Naruto is licensed for North American production.
Adult Swim is a television channel that shares channel space with the American cable network Cartoon Network that operates at night from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. , Eastern and Pacific Time . Disney XD is an American digital cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Disney Channels Worldwide unit of the Disney -- ABC Television Group , itself a unit of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company . Naruto . The English adaptation was broadcast on Disney XD from October 28 , 2009 , to November 5 , 2011 , and on Adult Swim 's Toonami block in January 2014 .