Naruto

v4rAv4rA Join Date: 2003-11-28 Member: 23672Members, Constellation
edited July 2004 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">For all of you who doesnt know him</div> Naruto is imho one of the best anime/manga series of the moment. I really love it, and im sure that a lot of you know him, but for those who doesnt know him, i just wanna say that naruto is a boy, who wants to become the greatest ninja of his village, and the series tell his adventures.

Give this anime a try, I asure you that it really worth it.

Btw what do you think about naruto¿? , anyone here that follow this serie as me? i LOVE NARUTO, i cant wait till episode 82 <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    I lost patience with it when they managed to stretch out one fight scene over three episodes, most of which was not fighting but pointless posturing and flashbacks. It takes so <i>long</i> to finally get to the point. When something finally <i>does</i> happen, it's interesting. But these little bits of "interesting" are floating in a sea of characters bragging, gaping with their mouthes open at each others' abilities, making threats, cutting to flashbacks...
  • InfinitumInfinitum Anime Encyclopedia Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1111Members, Constellation
    edited May 2004
    Yeah um..... May wanna remove those links. Fansubbing = intellectual property grey area. Basically the admin's don't like you linking to 'pirated' material.

    Especially considering what one of the links you posted is...

    Secondly. One Piece > Naruto

    Mainly because I don't have to put up with Luffy explaining all the technical parts of his attacks. He just gets down to business.
  • KayomaniKayomani Join Date: 2003-05-17 Member: 16399Members, Constellation
    It got a tad omg slow around 35-50 but from about 70 onwards it been pretty good and aint megaly slow at the moment anyway. Its well worth watching, then again so is one peice.
  • coriscoris Join Date: 2003-07-08 Member: 18034Members, Constellation
    To be honset, I hate all manga / anime. I don't know why, it just feels as if I'm too old to be watching cartoons, thats for 7-year olds <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    edited May 2004
    Don't really like Naruto, or any of the really long (more then 50 some odd episodes) animes I have seen. They are too hard to get a hold of completely, they usually don't have any real concrete story, and oftentimes just plain suck. As for Naruto in particular, there is nothing glaringly stupid or badly done about it from what I have seen, although I still wouldn't even try to watch the whole thing, pirated or not.
  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    I like the Naruto episodes, gonna download #82 tomorrow <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    i only have mangas 1-3 of naruto... ^_^;;
  • BurrBurr Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9358Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-coris+May 5 2004, 03:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coris @ May 5 2004, 03:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> To be honset, I hate all manga / anime. I don't know why, it just feels as if I'm too old to be watching cartoons, thats for 7-year olds <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Your never too old for cartoons! THey are better than reality programming. Besides, your only as young as you act <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Har_Har_the_PirateHar_Har_the_Pirate Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19388Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Burr+May 5 2004, 02:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Burr @ May 5 2004, 02:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-coris+May 5 2004, 03:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coris @ May 5 2004, 03:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> To be honset, I hate all manga / anime. I don't know why, it just feels as if I'm too old to be watching cartoons, thats for 7-year olds <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Your never too old for cartoons! THey are better than reality programming. Besides, your only as young as you act <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    wth, your calling me a child?
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    edited July 2004
    <span style='color:white'>Warez is bad.</span>
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    edited May 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-coris+May 6 2004, 04:05 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coris @ May 6 2004, 04:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> To be honset, I hate all manga / anime. I don't know why, it just feels as if I'm too old to be watching cartoons, thats for 7-year olds <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    1: Stop watching Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Digimon and\or Yu Gi Oh. Those are what we call <i>kids' cartoons</i>.
    2: Not all anime is intended for kids. In fact, the <i>vast majority</i> of anime is not suitable for small children at all. Quite a hefty chunk is aimed at teenage males. There's also a lot of deadly serious stuff.
    3: Yes, that's completely different from western cartoons. It works very differently in anime. Anime has boobies, blood, violence, death, mind-altering exeperiences that make The Matrix look like Sesame Street, as many twists as a good thriller, mature comedy, and serious relationship issues.
    4: Not all anime. It's a medium, not a genre. You probably don't realise this, but saying you don't like anime because you think you're too old to watch cartoons is a bit like saying you don't like the movies because you've only seen the Thomas the Tank Engine movie, or saying you don't like TV because you've only seen Playschool.
    5: Nobody's forcing you. Thanks for not being insulting, though <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    6: Suggestions for some of the anime I'm talking about? Chrno Crusade, Fullmetal Alchemist, Tenchi Muyo, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vampire Hunter D. Maybe even Naruto. Most of these are not shown on TV. Some are only available through fansubs.

    [edit]I'll throw this in, too:
    Most anime fans watch anime in Japanese with English subtitles. There are a number of reasons why.
    1: In the case of fansubs, you don't really have a choice.
    2: If the anime is actually set in Japan, there are often some cultural references that get lost in translation when dubbed.
    3: Sometimes it's a form of elitism, sometimes it's purism, sometimes it's a liking for the Japanese language.
    4: Related to points 2 and 3: often, when a series gets licensed in the US and dubbed into English, the series gets lobotomised in the process when the western distributor tries to make it fit the mould of a western cartoon. Particularly the stuff you'll see on TV.
    5: It's been observed on many occasions that if you watch an anime DVD with English dubbing and English subtitles, often what the characters are saying is completely different from the subtitles (which are almost always very close to the original Japanese). So basically, the story and characters are actually different. Unfortunately, they're often worse.
    6: Basically, it's not merely a "purist" thing about watching in Japanese with subs. The storyline and characters often get pretty badly mutilated in the translation and westernisation. Not always, but most of the time.
    [/edit]
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Naruto is above average, and I keep track of it and watch the eps as they are released, but I wouldn't call it "the best" - even of the current selection. I'd say FMA (full metal alchemist) is better. Anyway, Naruto is just a fad, in 10 years it'll be like the dragonball series.

    [/2cents]
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    edited May 2004
    For starters/beginners, don't go for Evangelion. I think it might be too much for someone who has never seen an anime before. There are some more "easy to digest" animes out there that one might go with.

    Vampire Hunter D was cool though. Tenchi Muyo might also be a bit much if you want a "serious" anime per se, as the whole thing is like a teenage fantasy seemingly.

    Oh and Wheee, did you get Naruto off of scarywater or animesuki? Or maybe you found some epps elsewhere? Locations?
  • TransmissionTransmission Join Date: 2003-03-12 Member: 14456Members
    edited July 2004
    <span style='color:white'>No warez please.</span>
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited May 2004
    Anyone who's interested in anime, I suggest any of Hayao Miyazaki's works (Studio Ghibli)...
    Kiki's delivery service, My neighbor totoro, laputa city in the sky, mononoke hime, spirited away, melodies from the heart, etc... they're all very good.

    @Cold-Nite: usually i just grab whatever's posted on narutofan, be it raw or subbed...if i get the raw i usually don't watch the sub version, since i can understand maybe 70-80% of it. (I use narutofan cause i read the manga too)

    @Transmission: Only as shady as recording TV episodes on your VCR and giving it to a friend... there are some things that I don't approve of (DVD rips of anime), but most releases are ripped from TV broadcasts.
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Wheeee+May 10 2004, 11:41 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wheeee @ May 10 2004, 11:41 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Anyway, Naruto is just a fad, in 10 years it'll be like the dragonball series.

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    We can only hope! If anime of Naruto's quality becomes as popular as crap like DBZ (no offense intended towards and DBZ fans) it'll do a lot to further anime in general. Not to mention doing a lot towards slowing the proliferation of, well, crap.
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited May 2004
    @soulskorpion - that's not necessarily true. whatever ends up on american TV seems to be incredibly butchered by whatever US company picks it up. SO...you can have a great series, but it will still suck.

    P.S. I cannot believe they're showing yuu yuu hakusho on cartoon network. That is embarrassing. I bet they'll cut out all the super bloody parts too.

    P.P.S. Not to defend the Dragonball series, but the japanese version is a lot better than the stuff they show on cartoon network. It's still horribly overextended and repetitive, but it's more bearable.
  • RaVeRaVe Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17538Members
    Naruto isn't definitely the greatest anime, but worth watching every now and then. Only when it comes to fighting does it actually get interesting. If anything, Naruto is somewhere above DBZ on violence with all that blood flying around in fights.

    But yeah....now that Naruto has finished its fighting phase (first Itachi encounter) looks like its gonna be all boring over again with the stupid training....bleh that's the one thing I hate about it. I'm just thankful that they add some amusing bits to it (hinthint ep4)
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-RaVe+May 9 2004, 11:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RaVe @ May 9 2004, 11:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Naruto isn't definitely the greatest anime, but worth watching every now and then. Only when it comes to fighting does it actually get interesting. If anything, Naruto is somewhere above DBZ on violence with all that blood flying around in fights.

    But yeah....now that Naruto has finished its fighting phase (first Itachi encounter) looks like its gonna be all boring over again with the stupid training....bleh that's the one thing I hate about it. I'm just thankful that they add some amusing bits to it (hinthint ep4) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    /me shrugs, there'll be another fight in maybe 4-5 episodes, and a long string of them starting maybe 10 episodes after that.
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Wheeee+May 9 2004, 10:56 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wheeee @ May 9 2004, 10:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> @Cold-Nite: usually i just grab whatever's posted on narutofan, be it raw or subbed...if i get the raw i usually don't watch the sub version, since i can understand maybe 70-80% of it. (I use narutofan cause i read the manga too) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Narutofan? Is that a site? I'll google it right now. You don't have to reply if that is the correct spelling and I will find it by googling.
  • OrganoXOrganoX Join Date: 2004-03-21 Member: 27473Members
    My first Anime was Naruto, and yes. i first thought that anime was childish but for some reason, i got stuck with naruto and watched all 83 during 2-3 days and i can say that naruto is very cool anime. Gaara teh w1n!
  • FacTorFacTor Wyoming, MI Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 10916Members
    Naruto is the best... I watch atleast 10 episodes a day... I have Episodes 1 - 81 on my computer. I draw fan art, made a Warcraft 3 TD map, working on a Open RPG of Naruto. Along managed to memorize half the jutsu move sayings.. lol. Indeed Naruto is the best anime ever. Though, Gaara is a wuss.. little punk he is.
  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Just watched Naruto over the past weekend, and I have to say, I love it. I like the development of the characters, and that you get a good idea of their personality. It's interesting to see how the characters interact with eachother.
  • RyoOhkiRyoOhki Join Date: 2003-01-26 Member: 12789Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->But yeah....now that Naruto has finished its fighting phase (first Itachi encounter) looks like its gonna be all boring over again with the stupid training....bleh that's the one thing I hate about it. I'm just thankful that they add some amusing bits to it (hinthint ep4)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    You read the manga? If you havn't, I'll just say there is some very VERY good fighting to come.

    I love Naruto, I think it's a brilliant series. I've watches heaps of other animes as well and I won't say Naruto is the best (for me, that's still Cowboy Bebop), but it's up there in my top 10 for sure.

    Rock Lee for ever!
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Sirus+May 19 2004, 10:27 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sirus @ May 19 2004, 10:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Just watched Naruto over the past weekend, and I have to say, I love it. I like the development of the characters, and that you get a good idea of their personality. It's interesting to see how the characters interact with eachother. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    AFter seeing the first 60 episodes, this is totally how I feel.

    Also Ryo-Ohki:

    Rock Lee for EVER!!!
  • PetcoPetco Join Date: 2003-07-27 Member: 18478Members, Constellation
    Vampire Hunter D minus is a Title you can get in ff11 from a quest . People shouting look at me look at my title! Check me! All day long. Only happened once though when someone said that.
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    arrrhg, miyazaki probably owns 8 out of my top 10. naruto doesn't even come close. the manga is decent (i.e. above average), as is the anime. but it's not revolutionary or anything. every once in a while it has its moments where i think "hey, that's pretty freaking cool!"...but it's no Evangelion or Excel Saga <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Wheeee+May 19 2004, 12:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wheeee @ May 19 2004, 12:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> arrrhg, miyazaki probably owns 8 out of my top 10. naruto doesn't even come close. the manga is decent (i.e. above average), as is the anime. but it's not revolutionary or anything. every once in a while it has its moments where i think "hey, that's pretty freaking cool!"...but it's no Evangelion or Excel Saga <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Evangelion freaks me out.

    I mean, even now I can't make any sense of it...
    In the end battle for instance... where did all that **** come from?
  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-FacTor+May 11 2004, 04:11 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (FacTor @ May 11 2004, 04:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Naruto is the best... I watch atleast 10 episodes a day... I have Episodes 1 - 81 on my computer. I draw fan art, made a Warcraft 3 TD map, working on a Open RPG of Naruto. Along managed to memorize half the jutsu move sayings.. lol. Indeed Naruto is the best anime ever. Though, Gaara is a wuss.. little punk he is. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Okay...there's being a fanboy, and then there's just being creepy.

    :|
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cold-NiTe+May 20 2004, 01:55 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold-NiTe @ May 20 2004, 01:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Evangelion freaks me out. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That's normal. Don't worry about it
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