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On February 8, 2007, the original series ended after 220 episodes, of which 96 were filler and 85 of those were infamously consecutive. The continuation, ''Naruto: Shippuden'', debuted on February 15, 2007. It focuses on the further adventures of the now-16-year-old Naruto.

The English dub ran on [[Toonami]] in the US. When the news first spread that ''Naruto'' was hitting the States, despite the fanbase's fears, [[~~Four Kids~~ Entertainment|4Kids]] had little, if any interest. But [[Viz Media]] had plenty of interest, since they scooped up the license and dubbed it for the US audiences. At first, it seemed like it would be marketed as a kiddie show with blood - [[Never Say Die]] was in full effect - but the Wave Country arc onwards saw free usage of the words "kill", "die", etc.

The English dub ran on [[Toonami]] in the US. When the news first spread that ''Naruto'' was hitting the States, despite the fanbase's fears, [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] had little, if any interest. But [[Viz Media]] had plenty of interest, since they scooped up the license and dubbed it for the US audiences. At first, it seemed like it would be marketed as a kiddie show with blood - [[Never Say Die]] was in full effect - but the Wave Country arc onwards saw free usage of the words "kill", "die", etc.

Also notable is that as of January 2009, an official English subtitled version of the anime will be available for a subscription fee as little as ''an hour'' after the Japanese broadcast on and available subtitled ''for free'' on [http://naruto.viz.com/ this site] which started with the beginning of ''Shippuden'' and has since caught up. For American users, the television site [http://www.hulu.com Hulu] features the episodes for free a week after they're aired, catching up at the same rate. Which is good, considering [[Cartoon Network]] stopped airing the show when there were only 11 episodes of filler left (though luckily episodes in either language are still available on iTunes and coming out on DVD). If, like many of us, you don't live in the U.S., you can also watch Naruto for free within an hour of it being broadcast in Japan at [http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/Naruto_Shippuden Crunchyroll].