With over 200 episodes, Naruto has a healthy amount of filler that punctuates all the epic ninja battles. It can be tricky to know what’s what, but that’s where we come in.
As part of the Big Three of manga in the 2000s, alongside Bleach and One Piece,Narutohas been wildly popular for decades now. Given its popularity on the page, it’s unsurprising we got a long-runninganime show, that’s since spawned a couple of incredibly successful sequels.
Starting from scratch on the original Naruto can be daunting. There’s just so much to get into and learn, across hundreds of episodes. Lucky for you, there’s plenty of non-canon material you can gloss over, and just like all theOne Piece filler, we’ve broken it all down for you.
Yes, we’ve gone through all 220 episodes, and listed every single bit of filler among them. That includes complete arcs, and one-off pieces of fluff.
Naruto filler guide
Naruto has 91 filler episodes, so just over 40% of the show.There are 220 episodes in total, and if you just wanted to see the crucial plot points you can knock that down by nearly half.
That’s a substantial amount, significantly more than what’s in One Piece or Dragon Ball Z. Consider it a blessing though, since it means you’ve less to watch if you’re hooked!
In all honesty, you should give the Naruto filler episodes a chance. A lot of them are fun, relatively low-stakes misadventures involving Naruto saving someone from a haunted castle or trying to help someone escape a false conviction.
The real problem is that a lot of them are short and frivolous, and arrive in swift succession during the backhalf. So you may find yourself frustrated by that more than anything.
If you’d like to keep up with the way of the ninja, you should check out our guides to whichanime ninjas could beat Naruto, and who is thebest Rinnegan user.
Anthony McGlynn is a Senior Anime Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. An expert on animes like Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling and My Hero Academia, he also has over 10 years experience covering games and pop culture for outlets such as Variety, IGN, Den of Geek, PCGamesN, PCGamer, The Digital Fix, and many more. You can contact him at: anthony.mcglynn@dexerto.com
