The twenty-first and penultimate season of the Naruto: Shippuden anime television series is based on Part II of Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga series. The season focuses on Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno and Kakashi Hatake attempting to defeat Kaguya Ōtsutsuki after Madara Uchiha's activation of the Infinite Tsukuyomi and his ultimate betrayal by Zetsu, which is revealed to be a part of Kaguya. The season also depicts Naruto and Sasuke's respective reincarnate connection to Ashura and Indra and their destined and unavoidable final showdown in the Valley of the End. The episodes are directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. The season aired from May to October 2016.
The season would make its English television debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and premiere on October 8, 2023 to March 3, 2024.
The DVD collection was released on January 11, 2017 under the title and April 5 under the title .
The season contains three musical themes, including one opening and two endings. The opening theme song for the season is performed by Asian Kung-Fu Generation. The first ending theme song, performed by Kuroneko Chelsea, is used from episodes 459–466. The second ending theme song, performed by Huwie Ishizaki, is used from episodes 467–479. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese + The Origins of Ninshū: The Two Souls, Indra and Ashura Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 1 January 11, 2017 1 459–462, 466 2 February 8, 2017 1 463–465 3 March 1, 2017 1 467–469
+ The Chapter of Naruto and Sasuke Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 1 April 5, 2017 1 470–473 2 May 10, 2017 1 474–477 3 June 7, 2017 1 478–479
English + Viz Media (North America – Region 1/A) Box set Date Discs Episodes Reference 36 December 4, 2018 2 459–472 37 March 26, 2019 2 473–486
+ Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom, Region 2) Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 36 April 29, 2019 2 459–472 37 July 15, 2019 2 473–486
+ Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand – Region 4/B) Collection Date Discs Episodes Reference 36 March 6, 2019 2 459–472 37 June 5, 2019 2 473–486
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