Naruto: Shippuden season 1 explained

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Caption:Season 1 Cover
Network:TV Tokyo
Num Episodes:32
Episode List:List of Naruto: Shippuden episodes
Next Season:Season 2
Prev Season:Naruto Season 5

The first season of the anime series is directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. They are based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto's manga series.[1] The season is set two and a half years later, with Naruto Uzumaki and his team rescuing Gaara from the criminal organization Akatsuki. The first season aired from February to October 2007 on TV Tokyo.[2] It was also released on DVD in Japan over eight discs between August 1, 2007, and March 5, 2008, under the name .[3] There is also a special feature included with the seventh Naruto: Shippuden compilation DVD based on the second ending of the series called .[3]

The first season premiered from October 28, 2009, to April 21, 2010, on Disney XD.[4] The season ran on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block from January 5 to August 10, 2014.

A series of eight DVDs of the season was released in North America between September 29, 2009, and April 6, 2010. The last volume also contained episodes from the second season.[5] [6] Viz also collected the season in three DVD boxes between January 26 and August 3, 2010, also sharing the third volume with the second season. In the United Kingdom, Manga Entertainment released it in three DVD volumes from June 14 to October 4, 2010,[7] [8] while a DVD box containing the first 52 episodes was released on March 7, 2011.[9]

The series' first season used five musical themes: two opening and three endings. The opening themes are "Hero's Come Back!!" by Nobodyknows+ (used for episodes 1 to 30) and "Distance" by Long Shot Party (used for the remaining episodes). The ending themes are by Home Made Kazoku (used for episodes 1 to 18), by Alüto (used for episodes 19 to 30), and by Little by Little (used for the remaining episodes). The first film, Naruto Shippuden the Movie, based on the Naruto: Shippuden series, was released on August 4, 2007.[10] The broadcast versions of episodes from 24 to 27 included scenes from the film in both the opening and ending themes, while it retained the original music.__TOC__

Episodes

Home media release

Japanese

VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesRef.
1August 1, 2007 1 1–4 [11]
2September 5, 2007 5–8
3October 3, 2007 9–12
4November 7, 2007 13–16
5December 5, 2007 17–20
6January 1, 2008 21–24
7February 6, 2008 25–28
8March 5, 2008 29–32

English

Viz Media (North America, Region 1 DVD singles)
VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesRef.
1September 29, 2009 1 1–4 [12]
2October 27, 2009 5–8 [13]
3November 24, 2009 9–13 [14]
4December 8, 2009 14–17 [15]
5January 12, 2010 18–21 [16]
6February 9, 2010 22–26 [17]
7March 9, 2010 27–30 [18]
8April 6, 2010 31–34 [19]
Viz Media (North America, Region 1 DVD box sets)
VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesRef.
1January 26, 2010 3 1–13 [20]
2April 20, 2010 14–26 [21]
3August 3, 2010 27–39 [22]
Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom, Region 2 single volumes)
VolumeDateDiscsEpisodesRef.
1June 14, 2010 2 1–13 [24]
2August 9, 2010 14–26 [25]
3October 10, 2010 27–39 [26]
Madman Entertainment (Australia/New Zealand, Region 4)
CollectionDateDiscsEpisodesRef.
1March 17, 2010 2 1–13 [28]
2June 16, 2010 14–26 [29]
3September 1, 2010 27–39 [30]

References

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  3. Web site: Naruto: Shippuden Season One DVDs. 2015-05-20. TV Tokyo. ja.
  4. Web site: Naruto Shippuden Disney XD schedule. toonzone. December 11, 2009.
  5. Web site: Naruto Shippuden, Vol. 1 (2009). Amazon.com. June 18, 2009.
  6. Web site: Naruto Shippuden, Vol. 8 (2010). Amazon.com. October 11, 2011.
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  8. Web site: Naruto Shippuden Box Set 3 DVD. Amazon.com. October 11, 2011.
  9. Web site: Naruto Shippuden - Series 1 . Amazon.com. October 11, 2011.
  10. Web site: 劇場版 NARUTO-ナルト- 疾風伝:テレビ東京. TV Tokyo. 2007-09-28. ja.
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  19. Web site: Naruto Shippuden, Vol. 8 (DVD). https://web.archive.org/web/20160825215351/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ZXZIX4. August 25, 2016. Amazon.com.
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