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Season of television series
The episodes for the twelfth season of the anime series Naruto: Shippuden are based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto 's manga series. It was directed by Hayato Date , and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo .[ 1] The season follows Naruto Uzumaki controlling the power of the Nine-Tails at the start of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
The season aired from January to August 2012.[ 2] On January 2, 2009, Viz Media and Crunchyroll began providing subtitled episodes.[ 3] The English version of the season aired for Neon Alley on May 24, 2014. The DVD collection was released on October 3, 2012 under the title of
Nine-tailed Fox Taming and Karmic Encounters (九尾掌握と因果なる邂逅 , Kyūbi Shōaku to Inga naru Kaikō ) .[ 4] Episodes 247 and 248 were released together under the title of "Special Volume: Naruto's Birth" (特別編 ~ナルト誕生~ ) on August 1, 2012. Episodes 256 to 260 were released on September 5, 2012 under the title of "Special Volume: Two Fates" (特別編 ~宿命の二人~ ) .[ 5]
The season contains five songs between two openings and three endings. The first opening theme, "newsong" by tacica , is used from episode 243 to 256. The second opening theme, "Totsugeki Rock" (突撃ロック , "Assault Rock") by The Cro-Magnons , is used from episode 256 to 275. The first ending theme, "By My Side" (バイマイサイド , Bai Mai Saido ) by Hemenway , is used from episodes 243 to 255. The second ending theme, "Cascade" (カスケード , Kasukēdo ) by UNLIMITS , is used from episodes 256 to 267. The third ending theme, "Kono Koe Karashite feat. CHEHON" (この声枯らしてfeat. CHEHON , "Shout This Voice Dry feat. CHEHON") by AISHA, is used from episode 268 to 275. The sixth feature film, "Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie " was released on July 28, 2012. The broadcast versions of the episodes 271 to 275 include scenes from the film in the opening themes, while retaining the music "Totsugeki Rock".
Episode listing
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No.
Title
Original air date
English air date
Home releases
Japanese
Volume
Date
Discs
Episodes
Reference
1
October 3, 2012
1
243–247
[ 6]
2
November 7, 2012
1
250–253
[ 6]
3
December 5, 2012
1
254–256, 261
[ 6]
4
January 9, 2013
1
262–265
[ 6]
5
February 6, 2013
1
266–270
[ 6]
6
March 6, 2013
1
271–275
[ 6]
English
Viz Media (North America, Region 1)
Box set
Date
Discs
Episodes
Reference
19
July 8, 2014
2
232–244
[ 7]
20
October 14, 2014
2
245–257
[ 8]
21
January 20, 2015
2
258–270
[ 9]
22
April 21, 2015
2
271–283
[ 10]
Madman Entertainment (United Kingdom, Region 2)
Volume
Date
Discs
Episodes
Reference
19
October 13, 2014
2
232–244
[ 11]
20
February 9, 2015
2
245–257
[ 12]
21
August 10, 2015
2
258–270
[ 13]
22
September 14, 2015
2
271–283
[ 14]
Madman Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand, Region 4)
Collection
Date
Discs
Episodes
Reference
19
August 20, 2014
2
232–244
[ 15]
20
January 7, 2015
2
245–257
[ 16]
21
March 11, 2015
2
258–270
[ 17]
22
June 10, 2015
2
271–283
[ 18]
References
General
Specific
^ スタッフ・キャスト [Staff.Cast] (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved October 28, 2011 .
^ "Episodes 463-476" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved January 5, 2012 .
^ "Naruto.com, Crunchyroll, Hulu Begin Shippūden Streams" . Anime News Network . Retrieved 2009-05-09 .
^ "NARUTO-ナルト- 疾風伝 九尾掌握と因果なる邂逅の章" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo . Retrieved September 12, 2012 .
^ "NARUTO-ナルト- 疾風伝 特別編 ~宿命の二人~" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo . Retrieved September 12, 2012 .
^ a b c d e f "九尾掌握と因果なる邂逅の章 - TV DVD - NARUTO-ナルト- 疾風伝 - アニプレックス" (in Japanese). Aniplex . Archived from the original on July 13, 2016.
^ "Naruto Shippuden Uncut, Vol 19 (DVD Box Set)" . Viz Media . Archived from the original on July 1, 2016.
^ "Naruto Shippuden Uncut, Vol 20 (DVD Box Set)" . Viz Media . Archived from the original on July 1, 2016.
^ "Naruto Shippuden Uncut, Vol 21 (DVD Box Set)" . Viz Media . Archived from the original on July 1, 2016.
^ "Naruto Shippuden Uncut, Vol 22 (DVD Box Set)" . Viz Media . Archived from the original on July 1, 2016.
^ "Naruto - Shippuden: Collection - Volume 19 - DVD" . Xtra-vision . Archived from the original on March 1, 2017.
^ "Naruto - Shippuden: Collection - Volume 20 - DVD" . Xtra-vision . Archived from the original on March 1, 2017.
^ "Naruto - Shippuden: Collection - Volume 21 - DVD" . Xtra-vision . Archived from the original on March 1, 2017.
^ "Naruto - Shippuden: Collection - Volume 22 - DVD" . Xtra-vision . Archived from the original on March 1, 2017.
^ "Naruto Shippuden Collection 19 (Eps 232-244) - DVD" . Madman Entertainment . Archived from the original on October 21, 2016.
^ "Naruto Shippuden Collection 20 (Eps 245-257) - DVD" . Madman Entertainment . Archived from the original on September 22, 2016.
^ "Naruto Shippuden Collection 21 (Eps 258-270) - DVD" . Madman Entertainment . Archived from the original on September 22, 2016.
^ "Naruto Shippuden Collection 22 (Eps 271-283) - DVD" . Madman Entertainment . Archived from the original on March 2, 2017.