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. Based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga series of the same name, the season follows Naruto Uzumaki and his friends on a mission to prevent Sasuke Uchiha from leaving the Leaf Village in search for greater power by joining up with Orochimaru. The season ran on TV Tokyo and its affiliates, from May 19, 2004, to April 20, 2005.
The English dub aired on both Cartoon Network's Toonami and YTV's Bionix programming blocks from April 21, 2007, to January 12, 2008.
Sony Pictures Entertainment collected the episodes in a total of twelve DVD volumes, each containing four episodes, between January 1 and December 7, 2005. The English adaptation of these dub was released between twenty-first and thirty-second DVD volumes released by Viz Media, while various compilations were later released.
The Japanese version of this season features seven theme musics: two openings and five endings. The openings are "Go!!!" by Flow (used for episodes 84 to 106), by Sambomaster (used for episodes 107 to 131). The endings are by The Mass Missile (used for episodes 84 to 89), "Ryūsei" (流星, lit. Meteor) by TiA (used for episodes 90 to 102), by Captain Straydum (used for episodes 103 to 115), by GaGaGa SP (used for episodes 116 to 128), and by No Regret Life (used for episodes 129 to 131). The English version replaces the ending themes with an instrumental version of "Rise" by Jeremy Sweet and Ian Nickus. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release English DVD + Naruto Uncut (USA) Volume Date Discs Episodes Reference 7 May 6, 2008 3 79–92 8 June 10, 2008 3 93–106 9 August 12, 2008 3 107–120 10 October 14, 2008 3 121–135
+ Naruto Season Box Set (USA) Box Set Date Discs Episodes Reference Season 2, Vol. 2 April 27, 2010 6 79–106 Season 3, Vol. 1 June 29, 2010 6 107–135
+ Naruto Unleashed (UK) Volume Date Box Set Release Disc Episodes Reference Series 4 Part 1 August 25, 2008 February 23, 2009 3 79–91 Series 4 Part 2 October 20, 2008 3 92–104 Series 5 Part 1 December 15, 2008 June 29, 2009 3 105–117 Series 5 Part 2 February 23, 2009 3 118–130 Series 6 Part 1 April 20, 2009 October 26, 2009 3 131–143
+ Naruto Uncut (AUS / NZ) Collection Episodes DVD release date Reference 7 79–92 November 12, 2008 8 93–106 December 3, 2008 9 107–120 January 14, 2009 10 121–135 February 18, 2009
+ Naruto Origins (AUS / NZ) Collection Episodes DVD release date Reference 2 53–106 3 107–163
Blu-ray + Viz Media (Region 1/A) Set Date Discs Episodes References 4 August 24, 2021 4 83–110 5 October 19, 2021 4 111–137
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