Naruto: Shippuden season 6

The sixth season of the Naruto: Shippuden anime series is directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo. They are based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto's manga series. The sixth season aired from June 2009 to January 2010 on TV Tokyo. The season follows Sasuke Uchiha taking revenge against Itachi to avenge their clan. It also features two arcs focusing on the background stories for Kakashi Hatake and Jiraiya. The season is referred to by its DVDs as the chapter of Master's Prophecy and Vengeance (師の予言と復讐, Shi no Yogen to Fukushū) released by Aniplex.

The seven DVD volumes were released in Japan between January 13, 2010 and July 7, 2011. Limited edition of Seventh DVD of "Master's Prophecy and Vengeance" comes with special DVD Behind the Scenes of Uchiha containing interview mixed with footage from episodes. Episodes 119 and 120, detailing the story of Kakashi and Obito Uchiha, were released on separate disc on December 16, 2009 under the title of Kakashi Chronicles: Boys' Life on the Battlefield (カカシ外伝～戦場のボーイズライフ～, Kakashi Gaiden ~Senjō no Bōizu Raifu~).

The season aired on Neon Alley from January 12 to February 4, 2013. The season would make its English television debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and premiere from May 22, 2016 to January 29, 2017.

The season uses six musical themes: two opening themes and four ending themes. "Hotaru no Hikari" (ホタルノヒカリ, "Glow of Fireflies") by Ikimono-gakari is used as the opening theme for episodes 113 to 128, continuing its usage from the previous season. It was replaced by "Sign" by Flow for episodes 129 to 143. The first ending theme is "Shinkokyū" (深呼吸, "Deep Breath") by Super Beaver used for the first three episodes of the season. "My Answer" by Seamo was used as the ending theme for episodes 116 to 128. It was replaced in episode 129 by "Omae Dattanda" (おまえだったんだ, "It Was You") by Kishidan and ran until episode 141. It was replaced by "For You" by Azu for the remaining episodes. The third feature film, Naruto Shippūden The Movie: Inheritors of the Will of Fire, based on the series, was released on August 1, 2009. The broadcast versions for episodes 119 to 124 include scenes from the film in the opening themes, while still retaining the music "Hotaru no Hikari" by Ikimono-gakari.

Episodes

Home media release

Japanese

English

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References

General

• "List of Naruto: Shippuden episode titles". Archived from the original on 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
• "Naruto: Shippuden episodes from 2009" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on December 25, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2009.
• "Naruto: Shippuden episodes from 2010" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on December 25, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2010.

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