

The season contains seven musical themes, including two openings and five endings. The DVD collection was released on February 3, 2016, under the title of Infinite Tsukuyomi: The Invocation ( 無限月読・発動の章, Mugen Tsukiyomi: Hatsudō no Shō), June 8, under the title of Jiraiya Shinobi Handbook: The Tale of Naruto the Hero ( 自来也忍法帳~ナルト豪傑物語~, Jiraiya Hō-chō ~ Naruto Gōketsu Monogatari ~), and November 2, under the title of Itachi's Story ~ Light and Darkness ( イタチ真伝篇~光と闇~, Itachi Shinden-hen ~ Hikari to Yami ~). The season would make its English television debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and premiere on October 16, 2022. The season aired from May 2015 to April 2016. The episodes are directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. There is also anime original episodes featuring characters inside their own Infinite Tsukuyomi dream and a side story revolving around Itachi Uchiha's life in the Leaf Village and his early days in the Akatsuki. The season focuses on Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno and Kakashi Hatake attempting to defeat Madara Uchiha and Zetsu, the ones behind the activation of the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Having concluded the series in late 2014, Masashi Kishimoto kept himself busy penning continuing adventures in the Naruto world, including the manga Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring and the story for Boruto: Naruto the Movie, both of which focus on the title character’s son, Boruto.The episodes for the twentieth season of the anime series Naruto: Shippuden are based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto's manga series. The series would also spawn multiple anime series, movies, novels, video games and more. His first version of Naruto, drawn in 1997, was a one-shot story about fox spirits his final version, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, quickly became the most popular ninja manga in the world. After considering various genres for his next project, Kishimoto decided on a story steeped in traditional Japanese culture. After spending time in art college, he won the Hop Step Award for new manga artists with his story Karakuri. Like many kids, he was first inspired to become a manga artist in elementary school when he read Dragon Ball. Author/artist Masashi Kishimoto was born in 1974 in rural Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
