Naruto (2002-2007) /// Naruto: Shippūden Original Animation Drawing of Sakura Haruno, in color The Naruto anime, directed by Hayato Date and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, premiered in Japan on October 3, 2002, and concluded on February 8, 2007 after 220 episodes on TV Tokyo Original hand drawn by the animators for the production of one episode of this famous serie. See images, very good.