The sixth season of the Naruto: Shippuden anime series is directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo. They are based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto's manga series. The sixth season aired from June 2009 to January 2010 on TV Tokyo. The season follows Sasuke Uchiha absorbing Orochimaru's power and taking revenge against his older brother Itachi Uchiha to avenge the death of their clan, while Naruto Uzumaki and his friends pursuits Sasuke. It also features two arcs focusing on the background stories for Kakashi Hatake and Jiraiya. The season is referred to by its DVDs as the chapter of released by Aniplex.
The seven DVD volumes were released in Japan between January 13, 2010 and July 7, 2011. Limited edition of Seventh DVD of "Master's Prophecy and Vengeance" comes with special DVD Behind the Scenes of Uchiha containing interview mixed with footage from episodes. Episodes 119 and 120, detailing the story of Kakashi and Obito Uchiha, were released on separate disc on December 16, 2009 under the title of .
The season aired on Neon Alley from January 12 to February 4, 2013. The season would make its English television debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and premiere from May 22, 2016 to January 29, 2017.
The season uses six musical themes: two opening themes and four ending themes. by Ikimono-gakari is used as the opening theme for episodes 113 to 128, continuing its usage from the previous season. It was replaced by "Sign" by Flow for episodes 129 to 143. The first ending theme is by Super Beaver used for the first three episodes of the season. "My Answer" by Seamo was used as the ending theme for episodes 116 to 128. It was replaced in episode 129 by by Kishidan and ran until episode 141. It was replaced by "For You" by Azu for the remaining episodes. The third feature film, Naruto Shippūden The Movie: Inheritors of the Will of Fire, based on the series, was released on August 1, 2009. The broadcast versions for episodes 119 to 124 include scenes from the film in the opening themes, while still retaining the music "Hotaru no Hikari" by Ikimono-gakari. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference 1January 13, 20101113–116 2February 3, 20101117–118, 121–122 3March 3, 20101123–126 4April 7, 20101127–130 5May 12, 20101131–133 6June 2, 20101134–138 7July 7, 20101139–143
English + Viz Media (North America, Region 1)Box setDateDiscsEpisodesReference10April 10, 20123113–12611July 10, 20123127–14012October 9, 20123141–153
+ Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom, Region 2) VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference 10 September 10, 2012 2 113–126 11 November 26, 2012 2 127–140 12 March 18, 2013 2 141–153
+ Madman Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand, Region 4) CollectionDateDiscsEpisodesReference 10 July 4, 2012 2 113–126 11 October 24, 2012 2 127–140 12 January 9, 2013 2 141–153
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