It is set two and a half years after the original series in the Naruto universe, following the teenage ninja Naruto Uzumaki and his allies. The series is directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. It began broadcasting on February 15, 2007, on TV Tokyo, and concluded on March 23, 2017. On January 2, 2009, Viz Media and Crunchyroll provided eight English subtitled Naruto: Shippuden episodes on the official Naruto website. Later the following 2 weeks, Viz began providing subtitled versions of the latest Naruto: Shippuden episodes a week after they first aired in Japan, with a new episode being added to the Naruto website each subsequent Thursday. On July 24, 2009, Viz Media announced that the series would be released on the iTunes Store. The first DVD release of the series in North America was released on September 29, 2009. The English dub of Naruto: Shippuden made its US premiere on Disney XD on October 28, 2009. Naruto: Shippuden stopped airing on Disney XD on Novemafter 98 episodes. The English dub was streamed on the Neon Alley web channel from its launch in October 2012, and beginning December 29 of the same year with episode 99, dubbed episodes premiered every week until Maafter 338 episodes, about a month before Neon Alley's closure. Adult Swim's Toonami programming block began airing the anime from the beginning on Januin an uncut format. The network started showing never before aired dubbed episodes at the 339th episode mark by May 2021. In four regions, episodes from the series have been released on DVD and Blu-ray by single volumes and box sets. In Japan, twenty six sets of volumes have been released based on which arc it represents. In North America, twelve single volumes and thirty eight box sets have been released. In the United Kingdom, twenty eight single volumes and six box sets have been released. Konohamaru delivers the final blow with his Rasengan and saves the village.In Australia and New Zealand, twenty-eight collections have been released. A group of rogue Sumo Wrestlers attack the children, but they are saved by the mothers of Konoha, who fight back against the intruders.
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Heading back, Konohamaru is again alerted that people are attacking the village on the west side, and this time, the rumors are true. Konohamaru investigates the area alone with Moegi and Udon, only to find a traveling circus troupe in the forest instead of rogue ninja. He tries to recruit his classmates into hunting them down, but they refuse to beleive him. Suddenly Konohamaru is approached by several children, each claiming to have seen terrifying rogue ninja roaming the east and west forests outside Konoha. Ebisu attempts to rally everyones' spirits together in the event that rogue ninja should attack the village while their shinobi families are away at war, but the mothers scoff and claim that they will protect the village as they always have while their husbands fought. Konohamaru participates in a meeting organized by Ebisu in Konoha of the remaining villagers, mostly including the children and wives. Tsunade returns to the village and informs Naruto that he's going on an S-rank misson to an island located in the Land of Lightning. A says that the place where he is sending B and Naruto isn't just a hideout but a training ground.
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Tsunade meets with A alone and asks him for a favour to let B teach Naruto how to control Nine-Tails. Tsunade objects since they would both be invaluable in the war with Akatsuki, but is forced to agree. As the first matter of business, Naruto and Killer B are to be given constant protection. Three days later the Kage meet again to discuss how they should start pooling their resources. Two Konoha shinobi ask for his autograph, but he doesn't know how to respond. Later, Shizune informs Tsunade about Naruto's disappearance for which she ordered some shinobi to search for him. B paying no attention was bought in writing raps in his rhyme book.
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Whereas in Land of Lightning a council is held about war, as Kisame spies on them. Tsunade talks to a council and informs about the Fourth Shinobi World War and warns others not to underestimate Akatsuki.