List of Naruto: Shippuden episodes

Naruto Shippuuden

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 Naruto manga 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. 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.

Twelve pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; four opening themes and eight 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 by Ikimono-gakari, used until episode 77, Closer by Joe Inoue used until episode 102 and soon Hotaru no Hikari by Ikimono-gakari. The eight ending themes are “Nagareboshi Shooting Star”  by Home Made Kazoku for the first eighteen episodes, Alüto’s “Michi: to you all”, used for the next twelve episodes, and “Kimi Monogatari”  by Little by Little, which is for episodes 31 to 41, “Mezamero! Yasei”  by Matchy with Question?, which is used from episode 42 until 53, Sunao na Niji  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!!!”  by Dev Parade beginning from episode 91 to 102 and soon “Shinkokyuu” by Super Beaver beginning with episode 103. A featured movie, Naruto: Shippuden the Movie, based on the Naruto: Shippuden series, was released on August 4, 2007. The second feature movie, Naruto Shipp?den 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.