Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is a Japanese anime series based on the manga series of the same name and is a spin-off and sequel to Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto. It is produced by Pierrot and broadcast on TV Tokyo. The anime is directed by Noriyuki Abe (#1–104, #282–286), Hiroyuki Yamashita (#1–66), Toshirō Fujii (#67–104), and Masayuki Kōda (#105–281, #287–) and is written by Makoto Uezu (#1–66) and Masaya Honda (#67–). Former manga writer Ukyō Kodachi supervised the story until episode 216.
Boruto follows the exploits of Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki's son Boruto and his comrades from the Hidden Leaf Village's ninja academy while finding a path to follow once they grow up. Despite being based on the manga, the anime explores original storylines and adaptations of the spin-off manga, Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring; Boruto: Naruto the Movie; as well as the Naruto Shinden light novel series.
It premiered on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2017, and aired every Wednesday at 5:55 PM JST. Starting May 3, 2018 (episode 56) it aired every Thursday at 7:25 PM JST. Starting October 7, 2018 (episode 76) it now airs every Sunday at 5:30 PM JST. The series is also being released in DVDs. Viz Media licensed the series on March 23, 2017, to simulcast it on Hulu, and on Crunchyroll. On April 21, 2020, it was announced that episode 155 and onward would be delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. After a two-month hiatus, the episode resumed on July 5, 2020. On March 9, 2023, it was announced that the series is set to finish its first part with episode 293 on March 26, 2023 and a second part was announced to be in development.
In the United States, the English dub made its premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on September 29, 2018. Adult Swim removed the series from the block's rotation after episode 52 on October 20, 2019. Adult Swim executive Jason DeMarco addressed on Twitter that they currently have no plans to bring the anime back. The same batch of dubbed episodes were additionally broadcast in Australia on ABC Me.
Episode list NOTE: The series does not feature any official "arc" or "season" sub-listing titles on Japanese home media releases, which was originally the case in determining the division of both Naruto anime series. For practicality purposes this article has been split up into smaller sectioned listings, with each representing groups of 52 episodes each (with the exception of the sixth list, which consists of 33 episodes and stops at the end of the anime's first part). These lists do not constitute an official means for dividing the Boruto anime series.
List 1 (2017–18)
List 2 (2018–19)
List 3 (2019–20)
List 4 (2020–21)
List 5 (2021–22)
List 6 (2022–23)
Home media release Japanese + Aniplex (Japan, Region 2)DVDRelease dateDiscsEpisodesDVD-BOXRelease dateDiscsEpisodes 1July 26, 201711–41November 1, 201741–15 2August 23, 20175–8 3September 27, 20179–12 4October 25, 201713–15 5December 6, 201716–202March 7, 201816–32 6January 10, 201821–24 7February 7, 201825–28 8March 7, 201829–32 9April 4, 201833–353August 8, 2018533–50 10May 9, 201836–39 11June 6, 201840–43 12July 4, 201844–47 13August 8, 201848–50 14September 5, 201851–544January 9, 201951–70 15October 3, 201855–58 16November 7, 201859–62 17December 5, 201863–66 18January 9, 201967–70 19February 6, 201971–755June 5, 201971–92 20March 6, 201976–80 21April 3, 201981–84 22May 15, 201985–88 23June 5, 201989–92 24July 3, 201993–976November 6, 201993–115 25August 7, 201998–101 26September 4, 2019102–105 27October 2, 2019106–110 28November 6, 2019111–115 29December 4, 2019116–1197April 1, 2020116–136 30January 15, 2020120–123 31February 5, 2020124–128 32March 4, 2020129–132 33April 1, 2020133–136 34June 3, 2020137–1408October 7, 2020137–156 35July 1, 2020141–143 36August 5, 2020144–147 37September 2, 2020148–151 38October 7, 2020152–156 39December 9, 2020157–1609April 7, 2021157–176 40January 13, 2021161–164 41February 3, 2021165–168 42March 3, 2021169–172 43April 7, 2021173–176 44May 12, 2021177–18010August 4, 20214177–189 45June 2, 2021181–183 46July 7, 2021184–186 47August 4, 2021187–189 48September 8, 2021190–19211 December 1, 2021190–205 49October 6, 2021193–197 50November 3, 2021198–201 51December 1, 2021202–205 52January 12, 2022206–20812 April 6, 2022206–220 53February 2, 2022209–212 54March 2, 2022213–216 55April 6, 2022217–220 56May 11, 2022221–22313August 3, 2022221–232 57June 1, 2022224–226 58July 6, 2022227–229 59August 3, 2022230–232 60September 7, 2022233–23514December 7, 2022233–246 61October 5, 2022236–238 62November 2, 2022239–241 63December 7, 2022242–246 64January 11, 2023247–24915April 5, 2023247–260 65February 1, 2023250–252 66March 1, 2023253–256 67April 5, 2023257–260 68May 10, 2023261–26316August 2, 2023261–273 69June 7, 2023264–266 70July 5, 2023267–269 71August 2, 2023270–273 72September 6, 2023274–27717January 10, 20245274–293 73October 4, 2023278–281 74November 1, 2023282–286 75December 6, 2023287–289 76January 10, 2024290–293
English + Viz Media (North America, Region A / 1)SetRelease dateDiscsEpisodes 1 April 9, 20192 1–13 + OVA 2 July 16, 2019 14–26 3 October 8, 2019 27–39 4 January 21, 2020 40–52 5 April 21, 2020 53–66 6 July 14, 2020 67–79 7 October 13, 2020 80–92 8 January 12, 2021 93–105 9 May 25, 2021 106–119 10 September 21, 2021 3 120–140 11 November 23, 2021 2 141–155 12 May 17, 2022 3 156–176 13 September 6, 2022 2 177–189 14 January 10, 2023 3 190–210 15 June 13, 2023 211–231 16November 14, 2023232–25517March 26, 2024256–27318August 13, 2024274–29318TBA 2024TBD-291-->
+ Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)Parts (Region B / 4)PartRelease dateDiscsEpisodes Blu-ray DVD 1 July 10, 2019 November 6, 20192 1–13 2November 6, 2019 14–26 + OVA 3January 22, 2020 27–39 4April 15, 2020 40–52 5July 8, 2020 53–66 6October 7, 2020 67–79 7January 13, 2021 80–92 8May 5, 2021 93–105 9July 7, 2021 106–119 10December 1, 2021 3 120–140 11March 9, 2022 2 141–155 12August 3, 2022 3 156–176 13March 8, 2023 2 177–189 14March 6, 20243190–21015August 7, 2024211–23116June 4, 2025232–255
+ Collections (Region B)CollectionRelease dateDiscsEpisodes 1 April 5, 2023 8 1–52 + OVA 2January 8, 202553–105
+ Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom, Region B)SetRelease dateDiscsEpisodes 1 August 19, 20192 1–13 2 December 9, 2019 14–26 + OVA 3 June 1, 2020 27–39 4 August 10, 2020 40–52
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References
External links Boruto: Naruto Next Generations at Crunchyroll