Main article: Naruto: Shippuden (season 1) No. In Australia and New Zealand, twenty-eight collections have been released. In the United Kingdom, twenty eight single volumes and six box sets have been released. In North America, twelve single volumes and thirty eight box sets have been released. In Japan, twenty six sets of volumes have been released based on which arc it represents. In four regions, episodes from the series have been released on DVD and Blu-ray by single volumes and box sets. The network started showing never before aired dubbed episodes at the 339th episode mark by May 2021. Adult Swim's Toonami programming block began airing the anime from the beginning on Januin an uncut format.
The English dub was streamed on the Neon Alley web channel from its launch in October 2012, and beginning December 29 of the same year with episode 99, dubbed episodes premiered every week until Maafter 338 episodes, about a month before Neon Alley's closure. Naruto: Shippuden stopped airing on Disney XD on Novemafter 98 episodes. The English dub of Naruto: Shippuden made its US premiere on Disney XD on October 28, 2009. The first DVD release of the series in North America was released on September 29, 2009. On July 24, 2009, Viz Media announced that the series would be released on the iTunes Store. Later the following 2 weeks, Viz began providing subtitled versions of the latest Naruto: Shippuden episodes a week after they first aired in Japan, with a new episode being added to the Naruto website each subsequent Thursday. On January 2, 2009, Viz Media and Crunchyroll provided eight English subtitled Naruto: Shippuden episodes on the official Naruto website. It began broadcasting on February 15, 2007, on TV Tokyo, and concluded on March 23, 2017. The series is directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo.
It is set two and a half years after the original series in the Naruto universe, following the teenage ninja Naruto Uzumaki and his allies. Naruto: Shippuden is an anime television series mainly adapted from Part II of Masashi Kishimoto's original Naruto manga series, with exactly 500 episodes. For the list of episodes from the original Naruto series, see List of Naruto episodes. Hagoromo's chakra manifests itself from Madara's lower half, and introduces himself to the four.This article is about the episodes in the Naruto: Shippuden series. In the real world, the four Hokage converge on Madara's severed lower half, and discuss what has happened and how to proceed. Due to the great chakra cost it would require, Sakura volunteers her stored chakra. Obito notices Kaguya's use of Space–Time Ninjutsu, and is certain that he can sync his Kamui with it, and bring Sasuke back if he is in another dimension. They watch the original Naruto dodging the terrain, before finally allowing himself be captured to draw Kaguya out. Naruto's clone finishes explaining the situation to Obito. Sasuke wanders through the desert dimension. Obito wakes up, and is brought up to speed on the situation. Naruto evades Kaguya, who causes the surrounding landscape to attack Naruto. Naruto tries to keep the portal open, to no avail. At Black Zetsu's suggestion, Kaguya splits them up, throwing Sasuke in her desert dimension. Sasuke frees himself and Naruto with Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi. Kaguya escapes the ice, and moves in to absorb their chakra again. Naruto's shadow clone, Sakura, and Kakashi discuss Kaguya's jutsu. Sasuke teleports Kaguya between himself and Naruto, almost making physical contact, but Kaguya teleports everyone to her ice dimension, locking them in place with ice. Kakashi wonders if Jiraiya is watching Naruto save the world with perverted ninjutsu. Sakura is irate that Naruto would try that on someone so powerful, but is shocked when Naruto lands a hit on Kaguya. Naruto moves in and transforms into a group of naked men, stunning Kaguya. He engulfs Kaguya with Amaterasu, which she effortlessly absorbs. Sasuke is dubious about Naruto's strategy involving a jutsu he practiced in secret even more than the Rasengan, but agrees to try it.
From afar, Sakura observes them, relaying the information to Kakashi, who is still in awe of Kaguya's power. Black Zetsu dismisses them, pointing out Kaguya can absorb all jutsu. Sasuke surmises they need to create an opening to seal Kaguya, Naruto decides to use a certain jutsu, and starts filling Sasuke in on it. Outraged by Black Zetsu's claims, Naruto frees himself and Sasuke, disagreeing with him about those who shape shinobi history and how mothers should feel about their children. Episode Description:Kaguya voices her hatred for her sons.