About Naruto:- The first season of the Naruto anime series is directed by Hayato Date , and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo . [1] Based on Masashi Kishimoto 's manga series, the season follows Naruto Uzumaki living in the Hidden Leaf Village , determined to become the next Hokage and gain the respect of the villagers. The first season ran from October 3, 2002 to November 5, 2003 on TV Tokyo. [2] The English dub ran from September 10, 2005 to November 4, 2006 on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block in the United States and YTV's Bionix programming block in Canada. [3] [4] [5] The season's first 52 episodes ran on Adult Swim's relaunched Toonami block in a completely uncut format from December 1, 2012 to November 30, 2013. After the 52nd episode, it was removed from the schedule rotation to make room for its successor series, Naruto: Ship...