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The episodes from the fourteenth season of the anime series Naruto: Shippuden are based on Part II of the setting of Naruto manga series by Masashi Kishimoto. The season focuses on the second phase of the Fourth Great Ninja War involving the conflict between Naruto and the Ninja Alliance against Kabuto's reanimated ninja. The episodes are directed by Hayato Date and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo.
The fourteenth season began airing on January 17, 2013 on TV Tokyo and ended on July 4, 2013. On January 2, 2009 Viz Media and Crunchyroll began providing subtitled Naruto: Shippuden. The English dubbed version of this season began airing on May 30, 2015, on Neon Alley. The season's collection in DVD started on September 4, 2013 under the title of The Fourth Great Ninja War - Assailants From Afar (忍界大戦・彼方からの攻撃者, Ninkai Taisen - Kanata kara no Kōgekisha).
This season contains five musical themes: two openings and three endings. The first opening theme, "Moshimo" by Daisuke, is used from episodes 296 to 306. The second opening theme, "Niwaka Ame ni mo Makezu" (ニワカ雨ニモ負ケズ) by NICO Touches the Walls, is used from episodes 307 to 320. The first ending theme, "Sayonara Memories" (さよならメモリー, Sayonara Memorī) by 7!!, is used from episodes 296 to 306. The second ending theme, "I Can Hear" by DISH//, is used from episodes 307 to 319. The third ending theme, "Yume o Idaite ~Hajimari no Crissroads~" (夢を抱いて～はじまりのクリスロード～, "Embrace Your Dreams ~Crissroads of the Beginning~"), by Rake, is used for episode 320.