Episodes 147 and 148 have aired in Japan. The Mizuki arc ends while a new one begins! Episode 147 is titled Fateful Showdown! You Won’t Defeat Me and 148 is titled Super Pursuit Power Even Akamaru Is Jealous Of! Seek The Mysterious Bikou-mushi.

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The team heads out

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Anime News Network has posted a CN press release detailing the coming airing of Naruto. While it doesn’t go into much, the section saying it attracted a huge following through DVD releases and bootlegs was quite an interesting acknowledgement.

Here’s the meat of the press release, hopefully it can give us an accurate idea of how closely the English dub will follow the Japanese original.

The story of Naruto begins 12 years ago, when the evil Nine Tailed Fox demon terrorized The Hidden Leaf Village. The Fourth Lord Hokage sacrificed himself to seal the demon inside the body of a baby, bringing the decimation to an end. For fear that the boy, Naruto, would abuse the powers inside him and release the demon within, a rule was made that forbad anyone to tell him that he possessed the spirit of the Nine Tailed Fox. Raised as an orphan and with no one believing in him, Naruto grew up unaware of the reason that the villagers shunned him.

Now a teenager, Naruto attempts to earn the respect of the villagers by training to become the Village Hokage, the top ninja in the village. As a student at the ninja academy, he is earnest and hardworking, yet clumsy. As Naruto develops as a ninja, he must learn to control his special powers to become the respected master ninja.

The Toonami Naruto site has updated with short bios on five of the main characters in the series: Naruto, Sasuke, Iruka, Kakashi and Sakura. While they don’t offer too much in the way of information, they serve as a nice intro to the series.

The series starts on Toonami in the U.S. in just under a month on Saturday evening, September 10th.

Pazuzu chimed in to let us know what to expect with next weeks special.

The following areas have new or updated content:

New

+ Ninjutsu: Satetsu Kaihou
+ Manga Vol. 21 Summary
+ Anime Season Three Guide

Updated

+ Manga Vol. 29 Summary
+ Doujutsu
+ What is Naruto?
+ Akatsuki Org.
+ Ninjutsu: Satetsu, Shinranshin no Jutsu
+ Potential Bloodlines
+ Bio: Kankurou, Temari, Kagari, Mubi, Oboro

Episode 146 has aired in Japan. The filler arc continues, what happened in Mizuki’s past to push him to these ends?… Episode 146 is titled Leftover Ambitions, Orochimaru’s Shadow.

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Orochimaru’s gift

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