Global InformationNaruto season 3 information
| Naruto | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
 The first Japanese DVD volume cover of the third season | |
| No. of episodes | 48 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | May 19, 2004 – April 20, 2005 |
| Season chronology | |
The third season of the Naruto anime television series, labelled as the "3rd Stage" in the Japanese DVD release, is directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo.[1] Based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga series, the season follows Sasuke Uchiha leaving the Hidden Leaf Village, with the hopes of gaining more power by joining up with Orochimaru. The season aired from September 15, 2004 to June 29, 2005 on TV Tokyo.[2]
The English dub aired on both Cartoon Network's Toonami and YTV's Bionix programming blocks from August 25, 2007 to February 16, 2008.[3][4]
Sony Pictures Entertainment collected the episodes in a total of twelve DVD volumes, each containing four episodes,[5] between January 1 and December 7, 2005.[6][7] The English adaptation of these dub was released between twenty-first and thirty-second DVD volumes released by Viz Media,[8][9] while various compilations were later released.[10][11]
The Japanese version of this season feature eight theme musics: three openings and five endings. The openings are "Go!!!" by Flow, used for episodes 84 to 103, Sambomaster's "Seishun Kyōsōkyoku" (青春狂騒曲, lit. Youth's Rhapsody), used for episodes 104 to 128, and "No Boy No Cry" (ノーボーイ·ノークライ, Nō Bōi Nō Kurai) by Stance Punks, from episodes 129 to 131. The endings are "Ima Made Nando Mo" (今まで何度も, lit. Many Times Before) by The Mass Missile (used for episodes 84 to 89), "Ryūsei" (流星, lit. Meteor) by TiA (used for episodes 90 to 103), "Mountain A Go Go 2" (マウンテン·ア·ゴーゴー·ツー, Maunten A Gō Gō Tsū) by Captain Straydum (used for episodes 104 to 115), "Hajimete Kimi to Shabetta" (はじめて君としゃべった, lit. The First Time I Spoke With You) by GaGaGa SP (used for episodes 116 to 128), and "Nakushita Kotoba" (失くした言葉, lit. Lost Words) by No Regret Life (used for episodes 129 to 131). The English version openings has "Go!!!" by Flow, used for episodes 84 to 104 and Sambomaster's "Seishun Kyōsōkyoku" (青春狂騒曲, lit. Youth's Rhapsody), used for episodes 105 to 128. It replaces the endings with an instrumental version of "Rise" by Jeremy Sweet and Ian Nickus.
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- ^ "Canada's YTV to Premiere Death Note Anime in September". Anime News Network. July 19, 2007. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
- ^ "3rd Stage" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ "Naruto 3rd Stage Vol. 1". Yesasia. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ "Naruto 3rd Stage, Vol. 12". CDJapan. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ "Naruto, Vol. 21 (DVD)". Viz Media. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ "Naruto, Vol. 32 (DVD)". Viz Media. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ "Naruto Uncut Season 2, Vol. 2 (DVD Box Set)". Viz Media. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ "Naruto Uncut Season 3, Vol. 1 (DVD Box Set)". Viz Media. Retrieved November 6, 2011.