when did naruto first air on cartoon network
Naruto Viz licensed the anime series for broadcast and distribution in the Region 1 market.[59] The English adaptation of the anime began airing on September 10, 2005 and concluded on January 31, 2009, with 209 episodes aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami in the United States.[60][61] The episodes were also broadcast on SABC 2 (South Africa),[62] YTV's Bionix (Canada)[63] and Jetix's (United Kingdom)[64] programming blocks, and were released on DVD on March 28, 2006.[65] The first 26 volumes contain four episodes; later DVD volumes have five episodes.[66] Uncut editions were released in DVD box sets, each containing 12â€“15 episodes, with some variation based on story arcs.[67] In the American broadcast, references to alcohol, Japanese culture, sexual innuendo, and the appearance of blood and death were sometimes edited but remained in the DVD editions.[68] Other networks cut more material, for example Jetix censored scenes with blood, strong language, and smoking. The series was also licensed to Hulu, Joost, and Crunchyroll, which aired the episodes online with the original Japanese audio tracks and English subtitles.[69][70][71] On June 1, 2017, it was announced that an HD remaster version of the original Naruto television anime series would debut on Japanese TV on June 24, starting with the show's first episode.[72]