Naruto: Shippuden season 16

The episodes for the sixteenth season of the anime series Naruto: Shippuden are based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto's manga series. The anime original season follows Kakashi Hatake spending years as a member of the ANBU Black Ops. The episodes are directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. The season aired from February to May 2014.

The season would make its English television debut on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block and premiere from July 11 to November 7, 2021.

The DVD collection was released on October 1, 2014 under the title of Kakashi: Shadow of the ANBU Black Ops (カカシ暗部篇 ～闇を生きる忍～).

The opening themes of this season are "Tsuki no Ōkisa" (月の大きさ) by Nogizaka46 (used for episodes 349 to 356) and "Guren" (紅蓮) by Does (used for episodes 357 to 361). The ending themes are "Niji" (虹) by Shinkū Hollow (used for episodes 349 to 356) and "Flame" by DISH// (used for episodes 357 to 361).