What are fillers in Naruto?

Naruto Uzumaki is a young ninja rejected by his village for having the Nine-Tails beast sealed within him. Naruto works toward his dreams of becoming the leader of the village called the Hokage and having the respect of the other villagers. read more

Naruto filler episodes are not part of the original storyline which featured in the manga series. The main purpose of fillers is to maintain a healthy gap between the anime and manga, this allows the manga artist more time to create storylines before they are adapted into the anime series. read more

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 221 reported filler episodes, Naruto: Shippuden has a high filler percentage of 44%. read more

Guide to watching Naruto without Filler : * Watch episodes 1-100 * Skip at 101-106 * Pick up at 107-135 * Skip at 135-219 * Pick up or Skip at 220 (Start the episode at 12:02. read more