Naruto Shippūden - Kazekage Rescue

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!

32 Episodes

Homecoming

Season 1 - Episode 1

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!

The Akatsuki Makes Its Move

Season 1 - Episode 2

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

The Results of Training

Season 1 - Episode 3

Naruto’s and Sakura’s combined skills force Kakashi to use his Sharingan right off the bat. Naruto masterfully unleashes his jutsu one after...

The Jinchuriki of the Sand

Season 1 - Episode 4

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

The Kazekage Stands Tall

Season 1 - Episode 5

Naruto and Sakura defeat Kakashi in the survival challenge. Tsunade assigns them to a three-man squad led by Kakashi, who tells them they ar...

Mission Cleared

Season 1 - Episode 6

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

Run, Kankuro

Season 1 - Episode 7

Gaara, his strength completely exhausted, is whisked away by Deidara. Kankuro ignores Baki’s efforts to stop him and immediately sets out in...

Team Kakashi, Deployed

Season 1 - Episode 8

An urgent message from the Sand Village detailing the Akatsuki’s kidnapping of the Kazekage reaches the Hidden Leaf Village. Tsunade wastes ...

The Jinchuriki's Tears

Season 1 - Episode 9

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

Sealing Jutsu: Nine Phantom Dragons

Season 1 - Episode 10

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 rei...

The Medical Ninja's Student

Season 1 - Episode 11

Sakura treats a critically ill Kankuro. After extensive training she’s now a full-fledged Medic Ninja, and Sakura amazes everyone with her s...

The Retired Granny's Determination

Season 1 - Episode 12

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...

A Meeting With Destiny

Season 1 - Episode 13

Guy prepares to use a forbidden secret jutsu. Meanwhile, Naruto falls under Itachi’s genjutsu, and all the anti-genjutsu training he underwe...

Naruto's Growth

Season 1 - Episode 14

Guy prepares to use a forbidden secret jutsu. Meanwhile, Naruto falls under Itachi’s genjutsu, and all the anti-genjutsu training he underwe...

The Secret Weapon is Called...

Season 1 - Episode 15

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

The Secret of Jinchuriki

Season 1 - Episode 16

Chiyo and Kakashi realize that the attack was just a diversion, and that the Akatsuki have already begun the process of extracting the Taile...

The Death of Gaara!

Season 1 - Episode 17

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, a...

Charge Tactic! Button Hook Entry!!

Season 1 - Episode 18

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 th...

Traps Activate! Team Guy's Enemy

Season 1 - Episode 19

Breaking the five-seal barrier set off a trap, which now has Team Guy battling amazingly accurate copies of themselves. Back at the Akatsuki...

Hiruko Vs. Two Kunoichi!

Season 1 - Episode 20

At last, the showdown between the old woman and her grandson begins. Sakura is confused by Sasori’s strange appearance, and Granny Chiyo exp...

Sasori's Real Face

Season 1 - Episode 21

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

Chiyo's Secret Skills

Season 1 - Episode 22

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

Father and Mother

Season 1 - Episode 23

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

The Third Kazekage

Season 1 - Episode 24

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

Three Minutes Between Life and Death

Season 1 - Episode 25

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

Puppet Fight: 10 vs. 100!

Season 1 - Episode 26

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 ...

Impossible Dream

Season 1 - Episode 27

Although stung with poison herself, Granny Chiyo uses the last of the antidote on Sakura. Mocking the tender scene between Granny Chiyo and ...

Revival of the Beasts

Season 1 - Episode 28

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 te...

Kakashi's Enlightened!

Season 1 - Episode 29

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. Me...

Aesthetics of an Instant

Season 1 - Episode 30

Naruto loses all reason to anger and is gradually taken over by the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit. Having been forewarned by Jiraiya, Kakashi narro...

The Legacy

Season 1 - Episode 31

Relying on Naruto's power, Granny Chiyo performs the Transmigration Jutsu on Gaara.

Return of the Kazekage

Season 1 - Episode 32

Gaara and his rescuers make a triumphant return to the Hidden Sand Village.