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Enjoy Naruto Z!
Lenilya
02-11-07, 03:14 PM
NTZ :p
Explain quickly! Does this mean no more filler? :b
Has this week finally arrived?
DarthEnderX
02-11-07, 06:43 PM
Thursday is the first episode of non-filler. So be sure to tune in!
Lenilya
02-11-07, 09:43 PM
I dunno... after two years of better series, I don't know if I care for a show featuring a lead character I cannot STAND.
DarthEnderX
02-12-07, 02:43 AM
I didn't hate Naruto so much back when it wasn't filler. He'd actually grown up a lot during the course of the show. The problem is the fillers reverted him back to the way he was at the very beginning of the show. In fact, they made him even stupider.
DarthEnderX
02-12-07, 10:06 AM
Since it's a new series...probably 1.
But 120 was the last filler.
Sollon Darkmoon
02-12-07, 10:50 AM
They got their work cut out for em with a lot of better shows out atm...
Thank jesus a speed sub of it came out a couple hours ago and I downloaded it. Very good quality too. Been hankering for this aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllll ******* day.
Darcean
02-15-07, 11:01 PM
Ooo someone good subbed it already!
DarthEnderX
02-16-07, 07:27 AM
1!!!
Oh man, total nerdgasm mode. That opening scene was freaking awsome.
Hilarious that Naruto is the only one still a Genin. And Neji is a jounin already!
We found out the name for what Naruto and Gaara are: Jinchuuriki
Other than that, for an hour long episode, nothing much happened because it was like they were introducing the show all over again. And it ends right before the good stuff!Should probably rename this thread Naruto: Shippuden since that what all the subbers are calling it.
1!!!
Oh man, total nerdgasm mode. That opening scene was freaking awsome.
Hilarious that Naruto is the only one still a Genin. And Neji is a jounin already!
We found out the name for what Naruto and Gaara are: Jinchuuriki
Other than that, for an hour long episode, nothing much happened because it was like they were introducing the show all over again. And it ends right before the good stuff!Should probably rename this thread Naruto: Shippuden since that what all the subbers are calling it.
Shippūden means Hurricane Chronicles -_-;
DarthEnderX
02-17-07, 02:16 AM
Yes but nobody is calling it that.
It's like if I were to call whatever one of those jibberish show titles Sollon likes to post's english meaning was.
Well that's fine. I'm not opposed to renaming the thread to whatever you guys want. Shippuden, Hurricane Chronicles, of something different (as long as it makes it clear it's the second series). Shippuden for Darth, Hurricane Chronicles for Toprem, Naruto Z for me, any other voters?
DarthEnderX
02-17-07, 09:21 AM
You also need one of those statements that exaggeraties the awsomeness. Like "Makes the Renessance look like crap!" for part one.
You know, to generate interest.
My vote is for "Naruto Shippuden: It's like liquid cake!"
or
"Naruto Shippuden: Kicks so much ass, you'll go blind!"
Hmmm.... liquid cake....ponders a blender, some milk for liquification, and chocalate cake....icing..hmm...posibilities
on a side note the new series looks great so far.
CRAP..now i have to wait a week for the next episode to come out, ah anticipation, i must learn patience, much like cartman and his Wii.
How about:
Naruto 2: Electric Boogaloo
or, if you just want the standard title:
Naruto: Shippuuden (aka The Hurricane Chronicles)
(btw, the anime sites I've seen have the extra U in Shippuuden)
Its not an "extra" u, its just how its spelled (shi-[tsu]pu-u-de-n) :).
what were the symbols they kept having the people unveil mid episode.
I don't think they've revealed them all, because I'm guessing they're spelling out Shippuuden (the characters were Japanese hiragana： し(shi) っ(small tsu) ぷ(pu) で(de) ん(n))
Sollon Darkmoon
02-17-07, 04:12 PM
I don't think they've revealed them all, because I'm guessing they're spelling out Shippuuden (the characters were Japanese hiragana： し(shi) っ(small tsu) ぷ(pu) で(de) ん(n))
Oh lol, I thought it was the usual stuff for ppl to access something special on some website :P.
Sollon Darkmoon
03-02-07, 02:41 PM
How about that animation! lol
Lenilya
03-02-07, 03:39 PM
Hrmm... damn, this is slow and plodding. Hopefully it picks up, having Sakura nad Naruto do something, then discuss it, then do something, then cut to Gaara doing something.... Gets old quick.
That was one of the worst animation I've seen in Naruto. Fillers aside, there have been some terrible animation moments, but this is constantly horrible throughout the episode.
You know something is wrong when they do flashbacks for something that happened earlier in the same episode. The pacing is painful.
They ran out of budget right after the 1st ep....!
Lenilya
03-03-07, 09:44 PM
2 years of filler will do that to ya. Make ya forget what 'quality' is.
DarthEnderX
03-03-07, 10:54 PM
You know something is wrong when they do flashbacks for something that happened earlier in the same episode. The pacing is painful.It's nothing they haven't done all throughout the series. For example, in Kakashi vs. Zabuza 1. When 30 seconds after they summoned water dragons, they showed them doing it again.
One thing I do miss though is when the did flashbacks the little black and white hex marks they'd do. I always liked those.
They did a water dragon flashback in the newest episode too :)
I guess it's just too cool to see once. I havn't watched Naruto since the filler started, so I've forgotten all of their little time killing tricks.
Shpudin, hehehe, I really like everything about this arc, ya know, including the title. Shpudin, hehe. Such a fun word! :rofl (its fun if ya say it fast)
I was hoping Shippuden would bring Naruto anime back to greatness. But, as said, this is so slow and plodding. I don't think I can bother anymore. I still love the characters, but at this point I'm just sticking to the manga. :(
I have to agree. I'm having a difficult time watching the show. At first, I thought it may just be me, and that Naruto was this slow in the past. But as episodes go by, the show just feels slow, the animation is so bad that the cost-saving stuff is so apparent. I mean, please, if Kyoto Animation can give their shows the treatment they do, Naruto can get a movie-esque budget for each episode.
I found the battles and stuff exciting in the manga, but for some reason or other, it's extremely dull now.
I think I also will be sticking to the manga, at least until Sakura's first fight.
Im getting tired of this two weeks of waiting **** for new episodes http://smiliesftw.com/x/madfawk.gif
Lenilya
04-04-07, 03:59 PM
Two years of filler, two weeks between new episodes... it makes sense!
Really, this series just went downhill and never recovered. I think I'll re-drop it.
It really doesn't help that the first story after the three year time jump really isn't that great. At least that gets better... still don't have any faith in the animation company though. :(
You're better off just finding and reading the manga, it moves much quicker and you can get to the meat of the stories (the black and white fight scenes can be a bit hard to follow because there's lots of lines going all over). The current storyline gets much better once Team Kakashi shows up to help out the Sand (there are some really interesting/cool fights and lots of action). Of course, with the way the anime series is going, that's also probably 10 episodes away, and all the stuff in between is dull, plus the fights will be drawn out over too many episodes making them feel weak.
Just as an example, the pursuit of Konkoru after Sasori / Deidara was about three pages, maybe four? Instead of a whole 1 hour special...
spoilered my example in case someone hasn't seen the last 1 hour special.
-Slathe
Lenilya
04-04-07, 10:03 PM
I loathe 'action' manga. Fights just aren't fun to read, I'd rather watch them unfold in real-time. (well, pseudo real-time in the case of Naruto Ball Z, which aren't fun to watch at all)
Gimmie something like Full Moon o Sagashite or Aishiteruze Baby, those are the type of stories that I can appreciate when put into a stationary drawn form.
You lack imagination! I can appreciate manga-drawn shounen just as much as anime, if not more :p
You're better off just finding and reading the manga, it moves much quicker and you can get to the meat of the stories (the black and white fight scenes can be a bit hard to follow because there's lots of lines going all over). The current storyline gets much better once Team Kakashi shows up to help out the Sand (there are some really interesting/cool fights and lots of action). Of course, with the way the anime series is going, that's also probably 10 episodes away, and all the stuff in between is dull, plus the fights will be drawn out over too many episodes making them feel weak.
I don't think anyone here is unaware of that. If anyone here doesn't read the manga it's a pretty direct and considered choice.
Lenilya
04-05-07, 03:58 PM
You lack imagination! I can appreciate manga-drawn shounen just as much as anime, if not more :p
You 'appreciate' grade-school girls with 16-year-old bustlines dressed up as cats.
Your imagination is the broke one, not mine.
;-)
I don't think anyone here is unaware of that. If anyone here doesn't read the manga it's a pretty direct and considered choice.
Yeah I only mentioned it because I had, up until recently, avoided the manga thinking it wouldn't be enjoyable. But personally, I got tired of waiting for the story to progress as infinite stall tactics were used to delay progression, so I decided to give the manga a shot.
-Slathe
DarthEnderX
04-13-07, 01:45 AM
8-9
Good episode. The speeches by Naruto and Sakura in the second half were particularly awsome. Nice to see some of the character depth back.
I also like all the information we're starting to get on Sasori.
Sollon Darkmoon
04-14-07, 09:55 PM
It's really the animation quality that gets me :(. It is just horrible :(.
It's really the animation quality that gets me :(. It is just horrible :(.
Yeah, that's bad as well.
You'd think with the mega-cash cow that Naruto is they could afford some top-rate animation for the show. Unfortunately they apparently just see it as am opportunity for profit margins to grow exponentially larger...
Sollon Darkmoon
04-16-07, 04:19 PM
Yeah, that's bad as well.
You'd think with the mega-cash cow that Naruto is they could afford some top-rate animation for the show. Unfortunately they apparently just see it as am opportunity for profit margins to grow exponentially larger...
Ya. Its sad to say but I agree. Naruto has just turned into a cash cow =/. Also doesn't help that otaku will prob buy it anyway =/.
Just hope to god that Bleach won't follow this example....
otaku don't really buy Naruto, it's mostly children.
Lenilya
04-16-07, 05:10 PM
The same kinda children that bought the 4kids version of One Piece.
DarthEnderX
05-13-07, 11:44 PM
Awww.
13Mangekyou Sharingan makes you go blind? That blows. What kind of all powerful bloodline trait is that!
That's totally ruining Itachi for me.
Unless he only goes blind when he's NOT using the sharingan...ooh, then he'd still be badass.
Tabbran
05-23-07, 08:26 AM
Mangekyou Sharingan makes you go blind? That blows. What kind of all powerful bloodline trait is that!
That's totally ruining Itachi for me.
Unless he only goes blind when he's NOT using the sharingan...ooh, then he'd still be badass.
I actually think that's why he's always using Sharingan, because he's blind without it. Which I think is a rather interesting drawback to using something that powerful.
Xantium
05-30-07, 01:02 PM
What Manga issue would be good to pick up? I stopped paying attention to the show when the filler started.
DarthEnderX
08-14-07, 11:43 PM
So...is this boring anyone else?
Lenilya
08-15-07, 12:15 AM
Stopped watching after about episode 4 of shittuden
I stopped after I moved out at the end of the school year, as the only reason I watched it at all was because my roommate downloaded them, so I'd watch while he did. It's kind of sad to see how far Naruto degraded (or I have my rose-tinted glasses on).
DarthEnderX
08-15-07, 01:03 AM
It's not even that its "bad" persay. It's just sloooooow. Lots of scenes where everyone is just standing around. And where they repeat stuff over and over.
I guess they've slowed it down to one manga chapter an episode. Which you assume would be to avoid filler.
Problem is, they already did 2 years of filler. They don't have to do both. You have eons of filler it means you don't have to slow down the real episodes.
I dunno...just bored. Naruto has been jumping on logs for like 4 episodes.
ShadowCross
08-15-07, 01:05 AM
Yeah, it's slow - but then, the fights were pretty long in the manga too... Should be over in 1-2 more episodes.
DarthEnderX
08-15-07, 01:16 AM
The fact that they've been having no-episode weeks so much lately is really enhancing the slowness.
likenew
08-15-07, 04:06 AM
there is a lot of nothing happening during what should be awesome fight scenes
they have a lot of no episode weeks
the animation is near filler style, and not just because the fights are taking so long, but its just really poor quality, just look at the scenes of guy lee and the others, or of sakura randomly hitting the iron sand...its pretty sad.
episode 1-2 were really really good, and i just thought that maybe it would continue to be good...but its just....bad.
DarthEnderX
08-16-07, 02:56 AM
SX is not the first person I've heard say this fight was actually boring in the manga also, but I keep getting told it gets better. So here's hoping.
DarthEnderX
09-30-07, 03:46 PM
29-30Pretty damn dissapointing climax to this arc.
Naruto starts going Kyuubi2 and then does...absolutely nothing.
MSharingan was pretty cool I guess. But what I don't get is...Kakashi's sharingan looks different than Itachi's...it has different powers that Itachi's...so he calls it the same, why exactly?
likenew
09-30-07, 09:57 PM
29-30Pretty damn dissapointing climax to this arc.
Naruto starts going Kyuubi2 and then does...absolutely nothing.
MSharingan was pretty cool I guess. But what I don't get is...Kakashi's sharingan looks different than Itachi's...it has different powers that Itachi's...so he calls it the same, why exactly?
i read the manga for quite a while, but quit in june i think...but from what i remember, to what i just saw, most of the episode and the last few actually were quite a bit different then the manga.
anyway, there is a lot of debate about the mangekyo sharingan's, but the majority believe the different eye shapes and subsequent powers from them are from how they attained there individual sharingan. for example, itachi went with the legend and killed his best friend to get mangekyo. kakashi obviously didn't kill his best friend, but got the eye from him, as well as he has lost a lot over the years in terms of friends, and students. just a guess. sasuke's looks different too.
the pacing of naruto is sucking a lot, the manga had way more action during those fight scenes, and its freaking still pictures! you'd think with it coming out every 2 weeks it would suck less, the anime is a long way from catching up to the manga as well.
TeanninBramblefeet
10-04-07, 03:49 AM
So... Kakashi's mega ultimate sharingan is.... a windows screensaver?
likenew
10-04-07, 07:30 AM
yes
DarthEnderX
10-19-07, 01:58 AM
31That was a great episode. There was nothing about it I didn't like. And there wasn't even any battling in it. It just hit every note perfectly.
Plus the new opening just has me psyched. So much going on. So many new people.
All of a sudden I'm just right back into this show.
ShadowCross
10-26-07, 04:55 AM
31That was a great episode. There was nothing about it I didn't like. And there wasn't even any battling in it. It just hit every note perfectly.
Plus the new opening just has me psyched. So much going on. So many new people.
All of a sudden I'm just right back into this show.
Yes, I liked it a lot - I won't even try to hide that I got misty eyes at some scenes. But then I'm weak for death scenes and ppl saying their farewells.
The next arc is pretty interesting, you should keep watching.
It moves the story back to other "loose ends" from the original Naruto series before fillers started.
DarthEnderX
12-21-07, 12:10 AM
40-41....
This series is finally ****ing back today! And I mean back, back. Back to being ****ing awsome.
4-Tails Naruto is the ****! The **** I say!
And the 3 minutes they spent revealing Yamato's origins we pretty good too!
ShadowCross
12-21-07, 01:35 AM
40-41
Yeah, the 4-tailed is awesome - wait for the fight next time - Orichimaru has some stuff to say about that too :) I can't even try to imagine what the 5- or 6-tailed cloak might be like... *shiver*
Besides, it was obvious it's going to be great since Orichimaru and Kabuto are involved :)
TeanninBramblefeet
12-21-07, 03:55 AM
40-41
I dunno, this whole episode I wanted to shout at the screen, "DO SOMETHING!" Still awesome, but... man, felt like DBZ with all the dead space and powering up.
DarthEnderX
12-21-07, 08:55 AM
Everyone else was saying that on the anime forum I visit, but I honestly didn't notice it. I mean, I was aware that there was alot of standing around, but I didn't care because I was so anxious to see what happened when he finally did.
No Naruto till Jan 10th sucks balls!
TeanninBramblefeet
12-21-07, 02:25 PM
Really, the biggest problem I have with the Kyuubi Cloak thing is that whenever it comes out since the timeskip, Naruto stands there looking all pissed for a while, maybe hits something with enough force to cause the rest of their body to be sucked into the point of impact, and then stands there looking all pissed for a while whilst everybody just... looks at him. I'm anxious as HELL to see him do something, but so far he has shot a hadoken from his mouth, and punched Oro 10 miles through the forest and only left a scratch on the guy's face...
Oh, and made gigantic craters wherever he was standing. I want to see him kill somebody already! (Preferably artist dude)
likenew
12-21-07, 03:16 PM
all thats happening is they keep building up, making you believe some great action scenes are going to take place....but then they don't. naruto is far from back compared to before the timeskip. i think the animators from the fillers have been doing the all of these episodes, because its the same boring action. the manga had more action, and those were still pictures!
also, dbz's powerup episodes were better, much better.
Lenilya
12-21-07, 11:34 PM
Naruto turned in to DBZ?
Talk about a new low.
DarthEnderX
12-21-07, 11:54 PM
all thats happening is they keep building up, making you believe some great action scenes are going to take place....but then they don't. naruto is far from back compared to before the timeskip. i think the animators from the fillers have been doing the all of these episodes, because its the same boring action. the manga had more action, and those were still pictures!
also, dbz's powerup episodes were better, much better.I think the 4-tails transformation was way cooler than any SSJ transformation that I've seen.
And I've seen them all.
DarthEnderX
01-10-08, 11:58 PM
42! So ****ing awsome!
With the snakes! And then the hands! With the melting ****! And then the bubbles with the black hole and he's all CHOMP! And then giant doors and then it goes PREEEOOOWW!!!**** yeah!
Vizzionnn
01-11-08, 03:01 PM
I enjoyed EP 42 alot myself was good
ashalon
01-11-08, 08:50 PM
42 only thing i didnt like was
the frickin 20 minutes of the medical dude explaining all the different scenarios that could have happened to sasori. just cut him off and tell him you killed the bitch already.
DarthEnderX
01-12-08, 01:15 AM
So I'm the opposite. I don't think Sakura should have confirmed that he was dead. Basically, there's no reason you should be just handing out free information to enemy ninjas. Maybe Kabuto needed to know what happened to Sasori, and now than you told him, he's free to kill you? Good job Sakura. Way to kill everyone.
ShadowCross
01-12-08, 05:14 AM
I knew you'd love Ep. 42, Darth! :)
ashalon
01-12-08, 11:49 AM
So I'm the opposite. I don't think Sakura should have confirmed that he was dead. Basically, there's no reason you should be just handing out free information to enemy ninjas. Maybe Kabuto needed to know what happened to Sasori, and now than you told him, he's free to kill you? Good job Sakura. Way to kill everyone.
pfft kabuto already got his ass kicked by old naruto. sakura can handle him with one arm tied behind her back plus she has tree dude to help her instead of an old lady. i say kick his ass and bring him back to the village for interrogation
ShadowCross
01-12-08, 12:38 PM
pfft kabuto already got his ass kicked by old naruto. sakura can handle him with one arm tied behind her back plus she has tree dude to help her instead of an old lady. i say kick his ass and bring him back to the village for interrogation
Not sure which "old lady" you mean - the only one besides Naruto & Sakura who was in the fight with Kabuto was Tsunade.. and while she is rather old, I wouldn't call her "old lady". The only real old lady was the grandmother of Sasori. And to be honest, I think both Chiyo and Tsunade are stronger than Yamato.
DarthEnderX
01-13-08, 02:12 AM
pfft kabuto already got his ass kicked by old naruto. sakura can handle him with one arm tied behind her back plus she has tree dude to help her instead of an old lady. i say kick his ass and bring him back to the village for interrogationI would say that one needs to keep in mind that Kabuto was ****ing around with Naruto when he got beat, and also, Kabuto, like everyone else, is also 3 years stronger now.
TeanninBramblefeet
01-13-08, 09:25 AM
Great episode, though I've only got one problem...
The Demon Fox's cloak seems to make Naruto slower and dumber with every tail added past the first... One tail (Sasuke vs. Naruto) makes Naruto ultra-badass and faster than hell in what I consider the best fight in the series thusfar (Though Drunken Lee vs. Bone dude [Kimimaro? That's right, double parenthetical remarks!] was pretty ****ing badass)
Once that second tail comes out though, it's like he becomes stronger than hell, but simply incapable of moving with the speed of even regular Naruto. With four tails out now, he... just... stands there, as the world is slowly falling apart around him, while he... just... ****ing... stands there. Mind you, the condensed chakra hadoken was ridiculously awesome, but otherwise he's just standing there, seething. I can't wait to see him actually in action like that though.
DarthEnderX
01-14-08, 01:39 AM
I don't think he's actually slower, I think that Orochimaru is just equally fast. It's like DBZ where someones movement only becomes a blur to you if you aren't capable of keeping up.
You just have to assume that both of them are moving incredibly fast, but the show isn't showing that so you can still see what's going on.
I mean, when he's moving that is. He is clearly doing alot of standing still. But I don't think that means he's slower. Just that he doesn't feel like moving.
ShadowCross
01-15-08, 12:24 AM
Not sure about that, I mean, Ochimaru actually says something along the lines of "how is he even able to move with all that chakra.." - channeling/controling that much chakra does reduce your mobility.
DarthEnderX
01-15-08, 05:37 AM
Yeah, but...that chakra came OUT of him in the first place. It didn't become heavy till he compressed in into some kinda dark matter ball and ate it. So I don't think chakra slows you down on its own, but certain things you do with it can.
TeanninBramblefeet
01-15-08, 09:21 AM
Okay, stay with me on this one... Gaara's Jinchuuriki came out and was most powerful when he was asleep... When Naruto's Jinchuuriki becomes more and more powerful, he becomes slower but stronger and doesn't feel like moving very much.
Jinchuuriki make you lazy!
ragweed
01-15-08, 10:02 PM
So their secret power isn't Chakra....it's Tryptophan!
TeanninBramblefeet
01-16-08, 07:26 AM
So their secret power isn't Chakra....it's Tryptophan!
Which is why Gaara was never invited anywhere for Thanksgiving dinner.
TorchTheDresser
04-04-08, 01:02 PM
Is Naruto really in HD now?
likenew
04-04-08, 10:11 PM
thats what dattebayo says
DarthEnderX
04-05-08, 02:47 AM
Sure seems that way. 54 was all widescreen and whatnot.
Also
53That was the most anticlimactic thing that ever anticlimaxed.And I can't BELIEVE that they're doing a filler arc. WHY?! The manga is MILES ahead of the anime. And they did the last arc so ridiculously slow that they only did like 1 chapter per episode. Why the hell are they doing fillers?!
ShadowCross
04-05-08, 05:56 AM
The preview doesn't show any filler stuff - just the start of Naruto's training?!
I didnt notice there was two episodes this week till about an hour ago. Widescreen for the ****ing win.
New opening theme is meh.
Outro sucks too.
DarthEnderX
04-06-08, 12:36 AM
The preview doesn't show any filler stuff - just the start of Naruto's training?!The characters in the new opening though, that show up at the very end aren't manga characters.
DarthEnderX
04-18-08, 12:43 AM
55For an episode in which nothing actually happened, I LOVED this episode. It was just fascinating all the way through.
From the explanation on chakra elements.
To the explanation of the intricacies of Shadow Clones.
They used to do this stuff all the time, but now they hardly ever do it anymore. I love it when ninja magic gets all scientific.
wtf, the movie is finally subbed. I didn't check last week since I knew there wasn't an episode, but the movie was out ten days ago ><.
55For an episode in which nothing actually happened, I LOVED this episode. It was just fascinating all the way through.
From the explanation on chakra elements.
To the explanation of the intricacies of Shadow Clones.
They used to do this stuff all the time, but now they hardly ever do it anymore. I love it when ninja magic gets all scientific.
And yes, unlike the vast majority of filler, this filler is half-way interesting.
DarthEnderX
05-08-08, 11:35 PM
Pretty sure all the stuff about the wind training isn't filler.
likenew
05-20-08, 07:36 PM
i read the manga till a bit after training was finished, and i can tell you that this isn't filler....
but i just clicked on episode 57-58, and....i can most assuredly tell you that from the end of 56, this is definitely filler! i don't remember those characters in the least bit.
I'll be caught up on naruto either tonight or tomorrow, this special and episode 59 are all thats left.
ShadowCross
08-22-08, 06:28 AM
72: Much love for Nii Yugito! :heart I want her to have her own series :)
TorchTheDresser
09-03-08, 01:46 PM
I think it's safe to watch Naruto again starting from episode 72.
DarthEnderX
09-03-08, 08:03 PM
Yeah, 71 was the last one that was mostly filler.
DarthEnderX
10-04-08, 11:59 PM
Naruto 78-79
Best episode of Naruto in ages.
Is it coincidence that Naruto wasn't in this one? I bet not.
From reading the the thread, it looks like there's like 73 episodes of suck and 5 episodes of good. Am I wrong or right?
I recently watched the last 60 episodes of One Piece (way behind). I tried to catch up with Bleach but apparently it's all filler still so I skipped everything. Was about to start on this but it looks like ****.
DarthEnderX
10-05-08, 10:23 PM
Well, there's no denying that Shippuuden is a lot slower paced than the original Naruto.
Nevertheless, I've been enjoying the current arc.
Naruto Shippuuden Movie 1
So I got tired of waiting on DB to officially release it, since they are on a punish us for a few being wankers kick again. I downloaded it off one of the stream sites that managed to get the DB translation anyhow. Most of you are familiar with narutotv I am sure. I love being able to record streams :heart. Anyhow, although the quality sucked as a result of how I had to snatch it, the movie was quite good. I am enjoying the series quite a bit, now I just need to figure a way to get my hands on movie 2.
TorchTheDresser
10-09-08, 09:18 AM
DB released the Shippuuden movie about half a year ago.
DB released the Shippuuden movie about half a year ago.
Edit: Nevermind, I am clearly blind. If it was a snake it would have bit me multiple times...Bloody hell, I search their site high and low and yet somehow I manage to find copying a stream, then converting it easier then looking at the name right in front of me. This is just not been my week.
Pratell
10-10-08, 03:26 PM
Shippuuden is a lot slower paced than the original Naruto.
there goes any chance of watching it for me, i suppose.
DarthEnderX
10-11-08, 03:35 AM
The best part of Shippuuden movie one is the part after the credits.
Priestess: "I have to make sure to create the next generation of priestesses, and I want you to help Naruto."
Naruto: "Right on!"
Sakura: "WTF?!"
DarthEnderX
11-19-08, 06:50 AM
82-84
I guess I somehow haven't mentioned it yet, but these last 3 episodes have pretty much been the best ones in all of Shippuuden.I swear, I wish this show was just called Shikamaru Shippuuden.
Lenilya
11-19-08, 10:45 AM
If it was, I'd still be watching it.
DarthEnderX
11-20-08, 06:29 PM
85
Greatest ****ing Episode Ever!!
TeanninBramblefeet
11-20-08, 08:51 PM
Quite.
Epic awesomesauce should be coming in the next few episodes too (You know... like has been delivered these past few eps)
DarthEnderX
12-05-08, 02:08 PM
86-87Soooooo....much awesome! Shikamaru! Wind Shiriken! Eeeeeee!
Lenilya
12-05-08, 02:25 PM
aww, no more DB subs for you in the new year.
ShadowCross
12-06-08, 12:21 AM
Well, I can live with that, since we get subbed versions legally.
likenew
12-10-08, 05:50 AM
aww, no more DB subs for you in the new year.
I'll believe it when I see it
TeanninBramblefeet
12-10-08, 12:08 PM
I'll believe it when I see it
Tbh, if this is actually a troll, it's the best one yet, as I'm actually believing it this time. If Viz can actually put out 0-day or 1-day subs every week, there's really not much reason to fansub the series anymore.
ragweed
12-11-08, 06:04 AM
Not a troll, Viz has already had press releases and such. Here's an ANN link (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-17/viz-to-stream-naruto-within-1-week-of-japanese-airing) about it.
Eh? Where are you seeing that DB says they are dropping it [again]?
Lenilya
12-11-08, 07:31 PM
On the DB site, on the link RIGHT before your post....
On the DB site, on the link RIGHT before your post....
Yeah but there's nothing on DB's site about it, and DB has said they'd stop it eleventy times before and they still have the anti youtube stuff at the beginning of their episodes. And screw one week after they air, I want my **** the day it airs. I also want Intros and Outros to be dubbed. If a random bunch of people can get stuff out in under a day, there's no excuse for professionals getting paid to do it to not be able to do the same.
Since when the hell do shadow clones bleed? The one that got impaled right at the start of these weeks episode cause blood to appear on w/e the **** Kakuzu has coming out of him. Also, why are Naruto's eyes all fox like, but blue instead of red like they usually are when they look like that?
http://smiliesftw.com/x/xmastear.gif Hidan, best character ever.
TeanninBramblefeet
12-11-08, 09:01 PM
Yeah but there's nothing on DB's site about it, and DB has said they'd stop it eleventy times before and they still have the anti youtube stuff at the beginning of their episodes. And screw one week after they air, I want my **** the day it airs. I also want Intros and Outros to be dubbed. If a random bunch of people can get stuff out in under a day, there's no excuse for professionals getting paid to do it to not be able to do the same.
Since when the hell do shadow clones bleed? The one that got impaled right at the start of these weeks episode cause blood to appear on w/e the **** Kakuzu has coming out of him. Also, why are Naruto's eyes all fox like, but blue instead of red like they usually are when they look like that?
http://smiliesftw.com/x/xmastear.gif Hidan, best character ever.
Toprem, seriously, do we have to do all the ****ing work for you? http://dattebayo.com/pr/100
Also: http://dattebayo.com/pr/102
There. Happy? You fail epicly.
ragweed
12-12-08, 01:04 PM
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9854/dbdropkg0.jpg
DarthEnderX
12-12-08, 01:16 PM
Let's not take anything away from how totally epic the last half a dozen or so episodes have been.
ragweed
12-12-08, 01:30 PM
True, 86-87 was incredibly epic, cannot wait for 88. :applaud:applaud
TeanninBramblefeet
12-12-08, 02:23 PM
True, 86-87 was incredibly epic, cannot wait for 88. :applaud:applaud
You haven't seen it yet?
ragweed
12-12-08, 04:05 PM
Some of us have internet connections that rely on seagulls to send the packets. Some nights the seagulls are tired and don't want to fly. This causes an interuption of service.
TeanninBramblefeet
12-12-08, 05:18 PM
Some of us have internet connections that rely on seagulls to send the packets. Some nights the seagulls are tired and don't want to fly. This causes an interuption of service.
Ahh, yes... I should know this.
I on the other hand, download it so fast that I actually see the show fully subbed days before the original airing... funny how that works, ain't it?
I should really set my FTP server up again...
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9854/dbdropkg0.jpg
how the **** did I miss that when it was first put up?
ShadowCross
12-18-08, 10:00 PM
Probably for the same reason it took you a week to reply to that pic?
Probably for the same reason it took you a week to reply to that pic?
I dont venture out of logged out much.
ShadowCross
12-21-08, 02:22 AM
The "New Posts"-link/button between "Calendar" and "Search" on the top of the page is your friend :)
Cruel troll is cruel btw http://smiliesftw.com/x/squint.gif
HorribleSubs has taken up subbing it btw aaaaand I can't play the 1080p version, I didn't know that 480p is what DB was doing since I have to scroll over to see Dimensions and never bothered to do so. Great, now I gotta wait to DL the episode again to see if they are any decent. http://narutofan.com/ has details, second article down as of right now.
I don't think I like Horrible Subs very much. For some reason, MKVs somehow can play the video at about double the speed that it should while the audio and subs appear at the normal speed when trying to watch them over my PS3 with PS3 Media Server. I don't know if its something Im doing wrong, but not all of them do it (EG: Last week's episode). I noticed this first with Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 's first couple of episodes, but the others that I tried seemed to play fine.
Edit: Also, infinite h9 for not subbing the intro and outro. Thats something stupid companies that do this professionally do, not what fan subs do.
Lenilya
01-24-09, 01:54 AM
When a group first picks up a series, it's actually pretty common for the OP/ED to not be subbed. You can find the lyrics easily enough.
Are the guys from Horrible Subs from the 1950s? I don't think I have ever seen the words "Gee willigers" in text, let alone in an anime.
Edit: And I spoke too soon! In addition to a gee willigers, we also get a zoinks!
DarthEnderX
01-30-09, 09:45 AM
It's pretty clear that the translator was having fun, when you have "gee willigers" one minute and "damn" the next.
Pratell
01-30-09, 09:50 PM
i watched up to ep 43 over christmas break. have to say this show is utter crap. the characters seem even more retarded, not just how they act but simply how they are written. everything happens so slowly, even the action is boring. the last 23 eps i only watched because my cousin really wanted me to.
does it ever get better?
DarthEnderX
01-31-09, 12:26 AM
I believe it actually gets worse for a little bit if you aren't in the Sora arc(it's filler) yet.
But then you get to the arc thats in the 70s-80s range. And that's one of the best ones in all of Naruto I think.
likenew
02-03-09, 05:21 AM
Its crappy filler atm.
AnimeBento is also doing subs for this now, and they appear to be better than horrible subs aesthetically (coloured text instead of plain text) and and not in MKV format. However, the 1280x720 one plays for **** over my PS3 (I wonder if a wired connection would be better to do this stuff...) as its all choppy. HorribleSubs version is yet again out of sync for whatever reason when I try playing it on my PS3. Wonder if the 720x400 (wtf resolution) one will work any better. Thing that has me kinda worried is that one of the trackers listed on this is Demonoid, I havent been to that place ever since they got shut down the first time a while back.
Does the PS3 play mp4 files naturally? I know that it doesnt play MKVs without something like PS3 Media Server ><, if it does play them I could just copy it over.
Edit: Wow, these guys go the extra ****ing mile. It seems every main character has their own colour of subtitle.
TeanninBramblefeet
02-06-09, 08:11 PM
(I wonder if a wired connection would be better to do this stuff...) as its all choppy.
Yes... dear mother****ing zombie jesus it's better. My wireless router is separated by a wall from my PS3... literally, less than a foot away. Switching to wired made a HUUUUGE difference, i.e.: I can actually fastforward through something and not have to wait for it to buffer... I might as well have a damn DVD in the drive.
Yes... dear mother****ing zombie jesus it's better. My wireless router is separated by a wall from my PS3... literally, less than a foot away. Switching to wired made a HUUUUGE difference, i.e.: I can actually fastforward through something and not have to wait for it to buffer... I might as well have a damn DVD in the drive.
Fast forwarding isn't as much of a problem as rewinding, dear jesus that ****'s next to impossible. Jumping to a position isn't nearly as bad either, through the triangle menu and the goto option, not the Square option menu. Speaking of, I wonder if that would help trying to do it via the square menu too, I thought the thumbnail seek position option was for that but every time I change that value that menu stays the same with 1 minute increments.
I wonder if my router can be reached with the cord that came with my XBox 2, been meaning to hook that up at least to let it download any updates since its never been connected to the internet.
Dattebayo subbed the new intro and outro for some reason, I guess because the other jackasses aren't. I really wish DB would go back to doing it, the one guys subbing it (the ones I mentioned earlier using different coloured text) do a bang up job, but they are so damn slow about it. Meanwhile the other people subbing it manage to make it in a way that plays all ****ed up on my PS3, aside from one which just seems to repack the stuff HorribleSubs makes.
ashalon
04-24-09, 05:52 PM
if someone says "you are where i can go home to" one more ****ing time im gonna lose it. i mean holy **** its not even profound and they have been saying it for fully half the dialogue in the ****ing show.
DarthEnderX
04-24-09, 07:35 PM
I can do nothing but agree with that sentiment.
Do you know where home is? I do.
Do you know what the place where where people think of you is called? God knows I do.
Did anyone else instinctively think/say Ding! with the last episode?
DarthEnderX
04-28-09, 04:12 AM
Who cares! Why the hell is nobody else watching One Piece right now!
Who cares! Why the hell is nobody else watching One Piece right now!
Because Ive never watched it and it would take forever and a day to get caught up on 300 episodes of ****, especially with having a job now.
ashalon
04-28-09, 12:12 PM
Who cares! Why the hell is nobody else watching One Piece right now!
i watched the first few, 20?, episodes and couldnt get into it. im mainly sticking with naruto simply because ive stuck with it this long ...
DarthEnderX
04-28-09, 12:26 PM
Well you're both wrong. Sorry.
Naruto is **** atm. One Piece is rockin' it.
Lenilya
04-28-09, 12:29 PM
..cause i kinda lost interest about the time the mushroom peter pan lookin' guy kidnapped the fish chick.
I'll pick it up again eventually.
huh, apparently DB put out movie 2 at least. Was wondering just now if they were going to do it as I went to check for the last Bleach episode.
Santril
05-01-09, 10:50 PM
Who cares! Why the hell is nobody else watching One Piece right now!
I've actually picked up One Piece. Over the last 4 weeks, I've gotten to ep 140. Finals have caused me to take a break.
Good stuff, so far. It's nice having heroes who don't auto-win every fight. (Save for Luffy, who suffers from "I become almighty **** YOU when I get pissed off" syndrome.)
DarthEnderX
06-11-09, 05:59 PM
113
Awww yeah! One episode out of fillers and we're already hip-deep in the **** again!
113
Awww yeah! One episode out of fillers and we're already hip-deep in the **** again!
Filler or not, that arc wasn't so bad. Kid was annoying, yeah, but still loads better than other filler. And wtf was up with the last few episodes? **** happened so fast and with little explanation to some of it, it made me feel like I missed an episode or something.
DarthEnderX
06-11-09, 09:33 PM
Curse that arc!
I lost three of my closest friends to alcohol poisoning during a "place you can return to" drinking game...
likenew
06-12-09, 05:53 AM
That arc was a horrid horrid reminder of the ramen ninja.
Huh, forgot to download last weeks episode and noticed one hadn't been put out for this week and checked wikipedia and noticed that what I got was today's episode and there wasn't one last week, I also noticed that they are finally going to do a double episode next week for Kakashi Gaiden.
Yea the last few episodes of naruto shocked me a bit. i am more then a little surprised at how fast those events transpired and not entirely certain I am convinced at the totality of them.
DarthEnderX
08-08-09, 12:43 PM
So yeah, Kakashi Chronicles was totally awesome.
DarthEnderX
09-03-09, 06:03 PM
125
Oh my god. SO FREAKING AWESOME!
Tobi is the main villain? That is pimptastic!
I am SO glad that he told us his name immediately and didn't just flash the Sharingan, leaving us to think it was Ubito.
I was really hoping they'd explain the Transportation Jutsu when naruto, as usual, didn't know what the hell they were talking about.
Lightning teleport ftw!
125
Oh my god. SO FREAKING AWESOME!
Tobi is the main villain? That is pimptastic!
I am SO glad that he told us his name immediately and didn't just flash the Sharingan, leaving us to think it was Ubito.
I was really hoping they'd explain the Transportation Jutsu when naruto, as usual, didn't know what the hell they were talking about.
Lightning teleport ftw!
Yeah, I somehow missed this reading the wikipedia entry for various Naruto stuff. I was liking Tobi since he was funny, then he srsed the **** up and is even more awesome. I rewatched several scenes in last week's episode because it was so awesome, I missed out when Tobi revealed his real name. Read other stuff before on wikipedia to know whats happening in the next few episodes, ***** gonna get awesome soon. Knowing what happens almost makes me want to DL the manga from somewhere and read it.
I really wish someone with DB's skill would sub Naruto, better yet, I just wish DB would go back to subbing it.
DarthEnderX
09-08-09, 05:00 AM
Why? Horrible-subs is just rip of VIZ's translation, and that's the official translation anyway. I believe Taka puts those subs on an HD raw though if that's what you're looking for.
CaudyrShadowfury
09-08-09, 06:50 AM
There is no such thing as an "official translation"...things could undoubtedly be worded better with different people and whatnot. It's all about who is doing the editing, translating, translation checking, etc.
Take it from someone that used to do fansubbing. ;)
DarthEnderX
09-08-09, 07:38 AM
When I say "official translation" I mean, the subtitles on the Crunchyroll site, are probably the same ones that are gonna be on the DVDs.
Why? Horrible-subs is just rip of VIZ's translation, and that's the official translation anyway. I believe Taka puts those subs on an HD raw though if that's what you're looking for.
I can't get MKVs to play consistently correct on my PS3, so I've been using Narutoverse's version of them. I just preferred DB's subs since they seemed better at translating stuff and had better quality. Other than them, the few that AnimeBento were the best quality ones, albeit they were slow as hell about it, but they stopped doing it for some reason after only a few episodes.
Fake edit: Well, seems they did keep subbing it, and I never noticed it on NyaaTorrents since it takes them days to come out with stuff because they are still painfully slow (took four days for 124 to come out after everyone else, 125 still isn't out by the looks of it). I also never saw mention of episodes on their site once they changed hosts and names since you had to register to see any of them, which I finally did just to check if they had done anything lately.
CaudyrShadowfury
09-08-09, 11:06 AM
When I say "official translation" I mean, the subtitles on the Crunchyroll site, are probably the same ones that are gonna be on the DVDs.
Ah yes, in that case...that would be true...and probably what will happen. It's hard to say though, given that they're probably not given much time to run through translation, etc before they are put into "production" to come out on CR...since they're supposed to be available on there like an hour after TV airing or something like that, iirc (at least, for the people that pay for it lol).
It's hard to say, really...only way to know would be to wait and see how it turns out, lol.
TeanninBramblefeet
09-08-09, 11:17 AM
I can't get MKVs to play consistently correct on my PS3
PS3 Media Server. http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/
PS3 Media Server. http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/
Yeah, thats what I use to play stuff over my PS3, but MKVs are weird and some will play fine yet others will play with the video running at like double speed while the audio and subs play at normal speed making it unwatchable.
Yeah, thats what I use to play stuff over my PS3, but MKVs are weird and some will play fine yet others will play with the video running at like double speed while the audio and subs play at normal speed making it unwatchable.
I use PS3 Media server as well, haven't found a format that doesn't work perfectly. Are you sure your computer codecs that it uses are setup right? FYI I use Taka for Naruto subs, though I will use horriblesubs if I get impatient and just gotta watch the episode the moment it is available.
DarthEnderX
09-08-09, 12:27 PM
Ah yes, in that case...that would be true...and probably what will happen. It's hard to say though, given that they're probably not given much time to run through translation, etc before they are put into "production" to come out on CR...since they're supposed to be available on there like an hour after TV airing or something like that, iirc (at least, for the people that pay for it lol).
It's hard to say, really...only way to know would be to wait and see how it turns out, lol.According to the people that sub the One Piece simulcast, they get like, an unfinished version of the episode weeks before it actually airs. All the audio is in it though.
I use PS3 Media server as well, haven't found a format that doesn't work perfectly. Are you sure your computer codecs that it uses are setup right? FYI I use Taka for Naruto subs, though I will use horriblesubs if I get impatient and just gotta watch the episode the moment it is available.
You mean the codecs that MKV uses to run on my computer? MKVs run on my computer perfectly fine, it's only the PS3 that has an issue with them.
You mean the codecs that MKV uses to run on my computer? MKVs run on my computer perfectly fine, it's only the PS3 that has an issue with them.
Yes, because what the PS3 media center does is use those codecs to transcode any format into a format the PS3 can work with. The Ps3 isn't seeing a mkv codec, it sees what the MC tells it to see.
Yes, because what the PS3 media center does is use those codecs to transcode any format into a format the PS3 can work with. The Ps3 isn't seeing a mkv codec, it sees what the MC tells it to see.
Dunno then, like I said, MKVs play perfectly normal on my PC.
The last six minutes of this week's episode (not including outro and stuff after it) are probably the best six minutes of the both series that didn't involve fighting.
The last six minutes of this week's episode (not including outro and stuff after it) are probably the best six minutes of the both series that didn't involve fighting.
Indeed, without getting into spoiler material. They confirmed alot of things they had been hinting at for a long time and gave a whole bunch of hints as to the direction things are going.
DarthEnderX
09-13-09, 10:38 AM
They couldn't be telegraphing Jirayia's more death if they tried. It's those Asuma episodes right before he died all over again.
Naruto being the 4th's son was obvious from their appearances. Although its weird that he grew up as ostracized as he did. Now he and Konohamaru have even more in common!
DarthEnderX
02-15-10, 11:27 PM
Man, I can't believe it's been so long since I've been in this forum.
There's been 3 completely epic battles since the last time I posted in this thread.
Man, I can't believe it's been so long since I've been in this forum.
There's been 3 completely epic battles since the last time I posted in this thread.
Yeah, shame its turned to crappy filler now. Then again, its slightly expected given how totally awesome it was for so long.
likenew
02-17-10, 06:20 PM
I think they will introduce another tailed beast during these fillers, in the bubble boy...
I think they will introduce another tailed beast during these fillers, in the bubble boy...
Possibly, but I thought Naruto was the only one left though.
DarthEnderX
02-18-10, 03:45 AM
The Bubble-guy is the Six-tails. They've said as much in a trailer at the end of one of the episodes.
By the end of the Sasuke vs. Itachi arc, in the Manga, only Naruto and Killer B were left. But in the anime, he said there were 3 more they needed to capture.
So...in case you were somebody who actually invested any attachment to filler characters in the first place, Bubble-guy's future isn't too bright. :p
DarthEnderX
04-11-10, 12:13 PM
154-155
Oh my god, so much ****ing awesome, haven't been this excited in ages!
Time to learn new ****? Hell yeah it is! And the whole Sage thing turned out to be way more interesting than I though it would. I thought it was going to be a bunch of stupid frog techniques, but it's a whole energy source and aspect of the world they've just introduced.
For a minute, I thought Naruto wasn't going to use clones for training and I was about to totally facepalm, but then he did and I was all "Hell yeah!" No hundreds of clones though, unfortunately.
It's too bad about the whole tranformation aspect because it looks really stupid. Hopefully Naruto will "master it completely" unlike Jiraiya and he won't have that problem.
I have a sneaking suspicion though that, since it is Naruto after all, he's going to go through all this training and obtain this huge powerup, and the end result is just going to be a giant green Rasenshuriken, which can blow up an entire mountain, but Naruto still won't be able to hit anyone with.
And then, after all that awesomeness, the last scene plays and now Killer Bee is like my favorite guy ever.
And yeah, I'm not a manga reader, but it's pretty ****ing obvious from the opening what the next arc is about.
At least the frog eyes was only a spoiler for like one episode.
CaudyrShadowfury
04-11-10, 06:19 PM
154-155
Oh my god, so much ****ing awesome, haven't been this excited in ages!
Time to learn new ****? Hell yeah it is! And the whole Sage thing turned out to be way more interesting than I though it would. I thought it was going to be a bunch of stupid frog techniques, but it's a whole energy source and aspect of the world they've just introduced.
For a minute, I thought Naruto wasn't going to use clones for training and I was about to totally facepalm, but then he did and I was all "Hell yeah!" No hundreds of clones though, unfortunately.
It's too bad about the whole tranformation aspect because it looks really stupid. Hopefully Naruto will "master it completely" unlike Jiraiya and he won't have that problem.
I have a sneaking suspicion though that, since it is Naruto after all, he's going to go through all this training and obtain this huge powerup, and the end result is just going to be a giant green Rasenshuriken, which can blow up an entire mountain, but Naruto still won't be able to hit anyone with.
And then, after all that awesomeness, the last scene plays and now Killer Bee is like my favorite guy ever.
And yeah, I'm not a manga reader, but it's pretty ****ing obvious from the opening what the next arc is about.
At least the frog eyes was only a spoiler for like one episode.
What you say is partially true...
While it's a new kind of rasenshuriken he uses...it's completely useful and not AT ALL useless. :D
Btw, DB has Shippuuden Movie 3 up, I only found this out since I decided to check their main page for a change. Movie came out on DVD in the past week. Seems like it was only added within the past couple of days going by what's listed on the front page and checking the dates on those torrents as it does not appear on their torrent page for some reason.
likenew
05-01-10, 09:27 PM
Its an ok movie I suppose.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/Toprem/manlytears.png
CaudyrShadowfury
05-07-10, 05:53 PM
...lol
DarthEnderX
05-28-10, 09:29 AM
162...
...holy ****ing ****...
meh I gotta wait..
Crunchy roll won't stream to my ps3 unlike every bloody thing else, so I refuse in turn to pay for a subscription I can't use. :/
TeanninBramblefeet
06-05-10, 02:21 PM
164 can't come soon enough...
likenew
06-10-10, 10:56 AM
165 can't come soon enough!
still waiting on 164 here. ><
DarthEnderX
06-10-10, 02:35 PM
165
So much awesomeness!!
Strategies are back! Yaaaaaaay!
Naruto's method of replanishing his Sage chakra is a little more unwieldy that I'd hoped. It's a bit of a weakness that he has to summon his Clones back before he can dispel them. If he had some other method of communicating with them, he should be able to dispel them without summoning them first.
It's also awesome to see that in Sage mode Naruto can FINALLY do one handed Rasengans. And not just one, but two at a time.
4 down, 2 to go. And he's got an entire Sage mode left in the waiting. It's looking pretty good so far.
Seriously, the rest of Konoha must feel like a bunch of chumps right now.
My only complaint is they didn't show the aftermath of what that Rasenshuriken did to that one Pain. Did he get disintegrated or what?
likenew
06-10-10, 11:23 PM
165
So much awesomeness!!
Strategies are back! Yaaaaaaay!
Naruto's method of replanishing his Sage chakra is a little more unwieldy that I'd hoped. It's a bit of a weakness that he has to summon his Clones back before he can dispel them. If he had some other method of communicating with them, he should be able to dispel them without summoning them first.
It's also awesome to see that in Sage mode Naruto can FINALLY do one handed Rasengans. And not just one, but two at a time.
4 down, 2 to go. And he's got an entire Sage mode left in the waiting. It's looking pretty good so far.
Seriously, the rest of Konoha must feel like a bunch of chumps right now.
My only complaint is they didn't show the aftermath of what that Rasenshuriken did to that one Pain. Did he get disintegrated or what?
No, he still has clones helping to form the rasengans, he can't do them by "himself"
http://smiliesftw.com/x/tear.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/crying.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/wtcrun.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/runawaycrying.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/tear.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/crying.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/wtcrun.gif http://smiliesftw.com/x/runawaycrying.gif
DarthEnderX
06-25-10, 10:54 PM
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
PAIN KILLED THE BOOBIES!! HE MUST DIE!!!!
CaudyrShadowfury
06-30-10, 12:03 AM
.........lol
Usually Im not one to talk about animation of the anime I watch, but... yeah... Im not so sure about the last episode. In some ways it was better, but in other ways it felt cheap and odd. More expressions in faces is good, but god the cubism of **** being thrown around was cheap looking. Ive seen people mention that this was done by the same people that did the Naruto vs. Sasuke episodes, but ffs that was years ago and like hell I remember anything about that.
Anyone else feel like they were watching Neon Genesis Evangelion with the last two episodes?
Santril
07-07-10, 05:17 AM
Usually Im not one to talk about animation of the anime I watch, but... yeah... Im not so sure about the last episode. In some ways it was better, but in other ways it felt cheap and odd. More expressions in faces is good, but god the cubism of **** being thrown around was cheap looking. Ive seen people mention that this was done by the same people that did the Naruto vs. Sasuke episodes, but ffs that was years ago and like hell I remember anything about that.
Anyone else feel like they were watching Neon Genesis Evangelion with the last two episodes?
They did it during the Nartuo v. Orochimaru ep too. Part of me feels like there's a set animation budget for every episode, and so the animation quality goes down during the big fight eps... (see Sakura v. Sasori), another part of me feels like they're trying for something "artistic"...
It's most obvious when the Nine-Tails is manifesting itself though. The more tails pop out, the more NGE-like the animation gets, which in a way, makes sense, at least for the things Naruto is doing. Having Pain be all warped and crap as part of his own attacks makes little sense to me though.
I can't say I care much for it.
likenew
07-07-10, 08:11 AM
I didn't like it either, and it definitely looks like the naruto sasuke fight. They are doing it to show the speed of the fight I suppose, but there are plenty of fast fights out there that do a fine job of looking good and expressing the speed of the fight. Just my opinion about it.
DarthEnderX
07-07-10, 12:36 PM
Don't get me wrong, I actually really enjoyed this art style in the previous fights it was used for.
But it feels like in this episode that they just had no editor, because they took the cartoonishness up to 11. The first 10 minutes of this episode were just ridiculous. I think Pain's roadrunner legs took the cake though.
The animators also introduced a bunch of plotholes with some of the things they added. Like making the last Pain basically indestructible, or having him use his push against streams of attacks even though that was his specific weakness(which Kakashi died to discover) and giving both Pain and Kyuubi powers they shouldn't have.
CaudyrShadowfury
07-07-10, 03:40 PM
Don't get me wrong, I actually really enjoyed this art style in the previous fights it was used for.
But it feels like in this episode that they just had no editor, because they took the cartoonishness up to 11. The first 10 minutes of this episode were just ridiculous. I think Pain's roadrunner legs took the cake though.
The animators also introduced a bunch of plotholes with some of the things they added. Like making the last Pain basically indestructible, or having him use his push against streams of attacks even though that was his specific weakness(which Kakashi died to discover) and giving both Pain and Kyuubi powers they shouldn't have.
I saw the animations for the episode in question online (I haven't watched it yet)...but some of the parts are just ridiculous. The face of Pain got so distorted it was ridiculous. The whole roadrunner (it was called Sonic legs where I saw it, haha) legs syndrome was nothing compared to the contortions on his face that shouldn't be possible. He turned from a guy into something that's even worse looking than Sloth (I think that's his name, lol) from the Goonies. It was just disgusting. The whole punch animation was overexaggerated as well, although at least that could be said to be something to do with the force of the punch.
I don't know anything about the "plot holes" that were put in, but there's nothing saying the Kyuubi can't do more than what is in the manga...given that it's one of those "ultimate chakra" things...and we honestly don't really know its full capabilities when it gets to the upper tails. After it went tail 4 it basically shot through the tails like no tomorrow, after all. Pain's thing is a "5 second" thing - so maybe the "streams of attacks" were fended off as one attack, or maybe they were actually in a situation where the time limit had run out so he could use it again...I don't know on that one, though...I'd have to watch it to get the context on his powers, but I do know that it's implied that Pain basically is "indestructible" so long as he's using the gravity-esque power...but who knows. It wouldn't be the first time they royally screwed up a fight like this, heh.
They did it during the Nartuo v. Orochimaru ep too. Part of me feels like there's a set animation budget for every episode, and so the animation quality goes down during the big fight eps... (see Sakura v. Sasori), another part of me feels like they're trying for something "artistic"...
It's most obvious when the Nine-Tails is manifesting itself though. The more tails pop out, the more NGE-like the animation gets, which in a way, makes sense, at least for the things Naruto is doing. Having Pain be all warped and crap as part of his own attacks makes little sense to me though.
I can't say I care much for it.
If anything I think the animation goes up during fights like this since its done by a different studio than normal. I don't remember the animation being like this during Nartuo vs. Orochimaru. When I mentioned NGE, I wasn't referring to the animation, but to the story itself. Those two episodes really remind me of End of Evangelion.
Santril
07-07-10, 06:05 PM
If anything I think the animation goes up during fights like this since its done by a different studio than normal. I don't remember the animation being like this during Nartuo vs. Orochimaru. When I mentioned NGE, I wasn't referring to the animation, but to the story itself. Those two episodes really remind me of End of Evangelion.
Eh, I guess it sorta reminds me of the End of Eva... not really though. Probably because I've followed the manga too... honestly, I hope the anime handles this next part better than the manga did... <grumbles>
I am just enraged to be honest. An episode this ****ing important and they pump out what was quite possibly the worst animated episode I think I have ever seen.That was literally physically painful to watch..horrible just..horrible.
CaudyrShadowfury
07-08-10, 12:02 AM
I am just enraged to be honest. An episode this ****ing important and they pump out what was quite possibly the worst animated episode I think I have ever seen.That was literally physically painful to watch..horrible just..horrible.
The worst part is people like me who read the manga and have been waiting for a long time to come across this episode/arc only to have it turn out like this. :( Talk about a disappointment, lol.
Santril
07-08-10, 01:49 AM
The worst part is people like me who read the manga and have been waiting for a long time to come across this episode/arc only to have it turn out like this. :( Talk about a disappointment, lol.
No kidding. I was really looking forward to this one. Although, I really liked the handling of the Sakura v. Sasori fight in the manga, and was just as disappointed with the pacing of the anime as I am with the overall quality of this fight. Honestly, both this and Bleach are kinda hitting lows right now. :(
Knowing how long the upcoming exposition took in the manga, it's probably going to be two months worth of episodes to get through it too...
CaudyrShadowfury
07-08-10, 02:34 AM
No kidding. I was really looking forward to this one. Although, I really liked the handling of the Sakura v. Sasori fight in the manga, and was just as disappointed with the pacing of the anime as I am with the overall quality of this fight. Honestly, both this and Bleach are kinda hitting lows right now. :(
Knowing how long the upcoming exposition took in the manga, it's probably going to be two months worth of episodes to get through it too...
God I hope not, lol...as it stands I've already given up more or less on actively watching the two series and have just been reading the manga...who knows if/when it'll happen with One Piece as well, lol.
man, haters gonna hate all up in here. Even the people I occasionally see bitching about animation quality didn't complain this much, **** most didn't complain at all. I didn't think it was as bad as you guys did, hell, the last two episodes are the only Naruto episodes that I've watched multiple times all the way through in recent history/ever. I've watched the last episode like five times now.
man, haters gonna hate all up in here. Even the people I occasionally see bitching about animation quality didn't complain this much, **** most didn't complain at all. I didn't think it was as bad as you guys did, hell, the last two episodes are the only Naruto episodes that I've watched multiple times all the way through in recent history/ever. I've watched the last episode like five times now.
To each their own..For the record I liked the style for the original naruto v sauske fight. However to me this was just too over the top. The style isn't what turned me off, it was the quality of the animation in this one. There were sections that literally looked unfinished. I am usually completely on board with the style change for major fights, I just think they massively screwed up this one. It looked terrible to me, it looked terrible to my wife who is also a fan and several of our friends hated it as well. Yea I read the manga as well and I honestly expected far better, sorry not hating it just came across as half assed.
****ing two week wait and its only a single episode? What is this ********?
CaudyrShadowfury
07-09-10, 03:54 AM
****ing two week wait and its only a single episode? What is this ********?
Welcome to Japan? :P
Well it was a double episode, Wikipedia was wrong. However, people that aren't russian and italian seem to be taking their sweet ****ing time with 169. This is why I liked DB, they just put out one file that was both episodes together and they [usually] didn't **** around like this.
DarthEnderX
07-16-10, 04:38 AM
It wasn't a double episode, Crunchyroll had a security leak and next weeks episodes for several shows were leaked to the internet a week early. Including Naruto.
169http://kei.iichan.net/hinata/src/1279161951270.pngThat is all.
Meh, guess Ill watch it now at my computer and again next week on my TV since by the looks of it all the english copies of it are mkvs and I still can't get those to play correctly with PS3 Media Server
likenew
07-16-10, 10:13 PM
Its definitely youtube quality.
Meh, guess Ill watch it now at my computer and again next week on my TV since by the looks of it all the english copies of it are mkvs and I still can't get those to play correctly with PS3 Media Server
You must of done something wierd..Ps3 media server handles mkv's by default. :/
You must of done something wierd..Ps3 media server handles mkv's by default. :/
I still don't get what I need to do to play them properly. Before I reformatted my computer, it could only play some MKVs properly, smooth framerate and subs showing. However, most wouldn't, depending on what encoding method I picked, I would either get no subs (and no sub options in the menu you get by hitting Triangle) with proper framerate, subs but with ass framerate, or where the video, and only the video, played about 2x normal speed.
I just reinstalled PS3MS because of episode 167, so I decided to try and watch some other MKV I already had on my computer, got the same **** all over again. Like five different encoding options and none of them provided me with what I should have been seeing.
Santril
07-22-10, 10:55 PM
Ok, I was pretty happy with 168... 169 was alright too.
But really? FILLER? NOW? I mean, I've read the manga, I know how long what's coming up next is going to take, but filler in the middle of a freaking arc??? Especially when the part right after this would've been perfect timing?!
Oyi.
CaudyrShadowfury
07-28-10, 10:56 AM
Ok, I was pretty happy with 168... 169 was alright too.
But really? FILLER? NOW? I mean, I've read the manga, I know how long what's coming up next is going to take, but filler in the middle of a freaking arc??? Especially when the part right after this would've been perfect timing?!
Oyi.
...LOL yeah that's pretty pathetic...the part after this really doesn't take all that much time, either. GO GO PULLING A BLEACH!
On what Toprem and Tivia are talking about...I've always used CCCP and Media Player Classic (Home Cinema now, with new versions of CCCP lol). MPC comes with CCCP last I saw and whatnot. This is pretty much (KEY WORDS OMG :P) what fansubbers recommend (although if you have something else that works properly there's no real reason to switch over imo...) even now after I've stopped doing it. XD
http://www.cccp-project.net/ Can get it there (if this is against the rules or whatever, I'll just remove the link to it lol...it's just a codecs thing and MPC, though)
...LOL yeah that's pretty pathetic...the part after this really doesn't take all that much time, either. GO GO PULLING A BLEACH!
On what Toprem and Tivia are talking about...I've always used CCCP and Media Player Classic (Home Cinema now, with new versions of CCCP lol). MPC comes with CCCP last I saw and whatnot. This is pretty much (KEY WORDS OMG :P) what fansubbers recommend (although if you have something else that works properly there's no real reason to switch over imo...) even now after I've stopped doing it. XD
http://www.cccp-project.net/ Can get it there (if this is against the rules or whatever, I'll just remove the link to it lol...it's just a codecs thing and MPC, though)
Just FWIW, cccp and MPC do not have any effect on those of us streaming to a PS3 through PS3 media server. It contains its own codecs for that.
CaudyrShadowfury
07-29-10, 06:49 AM
Just FWIW, cccp and MPC do not have any effect on those of us streaming to a PS3 through PS3 media server. It contains its own codecs for that.
Ah, streaming...I must've overlooked that part or something, lol. I just saw that he mentioned the computer and it causing problems
I don't have a PS3 so I can't really help with the whole streaming thing, lol.
Just FWIW, cccp and MPC do not have any effect on those of us streaming to a PS3 through PS3 media server. It contains its own codecs for that.
Well, Id like to know wtf I am doing wrong so I could watch them via my PS3.
Well, Id like to know wtf I am doing wrong so I could watch them via my PS3.
Hard to say..
I assume you are getting your mkv's from Taka? I only ask because horrible subs do something funky with theirs and the subtitles don't play on anything except Pc.
DarthEnderX
08-19-10, 04:55 PM
174Awwwww **** son! They just summoned Shenron up in this bitch!
Naruto believes in the you who believes in me!
likenew
08-26-10, 10:04 PM
Its been within a year, why did the perverted hermit not come back to life?!?
Fun stuff.
DarthEnderX
08-27-10, 12:16 AM
175 Man, what a great episode. It felt like the culmination of the entire series up to this point. Like, if the series had ended here I almost wouldn't complain.
I loved how in the flashbacks you can see the progression of the villagers opinion of him as they go from calling him "the fox kid" to "Naruto".
It's also nice to know the village was actually hearing about all the great things Naruto was doing. The series had been kind of making it seem like everything on the missions was secret. And nobody knew how awesome Naruto was.
Although, wtf with Sakura getting to hug Naruto while Hinata just watches. That's messed up. I didn't see Sakura getting almost killed to save him. She doesn't deserve hugs!
likenew
08-27-10, 07:20 AM
175
Although, wtf with Sakura getting to hug Naruto while Hinata just watches. That's messed up. I didn't see Sakura getting almost killed to save him. She doesn't deserve hugs!
Because a few hours after this happened, she was then planning to finally show naruto some boobies!
DarthEnderX
11-04-10, 06:53 AM
*sigh* fillers.
Worse, pre-timeskip fillers. It's as if "Filler-hell" has reached through time and sent a part of itself here.
*sigh* fillers.
Worse, pre-timeskip fillers. It's as if "Filler-hell" has reached through time and sent a part of itself here.
lol
likenew
11-06-10, 07:37 AM
Can't they do training filler at least? Like when they learned a new technique or becoming stronger...
God when is this **** filler gonna end?
I thought that boss cat sounded familiar and looking it up I was right
boss cat = http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091203144218/bleach/en/images/thumb/9/9c/Post_Soul_Society_arc_Mayuri_Kurotsuchi.png/290px-Post_Soul_Society_arc_Mayuri_Kurotsuchi.png
Hell, the cat is even coloured similarly to him
Well, at least this episode confirms what I thought with the previous episodes, dunno how I never put two and two together sooner (or spoiled it for myself by reading up on wikipedia pages).
Also another Bleach voice actor in Naruto this episode.
DarthEnderX
01-05-12, 01:47 PM
Thank GOD that's over with.
That was Naruto Filler Hell #2.
likenew
01-06-12, 09:45 PM
The last episode wasn't filler? It sure felt and looked like it!
Thank GOD that's over with.
That was Naruto Filler Hell #2.
Guess I can start watching again then, Ive downloaded most of the stuff thats aired since I got my internets cut off for DLing it off a public tracker, but havent bothered watching it since its been filler.
DarthEnderX
01-13-12, 10:13 PM
The last episode wasn't filler? It sure felt and looked like it!243 on is not filler.
DarthEnderX
02-08-12, 05:34 PM
Heh, not the anime, but this makes me geek out a bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AVNPcUf7NI
It sucks how it takes a few weeks to slog through shitty filler, then once the filler is done with I can catch up to the series in like two days. And for the filler arc being over, they sure are still cramming filler into these episodes.
Why do they feel its necessary to keep reminding us of the stuff we already know about because they've told it a dozen times before?
DarthEnderX
04-20-12, 09:29 AM
Probably because a lot of that stuff happened like over 5 years ago when the majority of their current audience was about 3 years old.
So...yeah...speaking of this series, I didn't mention it when it happened a couple episodes ago...but I thought the Uchihas were OP in the series.
Then they showed what Kabuto can do now...yeah...what the ****ing ****.
Anyway, I'm super-psyched about this upcoming Shinobi War arc. I hope it's at least as badass as the Whitebeard War!
DarthEnderX
02-04-13, 09:49 AM
I just want to say how much I've loved the last couple episodes.
Between Gaara reaching what looks like the climax of his personal character arc, and then a badass fight between Naruto, Bee, Itachi and Nagato that ends with Itachi being a FREE immortal zombie ninja, it's been a pretty goddamn epic 2 episodes.
likenew
02-05-13, 01:16 PM
I have as well, but the one before it was atrocious to me...