How to Watch Naruto and Naruto Shippuden Without Any Fillers

Method 1:Ultimate Naruto Kai

There have been several attempts at a “Naruto Kai” before, but this one by Kloggmankey on Reddit is the absolute best one.

Ultimate Naruto Kai is a fan-made re-edit of all of the canonicalNarutoepisodes, presented as 72 episodes that each correspond to the amount of content covered by the 72 manga volumes.

Each of these Ultimate Naruto Kai episodes is about 60 to 90 minutes long. That means Ultimate Naruto Kai is essentially 72 full-length movies that each have a satisfying beginning, middle, and end—all meaningful story, no filler content.

Each episode is a separate download hosted on Mega. This is truly the best way to watchNaruto.

Keep in mind that there are some minor inconsistencies across the 72 episodes: most of them come with hard-coded English subs but every once in a while you’ll need to load the external soft subs that come with the respective episode.

Note:Because Ultimate Naruto Kai is a fan-made re-edit that’s distributed without consent from the original producers, this is technically piracy.If you want to take the moral high road, read on to Method 2 which is completely legal and legit.

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Method 2: Naruto Filler List

Sites likeAnime Filler Listmaintain full databases of every major anime out there (or close to it), tracking each episode of an anime series and marking whether it’s Canon, Mostly Canon, Mostly Filler, or Filler.

This is a really useful way to blast through filler-heavy anime series, not justNarutobut also ones likeBleach,One Piece,Rurouni Kenshin, andDragon Ball Z. Anime Filler List even lets you filter each anime series to Canon-only episodes.

Now, what’s the best way to actually watchNaruto?

As of 2023, Crunchyroll is my preferred way to watch anime now. In years past, I bounced between Netflix, Hulu, and Funimation for my anime fix, but now that I have Crunchyroll, I haven’t needed anything else for a while now.

Fortunately, Crunchyroll has all 220 episodes ofNarutoand all 500 episodes ofNaruto Shippuden, so you can go ahead and skip all the filler episodes to your heart’s content without missing the meat.

Crunchyroll also hasBoruto: Naruto Next Generations, so if you blast throughNarutoandNaruto Shippudenand find yourself itching for more, you can slip right into that one without delay.

Crunchyroll starts at$7.99/mo for ad-free anime(click here for a 14-day free trial) and it has the largest authorized library of anime on the web, with many available in both subbed and dubbed versions.

If you don’t like Crunchyroll for whatever reason but you still want to be completely legit, a Hulu subscription is the best way to watch bothNarutoandNaruto Shippudenin their entirety.

Hulu has all 220 episodes ofNarutoand 500 episodes ofNaruto Shippuden, both subbed and dubbed versions.

Hulu starts at$7.99/mo (with ads)or$14.99/mo (without ads), but you canclick here for a 30-day free trial. If you think you can binge the whole series in a few weeks, you won’t have to pay anything!

If you already have a Netflix account, the good news is thatall episodes ofNarutoare availableon the platform (as of this writing). The bad news is thatNaruto Shippudenis NOT available.

So if you just want to see ifNarutois for you, this is a great way to wet your toes. If you get through it and decide you want to continue, you can grab a Crunchyroll or Hulu plan then.

If you can’t pay anything at all but you still want to see if you’ll enjoyNaruto, you canwatchNarutofor free on Tubi.

The downside to Tubi is that it doesn’t have all the episodes ofNaruto. As of this writing, only the first four seasons (out of nine seasons) are available, and they’re only available in subbed format (not dubbed).

Plus, Tubi has advertisements. If you have the patience to sit through several 30-second ads every episode, it’s not a bad option. But you’ll need to find another option once you reachNaruto Shippuden.

If you’re crafty enough, you might even be able to find some morally-gray sites that stream commercial-free episodes ofNarutoandNaruto Shippudenfor free using nothing more than a clever Google search.

I won’t be linking to them—forreasons—and I personally wouldn’t use those sites due to malware risks, but just know that they are out there in case you really need them.

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Crunchyroll

Fortunately, Crunchyroll has all 220 episodes ofNarutoand all 500 episodes ofNaruto Shippuden, so you can go ahead and skip all the filler episodes to your heart’s content without missing the meat.

Crunchyroll also hasBoruto: Naruto Next Generations, so if you blast throughNarutoandNaruto Shippudenand find yourself itching for more, you can slip right into that one without delay.

Hulu