Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 3 - Hi no Ishi wo Tsugu Mono is set approximately between the end of the "Akatsuki Suppression Mission" arc and the beginning of the "Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant" arc, covering episodes 88-129 of the Naruto: Shippuuden anime series. Celebrating both TV Tokyo's 45th anniversary and Naruto manga serialization's 10th anniversary, the movie was released on August 1, 2009 in Ja

Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 3 - Hi no Ishi wo Tsugu Mono is set approximately between the end of the "Akatsuki Suppression Mission" arc and the beginning of the "Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant" arc, covering episodes 88-129 of the Naruto: Shippuuden anime series. Celebrating both TV Tokyo's 45th anniversary and Naruto manga serialization's 10th anniversary, the movie was released on August 1, 2009 in Japan and registered a box office revenue of 1.02 billion yen. It was announced on the Naruto 10th anniversary site and an extended preview was shown during Japan Expo 2009 in France. While a DVD version was issued in Japan on April 21, 2010, English DVD and Blu-Ray versions were made available in the United States on October 23, 2012 by Viz Media. The movie also has an animanga adaptation; it was released in Japan on July 16, 2010.