The twentieth season of the anime television series Naruto: Shippuden is based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga series. The season focuses on Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno and Kakashi Hatake attempting to defeat Madara Uchiha and Zetsu, the ones behind the activation of the Infinite Tsukuyomi. There is also anime original episodes featuring characters inside their own Infinite Tsukuyomi dream and a side story revolving around Itachi Uchiha's life in the Leaf Village and his early days in the Akatsuki. The episodes are directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. The season aired from May 2015 to April 2016.
The season would make its English television debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and premiere on October 16, 2022, to October 1, 2023.
The DVD collection was released on February 3, 2016, under the title of , June 8, under the title of , and November 2, under the title of .
The season contains seven musical themes, including two openings and five endings. The first opening theme song, performed by Yamazaru, is used from episodes 414–431. The second opening theme song, "Line" performed by Sukima Switch, is used from episodes 432–458. The first ending theme song, performed by Sana, is used from episodes 414–417. The second ending theme song, performed by Flow, is used from episodes 418–431. The third ending theme song, performed by Kanikapila, is used from episodes 432–443. The fourth ending theme song, performed by Thinking Dogs, is used from episodes 444–454. The fifth ending theme song, performed by Kuroneko Chelsea, is used from episodes 455–458. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese + Infinite Tsukuyomi: The Invocation Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 1 February 3, 2016 1 414–417 2 March 2, 2016 1 418–421 3 April 6, 2016 1 422–426 4 May 11, 2016 1 427–431
+ Jiraiya Shinobi Handbook: The Tale of Naruto the Hero Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 1 June 8, 2016 1 432–435 2 July 6, 2016 1 436–439 3 August 3, 2016 1 440–443 4 September 7, 2016 1 444–447 5 October 5, 2016 1 448–450
+ Itachi's Story ~ Light and Darkness Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 1 November 2, 2016 1 451–454 2 December 7, 2016 1 455–458
English + Viz Media (North America – Region 1/A) Box set Date Discs Episodes Reference32 October 10, 2017 2 403–416 33 January 9, 2018 2 417–430 34 May 1, 2018 2 431–444 35 August 28, 2018 2 445–458
+ Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom and Ireland – Region 2/B) Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 32 May 21, 2018 2 402–415 33 August 20, 2018 2 416–430 34 November 19, 2018 2 431–444 35 February 11, 2019 2 445–458
+ Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand – Region 4/B) Collection Date Discs Episodes Reference 32 December 6, 2017 2 402–415 33 March 7, 2018 2 416–430 34 July 4, 2018 2 431–444 35 November 1, 2018 2 445–458
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