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Pluto TV Launches Naruto, Sailor Moon Channels in Canada

Streaming service Pluto TV has launched a channel dedicated to the Naruto anime and a channel dedicated to the Sailor Moon anime in Canada.

The Naruto channel is streaming seasons 1-4 of the anime. The Sailor Moon channel is streaming seasons 1- 5 of the original series and Sailor Moon Crystal.

The Naruto franchise includes multiple television anime, anime films, and original video anime. The original Naruto television anime aired from 2002 to 2007. The Naruto Shippūden anime sequel series premiered in 2007 and ended in 2017. The Boruto sequel manga inspired the television anime series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, which premiered in April 2017 and ended "Part I" in March. Production on "Part II" of the anime has been green-lit.

Four "brand-new" episodes of the original Naruto anime were slated to air in September to celebrate the franchise's 20th anniversary, but are delayed.

Streaming service Crave removed Sailor Moon from its platform in Canada on September 17. The anime began streaming with only the English dub on the service in September 2020. Viz Media began streaming all 200 episodes of the original Sailor Moon anime franchise on the Tubi TV streaming service in Canada in July 2016.

The third season of the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal anime premiered in April 2016. The reboot then continued with the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal film in 2021, and the two Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie films in June 2023.

Naoko Takeuchi's original magical girl manga inspired the first anime incarnation that aired for five seasons from 1992 to 1997. That television anime spawned several feature films and theatrical shorts as well.

Sources: Newswire, Pluto TV Canada's Facebook page via I Miss Bionix