Naruto (American) Review

**Chromer** · 09-11-2005, 12:29 AM

Ok, I made plans in my schedule, (other than playing SM and MS) to watch the premiere of Naruto on Toonami. Here is my review.

Pros: Well first of all, it's the same Naruto we all know and love from the Fan-subs. Nothing more or less the same story. Toonami showed the first two episodes in conjunction with One Piece's style of an hour of its own show. I was amazed to see that most of the show was left intact. Naruto's Sexy no Jutsu was left with the clouds and no bathing suits were added. Also the person who speaks for Naruto (The guy who did the little boy's voice from that Time Patrol or whatever cartoon its called on CN) managed to keep Naruto's voice intact during both episodes.

Cons: Now this is where my gripes really begin. First of all, minimal blood. Oh yes, they show blood in the anime but drops of it fling from the mouths of the characters? Of course not. I was even driven to the point of tearing up, when they didn't show blood flying from the Third's nose when Naruto performed the Sexy no Jutsu on him. So what does this mean? No copious amounts of blood for you my friend.

Onto the voices. While Naruto's, The Third's, Konahamaru, and Ebisu's voices were alright, Hyuuga Hinata and Iruka's voices irked the hell out of me. Hinata's voice sounded a little to high and whiny for my taste while Iruka's voice is just plain annoying. Why? I'll give you an example:

Iruka: "MEE-ZOO-KIII!!!" (Translation: "Mizuki!"

I kid you not. Most of the Ninja in the show stress out the Japanese pronounciations in names so much as in the words, Hokage, Mizuki, and others, that it detracted from the overall experience. Also about the words. I cringed (literally) when Iruka slaughtered the saying of "Genin." This was how he said it:

Iruka: "I've tried to get him to understand the hard path to becoming a ninja, but he's been beaming ever since he became a GUH-NEEN."

GUH-NEEN? Last time I checked, it was GAY-NEEN. I guess my teachers from Japan have been teaching us the wrong pronounciation for Hiragana or something. However I applauded when Ebisu called himself a JO-NEEN, which is the right way to say it. But the worst thing is when they pronounced Konohamaru's name like this: KO-NO-HAM-URU. The Maru part is seperate from the first part of the name so why did they say it all together in a jumble of American English? The world may never know.

My last gripes concern about the Jutsu names and Opening Themes. They say stuff like Clone Jutsu or Multi-Clone Jutsu. So no Baykugan or Sharingan for you. Also they took out my Wind ending theme.

Overall: So to conclude this, I felt that it was a good attempt that could have been made better with a little more polish. With the edits made in the show, my excitement has dulled a little, but from what I saw tonight, I can tell Naruto will be left intact for the most part. Just don't ask me about the Hand-Stabbing, or Haku spewing a waterfall of blood. It's not gonna happen.

Brainmaster07 · 09-11-2005, 12:44 AM

I thought it was a much better dub then any other series I've seen. Not to say it was perfect, I miss the blood splattering, but they kept it more or less in tact.

As far as voices;

"While Naruto's, The Third's, Konahamaru, and Ebisu's voices were alright, Hyuuga Hinata and Iruka's voices irked the hell out of me."

I though Iruka had the best voice of anyone in the dub =/, and I haven't heard enough of Hinata to come to a conclusion. Naruto's was decent, and the Third's, Konohamaru and Ebisu's were all good. I think they did a good job overall but I won't say it's great until I heard orochimaru's, which will make it or break it for me, because, well, he simply needs an awesomely evil voice.

Anyway, 8/10 for me, much better then I was expecting.

**Chromer** · 09-11-2005, 02:41 AM

I'm around that same score myself. It was pretty good, but I just thought they could have left some more of the original content in. Inner Sakura's voice kicked ass.

kris_koolio · 09-12-2005, 06:22 PM

the dub was okay i thought since thay got the same story and not andything really bad but this always gets me cuz i watch the sub of it then i watch the dub and i absolutely hate the voices. i usually get used to them after a while though. i thought that they left more intact then i would have thought since it is aired relatively on children time. but minimal blood overall i though it was an okay dub

Jagx · 09-12-2005, 07:26 PM

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lord_carbo · 09-12-2005, 08:14 PM

Argh damn USA version needs more blood!!!!!

**lightdarkness** · 09-12-2005, 09:20 PM

I thought it was pronouced Nar-Toe, not Nar-oooh-toe

Brainmaster07 · 09-13-2005, 01:45 AM

I guess their way of Americanizing the names is to accent all the silent vowels :<.

**Chromer** · 09-13-2005, 01:27 PM

They brutalized the pronounciations in the US version.

**lightdarkness** · 09-13-2005, 01:32 PM

So it really is Nar-Toe?

**Squeek** · 09-13-2005, 03:11 PM

No, it's Nuh-Roo-Toe.

The stress changes from the "Nah" to the "Roo".

~Squeek

**Chromer** · 09-13-2005, 03:49 PM

It's like Naru-Toe. It rolls off of your tongue when you say it.

gs173 · 09-16-2005, 09:57 PM

one of my friends told me bout the show. there's also something special about this post. IM DOING IT FROM MY PSP! yah, that makes this post special

Sol_Solis · 09-23-2005, 10:47 PM

How many naruto episodes have been aired?

mead1 · 09-23-2005, 11:34 PM

Three I think

Laharl · 09-24-2005, 01:15 AM

What's the name of the guy who is teaching the Hokage's son? He's voiced by the same guy that did Lord Zetta in Nippon-Ichi's latest title, Makai Kingdom.

**Moogy** · 09-24-2005, 01:28 AM

Crispin Freeman. He does EVERYTHING now.

lord_carbo · 09-24-2005, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moogy

Crispin Freeman. He does EVERYTHING now.

EVERYTHING? Well, his voice did sound familiar....

Tasuke · 09-24-2005, 03:04 PM

When Naruto did the copy and transorm thing to the Hokage's grandson's teacher
And the he suddenly flies up confused every single one of my freinds that saw it.
Because they edited out all the cool blood

Eyoshi · 09-24-2005, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tasuke

When Naruto did the copy and transorm thing to the Hokage's grandson's teacher
And the he suddenly flies up confused every single one of my freinds that saw it.
Because they edited out all the cool blood

Well, in defense of the edited version, you don't really need to include a nosebleed in order to illustrate the reaction to the Sexy No Jutsu (although it does enhance the humor of it). I think the "KO'ed" reaction focuses more on the facial expression, in my opinion, though I thought the editors could have added something like drooling. However, didn't the Hokage wipe his nose after getting up? If so, then it seemed out of place, as he had nothing to wipe off his nose.

By the way, in response to an earlier question, the person who teaches Konohamaru (The 3rd Hokage's grandson) is Ebisu (I think).

09-11-2005, 12:29 AM	#1
Chromer Hookers and Blow Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: You heard the robot. No fun. Age: 34 Posts: 4,981	Naruto (American) Review Ok, I made plans in my schedule, (other than playing SM and MS) to watch the premiere of Naruto on Toonami. Here is my review. Pros: Well first of all, it's the same Naruto we all know and love from the Fan-subs. Nothing more or less the same story. Toonami showed the first two episodes in conjunction with One Piece's style of an hour of its own show. I was amazed to see that most of the show was left intact. Naruto's Sexy no Jutsu was left with the clouds and no bathing suits were added. Also the person who speaks for Naruto (The guy who did the little boy's voice from that Time Patrol or whatever cartoon its called on CN) managed to keep Naruto's voice intact during both episodes. Cons: Now this is where my gripes really begin. First of all, minimal blood. Oh yes, they show blood in the anime but drops of it fling from the mouths of the characters? Of course not. I was even driven to the point of tearing up, when they didn't show blood flying from the Third's nose when Naruto performed the Sexy no Jutsu on him. So what does this mean? No copious amounts of blood for you my friend. Onto the voices. While Naruto's, The Third's, Konahamaru, and Ebisu's voices were alright, Hyuuga Hinata and Iruka's voices irked the hell out of me. Hinata's voice sounded a little to high and whiny for my taste while Iruka's voice is just plain annoying. Why? I'll give you an example: Iruka: "MEE-ZOO-KIII!!!" (Translation: "Mizuki!" I kid you not. Most of the Ninja in the show stress out the Japanese pronounciations in names so much as in the words, Hokage, Mizuki, and others, that it detracted from the overall experience. Also about the words. I cringed (literally) when Iruka slaughtered the saying of "Genin." This was how he said it: Iruka: "I've tried to get him to understand the hard path to becoming a ninja, but he's been beaming ever since he became a GUH-NEEN." GUH-NEEN? Last time I checked, it was GAY-NEEN. I guess my teachers from Japan have been teaching us the wrong pronounciation for Hiragana or something. However I applauded when Ebisu called himself a JO-NEEN, which is the right way to say it. But the worst thing is when they pronounced Konohamaru's name like this: KO-NO-HAM-URU. The Maru part is seperate from the first part of the name so why did they say it all together in a jumble of American English? The world may never know. My last gripes concern about the Jutsu names and Opening Themes. They say stuff like Clone Jutsu or Multi-Clone Jutsu. So no Baykugan or Sharingan for you. Also they took out my Wind ending theme. Overall: So to conclude this, I felt that it was a good attempt that could have been made better with a little more polish. With the edits made in the show, my excitement has dulled a little, but from what I saw tonight, I can tell Naruto will be left intact for the most part. Just don't ask me about the Hand-Stabbing, or Haku spewing a waterfall of blood. It's not gonna happen. __________________

09-11-2005, 12:44 AM	#2
Brainmaster07 FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: My house Posts: 2,891	I thought it was a much better dub then any other series I've seen. Not to say it was perfect, I miss the blood splattering, but they kept it more or less in tact. As far as voices; "While Naruto's, The Third's, Konahamaru, and Ebisu's voices were alright, Hyuuga Hinata and Iruka's voices irked the hell out of me." I though Iruka had the best voice of anyone in the dub =/, and I haven't heard enough of Hinata to come to a conclusion. Naruto's was decent, and the Third's, Konohamaru and Ebisu's were all good. I think they did a good job overall but I won't say it's great until I heard orochimaru's, which will make it or break it for me, because, well, he simply needs an awesomely evil voice. Anyway, 8/10 for me, much better then I was expecting. __________________

09-11-2005, 02:41 AM	#3
Chromer Hookers and Blow Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: You heard the robot. No fun. Age: 34 Posts: 4,981	I'm around that same score myself. It was pretty good, but I just thought they could have left some more of the original content in. Inner Sakura's voice kicked ass. __________________

09-12-2005, 07:26 PM	#5
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09-12-2005, 08:14 PM	#6
lord_carbo FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: fighting villains from afar, NJ Age: 32 Posts: 6,222	Argh damn USA version needs more blood!!!!! __________________ last.fm

09-12-2005, 06:22 PM	#4
kris_koolio FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1	the dub was okay i thought since thay got the same story and not andything really bad but this always gets me cuz i watch the sub of it then i watch the dub and i absolutely hate the voices. i usually get used to them after a while though. i thought that they left more intact then i would have thought since it is aired relatively on children time. but minimal blood overall i though it was an okay dub

09-12-2005, 09:20 PM	#7
lightdarkness Summer!! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York Age: 35 Posts: 11,308	I thought it was pronouced Nar-Toe, not Nar-oooh-toe __________________

09-13-2005, 01:45 AM	#8
Brainmaster07 FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: My house Posts: 2,891	I guess their way of Americanizing the names is to accent all the silent vowels :<. __________________

09-13-2005, 01:27 PM	#9
Chromer Hookers and Blow Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: You heard the robot. No fun. Age: 34 Posts: 4,981	They brutalized the pronounciations in the US version. __________________

09-13-2005, 01:32 PM	#10
lightdarkness Summer!! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York Age: 35 Posts: 11,308	So it really is Nar-Toe? __________________

09-13-2005, 03:11 PM	#11
Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	No, it's Nuh-Roo-Toe. The stress changes from the "Nah" to the "Roo". ~Squeek

09-13-2005, 03:49 PM	#12
Chromer Hookers and Blow Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: You heard the robot. No fun. Age: 34 Posts: 4,981	It's like Naru-Toe. It rolls off of your tongue when you say it. __________________

09-16-2005, 09:57 PM	#13
gs173 FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1	one of my friends told me bout the show. there's also something special about this post. IM DOING IT FROM MY PSP! yah, that makes this post special

09-23-2005, 10:47 PM	#14
Sol_Solis FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 660	How many naruto episodes have been aired?

09-23-2005, 11:34 PM	#15
mead1 Cerebellumberjack Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: On a boat Age: 34 Posts: 3,960	Three I think

09-24-2005, 01:15 AM	#16
Laharl FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Age: 38 Posts: 1,821	What's the name of the guy who is teaching the Hokage's son? He's voiced by the same guy that did Lord Zetta in Nippon-Ichi's latest title, Makai Kingdom. __________________ SIG PICTURES: POINTLESSLY TAKING UP BANDWIDTH SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE INTERNET

09-24-2005, 01:28 AM	#17
Moogy 嗚呼 Join Date: Aug 2003 Age: 34 Posts: 10,303	Crispin Freeman. He does EVERYTHING now. __________________ Plz visit my blog ^^^ vintage signature from like 2006 preserved

09-24-2005, 03:04 PM	#19
Tasuke FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: where ever you aren't Age: 33 Posts: 1,671	When Naruto did the copy and transorm thing to the Hokage's grandson's teacher And the he suddenly flies up confused every single one of my freinds that saw it. Because they edited out all the cool blood __________________

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