air tubes. In the anime, both of Zaku's arms remain attached to his body, only the skin on his arms break.
 * In the manga, Tenten and Temari's fight was never shown, due to Sakura and Ino's conversation occurring during their fight. But in the anime, Tenten and Temari's match was shown due to Sakura and Ino's conversation occurring before Tenten and Temari's match.
 * Often in the manga, women are almost always shown naked (in spa baths or via Naruto's Sexy Technique). Occasionally in the English version of the manga and often in the anime, the women are covered by something (such as towels, fog, or clouds) when they're shown.
 * In the manga, Jiraiya starts Naruto's training at the Konoha Hot Springs. But in the anime, he tries to escape from training by attempting to elude him through a series of antics, eventually he trains him nearby a river.
 * In the anime, Jiraya's conversation with Ebisu takes place before Dosu is killed by Gaara. Additionally, the anime moved the scene of Baki and Kabuto's conversation to take place immediately after Dosu's death instead of having Jiraiya's conversation in between both of these scenes. But in the manga, this scene takes place after Gaara kills Dosu while Kabuto's chat with Baki is shown after this scene.
 * In the manga, when Gaara attacks and kills Dosu using the power of Shukaku, the attack bifurcated Dosu, which is seen when the dust cloud Gaara created had cleared up. But in the anime only Dosu's injured arm was shown after the fatal attack and unlike the manga Gaara is also seen using this attack directly.
 * In the manga, when Kabuto speaks with Baki after Gaara killed Dosu, he wears a sleeveless outfit. But in the anime, he wears his usual attire. In Naruto Shippuuden episode 307, Kabuto wears a sleeveless purple shirt and blue pants, including his Konoha forehead protector.
 * In the manga, when Kabuto killed an Anbu during Naruto's battle with Neji at the Chunin Exams, he wears an Anbu uniform. But in the anime, he wears his usual attire instead of an Anbu uniform.
 * In the manga, when a member of the Anbu was killed by Kabuto during the final Chunin Exams, his face was shown. But in the anime, his face wasn't shown when he was killed.
 * In the manga, up until the second part of the Chunin Exams, Neji's hair tie was higher up, right at the base of his head. But in the anime, it was much lower.
 * The design of the Hyuga Main Family's Juinjutsu is different in the manga and anime. In the manga, it was a variation of a manji, a Buddhist symbol, but due to its similarity in appearance to the swastika (Nazi), it was altered into an X in the anime to avoid confusion.
 * In the manga, Hyuga Hiashi tells Neji the details behind his father's death himself evening vowing on the floor showing Neji that what he is telling him is true. But in the anime, he hands him a scroll that was written by his father, and then vows down to Neji after Neji had red the scroll.
 * In the manga, after a disguised Kabuto finishes healing Hinata, he knocks Inuzuka Kiba and his dog Akamaru unconscious during Naruto and Neji's fight. But in the anime, he knocks them out during Sasuke's fight with Gaara, just as Akamaru recognizes Kabuto's scent. However, when this scene is shown again in a flashback in Naruto Shippuuden, it's depicted like in the manga.
 * In the manga, Sasuke and Kakashi arrive to the finals shortly after Shikamaru's match had ended. But in the anime, the Third Hokage instead allows for another extension for Sasuke to arrive and he and Kakashi arrive just as Genma is about to cancel the match after the waiting time had expired.
 * In the manga, the Chidori surrounds the user's hand in lightning. But in the anime, it creates lightning in the palm of the user's hand.
 * In the manga, Naruto and Shikamaru didn't witness Gaara brutally murdered Shiba and Midori (which was not shown in detail), the hallway was completely splattered with their blood and body parts, to which Gaara even stepped on. The anime significantly reduced this by showing their murders in detail, but instead they were completely crushed within Gaara's sand, blood and bodies buried within it. Midori's attempt to escape before being dragged back in was exclusive to the anime as well. Including that Naruto and Shikamaru are present to witness this.
 * In the manga, when Kakashi defends Sakura against two Oto-nin, he impales them in the head with kunai. But in the anime, he slashes them across the chest with kunai instead.
 * In the manga, the Kusanagi looks more like a standard katana. But in the anime it is a double-edged jian.
 * In the manga, after Asuma rescues Shikamaru from a group of Oto-nin, he slashes them and punches using his trench knives, leaving their bloody corpses to the floor, he then flicks his cigarette into a pool of their blood. But in the anime, the brutal assault was censored with Asuma only punching them with the trench knives and never slashing them or smoking a cigarette.
 * In the manga, Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza first appeared during the Invasion of Konoha storyline as part of the counteroffensive alongside other family members of the Konoha 11. But in the anime, they were originally introduced earlier during the Konoha Festival in the Chunin Exams arc.
 * In the manga, Hiruzen's outfit bore the kanji for Third Hokage (三代目火影) on the back. But in the anime, it was changed to the kanji for fire (火). His outfit once again bore the kanji for Third Hokage upon his reanimation.
 * During the Third Hokage's fight with Orochimaru he rams Monkey King: Enma, who has transformed into an adamantine staff, into the Sword of Kusanagi, and his Enma is shown partially reversing the transformation. But in the anime, this is removed.
 * In the manga, immediately after ramming his adamantine staff into the Sword of Kusanagi, Hiruzen places explosive tags on the left leg of Hashirama and the right leg of Senju Tobirama, they are later shown healing while standing. In the anime, the tags are placed on the left leg of Hashirama and the right arm of Tobirama, they are shown healing while lying face down.
 * In the manga, Senju Hashirama uses the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique. But in the anime, Tobirama performs it.
 * In the manga, when Sarutobi Hiruzen raids Orochimaru's lair, there are several corpses strung along the walls. But in the anime, these corpses are replaced with shelves containing jars filled with remains and various organs.
 * In the manga, when Gaara presses Sakura up against a tree, blood trickles out of her mouth. But in the anime, this is removed.
 * In the manga, when a young Gaara attempted to cut himself in a flashback, he aimed for his whist, at the vein. But in the anime, he aimed at the back of his hand instead.
 * In the manga, when Naruto and Gamabunta do the Combination Transformation they transform into a giant fox with a single tail. But in the anime, they transform into Kurama.
 * In the manga, when Kabuto speaks with Orochimaru after the Invasion of Konoha ended, he was wearing a sleeveless outfit. But in the anime, however, he wears his usual attire, including his Oto forehead protector and fingerless gloves.
 * In the manga, when Jiraiya uses Rasengan on Gantetsu, he also steals his wallet, while in the anime, he is given it out of respect.
 * In the manga, during Jiraiya and Naruto's search for Tsunade, Jiraiya enters a gambling parlor. While Naruto mills around he finds a coin on the ground. Wondering how the slot machine works, he decides to insert his coin. We then see Naruto has amazing luck, as he wins back an large amount of money. But in the anime, this was changed to have Naruto win a lot of money in a lottery instead.
 * In the manga, as Naruto walks through the festival city. He stops by a mask shop and purchases a mask. Various masks in the background represent past Japanese manga, anime and TV series "in-jokes" included by Kishimoto. These include masks of Kamen Rider and Chaozu from the Dragon Ball series. The anime changed many of these to generic masks.
 * In the manga, when Naruto prevents Kabuto from attacking Tsunade, Kabuto's kunai directly impales Naruto's hand. But in the anime, it gets caught between Naruto's fingers instead.
 * In the manga, when Kabuto goes for blood to summon snakes, he retrieves it from the wound on his wrist. But in the anime, he retrieves the blood from a wound on his palm instead.
 * A minor edit concerning the location of the small shinobi animals, Gamatatsu, Gamakichi and Tonton are all in the thick of the action when the giant snakes begin to attack.
 * Related to the previous entry, Tonton was among the injured fallen in the manga. But in the anime, the three shinobi animals moved away to safety early on.
 * In the manga, after the group returns to the village with Tsunade and encounter Shikamaru and his father Shikaku, Jiraiya smacked Naruto on the head after hearing Naruto state to Shikamaru he'll show him his new move explaining that a shinobi shouldn't show off their techniques. This was skipped in the anime due to the fact that Jiraiya was left behind in the hot springs they visited in the previous episode.
 * In the manga, Shikamaru was promoted to a chunin at some point before Naruto and Jiraiya returned from their journey of bringing Tsunade back to the village. But in the anime, due to filler episodes taking place first, including the Land of Tea Arc, this was pushed back to after Tsunade had become the Hokage and she was the one who personally informed Shikamaru of his promotion.
 * In the manga, after Namiashi Raido and Shiranui Genma are defeated by the Sound Four, Raido has three shuriken in his back and Genma has two kunai in his chest with his left palm facing up. But in the anime, Raido has two shuriken and a single kunai in his back and Genma has a single kunai in his chest with his left palm facing down.
 * In the manga, Lee and Guy's conversation regarding that Lee should go through the risky surgery so Lee could fulfil his dream takes place on the same night Sasuke fought against the Sound Four. But in the anime, this took place after Tsunade returned to the village at the end of the Search for Tsunade Arc.
 * In the anime, Tsunade's talk with Lee about why he wants to go though with the surgery before mentioning that the surgery was to take place that afternoon occurred at the beginning of the Sasuke Retrieval Arc on the same day that Naruto and Sasuke fought. But in the manga, this scene along with the surgery takes place on the following day shortly after the Sasuke Retrieval Team left the village.
 * In the manga, Neji was recruited into the Sasuke Retrieval Team after Lee heard their conversation and recommended him. But in the anime, the team instead encountered both him and Lee on their way out of the village discussing the success of Lee's operation that took place the day before.
 * In the manga, Kidomaru did his best to take down Neji. When his first arrow ripped a massive hole through Neji's shoulder. But in the anime, it reduced the size of the hole. While this may serve as a content edit, it also made it more feasible for Neji to live through such an attack.
 * In the manga, especially in Part I, Naruto and Kiba "flip the bird" several times. But in the in the anime, they only close their fist and look angry.
 * In the manga, when Nara Shikamaru gets caught in Tayuya's genjutsu, he sees his skin and flesh melt off of his bones. But in the anime, he sees his entire arm melt away including the bones.
 * In the manga, when Sakon and Ukon are torn apart and regenerate, the dark tissue leaks out of their body and forms new arms and legs. But in the anime, the arms and legs are formed out of their organs.
 * In the manga, while Kimimaro is fighting Gaara, Kimimaro's bones came out of his fingertips by dividing his skin on his fingertips. But in the anime, his bones just emerged from his fingertips through holes that close afterwards.
 * Kimimaro's encasement within Gaara's sand and his subsequent crushing are accompanied by a significant amount of more blood in the manga. But in the anime, it is less blood in order for the technique to work.
 * In the anime at the Valley of the End, Naruto stands near to the statue of Madara Uchiha and Sasuke is opposite him. After the scene changes from Sasuke activating his Sharingan, Sasuke is near the statue with Naruto opposite him. But in the manga, Naruto stands on Hashirama's statue whereas Sasuke stands on Madara's statue.
 * In the manga, when Sasuke pierces through Naruto's shoulder with the Chidori. We see his arm, and hand go through Naruto's shoulder with no obstruction. But in the anime, they lessened the violent nature of the strike by whiting out the arm and hand with Chidori's electrical light.
 * After bringing Naruto back from the Valley of the End, Kakashi goes to the Memorial Stone to talk with Obito. This brief scene was taken out to be used in a later episode. This chapter and the next were greatly rearranged and split up over the course of 80+ episodes of filler. This filler was used to allow the manga to get further ahead.
 * In the anime, when Neji suggests to Hinata that she go see Naruto off, he is in the middle of sparring with her. But in the manga, it is in the middle of his sparring session with Hiashi, and the conversation is much longer, including an appearance from Kiba and Shino. The scene of Neji's training session with Hiashi and Kiba and Shino's appearance was instead used earlier in the anime at the beginning of the Mizuki Strikes Back Arc.

Movies & OVAs

 * Films


 * Naruto movie 1
 * Naruto movie 2
 * Naruto movie 3
 * OVAs


 * "Find the Four-Leaf Crimson Clover!"
 * "Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!"
 * "Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival"
 * "Finally a clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indiscriminately Championships battle royal!!"

Sagas

 * Introduction Arc (Ep. 1 to 5)
 * Land of Waves Arc (Ep. 6 to 19)
 * Chunin Exam Arc (Ep. 20 to 67)
 * Invasion of Konoha Arc (Ep. 68 to 80)
 * Search for Tsunade Arc (Ep. 81 to 100)
 * Land of Tea Arc (Ep. 102 to 106)
 * Sasuke Retrieval Arc (Ep. 107 to 135)
 * Land of Rice Fields Arc (Ep. 136 to 140)
 * Mizuki Strikes Back Arc (Ep. 141 to 147)
 * Search for the Bikochu Arc (Ep. 148 to 151)
 * Curry of Life Arc (Ep. 152 to 157)
 * Bounty Hunter Arc (Ep. 159 and 160)
 * Land of Birds Arc (Ep. 162 to 167)
 * Land of Sea Arc (Ep. 169 to 173)
 * Impostor Arc (Ep. 175 to 176)
 * Hoshigakure Arc (Ep. 178 to 183)
 * Land of Vegetables Arc (Ep. 187 to 191)
 * Third Great Beast Arc (Ep. 195 and 196)
 * Trap Master Arc (Ep. 197 to 201)
 * Kurama Clan Arc (Ep. 203 to 207)
 * Shinobazu Arc (Ep. 209 to 212)
 * Menma Arc (Ep. 213 to 215)
 * Ultimate Weapon Arc (Ep. 216 to 220)

Theme Songs

 * Opening


 * "Rocks'" (Ep. 1 to 25)
 * "Far Away" (Ep. 26 to 53)
 * "Sadness into Kindness" (Ep. 54 to 77)
 * "Go!!!" (Ep. 78 to 103)
 * "Youth's Rhapsody" (Ep. 104 to 128)
 * "No Boy No Cry" (Ep. 129 to 153)
 * "Discord Sateraito" (Ep. 154 to 178)
 * "Re:member" (Ep. 179 to 202)
 * "Swaying" (Ep. 203 to 220)
 * "Rise" by Jeremy Sweet and Ian Nickus for the English version of season 1 only. "Far Away" replaces "Rise" in episode 52, and is then replaced by "Go" in the same way as the Japanese version.
 * Closing


 * "Wind" (Ep. 1 to 25)
 * "Harmonia" (Ep. 26 to 51)
 * "Viva★Rock-Japanese Side" (Ep. 52 to 64)
 * "ALIVE" (Ep. 65 to 77)
 * "Many Times Before" (Ep. 78 to 89)
 * "Meteor" (Ep. 90 to 103)
 * "Mountain A Go Go Two" (Ep. 104 to 115)
 * "The First Time I Spoke With You" (Ep. 116 to 128)
 * "Lost Words" (Ep. 129 to 141)
 * "Speed" (Ep. 142 to 153)
 * "I'm Always by Your Side" (Ep. 154 to 165)
 * "Parade" (Ep. 166 to 178)
 * "Yellow Moon'" (Ep. 179 to 191)
 * "Pinocchio" (Ep. 192 to 202)
 * "Scenario" (Ep. 203 to 220)
 * The English version use the same openings, and an instrumental version of "Rise" by Jeremy Sweet and Ian Nickus as the closing theme.

Voice Cast

 * Japanese


 * Junko Takeuchi as Uzumaki Naruto & Akamaru
 * Chie Nakamura as Haruno Sakura
 * Noriaki Sugiyama as Uchiha Sasuke
 * Kazuhiko Inoue as Hatake Kakashi
 * Nana Mizuki as Hyuga Hinata
 * Shinji Kawada as Aburame Shino
 * Kosuke Toriumi as Inuzuka Kiba
 * Ryoka Yuzuki as Yamanaka Ino
 * Showtaro Morikubo as Nara Shikamaru
 * Kentarou Itou as Akimichi Choji
 * Koichi Toochika as Hyuga Neji
 * Yoichi Masukawa as Rock Lee
 * Yukari Tamura as Tenten
 * Akira Ishida as Gaara
 * Romi Park as Temari
 * Yasuyuki Kase as Kankuro
 * Hidekatsu Shibata as Sarutobi Hiruzen/Third Hokage
 * Hideo Ishikawa as Uchiha Itachi
 * Houchu Ohtsuka as Jiraiya
 * Masako Katsuki as Tsunade/Fifth Hokage
 * Toshihiko Seki as Umino Iruka
 * Ikue Otani as Sarutobi Konohamaru
 * Jurota Kosugi as Sarutobi Asuma
 * Eizou Tsuda as Hyuga Hiashi
 * Kazuaki Ito as Hyuga Hizashi
 * Kiyomi Asai as Hyuga Hanabi
 * Keiko Nemoto as Shizune, Ton Ton, Uzuki Yugao & Young Neji
 * Emi Sagara as Uchiha Mikoto
 * Kenji Hamada as Uchiha Fugaku & Aburame Shibi
 * Takako Honda as Mitarashi Anko
 * Takayuki Sugo as Senju Hashirama/1st Hokage
 * Kenyuu Horiuchi as Senju Tobirama/2nd Hokage & Nagato/Pain
 * Joji Nakata as Baki
 * Maya Sakamoto as Matsuri
 * Masahiko Tanaka as Rasa/Fourth Kazekage
 * Soichiro Hoshi as Yashamaru
 * Masashi Ebara as Maito Gai
 * Rumi Ochiai as Yuhi Kurenai
 * Eri Saito as Inuzuka Hana
 * Seiko Fujiki as Inuzuka Tsume
 * Eisuke Asakura as Teuchi
 * Masayo Hosono as Ayame
 * Hiroaki Hirata as Shiranui Genma
 * Hiroshi Yanaka as Nara Shikaku
 * Naoko Matsui as Nara Yoshino
 * Tomo Shigematsu as Udon & Gamatatsu
 * Noriko Shitaya as Moegi
 * Yumiko Kobayashi as Nawaki
 * Takuma Suzuki as Kato Dan
 * Yuko Nagashima as Tsubaki
 * Misa Watanabe as Tsunami
 * Takeshi Aono as Tazuna
 * Shizuka Ishikawa as Inari
 * Akimitsu Takase as Kaiza
 * Ema Kogure as Naruto's Sexy Technique
 * Nobuo Tobita as Ebisu & Zetsu
 * Junko Midori as Utatane Koharu
 * Hikaru Miyata as Homura Mitokado
 * Kenjiro Tsuda as Yamashiro Aoba
 * Nobuaki Fukuda as Akimichi Choza
 * Taiten Kusunoki as Morino Ibiki
 * Sayaka Aida as Isaribi
 * Shinpachi Tsuji as Pakkun
 * Nozomu Sasaki as Hayate Gakko
 * Tomoyuki Kouno as Hagane Kotetsu
 * Tomohiro Tsuboi as Kamitsuki Izumo
 * Hiroshi Tsuchida as Namiashi Raido
 * Mamiko Noto as Katsuyu
 * Takeshi Watabe as Gamabunta
 * Masuo Amada as Manda
 * Tesshô Genda as Kurama/Kyuubi
 * Hiroshi Iwasaki as Shukaku
 * Hiroshi Naka as Enma
 * Tomoko Miyadera as Suzume
 * Taisuke Yamamoto as Young Iruka
 * Tooru Nara as Young Jiraiya
 * Mayumi Yamaguchi as Young Orochimaru
 * Makoto Tsumura as Young Kimimaro
 * Hisayoshi Suganuma as Young Mizuki
 * Haruhi Terada as Young Tsunade
 * Shinichiro Miki as Mizuki
 * Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kimimaro
 * Akeno Watanabe as Tayuya
 * Kenta Miyake as Jirobo
 * Susumu Chiba as Kidomaru
 * Shunsuke Sakuya as Sakon & Ukon
 * Kujira as Orochimaru
 * Nobutoshi Canna as Yakushi Kabuto
 * Unshou Ishizuka as Momochi Zabuza
 * Mayumi Asano as Haku
 * Tomoyuki Dan as Hoshigaki Kisame
 * Katsuhiko Kawamoto as Deidara
 * Yuriko Yamaguchi as Orochimaru (Grass Ninja)
 * Yuko Satou as Akane
 * English

all information on the Naruto (Anime) came from http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_(series)
 * Maile Flanagan as Naruto
 * Yuri Lowenthal as Sasuke
 * Kate Higgins as Sakura & Udon
 * Dave Wittenberg as Kakashi, Gamakichi & Gamatatsu
 * Stephanie Sheh as Hinata, Hanabi & Naruto's Sexy Technique
 * Kyle Hebert as Kiba & Inoichi
 * Derek Stephen Prince as Shino
 * Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Ino & Konohamaru
 * Tom Gibis as Shikamaru
 * Robbie Rist as Choji
 * Steve Staley as Neji
 * Brian Donovan as Rock Lee
 * Danielle Judovits as Tenten
 * Liam O'Brien as Gaara & Kotetsu
 * Tara Platt as Temari
 * Michael Lindsay as Kankuro
 * Crispin Freeman as Itachi, Ebisu & Rasa/Fourth Kazekage
 * Quinton Flynn as Iruka
 * David Lodge as Jiraiya
 * Debi Mae West as Tsunade/Fifth Hokage
 * Steve Kramer as Hiruzen/Third Hokage
 * Jamie Simone as Akamaru
 * Skip Stellrecht as Maito Gai
 * Doug Erholtz as Asuma
 * Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Kurenai, Katsuyu, Orochimaru (Grass Ninja), Suzume & Young Tsunade
 * Megan Hollingshead as Shizune, Yoshino, Tonton & Akane
 * Doug Stone as Fugaku
 * Kari Wahlgren as Hana, Young Kimimaro, Mikoto, & Tayuya
 * Brian Beacock as Yashamaru, Zetsu (Light Side), Sakon & Ukon
 * Michael Sorich as Choza, Gamabunta, Jirobo, Zetsu (Dark Side)
 * Patrick Seitz as Raido
 * Richard Cansino as Izumo
 * Wendee Lee as Moegi, Young Neji, Tsubaki
 * Roger Craig Smith as Kato Dan
 * Brianne Siddall as Nawaki
 * J.B. Blanc as Pakkun & Sasori (Hiruko)
 * Jamieson Price as Hashirama/First Hokage
 * Peter Lurie as Tobirama/Second Hokage & Kidomaru
 * Jeannie Elias as Koharu
 * Beau Billingslea as Homura
 * Jessica Straus as Tsume
 * John Demita as Hiashi & Hizashi
 * Johnny Yong Bosch as Genma
 * Kim Strass as Ibiki
 * Jonathan Fahn as Shikaku
 * Laura Bailey as Anko & Ayame
 * Lex Lang as Teuchi & Hayate
 * Susan Dalian as Yugao
 * Mona Marshall as Inari & Young Haku
 * Cindy Robinson as Tsunami
 * Kirk Thornton as Shukaku & Tazuna
 * Wally Wingert as Kaiza, Yamashiro, Aoba
 * Sam Regal as Baki
 * Bridget Hoffman as Isaribi
 * Lara Jill Miller as Matsuri (ep 216 - 220)
 * Paul St. Peter as Kurama/Kyuubi
 * Michael McConnohie as Enma
 * Richard Epcar as Manda
 * Brad MacDonald as Young Jiraiya
 * Steven Blum as Orochimaru
 * Henry Dittman as Kabuto
 * Kirk Thornton as Kisame
 * Steven Blum as Zabuza
 * Susan Dalian as Haku
 * Fred Tatasciore as Gato
 * Keith Silverstein as Gantetsu & Kimimaro
 * Michael Reisz as Mizuki

Trivia

 * The names of the three Sannin (Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru) were taken from the "Legend of the Gallant Jiraiya" each of whom had a special magic they learned - toad, slug, and snake.
 * The sword that Orochimaru uses is a sword called "Kusanagi" this means grass cutter and this is from a legend. A god was one day banished from heaven and killed a 8 head snake and out of the snake popped a sword and that was the sword of Kusanagi.
 * The name Uzumaki means whirlpool, Naruto is named after the whirlpool of the city Naruto. Naruto is also a name for steamed fish-paste cake, sliced to decorate soup which has a spiral design in the middle.
 * There once was a Japanese priest who supposedly enchanted a teapot to never be empty at a party and was believed to be a tanuki. His name was Shukaku. Gaara's tanuki demon is named Shukaku.
 * The S-class criminal group AKATSUKI has two meanings. One is "red moon". The other was "daybreak" or "the dawn".
 * Itachi's doujutsu techniques concerning the Mangekyou Sharingan has coined from the god and the goddess of Japanese Mythology. Tsukiyomi is a moon god and Amaterasu is the sun goddess, literally.
 * Deja vu of Ino-Shika-Cho, aka team 10 (Ino-Shika-Cho) has shared the three-member team from their fathers (Inoichi, Shikaku and Chouza), and so are their techniques and their origin came from the card game.
 * Kakashi's means Scarecrow and Hatake means Dry field, or... literally, "a scarecrow on a dry field".
 * Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, was a huge fan of Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball. Also he loves all the Dragon Ball stories up until the first appareance of Freeza. His favorite Dragon Ball character is Kuririn, because he has the most "human" feel and because he relates with him a lot.
 * Masashi Kishimoto says that the world of Naruto doesn't differ very much from our present time. Television, refrigerators and air conditioners exist in the world. The only exceptions are weapons and explosives, which he decided to set in a much earlier era. That's why we don't see firearms in the world of Naruto.
 * In Naruto, the frog is associated with Naruto and Jiraiya, while the snake is with Sasuke and orochimaru. Whereas the slug is with Sakura and Tsunade. The triad of Snake, Snail and Frog is from Japanese mythology. The Snake is more powerful than the frog, the slug is more powerful than the snake, and the frog is more powerful than the slug, making a "paper, rock, scissors" sort of situation. These three are collectively called the Sansukumi.
 * "Uzumaki" means "spiral" or "whirlpool"; a "naruto" is a small fish cake that usually has a spiral design on it and is often found in ramen - which "happens" to be Naruto's favorite food. The Great Naruto Bridge is an actual bridge built between the Japanese islands Honshu and Shikoku. The Naruto Strait, which it is built across, is also famous for the many whirlpools that appear in it when the tide goes out.
 * The name "Umino Iruka" can be split into the words "umi no iruka" - and since "iruka" means "dolphin" and "umi" is "sea", his name is literally "dolphin of the sea".
 * Haruno Sakura roughly translates to "Cherry Blossom of Spring".
 * The word "uchiha" literally means "fan".
 * Mitarashi Anko appears multiple times eating dango (rice dumplings on a skewer). This is because her last name, Mitarashi, is a tasty type of dango usually served with a special sauce. Anko is also an ingredient oft used in dango.
 * The trio of Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji are related through more than just their fathers' names: "ino" means "boar" (hence Sakura's insulting nickname "Ino-pig"), "shika" is "deer" (Shikamaru's family raises deer, and his last name, Nara, is the name of a park in Japan that is famous for its group of free-roaming deer), and "chou" is "butterfly". The trio of "ino-shika-chou" is a hand that can be played in the card game Hanafuda.
 * Morino Ibiki's name, like Iruka's and Sakura's, can be split into three words - "mori no ibiki". This translates literally to "snoring of the forest" and is thought to refer to his bear-like shape and appearance.
 * Actually, the nine-tailed demon fox is taken from the legendary tailed demon from Japan.
 * Episode 100 features a slight pun on the Rock-Paper-Scissors game, AKA Jan-Ken-Pon in Japanese. Gai and Kakashi begin the chant, "Jan-Ken--" and the scene immediately cuts to Gai tapping Lee on the shoulder, the sound of which is rendered in manga as "pon," thereby "completing" the chant.
 * At the end of episode 168 you can see among the crowd waiting in line to try out the new diet ramen (popular with the ladies) Sasame from the filler arc, Temari, Tenten, Ino, Hinata, Anko and Kurenai. While inside Moegi can be seen eating the new diet dish.
 * Kabuto's team are names of ninja gear. Kabuto is Helmet, Yoroi is Armor, Tsurugi is Sword.
 * In order to promote the third Naruto Movie, starting from episode 197 to 199, the production team replaced the scenes from the opening "Re:member" (by FLOW) and closing "Pinnochio" (by Ore Ska Band) with scenes from Movie 3.
 * The kanji character on Gaara's forhead is "ai" which translates as "love".
 * The 'ahou' crow cried makes a cameo in episodes 101, 161 and 168. Consistently for other wacky filler arcs.
 * Most of the Japanese voice cast of Naruto also works in the Japanese anime "24". *The name "Hagane" means steel or "full metal" and "Kotetsu" means "Little steel."
 * In various episodes a crow flies past (usually when someone says or does something stupid or awkward) and makes a sound resembling the japanese word "aho" which means "idiot" or "fool".
 * Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi make a guest appearance in the american cartoon Ben Ten in the final 2 minutes of episode 30 "Merry Christmas".
 * At the end of the English version of "A Cry on Deaf Ears," when there's the preview for the next episode, the title is misspelled: "Brothers: Distance Among the Uchicha." "Uchiha" should be without the extra "c."
 * Itachi's eye techniques (Tsuyokomi/Amaterasu) are related to the mythologic story of a god washing his eyes and nose out in the river. His right eye became the god of the moon (Tsuyokomi) and his left eye became the goddes of the sun (Amaterasu). The nose became Susano'o.
 * In the episode 109, one can find Uchiha Sasuke's lips twitch before he said "Thank you" to Haruno Sakura. This is seen at around [19:46] to [19:48] in the episode.
 * In episode 6 when Kakashi is explaining about the five Kages, the Mizukage is wearing a blue hat and the Kazekage is wearing a green hat. However later in the series the Kazekage's hat color becomes blue.
 * In episode 20 when Naruto wakes up and leaves his room, the key used to lock the door has a small keychain of a miniture Pakkun.
 * In episode 82, just after you see Maito Gai intercepting Hoshigaki Kisame's lunge, in the time between 18:15 and 18:18, you see a close-up on Hatake Kakashi's face without the scar on his left eye.
 * In Episode 102 when Sakura is looking at the stand (aprox. 16:00) she looks over a set of Keychains. They are, in order from top to bottom, left to right, Manda, Pakkun, Gamakichi, Tonton, Katsuyu, and Gamabunta. Sakura then picks up the Gamabunta keychain and comments on the price.
 * In episode 161, the one with the Gai and Lee imposters, at one scene where Naruto tries to talk the fake Gai and Lee into bringing him along on their training you can see Sasuke standing idly in the background as well as Anko.
 * Also in episode 161, when the false Gai and Lee first search through the village, they pass a variety of characters visiting from other arcs, including Inari and Tsunami from the Country of the Wave Arc, Ibiki from the Chuunin Exam, and more recently, Sasame and Sanshou-baasan from the Filler Arcs. These are just a few of the examples. Such a technique was used for the Naruto Sports Festival mini-movie for most of the background, especially the line going to the background, where you can obviously see Itachi and Kisame waiting in line.
 * In episode 194, the 2nd name from the left that appears on the contract scroll for summoning is Kishimoto Masashi, the name of the author of Naruto. This is seen at around [19:02] in the episode.
 * In episode 213, the ninja with the sword who gets killed by Menma, can also be seen in episode 19, right after Gatoo gets killed.