Naruto Shippuden filler list of episodes and arcs

When it comes to absolute powerhouses of anime, Naruto is up there with the best of them. Across Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden, you’ve got 720 episodes to 💮sit down and binge, but are all of them strictly necessary?

While the original Naruto series is 220 episodes worth of world building and getting-to-know-everyone fun and drama, Naruto: Shippuden adds a whopping additional 500 episodes, furthering the story and adding new char⛦acters in♐to the mix. 

To watch all of Naruto: Shippuden, you’ll need over 200 hours spare (more than 8 days), and that’s one hell of a time sink and a rather daunting commitment. And that’s without adding in the time to watch the original series first, and then the huge number of Boruto episodes that come after. 

While each episode holds a certain amount of world building and additional lore, not every episode is considered to be integral to the overarching story of Naruto. If you’re wanting to know which episodes are canon and which are considered f𝔍iller, we’ve got you covered. 

Should you skip the filler in Naruto: Shippuden?

While filler episodes of Naruto: Shippuden don’t really bring anything to the table in terms of the overall story, you will miss out on some important world building and background if you choose to skip over them. For instance, Kakashi’s Anbu Arc (episodes 347 – 361) offers valuable insight that will help you to truly understand the impact of Kakashi, who is an absolute fan favorite character.

There are a lot of moments you’ll miss if y꧙ou choose to skip over the filler, but th﷽e choice is yours to make. You won’t be left wondering about anything by missing these episodes, and you can always go back later to fill in the gaps once you’ve reached the end of the main story. 

Consider it like completing the main story of a game, then going back to🌳 complete side quests afterwards. 

Every filler episode in Naruto: Shippuden

Naruto: Shippuden meets back up with the now beloved characters two years after the original series ends, and there’s a whole new cast of people to meet and events to catch up on. However, of the 500 episodes that make up Naruto: Shippuden, 203 of these are considered to be filler. 

Sometimes, entire arc🅘s of the anime take you off on side stories that aren’t strictly necessary if you only want to keep up🃏 with the main story. 

Here’s every filler episode of Naruto: Shippuden, along with what arcs that they make up:

• Episodes 57 – 71 (Twelve Guardian Ninja Arc)
  • “Robbed of Sleep” to “My Friend”
• Episodes 91 – 112 (Three-Tails’ Appearance Arc)
  • “Orachimaru’s Hideout Discovered” to “A Place to Return To”
• Episodes 144 – 151 (Six-Tails’ Unleashed Arc)
  • “Wanderer” to “Master and Student”
• Episodes 171 and 172
  • “Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage’s Legacy” (Part 1 & 2)
• Episodes 176 – 196 (Past Arc: The Locus of Konoha)
  • “Rookie Instructor Iruka” to “Drive Towards Darkness”
• Episodes 223 – 242 (Paradise Life on a Boat Arc)
  • “The Young Man and the Sea” to “Naruto’s Vow”
• Episodes 257 – 260
  • “Meeting” to “Parting”
• Episode 271
  • “Road to Sakura”
• Episodes 279 – 281 (Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation Arc)
  • “White Zetsu’s Trap” to “The Allied Mom Force!”
• Episodes 284 – 295 (Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation Arc)
  • “Helmet Splitter: Jinin Akebino!” to “Power: Episode Final”
• Episodes 303 – 320 
  • “Ghosts from the Past” to “Run, Omoi!”
• Episodes 347 – 361 (Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax / Kakashi’s Anbu Arc)
  • “Creeping Shadow” to “Kakashi: Shadow of the ANBU Black Ops – Squad Seven”
• Episodes 376 and 377 
  • “The Directive to Take the Nine Tails” and “Naruto vs. Mecha Naruto”
• Episodes 388 – 390
  • “My First Friend” to “Hanabi’s Decision”
• Episodes 394 – 413 (In Naruto’s Footsteps: The Friends’ Paths Arc)
  • “The New Chunin Exams” to “Hopes Entrusted to the Future”
• Episodes 416 and 417 (Birth of the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki Arc)
  • “The Formation of Team Minato” and “You’ll Be My Backup”
• Episodes 422 and 423 (Birth of the Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki Arc)
  • “The One Who Will Inherit” and “Naruto’s Rival”
• Episodes 427 – 450 (Jiraiya Shinobi Handbook: The Tale of Naruto the Hero Arc)
  • “To the Dream World” to “Rival”
• Episodes 464 – 468 (Kaguya Otsutsuki Strikes Arc)
  • “Ninshū: The Ninja Creed” to “The Successor”
• Episodes 480 – 483 (Childhood Arc)
  • “Naruto and Hinata” to “Jiraiya and Kakashi”

How to watch Naruto: Shippuden

Regardless of whether you want to consume every episode in order, or you want to get through that main story and thꦿ𒅌en get the side stories under your belt, how you can watch it depends on where you’re located. 

Here’s how to watch Naruto: Shippuden in both the US and the UK:

Naruto: Shippuden in the US

If you’re US based, then you can watch Naruto: Shippuden on both and . Each has all 500 episodes available, and offers its own perks and advantages, depending on y🅷our watching style🎃. 

Hulu offers 473 of the 500 episodes with English dubbing, so it’s easier to watch in the background or if you’re not entirely able to focus on subtitles. However, the episodes are split into strange and inaccurate seasons, so it’s easy to lose track of exactly where you are unless you’r𝐆e paying close attention to the episode numbers. 

Crunchyroll, on the other hand, only has the series available with subtitles. However, the episodes are split into their respective arcs (for the most part, it all seems to fall apart after the Fourth Great Ninja War – Sasuke and Itachi arc), so you can find specific episodes pretty easily as long as you know which arc they belong to. 

Sadly, you’ll need to subscribe to either of these streaming platforms if you want to binge the entirety of Naruto: Shippuden, because it’s simply not possible to comp𒐪lete the series within a 7 day trial. The cheapest Hulu subscription is $9.99 per month, while the cheapest Crunchyroll subscription is $7.99 per month. 

Naruto: Shippuden in the UK

If you’re based in the UK, you can still watch Naruto: Shippuden via Crunchyroll. The fan subscription package for us Brits is £4.99 per month. Sadly, that’s our only option whe🐻n it comes ꧟to bingeing this beloved anime, unless you want to invest in a VPN (or happen to have one) to use for this purpose. 

Wherever you are, you can also add Crunchyroll to your account as an additional subscription, which does make it a lot easi🌊er to manage and cuts back on websites you need to visit in order to watch.