The episodes of the anime series Naruto: Shippuden are directed by Hayato Date and produced by full free movie Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo. They are based on Part II of the Naruto manga series by Masashi Kishimoto. Naruto: Shippuden is a continuation of the Naruto manga watch movies net series by Kishimoto, and continues the same storyline after the passing of two and a half years in the fictional Naruto universe. The episodes began airing on naruto shippuden video February 15, 2007 and have all been shown on TV Tokyo in Japan.[1]
On January 2, 2009 Viz Media and Crunchyroll began providing eight English subtitled Naruto: Shippuden episodes on the official Naruto website every week until it has caught up Naruto Shippuden Episode 121
to the Japanese anime. Also, beginning January 15, 2009, Viz began providing subtitled versions of the latest Naruto: Shippuden episodes a week after they first air in Japan, with a new episode being added to the Naruto website each subsequent Thursday.[2] Viz full movie download
has stated the English dub will air sometime in the near future[3][4] though at the Anime Expo 09, it was revealed episodes of Naruto: Shippuden can only be seen on DVD releases.[5] The first four English dubbed episodes have recently become available at the iTunes Store.[6] The first DVD release of the series watch-movies.net
in North America will be released on September 29, 2009.[7] Episodes 1 through 53 were made and broadcast in 4:3 fullscreen, while episodes 54 onward were made and broadcast in 16:9 widescreen.