The episodes for the ninth season of the anime series Naruto: Shippuden are based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto's manga series. The anime only season aired from September 2010 to January 2011, and contains past flashback episodes for Naruto Uzumaki and his friends and ending with the final past flashback episode for Sasuke Uchiha. The season is referred to by its DVDs as with the first volume released on April 6, 2011 by Aniplex.
The English dub of the season aired on Neon Alley from March 30 to July 6, 2013. The season would make its English television debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and premiere from October 8, 2017 to March 25, 2018.
The season contains five musical themes: two openings and three endings. The opening themes are by Motohiro Hata (used for only the first four episodes of the season) and "Diver" by Nico Touches the Walls (used for episodes 180 to 196). The ending themes are by Supercell (used for only the first four episodes of the season), "U Can Do It!" by Domino (used for episodes 180 to 192) and by Aqua Timez (used for the remaining episodes). This is the only season to have additional music material by the original series composer, Toshio Masuda. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference 1April 6, 20111176–179 2May 11, 20111180–183 3June 1, 20111184–189 4July 6, 20111190–193 5August 3, 20111194–196
English + Viz Media (North America, Region 1)Box setDateDiscsEpisodesReference14April 23, 20133167–17915July 16, 20133180–19216October 8, 20132193–205
+ Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom, Region 2) VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference 14 September 23, 2013 2 167–179 15 December 9, 2013 2 180–192 16 February 24, 2014 2 193–205
+ Madman Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand, Region 4) CollectionDateDiscsEpisodesReference 14 June 19, 2013 2 167–179 15 October 16, 2013 2 180–192 16 February 19, 2014 2 193–205
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