Global InformationNaruto season 5 information
| Naruto | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
 The first Japanese DVD volume cover of the fifth season | |
| No. of episodes | 41 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | April 12, 2006 – February 8, 2007 |
| Season chronology | |
The fifth and final season of the Naruto anime television series, labelled as the "5th Stage" in the Japanese DVD release, is directed by Hayato Date, produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, and based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga series.[1] The season follows Naruto Uzumaki and friends completing every assigned mission. The sequel television series Naruto: Shippuden, aired on February 15, 2007.[2]
The season aired from May 10, 2006, to February 8, 2007, on TV Tokyo.[3] Sony Pictures Entertainment collected the episodes in a total of ten DVD volumes, each containing four episodes between January 1 and July 4, 2007.[4] Viz Media's English adaptation of the series was collected in several DVD boxes from the series.[5][6] It was the last season to air on Cartoon Network's Toonami, before it moved on October 4, 2008. The final eleven episodes never aired on television in the United States, after the series was cancelled. The remaining eleven episodes of the English dub aired in Canada on YTV's Bionix from October 25, to December 6, 2009.
The season uses five musical themes for the Japanese version with two openings and three closings. The two opening themes are Flow's "Re:member" (used for episodes 180 to 202) and Hearts Grow's "Yurayura" (ユラユラ, lit. Swaying) for episodes 203 to 220. The three closing themes are "Yellow Moon" by Akeboshi (used for episode 180 to 191), "Pinocchio" (ピノキオ, Pinokio) by Oreskaband (used for episodes 192 to 202), and "Scenario" (シナリオ, Shinario) by Saboten (used for the rest of the episodes). The English episodes use the same openings, and an instrumental version of "Rise" by Jeremy Sweet and Ian Nickus as the closing theme.
- ^ "Naruto staff" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
- ^ "Naruto Filler to End". Anime News Network. 2006-12-04. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
- ^ "Naruto story" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- ^ "5th Stage" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
- ^ "Naruto Uncut Season 4, Vol. 2 (DVD Box Set)". Viz Media. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
- ^ "Naruto Uncut Season 4, Vol. 1 (DVD Box Set)". Viz Media. Retrieved November 7, 2011.