</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (itachi_ @ Feb 22 2004, 10:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Naruto could be the next pokémon, Dragon Ball (in popularity), if it get&#39;s licensed, more game releases, and merchendise in europe and North America... then it could be like 250 eps + </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
the length of the anime is based on how long the manga will be. not how popular it will become.

as for the ninja villages. they are konoha(leaf), sound, rain, mist, cloud, stone, grass, sand. if they were to involve all these villages in the story the series would be 500 episodes. i dont think they will involve more villages or rather i dont want them to.