Naruto

SpunkyMonkey · Post by **SpunkyMonkey** » Thu May 12, 2005 3:59 am

Am I just blind or did I not see a thread about Naruto?? Its my favorite anime and I have been on these terrible cliff hangers for more than a month now. Has anyone gotten to 130's yet? If so.. Id love to rant

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Thu May 12, 2005 4:06 am

it's your favorite anime?...

SpunkyMonkey · Post by **SpunkyMonkey** » Thu May 12, 2005 4:18 am

One of them, I have a new favorite every couple months. Usually I get a new one once I finished the series. But at the moment, Naruto is my fav. Its got a great story and is funny as hell

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Thu May 12, 2005 4:49 am

It's not really...funny

Naruto is decent. It has some really good parts on occasion, and some really horrible parts.

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Thu May 12, 2005 4:59 am

I agree with Garbo.

Which means I must promptly stab myself in the eyes now.

TheDarkOne · Post by **TheDarkOne** » Thu May 12, 2005 5:10 am

Naruto :<

Anime killed it for me at ep 107, and the manga killed it for me at vol 25... though some ppl tell me it got better... so i might start reading again

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Thu May 12, 2005 5:22 am

TDO, the manga is really redeeming the series at the moment. Seriously, it's unbefuckinglievably good

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Thu May 12, 2005 5:37 am

I wouldn't say unbefuckinglievably good, but it's certainly redeeming and above the low standards it had before.

;p

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:37 am

I can't watch Naruto. It suffers far too much from the 'lets drag this shit out' disease

I started buying the manga releases once they came out (since reading scanned translations on any long series that I'm not omg-whee about is brain rotting) .. it did well in that I got a nice nap while trying to read several volumes

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:14 am

Naruto just bores me and actually sends me to sleep almost without fail every time

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Thu May 12, 2005 12:08 pm

The whole plot is pretty standard shonen stuff (no big surprises there), but I like the setting/universe, and some of the characters.
And obviously, the manga >>> the anime

SpunkyMonkey · Post by **SpunkyMonkey** » Thu May 12, 2005 1:43 pm

Ya, there are times where naruto is boring, like the flash back episodes... there were 4 episodes in a row where it was just flash backs. They are informative, but f-ing annoying. Nartuo can also stretch the battles a bit too, but its not as bad as DBZ... nothing is as bad as that show where the whole series is practically one battle. But I have to argue that Naruto is so funny.. dont care if you dont agree.. its funny.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:34 pm

Right here Right now (Bang!)
Buppanase Like a dangan LINER!
Right here Right now (Burn!)
Buttakitteku ze Get the fire!
Right here Right now (Bang!)
Buppanase Like a dangan LINER!
Right here Right now (Burn!)
Buttakitteku ze Get the fire!

Best thing about Naruto

Can't wait for the Cartoon Network version

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:06 am

If you follow the manga there's really not much to look forward to in the anime other than the fight scenes that have the best animation.

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Fri May 13, 2005 2:32 am

I'd say Naruto is also one of my favorite series, but only since parts have been some of the most enjoyable to watch. Honestly, you shouldn't expect anything deep to come from the show.

And I personally prefer the anime to the manga, if only just because I like watching it as a show rather than a comic book. I read the manga a little bit (around where 107-115 occur in the anime), and watching it felt much more boring since I knew what would happen. Therefore, I think there's a bit of a bias between the manga readers. A fresh comic book will always be more fun than a series you've basically already seen before. I started watching the anime and have been since then (with a brief 6 month hiatus from 102+ until a few weeks ago), and tried reading the manga to get up to speed. It really wasn't as fun as watching the show, which was all I liked Naruto for, really.

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Fri May 13, 2005 2:58 am

I really liked the film (surpisingly).

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Fri May 13, 2005 3:13 am

There is a bit of bias for people who have read the manga before watching the anime, however, it wouldn't hurt if the anime had better execution to overcome this bias. There have been several animes where I loved the manga but the anime turned out to be much better.

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Fri May 13, 2005 4:22 am

I like the anime over the manga because I like seeing fight scenes animated. It didn't bore me that i knew what was coming, only if I knew what was coming was going to be boring.

The current fight has been pretty decent, even the flashbacks were not as bad as I thought they would be...with the manga, it felt like it went on forever.

On the other hand, this entire arc so far has been mindblowing in terms of animation quality and execution, and I've loved it. I looked forward to it a lot from reading in the manga, and it lived up to my expectations. In the manga I didn't even realise when [spoiler]Kimimaro had died

[/spoiler]

SpunkyMonkey · Post by **SpunkyMonkey** » Fri May 13, 2005 12:57 pm

Damien wrote:Can't wait for the Cartoon Network version

EWW... toonami will kill that show. I can not even imagine the idiots they would cast to do their voices... *shudder* and they way they will cut it.. no... the dubbed version will be total crap. Im sry but I have to disagree.

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:09 pm

When people put a

at the end of a sentence, it usually means they're joking...

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Sat May 14, 2005 5:06 am

So I just watched 133 yesterday. Wow.

Granted they seem to have run low on their budget in that faces were drawn pretty horribly throughout the entire episode, but the animation was still top notch.

I liked it, one of the best eps yet.

SpunkyMonkey · Post by **SpunkyMonkey** » Sat May 14, 2005 5:08 am

Entr0pi3 wrote:When people put a at the end of a sentence, it usually means they're joking...

.... feeling kinda stupid i missed that.. but I haven't gotten much sleep lately. Anyway... im happy that they were kidding.. I really did worry about that.

SpunkyMonkey · Post by **SpunkyMonkey** » Sat May 14, 2005 5:10 am

Garbo wrote:So I just watched 133 yesterday. Wow.

Granted they seem to have run low on their budget in that faces were drawn pretty horribly throughout the entire episode, but the animation was still top notch.

I liked it, one of the best eps yet.

The faces were done different because they have different animators throughout the entire show. Sometimes not much is changed.. but I think they used the animator for these few episodes because they might be better at fighting. I didn't like the animation myself, it looked a lot like Fooly Cooly. Which I didn't like much either.

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Sat May 14, 2005 5:12 am

I don't like FLCL. The animation suited the choreography.

Slashley · Post by **Slashley** » Sat May 14, 2005 2:22 pm

I don't understand why do people like the manga more than the anime.
I've now read the manga up the point where the anime is, aside from a few chapters which I'm missing... and...

It's the same shit.
The same damn flashbacks.
The same damn everything.
Minus animated and often feels like it's missing a page.

EDIT: wtfz, no sadwiz?
This makes me a sad wizard indeed!

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Sat May 14, 2005 2:26 pm

I don't like the manga more than the anime. In fact, I hated this portion of the manga intensely, whereas I'm quite enjoying the anime.

I don't have much of an imagination, and I don't go in to look for details, so often action in manga just doesn't mean anything to me. When it's actually shown, I like it.

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Sat May 14, 2005 2:46 pm

The most recent 2 Naruto ops have grown on me. I just realise that I pretty much like all the Naruto ops cept for the first one.

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Sat May 14, 2005 4:26 pm

In the manga version, it's easier to skip pages during the boring parts

+ the art is consistently better.

But the good thing with the anime version is that you can watch it along with friends

SpunkyMonkey · Post by **SpunkyMonkey** » Sat May 14, 2005 5:35 pm

ya.. it is hard to read manga with a group of friends. *picturing my friends crouded around a book* ... that would almost be worth the laughs if I wouldn't want to kill on of them.

I like the anime better if they are the same. Like Im reading Fruits Basket and the manga gets more depth so i like that part about it, but watch the show is always fun. Its hard to compare the two things because it kinda depends on the mood your in.. if you want to read or watch tv (or computer in some cases)

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:18 am

I hate watching anime with friends.

SpunkyMonkey · Post by **SpunkyMonkey** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:22 am

sometimes, i can see your point. But I love it sometimes because you can sit there are laugh and make fun of any stupid parts ect ect and of course you get to rant right after the episode is done.. so thats a plus

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:24 am

No, I don't usually like ranting about anime after I'm done watching an episode.

TheDarkOne · Post by **TheDarkOne** » Sun May 15, 2005 6:00 pm

im half n' half on this... some anime is fun to watch with your friends, usually comedies, but other stuff i.e. GITS: SAC i couldnt watch with someone else, and really any other show where you kind of need to immerse yourself in the plot to get the full effect. I can't do that unless i watch it alone. Also watching something with your friend that either you or him/her has watched is RETARDED.

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:14 pm

Especially if the person who have already seen it keeps spoiling the other one

... So, is Naruto comedy, or something you have to immerse yourself into, in your opinion?

Personally, as I said, I watch it with friends, it's more fun, even the dramatic fighting parts. There is this friend of mine (a nice girl, but definetely not the rational/intellectual type, contrary to the other geeks I consort with) who is like a child, overreacting emotionnally to anything happening on the screen, swearing when a bad guy does something nasty, cheering when they get their ass kicked... Such kind of innocent, spontaneous enthusiasm is pretty contagious

(helps ignoring the clicheed and the somewhat boring parts of the show)

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Mon May 16, 2005 4:09 am

wow I hate people like that

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:25 am

SpunkyMonkey wrote:
Damien wrote:Can't wait for the Cartoon Network version
EWW... toonami will kill that show. I can not even imagine the idiots they would cast to do their voices... *shudder* and they way they will cut it.. no... the dubbed version will be total crap. Im sry but I have to disagree.

It'll all be fun Ninjas X-treme

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:38 am

The new Naruto theme tune sucks ass. I liked all the other ones except for the first one. All the ending themes are really bad.....except for the Orange Range one

Ep 133 was good.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:53 am

I'm looking forward to the American theme tune and the American movie

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:47 am

hahaha

the movie was rubbish

Slashley · Post by **Slashley** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:09 am

Joei wrote:All the ending themes are really bad.....except for the Orange Range one

I liked Harmoniaaaaaaaaaaaa

As for the movie, it wasn't bad. As far as movies go.

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:21 am

Garbo wrote:wow I hate people like that

So you would hate people with a Naruto-like personality in real life ?

Maybe you take those shows too seriously ?
I'd hate to have people acting like that when I watch serious stuff like, say, GitS (then again, same friend was very calm during this one, didn't say a word, just watched in awe - and no, didn't get asleep), but Naruto is a kids show, it's meant to be watched in a childlike emotional state.
Beside, wouldn't it be a bit hypocritical watching a show basically centered on the simple values of friendship, community, and such, and not being able to bear with one of your friends' harmless over-enthusiasm ?

Personally I'd find much more annoying having to watch the show with a bunch of cynics who'd go all "Tsk..." each time something clicheed or "not credible" (like a deus ex machina having the good guys save the day against all odds - like they always do) occured on the screen. I'd rather have someone get all

or

during the somewhat

scenes that occure from time to time, than

.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:46 am

Entr0pi3 wrote:There is this friend of mine (a nice girl, but definetely not the rational/intellectual type, contrary to the other geeks I consort with) who is like a child, overreacting emotionnally to anything happening on the screen, swearing when a bad guy does something nasty, cheering when they get their ass kicked... Such kind of innocent, spontaneous enthusiasm is pretty contagious (helps ignoring the clicheed and the somewhat boring parts of the show)

Sophie

I'd love watching animes like Naruto with her

So far the only interesting way of watching Naruto I've found was watching it in a mirror and still trying to figure out what the subs were saying

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:12 pm

No I prefer watching anime by myself, or if I must watch it with someone else, then they have to be not talking

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon May 16, 2005 2:02 pm

Calbrena wrote: So far the only interesting way of watching Naruto I've found was watching it in a mirror and still trying to figure out what the subs were saying

My favourite way of watching it is by sleeping

Slashley · Post by **Slashley** » Mon May 16, 2005 4:48 pm

Damien wrote:My favourite way of watching it is by sleeping

I have a friend who does that

But... why? Why would anybody want to watch anime to sleep?

Surely there are better lullabies than anime, the bible comes to mind

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon May 16, 2005 4:50 pm

The bible is the greatest story ever told and the new testament is what most manga is based on

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Mon May 16, 2005 5:46 pm

The scary thing about that statement is that it sounds true...

The Bible does indeed include some of the greatest stories ever told. Classics such as the Iliad and the Odyssey also come to mind. Humanity's myths and folklore...
Basically every great epic story told since then is somehow based on those classics.

Slashley · Post by **Slashley** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:20 pm

Yeah, too bad they wrote it like fags.

Give me a modernized bible, one which isn't written like
1:1 Hello
1:2 I'd like to say
1:3 That ur all fags
1:4 lawl
2:1 Hello

And my apologies to any possible Christians/Catholic/whatever out there, that's just my view on the bible

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:28 pm

Slashley wrote:Yeah, too bad they wrote it like fags.
Give me a modernized bible, one which isn't written like
1:1 Hello
1:2 I'd like to say
1:3 That ur all fags
1:4 lawl
2:1 Hello

And my apologies to any possible Christians/Catholic/whatever out there, that's just my view on the bible

You offend me and will go to HELL!

SpunkyMonkey · Post by **SpunkyMonkey** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:33 pm

Damien wrote:
SpunkyMonkey wrote:
Damien wrote:Can't wait for the Cartoon Network version
EWW... toonami will kill that show. I can not even imagine the idiots they would cast to do their voices... *shudder* and they way they will cut it.. no... the dubbed version will be total crap. Im sry but I have to disagree.
It'll all be fun Ninjas X-treme

haha.. omg.. i wouldn't put it past them. toonami is stupid