episode 180 will be animated by both: Gerou sessha and Masayuki Kouda, so that means that episode will have VERY good animation A great start for the 5 kage summit arc ^_^
Judging from the episode summaries that I ran through google translator, episodes 179 and 180 will be a mix of canon scenes from the next arc and filler.
More with Inari and Tazuna. Flashback to when Team 7(Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura)arrive in another village and got involved with a revenge plot by one dude against another.
182: Gaara, "Bonds"
Suna gets word about Konoha being destroyed. Temari, Kankuro and Gaara all worry about Konoha. Flashbacks ahoy. It seems Shikamaru for Temari. Naruto for Gaara. And Kiba/Sakura/whoever for Kankuro.
183: Naruto, Outbreak
Sakura episode. Sakura is taking care of Tsunade. Flashback to when Sakura fainted due to a mysterious fever when Team 7 was in another village. Naruto flashback to when they visited that village. Apparently some sort of fever connected to chakra.
184: Set Out! Team Tenten
A Tenten episode. Yes a freaking Tenten episode. Hell is freezing over. Tenten and Neji go to some weapon place to help restock the village after Pain's attack. Cue flashback to when they visited the same place three years earlier with Naruto replacing an injured Lee on their team.
More with Inari and Tazuna. Flashback to when Team 7 got involved with a revenge plot by one dude against another.
182: Gaara, "Bonds"
Suna gets word about Konoha being destroyed. Temari, Kankuro and Gaara all worry about Konoha. Flashbacks ahoy. It seems Shikamaru for Temari. Naruto for Gaara. And Kiba/Sakura/whoever for Kankuro.
183: Naruto, Outbreak
Sakura episode. Sakura is taking care of Tsunade. Flashback to when she fainted due to a mysterious fever. Naruto flashback to when they visited that village.
184: Set Out! Team Tenten
A Tenten episode. Yes a freaking Tenten episode. Hell is freezing over. Tenten and Neji go to some weapon place to help restock the village after Pain's attack. Cue flashback to when they visited the same place three years with Naruto replacing an injured Lee in their team.
Spoiler:
No Way!!!!!! a full Ten Ten episode!!!....
I'll be looking for that!
When we hunt, we kill
No one is safe
Nothing is sacred
We are Blackwatch
We are the last line of defense
We will burn our own to hold the red line, it is the last line to ever hold
well, they can stick those fillers where the sun don't shine .. I'll probabbly pick up Fairy Tail at this rate
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When we hunt, we kill
No one is safe
Nothing is sacred
We are Blackwatch
We are the last line of defense
We will burn our own to hold the red line, it is the last line to ever hold
Presumably, it’s an hour long special about Naruto and Jiraiya (what with Jiraiya having written the original "Gutsy Ninja", and Naruto being his successor.