How to Watch Naruto Shippuden in Order with Movies: The Definitive Watch Order Guide (2024)

Following in the footsteps of its predecessor anime series, Naruto Shippuden picks up the story two-and-a-half years after the ending of Naruto; it’s also adapted from Part II of the manga. The popularity of the manga and the first series translated to Shippuden, which had over four times as many seasons as Naruto.

Hopefully, you’re coming here after reading the manga or viewing the original anime, preferably both. Regardless, Shippuden carried the legacy with more mature themes and battles that helped it sustain as one of the more popular anime series over the past 15 years.

Below, you will find the definitive guide to watching Naruto Shippuden. The Naruto order will also include the whole Naruto Shippuden movies timeline – which are not necessarily canon – and filler episodes. Movies will be inserted where they should be watched based on release date for storyline consistency. After the full list, there will be a non-filler episodes list as well as a canon list that adheres strictly to the manga. The latter list will exclude mixed canon and anime canon episodes that add a slight bit to smoothen the transition from manga to anime.

How to watch Naruto Shippuden in order with movies

1. Naruto Shippuden (Season 1, Episodes 1-23)
2. “Naruto Shippuden the Movie”
3. Naruto Shippuden (Season 1, Episodes 24-32)
4. Naruto Shippuden (Season 2, Episodes 1-21 or 33-53)
5. Naruto Shippuden (Season 3, Episodes 1-16 or 54-69)
6. “Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds”
7. Naruto Shippuden (Season 3, Episodes 17–18 or-70-71)
8. Naruto Shippuden (Season 4, Episodes 1-17 or 72-88)
9. Naruto Shippuden (Season 5, Episodes 1-24 or 89-112)
10. Naruto Shippuden (Season 6, Episodes 1-8 or 113-120)
11. “Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire”
12. Naruto Shippuden (Season 6, Episodes 9-31 or 121-143)
13. Naruto Shippuden (Season 7, Episodes 1-8 or 144-151)
14. Naruto Shippuden (Season 8, Episodes 1-20 or 152-171
15. “Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower”
16. Naruto Shippuden (Season 8, Episodes 21-24 or 171-175)
17. Naruto Shippuden (Season 9, Episodes 1-21 or 176-196)
18. Naruto Shippuden (Season 10, Episodes 1-24 or 197-220)
19. “Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison”
20. Naruto Shippuden (Season 10, Episode 25 or 221)
21. Naruto Shippuden (Season 11, Episodes 1-21 or 222-242)
22. Naruto Shippuden (Season 12, Episodes 1-29 or 243-271)
23. “Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie”
24. Naruto Shippuden (Season 12, Episodes 30-33 or 272-275)
25. Naruto Shippuden (Season 13, Episodes 1-20 or 276-295)
26. Naruto Shippuden (Season 14, Episodes 1-25 or 296-320)
27. Naruto Shippuden (Season 15, Episodes 1-28 or 321-348)
28. Naruto Shippuden (Season 16, Episodes 1-13 or 349-361)
29. Naruto Shippuden (Season 17, Episodes 1-11 or 362-372)
30. Naruto Shippuden (Season 18, Episodes 1-18 or 373-390)
31. “The Last: Naruto the Movie”
32. Naruto Shippuden (Season 18, Episodes 19-21 or 391-393)
33. Naruto Shippuden (Season 19, Episodes 1-20 or 394-413)
34. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 1-10 or 414-423)
35. “Boruto: Naruto the Movie”
36. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 11-66 or 424-479)
37. Naruto Shippuden (Season 21, Episodes 1-21 or 480-500)

Remember, this includes all filler episodes; five full seasons listed above are completely filler, though some are short seasons. The list below will remove fillers and instead included all canon, mixed canon, and anime canon episodes. The Naruto Shippuden movies timeline can also be found further down.

How to watch Naruto Shippuden in order without fillers

1. Naruto Shippuden (Season 1, Episodes 1-32)
2. Naruto Shippuden (Season 2, Episodes 1-21 or 33-53)
3. Naruto Shippuden (Season 3, Episodes 1-3 or 54-56)
4. Naruto Shippuden (Season 4, Episodes 1-17 or 72-88)
5. Naruto Shippuden (Season 5, Episodes 1-2 or 89-90)
6. Naruto Shippuden (Season 5, Episode 24 or 112)
7. Naruto Shippuden (Season 6, Episodes 1-31 or 121-143)
8. Naruto Shippuden (Season 8, Episodes 1-19 or 152-170)
9. Naruto Shippuden (Season 8, Episodes 21-24 or 172-175)
10. Naruto Shippuden (Season 10, Episodes 1-25 or 197-221)
11. Naruto Shippuden (Season 11, Episode 1 or 222)
12. Naruto Shippuden (Season 12, Episodes 1-14 or 243-256)
13. Naruto Shippuden (Season 12, Episodes 19-28 or 261-270)
14. Naruto Shippuden (Season 12, Episodes 30-33 or 272-275)
15. Naruto Shippuden (Season 13, Episodes 1-3 or 276-278)
16. Naruto Shippuden (Season 13, Episodes 7-8 or 282-283)
17. Naruto Shippuden (Season 14, Episodes 1-8 or 296-303)
18. Naruto Shippuden (Season 15, Episodes 1-26 or 321-346)
19. Naruto Shippuden (Season 16, Episodes 1-11 or 362-372)
20. Naruto Shippuden (Season 17, Episodes 1-3 or 373-375)
21. Naruto Shippuden (Season 17, Episodes 6-15 or 378-387)
22. Naruto Shippuden (Season 17, Episodes 19-21 or 391-393)
23. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 1-2 or 414-415)
24. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 5-8 or 418-421)
25. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 11-13 or 424-426)
26. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 38-50 or 451-463)
27. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 56-66 or 469-479)
28. Naruto Shippuden (Season 21, Episodes 5-21 or 484-500)

Episode 28 is considered anime canon, for reference. In total, with canon, mixed canon, and anime canon episodes only, there are 300 episodes of Naruto Shippuden without filler.

The next list will include only manga canon episodes. These will be episodes directly transferred from Part II of the Naruto manga. This will provide the swiftest run of Shippuden while also adhering strictly to the manga.

Naruto Shippuden canon episodes list

1. Naruto Shippuden (Season 1, Episodes 20-23)
2. Naruto Shippuden (Season 1, Episodes 26-27)
3. Naruto Shippuden (Season 1, Episodes 29-32)
4. Naruto Shippuden (Season 2, Episodes 1-12 or 33-44)
5. Naruto Shippuden (Season 2, Episodes 14-16 or 46-48)
6. Naruto Shippuden (Season 2, Episodes 19-21 or 51-53)
7. Naruto Shippuden (Season 3, Episode 2 or 55)
8. Naruto Shippuden (Season 4, Episodes 1-17 or 72-88)
9. Naruto Shippuden (Season 6, Episodes 1-2 or 113-114)
10. Naruto Shippuden (Season 6, Episodes 4-14 or 116-126)
11. Naruto Shippuden (Season 6, Episodes 17-31 or 129-143)
12. Naruto Shippuden (Season 8, Episodes 1-18 or 152-169)
13. Naruto Shippuden (Season 8, Episodes 21-24 or 172-175)
14. Naruto Shippuden (Season 10, Episodes 1-16 or 197-212)
15. Naruto Shippuden (Season 10, Episodes 18-25 or 214-222)
16. Naruto Shippuden (Season 12, Episodes 1-11 or 242-253)
17. Naruto Shippuden (Season 12, Episodes 13-14 or 255-256)
18. Naruto Shippuden (Season 12, Episodes 19-28 or 261-270)
19. Naruto Shippuden (Season 12, Episodes 30-33 or 275)
20. Naruto Shippuden (Season 13, Episodes 1-3 or 276-278)
21. Naruto Shippuden (Season 13, Episodes 7-8 or 282-283)
22. Naruto Shippuden (Season 14, Episodes 1-7 or 296-302)
23. Naruto Shippuden (Season 15, Episodes 1-3 or 321-323)
24. Naruto Shippuden (Season 15, Episodes 5-6 or 325-326)
25. Naruto Shippuden (Season 15, Episode 9 or 329)
26. Naruto Shippuden (Season 15, Episodes 12-17 or 332-337)
27. Naruto Shippuden (Season 15, Episodes 19-25 or 339-345)
28. Naruto Shippuden (Season 17, Episodes 2-11 or 363-372)
29. Naruto Shippuden (Season 18, Episodes 1-3 or 373-375)
30. Naruto Shippuden (Season 18, Episodes 6-12 or 378-384)
31. Naruto Shippuden (Season 18, Episode 15 or 387)
32. Naruto Shippuden (Season 18, Episodes 19-21 or 391-393)
33. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episode 1 or 414)
34. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episode 5 or 418)
35. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 7-8 or 420-421)
36. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 11-12 or 424-425)
37. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episode 46 or 459)
38. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episode 50 or 463)
39. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episode 57 or 470)
40. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 60-64 or 473-477)
41. Naruto Shippuden (Season 21, Episodes 5-21 or 484-500)

Without mixed canon and anime canon episodes, this drops the total episodes for manga canon to only 233 episodes. That cuts the series by more than half of its 500 episodes.

The next list is a list of only filler episodes should you want to view the fillers. This is to remove them from the canon episodes so that you can enjoy them without interrupting the story.

In what order do I watch Naruto Shippuden fillers?

1. Naruto Shippuden (Season 3, Episodes 4-18 or 57-71)
2. Naruto Shippuden (Season 5, Episodes 3-23 or 91-111)
3. Naruto Shippuden (Season 7, Episodes 1-8 or 144-151)
4. Naruto Shippuden (Season 8, Episodes 19-20 or 170-171)
5. Naruto Shippuden (Season 9, Episodes 1-21 or 176-196)
6. Naruto Shippuden (Season 11, Episodes 2-21 or 223-242)
7. Naruto Shippuden (Season 12, Episodes 15-18 or 257-260)
8. Naruto Shippuden (Season 12, Episode 29 or 271)
9. Naruto Shippuden (Season 13, Episodes 4-6 or 279-281)
10. Naruto Shippuden (Season 13, Episodes 9-20 or 284-295)
11. Naruto Shippuden (Season 14, Episodes 8-25 or 303-320)
12. Naruto Shippuden (Season 15, Episodes 27-28 or 347-348)
13. Naruto Shippuden (Season 16, Episodes 1-13 or 349-361)
14. Naruto Shippuden (Season 18, Episodes 4-5 or 376-377)
15. Naruto Shippuden (Season 18, Episodes 16-18 or 388-390)
16. Naruto Shippuden (Season 19, Episodes 1-20 or 394-413)
17. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 3-4 or 416-417)
18. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 9-10 or 422-423)
19. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 14-27 or 427-450)
20. Naruto Shippuden (Season 20, Episodes 51-55 or 464-468)
21. Naruto Shippuden (Season 21, Episodes 1-4 or 480-483)

Naruto Shippuden movies timeline

1. Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007)
2. Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008)
3. Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009)
4. Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010)
5. Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011)
6. Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)
7. The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
8. Boruto: Naruto the Movie (2015)

Can I skip all Naruto Shippuden fillers?

You can skip all of the fillers in Naruto Shippuden to speed up your viewing. However, Season 21, Episodes 1-4 or 480-483 are the most important fillers and will provide further insights into the younger lives of the episode’s titular characters: Naruto and Hinata, Sasuke and Sakura, Gaara and Shikamaru, and Jiraiya and Kakashi.

Can I watch Naruto Shippuden without watching Naruto?

You can skip the original Naruto series and jump straight to Naruto Shippuden.

However, much of the backstory for the events of Shippuden will be lost, particularly the relationship and rivalry between Naruto and Sasuke, as well as Sasuke, Itachi, and Orochimaru and the prevailing threat of Akatsuki. Side stories, like Rock Lee and Gaara or the Hyuuga clan traditions, also face this possibility of loss.

Still, most of these backstories are touched on in Shippuden, though not to the depth they rightly had in Naruto. If you’d rather skip some of the more juvenile tactics of the original series and into a more serious Shonen, then filling in the gaps with what is conveyed through Shippuden should work for you.

It is recommended to watch Naruto and then Shippuden to have a full understanding of the characters, lore, relationships, and events.

Can I watch Boruto without watching Naruto Shippuden?

For the most part, yes. Most of the characters in Naruto Shippuden and Naruto are side characters in Boruto aside from Naruto as the Hokage, Shikamaru as his advisor, and Sasuke as the lone warrior. Most of the characters from Naruto Shippuden in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations are parents (from the couples developed in Shippuden) or teachers and squad leaders (like Shino and Konohamaru) to the children in the series, who are the main characters. Though the Otsutsuki do make an appearance as enemies, they are different from Kaguya, the Otsutsuki who appeared in Shippuden.

However, like with Shippuden, it is recommended to watch from the beginning with Naruto.

How many episodes and seasons are there in Naruto Shippuden?

There are 500 total episodes and 21 seasons of Naruto Shippuden.

How many episodes are there in Naruto Shippuden without fillers?

There are 300 episodes of Naruto Shippuden without filler episodes. You can cut this down to 233 episodes for purely manga canon episodes.

How many filler episodes are there in Naruto Shippuden?

In total, there are 200 filler episodes of Naruto Shippuden. Some are two-part “special” episodes. Again, fillers do not have any bearing on the actual story events.

There you go, your definitive guide to watching Naruto Shippuden. Jump right in if you wish, but it’s always recommended to start from the beginning, both the manga and original anime series. In any case, enjoy one of the more acclaimed anime series of the past 15 years!

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