<P> A monthly sequel series titled Boruto: Naruto Next Generations began in the Japanese and English editions of Weekly Shōnen Jump in early 2016, illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto and written by Ukyō Kodachi, with supervision by Kishimoto . Ikemoto was Kishimoto's chief assistant during the run of the original Naruto series, and Kodachi was his writing partner for the Boruto: Naruto the Movie film screenplay . The monthly series was preceded by a one - shot written and illustrated by Kishimoto . </P> <P> Tetsuya Nishio was the character designer for Naruto when the manga was adapted into an anime series; Kishimoto had requested that Nishio be given this role . Directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, the Naruto anime premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo October 3, 2002, and concluded on February 8, 2007 after 220 episodes . The first 135 episodes were adapted from Part I of the manga; the remaining 85 episodes are original and use plot elements that are not in the manga . Beginning on April 29, 2009, the original Naruto anime began a rerun on Wednesdays and Thursdays (until the fourth week of September 2009 when it changed to only Wednesdays). It was remastered in HD, with new 2D and 3D effects, under the name Naruto: Shōnen Hen (少年 篇, "Youth Version"). Episodes from the series have been released on both VHS and DVD, and collected as boxed sets . </P> <P> Viz licensed the anime series for broadcast and distribution in the Region 1 market . The English adaptation of the anime began airing on September 10, 2005 and concluded on January 31, 2009, with 209 episodes aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami in the United States . The episodes were also broadcast on SABC 2 (South Africa), YTV's Bionix (Canada) and Jetix's (United Kingdom) programming blocks, and were released on DVD on March 28, 2006 . The first 26 volumes contain four episodes; later DVD volumes have five episodes . Uncut editions were released in DVD box sets, each containing 12--15 episodes, with some variation based on story arcs . In the American broadcast, references to alcohol, Japanese culture, sexual innuendo, and the appearance of blood and death were sometimes edited but remained in the DVD editions . Other networks cut more material, for example Jetix censored scenes with blood, strong language, and smoking . The series was also licensed to Hulu, Joost, and Crunchyroll, which aired the episodes online with the original Japanese audio tracks and English subtitles . On June 1, 2017, it was announced that an HD remaster version of the original Naruto television anime series would debut on Japanese TV on June 24, starting with the show's first episode . </P> <P> Naruto: Shippuden (Naruto - ナルト - 疾風 伝, Naruto Shippūden, lit . "Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles"), developed by Studio Pierrot and directed by Hayato Date, is the sequel to the original Naruto anime; it corresponds to Part II of the manga . It debuted on Japanese TV on February 15, 2007, on TV Tokyo, and concluded on March 23, 2017 . On January 8, 2009, TV Tokyo began broadcasting new episodes via internet streaming to monthly subscribers . Each streamed episode was available online within an hour of its Japanese release and includes English subtitles . Viz began streaming English subtitled episodes on January 2, 2009, on its series' website, including episodes that had already been released as well as new episodes from Japan . In North America, the English dub of Naruto: Shippuden aired weekly on Disney XD from October 28, 2009, to November 5, 2011 . Episodes 98 onward premiered uncut on Neon Alley, and on Toonami in January 5, 2014 . </P>

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