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This is a list of episodes of the anime series Naruto: Shippuden. 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: Shippuden 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. On January 2, 2009 Viz Media began providing eight subtitledNaruto: Shippuden episodes on the official Naruto website every week until it has caught up to the Japanese anime. Also, beginning January 15, 2009, Viz began providing subtitled versions of the latest Naruto: Shippuden episodes a week after they first air in Japan, with a new episode being added to the Naruto website each subsequent Thursday. There has been an announcement by Viz about the Naruto Shippuden dub airing sometime in the near future, however, an air date has not been set.
Fourteen pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; five opening themes and nine 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, Blue Bird (ブルーバード) by Ikimono-gakari, used until episode 77, Closer by Joe Inoue used until episode 102 and Hotaru no Hikari (ホタルノヒカリ) by Ikimono-gakari beginning in episode 103. The nine 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), used for the next twelve episodes, and "Kimi Monogatari" (キミモノガタリ) by Little by Little, which is for episodes 31 to 41, "Mezamero! Yasei" (目覚めろ！野性) by Matchy with Question?, which is used from episode 42 until 53, Sunao na Niji (素直な虹) by Surface from episode 54 until 63, "Broken Youth" by Nico Touches the Walls from episode 64 to 77, "Long Kiss Good Bye" by Halcali from episode 78 to 90, and "Bacchikoi!!!" (バッチコイ!!!) by Dev Parade beginning from episode 91 to 102 and "Shinkokyū" (深呼吸, lit. Deep Breath) by Super Beaver starting with episode 103. Episodes 1-53 were made and broadcast in 4:3 fullscreen, while episodes 54 onward were made and broadcast in 16:9 widescreen.
A featured movie, Naruto: Shippuden the Movie, based on the Naruto: Shippuden series, was released on August 4, 2007. The broadcast versions of episodes 24 through 27 included scenes from the movie in both the opening and ending themes, while still retaining the original music. The second feature movie, Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds, which is based on the Naruto: Shippuden series, was released on August 2, 2008. The broadcast versions of episodes 70-73 include 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 four series of DVD releases divided by arc, the first covering episodes one through 32 over eight DVDs, the second covering episodes 33 through 53 over five dvds, the third covers episodes 54-71 over four dvds, and fourth covers episodes 72-88 over four dvds.
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