Season 1
Asuma and Shikamaru have to think on their feet as they face the mind-boggling jutsu of the Akatsuki pair, Hidan and Kakuzu. At the last minute, the Akatsuki are called away, but not before dealing a fatal blow to a revered shinobi of the Leaf. The devastated ninja left behind can think only of revenge, but Tsunade is opposed to the scheme until an offer of help arrives from an unexpected source.
Cast & Crew
Kentaro Ito
Choji Akimichi (voice)
Shinji Kawada
Shino Aburame (voice)
Kohsuke Toriumi
Kiba Inuzuka (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Sasori (voice)
Nana Mizuki
Hinata Hyuga (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Minato Namikaze (voice)
Hideo Ishikawa
Itachi Uchiha (voice)
Jurota Kosugi
Asuma Sarutobi (voice)
Shunsuke Sakuya
Sakon (voice)
Hiroshi Ito
Danzo Shimura (voice)
Hochu Otsuka
Jiraiya (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Iruka Umino (voice)
Ikue Otani
Konohamaru Sarutobi (voice)
Kenyu Horiuchi
Pain (voice)
Takaya Hashi
Kakuzu (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Nine-Tailed Demon Fox (voice)
Masaki Terasoma
Hidan (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Yamato (voice)
Akeno Watanabe
Tayuya (voice)
Showtaro Morikubo
Shikamaru Nara (voice)
Yukari Tamura
Tenten (voice)
Jouji Nakata
Baki (voice)
Akira Ishida
Gaara (voice)
Hidekatsu Shibata
Hiruzen Sarutobi (voice)
Romi Park
Temari (voice)
Noriaki Sugiyama
Sasuke Uchiha (voice)
Emi Shinohara
Kushina Uzumaki (voice)
Atsuko Tanaka
Konan (voice)
Eisuke Asakura
Teuchi (voice)
Satoshi Hino
Sai (voice)
Takako Honda
Anko Mitarashi (voice)
Ryoka Yuzuki
Ino Yamanaka (voice)
Takashi Kondo
Suigetsu Hozuki (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Zabuza Momochi (voice)
Yasuyuki Kase
Kankuro (voice)
Yutaka Aoyama
Sasori (voice)
Koichi Tochika
Neji Hyuga (voice)
Naoya Uchida
Madara Uchiha (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Zetsu (voice)
Masashi Ebara
Might Guy (voice)
Daiki Nakamura
Inoichi Yamanaka (voice)
Nobutoshi Canna
Kabuto Yakushi (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Kakashi Hatake (voice)
Shuhei Sakaguchi
Jugo (voice)
Masako Katsuki
Tsunade (voice)
Kanako Toujou
Karin (voice)
Chie Nakamura
Sakura Haruno (voice)
Kujira
Orochimaru (voice)
Tomohiro Tsuboi
Izumo Kamizuki (voice)
Ikuko Tani
Chiyo (voice)
Junko Takeuchi
Naruto Uzumaki (voice)
Keiko Nemoto
Shizune (voice)
Tomoyuki Dan
Kisame Hoshigaki (voice)
Yōichi Masukawa
Rock Lee (voice)
Kenji Yamauchi
Harusame (voice)
Rumi Ochiai
Kurenai Yuhi (voice)
Sôsuke Komori
Obito Uchiha (voice)
Katsuhiko Kawamoto
Deidara (voice)
Hayato Date
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Episode Guide
Asuma apologizes at the grave of the Third Hokage for not understanding his advice concerning what the "king" of the Fire Country is. At the hospital, Naruto and Sai recover, despite Naruto's desire to resume his training. Tsunade receives a report from Kakashi that Akatsuki is on the move. Elsewhere, Yugito Nii, the Two Tails Jinchūriki, struggles against Hidan and Kakuzu and unleashes the Two Tails, but is defeated and captured. Hidan and Kakuzu then turn their attention to the Fire Country for their next target.