Naruto is great ! fantastic anime ! i love it ! thanks for your great review !
Naruto tv,manga Review
Once, a nine-tailed demon fox attacked Konoha, the Hidden Village of the Leaf. Many brave ninjas lost their lives defending their home. Finally, the demon was sealed by the Fourth Hokage into the body of a human boy. Several years later, that boy, Naruto Uzumaki, struggles to gain the acceptance and acknowledgement of the villagers, many of whom still hate him because of the demon inside him. So, Naruto strives to become the Hokage, the strongest ninja in the village, so that the villagers will acknowledge him. Along the way, he gains many new friends, and faces many life-threatening situations.
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Story & Playability
The story line is good, considering the vast amount of Ninja anime that are out there. Uzumaki Naruto, a 12-year old boy who has just become a shinobi ninja at the lowest level, a gennin, has to learn to cope with teammates such as Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke.
Naruto pines after Sakura, vowing to get her to go on a date with him eventually, although she is throughly obsessed with her beloved Sasuke-kun. Sasuke, on the other hand, is obsessed with becoming stronger so he can defeat his brother, Itachi, who murdered their entire family (excluding Sasuke), when Sasuke was seven.
The relationships between the characters change through out the series, such as Naruto's and Sakura's, sence the blonde really tones down on his crush and starts to see Sakura as a friend, and not just a female.
Sakura, although she riddiculed Naruto and mocked him for being weaker at the beggining of the series, eventually starts to see Naruto as a friend.
Sasuke and Naruto have an interesting relationship, since they have both lived alone for the majority of their lives. They can relate with each other, and it is evident that they truely do care for each other in later episodes, such as the Haku!Arc, or the Battle of Valleys End!Arc. They've become 'best friends,' and Naruto will stop at nothing to keep Sasuke where he belongs, in Konoha.
Naruto has his own secrets and dark past, seeing as how the Kyuubi, or Nine Tailed Demon Fox was sealed within him at birth by the Yondaime, or The Fourth Hokage. The Kyuubi has a vast about of chakra, which is an energy source that ninja use to attack with either Ninjutsu, or Genjutsu (the third art, Taijutsu, doesn't require chakra, considering that it's strictly physical), and loans it to Naruto on occasion.
The three, along with their teachers, and fellow ninja must learn to cope with the hardships of going through life as nothing more than a tool, since that's really all ninja are. Although there are some filler episodes (almost every anime has them, and at least it's not as bad as InuYasha), they're usually insightful on the personalities of the other ninja, such as Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, Sabuka no Gaara, and more.
There are no actual 'cannon' pairings, although Naruto has a crush on Sakura in the begging, Sakura crushes on Sasuke, and Sasuke has an unhealthy obession with being stronger than Naruto. Many fans like the OT3 SasuNaruSaku, or NaruSasuSaku, as though the team is a love triangle. NarutoxSakura doesn't seem like it would happen anytime soon, since they have more of a brother/sister relationship, and SasukexSakura seems unlikely, since Sasuke seems to feel that Sakura and Ino's fawning over him is annoying, and would much rather go train or spar with Naruto.
It appeals to all types of fans, wheather shounen, shoujo, shounen ai, or shoujo ai. NarutoxSasuke is almost cannon, when you look at the dialouge between the characters in some episodes, as well as SakuraxIno.
Most het fans will go with the pairings of SasukexSakura, and NarutoxHinata, since Hinata has a crush on Naruto as evident as Sakura's for Sasuke, althouth the blonde remains oblivious to it.
All in all, it has a very captivation plot line where almost everyone can relate to at least one of the many characters in one way. A lot of the plot includes Japanese history, and can inadvertadly be educational, which is a plus since it's still a great plot.
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Graphics
Although Kishimoto Masashi was an avid DragonBall fan in his youth, not that much of it is evident in his art. Some of the characters are pretty, even for boys (coughSasukecough), and don't have the over-bulging musles that DB seems so famous for.
The characters have mostly unique outfits compared to the other characters, and don't use ever fight as a chance to rip their shirt off and and strike poses and make their hair blonder and spiker.
The fight scenes are entertaining as far as fight scenes go. Some people read manga for the fights, while others want the plot and can't wait until they're over. Most of the scenes are the right length to appease both crowds, although some can be drawn out, and others can be severly short.
Most manga-ka end up creating their characters to look the same, even if they don't mean to, such as Yuu Watase.
Kishimoto-sensei, on the other hand, has a wide variety of characters, without making them all look strikingly similar.
Rating:
Sound
Although the English dubbed version disappointed a lot of fans by casting a female for the voice actor of Naruto, some
of the characters aren't that bad, such as Inuzuka Kiba and Sabuka no Gaara. The original in Japanese is my
personal preferred way of watching the anime, since English dubs that aren't up to par aren't really my
thing.
Rating:
Fun
Humor is a big part of this series, since their job is to muder people, they need something to keep them sane. Although it's not necessciarly a comedy, it has enough comedy to make you laugh at points, but it doesn't over do it, trying to appear humourous when it's not. There's enough action, drama, and a very fine line of implied romance to really keep everyone happy, although the romance fans are kept wanting more, which makes this a popular fanfiction series.
It's a good series so far, with enough interesting Arcs, Missions, blood, and bonds to keep this otaku interested.
Rating:
Final Verdict
7.8333 (good)
Reviewed by DaitaiOtonashiiOokami, Jul 24, 2006
Comments
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Rhyme097 Sep 14, 2006
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sarahzdominator Nov 02, 2006
good review ^^
but no offense..
gaara sounds absolutely horrible in english dub.
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kingray100 Mute Member Nov 26, 2006
naruto is better than sasuke!naruto rox!ok review....but i never knew that naruto's voice was a girl's voice!ahhh!oh no!how disappointing...
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SukiLovesAnime Jan 03, 2009
I like both the manga and anime of Naruto cause it's awesome XD
they just keep on going n going and it's excitingmerged: 01-03-2009 ~ 04:02pm
I like both the manga and anime of Naruto cause it's awesome XD
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neonstegosaurus Jan 18, 2009
I like the Japanese voice casting a lot better too...
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SamuraiCool Feb 12, 2009
One objection i have is judging the anime 'cause of the manga and the manga 'cause of the anime, the series was inspired on the comic and that is all, 2 SEPERATE THINGS regardless of whatever make believe association "fans" make
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naruto is a solid 10 though -
beryl0402 Mar 15, 2009
naruto is getting too draggy such that people are losing interest already. hurry end it!
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rukasu04 Mute Member Apr 20, 2009
Well, I like Akatsuki lol
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pappo1 Jun 09, 2009
excellent review, i like this anime
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Sanisa Sep 21, 2009
Thanks for the review!
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SchRita Mar 20, 2011
Somehow it didn't catch my attention.
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