How Long Would It Take to Watch the Complete Naruto & Boruto Anime? 2023 Update

The Naruto series has been popular with fans since it first aired on TV and will be forever discussed by the community. It has defined a whole generation of anime fans and will forever be a classic people will come back to. As old fans and newcomers discuss, some may wonder, how long would it take to watch the complete Naruto and Boruto anime?

It would take 402.4 hours to watch the complete Naruto and Boruto anime. As of 2023, there are 720 Naruto anime episodes and 286 Boruto anime episodes with 24 minutes each, meaning it would take 402,4 hours or at least 49 days to catch up by binge-watching for 8 hours or more every day.

Even though it may seem like it is a ride you have to endure, the Naruto franchise is a long joyful journey. So much that it is worth taking a deep look into how much content there is exactly, and how long would it take to go through each of them.

How Many Naruto Movies Are There?

While the movies are not considered canon (with two exceptions), they are very liked by fans and produce a lot of interesting stories. At this point, there are a total of 10 Naruto movies and one Boruto movie and there are no plans for more, even though the Naruto community would be really happy with more content. These are not as popular as the original anime, but still, they are proven to be worth watching

How Long Are Naruto Movies?

Naruto movies vary in length but are usually around an hour and a half. To be more exact, here’s a list of every movie from each series from earliest to newest with their respective duration.

Naruto Movie	Year	Duration
Naruto
Naruto: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow	2004	1 hr 22 min
Naruto: Legend of the Stone of Gelel	2005	1 hr 36 min
Naruto: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom	2006	1 hr 35 min
Naruto Shippuden
Naruto Shippuden the Movie	2007	1 hr 34 min
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds	2008	1 hr 30 min
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire	2009	1 hr 35 min
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower	2010	1 hr 25 min
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison	2011	1 hr 48 min
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie	2012	1 hr 49 min
The Last: Naruto the Movie	2014	1 hr 54 min
Boruto
Boruto: Naruto the Movie	2015	1 hr 35 min

All in all, watching every single Naruto movie would take 1.063 minutes, approximately 18 hours. However, it would likely take significantly less time when skipping through extras, such as the credits. But it does add some extra quality content for fans that are eager for more.

How Long Would It Take to Watch The Naruto Franchise?

The Naruto franchise has been around since 1997 with the release of the manga in Shonen Jump Magazine and its anime five years later. Fans have been consuming Naruto content since they were kids and will realize how old they have gotten when seeing how far anime and manga have come. Naruto even has two kids now! Probably some of the old-school fans also do.

With new episodes of Boruto being released every single week since 2018, Naruto fans may ask just how many episodes there are in total as of January 2023.

How Many Episodes Does the Naruto Franchise Have?

There are 1.006 episodes from the Naruto franchise anime to get through as of January 2023, which is expected since its long-running manga and how well its products sell. Even after the original Naruto manga and anime ended, not long after that, a successor came and Boruto, Naruto’s son, anime and manga began to be serialized.

How Long Are Naruto and Boruto Episodes?

Each of the Naruto and Boruto anime episodes lasts 24 minutes from beginning to end, which includes intros, outros, and previews as well. However, each episode does vary slightly in terms of the total duration.

How Many Days Would It Take to Watch the Naruto Franchise?

Viewers could theoretically watch all of the Naruto and Boruto anime episodes in 17 days if they go all out and are not eating, sleeping, or taking breaks, which would be extremely unhealthy and probably impossible. On the other hand, most viewers would take 49 or more days to catch up on all of the Naruto franchise anime episodes if they were to binge-watch for 8 hours or more every single day. Of course, this also means that fans would not be able to watch any other anime as much fun as Naruto.

How Many Hours Would It Take to Watch the Naruto Franchise?

Since each Naruto and Boruto anime episode lasts about 24 minutes from beginning to end, watching all 1.006 Naruto and Boruto episodes available will take somewhere around 24.144 minutes. This would amount to around 402,4 hours, which is roughly 17 days.

How Long Is The Naruto Franchise Without Fillers?

Filler are episodes made to make the anime’s runtime longer, usually due to it catching up to the manga, so the studio creates new stories not originally in the manga. These are not essential for the main story, so are somewhat skippable.

Even though these are not essential to the main journey, they can be fun to watch and worth checking out. But, you could go without these if you’re alright with missing out on such content, skipping these episodes you would need to watch only 490 episodes, which would cut the total estimated timeframe down to around 11.760 minutes or 196 hours or around 8 days.

How Many Filler Episodes Does the Naruto Franchise Have?

The original Naruto anime has 90 filler episodes, a percentage of 41%, while Naruto Shippuden has 203 filler episodes, also at 41%. However, the Boruto anime has an extremely high filler count, with 209 filler episodes, a percentage of 77%. This comes to be more than half the anime, so many choose to skip these episodes.

How to Watch the Naruto Franchise Faster?

Spending hundreds of hours watching Naruto can seem like a dream for long-running fans, but it can be challenging if you’re trying to catch up. Thankfully, there are some ways you can watch the Naruto franchise without skipping out on the most notable events and details.

1. Skip the Intro/Outro

Naruto anime episodes are usually 24 minutes long, but the opening and ending of every episode usually take around 3 minutes per episode. It may be a task to skip through the intro and outro sections every single time, but doing so will save you around 2.976 minutes or 49,6 hours by the end of Boruto episode 272 without skipping fillers.

2. Watch at 2x Speed

Some people may find this a worrisome option, but it is viable. If you watch the Naruto franchise at 2x speed, you will be cutting the time needed to watch its entirety by half, only needing to spend 11.904 minutes or 198,4 hours watching the screen. However, this may interfere with your overall enjoyment of each episode, since it was not meant to be watched like this and things might happen a bit too fast to catch your attention.

3. Skip Fillers

The easiest and most popular choice. Not everyone is willing to go through somewhat unnecessary episodes, so end up skipping fillers. Since they take up most of the anime, it is truly understandable. The main story does seem much more attractive than the filler ones, which might be fun but sometimes are all over the place.

4. Read the Manga

You can also turn to the manga in its entirety or when the anime feels slow-paced. Read an arc in the manga and then come back to the anime and vice versa. However, it won’t be possible with Boruto, since the manga and anime have different beginning points in the timeline and might end up just being confusing.

Although everyone gets eager to start watching the current episode of a series, be sure to savor each episode of the Naruto franchise since the joy is in the ride and not in the destination. We all know that you will be sorry there isn’t more to watch when you get to the most recent episode. It might seem long, but Naruto’s journey to achieve his dream of becoming the Hokage of Leaf Village is extremely entertaining and is responsible for many iconic moments of the anime and manga industry. Nevertheless, take your time and take the most out of this wonderful series.