The episodes from the thirteenth season of the anime television series Naruto: Shippuden is based on Part II of Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga series. The season was directed by Hayato Date and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. The season focuses on the Fourth Great Ninja War between Naruto Uzumaki and the five Hidden Villages' Ninjas against the forces under the masked ninja Tobi and Kabuto Yakushi. It also features an unrelated side story arc. The season aired from August 23, 2012, to January 10, 2013.
The English dubbed version of this season began on January 10, 2015, on Neon Alley. The season would make its English television broadcast debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and air from November 24, 2019, to May 10, 2020.
The season's collection in DVD started on April 3, 2013, under the title . Director's cuts of episodes 290 to 295 were released as two special edition DVDs titled and on July 3, 2013, and August 7, 2013, each containing three episodes from the arc.
This season contains four musical themes: two openings and two endings. The openings theme are performed by The Cro-Magnons (used for episodes 276 to 281) and "Moshimo" performed by Daisuke (used for episodes 282 to 295). The ending themes are performed by Aisha featuring Chehon (used for episodes 276 to 281) and "Mother" performed by Mucc (used for episodes 282 to 295). The sixth feature film, Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, was released on July 28, 2012. The broadcast versions of the episodes 276 to 277 include scenes from the film in the opening themes, while retaining the music "Totsugeki Rock". __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 1 April 3, 2013 1 276–280 2 May 1, 2013 1 281–284 3 June 5, 2013 1 285–289
+ Special Edition 【Power-Chikara-】 Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference Black July 3, 2013 1 290–292 White August 7, 2013 1 293–295
English + Viz Media (North America – Region 1/A) Box set Date Discs Episodes Reference 22 April 21, 2015 2 271–283 23 July 28, 2015 2 284–296
+ Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom and Ireland – Region 2/B) Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 22 September 14, 2015 2 271–283 23 February 8, 2016 2 284–296
+ Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand – Region 4/B) Collection Date Discs Episodes Reference 22 June 10, 2015 2 271–283 23 September 16, 2015 2 284–296
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