Naruto Shippūden: Season 1

2007 · 32 episodes · ★ 8.2

S1 • Kazekage Rescue

What Season 1 of Naruto Shippūden

Naruto returns to the Hidden Leaf Village after two and a half years of training with Jiraiya, determined to show what he has learned. Together with Sakura, he challenges his former teacher Kakashi, who is impressed by his progress. The calm doesn't last long. News arrives that Gaara, now Kazekage of the Sand and Naruto's former rival, has been kidnapped by the Akatsuki, the same group that is after Naruto. Kankuro sets off to chase them, and Tsunade orders Team Kakashi to head to the Village Hidden in the Sand. Meanwhile, Naruto continues to carry the nine-tailed fox sealed inside him, a burden that shapes his everyday life.

32episodes

Feb 15, 2007premiered

Oct 25, 2007final episode

12.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Homecoming
Feb 15, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
A figure passes through the gates. It's an older Naruto, who has returned from a long training journey with Jiraiya. Naruto Uzumaki is back!
Directing: Masaaki Kumagai · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x02 The Akatsuki Makes Its Move
Feb 15, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 7.8
Naruto and Sakura team up and challenge Kakashi to a survival challenge to show off their progress.
Directing: Atsushi Nigorikawa · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x03 The Results of Training
Feb 22, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Naruto’s and Sakura’s combined skills force Kakashi to use his Sharingan right off the bat. Naruto masterfully unleashes his jutsu one after another.
Directing: Yuki Sugihara · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x04 The Jinchuriki of the Sand
Mar 1, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.7
Gaara is quick to detect Deidara’s presence, and an aerial battle ensues with Deidara on his giant bird and Gaara atop sand.
Directing: Kiyomu Fukuda · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x05 The Kazekage Stands Tall
Mar 15, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.4
Naruto and Sakura defeat Kakashi in the survival challenge. Tsunade assigns them to a three-man squad led by Kakashi, who tells them they are now his equals.
Directing: Yuki Kinoshita · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x06 Mission Cleared
Mar 29, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.6
In order to protect his village from Deidara’s explosive clay, Gaara uses his chakra to create a giant sand shield.
Directing: Mitsutaka Noshitani · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x07 Run, Kankuro
Mar 29, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.5
Gaara, his strength completely exhausted, is whisked away by Deidara. Kankuro ignores Baki’s efforts to stop him and immediately sets out in pursuit with a platoon to rescue Gaara.
Directing: Hayato Goda · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x08 Team Kakashi, Deployed
Apr 12, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
An urgent message from the Sand Village detailing the Akatsuki’s kidnapping of the Kazekage reaches the Hidden Leaf Village. Tsunade wastes no time in ordering Team Kakashi to the Sand Village.
Directing: Hiroshi Kimura · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x09 The Jinchuriki's Tears
Apr 12, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
On her way to the Sand Village, Temari encounters Kakashi and his team. Kakashi admonishes Naruto when he tries to rush ahead…
Directing: Masaaki Kumagai · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x10 Sealing Jutsu: Nine Phantom Dragons
Apr 19, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
The Sand ninja fight against time to treat Kankuro. Even the Sand’s poison expert, Granny Chiyo, is baffled. The only hope lies with the reinforcements sent by Tsunade.
Directing: Akitaro Daichi · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x11 The Medical Ninja's Student
Apr 26, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.1
Sakura treats a critically ill Kankuro. After extensive training she’s now a full-fledged Medic Ninja, and Sakura amazes everyone with her sure, steady hands.
Directing: Atsushi Nigorikawa · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x12 The Retired Granny's Determination
May 3, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
Pakkun finds the hideout of the Akatsuki. Team Kakashi and Temari prepare to set out to get Gaara back, but Temari is ordered to stay behind and help guard the village.
Directing: Kiyomu Fukuda · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x13 A Meeting With Destiny
May 10, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.5
Guy prepares to use a forbidden secret jutsu. Meanwhile, Naruto falls under Itachi’s genjutsu, and all the anti-genjutsu training he underwent with Jiraiya races through Naruto’s mind.
Directing: Neko Okuma · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x14 Naruto's Growth
May 17, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.2
Guy prepares to use a forbidden secret jutsu. Meanwhile, Naruto falls under Itachi’s genjutsu, and all the anti-genjutsu training he underwent with Jiraiya races through Naruto’s mind.
Directing: Mitsutaka Noshitani · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x15 The Secret Weapon is Called...
May 24, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
Granny Chiyo and Sakura rescue Naruto from Itachi’s genjutsu. Without a moment’s delay, Kakashi begins a counterattack.
Directing: Hayato Date · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x16 The Secret of Jinchuriki
May 31, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
Chiyo and Kakashi realize that the attack was just a diversion, and that the Akatsuki have already begun the process of extracting the Tailed Beast from Gaara.
Directing: Hiroshi Kimura · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x17 The Death of Gaara!
Jun 7, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.3
Teams Kakashi and Guy take a short rest. Granny Chiyo watches Naruto dozing off and is reminded of Sasori as a child. The pursuit resumes, and when Chiyo wonders why Naruto puts such effort into...
Directing: Masaaki Kumagai · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x18 Charge Tactic! Button Hook Entry!!
Jun 21, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.1
Teams Kakashi and Guy reach the Akatsuki hideout. They hurry to infiltrate but are thwarted by a five-seal barrier. The only way to break the barrier is to remove all five seals at once.
Directing: Akitaro Daichi · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x19 Traps Activate! Team Guy's Enemy
Jul 5, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
Breaking the five-seal barrier set off a trap, which now has Team Guy battling amazingly accurate copies of themselves. Back at the Akatsuki hideout, Deidara and Sasori struggle to take the Nine-Tail Jinchûriki.
Directing: Atsushi Nigorikawa · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x20 Hiruko Vs. Two Kunoichi!
Jul 19, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.8
At last, the showdown between the old woman and her grandson begins. Sakura is confused by Sasori’s strange appearance, and Granny Chiyo explains that this is Hiruko…
Directing: Kiyomu Fukuda · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x21 Sasori's Real Face
Jul 26, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.5
Granny Chiyo and Sakura manage to expose Sasori, who amazingly looks no older than he did twenty years earlier.
Directing: Neko Okuma · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x22 Chiyo's Secret Skills
Aug 2, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.3
Sakura is caught by Sasori’s tactic and surrounded by a poison cloud.
Directing: Mitsutaka Noshitani · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x23 Father and Mother
Aug 2, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.1
Chiyo and Sakura take cover, and Sasori wastes no time unleashing a ruthless attack.
Directing: Seiki Takuno · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x24 The Third Kazekage
Aug 9, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.1
Sakura counters the Iron Sand attack of the Third Kazekage puppet with superhuman strength.
Directing: Hiroshi Kimura · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x25 Three Minutes Between Life and Death
Aug 16, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.4
Sakura destroys the Third Kazekage puppet thanks to a secret antidote she had taken.
Directing: Masaaki Kumagai · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x26 Puppet Fight: 10 vs. 100!
Aug 23, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.8
Sakura and Granny Chiyo are engaged in a fierce battle with Sasori, who is able turn himself into a human puppet. They somehow bring Sasori down within the time limit, but he ends up reviving.
Directing: Atsushi Nigorikawa · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x27 Impossible Dream
Aug 30, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.8
Although stung with poison herself, Granny Chiyo uses the last of the antidote on Sakura. Mocking the tender scene between Granny Chiyo and Sakura, Sasori attempts to end Granny Chiyo's life.
Directing: Akitaro Daichi · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x28 Revival of the Beasts
Sep 13, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Team Guy senses the result of the Sakura and Granny Chiyo’s desperate struggle while still in battle with his deadly copy. Although Guy’s team members are showing fatigue, their copies remain strong!
Directing: Kiyomu Fukuda · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x29 Kakashi's Enlightened!
Sep 27, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.0
Sakura hurries to get to Naruto with Granny Chiyo, who is suffering from the poison. The members of Team Guy rush to assist Team Kakashi. Meanwhile, with all preparations complete, Kakashi reveals his Mangekyo Sharingan.
Directing: Yuki Kinoshita · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x30 Aesthetics of an Instant
Sep 27, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.7
Naruto loses all reason to anger and is gradually taken over by the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit. Having been forewarned by Jiraiya, Kakashi narrowly manages to suppress the Nine-Tailed Fox.
Directing: Shigeharu Takahashi · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x31 The Legacy
Oct 18, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 8.7
Relying on Naruto's power, Granny Chiyo performs the Transmigration Jutsu on Gaara.
Directing: Shinji Satoh · Writing: Satoru Nishizono
1x32 Return of the Kazekage
Oct 25, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Gaara and his rescuers make a triumphant return to the Hidden Sand Village.
Directing: Hiroshi Kimura · Writing: Satoru Nishizono