Naruto

I've never seen it, but I can't honestly understand the hype around it and Full Metal Alchemist. Neither looks that great to me.

Have you even watched both Naruto and Full Metal Alchemist all the way yet? Maybe not Naruto all the way but definetly FMA. Seriously you dont watch everything and then judge it by the first few episodes >_> Well alot do anyway, and most people know anime starts out slowly most of the time like RPGs.

I like Naruto...
I like the characters. All of them except maybe Sasuke, Chouji, Temari and Kabuto (sp?).

But seriously. I really don't like Sasuke. The one reason I hate Itachi is because he didn't kill Sasuke.

Anyways, Naruto is probably my favorite Anime at the moment.

The only character I don't like is Sasuke. He thinks he's all *that*, but he's just a punk.

On the other hand, Naruto, Jiraya, Rock Lee, Gai, and Gaara are the best characters of Naruto in my opinion. Some of the others are okay, but I don't really like them.

well i just saw gatekeepers 21 that is now officialy my favorite anime (it rocks)

naruto is great, all the different types of characters i admit the fights tend to get boring, but dont anime? Gundam Seed (destiny) is good as well!!!

I like the naruto manga. I hate sasuke. a-hole

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Originally Posted by Silmaril

I hate sasuke. a-hole

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I love Naruto, i havnt seen much of it tho..
about 10 episodes =/

The mangas are better than the movie in my point of view and i only have manga 1-5 right now =\

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Originally Posted by Chocobo the chosen one

In my opinion its the best anime ever

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HELL YA NARUTO KICKS ASS

It's above average, but far from the best I've seen. What annoys me the most is the ridicously drawn out fights and frequent flashbacks, but all animes have those when they have way too many episodes and not enough storyline. Not saying the story sucks, just that there isn't enough of it to justify 150+ episodes (and I expect it to get atleast 300 episodes long). If they had proceeded at a "normal" tempo, they would have caught up with the manga though, and I can see them not wanting that.
Oh, and fanboys are also annoying.

I always found it to be overrated, to be honest. It's also kind of creepy. Have you seen people cosplay Naruto? That's like, bottom of the barrel nerdage. At a convention, I saw a klingon (sp? the angry guys with wrinkley foreheads) make fun of a Naruto cosplayer in klingon.

Rumiko Takashi had already done a lot of stuff in it in Ranma 1/2.

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What annoys me the most is the ridicously drawn out fights and frequent flashbacks, but all animes have those when they have way too many episodes and not enough storyline.

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Well, look at it this way. At least the fights aren't DBZ style (punch/kick frenzy, two episodes of talking, fireballs, BIGGER fireballs, punch/kick frenzy, everyone dies, and yada yada). The fights are pretty involving, IMO.

The flashbacks are kinda justified; you have to go back into the past sometimes to proceed to the future. With all the episodes, don't you think they'd kinda have to have flashbacks to remind the fans of what happened before :P But I'll admit they DO overdo it sometimes, especially when flashbacks aren't even needed O_o;;

I'm no fanboy of the series (my favorite anime is probably Ranma 1/2, and even then, I'm not a fanboy of it), just pointing out some stuff. Keep in mind I'm far from an expert on the series; however, I've seen enough of it to draw my own conclusions.


And yeah, I hate Sasuke too, as well as Gaara. Sasuke's attacks, though, particularly the Shishirendan, is pretty cool, though, and about the only thing I like about him.

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Originally Posted by Mirage

It's above average, but far from the best I've seen. What annoys me the most is the ridicously drawn out fights and frequent flashbacks, but all animes have those when they have way too many episodes and not enough storyline. Not saying the story sucks, just that there isn't enough of it to justify 150+ episodes (and I expect it to get atleast 300 episodes long). If they had proceeded at a "normal" tempo, they would have caught up with the manga though, and I can see them not wanting that.
Oh, and fanboys are also annoying.

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I agree with most of this. It's not anything spectacular or great, but neither would I immediately regulate this anime to the trashbin. It's better than DBZ, but it takes too many pages from it with the drawn out fights and talks. The story, though, is there and it is plenty enough for at least 100 episodes. I do agree that there is too much filler, between the fights, the stupid story arcs that are happening in the anime now, and the flashbacks. Another thing I hate? The last little arc, with (SPOILER)Mizuki, was lame. Naruto has shown so much more skill and ability previous to that arc and the fights in there are pathetic.

It should be noted that the anime is doing all these dumb arcs so that the manga can get ahead; yes, it almost caught up, and that's a bad thing. Not that I want to deprive the anime fans, but if Mashashi Kishimoto's not ahead with the manga, the anime's lacking a story to follow. So it can't catch up. Nyah.

The manga is definitely superior. You don't see all the lovely action in motion, but you don't have to put up with so much crap. Besides that, manga readers got the Kakashi gaiden (which may or may not show up in the anime), the story is not always going off on a tangent, and the information is presented more clearly.

By the way, the stateside stuff's going to suck. They can't even say Naruto's name correctly, for chrissakes. And what's with the apprentice and journyman stuff? Just use the terms that are already there; it sounds better and it isn't confusing unless you're two. /ragereagetirade