S1 • Kazekage Rescue

32 episodes · 2007

Naruto Uzumaki is back! After two and a half years of training on the road with Jiraiya of the Sannin, Naruto is back in the Village Hidden in the Leaves and he's ready to show off his new skills. He and Sakura team up to take on their old master Kakashi, who's pretty impressed with their progress. They'll have plenty of opportunity to put it into action when news arrives from the Sand Village that Gaara, Naruto's former rival and now Kazekage of the Sand, has been kidnapped! And the culprits are the very same group who are after Naruto - the Akatsuki!

Episodes

E1 · Homecoming

2007 · 23m · 8.3 TMDB

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!

E2 · The Akatsuki Makes Its Move

2007 · 23m · 7.8 TMDB

Naruto and Sakura team up and challenge Kakashi to a survival challenge to show off their progress.

E3 · The Results of Training

2007 · 23m · 7.6 TMDB

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.

E4 · The Jinchuriki of the Sand

2007 · 23m · 8.8 TMDB

Gaara is quick to detect Deidara’s presence, and an aerial battle ensues with Deidara on his giant bird and Gaara atop sand.

E5 · The Kazekage Stands Tall

2007 · 23m · 8.6 TMDB

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.

E6 · Mission Cleared

2007 · 23m · 8.6 TMDB

In order to protect his village from Deidara’s explosive clay, Gaara uses his chakra to create a giant sand shield.

E7 · Run, Kankuro

2007 · 23m · 8.6 TMDB

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.

E8 · Team Kakashi, Deployed

2007 · 23m · 8.4 TMDB

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.

E9 · The Jinchuriki's Tears

2007 · 23m · 7.5 TMDB

On her way to the Sand Village, Temari encounters Kakashi and his team. Kakashi admonishes Naruto when he tries to rush ahead…

E10 · Sealing Jutsu: Nine Phantom Dragons

2007 · 23m · 7.6 TMDB

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.

E11 · The Medical Ninja's Student

2007 · 23m · 8.2 TMDB

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.

E12 · The Retired Granny's Determination

2007 · 23m · 7.7 TMDB

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.

E13 · A Meeting With Destiny

2007 · 23m · 8.6 TMDB

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.

E14 · Naruto's Growth

2007 · 23m · 8.2 TMDB

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.

E15 · The Secret Weapon is Called...

2007 · 23m · 8.0 TMDB

Granny Chiyo and Sakura rescue Naruto from Itachi’s genjutsu. Without a moment’s delay, Kakashi begins a counterattack.

E16 · The Secret of Jinchuriki

2007 · 23m · 8.0 TMDB

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.

E17 · The Death of Gaara!

2007 · 23m · 8.3 TMDB

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...

E18 · Charge Tactic! Button Hook Entry!!

2007 · 23m · 8.2 TMDB

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.

E19 · Traps Activate! Team Guy's Enemy

2007 · 23m · 8.1 TMDB

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.

E20 · Hiruko Vs. Two Kunoichi!

2007 · 23m · 8.8 TMDB

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…

E21 · Sasori's Real Face

2007 · 23m · 8.6 TMDB

Granny Chiyo and Sakura manage to expose Sasori, who amazingly looks no older than he did twenty years earlier.

E22 · Chiyo's Secret Skills

2007 · 23m · 8.3 TMDB

Sakura is caught by Sasori’s tactic and surrounded by a poison cloud.

E23 · Father and Mother

2007 · 23m · 8.3 TMDB

Chiyo and Sakura take cover, and Sasori wastes no time unleashing a ruthless attack.

E24 · The Third Kazekage

2007 · 23m · 8.2 TMDB

Sakura counters the Iron Sand attack of the Third Kazekage puppet with superhuman strength.

E25 · Three Minutes Between Life and Death

2007 · 23m · 8.6 TMDB

Sakura destroys the Third Kazekage puppet thanks to a secret antidote she had taken.

E26 · Puppet Fight: 10 vs. 100!

2007 · 23m · 8.9 TMDB

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.

E27 · Impossible Dream

2007 · 23m · 8.9 TMDB

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.

E28 · Revival of the Beasts

2007 · 23m · 8.1 TMDB

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!

E29 · Kakashi's Enlightened!

2007 · 23m · 8.0 TMDB

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.

E30 · Aesthetics of an Instant

2007 · 23m · 8.7 TMDB

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.