Naruto: Shippūden: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Naruto: Shippuden is the continuation of the original animated TV series Naruto.The story revolves around an older and slightly more matured Uzumaki Naruto and his quest to save his friend Uchiha Sasuke from the grips of the snake-like Shinobi, Orochimaru. After 2 and a half years Naruto finally returns to his village of Konoha, and sets about putting his ambitions to work, though it will not be easy, as he has amassed a few (more dangerous) enemies, in the likes of the shinobi organization; Akatsuki.

Series details

• Title: Naruto: Shippūden
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2007-02-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-03-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Crunchyroll
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 488

Cast and credited roles

• Junko Takeuchi — Naruto Uzumaki
• Chie Nakamura — Sakura Haruno
• Kazuhiko Inoue — Hatake Kakashi
• Noriaki Sugiyama — Sasuke Uchiha
• Masako Katsuki — Tsunade
• Shotaro Morikubo — Shikamaru Nara
• Kousuke Toriumi — Kiba Inuzuka
• Kentaro Ito — Choji Akimichi
• Satoshi Hino — Sai
• Ryouka Yuzuki — Ino Yamanaka
• Yoichi Masukawa — Rock Lee
• Masashi Ebara — Might Guy

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2007: premiered 2007-02-15; final listed air date 2007-12-20.
• Season 2008: premiered 2008-01-10; final listed air date 2008-12-25.
• Season 2009: premiered 2009-01-08; final listed air date 2009-12-24.
• Season 2010: premiered 2010-01-07; final listed air date 2010-12-23.
• Season 2011: premiered 2011-01-06; final listed air date 2011-12-28.
• Season 2012: premiered 2012-01-05; final listed air date 2012-12-20.
• Season 2013: premiered 2013-01-10; final listed air date 2013-12-19.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-01-09; final listed air date 2014-12-25.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-01-08; final listed air date 2015-12-24.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-01-14; final listed air date 2016-12-22.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-01-05; final listed air date 2017-03-23.

Source and licence

Adapted from Naruto: Shippūden on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.