The season would make its English television debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and premiere from April 8 to October 6, 2018. The season's English dubbed version aired on Neon Alley from July 13 to December 21, 2013.
Its first Japanese DVD volume was released by Aniplex on September 7, 2011. The season aired from February to July 2011. Released on DVD under the name The Gathering of the Five Kage ( 五影集結, Gokage shūketsu), the season follows the assemblance of the Kage, the five village leaders attempting to stop Sasuke Uchiha and the remaining members of the Akatsuki. The episodes are directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. The episodes for the tenth season of the anime series Naruto: Shippuden are based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto's manga series.
