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Blackjack said:
:E well the eppasode 189 rumor turned out to be faulse, and teh 3 movie is bases b4 the time skip so prolly after the thid move had aired now.
Downloaded the subed verion today to see what the american verion was like OMG how shite is that.
Shame bleach has gone into Filler mode as well :<
But Bleach are showing fillers atm aswell, so you're back where you started.Glacier said:
2 good shows that because shit, used to love them but I can't take the fillers. I've watched Naruto to ep 80 so many times, and Bleach to ep 60. After that it went downhill. :\
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Basic_X said:
Manga is good but nothing like seening it animated
,308 was a pritty amazing , wont say anying incase ppl only watch the anime but its about time there was some good action!
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UndyingAngel said:Manga is good but nothing like seening it animated
308 was a pritty amazing , wont say anying incase ppl only watch the anime but its about time there was some good action!
Too right
Dragonball Z was awesome
Last time i checked, the manga form was going to take 20 years or something to publish(like on a weekly basis)
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DBZ?
No.
Fight after fight after fight with characters with no upper limit to their powers, just longer blonde hair and more muscles.
It's good if you're starting out in anime but once you've seen a few shonen anime, DBZ pails in comparison and is far too long and too silly. The whole dialogue in it is pure cheese.
Storyline - Character meets more powerful enemy, character goes "HURRRRRRRRRRRR or OMG MY DAD (In gohans case)" owns current enemy without blinking and saves the universe.
Cue short filler/story bit then another more powerful enemy comes along whos an even bigger threat to the universe than the last one and rinse and repeat.
No.
Fight after fight after fight with characters with no upper limit to their powers, just longer blonde hair and more muscles.
It's good if you're starting out in anime but once you've seen a few shonen anime, DBZ pails in comparison and is far too long and too silly. The whole dialogue in it is pure cheese.
Storyline - Character meets more powerful enemy, character goes "HURRRRRRRRRRRR or OMG MY DAD (In gohans case)" owns current enemy without blinking and saves the universe.
Cue short filler/story bit then another more powerful enemy comes along whos an even bigger threat to the universe than the last one and rinse and repeat.
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Sharma said:DBZ?
No.
Fight after fight after fight with characters with no upper limit to their powers, just longer blonde hair and more muscles.
It's good if you're starting out in anime but once you've seen a few shonen anime, DBZ pails in comparison and is far too long and too silly. The whole dialogue in it is pure cheese.
Storyline - Character meets more powerful enemy, character goes "HURRRRRRRRRRRR or OMG MY DAD (In gohans case)" owns current enemy without blinking and saves the universe.
Cue short filler/story bit then another more powerful enemy comes along whos an even bigger threat to the universe than the last one and rinse and repeat.
think he ment naruto
we needa get the good old anime thread going again ! was great!
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if you can't be arsed watching the anime but want to know the story look here. Takes you up to the current point in the storyline roughly.
Twelve years before the events at the focus of the series, the Kyūbi (Nine-Tails Demon Fox) attacked Konohagakure, the Village Hidden in the Leaves. It was a powerful demon indeed; a swing of the tails of the Kyūbi would raise tsunamis and flatten mountains. It raised chaos and slaughtered the people, until the leader of Konoha – the Fourth Hokage – defeated it by sacrificing his own life to seal the demon inside a newly-born child whose origins are yet unknown. That child's name was Uzumaki Naruto.
The Fourth Hokage was celebrated as a hero for sealing the Kyūbi away. He wanted Naruto to be respected in a similar light by being the vessel of containment for the demon fox. The village he grew up in, however, had mostly contempt for Naruto; they regarded him as if he were the demon fox itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood.
A decree made by the Third Hokage made it so that the other villagers were forbidden to mention the event to anyone, even to their own children. However, this did not stop them from treating Naruto like an outcast. Although their children did not specifically know why their parents treated Naruto the way they did, they learned through example to despise the boy. As result, Naruto grew up as an orphan in a lonesome atmosphere without friends, family or acknowledgment. He could not force people to befriend him, so he sought acknowledgment and attention the only way he knew – through pranks and mischief. But that soon changed after Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy by using his Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, or Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, to save his teacher, Umino Iruka, from the renegade ninja Mizuki. That encounter gave Naruto two insights: that he was the container of the Kyubi, and that there was someone (Iruka initially) who actually cared about Naruto. His graduation opened a gateway to the events and people that would change and define his world and his way of the ninja for the rest of his life.
Naruto maintains a balance between drama and comedy, with plenty of action. It follows Naruto and his friends' personal growth and development as ninja, and emphasizes their interactions with each other and the influence of their backgrounds on their personalities. Naruto finds two friends and comrades in Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura, two fellow young ninja who are assigned with him to form a three-man team under a very experienced sensei named Hatake Kakashi. Naruto also confides in other characters as well that he has met through the Chuunin Exam. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better and experience a coming-of-age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the Hokage of Konoha.
Several major villains came into play as well. First, Orochimaru wanted to use Sasuke as his new body, since Orochimaru could switch bodies (achieving a semi-immortality), and wanted to get Naruto out of the way so Sasuke will easily come to Orochimaru. Second, an organization called the Akatsuki is after Naruto, or actually after the nine-tailled fox in Naruto.
A key point in Naruto was Sasuke's defection from Konoha. Constantly feeling inferior to his brother as well as Naruto, Sasuke decided to seek Orochimaru in his quest for power, effectively an act of betrayal against Konoha. However, en route, Sasuke was protected by the Sound Five, so it was extremely hard for Konoha to even try to persuade Sasuke to change his mind. A Jounin team was returning to Konoha after completing a misson when they encountered the Sound Five. They were no match for them and were left incapacitated. Konoha sent a Genin team to retrieve Sasuke, unaware that Sasuke had such powerful escorts, and despite the odds, they did a lot more damage than the Jounins. The genin team was forced to split apart and take on the Sound Five one-on-one, and they would have been killed had it not been for the timely arrival of Kankuro, Temari, and Gaara. Naruto was the one who went after Sasuke, but Sasuke refused to return, and the two fought quite a dynamic battle. He was able to shake Sasuke enough that Sasuke would not kill Naruto and attempt to acquire the Mangekyo Sharingan. Sasuke then vows that he will gain power in his own way, and not how his brother Itachi wants him to.
Naruto returned, having failed a mission, and promised Sakura that one day, he will bring Sasuke back.
Naruto vowed to train harder and get stronger, as does Sakura. Thus, they train under Jiraiya and Tsunade. Since Jiraiya is teaching Naruto, Tsunade is teaching Sakura, and Orochimaru is teaching Sasuke, it is very likely that Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke will be the next Legendary Sannin. After a three month period (in which the anime took the liberty of covering with a series of filler arcs) Naruto goes off to train with Jiraiya, supposedly away from civilization.
Naruto went off and trained for two and a half years under Jiraiya. Since nothing spectacular happened with Orochimaru, and the Akatsuki taking a three year break on the hunt for Jinchūriki (those with demons sealed inside of them), this period was not shown in the anime nor the manga, thus creating a time skip. After the time skip, the series goes on to explain how drastically the original characters have changed. The former genin are now older, stronger, and more mature.
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto_(manga)
The Fourth Hokage was celebrated as a hero for sealing the Kyūbi away. He wanted Naruto to be respected in a similar light by being the vessel of containment for the demon fox. The village he grew up in, however, had mostly contempt for Naruto; they regarded him as if he were the demon fox itself and mistreated him throughout most of his childhood.
A decree made by the Third Hokage made it so that the other villagers were forbidden to mention the event to anyone, even to their own children. However, this did not stop them from treating Naruto like an outcast. Although their children did not specifically know why their parents treated Naruto the way they did, they learned through example to despise the boy. As result, Naruto grew up as an orphan in a lonesome atmosphere without friends, family or acknowledgment. He could not force people to befriend him, so he sought acknowledgment and attention the only way he knew – through pranks and mischief. But that soon changed after Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy by using his Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, or Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, to save his teacher, Umino Iruka, from the renegade ninja Mizuki. That encounter gave Naruto two insights: that he was the container of the Kyubi, and that there was someone (Iruka initially) who actually cared about Naruto. His graduation opened a gateway to the events and people that would change and define his world and his way of the ninja for the rest of his life.
Naruto maintains a balance between drama and comedy, with plenty of action. It follows Naruto and his friends' personal growth and development as ninja, and emphasizes their interactions with each other and the influence of their backgrounds on their personalities. Naruto finds two friends and comrades in Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura, two fellow young ninja who are assigned with him to form a three-man team under a very experienced sensei named Hatake Kakashi. Naruto also confides in other characters as well that he has met through the Chuunin Exam. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better and experience a coming-of-age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the Hokage of Konoha.
Several major villains came into play as well. First, Orochimaru wanted to use Sasuke as his new body, since Orochimaru could switch bodies (achieving a semi-immortality), and wanted to get Naruto out of the way so Sasuke will easily come to Orochimaru. Second, an organization called the Akatsuki is after Naruto, or actually after the nine-tailled fox in Naruto.
A key point in Naruto was Sasuke's defection from Konoha. Constantly feeling inferior to his brother as well as Naruto, Sasuke decided to seek Orochimaru in his quest for power, effectively an act of betrayal against Konoha. However, en route, Sasuke was protected by the Sound Five, so it was extremely hard for Konoha to even try to persuade Sasuke to change his mind. A Jounin team was returning to Konoha after completing a misson when they encountered the Sound Five. They were no match for them and were left incapacitated. Konoha sent a Genin team to retrieve Sasuke, unaware that Sasuke had such powerful escorts, and despite the odds, they did a lot more damage than the Jounins. The genin team was forced to split apart and take on the Sound Five one-on-one, and they would have been killed had it not been for the timely arrival of Kankuro, Temari, and Gaara. Naruto was the one who went after Sasuke, but Sasuke refused to return, and the two fought quite a dynamic battle. He was able to shake Sasuke enough that Sasuke would not kill Naruto and attempt to acquire the Mangekyo Sharingan. Sasuke then vows that he will gain power in his own way, and not how his brother Itachi wants him to.
Naruto returned, having failed a mission, and promised Sakura that one day, he will bring Sasuke back.
Naruto vowed to train harder and get stronger, as does Sakura. Thus, they train under Jiraiya and Tsunade. Since Jiraiya is teaching Naruto, Tsunade is teaching Sakura, and Orochimaru is teaching Sasuke, it is very likely that Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke will be the next Legendary Sannin. After a three month period (in which the anime took the liberty of covering with a series of filler arcs) Naruto goes off to train with Jiraiya, supposedly away from civilization.
Naruto went off and trained for two and a half years under Jiraiya. Since nothing spectacular happened with Orochimaru, and the Akatsuki taking a three year break on the hunt for Jinchūriki (those with demons sealed inside of them), this period was not shown in the anime nor the manga, thus creating a time skip. After the time skip, the series goes on to explain how drastically the original characters have changed. The former genin are now older, stronger, and more mature.
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto_(manga)
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Sharma said:DBZ?
No.
Fight after fight after fight with characters with no upper limit to their powers, just longer blonde hair and more muscles.
It's good if you're starting out in anime but once you've seen a few shonen anime, DBZ pails in comparison and is far too long and too silly. The whole dialogue in it is pure cheese.
Storyline - Character meets more powerful enemy, character goes "HURRRRRRRRRRRR or OMG MY DAD (In gohans case)" owns current enemy without blinking and saves the universe.
Cue short filler/story bit then another more powerful enemy comes along whos an even bigger threat to the universe than the last one and rinse and repeat.
DBZ had it moments, it was much better uncut eps the UK version was so edited it was unreal. But you might say that was the down side being there was always a more powerful enemy etc but it SOLD and altho you may say it sucks you just carnt help watching more of it lol.
imho the orignal Dragonball uncut(lets just not talk about the verion on Toonami in the UK), (or just the managa) was much much better becuase there was a lot of humor init which was lost in DBZ. I have to say I liked upto the Freeza saga but the cell saga just took it to far.
Bleach is really good, but I still think in a way Naruto is better its just that Bleach is still kinda new(yes yes its been going 18months) but Naruto has been going for almost 4 years.