The eighth season of the Naruto: Shippuden anime series is directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. The eighth season aired from March to August 2010. The season follows the Akatsuki Leader Pain invading the Leaf Village and attempting to kidnap Naruto Uzumaki while Naruto tries to avenge his master Jiraiya's death as he trains with Fukasaku in the Mount Myoboku to learn the Sage Jutsu. It is referred to by its DVDs as the chapter of . Aniplex released the six volumes between October 7, 2010 and March 2, 2011. While the volumes contains all the episodes, episodes 170 and 171 were skipped to the sixth volume. Starting with episode 154, it is switched and produced in high-definition instead of 16:9 widescreen, like the previous five seasons, for the rest of the series.
The English dub of this season premiered on February 16 on Neon Alley and concluded on March 30, 2013. The season would make its English television debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and premiere from April 2 to October 1, 2017.
The season contains five musical themes: two openings and three ending themes. The opening themes are "Sign" by Flow (used for the first two episodes of the season) and by Motohiro Hata (used for episodes 154 to 175). The ending themes are "For You" by Azu (used for the first two episodes of the season), by OreSkaBand (used for episodes 154 to 166) and by Supercell (used for episodes 167 to 175). The fourth feature film, Naruto Shippuden The Movie: The Lost Tower was released on July 31, 2010. The broadcast versions of episodes 172 to 175 include scenes from the film in the opening themes, while still retaining the music "Tōmei Datta Sekai". __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference 1October 6, 20101152–155 2November 3, 20101156–159 3December 1, 20101160–163 4January 12, 20111164–167 5February 2, 20111168–171 6March 2, 20111172–175
English + Viz Media (North America, Region 1)Box setDateDiscsEpisodesReference12October 9, 20123141–15313January 29, 20133154–16614April 23, 20133167–179
+ Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom, Region 2) VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesReference 12 March 18, 2013 2 141–153 13 June 24, 2013 2 154–166 14 September 23, 2013 2 167–179
+ Madman Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand, Region 4) CollectionDateDiscsEpisodesReference 12 January 9, 2013 2 141–153 13 March 20, 2013 2 154–166 14 June 19, 2013 2 167–179
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