The second season of the Naruto: Shippuden anime series is directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. They are based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto's manga series. Titled , the season follows Naruto Uzumaki and his friends attempting to reason with Sasuke Uchiha. The second season aired from November 2007 to April 2008 on TV Tokyo. It was also released on DVD in Japan over five discs between April 8 and August 8, 2008 by Aniplex.
Naruto Shippuden premiered in the United States in Disney XD in late 2009, with these episodes airing between April 2 and October 27, 2010. The season ran on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block from August 17, 2014 to February 8, 2015.
The season was collected in five DVD volumes by Viz Media from April 6 to August 10, 2010. It was also compiled in two DVD boxes alongside the first season's last episodes on August 3 and October 19, 2010. In the United Kingdom, Manga Entertainment released it in three volumes from October 10, 2010 to May 16, 2011, while it was also part of a DVD box released on March 7, 2011.
The season uses three musical themes: one opening theme and two ending themes. The opening theme is "Distance" by Long Shot Party, while the ending themes are by Little by Little (used for episodes 33 to 41) and by Matchy with Question (used for episodes 42 to 53). __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference 1April 2, 2008133–36 2May 9, 2008137–40 3June 4, 2008141–44 4July 2, 2008145–48 5August 6, 2008149–53
English + Viz Media (North America, Region 1 DVD singles) VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference 8April 6, 2010131–34 9May 18, 2010135–39 10June 1, 2010140–43 11July 13, 2010144–48 12August 10, 2010149–53
+ Viz Media (North America, Region 1 DVD box sets)Box setDateDiscsEpisodesReference3August 3, 2010327–394October 19, 2010340–53
+ Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom, Region 2 single volumes) VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference 3 October 10, 2010 2 27–39 4 December 27, 2010 2 40–52 5 May 16, 2011 53–65
+ Viz Media (North America, Region 1 Blu-ray sets) Volume Date Discs Episodes Ref. 2 January 30, 2024 4 28–55
+ Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom, Region 2 box sets)Box SetDateDiscsEpisodesReference1March 7, 201181–522June 4, 2012853–100
+ Madman Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand, Region 4) CollectionDateDiscsEpisodesReference 3 September 1, 2010 2 27–39 4 November 3, 2010 2 40–52 5 February 16, 2011 2 53–65
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