The episode for the eleventh season of the anime television series Naruto: Shippuden is based on Part II of Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga series. The anime-original season aired from July to December 2011 and follows Naruto Uzumaki, Yamato, Aoba and Guy sailing through the ocean to the Paradise Island while the rest of Konoha prepares for the Fourth Great Ninja War. It was released on DVD under the name of on March 7, 2012, by Aniplex. The season was directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo.
The season's English dub was streamed on Neon Alley from December 28, 2013, to May 17, 2014. The season would make its English television broadcast debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and air from October 13, 2018, to March 24, 2019.
The season contains four musical themes: two openings and two endings. The openings theme are performed by 7!! (used for episodes 222 to 230) and "Newsong" performed by Tacica (used for episodes 231 to 242). The ending themes are performed by Okamoto's (used for episodes 222 to 230) and "Place to Try" performed by Totalfat (used for episodes 231 to 242). The fifth feature film, Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison, was released on July 27, 2011. The broadcast version from episode 222 to 226 uses as the opening theme and includes scenes from Blood Prison in the opening sequence. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 1 March 7, 2012 1 222–225 2 April 4, 2012 1 226–229 3 May 2, 2012 1 230–233 4 June 6, 2012 1 234–237 5 July 4, 2012 1 238–242
English + Viz Media (North America – Region 1/A) Box set Date Discs Episodes Reference 18 April 8, 2014 2 219–231 19 July 8, 2014 2 232–244
+ Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom and Ireland – Region 2/B) Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 18 July 21, 2014 2 219–231 19 October 13, 2014 2 232–244
+ Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand – Region 4/B) Collection Date Discs Episodes Reference 18 June 18, 2014 2 219–231 19 August 20, 2014 2 232–244
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