Naruto Episode 221 English Dubbed Torrent
Mozell Gentges
Naruto is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name by Masashi Kishimoto. The series centers on the adventures of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village, searching for recognitions and wishing to become the ninja by the rest of the village to be the leader and the strongest of all. The series was directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo.[1] The episodes are based on the first twenty-seven volumes in Part I of the manga, while some episodes feature original, self-contained storylines.[2]
The 220 episodes that constitute the series were aired between October 3, 2002, and February 8, 2007, on TV Tokyo in Japan.[1] The English version of the series was released in North America by Viz Media, and began airing on September 10, 2005, on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block in the United States.[3] On September 20, 2008, Cartoon Network ended its Toonami block, but the channel continued sporadically airing episodes of Naruto in the time slots originally occupied by Toonami's programming until January 31, 2009 when episode 209, the last episode to air in the US was shown, due to the closure of Toonami Jetstream.[4]
On March 23, 2009, Viz stated that they were still dubbing new episodes and intended to see them aired on television.[5][6] Ultimately, the final eleven episodes of the series never aired in the United States, but they were collected on DVD by Viz, which was released on September 22, 2009.[7] The remaining eleven episodes of the English version aired on YTV's Bionix programming block in Canada from October 25 to December 6, 2009.[8] Adult Swim's relaunched Toonami block reran the first 52 episodes in a completely uncut format from December 1, 2012, to November 30, 2013. After the 52nd episode, the series was removed from the schedule rotation to make room for its successor series, Naruto: Shippuden.[9]
Naruto Shippuden was an anime series that ran from 2007 to 2017. In total 500 episodes of Naruto Shippuden were aired. With a total of 203 reported filler episodes, Naruto Shippuden has a high filler percentage of 41%.
Set two-and-a-half years after the defection of Sasuke Uchiha, Shippuden continues where Naruto left off. Becoming increasingly powerful; Naruto will stop at nothing to protect his village, save his friend, and put an end to the evil organization known as the Akatsuki.
The life of a shinobi poses many hardships, and daily, they sacrifice their safety for the betterment of their village. No character embraces this struggle more than Naruto Uzumaki, the young ninja who serves as the main character of Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden. Naruto goes up against numerous villains as a shinobi, turning many of his fiercest enemies into strong allies.
It's not always easy to rank these emotional moments, as many of them tug on very different heartstrings. Death and triumph provoke despair or joy, while betrayal and loss bring rage and staunch determination bubbling to the surface with the ferocity of the Nine-Tails' chakra before Naruto learned to control it. Each arc in the franchise pits the Hidden Leaf Village against new challenges, and many of its 720 episodes perfectly capture the emotional toll it takes on those who carry the Will of Fire.
Updated on May 11, 2024 by Jenny Melzer: From beautiful moments of victory to agonizing defeats, there are no shortage of emotional episodes across the expanse of Naruto's story. Even now, as the tale continues with Naruto's children, Boruto and Himawari, one thing remains the same: the level of emotion these characters and their stories provoke is undeniable. This list has been updated to include even more of the most emotional moments in the Naruto anime, as well as to meet with CBR's current standards for formatting.
The rivalry between Naruto and Sasuke will forever be noted as one of anime's best. Their clashes always result in iconic scenes, and at the end of the original Naruto series, their final battle sets the tone for the entire franchise moving forward. Naruto would spend years training, growing strong enough to be able to bring his friend back home, but he almost didn't get the chance.
Sasuke's selfish desire to gain power is a constant theme throughout Naruto. When Naruto shows up to stop him from defecting from the Hidden Leaf Village, the Uchiha Clan member commits to his flawed ideology, attacking and defeating Naruto in a brutal fight. However, despite his intent to join Orochimaru, Sasuke can't bring himself to kill Naruto, reminding viewers that their bond is even deeper than they realize. While this is certainly an emotional moment, it lands at the bottom of the rankings because there were plenty more between the two that followed over the years, including their final epic showdown in Shippuden.
Sasuke may be the most angst-ridden character in Naruto, but no shinobi is more of a tortured soul than Gaara of the Sand. The host of the One-Tailed Sand Spirit Shukaku emanates a murderous intent, and as seen in his flashbacks to childhood, his emotional trauma runs extremely deep. Gaara's mother passed during childbirth, leaving him with a father who feared the beast sealed inside him and resented him for killing his beloved wife.
As a result of this fear, Gaara's father ordered his assassination, and sent his son's sole companion, his uncle, to do the deed. Were it not for the intervention of Naruto Uzumaki, Gaara likely would have never recovered from taking the life of his family member. Over time, Gaara became a stronger person, and his emotional sensitivity empowered his every act after he became the Kazekage of The Village Hidden In the Sand.
For being the first arc in the Naruto series, the mission that Naruto and Team Kakashi go on to the Land of Waves is a surprisingly emotional journey. Along the way, they meet Zabuza and Haku, two rogue ninjas that formerly worked as assassins for the Village Hidden in the Mist. It was hard to like Zabuza at first. He seemed completely heartless, but as the arc progressed toward its end, fans' hearts broke.
Although Zabuza initially seems like a heartless monster, his bond with Haku and rivalry with Kakashi slowly transform him into a character who legitimately elicits sympathy. He cared deeply for Haku, in his own way, and seeing that was devastating. Watching him take his final breaths next to Haku, his only friend, as the snow melts on his face is enough to bring a tear to any shinobi's eye.
Few characters in the Naruto universe have lived a harder life than Obito Uchiha. He grows up in the shadow of Kakashi Hatake and Minato Namikaze, almost perishes in a battle against the Hidden Stone Village, and is forced to live in isolation with Madara to survive.
From the very first episode of Naruto, it's made clear that the titular character is shunned by the people of his village. Feared for the beast within his body, parents don't let their children play with him, and the ostracization leads him to get the attention he craves through pranks and acts of rebellion. He vowed early on that he would one day earn the respect of the people in the Hidden Leaf, and after that he would become Hokage one day.
It was an uphill battle, especially as Pain and the Akatsuki arrived in the village in search of the Nine-Tails jinchuriki. With Naruto away training in Mount Myuboko, the Six Paths of Pain laid waste to the entire HIdden Leaf Village. It was Naruto who eventually stopped Nagato, the force behind Pain, and restored peace to the devastated village. As Kakashi carried an exhausted Naruto back to the village on his back, people began to cheer in celebration and admiration for the hero who saved the Hidden Leaf. It was an emotional moment, not just for Naruto, but for the fans watching. Not only did he finally get the respect he craved, but it set him on a direct path to achieving his overall goal to become Hokage someday.
Besides Naruto's friendship with Sasuke, no relationship in the Naruto franchise is more thoroughly explored than between the aforementioned Uchiha and his brother, Itachi. Sasuke's obsession with Itachi stems from his belief that Itachi murdered the Uchiha Clan in cold blood, but there was so much more to the story than young Sasuke could have ever imagined.
In Naruto: Shippuden, Sasuke, and Itachi clash for the final time, and the former seemingly emerges victorious. However, Obito later reveals that Sasuke's conception of Itachi's actions was completely off. He obscures the fact that everything Itachi did was for the good of his brother and the Hidden Leaf Village, of course, because he wants to pour fuel onto the raging inferno that has been burning in Sasuke for years. Discovering that his brother was little more than a pawn was a devastating realization, and it set Sasuke on an even darker path than the one he'd been traveling in pursuit of Itachi all those years. That being said, it falls in the lower half of the rankings, simply because by this time, fans were emotionally exhausted after Sasuke's battle with Itachi.
Naruto and Shippuden are both packed with unnecessary filler episodes and arcs, but some of them actually lend well to the overall story. The "Six-Tails Unleashed" arc put Team Yamato on a mission to protect Hotaru, a kunoichi from Tsuchigumo Village. Though she calls Utakata her master, he scolds her every time. He has no desire to be anyone's master, and as the story of the Six-Tails jinchuriki unfolds, it becomes clear why. Though he discovers it was a misunderstanding, what he believed his former master was trying to do to him, he's still hesitant to take on that role.
At the end of the story, he finally gives in, promising Hotaru that he will train her. As a missing-nin, however, he wants to meet up with those who have been hunting him for defecting first. Leaving Hotaru to wait for him, he slips off intot he woods only to be confronted (and killed off-screen,) by the Akatsuki. The fact that Hotaru sat in the field waiting for him to return is enough to make a person weep. He'd finally accepted his past, only to have his future cut short.
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