Naruto

[Squeek]

Originally Posted by GothicShoujo

*WARNING: Possible spoilers ahead.*

@Squeek: That's kinda shallow, isn't it? There's so much more to the series that you're missing. There's the Akatsuki, their goal to capture all of the Naruto and all of the Jinchuuriki and extract the powers of all nine demons. There's Sasuke's older brother, Itachi, whom is the exact reason why Sasuke left the village and why he went to Orochimaru. There's also the dynamic of Team 7 (the bonds between, which is one of the most important points of the whole damn series. Most of the series focuses not only focuses on the action between the main characters, Orochimaru, Itachi, and the Akatsuki, but several important themes such as defying your destiny, believing in yourself, how you have the power to change yourself, and protecting those who are most important to you.

And there's still so much more to it. Like I said before, most people who hate the Naruto series aren't looking into it deep enough. Don't diss an anime series if you don't know what it's really about. But, oh well, shallow or not, we all have our opinions.

Just so you know, I have seen the show, and I used to read the manga. The manga chapters that started shippuden were the ones I hated the most.

I am well aware of what the show is about. I just think it's overly redundant and needs to move on instead of dragging its feet in the sand for the entire time. If you compare Naruto with the progress of stories and plots of other Shounen anime, you'd see that what was 200 episodes of Naruto was 20-50 in another show. It's not that they're fast-paced. It's that they have a direction and they go toward it at all times. Naruto seems to have lost its direction and just goes in random places.

And finally, all shounen anime have similar messages. They're unrealistic though. Do you have a demon sealed in your body living in a village full of ninjas? 'fraid not.

@Paex: Not all. Cowboy Bebop was very well-done. Bleach is decent (one of my favorite voice actors does Ichigo). It just depends on who licenses it. 4kids destroys every show they come across, but FUNImation doesn't do that bad of a job. And since 4kids lost their license on One Piece, FUNImation picked it up. We're still waiting to see how it turns out.