Naruto Shippuuden (Anime)

Naruto Shippuuden (ナルト 疾風伝) is a Japanese anime series that is the sequel to the Naruto (Anime). This series is known as Part II of the manga. The series was created, written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The series is directed by Hayato Date and produced by Studio Pierrotand TV Tokyo. It began airing in Japan on February 15, 2007. The English version of Naruto Shippuuden aired on October 28, 2009 but stop airing on Disney XD after 97 episodes. As of December 29, 2012; the rest of the English version episodes starting with episode 98, and onward are being released every week on the Internet as uncut. The timeline sets two and a half years after Uchiha Sasuke's defection and Uzumaki Naruto finishing his training with Jiraiya and returning to Konohagakure. The series follows Naruto on his never ending quest to bring Sasuke back while he also trains with his comrades for whenever the Akatsuki tries to show up, and steal the Tail Beasts. Along with preparing for an up coming war to end the Akatsuki's goal of using the tail beasts to put everyone in the Shinobi world under a genjutsu that is call the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Plot
The episode shows Team Ebisu is scampering out of a forest in Konoha, chasing a cat. Konohamaru runs into Teuchi, the owner of Ramen Ichiraku, who mistook him for Naruto. Upon catching the Tora, gets scratched. While talking to Tsunade, Konohamaru wants a new mission instead lower ones but she refuses. Konohamaru comments that Naruto will become Hokage before him, which surprised everyone. As Konohamaru and his teammates leave, he comments Naruto will come back. But Tsunade says that Konohamaru is a second Naruto, than Hokage. Naruto is soon walking in the wood with Jiraiya and after entering the village, he is spotted by Izumo and his teammate. Soon after Konohamaru and the others run into Sakura.

Right after that, Naruto is happy to be back in Konoha with Jiraiya, and finds out that it hasn't changed much since he left for training with Jiraiya, except that Tsunade's face has now been added to the Hokage monument. Sakura and the others soon spot him, and while Sakura notes Naruto's physical change, Naruto blatantly tells her that she hasn't changed one bit. Konohamaru meets up with them, performing the Sexy Technique in front of all of them, but Naruto tries to reveal his better version, which cause Sakura to punch him and realizing that Naruto hasn't changed a bit either. Naruto later catches up with Tsunade, who wishes to see how much he's learned by putting him up against a certain opponent.

While in Tsunade's office, Naruto reunited with Shikamaru and Temari. However he is happy to see Kakashi and gives him a new Icha Icha book. Tsunade decides to test if Naruto and Sakura are worthy enough to recreate Team 7 and hunt the Akatsuki. They would be doing the same test they did the first time they had become ninja, to take the bell from Kakashi. While walking with Temari, Naruto learns that everyone advanced to a higher rank, and that he is still a genin. However he is happy that Gaara has become the fifth Kazekage and that he still vows to become Hokage.

Meanwhile Jiraiya begins telling Kakashi that the Akatsuki began to make their move which includes capturing the tailed beasts. However they agreed that, Jiraiya would return Naruto's training to Kakashi, after the long period of time Jiraiya and Naruto spent together. The Akatsuki already planned their first step towards the ultimate dream. In Sunagakure, Sasori and Deidara arrives. But their secret agent Yura already cleared the guards to give them access. Meanwhile in Konoha, Naruto and Sakura began the bell test, while Jiraiya, Shizune and Tsunade watch from the shadows.

Naruto begins attacking Kakashi with his shadow clones to catch Kakashi, who has his Sharingan activated, off-guard. However Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shizune who are shown watching the bell test, as well as Kakashi, have seen Naruto's improvement with its timing. Naruto's attempt to catch Kakashi off-guard fails and Kakashi officially started the test.

Meanwhile Sasori and Deidara easily enter Sunagakure after Yura, killed the guards on the entrance. Creating a large clay bird as transportation, Deidara proceeds to find Gaara. Soon after Kakashi begins to attack using taijutsu, and he (as well as Jiraiya, Tsunade and Shizune) notes Naruto and Sakura's improvement as team. Then Deidara manages to incapacitate the scouts who watched the skies above Sunagakure with his explosive clays. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sakura are able to release themselves from genjutsu. While Kakashi realizes that his old tricks won't work anymore. Back to Sunagakure, Gaara finally faces Deidara, who thought that his infiltration was successful.

As the fight begins, Deidara while riding his large bird clay, evades Gaara's long-ranged attacks. As Gaara rides on his pillar of sand to be on level with Deidara and summons a large amount of sand, he overwhelms his opponent. Back to the bell test, Kakashi begins attacking with ninjutsu, which Naruto and Sakura are able to evade. However Naruto learns Kakashi's weakness and tells it to Sakura.

In Sunagakure, Deidara is on the offensive with his exploding clays. Meanwhile, Kakashi is already tempted to read his new book from Jiraiya. Naruto's plan how to get the bells from Kakashi works by attempting to spoil the ending of the book. He and Sakura happily laugh after Kakashi sees that the bells are not on his pant. To evade Deidara's attacks, Gaara conceals himself within his ultimate defence and the third eye on the outside. Deidara is caught off-guard and is surrounded by sand claws as Gaara prepares his Sand Binding Prison.

As Kakashi is stunned that Naruto and Sakura tricked him about Make-Out Tactics. Tsunade announces the formation of Team Kakashi. Soon after Naruto asks Sakura to go on a date, but she tells him to pay for everything. Naruto looks in his frog wallet and asks her to pay half but she refuses. Meanwhile after numerous attempts, Gaara catches Deidara's left arm and crushes it with Sand Binding Coffin, much to the Suna shinobi's delight. Realizing Gaara's ultimate defence sand, which was infused with chakra, Deidara changes his strategy, attempting to destroy Sunagakure instead. Kankurō reminisces the time when Gaara shared his dream to be Kazekage. Seeing the progress of the battle, Sunagakure makes the necessary precautions to evacuate the villagers and support their Kazekage. Deidara proceeds to drop his explosive C3.

When Naruto into Ramen Ichiraku, Ayame and Teuchi are surprised Upon seeing him. Soon after Iruka arrives, stating it is his treat. However Naruto that Sakura was suppose to come but didn't since he don't know that Iruka was covering the bill. Meanwhile Sakura is seen eating at a restaurant while regretting not taking Naruto's offer to eat at his favorite restaurant but starts to have another bowl of food to eat. Meanwhile Naruto also tells Iruka about his frustrations on being a genin, but is still happy that Gaara is the Kazekage. Soon after a egg falls to the egg, which makes Naruto confused.

In Sunagakure, Gaara manages to protect the village from Deidara's C3 using his sand, though it costs him a large amount of chakra. Deidara reveals that when Gaara crushed his arm, he managed to mix some of his explosive clays with sand. Deidara activates the clay bomb ants and blows up the shell of protective sand around Gaara. When their Kazekage become vulnerable due to the loss of the sand protection, the Sunagakure shinobi try to attack Deidara, still riding his clay bird, to no avail. Already weak, with his last bit of power, Gaara manages to move the sand he used to protect the village from C3 out of the village. As Gaara falls, Deidara succeeds in capturing Gaara, much to Kankuro's horror.

As Kankuro chases down the two Akatsuki members. He attacks one of the members using his three puppets; Karasu, Kuroari and Sanshōuo. However, Kankuro's opponent, Sasori seems very familiar with Kankuro's techniques, as he destroys Kuroari and Sanshōuo without breaking a sweat.

While Yurika, a decoder heads to decode the message about what has happened in the Sunagakure. Soon after Team Kakashi is walking to Tsunade's office but Sakura tells Naruto not to complain about the mission they get. However Yurika runs into the team, while Naruto angrily comments that Yurika doesn't have any manners. Wile inside Tsunade's office, as Naruto complains about the mission his team had, he tells Tsunade that Hiruzen was way better than her. Therefore Sakura hits Naruto so she doesn't witness Tsunade's temper. However Tsunade, Iruka and Shizume comment that Naruto hasn't change at all. However the decoder delivers word about the message from Sunagakure. So Team Kakashi's mission is to find out anything and assist the Suna in any way they can. After Kankuro's puppets are destroyed. It turns out that the creator of all three puppets is none other than Sasori of the Red Sand himself. Sasori shoots his tail at Kankuro and injects the poison in him. Kankuro soon collapses due to the poison spreading throughout his entire body and blacks out. At the gate of Konoha, Jiraiya tells Naruto not to use "that technique" before heading off.

When the meeting in Sunagakure concluded, someone rushes in and tells them what happened to Kankurō. Sasori catches up to Deidara and the two were ready to make off with their target. In Konoha, Temari is seen off by Shikamaru which surprised her. Meanwhile Kankuro is later found and brought back to Suna's hospital. The poison spreads in his body and that no one in the Suna knows how to extract it. En route to the Sunagakure, Team Kakashi spot Temari, who joins them upon hearing what happened to Gaara. While travelling, Naruto angrily yells about the situation Gaara is in. This makes Sakura sad as she remembers when she first saw Naruto during their childhood, but she couldn't go near him because she was with her parents. However upon hearing this, Temari sees how similar he and Gaara are. Despite this Temari thanks Naruto for caring about Gaara. Meanwhile Kankuro's condition worsens, and his body is in such a weak condition that he could barely speak. Despite this, he is able to tell Baki about Sasori. Therefore Baki approaches Chiyo and Ebizo, he informs them about Gaara's capture by the Akatsuki, and Kankuro's condition. Despite displaying disinterest, Chiyo still wants to see her grandson, Sasori, one more time.

Soon after Deidara and Sasori arrive at the Akatsuki hideout. The Akatsuki leader gathers the other members, using an astral projection technique, and they begin a three-day long technique to extract the One-Tailed Shukaku from Gaara and seal it in a giant statue. At Sunagakure Chiyo claims that even her expertise is not enough to counteract Sasori's poison. At Konoha, Tsunade foresees the difficulty of Team Kakashi's mission, and orders Team Guy to back them up. Upon reaching Sunagakure with Temari, she leads Team Kakashi to Kankuro. However Chiyo tries to attack Kakashi.

But her assault on Kakashi was stopped when her brother tells her to look closer. Apparently mistaken as Kakashi bears resemblance to the White Fang of the Konohagakure, Kakashi's father, Chiyo alibies that she just pretended to be senile. Soon after Sakura begins her examination of Kankuro and discovers that the poison in his body is one that destroyed the cells after infiltrating the muscles. While Naruto and Kakashi wait outside with Chiyo and Ebizo. Meanwhile, the Akatsuki continues their extraction of Shukaku from Gaara's body. Sakura, on the other hand, succeeds in extracting the poison from Kankuro's body cells.

Team Guy is sent as reinforcements. But Tenten gets annoy by Lee and Guy trying to get to Sunagakure quickly. Meanwhile Kankuro regains consciousness, and informs the group that he took a piece of the enemy's clothing with which they could use to track them. Sakura is able to administer an antidote that should clear up any residual poison inside Kankuro's body. After Kankuro drinks the antidote, he begs. Naruto to save Gaara. Naruto acquiesces, stating with a smile that Gaara will have to owe him one later on.

As the Akatsuki extraction continues, Pakkun relays his discovery of the Akatsuki's hideout to Kakashi. As Team Kakashi heads out to the Akatsuki's hideout, along with Chiyo. On the way, Chiyo tells them about the nine Tailed Beasts in the world, two of which are sealed within Gaara and Naruto. Pakkun informs Team Guy that Kakashi and the others are headed to the Land of Rivers, which is between Sunagakure and Konohagakure. Knowing that the Konoha shinobi are approaching with Chiyo, Kisame volunteers to fight Guy, as Kakashi's group is confronted by Itachi.

As Gaara's beast is being extracted from him, Team Kakashi and Team Guy are confronted by Itachi and Kisame respectively. Kisame is on the offensive with Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave, having the terrain to his advantage and Team Guy plans for counter-attack. Kakashi warns his team of the danger of Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan, and reveals what he's discovered to be its weakness. Naruto has been put under a genjutsu by Itachi before he and Kakashi proceed to attack. Guy manages to disarm Kisame, who in turn forms water clones to trap Neji, Lee and Tenten.

The battle between Guy and Kisame intensifies. Guy brings out his nunchaku to compensate for Kisame's Samehada sword, but takes a beating from Kisame's Water Release technique. After being submerged by Kisame's attacks, Guy resorts to opening up six of his Eight Gates, and defeats Kisame with the Morning Peacock. Meanwhile, Naruto realizes that he's in a genjutsu that Itachi casted upon him, and recalls his training with Jiraiya to try to dispel Itachi's illusion on his own.

After the visions that Itachi makes him suffer, Naruto releases himself from the genjutsu with the help of Chiyo and Sakura. Distracted and immobilised by Kakashi's shadow clone, Itachi takes a direct hit from Naruto's Big Ball Rasengan. Meanwhile, Neji frees himself, Rock Lee, and Tenten after Guy defeats Kisame. Later, the two Konoha teams find out that the two foes that they just defeated are neither Itachi nor Kisame, but are Yura and another rogue Hidden Sand ninja named Mukade, who the Akatsuki leader used to stall the Konoha teams.

However before leaving, Chiyo goes on to explain that the tailed beasts' hosts were individuals burdened with the task of carrying the beasts within them, such as Gaara and Naruto. She also says that if their beast is removed, then they will die. As the two teams rest from their battles, the Akatsuki leader sends out Zetsu to dispose of Itachi and Kisame's clone's bodies. Once they are close to the location, Kakashi tells the team to take a break.

Team Guy and Team Kakashi both finish their breaks and go on towards the Akatsuki lair. After noticing Naruto's agitation towards Gaara's capture, Chiyo is explained to by Kakashi that Naruto is himself a jinchuriki. Chiyo then reveals that she was the one who sealed the One-Tailed Shukaku in Gaara, to protect Sunagakure. Meanwhile, the Akatsuki finishes the sealing of Gaara's tailed beast, thereby killing him. Outside the base, Teams Guy and Kakashi arrive, prepared to break into the cave and retrieve Gaara.

However they find out that there is a barrier protecting the Akatsuki hideout, being generated by five forbidden tags in the nearby area. Neji pinpoints the tags' locations with his Byakugan, and Team Guy dispatches to remove the tags and disables the barrier, allowing Team Kakashi to enter the hideout. Meanwhile, the Akatsuki members end their astral projection technique and leave the hideout, except for Deidara and Sasori, who are ordered by the Akatsuki leader to dispose of the intruders.

After Team Guy and Team Kakashi breaks the Five-Seal Barrier, Team Kakashi manages to enter the Akatsuki hideout. Inside, Deidara and Sasori, positioned over Gaara's corpse, are waiting for them. Meanwhile, Team Guy fall into a trap as a result of breaking the Five-Seal Barrier. Each member is attacked by a clone of themselves possessing the same power, weapons, and techniques as the original. Naruto chases Deidara, who is riding on his clay bird with Gaara, and Kakashi follows, leaving Sakura and Chiyo to fight Sasori by themselves. Chiyo attacks Sasori and some of the kunai manage to hit Sasori's Akatsuki outfit. He then shows his puppet armour, Hiruko, and begin his battle with Chiyo.

But Chiyo explains to Sakura that Sasori used to be one of the best puppeteers in Sunagakure, however he left the village after he started making puppets out of humans. Chiyo also reveals that Sasori's true body is hiding within his favourite puppet, Hiruko, and the only way to kill Sasori is to first destroy his puppet. Chiyo and Sakura are able to dodge Sasori's poison-laced attacks and successfully demolish the puppet by using Sakura's strength. Sasori then emerges from the puppet's remains. Just outside, Deidara begins telling Naruto and Kakashi how much stronger Sasori is compared to himself.

With his puppet destroyed, Sasori reveals himself to Chiyo and Sakura, looking no older than when he left his village over twenty years ago. Meanwhile, Temari's team, along with Kankuro and Ebizo, continue to make their way towards the Land of Rivers, where Ebizō tells the others of the strongest ninja in Sunagakure's history, the Third Kazekage, and his mysterious disappearance. Back in the hideout, Sasori summons the Third Kazekage puppet, whom he had kidnapped and turned into a Human Puppet many years ago. Using its weapons, which are even more dangerous than Hiruko's, Sasori is able to catch Sakura in a cloud of poison gas.

However Sakura manages to escape the poison gas cloud by using an explosive tag on herself. Chiyo calls forth the "Mother" and "Father" puppets, that Sasori had modelled out of his dead parents as a child, to fight him with. They manage to hold down the Third Kazekage for a while until Sasori releases the Third's secret technique: Iron Sand. Meanwhile, Team Guy are having trouble fighting their clones and showing exhaustion from the battle. Elsewhere, Naruto and Kakashi manage to avoid Deidara's clay bombs and keep up with him.

The Third Kazekage, being a Human Puppet, was built to retain the chakra the body once had when it was alive, allowing the Third to use his special Iron Sand techniques. The Iron Sand clogged the mechanism in the "Mother" and "Father" puppets, as well as Chiyo's puppet's right arm. Chiyo remembered back to when Sasori was a child and created the "Mother" and "Father" puppets to try to get parental love. Chiyo used a willing Sakura as a puppet and had her dodge the Iron Sand techniques to get close to Sasori.

But Sasori attacks with an Iron Sand pyramid and prism, but Sakura is able to fend them off, causing a cave-in in the lair. Sasori then uses the Iron Sand to create a makeshift globe-model out of randomly growing spikes of iron, one of which hits Sakura and paralyses her with poison. With a one last attack from the Third Kazekage puppet, Sasori attempts to kill the seemingly helpless Sakura, only to discover that Sakura is somehow immune to his poison and she destroys the Third Kazekage puppet with a single punch.

Then Sakura reveals to Sasori that she brought an antidote to his poison. Meanwhile, Deidara attempts to split up Naruto and Kakashi by creating a swarm of explosive jumping crickets out of his clay and having them pursue Kakashi. Kakashi makes a shadow clone as a decoy, and the crickets, mistaking the clone for the real Kakashi, detonate harmlessly. Sakura and Chiyo ready themselves for the battle with Sasori, who reveals the reason behind his eternal youth: he transformed himself into a human puppet.

Since Sasori is overwhelming them initially. Sakura manages to later destroy Sasori's puppet body, but he reforms back. Seeing this, Chiyo uses the White Secret Technique: The Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets, which Sasori counters with his Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets. Sakura and Chiyo, with the help of her Ten Puppets seem to trap and defeat Sasori using Sealing Technique: Lion Closing Roar, but, under cover of the battle, Sasori secretly transfers the only living part of his body — his core — into another puppet, and tries to attack Chiyo from behind. Sakura notices this and intervenes, forcing Sasori to stab her through her torso.

However Chiyo injects the last remaining antidote into Sakura, and finally kills Sasori by stabbing him through his core using the "Father" and "Mother" puppets. With Sasori immobilised, Chiyo revives the nearly-dead Sakura using her Reincarnation Ninjutsu. As he dies, Sasori tells Sakura where he had planned to meet with one of his spies, who had been secretly working as one of his former Akatsuki partner, Orochimaru's, subordinate. Meanwhile, as Kakashi and Naruto are pursuing Deidara, Kakashi reveals his plan to activate his Mangekyo Sharingan.

As Team Guy continues to fight their clones. Neji explains to each member of the team that they are growing weaker as the fight drags on, and their clones, being non-human, remain as strong as they were when they were formed. Lee realises that the only way for them to defeat their clones is to become stronger than they were when they first started fighting. After remembering their training, they remember their resolve to constantly become stronger. This gives them the strength needed to overpower and destroy their clones.

As Kakashi now reveals his Mangekyo Sharingan. He plans to use his inter-dimensional warping technique, Kamui to kill Deidara, but due to lack of needed stamina and Deidara's constant attempts to break free from the defined space, Kakashi only manages to warp Deidara's right elbow which would make Deidara defenceless, losing both of his hands. They follow Deidara into the forest and Naruto manages to knock Deidara off his clay bird, and has his clones take away the bird's head and begin digging into it to free Gaara's body. Deidara watches from a safe distance and muses that he has been handicapped by the Fifth Kazekage and the "Copy Ninja", but was discovered. Right as Naruto prepares to kill Deidara with a Rasengan, Deidara manages to swap himself with a clay clone. Angered, Naruto's Nine-Tailed Fox chakra begins to emerge, leading Naruto to transform to his two-tailed form. Kakashi sees this and remembers Jiraiya mentioning the cloak of chakra.

After Naruto is taken over by the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra, he soon sprouts two tails, and the clone beside Kakashi disappears. Kakashi then uses a seal that Jiraiya gave him to suppress it as a precaution to prevent Naruto from going beserk and unleashing his rage. When Sakura and Chiyo arrived, Deidara, who is hiding in the bushes, decides to flee as he is at a big disadvantage. However, Neji's Byakugan finds Deidara the moment he emerges out of the bushes. They start chasing him down, eventually cornering him in a small grove, with Naruto and the others coming to help. Finding his clay bird, Deidara bites part of it off and begins chewing it up. Announcing the unveiling of his "ultimate work of art" is about to happen, Deidara swells up and seemingly self-detonates.

Everyone flees for their lives, but the blast radius is too quick. However, the explosion is countered by Kakashi's Kamui, which is able to warp it to a different dimension just in time at the cost of his exhaustion. The clones of Naruto holding Gaara then get Sakura to help him. However, she fails to bring him back to life, and the group mourns Gaara's death. Though they all exhibit pain, a traumatised Naruto starts chastising them, saying that he and Gaara were the only people who cared that the two of them were neglected their whole lives, and bemoans how he can't save Gaara or Sasuke. Now seeing Naruto's emotions as a friend for Gaara, Chiyo moves over to Gaara's body and uses a Reincarnation Ninjutsu to resurrect him.

While Chiyo has a hard time using her Reincarnation Ninjutsu, Naruto volunteers to her to use his chakra with her dying chakra. As she agrees to his offer, she tells him to place his hands on top of hers. While Chiyo continues the technique, she begins to reflect on how Konoha and Sunagakure have acted in the past, and she passes down to Naruto and Sakura her wisdom for the future. Chiyo then tells Naruto that he knows Gaara's pain and that Gaara knows his pain. She asks Naruto to protect Gaara as her finall words to him, and Naruto closes his eyes after hearing this. In a vision, a young Naruto runs to Gaara by calling out to him. As Gaara sees his younger self, the young Naruto appears next to him. In reality Naruto is happy that Gaara is back, alive and well however Gaara is surprised to see Naruto. To his shock, Gaara finds himself surrounded by the team who rescued him and shinobi from Sunagakure celebrating his return. As Naruto gets knocked over by Matsuri, Kankuro has a chat with him. Kankuro thanks Naruto for saving Gaara, but Naruto says that Chiyo did with with a weird technique but is now resting. Naruto thinks that Chiyo will wake up soon, but Temari and Kankuro soon reveal that Chiyo gave her life to rescue Gaara, shocking Naruto and unavoidably saddening Sakura. Naruto then understands Chiyo's final words to him, and as Gaara struggled to get up. Naruto helps him and the stand next to Sakura who is mourning Chiyo's death as Ebizo is next to her. Gaara then asks his villagers and the two rescue teams to pay their respects to Chiyo.

Soon after Baki sees the villagers and the rescue teams with Gaara. As Baki thanks Naruto for rescuing Gaara. Naruto tells him that he didn't do all the work. Which makes the rescue teams smile. As they are about to walk in the village, Gaara tells Naruto and Kankuro to let Chiyo go first. As shinobi walk with Chiyo's body, Ebizo tells her that they are home now. Afterwards Deidara, revealing that the self-detonation was caused by his clone, survives his battle and begins to search for his missing arm. Meanwhile, Zetsu and his subordinate, Tobi, who wishes to join Akatsuki, search Sasori's remains for his ring, only to temporarily lose it after Tobi drops it in a crack in the rubble of the destroyed hideout. Deidara later finds the two searching for his own ring and tells Zetsu that he has fulfilled his quota. However, Tobi insults Deidara repeatedly by accident and ends up in a stranglehold in the neck by Deidara using his legs. The Konoha ninja begin to leave Sunagakure after their mission. The Konoha and Suna ninja pay their respects at Chiyo's grave. Then at the entrance of the village, Naruto and Gaara shake hands before departing. On the way back to Konoha, Might Guy gets upset about Kakashi slowing him down, and gives him a piggyback ride, much to Naruto, Neji, Sakura and Tenten's disgust. However Lee thinks it's training and asks Lee to go on his back. But Neji angrily refuses. In Konoha, Danzo gives Sai instructions for his secret mission after joining Team Kakashi.

Now back in Konoha, Rock Lee and Guy finished their race to the gate. As Naruto, Neji, Sakura and Tenten become exhausted from running. All four agree that they themselves thought Lee and Guy would be out of it by now. As Lee believed he won the race, Guy says he was first place while Lee was in third place. Guy then tells Lee that he was third place because Kakashi was in second place which shocks him. However Lee decides to train so he can get second place, and Guy agrees to help much to everyone's annoyance. However Guy says that they have to take Kakashi to the hospital first.

Now inside the hospital, Kakashi rests in a bed, while Sakura tells Tsunade about the information the dying Akatsuki member, Sasori gave her: that he was supposed to meet with one of his spies from within Orochimaru's ranks in ten days at the Tenchi Bridge. As four days had already passed, Naruto realizes the need of another team-mate and so, starts searching Konoha for a willing recruit. He runs into Team 8, but they are unable to help, as they are assigned a mission of their own. Later, just as Choji agrees to help Naruto, the two and Shikamaru are attacked by Sai.

While unable to identify Sai, Naruto, Choji and Shikamaru attempt to capture him, but Sai withdraws. Soon afterwards Ino is shown asking her teammates to hurry up because Asuma is looking for them because they have a mission. Choji explained what happen, Ino is surprised to see Naruto again and happily waves to her. As Choji asks if he should explain if he wasn't referring to Naruto as a weirdo, Shikamaru tells hi to forget about explaining things to Ino. Now concerned that the Akatsuki might soon come to Konoha looking for the Nine-Tailed Fox, the village elders of Konoha Council confront Tsunade, and reveal that Shizune spoke to them. Tsunade then stares angrily at Shizune. They propose that Tsunade keep Naruto in Konoha and not send him to missions outside the village. Tsunade declines, and promises to protect Konoha with her own life if Naruto is captured. However, she is still forced to compromise with Danzo by adding Sai as a new member to Team Kakashi. With Kakashi in the hospital, Tsunade temporarily replaces him with an Anbu member named Yamato and tells him to keep an eye on Sai. Later, Naruto and Sakura meet their new team members, however Naruto is immediately angered upon Sai's appearance.

Since Yamato is taking leadership of Team Kakashi, Sai, while devoid of any human feelings or emotions, insults Naruto and Sakura while angers them both. While preparing to set off, Sai receives an envelope from an Anbu Root shinobi containing secret orders from Danzō. Jiraiya then meets with Tsunade and Yamato in Kakashi's hospital room to brief Yamato on the Nine-Tailed Fox sealed within Naruto, detailing the "demon fox's cloak", and revealing a scar on his chest he got from Naruto when the latter ascended to a four-tailed form. Finally, the new Team Kakashi sets off on their new mission to capture and intercept the spy in Orochimaru's subordinates, and gather information about Sasuke.

As Team Kakashi heads out for the Tenchi Bridge. Sakura and Naruto come down hard at Sai for making fun of their former team-mate, Sasuke. Seeing the tension in the team, Yamato decides they need to improve on teamwork and uses a Wood Release technique to create a wooden cage, threatening to lock the trio up unless they behave. Sakura is shocked to see Yamato using the secret techniques that only the First Hokage was said to possess. Given an ultimatum between being locked up or spending the night at a hot springs by Yamato, the team chooses to visit the springs to improve team cohesion. Despite this fact, Naruto still despises Sai.

While Sakura sees Sai drawing by a river and finds out that he has artistic talent, but has never given titles to anything he ever drew. Naruto and Sakura begin to realize the reason behind Sai's repulsive personality. After the hot springs, the team heads off to the Tenchi Bridge to meet with Sasori's spy. Yamato, being suspicious of traps, suggests to the team to alter their route and go through a forest. Camping for the night, Yamato then creates a two story house by using his Wood Release technique. Inside the house, the team formulates their plan of capturing the spy.

Soon after Yamato designs a mock test for his team to see how everyone coordinated with each other. Naruto is paired with Sai despite his objections, and Sakura is assigned to support Yamato. Yamato conducts a simulation of the meeting, with himself as "the spy", to gauge Naruto and Sai's abilities and teamwork. After Naruto makes a mistake, Sai immobilises him and goes off alone. Naruto is angered with Sai for not acting as a comrade would, but resolves to work together with him to get Sasuke back. Sai reveals to Sakura that he has no emotions, and little understanding of them, as a part of his training in Anbu Root.

While at the location Yamato disguises himself as Sasori within Hiruko, and goes to meet "the spy" at the Tenchi Bridge. The spy is revealed to be Kabuto, who spills out the location of Orochimaru's current hideout. Before the meeting could finish, Orochimaru appears and interrupts the two. While Kabuto initially seems frightened by Orochimaru's appearance, he stops the ruse and turns around to attack Yamato disguised as Sasori, revealing his and Orochimaru's trap. Seeing Yamato's Wood Release technique, Orochimaru recognises him as one of his test subjects in Konoha years ago, when the latter tried to replicate the Wood Release from First Hokage's DNA by injecting it in the bodies of numerous unborn infants, out of which only Yamato survived. Orochimaru then tells Yamato to call out Naruto, Sakura and Sai from where they are hiding.

As Yamato signals Naruto, Sakura and Sai to appear on the bridge. Once he sees Naruto, Orochimaru begins mocking him and compares him to Sasuke, which causes the Nine-Tails' chakra to leak from an enraged Naruto's body and turns him into the three-tailed form. Meanwhile, Yamato remembers Jiraiya speaking of the appearance of number of tails on Naruto during their training, and had specifically warned of Naruto's four-tailed form.

Sakura and Sai watch in a mix of shock and surprise as the chakra surrounding Naruto's body begins to engulf the air. As Orochimaru mentions Sasuke's name again, Naruto grows a second tail and rushes at him with superhuman speed, punching Orochimaru in the face and causing him to go through several yards worth of trees. As Orochimaru makes his way back to the bridge, the part of his face where Naruto struck him has peeled, revealing the face of Gen'yūmaru, the host body Orochimaru is currently occupying. Using his Face Copying Technique, Orochimaru reapplies his face as he remarks how Naruto is finally beginning to act like a jinchūriki; Kabuto himself states that Naruto, using the Nine-Tailed Fox's power, has grown considerably in strength.

Yamato recalls his conversation with Jiraiya, Tsunade and Kakashi at the Konoha Hospital, where Kakashi and Jiraiya were warning him about Naruto's "Nine-Tails' Cloak Form". Jiraiya had told Yamato that other than the time where Tsunade nearly killed him for peeking on her when she was nude, the only other time he had almost died was when Naruto entered his four-tailed form. Jiraiya explained that whenever Naruto gave in to anger, the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra would begin to leak out and envelop him. As Naruto's anger and rage grew, he would begin to grow more tails. On top of that, Naruto could only maintain his consciousness up to three tails; if he were to grow a fourth, his mind would succumb to the Nine-Tails' influence and he would instinctively attack on pure rage alone. Jiraiya likens Naruto's Version 2 form to being a mini version of the Nine-Tailed Fox itself. Jiraiya revealed to the group that when Naruto enters into his four-tailed form, the chakra of the Nine-Tailed Fox burns his skin off, causing immense pain and leaving Naruto to be covered by just blood and chakra. After the transformation subsides, the Nine-Tails' chakra then begins to heal him; the process of egregious damage followed by rapid recovery is shortening Naruto's lifespan. Tsunade had asked how this is even possible, and Jiraiya had explained that the seal the Fourth Hokage had used was beginning to weaken over time, explaining why Naruto was succumbing to the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra much more during his bouts of anger as opposed to when he was younger. Tsunade, Jiraiya and Kakashi tell Yamato that he is the only one who can keep Naruto in check since he has the power of the First Hokage in his blood.

Back on the bridge, Orochimaru realises that Yamato is team captain only because Naruto is a jinchūriki, citing that Konoha should be grateful for his experiments. When Kabuto asks what he means, Orochimaru reveals that back when he was a Konoha shinobi, he harvested DNA cells from the remains of the First Hokage and attempted to transplant them into babies and children; none of them survived, however. Before he could officially terminate the experiment and dispose of the subjects, he had been caught by the Third Hokage with another experiment in another laboratory, forcing him to flee Konoha. He realises that one of those babies who had been injected with the First Hokage's cells had survived, and that the child is none other than Yamato. Sakura recalls Yamato creating the wooden cage and how she wondered how Yamato was able to use the First's technique, and finally understands the reasoning. Orochimaru adds that the First Hokage had the ability to control tailed beasts, and that since Yamato has the power of the First within him, Konoha assigned him to keep watch on Naruto and control him if need be.

When Naruto demands that Orochimaru and Kabuto return Sasuke to them, the duo state that Sasuke came to them of his own accord. Orochimaru tells Naruto that if he wishes to know anything about Sasuke then he would have to beat it out of him. Naruto gives in even more to the Nine-Tails' influence and grows a third tail. The sprouting of the third tail causes the chakra in the air to intensify, causing a burning sensation to everyone else on the bridge. Sai realises that Naruto's true power comes from the demon fox, and Orochimaru, after staring into Naruto's changing pupils, senses the burgeoning Nine-Tailed Fox within. Naruto's three-tailed form then begins to form a chakra vortex above them.

Difference Between Anime and Manga

 * Part II

In the manga, during the real true face special. Naruto gives Kakashi a three piece dango stick. But in the anime, Naruto gives Kakashi a four piece dango stick.
 * In the manga, when Naruto returns from his two year training trip with Jiraiya, the person he first re-encounters is Kakashi. Then he meets Sakura, Tsunade, and Konohamaru on the streets. And lastly he also meets Shikamaru and Temari on the streets. But in the anime, he first meets Sakura and Konohamaru on the streets. Whereas he meets Tsunade, Shikamaru, Temari and Kakashi while being inside Tsunade's office.
 * In the manga, Konohamaru was still in the Ninja Academy when Naruto return from his two year training trip. But in the anime, Konohamaru was a genin when Naruto returned to the village.
 * In the manga, Naruto has blood on the bottom of his mouth when he gets punched by Sakura. But in the anime, the blood is not shown. Instead the blood is on his nose.
 * In the manga, Konohamaru hide behind Kakashi after Naruto got punched by Sakura. But in the anime, Konohamaru hide behind Jiriaya instead.
 * In the manga, Yurika told Tsunade herself about Gaara's kidnapping. But in the anime, she handed her the message to read it.
 * In the manga, Hiruko was a normal puppet. But in the anime, he was a Human Puppet.
 * During the Kazekage Rescue Arc, an unknown Akatsuki member is present in various scenes during Shukaku's sealing. However, this member is replaced with Hidan in the anime.
 * In the manga, none of the puppets in Chiyo's Chikamatsu collection were destroyed, however in the anime, at least four were shown being heavily damaged.
 * When Team Kakashi decided to rest at a Hot Springs, the women bathing had towels and other objects added to block their nudity.
 * When Sai switches allegiances, he had subdued Kabuto in an alternate fashion in the anime. This was probably changed because Kabuto's hands were left free in the manga, making escape seem possible.
 * In the manga, when Yamato suppresses the Naruto's four-tailed form with Hokage-Style Sixty-Year-Old Technique — Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands, there are ten pillars. But in the anime, there are eleven.
 * In the manga during Naruto's training to add his elemental chakra to the Rasengan, Kakashi takes him to Ramen Ichiraku. Ayame is away on a trip leaving Nishi and Matsu work as her replacements. But in the anime, she has just returned from a trip and has converted the Ramen Bar into a Tsukemen bar.
 * In the manga, after Konohamaru performed the Sexy Girl on Girl Technique, Sakura punched him for using it. But in the anime, Moegi punched him instead.
 * In the manga, Sarutobi Konohamaru has a sexy technique that depicts Sasuke and Sai in a sexual position. In the English version of the manga only a silhouette of the two is visible, and in the anime this is taken out entirely.
 * In the anime, Asuma is shown buying flowers from the Yamanaka Flower Shop after the time skip. But in the manga, he bought the flowers before the time skip.
 * In the manga, the triangle on Hidan's Jashin amulet points up. But in the anime, it points down.
 * In the manga, Utakata, the jinchuriki of the Six-Tails, had already been captured by the time of the Akatsuki and Taka's alliance. But in the anime, he was captured afterwards.
 * In the manga, Shiba picked up Sasuke's scent. But in the anime, it was Bisuke.
 * In the manga, Obito blocks Suigetsu's sword with his artificial right arm. But in the anime, he blocks it with his left arm.
 * In the manga, Obito stated Fugaku organized and planned the coup d'état. But in the anime, it was revealed he did not plan it. Since it was the representative of the whole Uchiha Clan that planned it. Therefore he had no choice but to go along with their decision. However, he opted for an option that would satisfy the Uchiha Clan and lead to the least bloodshed. To this end, he asked Itachi to help him take over the seat of Hokage by force.
 * In the manga, several of the Uchiha clan members before the founding of Konohagakure are depicted with elaborate facial markings. But in the anime, only one of the members retain his distinct facial markings.
 * In the manga, upon Sasuke remembering how Itachi was during their childhood since Obito told him the true reason why the Uchiha clan was murder. Sasuke has a flashback of when he and his family are eating dinner. In the flashback, Itachi is shown as a teenager. But in the anime, Itachi is shown as a child instead.
 * In the anime, when B turns into the Eight-Tails, his shin-guards and sandals fall off. This didn't occur in the scene in the manga or any other time he has transformed.
 * In the manga, a young Gamabunta is shown to not have had a scar on his left eye when sitting next to Jiraiya. But in the anime, he has a scar.
 * In the manga, Naruto finds out about Jiraiya's death just before Sasuke is assigned to capture Killer B. but in the anime, due to the Six-Tails Unleashed filler arc, this was pushed back to afterwards, where instead it is shown at the beginning of the Pain's Assault arc.
 * In the manga, the Preta Path of Pain has six piercings below its mouth. But in the anime, it only has five.
 * In the anime, the Naraka Path's original body, while still alive, is shown outside. But in the manga, he was in the sewers.
 * In the anime, the Asura Path's original body, while still alive, is shown wearing a rice hat. But in the manga, his bare forehead and crown of the head are shown.
 * In the manga, when decoding Jiraiya's message, Shiho shows the correct way to write 'ta' and the way that Jiraiya did. But in the anime, they also confirm it by comparing the 'ta' with a book containing Jiraiya's writing in it and it was Shikamaru who did it.
 * In the manga, Pain's Giant Rhino summon first appeared in during the invasion of Konoha. But in the anime, he summoned it during the fight with Jiraiya.
 * In the anime, the Animal and Human Paths are depicted with longer bangs. But in the manga, the Preta Path who should have been as short as the Animal Path, is depicted much taller.
 * In the manga, when the invasion began, the Animal Path summoned one centipede that was killed by Sakura. But in the anime, three centipedes were summoned, one that was killed by Sakura as in the manga, and later another that was killed by Shikamaru. The third one's fate however was unseen.
 * In the manga, after Kakashi saves him from Pain, Iruka informs Sakura that Akatsuki is invading the village. But in the anime, Iruka informs Sakura of the attack but has no idea who is invading, which happened before his encounter with Pain.
 * In the manga, Ino's first thought about Katsuyu was that the slug was part of the enemy's attack during Pain's invasion. But in the anime however, this incident happened earlier during the Three-Tails Arc, when four divisions of Katsuyu appeared in time to help the sealing team by giving them an extra supply of chakra. Ino and Hinata, who did not recognize Katsuyu, were initially alarmed until Sakura explained who Katsuyu was to them.
 * In the manga, Naruto teaches Konohamaru the Rasengan before the time-skip. But in the anime, he teaches it after the time-skip.
 * In the manga, the Human Path throws the Animal Path away from the Rasenshuriken blast after grabbing hold of the back of her cloak collar. But in the anime, he does it by the front of her cloak collar.
 * In the manga, Hinata charged straight at the Deva Path. But in the anime, she focused more on trying to free Naruto from his restraints rather than attacking Pain.
 * In the manga, Nagato deflects the Amegakure and Root kunai on his right. But in the anime, he deflects them from his left.
 * In the manga, when Nagato gets exhausted from overusing the Chibaku Tensei he coughed up a lot of blood. But in the anime, this was changed to a trickle of saliva.
 * In the manga, when Sasuke and his team are seen getting ready to head to Konoha, Suigetsu already had the Kubikiribocho back and was wearing a robe. But in the anime, he was seen coming back after retrieving the Kubikiribocho and wearing his regular outfit.
 * In the manga, Hyuga Tokuma and Ranka are introduced after the Kage Summit. But in the anime, they're introduced before.
 * In the manga, Mei strikes Ao with a straight punch. But in the anime, she strikes him with an uppercut.
 * In the manga, Sasuke is the one to cut Danzo's arm off and slash into his torso. But in the anime, Garuda is the one that cuts Danzo's right arm off.
 * In the manga, when Danzo first reveals a Sharingan, the eye looks unhealthy, having a dark sclerae. But in the anime, the sclerae is white.
 * In the manga, Sasuke's Susanoo has six fingers. But in the anime, it has five fingers.
 * In the manga, when Sasuke puts Danzo in a genjutsu, "Itachi" uses Amaterasu with his right eye. But in the anime, "Itachi" casts it with his left eye.
 * The teeth of Sasuke's final Susanoo form in the manga are depicted as jagged. But when animated they resemble normal teeth with elongated canines.
 * When Sasuke's complete Susanoo is seen for the first time in the manga it has what appears to be an orb in it's foremost right hand. But in the anime, the entity is seen with a gourd of sorts in its secondary right hand with the orb being absent altogether.
 * In the manga, after Danzo had badmouthed Itachi in the clutches of Sasuke's Susanoo, the latter crushed him. The amount of blood was heavily reduced in the anime, and the blood spattering on Sasuke's face was removed.
 * In the manga, an unknown shinobi interrupts the Fire Daimyo's appointment of Kakashi as Hokage with news of Tsunade waking up. But in the anime, Guy is the one to interrupt the meeting while an unknown shinobi is seen alongside Shizune.
 * In the anime, part of the left side of Tobi's face can be seen through his mask's eyehole. While in the manga, Masashi Kishimoto has consistently kept that side of his face, except for his eye, completely shadowed.
 * In the manga, when Kabuto returns to the Mountains' Graveyard, he has several appendages on the lower half of his snake-like body. But in the anime, however, these are not present. In that same scene, Zetsu's lower half is completely white. Also in the manga, he appears close behind Kabuto while in the anime he is on the same side as Tobi.
 * In the anime, the robes from all reincarnated Akatsuki members are depicted with an incorrect color scheme, black with red lining. But in the manga, the robes are wine-colored with tan lining, matching Kabuto's. The color scheme was corrected in the anime later on.
 * In the manga, Kushina's hair is shown to fall down almost to her ankles. But in the anime, Kushina's hair falls to her waist.
 * In the anime, the fact that Kushina migrated to Konohagakure is played on very heavily. She even stated that she didn't hold much hope to be rescued when kidnapped by Kumo-nin because she was an "outsider". However in the manga, this is not the case as she told Naruto that Konoha immediately sent out a search party to look for her.
 * In the manga, Minato rescues Kushina from Kumo shinobi when they are young adults. However in the anime, he rescues her when they are pre teens.
 * In the manga, Sasuke appeared to have short spiky black as an infant. However in the anime, he appears to have bangs on both sides of his face and no fringe.
 * In the manga, the object Kurama was bounded to as well as the chains and stakes that bound it while sealed within Kushina had more of a liquid appearance. But in the anime, they appear to be more solid and this was changed into something that resembled lava.
 * In the manga, when Hiruzen is driving the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox out of Konohagakure, his team-mates Homura, Koharu and even Torifu are present with him. But in the anime, the scene is changed entirely. Homura, Koharu and Torifu are not present to which Hiruzen has two unknown higher up shinobi with him.
 * In the manga, when Kisame attempted to escape his pursuers at the Falls of Truth by travelling inside of his Water Release: Water Shark Bullet Technique, he did so by swimming through the water. But in the anime, both the shark and Kisame flew through the air instead.
 * In the manga, when Kurama is strained with Kushina's chains. An infant Naruto is seen with his eyes close crying after hearing the chains be released. But in the anime, Naruto is seen having his eyes open after hearing the chains be released along with hearing his parents' voices.
 * In the manga, during Kisame's flashback, the Cypher Division is attacked as they're eating, and all are killed at once by Kisame. But in the anime, Kisame detects the enemies and tries saving the Cypher Division, but ends up killing them one at the time.
 * In the manga, when Sasuke kills White Zetsu, his Susanoo Sword is made of Amaterasu. But inthe anime, it is made of the same ethereal substance Susanoo is made of.
 * In the manga, when Sasuke emerges from the Mountains' Graveyard, his Sharingan is activated. But in the anime, his Sharingan is not activated.
 * In the anime, genin from Sunagakure such as Matsuri are present in the war despite the fact that they would most likely not be allowed to participate. They were also not seen in the manga.
 * In the anime, Shin's eyes are depicted as being black. However, when he was reincarnated — the only time his eyes are seen open in the manga — they are depicted as being light-colored. Curiously in the anime when Shin is reincarnated his eyes are black in color, however when Sasori uses Shin as a puppet, his eyes turn white as if his personality had been eliminated by Kabuto which was not the case.
 * In the anime, Hiashi is seen wearing a bandanna-styled forehead protector. Whereas in the manga, he wears it in the traditional manner. This may have been misconstrued due to the fact that the forehead protector is on a dark cloth and Hiashi has black hair, but in fact the forehead protector is tied in as similar manner to Neji's: with his hair covering the back of the cloth.
 * In the manga, when Shin and the Sasori puppet clash, the puppet uses its flamethrower. But in the anime, it doesn't.
 * In the manga, when Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi unearthed the White Zetsu, the Fifth Division began their attack. But in the anime, after the unearthing, the attack was cut and moved to a later episode. However, Inuzuka Hana and Karui's involvement remained cut.
 * In the anime, C who was present in the manga when deploying with the Sensor Division. Whereas in the manga, he is replaced with another shinobi.
 * In the manga, Shin wears a Konoha forehead protector when he was reincarnated by Kabuto. But in the anime, he doesn't wear one.
 * In the anime, The Konoha-nin behind Tajiki's comrade has a scar under his left eye. But in the manga, none is present.
 * In the manga when Guy and Lee attack Haku with the Leaf Coiling Whirlwind, Lee is on the right and Guy is on the left. But in the anime, they are reversed.
 * In the manga, a shinobi mentions that Haku is a member of the Yuki clan. In the anime, there is no such passage, and Haku is only mentioned as an Ice Release user by Sakura. when Pakura attacks the Alliance's shinobi with her Scorch Release, in the manga she attacks an Iwagakure and a Konohagakure shinobi. But in the anime, she confronts two Konohagakure shinobi with taijutsu initially and by the time she uses the technique, one of the Konoha shiniobi becomes an Iwagakure shinobi.
 * In the anime, It was said by an unknown Iwagakure shinobi that Gari was the former captain of the Iwagakure's Explosion Corps. However in the manga, he was said to be the former member of the given organisation.
 * In the manga, Suigetsu is shown freeing Jugo when the chapter focuses on them. The anime expands that sequence, showing how Suigetsu escaped his cell. During that time in the manga, Suigetsu's clothes was also shown to be in a semi-liquid state. But in the anime, only his body is still in this state.
 * In the manga, when Guren is making his escape from the northern hideout, he brutally kills a number of guards and there is a significant amount of blood. But in the anime, the blood is removed completely.
 * In the manga, when "Kisame" was decapitated, the head landed in front of Sabu. But in the anime, this was omitted.
 * Interestingly, when Furui was impaled by the Eight-Tails, it was more censored than when it occurred in the anime as he was seen as a silhouette in the manga.
 * In the anime, Ginkaku and his brother Kinkaku were both seen with whisker-like marks on their faces before they were even consumed by Kurama. But in the manga, the do not.
 * In the anime, after Darui escaped from Benihisago. He is seen without his bandage on his right hand before he attacked Kinkaku. But in the anime, he does not.
 * In the anime, the number of shinobi being strangled by Kakuzu was dropped from four to three. But in the manga, it was multiple.
 * In the manga, Asuma noticed the arrival of his students before they faced Kinkaku. But in the anime, this was omitted altogether.
 * In the manga, when Kurenai along with an infant Mirai were seen. The village was in the background. But in the anime, Kurenai and Mirai are shown in a two-toned backdrop.
 * In the manga, when Choza protected the current Ino-Shika-Cho generation from Asuma's Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning technique, he threw himself in front of them horizontally. But in the anime, he stood in front of them.
 * In the manga, the kunai wielded by Asuma were depicted with square tips. But in the anime, they were circular.
 * In the anime, when Asuma told his students that their formation had been perfected, tears came to their eyes. But in the manga, though visibly saddened, they did not cry.
 * In the anime, when Naruto enters Sage Mode and charges at his protection detail, only the two Akimichi are flung out. But in the manga, everyone was thrown out from behind the waterfall. Additionally Naruto attacked them with his fists instead of kicking them. In addition to this in the same episode, Shibi was supposed to have sent his kikaichu to corner Naruto before he escaped from behind the waterfall but this was omitted.
 * In the manga, Choza stopped Kinkaku's tail with one hand. But in the anime, he used two.
 * In the anime, the Sunagakure-nin that was with the Fifth Division samurai was not wearing a mask. But in the mang, he was wearing a mask.
 * At the Allied Shinobi Forces' headquarters when the Sensing Water Sphere was shown, no water was seen beneath it.
 * In the manga, Kitsuchi's punching of Kinkaku is shown from left to right. In the anime, the punch is shown from right to left. Also, more of his rock-transformed arm was visible in the manga. But in the anime, his sleeve covered it.
 * In the manga, the Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi Clan Memorial was depicted with inscriptions beneath the clan symbols. This is removed altogether in the anime.
 * In the anime, Kabuto withdrew his reincarnated soldiers from the battlefield for the process of the night. But in the manga, there was no indication for this.
 * In the manga, when he was reincarnated by Kabuto, Torune was drooling. But I n the anime, blood was coming from his mouth.
 * The Suna-nin that speaks with the shinobi with the mobile communication device has on glasses. But in the manga, he doesn't wear glasses.
 * In a reverse predicament when A elbowed B in the manga, B spat up what appeared to be saliva. But in the anime, B coughed up blood.
 * In the anime, when Killer B slices through Itachi's Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, Samehada is still bandaged up. But in the manga, the great sword was only partially still bandaged.
 * In the anime, when Itachi impaled Nagato with his Totsuka Sword, the three shinobi are seen standing beside Susanoo. But in the manga, they are all in front of it.
 * In the anime, Naruto attacked the first Zetsu disguised as F with a Rasengan, despite kicking him in the manga. Also in that same episode, the first group of Zetsu being defeated by Naruto already changed back to their true form. But in the manga, they still remained disguised as Allied Shinobi Forces.
 * In the manga, Naruto attacked the two Zetsu disguised as Iwa-nin in the Logistical Support and Medical Division with his body. But in the manga, he used his Twin Rasengan to attack them.
 * In the manga, when the Third Raikage breaches through Dodai's Lava Release: Rubber Wall, the cut made to the wall is clean. In Shippuuden episode 301, the cut is rough.
 * In the manga, during the scene where it shows the Third Raikage fallen on his own technique, he is depicted as younger. But in the anime, they add age lines around his face.
 * In the manga omake tie-in, Shikamaru hair did not have his ponytail in the men's public bath. In the adapted anime episode, he has his ponytail the entire time there.
 * In the manga, when Mu is detected by Gaara's Concealed Sand Picture Cat, sand rises up from the ground and encircles Mu's foot. But in the anime, sand is instead seen blowing about on the battlefield.
 * In the manga, Dodai's eye-patch is circular. But in the anime, it is depicted as being square.
 * In the anime, The Gold and Silver Brothers are depicted without the plating on the bridge of their noses. But in the manga, they do not.
 * In the anime, Mifune and his squad are seen running in the opposite direction. But in the manga, they do not.
 * In the manga, Toroi merely appears to summon larger shuriken from his scroll. But in the anime, he withdrew regular-sized shuriken from his sleeves, and enlarged them.
 * In the anime, when Kakashi manages to slice through Fuguki's torso with the Kubikiribocho, he just sliced him with the sword. But inn the manga, Kakashi applied a lightning chakra flow on the sword to increase its piercing.
 * In the anime, an additional part of the Daimyo Protection Squad's fight against Black Zetsu is shown near the beginning before Madara is summoned. But in the manga it is not shown.
 * In the manga, when Omoi used the Cloud-Style Crescent Moon Beheading technique, he slashed his sword to the right and the opponents repelled the attack. But in the anime, Omoi slashed to the left and the opponents dodged the attack instead.
 * In the anime, Pakura, Gari and Mangetsu are shown fighting the Third Division along with Fuguki before retreating into the forest after Fuguki is sealed. But in the manga, they are not shown and only mentioned by Lee that only three remain.
 * In the manga, when Naruto's shadow clone saves Hinata from two white Zetsu clones. Naruto saves her from an up close range, and uses two other shadow clones to punch the two white Zetsu clones. But in the anime, Hinata was attacked by three white Zetsu clones. However Naruto saves Hinata from a further away range, and defeats the Zetsu clones with three shadow clones.
 * In the manga, Roshi's headpiece is depicted as having a golden ring on the left side. But in the anime, this ring was not present.
 * In the anime, Sasuke's Susanoo is positioned at the right and attacks to the left. But in the manga, it is positioned at the left and attacks to the right.
 * In the manga, Kabuto wears his usual outfit including his Konoha forehead protector. But in the anime, he wears a purple hooded mantle.
 * In the manga, Itachi uses his Susanoo's curved blade to pin down Kabuto's construct of Orochimaru But in the anime, Itachi's Susanoo instead uses the Sword of Totsuka.
 * In the anime, Naruto is shown recognizing Utakata, and finds himself inside a mental plane where he converses with Utakata, where the two reminisce about Hotaru and their previous interactions. But in the manga, the two had no prior interaction and therefore do not communicate.
 * In the anime, when the jinchuriki and the tailed beasts introduce themselves to Naruto, small dialogue changes were made, Isobu commenting on meeting Naruto before, and Utakata telling Naruto that he already knew his name. But in the manga, neither had met Naruto before, and therefore both introduce themselves normally.
 * In the anime, the contents of the scroll Suigetsu finds at one of Orochimaru's hideouts is shown. But in the manga, the scroll's contents were not revealed until much later. Also in the manga, Karin's chains were linked to a wall. But in the anime they weren't linked to any walls.
 * In the manga, when White Zetsu cancels his Substitute Technique the clone resembles a regular Zetsu clone. However in the anime, the clone has the venus flytrap like extensions which have never been seen on a typical clone.
 * In the anime, Neji is seen behind Kakashi when the Allied Shinobi Forces arrive to the battlefield. But in the manga, a Kumo shinobi is behind him and Neji isn't seen among them.
 * In the anime, a Sunagakure shinobi from the Intelligence Division having an argument with a Kirigakure shinobi from the Sensor Division about evacuating the place or not shortly before the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball hits the Alliance's headquarter. This scene was not shown in the manga.
 * In the anime, an elderly Kumogakure shinobi praising the Hyuga clan's prowess on the battlefield. This scene was not shown in the manga.
 * In the manga, Sakura was saved from the Ten-Tails's rampage by Kakashi. But in the anime, Sakura protected herself instead of being saved by Kakashi.
 * In the anime, the shinobi on the battlefield defending themselves against the Ten-Tails' Wood Release: Cutting Technique by using Earth Release and Fire Release. This scene wasn't shown in the manga.
 * In the manga, when the Ten-Tails took on its second form, a shinobi was seen coughing up blood after being injured by the impact of the transformation. However this was only heard in the anime. In that same episode, Neji being impaled by the Ten-Tails wood branches in front of Naruto and Hinata was not shown in a close-up view like how it was in the manga. Instead in the anime, it only showed Naruto and Hinata's reaction upon seeing Neji get impaled by the attack.
 * In the manga, the chakra cloaks Naruto provides the rest of the Allied Shinobi Forces has the same yellow color as his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. But in the anime, it looks like his original, red chakra Version 1 cloak.
 * In the manga, when Naruto is giving Rock Lee the red chakra version 1 cloak. Naruto is facing forwards behind Lee when he gives him the cloak. But in the anime, he walks pass Lee after giving him the cloak.
 * In the anime, Sasuke's view of Konoha is seen from an angle to his left side. But in the manga, it was seen from his right side.
 * In the manga, Butsuma punched Hashirama with his left hand. But in the anime, he is seen punching him with his right hand.
 * In the manga, Tobirama is wearing his usual armor in Hashirama's retelling. But in the anime, he's wearing a variant with no shoulder guards.
 * In the manga, the two shadow clones Tobirama created were forming the clone seal as well. But in the anime, they stood normally instead.
 * In the manga, when Hashirama used his Wood Dragons to restraint Madara, they were generic dragons. But in the anime, they were the dragons with trunk-like nose.
 * During Kakashi's flashback about a previous sparring with Obito, the latter failed to perform the Great Fireball Technique. In the anime, his usage of the technique succeeded.
 * In the manga, Minato is erroneously depicted with six Truth-Seeking Ball's on his coat. But in the anime, its corrected to five balls.
 * In the manga, the Forbidden Individual Curse Tag technique is black in color with a Rinnegan-like symbol on it. But in the anime, it is white with a red, white, and teal symbol.
 * In the anime, once Obito sealed the Ten-Tails into himself, a shell encased around him and shattered once the jinchuriki transformation was complete. Originally in the manga, the transformation was unclear. Also in the anime, the transformation was the same as it was in the manga in Hinata's flashback.
 * In the manga, when Obito attempted to attack Naruto, Sasuke shielded the latter using the hand of his Susanoo. The hand was penetrate in the anime, while the attack did not pierce through.
 * In the manga, after Obito produces chakra receivers to perform the Six Red Yang Formation, the Truth-Seeking Ball behind his right hand permanently disappears. But in the anime, the ball remains behind his hand.
 * In the manga, Kurama's eyes had the same pattern up the Sharingan the entire battle due to it being controlled. But in the anime, up until Kurama was equipped with Susanoo, its eyes were normal.
 * In the manga, when Tsunade, A and Onoki are seen standing side by side, Onoki is actually flying. However in the anime, he is not.
 * In the manga, when Madara reveals the status of the Kage, A had a large puddle of blood coming from his mouth. But in the anime, this was removed, as well as a reduction of blood from the other Kage.
 * In the manga, when Obito states his dislike for Tobi the Zetsu clone, the latter "flips the bird" at him. But in the anime, Tobi, nicknamed Guruguru by Obito, gives Obito a thumbs down.
 * In the manga, Obito's imagination of his life had he returned to Konoha depicted his mask barely covering from his head to just below his right eye. But in the anime, his mask almost covers the entire left portion of his face.
 * In the manga, the Sage Art: Magnet Release Rasengan is colored similar to Shukaku's body, giving it the appearance of a sandy sphere. But in the anime, the Magnet Release Rasengan is colored in blue with Shukaku's cursed seal markings.
 * In the manga, when Madara activates the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Yamato is already under the genjutsu once Tobi releases him. When he is released in the anime, Yamato quickly gains consciousness, asking Hiruzen about what has taken place in the war, and only then gets caught in the genjutsu.
 * In the manga, during Hinata's Infinite Tsukuyomi dream, Hanabi is shown in her Part I appearance. But in the anime, Hanabi is shown in her Part II appearance.
 * In the manga, it is Minato who tries to free everyone from the Shinju tree. But in the anime, it is Tobirama who tries to free everyone from the Shinju tree.
 * In the manga, during Shikamaru's Infinite Tsukuyomi dream, Asuma is shown holding Mirai while she is asleep. But in the anime, Asuma is shown holding Mirai while she is crying.
 * In the manga, when Black Zetsu stabs Madara through his heart with his hand. Blood is shown on Madara's outfit. But in the anime, blood is only shown on Madara's face and not on his outfit.
 * In the manga, when Team Kakashi see Black Zetsu stab Madara. Naruto is shown standing side ways. But in the anime, Naruto is shown facing forward.
 * In the manga, as Madara screams in pain after being stabbed. A full view of his body is shown. But in the anime, only a little bit of his body and face is shown as he screams.
 * In the manga, as Naruto se Madara change in shape. Naruto's whisker marks are separate on both sides of his face. But in the anime, the whisker marks are closer together on both sides of his face.
 * In the manga, Naruto grabs his staff pole fully. But in the anime, he grabs it a little bit.
 * In the manga, Sasuke's Chidori sword is seen Under his right hand. But in the anime, the Chidori sword is attach to his right hand.
 * In the manga, when Naruto and Sasuke charge at Madara. Naruto is seen running. But in the anime, he is seen jumping.
 * In the manga, when Naruto and Sasuke charge at Madara. Sasuke is seen further away from Sakura. But in the anime, he is closer to Sakura.
 * In the manga, when Kaguya is shown in full view. Rocks are shown flying pass her. But in the anime, no rocks are shown at all.
 * In the manga, when Kaguya is shown in full view. Her open sleeves are shown as huge ovals. But in the anime, the open sleeves are shown as huge circles.
 * In the manga, when Naruto and Sasuke see Kaguya in person. Their face expression are in a further away view. But in the anime, their face expressions are an up close view.
 * In the manga, when Kaguya's face is view up close. She has two light circle under her Rinne Sharingan. Along with having a ton of red lipstick on her lips. But in the anime, the two circle under her Rinne Sharingan are colored as gray. While she has a little bit of pink lipstick on her lips.
 * In the manga, when Kaguya kicks Naruto and Sasuke away from her. Naruto is seen flying pass Sasuke while they are further away from each other. But in the anime, Naruto flies pass Sasuke while they are up close to each other.
 * In the manga, when Kaguya teleports Team Kakashi to a lava pit. Kakashi saves himself and Sakura by having a shorter Kunai rope and a long scroll attach to it. But in the anime, the Kunai rope is long while the scroll is short.
 * In the manga, when Obito is saved by Kakashi's kunai by having it implanted through his hand. Blood is shown on Obito's right hand. But in the anime, the kunai implants Obito's hand a little bit and no blood is shown.
 * In the manga, when Sakura is holding on to Kakashi. Her forehead is on top of her head, before it falls off and gets melted into the lava. But in the anime, her forehead protector is on her forehead. Her forehead protector is shown untie and falls into the lava off screen.
 * In the manga, when Sakura sees Naruto's male Sexy Reverse Harem Technique, she has a huge nosebleed and freaks out when it worked against Kaguya. But in the anime, she has a little nosebleed and faints from shock when it works.
 * In the manga, after Kakashi sees Naruto's male Sexy Reverse Harem Technique. He thinks back to when he spoke to Jiraiya. In his conversation Kakashi asks Jiriaya if Naruto is more like him or Minato. But in the anime, the scene just jumps to Jiraiya giving Kakashi the answer.
 * In the manga, when Naruto and Sasuke are trap in ice. There faces are shown further away while no ice is shown around them at all. But in the anime, their faces are shown up close while ice is shown covering them.
 * In the manga, while being in the ice dimension. Sakura's 100 chakra seal is shown on the middle of her forehead but not next to the tip of her bang. But in the anime, her seal is shown next to the tip of her bang.
 * In the manga, Asura and Indra's childhood was never shown at all whatsoever. However their personality was described by their father. But in the anime, their childhood is shown. Along with explaining that their mother died after giving birth to Asura, while Indra was a toddler.
 * In the manga, it was never shown how Asura and Indra were to be chosen as their father's successor for Ninshu. But in the anime, the task is shown. Asura and Indra had to go on separate missions to restore damaged lands as a test to determine which one of them would be the successor to Ninshu.
 * In the manga, it never showed Asura's wife and children. But in the anime, his wife is named Kanna while he has two sons and a daughter.
 * In the manga, during the real true face special. When the Third Hokage scolds Naruto for looking at files. He stares angrily at him. But in the anime, when the Third Hokage scolds Naruto for looking at files. He angrily yells at him.
 * In the manga, during the real true face special. Team Kurenai and Team Asuma never help Team Kakashi try to look at Kakashi's face. But in the anime, Team Kurenai and Team Asuma do help Team Kakashi try to look at Kakashi's face.
 * In the manga, during the real true face special. Sukea leaves Team Kakashi after they got covered photos of Kakashi. But in the anime, Sukea leaves Team Kakashi when they are with Team Kurenai and Team Asuma.
 * In the manga, during the real true face special. Kakashi reveals his true face when he is about to take a shower. But in the anime, Kakashi reveals his face when his student unnoticeable walk pass him when he is spying on him.
 * In the manga, when Naruto is about to fight Kaguya with shadow clones. Kaguya sees a little bit of clones when it shows her head. But in the anime, when Naruto is about to fight Kaguya with shadow clones. Kaguya sees a lot of clones when it shows her head.
 * In the manga, when Naruto's only shadow clone gets hit by Kaguya's attack. Naruto has a huge hole rip through his stomach. But in the anime, when Naruto's only shadow clone gets hit by Kaguya's attack. Naruto has a small hole rip through his stomach.
 * In the manga, when Naruto's shadow clone got hit by Kaguya's attack. He screamed while crumbling to ashes. But in the anime, when Naruto's shadow clone got hit by Kaguya's attack. He didn't scream at all instead he remained silent.
 * In the manga, when Sakura helps Obito with his kamui technique. Obito has two lines of blood running down his eyes. But in the anime, when Sakura helps Obito with his kamui technique. Obito has three lines of blood running down his eyes.
 * In the manga, when Sakura exhausted herself after she and Obito found Sasuke. She has two little burns on her left arm when she lays on Sasuke as he catches her. But in the anime, when Sakura exhausted herself after she and Obito found Sasuke. She has two huge burns on her left arm when she lays on Sasuke as he catches her.
 * In the manga, Sakura's diamond is not cover when Sasuke catches her. But in the anime, Sakura's diamond is cover by her hair when Sasuke catches her.
 * In the manga, Sakura's hair is blowing side ways a lot when Sasuke catches her. But in the anime, Sakura's hair is blowing side ways a little bit when Sasuke catches her.
 * In the manga, Sasuke titles his head when he looks at Sakura after catching her from falling. But in the anime, Sasuke looks at Sakuraa by having his face forwards and only tiltes his eyes when he looks at her.
 * In the manga, before Obito dies he tells Naruto to become Hokage and dies afterwards. But in the anime, before Obito dies he visions his life as Hokage. Afterwards he tells Naruto to become Hokage and then dies.
 * In the manga, when Obito is in the afterlife with Rin. The background is white. But in the anime, when Obito is in the afterlife with Rin. The background is pink.
 * In the manga, when Rin tells Obito it's time to go. Obito cries with two tears coming down his eyes. But in the anime, when Rin tells Obito it's time to go. Obito cries with multiple tears coming down his eyes.
 * In the manga, when Obito meets Kakashi inside Kakashi's subconscious to part ways with him on good terms. The background is white when the two see each other for one last time. But in the anime, when Obito meets Kakashi inside Kakashi's subconscious to part ways with him on good terms. The background is blue when the two see each other for one last time.
 * In the manga, when Naruto has a lot of Rasenshurikens to launch at Kaguya. 30 shadow clones are shown when Kaguya sees this. But in the anime, when Naruto has a lot of Rasenshurikens to launch at Kaguya. Only 9 shadow clones are shown when Kaguya sees this.
 * In the manga, when his students are about to seal Kaguya. Kakashi visions how he saw his students for the first time. He saw Naruto at the classroom door, while Sakura was stading behind him, whereas Sasuke was looking at him while sitting at a desk. But in the anime, when his students are about to seal Kaguya. Kakashi visions how he saw his students for the first time. He saw Naruto away from the classroom door, while Sakura was at a chalkboard whereas Sasuke tilts his desk as he sits at a desk.
 * In the manga, when Naruto angrily speaks to Black Zetsu about not knowing the life of a shinobi. Naruto angrily explains his version of a shinobi while yelling it out loud in person. In the manga, when Naruto angrily speaks to Black Zetsu about not knowing the life of a shinobi. Naruto angrily explains his version of a shinobi while yelling it out loud by having flashbacks of all the people he met before they died.
 * In the manga, Naruto sends Kaguya's severed arm with Black Zetsu inside it by punching it into the range of the Six Paths — Chibaku Tensei. But in the anime, Naruto sends Kaguya's severed arm with Black Zetsu inside it by swinging it around several times before throwing it away.
 * In the manga, an embarrassed Kurama "flips the bird" at Naruto after being asked if it was lonely without him. But in the anime, an embarrassed Kurama makes a fist at Naruto after being asked if it was lonely without him.
 * In the manga when Obito finally goes back to the afterlife. Kakashi says what's the excuse this time. Obito tells Kakashi that he finally told Rin that he was going to save his sorry A**. As Obito disappears, Kakashi says "I see I'm the one that should be saying that to you". But in the anime, when Obito finally goes back to the afterlife. Kakashi says what's the excuse this time. Obito tells Kakashi that he finally told Rin that he will be helping him. As Obito disappears, Kakashi says "I see same here".
 * In the manga, when Naruto and Minato have their final conversation on his birthday. The background is white. But in the anime, when Naruto and Minato have their final conversation on his birthday. The background is wooden.

Movies & OVAs

 * Films


 * Naruto Shippuuden movie 1
 * Naruto Shippuuden movie 2
 * Naruto Shippuuden movie 3
 * Naruto Shippuuden movie 4
 * Naruto Shippuuden movie 5
 * Naruto Shippuuden movie 6
 * Naruto Shippuuden movie 7
 * Boruto movie (sequel to the seventh Shippuuden film)
 * OVAs


 * 1. Konoha Sightseeing Society, Hokage
 * 2. Academy Special Lecture, Chunin Exams
 * 3. Anbu's Investigating Report, Akatsuki
 * 4. Academy Special Lecture, Gaara
 * 5. Konoha Sightseeing Society, Third Training Ground
 * 6. Academy Special Lecture, Missions
 * 7. Konoha Sightseeing Society, Forest of Death
 * 8. Anbu's Investigating Report, Alliance Between Konoha and Suna
 * 9. Academy Special Lecture, Summoning Technique
 * 10. Data on People in Konoha, Tsunade
 * 11. Academy Special Lecture, Puppet Technique
 * 12. Photo Studio of Memories
 * 13. Data on People in Konoha, Might Guy
 * 14. Konoha Clan Record, Chapter 1
 * 15. Data on People in Konoha, Jiraiya
 * 16. Konoha Sightseeing Society, Konoha Hot Springs
 * 17. Konoha Fashion Communication
 * 18. A Conversation Among Akatsuki
 * 19. Konoha Clan Record, Chapter 2
 * 20. Konoha Sightseeing Society, Dango Shop
 * 21. Data on People in Konoha, Kakashi
 * 22. Academy Special Lecture, Teacher and Students
 * 23. Academy Special Lecture, Medical Ninjutsu
 * 24. Konoha Clan Record, Tomoe Edition
 * 25. Orochimaru and Akatsuki
 * 26. Kunoichi Diaries
 * 27. Rivals in Love
 * 28. Academy Special Lecture, Hand Seals and Clone Technique
 * 29. Konoha Answer Any Question Team, Kakashi's Mask
 * 30. Academy Special Lecture, Ninja World History
 * 31. Photo Studio of Memories, Suna Siblings
 * 32. Kazekage Rescue Mission Ceremony
 * 33. Growth
 * 34. Konoha Sightseeing Society, BBQ
 * 35. Konoha Famous Literature
 * 36. Konoha Answer Any Question Team, Wood Release
 * 37. Academy Special Lecture, Five Great Shinobi Countries
 * 38. Konoha Answer Any Question Team, Ninja Ranks
 * 39. Secret Kabuto Medical Files
 * 40. Anbu's Investigating Report, Yakushi Kabuto
 * 41. Konoha Youth Exercise Club
 * 42. Academy Special Lecture, Nine-Tailed Demon Fox
 * 43. Anbu's Investigating Report, Sai
 * 44. Academy Special Lecture, First Hokage's Necklace
 * 45. Konoha Trivia Super Quiz, Part 1
 * 46. Konoha Celebrity Report, Sasuke Part 1
 * 47. Konoha Celebrity Report, Sasuke Part 2
 * 48. Tracking Seeds
 * 49. Konoha Trivia Super Quiz, Part 2
 * 50. Academy Special Lecture, Anbu
 * 51. Academy Special Lecture, Bonds
 * 52. Konoha Celebrity Report, Sasuke and Itachi
 * 53. Photo
 * 54. BBQ
 * 55. Konoha Celebrity Report, Asuma Sarutobi
 * 56. Dream
 * 57. Konoha Answer Any Question Team, Fire Temple
 * 58. Anbu's Investigating Report, Danzo's Plot
 * 59. Reports
 * 60. Rasengan
 * 61. Konoha Trivia Super Quiz, Part 3
 * 62. Drunk Yamato
 * 63. Photo Album
 * 64. Konoha Celebrity Report, Ebisu
 * 65. Memories of Two Chunins
 * 66. Choji's Snacks
 * 67. Ghost
 * 68. Konoha Trivia Super Quiz, Part 4
 * 69. Academy Special Lecture, Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Appearances
 * 70. The Tailed Beasts
 * 71. Let's Try Together, Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
 * 72. Revenge
 * 73. Name
 * 74. Konoha Answer Any Question Team, Kotetsu's Bandage
 * 75. Drunk Shizune
 * 76. Flowers
 * 77. New Technique
 * 78. Interrogation
 * 79. Gym Suit
 * 80. Sleep, Part 1
 * 81. Team 8
 * 82. Let's Try Together, Summoning Technique
 * 83. Akatsuki Members
 * 84. Konoha Trivia Super Quiz, Part 5
 * 85. Collaboration Jutsu
 * 86. Akamaru
 * 87. Ninja Champion Eating Contest
 * 88. Valentine
 * 89. TV-switch
 * 90. Medical Exam
 * 91. Databook
 * 92. Message
 * 93. Smell
 * 94. No Script
 * 95. Lost Script
 * 96. Yamato's Room, Shino
 * 97. Shino's Eyes
 * 98. Uzumaki Narut's Swirling Radio Show, Kakashi
 * 99. Ino's Lottery
 * 100. Katsuyu's Adventure
 * 101. Hinata's Way to Say "Naruto"
 * 102. Money
 * 103. Tsunade's Room, Jiraiya
 * 104. Festival
 * 105. Drunk Jiraiya and Kakashi
 * 106. Uzumaki Naruto's Swirling Radio Show, Jiraiya
 * 107. Anniversary
 * 108. Sleep, Part 2
 * 109. Info
 * 110. Sakura's Way to Say "Naruto"
 * 111. Yamato's Room, Naruto
 * 112. Bugs
 * 113. Sai's Drawing
 * 114. Neji Chronicles
 * 115. Konohamaru's Ninja Photo
 * 116. Karin's Obsession
 * 117. Wind Release
 * 118. Three-Way Deadlock
 * 119. Who's the Heroine?
 * 120. My Role Model
 * 121. Guy's Room
 * 122. We Want Your Secret
 * 123. Forgotten
 * 124. Code
 * 125. Naruto's New Sexy Technique
 * 126. Mini Corner
 * 127. Magazine
 * 128. Rock Lee's Silly Chronicles Part I
 * 129. Rock Lee's Silly Chronicles Part II
 * 130. Rock Lee's Silly Chronicles Part III
 * 131. Rock Lee's Silly Chronicles Part IV
 * 132. Rock Lee's Silly Chronicles Part V
 * 133. Ninja Network News
 * 134. The Tailed Beasts Counting Song
 * 135. Hurricane! "Hidden Leaf High School" Chronicles!"
 * 136. "Naruto The Cross Roads"
 * 137. "Naruto, The Genie, and The Three Wishes!!"
 * 138. "Chunin Exam on Fire! Naruto vs. Konohamaru!"
 * 139. "Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations OVA Hashirama Senju vs. Madara Uchiha"
 * 140. At the Ichiraku… (Team Kakashi's first attempt to see Kakashi's face)
 * 141. The Real True Face…!! (Team Kakashi's second attempt to see Kakashi's face)
 * 142. The New Erotic Ninjutsu Completed!! (Naruto's two year training with Jiraiya)
 * 143. "Naruto Shippuuden Sunny Side Battle!!!" (Itachi makes breakfast for Sasuke)
 * 144. Road to Naruto the Movie (Naruto's desire to have parents)
 * 145. After The Last (Naruto and Hinata's first date)
 * 146. The Beast that was Shot by Love!! (Akamaru's anger of the Konoha 11 boys having girlfriends)
 * 147. "The Day Naruto Became Hokage!!"
 * 148. Boruto: Road to B (Team Konohamaru's Bell Test)

Sagas

 * Kazekage Rescue Arc (Ep. 1 to 32)
 * Sasuke and Sai Arc (Ep. 33 to 53)
 * Twelve Guardian Ninja Arc (Ep. 54 to 71)
 * Hidan and Kakuzu Arc (Ep. 72 to 88)
 * Three-Tails Arc (Ep. 89 to 112)
 * Itachi Pursuit Arc (Ep. 113 to 143)
 * Tsuchigumo Kinjutsu Arc (Ep. 144 to 151)
 * Invasion of Pain Arc (Ep. 152 to 175)
 * Konoha History Arc (Ep. 176 to 196)
 * Five Kage Summit Arc (Ep. 197 to 221)
 * Chikara Arc (Ep. 290 to 295)
 * Adventures at Sea Arc (Ep. 222 to 242)
 * Confining the Jinchuriki Arc (Ep. 243 to 255)
 * Fourth Shinobi War Arc (Ep. 289 to 340)
 * Shadow of the Anbu Arc (Ep. 349 to 361)
 * Ten-Tails Revival Arc (Ep. 341 to 393/414 to 427)
 * Naruto's Back Friends Track (Ep 394 to 413)
 * Otsutsuki Kaguya Strikes (Ep. 428 - Present)
 * Jiraiya Shinobi Handbook ~ The Tale of Naruto the Hero (Ep. 432 to 450)
 * Itachi Shinden Book: Light and Darkness (Ep. 451 to 458)

Theme Songs

 * Opening


 * "Hero's Come Back!!" (Ep. 1 to 30)
 * "Distance" (Ep. 31 to 53)
 * "Blue Bird" (Ep. 54 to 77)
 * "Closer" (Ep. 78 to 102)
 * "Glow of Fireflies" (Ep. 103 to 128)
 * "Sign" (Ep. 129 to 153)
 * "Formerly Transparent World" (Ep. 154 to 179)
 * "Diver" (Ep. 180 to 205)
 * "Diver" (Ep. 206 to 230)
 * "Lovers" (Ep. 231 to 256)
 * "Newsong" (Ep. 257 to 281)
 * "Assault Rock" (Ep. 282 to 306)
 * "Moshimo" (Ep. 307 to 332)
 * "Niwaka Ame ni mo Makezu" (Ep. 333 to 356)
 * "Crimson" (Ep. 357 to 379)
 * "Silhouette" (Ep. 380 to 405)
 * "Wind" (Ep. 406 to 431)
 * "Line" (Ep. 432 to 459)
 * "Blood Circulator" (Ep. 460 to Present)
 * Ending


 * "Meteor ~Shooting Star" (Ep. 1 to 18)
 * "Path To You All" (Ep. 19 to 30)
 * "The Story About You" (Ep. 31 to 41)
 * "Awaken Wild" (Ep. 42 to 53)
 * "Gentle Rainbow" (Ep. 54 to 63)
 * "Broken Youth" (Ep. 64 to 77)
 * "Long Kiss Good Bye" (Ep. 78 to 90)
 * "Bring It On!!!" (Ep. 91 to 102)
 * "Deep Breath" (Ep. 103 to 115)
 * "My Answer" (Ep. 116 to 128)
 * "It Was You" (Ep. 129 to 141)
 * "For You" (Ep. 142 to 153)
 * "Bicycle" (Ep. 154 to 166)
 * "Transient Fireworks" (Ep. 167 to 179)
 * "U Can Do It!" (Ep. 180 to 192)
 * "Midnight Orchestra" (Ep. 193 to 205)
 * "FREEDOM" (Ep. 206 to 218)
 * "Shout Out Your Desires!!!!" (Ep. 219 to 241)
 * "Place to Try" (Ep. 231 to 242)
 * "By My Side" (Ep. 243 to 256)
 * "Cascade" (Ep. 257 to 268)
 * "Shout This Voice Dry" (Ep. 269 to 281)
 * "MOTHER" (Ep. 282 to 295)
 * "Goodbye Memory" (Ep. 296 to 306)
 * "I Can Hear" (Ep. 307 to 319)
 * "Carry Your Dreams ~The Crissroads of Beginning~" (Ep. 320 to 332)
 * "Black Night Town" (Ep. 333 to 343)
 * "Rainbow" (Ep. 344 to 356)
 * "FLAME" (Ep. 357 to 366)
 * "Never Change feat.Lyu:Lyu" (Ep. 367 to 379)
 * "It’s Absolutely No Good" (Ep. 380 to 393)
 * "Spinning World (Ep. 394 to 405)
 * "A Promise That Needs No Words" (Ep. 406 to 417)
 * "Rainbow's Sky" (Ep. 418 to 431)
 * "Troublemaker" (Ep. 432 to 443)
 * "Such You, Such Me" (Ep. 444 to 454)
 * "Blue Lullaby" (Ep. 455 to 467)
 * "Pino and Amélie" (Ep. 468 to Present)

Voice Cast

 * Japanese


 * Junko Takeuchi as Uzumaki Naruto, Akamaru, Mecha Naruto (Ep. 376 – 377), & Uzumaki Menma (Ep. 427 – 428)
 * Chie Nakamura as Haruno Sakura & Suzume
 * Noriaki Sugiyama as Uchiha Sasuke
 * Satoshi Hino as Sai
 * Kazuhiko Inoue as Hatake Kakashi
 * Nana Mizuki as Hyuga Hinata
 * Kosuke Toriumi as Inuzuka Kiba
 * Shinji Kawada as Aburame Shino
 * Showtaro Morikubo as Nara Shikamaru
 * Kentaro Ito as Akimichi Choji
 * Ryoka Yuzuki as Yamanaka Ino
 * Koichi Toochika as Hyuga Neji
 * Yoichi Masukawa as Rock Lee
 * Yukari Tamura as Tenten
 * Akira Ishida as Gaara/Fifth Kazekage
 * Romi Park as Temari
 * Yasuyuki Kase as Kankuro
 * Hochu Otsuka as Jiraiya
 * Masako Katsuki as Tsunade/Fifth Hokage
 * Kujira as Orochimaru
 * Eisuke Asakura as Teuchi
 * Hideo Ishikawa as Uchiha Itachi
 * Wataru Takagi as Uchiha Obito
 * Haruhi Terada as Nohara Rin & Young Tsunade
 * Hidekatsu Shibata as Sarutobi Hiruzen/Third Hokage
 * Ikue Otani as Sarutobi Konohamaru
 * Ikuko Watanabe as Sarutobi Biwako & Young Koharu
 * Jurouta Kosugi as Sarutobi Asuma
 * Eizo Tsuda as Hyuga Hiashi
 * Kiyomi Asai as Hyuga Hanabi
 * Kazuaki Ito as Hyuga Hizashi
 * Toshiyuki Morikawa as Namikaze Minato/Fourth Hokage & Kimimaro
 * Emi Shinohara as Uzumaki Kushina
 * Ena Shimokawa as Uzumaki Mito
 * Hidenobu Kiuchi as Uchiha Shisui
 * Kenji Hamada as Uchiha Fugaku & Aburame Shibi
 * Emi Sagara as Uchiha Mikoto
 * Seiko Fujiki as Inuzuka Tsume
 * Eri Saito as Inuzuka Hana
 * Keiko Nemoto as Shizune, Tonton & Yugao Uzuki
 * Hiroaki Hirata as Shiranui Genma
 * Masashi Ebara as Maito Gai
 * Masayo Hosono as Ayame
 * Yumiko Kobayashi as Nawaki (Flashbacks)
 * Yoji Ueda as Hyuga Ko & Gamakichi
 * Hiroshi Yanaka as Nara Shikaku
 * Naoko Matsui as Nara Yoshino
 * Toshihiko Seki as Umino Iruka
 * Noriko Shitaya as Moegi
 * Tomo Shigematsu as Udon & Gamatatsu
 * Takayuki Sugo as Senju Hashirama/First Hokage
 * Kenyuu Horiuchi as Senju Tobirama/Second Hokage & Yahiko
 * Rumi Ochiai as Yuhi Kurenai
 * Takako Honda as Mitarashi Anko
 * Kazue Ikura as Haruno Mebuki
 * Yasunori Matsumoto as Haruno Kizashi
 * Seiko Fujiki as Inuzuka Tsume
 * Joji Nakata as Baki
 * Ken Shiroyama as Ebizo
 * Ikuko Tani as Chiyo
 * Maya Sakamoto as Matsuri
 * Masahiko Tanaka as Rasa/Fourth Kazekage
 * Yukari Oribe as Karura, Young Motoi & Pakura
 * Soichiro Hoshi as Yashamaru
 * Mika Kanai as Yota
 * Shigeru Ushiyama as Tazuna
 * Shizuka Ishikawa as Inari
 * Misa Watanabe as Tsunami
 * Akimitsu Takase as Kaiza
 * Ema Kogure as Naruto's Sexy Technique
 * Rikiya Koyama as Yamato
 * Hiroshi Tsuchida as Namiashi Raido
 * Nobuaki Fukuda as Akimichi Choza
 * Tomoyuki Kouno as Hagane Kotetsu
 * Megumi Toyoguchi as Hotaru
 * Hikari Yono/ as Samui
 * Hikari Yono as Shima
 * Hikaru Miyata as Mitokado Homura
 * Nobuo Tobita as Ebisu & Zetsu
 * Noriko Suzuki as Ino's Mother
 * Kozo Dozaka as Umino Ikkaku
 * Nozomu Sasaki as Hayate Gekko
 * Taiten Kusunoki as Morino Ibiki
 * Tomohiro Tsuboi as Kamitsuki Izumo
 * Manabu Sakamaki as Yamanaka Fu & Hyuga Tokuma
 * Hidenori Takahashi as Aburame Torune
 * Keiji Okuda as Senju Butsuma
 * Daichi Endo as Hatake Sakumo & Motoi
 * Chiharu Kojima as Choji's Mother
 * Daiki Nakamura as Yamanaka Inoichi
 * Kenjiro Tsuda as Yamashiro Aoba
 * Shinpachi Tsuji as Pakkun
 * Hisao Egawa as Killer Bee
 * Masaki Aizawa as Gyuki/Eight-Tailed Ox
 * Kenichi Suzumura as Chomei & Utakata
 * Naoki Tamanoi as Third Raikage
 * Mie Sonozaki as Kokuo & Yugito Nii
 * Kunihiro Kawamoto as Omoi
 * Ryota Takeuchi as Darui
 * Yuka Komatsu as Karui
 * Shigenori Sôya as Isobu & Roshi
 * Hideaki Tezuka as A/Fourth Raikage
 * Tadahisa Saizen as Ao
 * Koki Miyata as Chojuro
 * Hana Takeda as Kurotsuchi
 * Misaki Sekiyama as Mabui
 * Masafumi Kimura as Kitsuchi
 * Toshiharu Sakurai as Gamariki
 * Mitsuo Senda as Great Toad Sage
 * Mariko Higashiuchi as Maki
 * Shuhei Sakaguchi as Jugo
 * Takashi Kondo as Shin & Hozuki Suigetsu
 * Kanako Tojo as Karin
 * Takeharu Onishi as Condor/Mr. Ostrich
 * Shinpachi Tsuji as Pakkun
 * Mamiko Noto as Katsuyu
 * Tessho Genda as Kurama/Kyuubi
 * Shigenori Soya as Isobu & Roshi
 * Hiroki Yasumoto as Han & Son Goku (The Four Tails)
 * Hiroshi Iwasaki as Shukaku
 * Hiroshi Naka as Gamabunta
 * Yurika Hino as Terumi Mei/Fifth Mizukage
 * Tomomichi Nishimura as Onoki/Third Tsuchikage
 * Toru Nakane as First Tsuchikage
 * Ikuo Nishikawa as Fukasaku
 * Junko Midori as Utatane Koharu
 * Kenyuu Horiuchi as Pain
 * Atsuko Tanaka as Konan
 * Junpei Morita as Nagato
 * Ayumi Tsunematsu as Yakushi Nono
 * Katsumi Chou as Mifune
 * Ryoko Shiraishi as Fu
 * Kenichi Suzumura as Chomei
 * Mitsutaka Tachikawa as Otsutsuki Hagoromo/Sage of Six Paths
 * Masayuki Kato as Young adult Hagoromo
 * Hisao Egawa as Otsutsuki Hamura
 * Yoshimasa Hosoya as Young adult Hamura
 * Momoko Ohara as Young Asura
 * Arisa Shida as Young Indra
 * Oki Sugiyama as Adult Asura
 * Takashi Kondo as Adult Indra
 * Noriko Miyashita as Umino Kohari & Young Mito
 * Taisuke Yamamoto as Young Iruka
 * Yuka Terasaki as Young Itachi
 * Akiha Matsui as Young Izumi
 * Nao Toyama as Sasuke (Infant & Toddler)
 * Yukari Tamura as Inari Shinko
 * Michiko Kaiden as Izumo Tenma
 * Yo Tokinaga as Minazuki Yuki
 * Toru Nara as Young Jiraiya
 * Eri Goda as Young Yamato
 * Miyu Irino as Young Minato & Yagura/Fourth Mizukage
 * Mutsumi Tamura as Young Kakashi
 * Akiko Yajima as Young Sasori
 * Kaori Mine as Young Konan
 * Wataru Hatano as Young Yahiko
 * Yuko Takayama as Young Raido
 * Yumi Kawashima as Young Choji
 * Tomoaki Maeno as Young Nagato
 * Yuki Tai as Young Hashirama
 * Go Inoue as Young Madara
 * Mariko Higashiuchi as Senju Itama & Young Izuna
 * Mariko Mizuno as Hibachi & Young Kabuto
 * Mariko Tounai as Young Genma & Young Killer Bee
 * Keisuke Fujii as Young Hiruzen
 * Masayuki Katou as Young Danzo
 * Mayuki Makiguchi as Young Maito Gai
 * Mayumi Yamaguchi as Young Orochimaru
 * Megumi Han as Young Obito & Young Kurenai
 * Kengo Kawanishi as Young Tobirama, Uchiha Kagami & Uchiha Naka
 * Taira Kikumoto as Young Homura & Young Onoki
 * Junpei Endo as Young Kosuke
 * Yuriko Yamaguchi as Orochimaru (grass ninja)
 * Yutaka Aoyama as Sasori (Hiruko)
 * Hiroshi Ito as Shimura Danzo
 * Yutaka Nakano as Maruboshi Kosuke
 * Daisuke Sakaguchi as Komushi
 * Yu Asakawa as Fuka
 * Yuko Satou as Akane (Ep. 180)
 * Shiho Hisajima as Ajisai (Female Animal Path) & Shiho
 * Naoya Uchida as Uchiha Madara
 * Nobutoshi Canna as Yakushi Kabuto
 * Akeno Watanabe as Tayuya
 * Shunsuke Sakuya as Sakon
 * Susumu Chiba as Kidomaru & Jirbo
 * Shinichiro Miki as Mizuki
 * Takaya Hashi as Kakuzu
 * Masaki Terasoma as Hidan
 * Katsuhiko Kawamoto as Deidara
 * Takahiro Sakurai as Sasori
 * Mayumi Asano as Haku
 * Unshou Ishizuka as Momochi Zabuza
 * Tomoyuki Dan as Hoshigaki Kisame
 * Yoshimitsu Shimoyama as Uchiha Inabi
 * Hiroshi Tokinaga as Uchiha Izuna
 * Naoki Bandou as Gato
 * Masuo Amada as Manda
 * Ikuya Sawaki as Hanzo
 * Kengo Kawanishi as Uchiha Kagami & Young Tobirama
 * Mami Koyama as Otsutsuki Kaguya
 * English


 * Maile Flanagan as Naruto
 * Kate Higgins as Sakura, Udon & Mebuki
 * Yuri Lowenthal as Sasuke
 * Ben Diskin as Sai & Young Maito Gai
 * Dave Wittenberg as Kakashi, Gamakichi, Gamariki, Gamatatsu & Great Toad Sage
 * Stephanie Sheh as Hinata, Hanabi, Rin & Hibachi
 * Kyle Hebert as Kiba, Akatsuchi, Ebizo & 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
 * David Lodge as Jiraiya
 * Debi Mae West as Tsunade/Fifth Hokage
 * Steven Blum as Orochimaru
 * Crispin Freeman as Itachi, Rasa & Ebisu
 * Liam O'Brien as Gaara/Fifth Kazekage & Kotetsu
 * Michael Lindsay as Kankuro (Kazekage Rescue arc)
 * Tara Platt as Temari
 * Neil Kaplan as Obito
 * Henry Dittman as Kabuto
 * Troy Baker as Pain & Yamato (Ep. 34 – 229)
 * Matthrew Mercer as Yamato (Ep. 230 – Present), Gyuki/Eight-Tailed Ox & Kaiza
 * Ali Hillis as Karin
 * Barbara Goodson as Chiyo
 * Beau Billingslea as A/Fourth Raikage & Homura
 * Brian Beacock as Sakon, Chojuro & Yashamaru
 * Brianne Siddall as Nawaki (flashback)
 * Carrie Keranen as Pakura
 * Catero Colbert as Killer Bee
 * Chris Edgerly as Hidan & Roshi
 * Cindy Robinson as Kohari (Iruka's mother) & Samui
 * Dan Woren as Ibiki
 * Danielle Nicolet as Karui
 * Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Konan & Mabui
 * Doug Erholtz as Asuma & Kankuro
 * Doug Stone as Kosuke
 * Fred Tatasciore as Kakuzu, Gato & Hagoromo
 * as Young adult Hagoromo
 * as Young adult Hamura
 * Grant George as Suigetsu & Torune
 * J.B. Blanc as Pakkun & Sasori (Hiruko)
 * Jamie Simone as Akamaru
 * Jamieson Price as Tobirama/2nd Hokage
 * Jeannie Elias as Koharu
 * John Demita as Hiashi, Hizashi & Motoi
 * Johnny Yong Bosch as Genma, Sasori, Kagami & Yagura
 * Jonathan Fahn as Shikaku
 * Kari Wahlgren as Mikoto, Hotaru, Ajisai (Female Animal Path), Fu & Tayuya
 * Keith Silverstein as Kimimaro
 * Kirk Thornton as Fukasaku, Kisame, Mifune, Shukaku & Tazuna
 * Laura Bailey as Kurotsuchi, Kushina, Anko, Akane, Ayame, & Tsunami
 * Lex Lang as Teuchi & Hayate
 * Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Kurenai, Katsuyu, Mei/Fifth Mizukage, Maki, Mito, Choji's mother, Koharu, Tsume, Shima & Orochimaru (grass ninja)
 * Megan Hollingshead as Shizune, Tonton & Yoshino
 * Michael Reitz as Mizuki
 * Michael Sinterniklaas as Utakata
 * Michael Sorich as Choza, Gamabunta & Jirbo
 * Michelle Ruff as Matsuri
 * Mona Marshall as Inari
 * Neil Kaplan as Madara
 * Ogie Banks as Darui & Omoi
 * Patrick Seitz as Ikkaku (Iruka's father), Han, Kitsuchi, & Raido
 * Paul St. Peter as Kurama/Kyuubi
 * Peter Cullen as Sakumo
 * Peter Lurie as Hashirama/1st Hokage & Kidomaru
 * Quinton Flynn as Iruka
 * Richard Cansino as Izumo
 * Richard Epcar as Hanzo & Manda
 * Roger Craig Smith as Deidara
 * Sam Regal as Baki, Ko & Shin
 * Skip Stellrecht as Maito Gai
 * Steve Kramer as Hiruzen/Third Hokage
 * Steven Blum as Ao, Onoki/Third Tsuchikage, Kizashi, Hamura & Zabuza
 * Susan Dalian as Haku
 * Tara Sands as Yota
 * Tony Oliver as Minato/Fourth Hokage
 * Travis Willingham as Jugo & Zetsu
 * Troy Baker as Yahiko/Pain
 * Vic Mignogna as Nagato & Young Obito
 * Wally Wingert as Aoba
 * Wendee Lee as Moegi, Sari, Yugao, Yugito
 * William Frederick Knight as Danzo
 * as Komushi
 * N/A as Inabi
 * N/A as Nono
 * N/A as Isobu
 * N/A as Tokuma
 * N/A as Butsuma
 * N/A as Itama
 * N/A as Chomei
 * N/A as Naka
 * N/A as Ino's Mother
 * N/A as Young Itachi
 * N/A as Young Izumi
 * N/A as Sasuke (Infant & Toddler)
 * N/A as Shinko
 * N/A as Tenma
 * N/A as Yuki
 * N/A as Asura
 * N/A as Indra
 * Cissy Jones as Kaguya

Trivia
all information on the Naruto Shippuuuden (Anime) came from http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto:_Shipp%C5%ABden
 * The English version of Naruto and Boruto being played by the same voice actress, is how the Dragon Ball Z franchise did with Goku and Gohan in the Japanese version. However the Japanese version of Adult Naruto and Pre-teen Boruto follows the English version of Adult Goku and Pre-teen Gohan being played by two different people.
 * The Japanese version of Chi-Chi and Goten being played by two different voice actresses, is how the Naruto series does with Hinata and Himawari in the Japanese version. However this doesn't follow in the English version, since Hinata and Himawari are voiced by the same voice actress.
 * The Dragon Ball franchise has their What-If scenarios shown in the video games. Whereas the Naruto franchise shows their What-If scenarios in the anime. With an example being Tsunade's Infinite Tsukuyomi dream during the Fourth Shinobi War arc.
 * Hinata and Neji's Gentle Fist fighting style is base off of the real-life Chinese martial art style call Baguazhang, a fighting style usually made up of circular movements, allowing the practitioner a wider range of motion and full use of momentum, without giving his or her opponent much of a chance for a direct strike. In Japan, it is known as Hakkesho.
 * The Drunken Fist fighting style that Rock Lee uses is base on the real life 8 Immortals Zui Quan fighting style of Chinese martial arts. However, in the actual martial arts, intoxication is not a factor; rather, the characteristic "drunken" movements are actually feints that are made to confuse the opponent for a period of time. This also could had been an inspiration as Jackie Chan used the exact same martial art style in the 1978 film, The Drunken Master.
 * Techniques from the Gentle Fist have also been called "Gentle Fist Art" (柔拳法) or "Gentle Step" (柔歩). Kenpo is also a popular Japanese term for Chinese martial arts. Although the supposed reading of "Gentle Fist Art" (柔拳法) is "Jukenpo" due to constant-conversion, in the name of this technique according to furigana it is "Jukenho".
 * Ironically Menma is the name of Japanese bamboo which is also found in ramen.
 * 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.
 * One of the most memorable omake special appearances in Naruto Shippuuden is episode 129, where it features a festival with many dead characters.
 * Naruto Shippuuden episode 2 and 6 are the only episodes which have had two omake.
 * The omake use recurring themes, such as "Uzumaki Naruto's Swirl Radio", "Yamato's Guest House" and "Tsunade's Room".
 * The omake are the only time the "fourth wall" is broken in the Naruto franchise.
 * The longest the show has gone without an omake is forty episodes (between 212 and 252).
 * Naruto Shippuuden episodes 83 and 188 are the only two episodes to have omake that are canon.
 * The omake of Shippuden episode 166 was not originally canon, but the most significant event to occur in it (Naruto and Hinata's first meeting) was retold in a similar fashion in Naruto Shippuuden movie 7, albeit under different circumstances, but still canon for the film and franchise.
 * Even though the last canon episode of Naruto ended with chapter 244, the animators decided to start Shippuuden with a "preview" of what's to come by animating chapters 306-307 at the beginning of Shippuuden, and then go back to 245. Why? Because in Japan, it's expected that most, if not all, of the viewers read the manga, and so were itching to see Sasuke animated again, instead of waiting.
 * From episodes 24 to 27, they replaced the opening and ending with scenes from the new movie, like they did with the third movie. However, unlike the previous time they did this, they changed scenes with every episode.
 * Naruto Shippuuden is canon, until episode 54, where they lengthened the gap between manga and anime, by adding a filler arc.
 * The first filler arc of Shippuden lasted from episode 54 to episode 72, when the canon Hidan and Kakuzu arc started.
 * During Ending Theme "BACCHIKOI!" by DEV PARADE you can see four "big" guys dancing dressed in four different shirts. They represent actual band members of DEV PARADE.
 * The second filler arc (which mixed canon material about Sanbi in with the filler material) lasted from episode 90 to episode 113, when the canon Search for Itachi arc started.
 * In ep 189 the bar that Sakura goes to is called Cat's Eye. This is a reference to the anime of the same name.
 * The title for episode 1 is the same as chapter 245.
 * The title for episode 4 is the same as chapter 249.
 * In episode 67, halfway through, after one of the villains is killed by Yamato's wood, the scene returns to the village and a billboard with the newest Naruto movie: Bonds, is shown on the right hand side.
 * In episode 167, Shingo Yamashita animated his section in the beginning of the episode using Flash. He did key animation, in-between animation, and finishing. Overall, he contributed about 5,500 drawings for the first 7 or so minutes of the episode.
 * In episode 170 (3.47 min till 3.50 min) is on the wall a Naruto: The lost tower poster
 * In episode 183, among the crowd there is a man that resembles Haku