Transcription: ' Suna no Jinchūriki' ( Japanese: 砂の人柱力) Transcription: ' Shugyō no Seika' ( Japanese: 修業の成果) Transcription: ' Akatsuki, Shidō' ( Japanese: 暁, 始動) Main article: Naruto: Shippuden (season 1) No. In Australia and New Zealand, twenty-eight collections have been released. In Japan, twenty six sets of volumes have been released based on which arc it represents. 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 four regions, episodes from the series have been released on DVD 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 uncut until Maafter 338 episodes, about a month before Neon Alley's closure. Naruto: Shippuden stopped airing on Disney XD on Novemafter 98 episodes, in which the network cited more frequent violence that was shown in later 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 Februon 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 ninja teenager Naruto Uzumaki and his allies.

Naruto: Shippuden is an anime series mainly adapted from Part II of Masashi Kishimoto's original manga series, with exactly 500 episodes.

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