naruto 220.....was it worth it?

[yuir]

well naruto 220 is over and this brings a end to his childhood adventuers, yet after 220 episodes what have we to show for it?....the answer one good fight between naruto and Sasuke, thats about it, and all the time he uses the same two moves

"wow its naruto he's come to save us,so what will he do?"
"arrrr...he will clone him self,get his ass kicked, then clone him self again and use Rasengan like he always does, over and over again"

so was the 220 episodes worth the 4.6 days it takes to have watched every one who knows? so now we get to skip two years of him doing training, so by now he should have atleast 1 new move hopefuly

[selmo]

i would rather masterbate for 4.6 days straight then watch that,

i saw some of it and interpretation via selmo:

IM GONNA BE TEH GREATEST NINJA EVER!!!!

IM GONNA TURN INTO A NAKED CHICK TO APEAL TO THE HORNY YOUNG MINDS IN THE WORLD

GREATEST DEFENSIVE MOVE: ICHI *turns into log*
(and no matter where they are its always teh same log)


I AM A NINJA MASTER BUT NO MATTER WHAT SOMTHING WILL SUPRISE ME AND IT WILL MAKE THAT WIERD ANIME FACE WITH LINES
\ | | /
- :-O -
/ | | \

IM GONNA BE OBNOXIOUS AND MAKE PEOPLE WITH AN IQ HIGHER THEN THEIR SHOE SIZE WANT TO STAB THEMSELVES IN THE EYE

no offense to any of you who watch it, dont judge u cause of the shows u watch, just my take on it

[Zorbon]

i'm out of the norm, naruto bleach dragonballs i hate em dunno why, but i really really hate them....

that said, i've found most animes that go over 52eps+ are S%*T, i mean think about it, 52eps is like 21 hours of content. Thats a lot of time in film, if LotR can fit 3 books fairly well into 10hours 21hours is far enough for the majority of plots.

granted some animes can go over that and still be good (because they have a REAL plots) but these are rare...

and narutards make me sick Y,Y

[Tomoshibi]

I sorta dislike most anime to begin with (I can count the series I like on my fingers) but there is one big one that I enjoy: One Piece.

Why? I'm not quite sure. I enjoy more serious animes normally, and this is far from that. Its no where near short with its 200+ episodes, yet I'm not sick of it at all. After scratching my head for a few moments, I think this might be why I like it:

1. Pirates. Hard to go wrong with a show centered on a "pirate era", where most of the world is ocean.
2. Wierd abilities. Any dude that can come up with interesting strategies and personas for those with powers like producing candle wax at will, creating doors, and using soap bubbles as a weapon has my interest.
3. Light hearted. This is perhaps one of the most stupidly cheerful animes I have ever seen. There are some points of tragedy, and times where things get heavy, but its still pretty optimistic all and all.

If you want to trash this anime, I'm fine with that. But for the love of all that is holy, don't judge it off of the horrible censored stuff (I dunno about other countries, but in America its horrible). They replaced firearms with squirt guns, removed all of the bloody violence, and worst of all, replaced the whimsical music with rap. I won't even try to explain how badly they butchered the story. I know they do that with a lot of animes in America, but this one was exceptionally bad.

At least it beats Naruto (I know that isn't saying much). Just give it a chance, see for yourself.

[Hawk Eye]

Ahh I havent watched it yet!! bb in like 20-30 minutes :x

EDIT: watched it, wasnt that great. :/ I was kind of expecting something bigger concidering its the last episode before the timeskip.

[Kensuke]

i would rather masterbate for 4.6 days straight then watch that,

i saw some of it and interpretation via selmo:

IM GONNA BE TEH GREATEST NINJA EVER!!!!

IM GONNA TURN INTO A NAKED CHICK TO APEAL TO THE HORNY YOUNG MINDS IN THE WORLD

GREATEST DEFENSIVE MOVE: ICHI *turns into log*
(and no matter where they are its always teh same log)


I AM A NINJA MASTER BUT NO MATTER WHAT SOMTHING WILL SUPRISE ME AND IT WILL MAKE THAT WIERD ANIME FACE WITH LINES
\ | | /
- :-O -
/ | | \

IM GONNA BE OBNOXIOUS AND MAKE PEOPLE WITH AN IQ HIGHER THEN THEIR SHOE SIZE WANT TO STAB THEMSELVES IN THE EYE

no offense to any of you who watch it, dont judge u cause of the shows u watch, just my take on it

LOL couldn't agree more. I was wanting to read the manga because I heard it was pretty good and I think fillers should be sent to hell by the most painful method possible. But I don't really have time. Ah also the bleach manga is really good but even in the manga the predictable switching from Ichigo to Chad to Ishida's battle is getting boreing I hope its gonna pick up soon.

[Tenshin]

I liked Naruto, then the filler ruined it for me. I don't know if I can go back to watching it. One Piece I love, I had no idea how badly it was butchered in the States! But I love the humour and the character's and the way they interact. I'm not big of pirates, and the sea isn't really my thing, but really, it's episode 200 and they're still getting a new member of the crew. Once Piece is great in my opinion, and it gets better and better. Even the fillers aren't so bad. I've started watching Bleach, as it's gotten deeper in the story, I've started to really like it. I didn't like up until episode 20 or so though, just running around killing "hollows" is stupid to me. But as soon as they started fighting other people I think it was great!

[Sykoi]

Oh one piece was butchered... It was butchered bad.
They actually changed the skin color of a few characters, changed the names of others, took out an entire portion of the series (Giant island I think, around 30 episodes), and a few other things.

[Tenshin]

Why do they do these things? Seriously, how do the developers let them turn it into such crap. Can they not just read the subtitles out loud and call it a dub? It infuriates me, because when I tell people I watch an anime, they see it on YTV and think it's for 5 year olds. Makes me look stupid. God Damn America(n translators they should be shot, hung and spit on)

[Raku]

Oh one piece was butchered... It was butchered bad.
They actually changed the skin color of a few characters, changed the names of others, took out an entire portion of the series (Giant island I think, around 30 episodes), and a few other things.

Thats sad, because even I like One Piece =/

Its nice and different, no "Hey look i can fly!" or "Lets all be Ninjas and run around at night" plots. Mix of modern day scenario and pirates. And everyone loves pirates :).

[Adaox]

It seems translations are world wide problem. Here in Brazil Naruto was translated to portuguese by Cartoon Network. Man it sux hard. About the fillers, the Naruto ones are the worst i ever saw, with very few decent fights or missions. They should have done like in Bleach fillers, they are nice, not wonderfull, but nice. I realy like Bleach but my favorite anime is Death Note for sure. It has good story and its impredctable.

[Raku]

It seems translations are world wide problem. Here in Brazil Naruto was translated to portuguese by Cartoon Network. Man it sux hard. About the fillers, the Naruto ones are the worst i ever saw, with very few decent fights or missions. They should have done like in Bleach fillers, they are nice, not wonderfull, but nice. I realy like Bleach but my favorite anime is Death Note for sure. It has good story and its impredctable.

Oh. My. God.

I was SECONDS away from posting about Death Note. It is now my favourite anime, and i cant beleive the plot - its simply amazing.

Seriously, i thought id better read this post before i post the topic, but mabe now i wont have to :).

[water737]

wats death note about and anyone know any good samurai anime their my favourite coz who doesnt like swords n people fighting with them etc etc

[SunWuKong]

Haven't even watched it yet and I'm going to say "NO."
I'm on 217 now. Watching them is like the train wreck. It's horrible, but I'm looking anyway.

[Camjpn]

Deathnote is amazing, cool plotline and well developed characters--manga is really good, so its the anime :D

[Adaox]

For samurai and stuff animes, i recomend Rurouni Kenshin, Samurai Champloo and Basilisk (ninjas).

[ZanshiKaze]

So... huh... Nobody talked about Bleach ? :confused:

That's weird :D

[selmo]

bleach is lame to

[Raku]

For samurai and stuff animes, i recomend Rurouni Kenshin, Samurai Champloo and Basilisk (ninjas).

You sur, know some good anime :).

Props for not meantioning Bleach too LOL.

[water737]

i stopped watching around 160 or there about after the part where they kill one of the great swordsman from the group of ummm the dodgey guy that travels with sasuke brother, anyway up to 220 was it all fillers? and anything decent like naruto gets better or atleast is able to do that technique wwith 1 hand?

also any of u heard of basilisk? its a good anime but havnt seen the end of it yet but i saw a movie based on it and i was curious as to the end of the anime like to the people get along and get married or end up killing eachother?

ciao.

[Arakawa Nobuaki]

I've never seen Naruto.

Basilisk, well... the anime is all right, so is the manga. The book, on which it is all based, is comparable -somewhat- with Musashi, it's good, however it can't beat Musashi. There's an English print of it available since last year. The movie "Shinobi"... sucked. They left out several characters, twisted and turned the storyline around, even changed the ending (I really liked the original ending).

Samurai Champloo, well, it's odd, but I was laughing my butt off, because of how odd it is.

[water737]

wat was the ending i havnt seen the end of basalisk my comp died before i could dl it and cbf now!! tell!!! and yer seen champloo and rurouni both are in my favs and the movie shinobi was a bit bad but also pretty fkn good coz somne of the characters are bad for movie etc and u cant make it like a 4 hour movie thats like only for nerds like me im sure many would buy it but not worth it for the film makers.

[Tenshin]

So I watch the new Naruto. Twice. I rarely watch things twice. I think the first 5 minutes rekindled my love for the show. I think the beginning was a trailor for the movie that's coming out in the summer, looks nice. It's about time they finished those useless fillers. And I actually happen to like Bleach. Maybe it's just the kimono hakama and katanas I love.

Well, dare I say it, there's a new Samurai Anime out produced by some japanese guys and... Samuel L Jackson... Now I have mixed feelings about this one. The story is ****, the animation style and fighting is similar to Ninja Scroll, and the music is by the RZA. I think it's pretty terrible, but I also think it's okay for a time killer... probably because I love the RZA and Samuel L Jackson. But that's an anime I wouldn't recommend to anyone. The story is: "I have the number 2 headband, he has the number 1 headband, number 1 killed my pops. I have to kill him."

[Chronor]

Well, dare I say it, there's a new Samurai Anime out produced by some japanese guys and... Samuel L Jackson... Now I have mixed feelings about this one. The story is ****, the animation style and fighting is similar to Ninja Scroll, and the music is by the RZA. I think it's pretty terrible, but I also think it's okay for a time killer... probably because I love the RZA and Samuel L Jackson. But that's an anime I wouldn't recommend to anyone. The story is: "I have the number 2 headband, he has the number 1 headband, number 1 killed my pops. I have to kill him."

C'mon man...Afro Samurai is the only anime I've seen that has done what I wanted to do...throw a black guy in Japan. (My personal struggle...) Now I know that the story is pretty weak and the dubs are ok at best, but Afro Samurai shines in the artwork, fights, and music.

I agree, I've been watching Naruto since episode 100 released on Dattebayo and I've waited too dang long for him to grow up. And the filler just killed the series, but much like Tatsumaki, I've come back...and i'm pleased. I hope Naruto can do something more intersting than just clone and rasengan and involve more techniques.

Finally, Bleach. I just love Bleach. Unlike the endless filler in Naruto, just about each Bleach episode takes a progressive step forward. And the more recent story as me giggling wth joy but eh, different strokes...

[Tenshin]

Artwork, fights and music in afro samurai are great, but the dubs, and story is crap in my opinion. When I saw it for the first time I actually thought about you, Chronor, haha. But I have a hard time seeing what's going on in some of the fights, and the level of graphic gore isn't really my thing. I'd watch it to kill time, but it doesn't give me that same exciting "watch as many episodes as I can" feeling that animes like Bleach, Naruto and One Piece give me.

I think Naruto was well worth the wait. (i don't know if it's worth the fillers, i didn't watch them.) Bleach, you can't even tell you're watching fillers, I love it!

[Arakawa Nobuaki]

wat was the ending i havnt seen the end of basalisk my comp died before i could dl it and cbf now!! tell!!! and yer seen champloo and rurouni both are in my favs and the movie shinobi was a bit bad but also pretty fkn good coz somne of the characters are bad for movie etc and u cant make it like a 4 hour movie thats like only for nerds like me im sure many would buy it but not worth it for the film makers.
Actually, one can do it decently. A good director with a good script writer can do it. Take the LOTR movies. Yes, there were some changes, but they kept the storyline and the characters intact, unlike in Shinobi. PJ even casted them decently, unlike in Shinobi (of course Sawajiri's character bit the dust, when do her characters NOT die). It would certainly be worth for the film makers to follow the storyline as it has been established in books/manga/anime. But then they always have a "creative fit" and mess up things.

The movie ending of Shinobi, well, Oboro survives. Meh. Not to mention that Nakama was a bit too old for Oboro already (however, she was still a better choice than Yonekura in "Musashi" from 2003 as Otsu, yikes...)

This is common by now, though. Some anime/manga live-action versions are brilliant. Others just suck big time. And the ones that suck are usually the ones I'm interested in. Saikano live-action, dear god, that was so bad. How to completely mess up the storyline and even the characters (I still can't believe they completely ****ed up the Chise-Tetsu relationship that was so important for Chise's character to develop). And I don't even want to think of the NGE movie.

[water737]

end of basalisk????? :O i seen the movie missed the end of the anime

[Arakawa Nobuaki]

Everyone dies. Oboro and Gennosuke face off as the last survivors. Oboro kills herself, Gennosuke crosses out his name on the list, and kills himself. Oboro's clan, thus, wins, and both bodies sink into a river and are washed away.

[water737]

tragic :( sad to hear it ends like that i thought theyd be together in the end :(

[Arakawa Nobuaki]

Well, they are together. It's a rather typical Japanese ending, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of bunraku and kabuki plays with such an ending. Classic setup is a samurai daughter and the son of a merchant/craftsman.

[BigNinjaPimp]

afro samurai is great.

I need to check out the new naruto, I stopped after the filler aswell.

[ToshiMaru]

i love most animes, but somehow when they show up in the States, i just start hating them. Then, theres those animes that are so bad in plot, character developement, etc. that i can't believe i even waste my time trying to watch them.

I used to like Naruto very much, before it became famous in the States.....somewhow when it did translate over, and all those non-anime folks who's seen a few episodes think they know everything anime start wearing Naruto headbands, clothing, and other stuff.....i just started hating Naruto. But, after i saw this new episode; im quite impressed.

suddenly i've interest in the series again, hopefully this time it doesnt drag on.

[Arakawa Nobuaki]

Anime... give me a Taiga any day. NHK's Taiga FTW!

I've only bought three anime in my entire life and I think I'll leave it there. NGE, Saikano and Elfenlied.

[Zorbon]

somewhow when it did translate over, and all those non-anime folks who's seen a few episodes think they know everything anime start wearing Naruto headbands, clothing, and other stuff.....

they're called narutards well that's what we call them around here anyway :sleepy:

[Arakawa Nobuaki]

Narutard... doesn't sound really positive :P

[Chronor]

Narutard... doesn't sound really positive :P

Probably not intended to be...

I'd agree, it's hard to stay ahead of the times and be cool in the true geek fashion (get addicted to something few people know about) before America rapes what is good and holy. But it's just a product of supply and demand. People wanted Naruto shipped and they got it shipped. Horrible dubbing and endless fillers included...but shipped nonetheless.

[ToshiMaru]

they're called narutards well that's what we call them around here anyway :sleepy:

hehehe, whats amazing is that there are so many Narutards around here; you'd never even guess someone was one until they talk about it.

ex. a friend of mine is extremely ghetto. pure gangster and the likes. but when you mention Naruto, he is as anime geek as can be. :D