This is a list of episodes of the anime series Naruto: Shippūden. The episodes are directed by Hayato Date and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo. They are based on Part II of the Narutomanga series by Masashi Kishimoto. Naruto: Shippūden is a continuation of the Naruto manga series by Kishimoto, and continues the same storyline after the passing of two and a half years in the fictional Naruto universe. The episodes began airing on February 15, 2007 and have all been shown on TV Tokyo in Japan.[1]
Nine pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; three opening themes and six ending themes. The opening themes are "Hero's Come Back!!" by J-pop group nobodyknows+, used for the first 30 episodes, "distance" by LONG SHOT PARTY, used until episode 53, and BLUE BIRD by Ikimono-gakari. The six ending themes are "Nagareboshi ~Shooting Star~" (流れ星 ~Shooting Star~) by Home Made Kazoku for the first eighteen episodes, Alüto's "Michi ~ to you all" (道 ～to you all, lit. Path ~ to you all), used for the next twelve episodes, and "Kimi monogatari" (キミモノガタリ, lit. Your Story) by little by little, which is for episodes 31 to 41, "Mezamero! Yasei" (目覚めろ！野性, lit. Awaken! Wild) by MATCHY with QUESTION?, which is used from episode 42 until 53, Sunao na Niji by SURFACE from episode 54 until 63, and "Broken Youth" by NICO Touches The Walls from episode 64.[1]
A featured movie, Naruto: Shippūden the Movie, based on the Naruto: Shippūden series, was released on August 4, 2007.[2] Episodes 24 through 27 included scenes from the movie in both the opening and ending themes, while still retaining the original music. Second feature movie, Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds, based on the Naruto: Shippūden series, was released on August 2, 2008. Episodes 70-73 included scenes from the movie in the opening themes, while still retaining the original music.
The series is being released to Region 2 DVD in Japan with four or five episodes per disc. There are currently three series of DVD releases divided by arc, the first covering episodes one through 32 over eight DVDs,[3] the second covering episodes 33 through 53 over five DVDs,[4] and the third currently covering episodes 54 through 66 on three DVDs. All of the volumes have Japanese language tracks with no subtitles.[5]
