Upcoming Naruto Episode Titles

[bxgreatone87]

http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=9807&highlight=preview
read some of the posts in there.

Yes, knowing a little about the next episode can be all that bad. Previews reveal things that could otherwise be some of the biggest suspense or plot twist moments in the series. For an example of a REALLY bad episode preview, watch the one at the end of 122. It didn't even take me very long to find a good example.


Yes you make a valid point but the title of the section is upcoming naruto episode titles after all. If people arent smart enough to know the title will give a little about the next episode then they deserve hearing a spoiler from it.

[Yukimura]

I think his point is that this section is supposed to be a haven from spoilers, where people are left just as in the dark as people who watch shows with no accompanying manga or other external source of information. The mods/whoever have decreed that this section should be safe from content not yet aired. Apparently this inclueds any content not aired in it's own full episode form. So by rule, even a complete idiot with no common sense at all shouldn't be able to accidentally spoil his or her self in any way while browsing this section.

This is why I don't get why this thread is allowed in here at all. Not that I care about spoilers, but supposedly rules are rules...yet...

[mage]

I'm fairly certain episode previews HAVE been allowed in the normal discussin thread before. Take the episode 71 discussion, for instance: http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=4291

Several people talk about the preview and screenshots of it are even posted (page 13), but no moderators seem to care. Ah, the days of 15 page discussion threads.

necromancy ftw

[Munsu]

Yeah, it's been allowed, but after a certain episode, I'm pretty sure the rules of the forum changed. I think people stopped caring once the fillers started, but from some point on it's been a rule to consider discussing the preview a spoiler.

[Narasho]

And now ANN has episode 200 up with some stupid filler named episode. I can only hope the fillers really are ending and ANN is just playing with our minds.

*EDIT*
Just checked ANN's website (6:00 pm PST) and it looks like they removed episode 200 filler title. So the hope remains, though slim.

[Jadugar]

I dot know why Assertn is preaching so much because he made a thread not long ago which was the mother of all spoilers.:confused:


*********************CAUTION********************
************** MANGA SPOILERS**************

Post-Filler Character Pics (Possible Minor Spoilers) (http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=12068)


Possible?

:rolleyes:

[Genma]

What's the big deal about showing the cast's new clothing? I mean seriously, is anyone going to be like: "OMFG!!! THIS SPOILER RUINED EVERYTHING FOR ME!!!! NOOOOO! *kills self*"?

[Jadugar]

The whole point is that this section is supposed to be spoiler free but I guess in your case ignorance is bliss.

[Assertn]

I dot know why Assertn is preaching so much because he made a thread not long ago which was the mother of all spoilers.:confused:
I don't know why rebel leader bothered to join into this discussion at all, after we've pretty much finished laying out the spoiler situation here.

Seriously give it a rest guys. Moderator decisions are not to be obsessively questioned. If you have a problem with how we are handling things, then bring it up with one of the admins. This conversation has become cyclic, and therefore of no further interest to me.

[Jadugar]

Those were very weak arguments from a self-proclaimed Tireless Rebutter.

I think this section should be free of all kind of spoilers. That’s all.

And there are those of us who thinks these forums should be free of all kinds of Jadugar. By sending you on a one-month paid vacation (woohoo!) and simultaneously swearing to become even better when it comes to protecting you guys from spoilers, I'd say we are pleasing both ends. ; )

- El Terra Diablo

[Assertn]

Well as I already said before, this section will have no purpose in here anymore once it's confirmed that the fillers are over, just as my picture thread won't have a purpose here either.

[ChaosK]

And there are those of us who thinks these forums should be free of all kinds of Jadugar. By sending you on a one-month paid vacation (woohoo!) and simultaneously swearing to become even better when it comes to protecting you guys from spoilers, I'd say we are pleasing both ends. ; )

- El Terra Diablo

There are probably more who'd rather have him stick around. He hasn't worked long enough for a one month vacation.

In reply to Genma "OMFG!!! THIS SPOILER RUINED EVERYTHING FOR ME!!!! NOOOOO! *kills self*"?

@Terra below

It's so cute how you suddenly go into automatic defense mode to make sure that you don't look like a fool. Also Mr. High-and-mighty-admin-who-cares-so-much-about-gotwoot, please learn to read before going on a random bitch rant or perhaps having your period. I don't recall ever saying your opinion didn't matter.

OH NOEZ we've disappointed mr. Terra!

There happy? someone said it.

[woofcat]

Yeah, plus 1 for rather have him around.

[Terracosmo]

Too bad it doesn't matter what you guys think. Maybe if you'd been a constant target of his assholery you'd think differently, or maybe I should say if you weren't depending on him for your constant hentai fix - hello Chaoskiddo. (who, hilariously, for some reason suddenly thinks he is smart enough to choose who or who is not worthy of "the vacation")

Don't derail the thread any further. If you want to beg on your knees to have him back then PM me about it. I mean, after all, who am I and what does my opinion mean? I am only an adminstrator who's been here practically since GW started, and who cares more deeply about the place than half of you together, WHAT AM I COMPARED TO JAD WHO KEEPS TROLLING AND BEHAVING LIKE A BITCH? OF COURSE YOU WANT TO HAVE HIM AROUND!

God you people piss me off.

You disappoint me severely.

I should probably ban myself for a year instead and then be back and see the place full of Jad clones, and you could all share your goddamn hentai with each other until you rot from the inside.

[Assertn]

Jadugar snipes threads. If he really had a problem with the policies we've had in effect, then he would've said something when they were first being implemented. Instead he chooses to wait until a convenient time to try to raise hell just for the sake of it. I too find most of his antics to be blatantly disruptive, and, just like a stereotypical "rebel leader," a regular member isn't going to see the side of him that mods see.

(although I would probably make it just 1 week if it were up to me)

[dragonrage]

did the purpose of this thread changed or is it just me?

BACK ON TOPIC....

I am nor getting my hopes up. I have before and it ended in dissapointment, So as far as I am concerned, nothing has change until we have some solid proof.

[FrogKing]

^Lol, be careful dragonrage...those last two words could earn you a vacation from Big Brother! And yes, it seems that nothing has changed from 48 hours ago...Naruto is in filler hell still.

edit: Yep, ANN pulled episode 200 title...wonder if they are still playing tricksies on us. Bastages.

[xDarkMaster]

All this adding and removing titles is getting annoying.

If fillers ending is a joke, I'm going to shoot someone. If they really are ending but ANN is just having some fun, I'm going to shoot someone anyways.

Edit: You mods are making it a bigger deal than we normal users are. You mods are also the ones who keep going off-topic. >_>

[Steel_DRAGON]

Im excited about ep. 200. If it all turned out to be joke, then whatever. Theres still the manga, which is better IMHO.

[Terracosmo]

and, just like a stereotypical "rebel leader," a regular member isn't going to see the side of him that mods see.

Exactly.

Also I want to thank you guys for actually keeping it to PM this time, I was 95% sure that my plead would be ignored and this thread would turn into a flame war. My disappointment has lessened somewhat.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Im excited about ep. 200. If it all turned out to be joke, then whatever. Theres still the manga, which is better IMHO.

"The book was better than the movie"

Horseshit. Two different mediums entirely, that doesn't make sense.

[DarthEnderX]

"The book was better than the movie"

Horseshit. Two different mediums entirely, that doesn't make sense.Yes, but, the argument of manga vs. anime in which the manga people are proven to be wrong and also are homosexuals is not the topic here!

The topic is, why's ANN gotta break balls!?

Why you gotta break balls man?

[Narasho]

He did say in his opinion, he didn't state it as if it were fact.

I prefer the Naruto anime over the manga, that being said, I always prefer the book over the movie.

[Terracosmo]

SMASHING JADUGAR RELATED NEWS WHICH CANNOT BE MISSED!

(posting this here since the topic has become the center regarding this matter)

We, mods and admins, have discussed the matter and Jad's ban has been changed to 2 weeks. We deemed a month to be too harsh and too rushed a decision.

I want to thank the people who private messaged me with their opinions and were polite and easy about it. I respect your opinions and you being understanding about it, but at the same time not necessarily agreeing, is nice to see. I'm glad that some of you understood that my outburst connected to the Jad ban was more of a sarcastic exclamation rather than whining. It's pretty surprising, I have enough self-distance to post pics where I use hideous white make-up (I looked like a goddamn clown, they were posted a year ago or so), but yet you don't think I have enough self-distance to handle something trivial as this? Talk about lack of vision...

In connection to that I want to extend a heartily "fuck you" to the people who private messaged me with their opinions in a not-so friendly manner. Insults I received include, but aren't limited to:

"fag", "gay" (unusual huh?), "the worst thing that has happened to GW", "go die", "you suck" & "quit being an admin"

(the whole thing is made even funnier if you consider that the ban was a group decision, yet I received all the shit, PMs and neg reps; though of course I practically begged for it by telling you all to PM me, but still, talk about abusing the scapegoat)

Furthermore I think Jad should be happy, having such strong allies in his little circle of friends. True loyalty, which has kept my inbox busy the last 24 hours.

At the same time I'm grateful, because the messages from said allies have allowed me to create an opinion on people I haven't talked to before. It's good to now where they stand, and where I stand in their eyes. I hope you all rot slowly. Not because you love Jad, not because you disagree with me, but because you are vermin.

Suffice to say, the whole event has been enlightening.

There, case closed. :)

Edit: I apologize for dragging on and on about this here, but I felt that it was swifter that way than replying to all those PMs I got. Sorry for repeatedly messing up your topic, RyougaZell.

[RyougaZell]

*sigh*

if my thread is causing all of this... can it be closed then?

[dragonrage]

RZ, what the fuck are you talking about?


*dumbass drops an anvil on RZ's head...*

you clearly aren't thinking straight.

Listen up deadlast, just because one or two problems araise doesn't mean the idea was a bad one. In fact it was a pretty great one if I say so myself. It gave us things to talk about and alittle hope here and there. Most of all it was a productive edition to the community.

If you ever say shit like that again, you are going to walk the plank, understood!!

[DarthEnderX]

*sniff* Such a touching display of the true meaning of nakama from the Dropout Crew. So moving...


Seriously, I'm gonna make all you people eat a dick if you don't go back to making up stories about when the fillers end so I can keep having false hope so I don't commit suicide by self-dick eat.

[Edort4]

Well it seems that it was all a joke, the webpage where the titles supposedly appeared http://cal.syoboi.jp/tid/210/time is up again and it says nothing about non filler crap up to episode 202.

Now people are giving all their hopes to episode 204 where we get the new opening. :(

[RyougaZell]

2 new fillers were added (now that Cal.Syoboi is up)

---


09/06/06 Episode 200: "Working Hard on Active Duty, The Strongest Helper"
現役バリバリ　最強の助っ人

09/13/06 Episode 201: "Multiple Traps, Countdown to Collapse"
多重トラップ　崩壊のカウントダウン

---

EDIT:

From ANN...WTF?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/RyougaZell/misc/wtf.jpg

[Deadfire]

What the heck.....


The last one ROFL....

Anyways I hope that in these 3-4 weeks we have a real idea about this whole filler ending issue/event. I just want another anime to enjoy instead of refusing to download it because of the disappointment I would feel by doing so..

[Knives122]

We all know that feeling DF.

Not watching when it's actually good makes Knives something something.(mostly frustrated). It's like being a little kid waking up on christmas morning only to be disappointed with crap...

[Terracosmo]

LMAO @ episode 203

Wow, new opening already? Imagine that. It would have been hilarious if we knew that when the current opening started broadcasting "yep, another filler season!"

[Kraco]

Man... It looks like the Hidden Village of Konoha will be destroyed completely during the episode 203. There's no ninja strong enough to stop Terracosmo in Konoha. Well, maybe if they lined up all the chicks of the village for Terra to choose from, he just might spare the rest of the village, if he was feeling very merciful that day.

[RyougaZell]

Im glad I took a screenshot.
They already removed it from ANN.

Seriously... not even Akatsuki stood a chance there...

[Terracosmo]

Man... It looks like the Hidden Village of Konoha will be destroyed completely during the episode 203. There's no ninja strong enough to stop Terracosmo in Konoha. Well, maybe if they lined up all the chicks of the village for Terra to choose from, he just might spare the rest of the village, if he was feeling very merciful that day.

That prospect is so outrageously hilarious that I'd immediately draw it were it not for the fact that I can't draw. The visual, however, is amazing. :D

I wonder who added that title anyway...

[RyougaZell]

There is a new fake filler on ANN

Something about killing those who post fake fillers. Duh.

But yeah, Terra's was the best.

[IFHTT]

More reason to disregard the accuracy of ANN titles. No point in getting excited at any sign of filler endage...

Glad I didn't buy into the previous news from them..

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/785/fillertitlesdx6.jpg


Edit: @ RZ below: Indeed!

[RyougaZell]

Damn! I want that ep 213!!!
At least in Doujinshi :p

EDIT:

To above:
Hey Tonton, would you know is such doujinshi exist? XD

To below:
DarthEnder:
Jiraiya... maybe?

[DarthEnderX]

Man... It looks like the Hidden Village of Konoha will be destroyed completely during the episode 203. There's no ninja strong enough to stop Terracosmo in Konoha. Well, maybe if they lined up all the chicks of the village for Terra to choose from, he just might spare the rest of the village, if he was feeling very merciful that day.This would fail completely because Terra is only into dudes with white hair.

[The Heretic Azazel]

The least those dumbasses could do is post a fake filler title that's at least somewhat amusing.

[Narasho]

250. Sasuke moans. So this is how Anko felt!

[Yukimura]

We have our own fake filler titles (http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=13296) already!!

[Narasho]

Whats up with the current 201 title on ANN? Something about an Uchiha that i've never heard of... (and is it considered spoiler to post episode titles now? I'm a little confused on that matter)

[Board of Command]

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/785/fillertitlesdx6.jpg
I might have to hop back on the Naruto bandwagon for 210-213.

[RyougaZell]

Whats up with the current 201 title on ANN? Something about an Uchiha that i've never heard of... (and is it considered spoiler to post episode titles now? I'm a little confused on that matter)

Another Joke Title with a future spoiler.

I suggest not seeing ANN anymore, since its full of crap and spoilers now.

[idontknow103090]

This could be another joke, but I'm praying to god that its not.
http://animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1825&page=25

[xDarkMaster]

I'm not going to trust anything anymore until I actually see it. Too many let downs. :(

[RyougaZell]

This could be another joke, but I'm praying to god that its not.
http://animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1825&page=25

what? you want a Zombie episode based on a -spoiler- character?

Like I said... don't browse ANN... check leafninja if you want reliable info. They never update unless it was posted on Cal.Syoboi

[Munsu]

If there's an unknown character in an episode title:

STOP POINTING OUT THAT IT'S A SPOILER.


That act itself is what is spoiling, and next time I see someone doing that he'll get a warning.

[xDarkMaster]

Yup, just another joke. The titles were taken off the list again.

[zibo]

We need to wait and see what they will release, it's the only way to know for sure, anyone can post a title that sounds like non-filler and get everyone excited, but then wen ep comes out, it's still a filler..

[RyougaZell]

2006-09-27
202: "Announcement Today! Sweat and Tears in the Contest of the Best Five"
本日発表！　汗と涙の名勝負ベスト5

[zibo]

Another filler ? When will they end?:confused:

[Board of Command]

They will never end. Naruto = Kenshin on steroids.

[FrogKing]

I am still crossing my fingers for the 204 end-o-filler Hell!

[zibo]

Yeah me too, I'd be really sad and kind of pissed if it were a filler. All this talk about naruto fillers ending got me excited, but now it's more like naruto fillers ending-eventually :mad:

I just hope that naruto fillers ending at ep. 204 wasn't a joke.

[Aeon]

Cool, 202 looks like a recap of the top 5fights in Naruto. Any predictions on what they will be? I'm going with

Naruto vs Neji
3Sannin Fight
Lee vs Gaara
Sasuke/Naruto vs Haku
Sasuke vs Naruto

[bxgreatone87]

Cool, 202 looks like a recap of the top 5fights in Naruto. Any predictions on what they will be? I'm going with

Naruto vs Neji
3Sannin Fight
Lee vs Gaara
Sasuke/Naruto vs Haku
Sasuke vs Naruto


i doubt its anything like that. anyway Naruto vs Neji wasnt as good as Gaara vs Kimimaro or Neji vs that sound ninja (i forgot his name) or even Rock Lee vs Gaara

[RyougaZell]

Kidoumaru.

[dragonrage]

Becareful, people. When one hopes goes up, the great the fall from the disappointment. Lets just live in the here and now, the 2 two episodes so far ar not that bad. Besides lets not live in the future from in the naruto world it is full of deception. You all must know this by now. But i do love the speculation.

RyougaZell...................booooo:cool:

[DarthEnderX]

Naruto vs Neji
3Sannin Fight
Lee vs Gaara
Sasuke/Naruto vs Haku
Sasuke vs Naruto
It's totally Sasuke vs. Naruto
Lee vs. Gaara
Lee vs. Kimimaru
Naruto vs. Gaara
The 3rd vs. Orochimaru

The End.

[mage]

Some of the fights like Sandaime vs Orochimaru and Gaara vs Lee are nearly a whole three episodes in length, there's no way they can get 5 entire fights in one episode unless they just show a few clips of it.

[zibo]

or maybe they won't show them at all. this ep maybe something like the OVA where they were doing some sports contest, this may be similar - some kind of contest. It doesn't say they are actually going to show previous fights.

[Narasho]

I think you guys are getting your hopes up way too much. If this episode only had content from previous (non-filler) episodes, we would be very very lucky. It will more likely be some sort of flashback to fights that never actually happened, or some stupid ninja comes along who thinks he's strong and fights Naruto and is beating him until Naruto uses the rasengan. Cliche fillers ftw.

[Sentenal]

Does ANN just let anyone make up stuff for episode titles? With all these joke titles there, the most recent one just makes me sigh.

[Giantwaterbug21]

Geez I've had some bad thoughts that the fillers will never end. Seriously though if they decide to start making up episodes for the Chunin and Jounin exams that are supposed to happen between part 1 and 2. then we all may be here for another filler season...or 2. :mad: Atleast they should do the Gaidens as episodes. I'd respect them more if they atleast tried to tease us into believing that the fillers would end.

[DarthEnderX]

Be optimistic! Remember that they can't POSSIBLY have more than 3 years of Fillers! Cause that's more than the time skip! Only a year and a half left to go people!

[Cyberdude93]

Be optimistic! Remember that they can't POSSIBLY have more than 3 years of Fillers! Cause that's more than the time skip! Only a year and a half left to go people!

Since when did the passage of time in real life relate to the passage of time in the anime? Chuunin Prelims didn't take four months y'know :p

[Narasho]

Since when did the passage of time in real life relate to the passage of time in the anime? Chuunin Prelims didn't take four months y'know
Quoted for truthery. Though, being ever-optimistic I still don't believe the fillers will last another year and a half.

[ilabb]

Although not an episode title per se, October 5th we will have not just an hour special, but an hour and a half special :O

That's right, a 90-minute long episode, which translates into 3 episodes. Info about manga not allowed here, which translates into 3 episodes pretty easily... I think you know where I'm going with this. On top of that, this user decides to reference the manga again.

Or it could just be 90 minutes of filler. Either or.

Info about manga chapters. Great job, have a warning.
Read the rules people, they're not complicated.

Anything manga related should only be in Open Discussion or Manga. If it hasn't happened yet in the anime, it is a spoiler for this section.

-masa

[Kraco]

Hmm... That would be a pretty big file to download, as well. Closer to 400 MB, most likely.

[UChessmaster]

where did you got the info that it will be 3 eps? o.0

[RyougaZell]

Fake info.

Cal.Syobi has a half-hour episode scheduled on october 5

[zibo]

ANN has added new episode "203. The Third Secret World War". Anyone thinks it's fake.

[saman]

really, everyone should know by now not to trust ANN or wikipedia in this matter. the only titles you can be sure of are those from cal syoboi.

also, apparently the whole 90 minute episode deal was advertised in the raw version of the manga. still not sure if it's actually true or not...

[zibo]

we have to wait to see

[Jadugar]

ANN has added new episode "203. The Third Secret World War". Anyone thinks it's fake.


Its not fake.

[zibo]

So it is a filler ? What about the rumor that fillers end with episode 204 ?

[Jadugar]

*Jadugar looks into his crystal ball*

It’s all cloudy so I can’t see that far.

[Teki]

Maybe you should clean it with some windex or something.:p

[RyougaZell]

Its not fake.

Like saman said.
Its not on cal syoboi, therefore its a fake.

[zibo]

It is also not on leafninja, I guess it is fake after all.

I still have my hopes for end of fillers in episode 204.

[Canadian]

When the Naruto Anime series first started, how far along was the manga? As it stands, how far ahead of the anime is the manga now?

Somewhere in the next 10 episodes there'll be a non-filler... I hope.

[RyougaZell]

zibo:
Leafninja gets its info from cal syobi.

canadian:
If I am not mistaken.... between the end of the chuunin exams and the search for Tsunade...

[dragonrage]

well if you are looking for a certain time.. The fillers started at episode 135 and we are at 199. So even factoring the double episodes, it should be about a year and more ahead of the anime.

I want to start reading the manga so bad, but I think there is still hope for the anime. But I am not expecting anything anytime soon. Only when i am completed drained of all hope desire and expectation of the anime, will i read the manga.

Heck i have created an archive of anime to last me a few months if i watch them one after the other, then there is work and flirting so. i am good for about another year. But by then i would have forgotten about naruto, if it is going to take so long. My interests in the manga and the series would be killed by time and their (animator, directors, etc) stupidity.

That is why i am saying it will end when it ends. I am more interesting in thinking about who would actually want to watch it. They are already feeling the effects, the 1st movie was at the number 1 position from weeks, the 3rd started at number nine.

Another huge turn off is the Dub version, they cut it up pretty badly and some of the voice actors are just plain fucking annoying, I am not even gonna waste my money on buying those dvd box set.

Naruto is dying, If not dead to some already. But i am still clinging to whatever little hope I have, but it would only last so long. I really hate dropping a series, for I am one of the people that always wants to see things through to the end. I would really hate to drop this series after it started off so great.

But like I said before, It actually hurts sometime to watch some of the "bullshit' that they are trying to pass off as anime. The pain comes from them making a mockery of what they have created. It really is sad.

But then again i can't really do anything about it, but wait that is all there is to do. Since as a fan i really have no say. But I think those "dip-shits" should remember the fans are important in the anime process too.

Well this is all I have to say. I am going to once again place my attention elsewhere. Maybe when I am totally bored or when my interest is peak by another fellow fan, I will once again start watching the filler. Until then....................

[Canadian]

@dragonrage: I totally agree.

I believe that Naruto will go back into non-fillers very soon, as the fillers have given the manga enough time to get ahead (if I'm not mistaken).

[dragonrage]

@dragonrage: I totally agree.

I believe that Naruto will go back into non-fillers very soon, as the fillers have given the manga enough time to get ahead (if I'm not mistaken).


thanks for the moral support, but I am not going to hold my breath.

[Canadian]

thanks for the moral support, but I am not going to hold my breath.

There's a couple of people that hate me for supporting u, lol (dunno what I said in my last post)... Whatever.

[dragonrage]

lol, damn that really sucks. i am sorry that supporting me is causing you pain. I really don't think i have any enemies, but if what you say is true it seems that I do. I appologise for whatever inconvience that I have caused you. :rolleyes: :confused:

dumbass

[Genma]

I love how everyone is like, "I hope/know the fillers will end at <enter episode here>". Then, when that episode passes, they pick another.

Seriously, stop kidding yourselves.

I honestly have no idea how this hasn't turned into another Rurouni Kenshin. The fact that the latest movie did terrible compared to the others should've been a hint for the filler writers, but I guess not.

Naruto will either die in fillers... or, hopefully, redeem itself by following the manga again.

[Uberbaka]

The end is nigh! (Be it fillers or Naruto itself)

People have to do something on these forums after all, if not complaining then.. errm.. well ok, all they do is complain even if it's not a filler.

[zibo]

The end is nigh!

yes, broken saints is awesome. whoever didn't see it, go watch it now, it is worth it.

[UChessmaster]

it seems that the 90 mins episode was true... www.leafninja.com this kinda smells like OVA 3

Episode 200 - 9/13/06
Into Active Service, The Strongest Backing

Episode 201 - 9/20/06
Multiple Traps, Countdown to Destruction

Episode 202 - 9/27/06 (1 Hour Special)
Announcement Today! Blood, Sweat and Tears - Best 5 Battlers
Enjoy this once-off special!!

Episodes 203-205 - 10/05/06 (90 Minute Special)
Commemorating Naruto’s Move to Thursdays!
Confrontation between Love and Hate, Students and Teachers…
Genin and Jounin all come together in this rampaging 90-minute special!

[RyougaZell]

Wonder where that info came from.
Cal Syobi doesn't list that.

[zibo]

Then I guess we shouldn't have high hopes for it. But it would be nice it it were true.

[saman]

hmm. well, pazuzu posted this on the narutofan forums here (http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=134355), and pazuzu seems to have a history of being pretty trustworthy with stuff like this. i've also always considered leafninja.com to be fairly trustworthy, so it might just be that pazuzu has some other source that hasn't reached the ears of the cal syoboi folks yet.

[RyougaZell]

yeah, I know of pazuzu's reputation of being thrustworthy.

nevertheless, seems its another trio of fillers. bright side, 3 at the same time means less wait... right?

[Kraco]

nevertheless, seems its another trio of fillers. bright side, 3 at the same time means less wait... right?

Not really. The highest dependency should be time, that is, how much absolute time is given to the manga to grow the margin. Thus the number of filler episodes doesn't really matter, only how long they are running. Of course they could have planned a finite number and are now cramming them together, but somehow that doesn't sound right to me, although it's a possibility.

[RyougaZell]

Downside is that ep 204 was the "beginning" of the new season.

[Stoopider]

Downside is that ep 204 was the "beginning" of the new season.

Meaning another season of fillers?:eek:

[Edort4]

Right now nobody knows when fillers are going to end. Its true, as someone said, that its strange to have 2 consecutive "specials". It could foreshadow the end of the fillers with some great ending episodes or maybe is just a coincidence and we will keep getting the same crap forever.

Until the titles are shown in a most reliable page we cant say for true what is going to happen. Right now we only have the info up to 202 and maybe 203 special was counted as only 1 episode giving us the hopes that 204 will end the fillers.

Long animes dont use to give a shit to seasons, so the only thing we have is wild speculation.

[DarthEnderX]

The title of that special makes it sound like the OAV thats in that Naruto game. I don't know if you guys saw it. Where the students are against the teachers or something and they all got crystals and whoever has the most at the end of the day gets a wish granted by the Hokage. Of course, nothing happens except setup in that OAV because it's just a glorified into for the game. With the game being the actual fighting over crystals.

[Kraco]

Hmm... Somehow I find it hard to believe they would have extended the ova with the actual fights of the gameplay portion for tv airing purposes, but who knows. Still, the ova had the length of just an ordinary episode, and that was already quite enough...

[mage]

Whats the point of having a 90 minute special of FILLERS? Jesus.

[DarthEnderX]

Hmm... Somehow I find it hard to believe they would have extended the ova with the actual fights of the gameplay portion for tv airing purposes, but who knows. Still, the ova had the length of just an ordinary episode, and that was already quite enough...I didn't actually think they were gonna show clips of the video game for the last hour. I thought maybe they made another 60 minutes of show to go on the end.

[Kraco]

That's exactly what I meant. After the existing video, there hardly could be anything else than multiple fights (like there already were). That's why I said to extend it with fights.

[DarthEnderX]

I can honestly say there are worse ways I could think of spending an hour and a half than watching the Gennins fight Jounins.


They seriously should think up a good reason to have more fights between the gennin. The Chuunin exam is still like the best arc.

[LobsterMagnet]

Who knows maybe after the 90 minute special we'll finally see the end of the fillers. A friend of mine said that recently there was some sort of article posted saying that the investors of studio pierrot are pissed because the fillers have effectly destroyed the naruto fan base in japan as well as abroad. Supposively there putting pressure on them to get there shit together and go one with part 2.

Take this comment with a huge grain of salt. I myself haven't seen the article and the site it's on is supposely down but If I do get my hands on it I'll be sure to post a link here.

[RyougaZell]

Well... cal syobi has made it official.
a 90 minute filler...

[DarthEnderX]

It's thrice the horse rectum!

[tehlegend]

i think that 90 min special is their way of telling us to shutup... it sounds to me like they plan to release the gaiden all at one time,... could be wrong though...

[LobsterMagnet]

I really do wonder if naruto still even has a fanbase in Japan? I can only imagine that the fillers must have nearly obliterated it seeing as it's now playing right after pokemon in Japan.

No more merchandise has been produced for the fillers, no more video games either. The entire naruto empire seems like it's slowly being choked off. Only thing left really are the 17 pages of the manga we get each week.

I really do wonder if they'll bother to air the fillers here and in other countries as well?

[Terracosmo]

Naruto is as strong as ever (I wonder how many times I've written this now?). Naruto is very popular among kids, yes, kids as in "we do not care about this being filler because all we want is action" (ah, I remember those days). I'd say the reason for no new merchandise or games is simply because there's no new material to work with... they will hardly create a Naruto filler game now will they. ;S (wouldn't surprise me so much I suppose but yeah)...

[Board of Command]

I really do wonder if they'll bother to air the fillers here and in other countries as well?
Kids here will love it because they don't give a damn about storyline.

[zibo]

Accordint to ANN this 90 minute special is not ______.

Were you all deprived of oxygen at birth? how many times have we warned people about mentioning stuff from the manga. I dont care if the whole damn world knows the name of the next arc, if it hasn't been animated it can't be mentioned here.

Next person to mention it goes on a vacation.

EDIT: Well sorry for my stupidity but the name of it has been said so many freaking times in this section everyone by know probably knows about it, I don't read manga yet I know about it from reading this part of forum.

[The Heretic Azazel]

Come on mod, you threaten to ban people all the time over spoilers and you never do it

I almost feel free to rail off a million poilers right now without fear of consequence.

Grow some balls and do it.

[Assassin]

Zibo, i dont care how many people have mentioend it or how many people know about it. Its not part of the anime, therefore it cannot be mentioned here. Just because other people are breaking the rules doesn't mean its ok.

And fyi, you never know if someone has just gotten into naruto and has only recently started browsing the forums. Just cuz you've been spoiled doesn't mean others should be as well.

[zibo]

I don't want to ruin it for others but I don't think that saing the name will spoil it since you can't conclude very much from the name.

[Assassin]

You're missing the point here. The rules aren't naruto specific or arc specific. If we let people mention this arc, we can't stop them from mentioning others in any other anime. The rules are what they are, and they're not up for discussion.

[bxgreatone87]

Naruto is as strong as ever (I wonder how many times I've written this now?). Naruto is very popular among kids, yes, kids as in "we do not care about this being filler because all we want is action" (ah, I remember those days). I'd say the reason for no new merchandise or games is simply because there's no new material to work with... they will hardly create a Naruto filler game now will they. ;S (wouldn't surprise me so much I suppose but yeah)...


well they are makeing a game for the ps2 which looks kinda rpg like i forgot the name of it. it actually looked pretty good the gameplay reminded me a lilttle about the berserk game, mechanic wise not in the gore of course lol.

[bagandscalpel]

well they are makeing a game for the ps2 which looks kinda rpg like i forgot the name of it. it actually looked pretty good the gameplay reminded me a lilttle about the berserk game, mechanic wise not in the gore of course lol.

Hmm... I'm highly skeptical about this comparison; see, there are, at most, two characters in the Naruto universe that could hope to emulate Guts.

And based on the little knowledge I have of the couple of Berserk games (they're not that hard to figure out by watching) I can safely conclude that any Naruto game (RPG, especially) CANNOT play like the former.

[Animeniax]

Naruto is as strong as ever (I wonder how many times I've written this now?). Naruto is very popular among kids, yes, kids as in "we do not care about this being filler because all we want is action" (ah, I remember those days). I'd say the reason for no new merchandise or games is simply because there's no new material to work with... they will hardly create a Naruto filler game now will they. ;S (wouldn't surprise me so much I suppose but yeah)...
While this may be true of the free weekly episode, the 3rd movie performed pretty poorly compared to the first two, so the series is definitely weakening in its native Japan.

[tehlegend]

think those guys are just waiting for toonami to finish their episode runthrough before putting out? get everyone on the same page? :(

[DarthEnderX]

What? That doesn't make any sense. How the hell can the english dub catch up if they keep making filler episode. A new episode every week in america + new episode every week in japan = the shows are always gonna be 3 years apart.

[RyougaZell]

filler galore...



2006-10-19
206: Those which control senses
五感を制するもの


PS: bleh

[RyougaZell]

9th Intro and 15th Ending on Naruto 203
#9: "YURA YURA" by Hearts Grow (eps 203-)
#15: "Scenario" by SABOTEN (eps 203-)

-- NOT A DOUBLE POST --

[RyougaZell]

2006-10-05
203～205 Commemorating Naruto’s Move to Thursdays!
Confrontation between Love and Hate, Students and Teachers…
Genin and Jounin all come together in this rampaging 90-minute special!
NARUTOお引っ越し記念！木曜になってもやったらあ！愛と憎しみの師弟対決、上忍も下忍も入り乱れて9 0分大暴れだってばよスペシャル

[203: "Kurenai's Decision, Team 8 Left Behind"]
[204: "The Targeted Eight Clouds, The Sealed Ability"]
[205: "Kurenai's Top-Secret Mission, The Third's Promise"]

2006-10-19
206: Those which control the five senses
五感を制するもの

2006-10-26
207: Expectations of the sealed ability
#207 封じられたはずの能力


-- NOT A TRIPLE POST --

[Kraco]

Hmm... So we get the triple episode and then a skipped week. Well, that makes sense more or less. Often double episodes are preceded or followed by skipped weeks.

Kurenai? That's not actually bad. Not too much Kurenai shown even in the manga based episodes so far. Basically little more than the short fight against Itachi and his buddy (whatever was his name). Well, let's hope Asuma is there as well... They make such a nice couple. Almost as nice as Shikamaru and Temari.

[zibo]

Episode 207 is a filler or not filler ?

[RyougaZell]

Episode 207 is a filler or not filler ?

Beats me... the title isn't revealing... it could be either...

What I want to see is the new op/ed sequences...

Kraco:
Are you referring to the sharkcoon... err... Kisame?

[dragonrage]

working hard I see RZ. Your effort and information is inspiring and useless. p . thanks for the update though.

you really want that cosplayer for christmas don't you. keep on being a good boy, maybe santa will hear you.

[RyougaZell]

BTW... the new intro is.... weird

edited

[RyougaZell]

Hmmm
According to LeafNinja and Cal Syoboi... Studio Pierrot has just announced the former episode 202, the five bouts flashback episode, is no longer episode 202... hence the 90 minute special begins in episode 202.... weird.

[Teki]

so whats the new name for the old ep 202? does it even have a number?

[RyougaZell]

2006-11-02
208: "Rare Vessel, The Weight of Beauties of Nature"
名器　花鳥風月の重さ

2006-11-09
209: "The Enemy 'Shinobazu'"
敵は『不忍』


On a strange note... Studio Pierrot once again considers the "Five bouts" Special Episode as episode 202... so the 90-minute-fi...episode is again 203-205. Weird.

[Sapphire]

That makes sense, but episode 202 isn't even on the site right now. T_T. Nothing nonfillery looking looks like it's coming up. Darn. I'll give them 19 more weeks to get their act together. And then I'm personally flying to Japan and going to Studio Pierott to burn things. Who's with me? XD

[Boomstick]

I'm with you all the way sapphire after all the crappy naruto filler we've been forced to endure they should just be stopped before they destroy all hope of Naruto ever becoming good again.

[David Craft]

here here! with ya all teh way!

[Sentenal]

Yeah, lets kill them so they can't make any naruto episodes at all!

[Shinji Ikari]

better that then non-sensical episodes killing us slowly but surly

[Mizuchi]

If you feel that strongly about fillers that you take the time every few days to comment on how extraordinarily bad they are, why don't you take the time to learn how to animate, make your own 50 filler stories, and we will comment on how lame the storyline is.

[Shinji Ikari]

What an utterly childish set of comments. Yes I do think they are crappy, way beyond and series containing fillers. But that is mostly because I love the series otherwise. and most of my comments on this forum has been regarding the END of fillers by the way.

[Sapphire]

For me, I'm not commenting on how bad the fillers are. If I was then that would be implying that I watch them. But I do hope that they end soon. What I (and probably all of us) want is for the fillers to -end- so we can enjoy the manga in action.

I agree with what someone earlier said -- stick a filler episode in between story arcs to give the manga some breathing space when they need it. They've done it before and I'm sure only the avid manga reader really notices. It's much better than almost 2 years of fillers and maybe more all at once, at least. Assuming Naruto continues for many more years, that would mean that every few years there would have to be a year or so of.. fillerness, if they keep at this pattern. I probably wouldn't mind that if the fillers were good, though.

[Assertn]

kids, kids.....I'm sure you're all excellent dwawers and riters....WORTHY OF MY FRIDGE EVEN

Now stop talking trash.....nobody from japan is going to hear you complain anyway

[Animeniax]

They might hear me, I'll be in Japan on the 19th :D I think I'm going to make a visit to Studio Pierrot and hold up a protest sign outside their offices demanding that they stop the fillers for Naruto (and maybe Bleach). Let's hope I get the kanji right, otherwise I might mistakenly be demanding that the fillers continue. If I get enough sake in me, look for me in the newspapers.

[Mizuchi]

(and maybe Bleach)

Yes because I'm sure they will just end the bleach filler storyline right where it is, make one last episode about how kariya changes his mind and everyone goes back home, and then they will continue the manga storyline.

[Assassin]

Heres a thought.....stfu and get back on topic

[kimbap629]

i was just on ANN (anime news network) yesterday and they had posted some kakashi gaiden-ish episode titles for like 210 and 211 i think it was..

but again, i think it was fake seeing how ANN took it off their naruto epi listing

T_T

[Kraco]

Yeah. ANN certainly and completely lost that kind of credibility in my mind when the whole initial fiasco happened with the future Naruto ep titles. I'll wait for titles from other sources before I believe anything.

[David Craft]

Aye. ANN pissed me off with that so I dont use them as a resourse for Naruto info any more

They are still a good resourse for other anime info though lol.

[RyougaZell]

Somebody once neg repped me for saying that if an ep was on ANN and not on Cal Syobi it was a fake.

How I laugh at that guy.

Oh yeah... Cal Syoboi has not posted new eps yet.

[Sapphire]

2006-11-30
211.
Kakashi: A Rememberance
記憶
2006-12-07
212.
The Man With Lightning Speed
電光速度の人

According to a friend the Japanese text translates to "Memory" and "A man as fast as lightning" (or something) so the kanji seems right. Nothing wrong with hoping the fillers will end at these episodes. XD

[David Craft]

unfortunately I doubt it. DId you find those on ANN? As was said before ANN is TOTALY unreliable now >_>

[RyougaZell]

More fake ones.

[nests]

I sure hope they end up being true If their not then we might as well go for the 2 years of waiting

[Sapphire]

Yeah, those are from ANN. There's a 99.99999% chance that they're fake, but I don't want to wait for another two years... REALLY REALLY don't want to. Maybe our willpower will make fillers end this season? XD... That's why I'm remaining positive.


213.
- Anime News Network loves to post fake titles. Eps 210-211 are FAKE. Thanks for nothing ANN.

[RyougaZell]

Im guilty about 213 :D

Just noticed that there are over 20 fake titles now as well.

[DarthEnderX]

It's not really ANN's fault though. As Ryouga showed us, anyone can post up episode titles. It's like blaming Wikipedia because there's something false in one of their articles.

[RyougaZell]

My point here was not to make ANN a "bad page" but not an "official source"

[Sentenal]

When does this season end? Maybe we can get some real episodes next season...

[Parkalash]

My guess would be that the filler's will end after this season.. coz they are showing naruto's outfit he has in the manga in the end credits.. so just what is it 18-20 more weeks ? coz i cant see any other reason for them to be showing naruto's new cloth's... or if they are just messing with erveyone and are gonna make even another season with filler's...

[Sapphire]

They can show Naruto's new clothes to so us how people mature over time... or something, because doesn't he revert right back to his old clothing? They probably just did that so more people would watch the show.


^^Of course I'll change that opinion if the fillers actually end this season.

[kimbap629]

My guess would be that the filler's will end after this season.. coz they are showing naruto's outfit he has in the manga in the end credits.. so just what is it 18-20 more weeks ? coz i cant see any other reason for them to be showing naruto's new cloth's... or if they are just messing with erveyone and are gonna make even another season with filler's...

u make it seem as if 18~20 weeks is nothing after all the time and crap we've had to sit thru w/ the naruto anime.

i'm gonna give them until the end of december. if they still think its a good idea to do fillers, then studio pierrot is being very dumb with how they're handling naruto (anime). sure the fanbase is huge but at the same time, pretty much 99.99% of the fanbase are really getting sick of it..

[Sapphire]

At some time I thought that too, but more often than not I've met people who think that the fillers are just splendid. It just goes to show that the Naruto fanbase is even further degrading into utter noobness. This is proved by that saddening flashback show of the top Naruto fights.

Of course there's some of us who are firm believers that most of the fillers suck and should end right away because we've endured it for quite longer than is comfortable. And the ranking of Naruto in Japan has slowly dwindled because of that. But what do we, mostly fans from distant countries who merely watch the fansubs, have (other than intelligence, of course? XD) against the ever growing foolish "narutard" fanbase that has been in existence even before the fillers?

[RyougaZell]

If the ranking of Naruto had drop in Japan as you state, the show would have made a "Kenshin", or in other words, get canceled.

Like Terracosmo has stated before, such drop isn't real. Nobody ever game real proof of such drop.

[Sapphire]

Oh, I took Sakura saying, "After this next episode, someone who we haven't seen in awile will make an appearance, so we'll get all our viewers right back!" during the early 200s too literally then?

I never see Naruto in any top anime list nowadays, as I once did before fillers started. Except maybe a "most viewed" list here or there.

[Parkalash]

u make it seem as if 18~20 weeks is nothing after all the time and crap we've had to sit thru w/ the naruto anime.

Well the thing is i havent relly bothered with watching the anime lately so i decided to start reading the manga where the filler's started. So i dont really cear about the anime for now untill it starts to follow the story again hehe:D

And when i read differnt opinion's about the episode's i can as well wait untill the filler's end and read the manga once a week:)

[masamuneehs]

I never see Naruto in any top anime list nowadays, as I once did before fillers started. Except maybe a "most viewed" list here or there.

and this is exactly the problem. People are actually rewarding Studio Pierrot's bad behavior by sucking this shit up like it was golden piss from Arjuna. The idiots running on the rodent wheel keep powering the machine, and on it goes.

I seriously believe that if people stopped watching this shit, sent the ratings for a good plummet, we'd be out of the fillers by now. The powers that be recognize that there's no real pressure for them to get a move-on and release anything substantial, so they're sitting on the gold mine and spooning out this crap.

It's a waste of time, making these fillers, watching these fillers. A complete waste of time...

[Animeniax]

My guess would be that the filler's will end after this season.. coz they are showing naruto's outfit he has in the manga in the end credits.. so just what is it 18-20 more weeks ? coz i cant see any other reason for them to be showing naruto's new cloth's... or if they are just messing with erveyone and are gonna make even another season with filler's...

I think the fillers will end in 2 weeks.

Any new "upcoming episode titles", or has this become another "whine about fillers" thread?

[UChessmaster]

And you think that because...

[RyougaZell]

Whine.

Episode 210's title hasn't been released yet, and Naruto won't be airing the 23rd of November. Even so, we are one week away from ep 210 and no title has been released.

I'll be updating the first post when a new ep is announced.

masa, we can stop watching the fillers, since it won't affect the market. but if the japs stop seeing it, they won't stop the fillers. They will cancel Naruto like Kenshin, before they have a chance to end the damn fillers.

I still believe Naruto should have ended right after Sasuke left. Then some years later run a "Naruto 2" series. Kind off what Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE is doing. Airing 26 eps, and then taking a break of 5 months.

[LobsterMagnet]

In all honesty the fillers will probably continue until the season is over in Japan. So the new season began a few weeks ago with the introduction of a new theme song right? So when those twenty-six episodes are up maybe then the fillers will be over.

I have no info on which to confirm my theory, I just think that now that they've finally showed time jump naruto's costume in the ending, it serves as cock tease to keep viewers enticed for the eventual start of part 2.

[Board of Command]

I still believe Naruto should have ended right after Sasuke left. Then some years later run a "Naruto 2" series. Kind off what Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE is doing. Airing 26 eps, and then taking a break of 5 months.
You bring up a good point. They could have done an Inuyasha-like ending where it ends with Naruto in the hospital and Jiraiya coming to help him train. It ends with Naruto saying he will definitely find Sasuke. Hmm now that I think about it, this is the Inuyasha ending...

[DarthEnderX]

Speaking of Inuyasha, I saw the end of that a couple weeks ago finally and was all "hmm, that didn't resolve anything". Are they just taking a break like implied above and are gonna restart the series at some point?

Which definately would have been the way to go with Naruto as well. Still, I think the best solution of any series I've seen has been Bleach's method. Actually making *gasp* not terrible filler! It IS possible! The Bleach filler arc actually qualifies as good as far as I'm concerned. It's not as good as previous arc, but it's still more interesting than alot of entire other shows.

Honestly though, I gave up stressing about Naruto fillers the day Naruto Rasenganed that ramen dough. Now I just play episodes while watching TV or playing a video game to get the gist every week.

[Sapphire]

masa, we can stop watching the fillers, since it won't affect the market. but if the japs stop seeing it, they won't stop the fillers. They will cancel Naruto like Kenshin, before they have a chance to end the damn fillers.

They -would- do that, assuming that enough people in Japan dislike Naruto enough to stop watching it. If no one watched it, then there's no reason to air it.

But there aren't enough. Most of the previous viewers that have stopped watching Naruto are probably just being slowly replaced by a different kind of fanbase. The fillers don't really "appeal" to the same sort of audience that the original anime did.

But the number of viewers -has- dropped over time. Naruto used to be what, in the top 5, 10 anime in Japan? It's dropped to like rank 17 now according to TV Asahi. And Naruto must have lost a substantial amount of viewers. Even Studio Pierrot acknowledges this, when Sakura mentions, "we should get all of our viewers back in a snap!" (or something) at the end of episode 201.

[RyougaZell]

According to Ep 209 raw

Ep 210
- "Forest of Confusion" -

[tehlegend]

dont double post

my prediction... they end fillers at ep 250...


i refuse to be counted as a viewer of such blasphemous filler. i doubt they'll stop the filler by then, but i will check up on naruto when that number comes by. til then, unless i hear 'official' news from everybody in unison... its lights out on naruto shows... these bastards are ruining kishimotos name. :mad: its not like i'll be missing anything important anyways...

[Terracosmo]

I've been thinking more of Kenshin lately. It's pretty strange, there are plenty of anime shows out there which have many fillers, a bunch of them even more than Kenshin (*cough* DBZ & Naruto), so how come Kenshin with only 30 filler eps suddenly get so unpopular? Because if I've understood it correctly, it was like ULTRA popular during it's better parts. And then suddenly boom. And I can say from experience that Kenshin's fillers, while mostly the suck, was overall better than Naruto's without a question.

Weird.

[mage]

Either they're locked into some sort of contract, or the TV station knows that the fillers are going to eventually end and the entire fanbase will be back. I don't think any TV station would keep this crap on unless they had to.

[RyougaZell]

Quoting from the recently edited first post



2006-11-16
210: "Forest of Confusion"
迷いの森

2006-11-23
- No Episode this week -

2006-11-30
211: "Memory of Flame"
炎の記憶

2006-12-07
212: "An Individual's Own Way"
それぞれの道

[Sapphire]

I never saw Kenshin, but wasn't Kenshin more appealing toward the older audience as opposed to Naruto? Most fans of Naruto are generally young, so maybe they are more lenient and easily amused than the older less easily amused Kenshin fan.

But then again I haven't seen Kenshin so I don't know what I'm talking about.

[Board of Command]

Not really. Kenshin is very similar to Naruto, with the only difference being Kenshin had older characters (Kenshin is around 20-25?).

[Sapphire]

Ahh. I'll go dl the series then. XD Perhaps the filler to orig ratio was different? *goes to find a good subber*

[RasenDori]

you never saw kenshin! dude! get on that! watch it up to the filler then read the rest of the manga... its soooooooo good

[RyougaZell]

From the updated first post:


2006-12-14
213: "The Lost Memory"
失われた記憶

[dragonrage]

kenshin was 28 years old. It was one of the very first anime i ever saw, in fact it is responsible for my interest in anime.

Kenshin and Naruto are not alike. The storylines and different and the tone as well. I think everyone should at one point in time watch the series, and i mean the whole thing including not just the tv series but the ovas and the movies as well.

[Animeniax]

Just from the box covers, it looks like the animation isn't so great for the Kenshin series, which is why I haven't bothered watching the series either. Naruto animation is pretty awesome except during filler time.

My first anime was Robotech or Voltron, or possibly Battle of the Planets (the bird people one).

[Kraco]

Not watching Kenshin because of your doubts about the animation quality is probably the worst choice in your anime career you have made.

[Animeniax]

No, I'd say watching 11 episodes of Gantz was my worst choice, except for the opening theme, which I listen to daily (recorded and live versions).

I watch anime for the animation quality as much as for the storylines and characters. For example, I've never watched the original Gundam series because the animation is terrible. All of the pictures I've ever seen of Kenshin, including the box covers, look like poorly drawn anime, so I've skipped this series. When I run out of well drawn series to watch, I'll give it a try.

[Assassin]

Well if animation is what you base your choices on, then watch the kenshin OVA's. The animation is good and the story is incredible. Plus they take place before the tv series, so you know exactly why he is the way he is when you inevitable watch the series afterwards.


Anyway, we're all offtopic and RyougaZell is the only one still providing useful information here. Lets try to keep idle chatter for irc.

[Sapphire]

No, I'd say watching 11 episodes of Gantz was my worst choice, except for the opening theme, which I listen to daily (recorded and live versions).

I watch anime for the animation quality as much as for the storylines and characters. For example, I've never watched the original Gundam series because the animation is terrible. All of the pictures I've ever seen of Kenshin, including the box covers, look like poorly drawn anime, so I've skipped this series. When I run out of well drawn series to watch, I'll give it a try.

You won't watch Kenshin but you'll watch Naruto fillers? :confused:
--

I'm starting to think that they will actually finish the season with fillers. -_- Though I see no reason to. They started in the middle of a season with fillers. Well I guess what was because it was convenient.

[?igma]

Try the Kenshin OVA -Tsuioku Hen- . To me its pretty good..better than the series anyways..

[RyougaZell]

Im sure I'll get neg reps for this but... if you guys really need to talk about Kenshin... please create a thread on the General Anime forum....


On topic:

I hope ep 215~216 aren't fillers... final ep of 2006 and 1st ep of 2007 could be a good way to get back on track... but that won't happen though...

[dragonrage]

lol, RZ you crack me up.

Sorry I disrespected your thread and went off topic. Haven't been watching naruto just reading the titles and lurking here and there. Clinging to whatever hope I have left for this anime.

I hope you that your vision comes true. It would be a nice way to bring in the new year and god knows they owe us (deluded fools that still watch the crap that the have been shelling out for the past year and more).

[Sapphire]

I agree that that would be awesome. *Gets my hopes up* It makes sense because Naruto has given us special treats (2 ep shows) during New Years and special events.

[UChessmaster]

The Weekly Jump Reader’s Journal site has updated with apparent word that the latest Jump contains a comment from Masashi Kishimoto stating that the anime will start airing manga content again in Spring of next year. And before someone makes a boneheaded comment, Japan shares the same seasonal changes as North America, so apparently we’re looking for fillers to end in approximately around 3-4 months.

source : leaf ninja

[Kraco]

I wish there would appear a real, official statement somewhere. That way there wouldn't be the continuous guessing based on various small bits of intelligence gathered from here and there. Even if it was really verified to be four full months, it would be better than not knowing if it's three weeks from now or a year from now.

[UChessmaster]

I wish there would appear a real, official statement somewhere. That way there wouldn't be the continuous guessing based on various small bits of intelligence gathered from here and there. Even if it was really verified to be four full months, it would be better than not knowing if it's three weeks from now or a year from now.

Does anyone knows the link to The Weekly Jump Reader’s Journal site?

[RyougaZell]

This one?
http://community.livejournal.com/weeklyjump

Next season then? Well... that means about 20 more weeks (more or less depending on double episodes or no air dates)

[Jadugar]

Haven't been watching naruto just reading the titles and lurking here and there. Clinging to whatever hope I have left for this anime.

I hope you that your vision comes true. It would be a nice way to bring in the new year and god knows they owe us (deluded fools that still watch the crap that the have been shelling out for the past year and more).

Isnt that the truth.

I agree with everything you have said. I did watch a couple of episodes here and there just to see if there was any change but no, they are still at it.

[tehlegend]

according to narutofan, who points us to these guys... (http://community.livejournal.com/weeklyjump) who are allegedly quoting kishimoto himself, fillers will end in approximately 3 - 4 months or 12 - 16 episodes. they've yet to confirm it 100% but hopefully its correct. i have a small bit of confidence in this since narutofan seems to trust the site enough to post...


discuss

edit: crap... i was hoping to get it first but apparently im WAAY too late... :P sry guys... should've checked first before i clicked post...

[RyougaZell]

Uchessmaster has already informed this here (http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=12975&page=45)

Narutofan just stole the info from LeafNinja.

--edit---

as the "other" topic was merged with this one, this post is now meaningless

[Vegechan]

Hmm... Didn't Studio Perriot originally say something like "a year" over a year and a half ago? I believe the time frame set it to spring of this year... As much as I love this news, I still won't believe it until I see the episodes.

[dragonrage]

@ jadugar

yeah it has become kinda of a sport to see how badly the can really screw or seriously warp an episode.

My best friend uses naruto as something to put him to sleep or at times we watch it in fast forward mode just to see how it looks and sounds, it is mildly amusing. ( hey it is something to kill time.)

As for the news that naruto will be getting back on track in 3-4 months, I say hold your breath you have a better chance of living than that actually happening. ;) . Then again you never know. Either way, my opinions hasn't changed: it will end when it ends, not gonna get my hopes up. Besides there are a lot of other animes out there that are just begging to be watched and they should be.

But I am one of those fools that like to finish something that he started. I started watching the damn thing, had fun, laughs and at times even tears and for the past year and more pain and suffering. It really is a shame what they have done to this anime series. But if it takes me a few more years to finally be done with this series, I don't mind. I am not saying that I am depending on it for anything, it is just that alot was invested in this anime, and alot of memories were created while watching it, heck even now even more are being created. I just want to see what happens to it now that is all.

But the fucking fillers are destroying all the positive influences and emotions that i acquired within the course of watching the first 135 episodes. Oh well, here to the creation of more memories, may there be more good ones that bad.

seeya all around.

eidt: grammar

[DarthEnderX]

Hooray! Now I can stop watching Naruto entirely for the next 4 months!

This is the greatest day of my life!

[UChessmaster]

Jeux France has a promotional magazine scan of the upcoming Narutimate Accel, the next apparent game in the Narutimate Hero games. The great thing about this one is… it’s timeskip characters. The game is scheduled to be released for PS 2 in Spring in Japan. “Spring” again…

source : leafninja ^^

edited spoilers

[RyougaZell]

Well... since they never release these games with manga only content (plus the image has anime shots) it is finally safe to assume the fillers will end this next 'spring'.

[Mizuchi]

What the hell they are 1 year late. Another four months... god damn

[Jadugar]

@ jadugar

yeah it has become kinda of a sport to see how badly the can really screw or seriously warp an episode.

My best friend uses naruto as something to put him to sleep or at times we watch it in fast forward mode just to see how it looks and sounds, it is mildly amusing. ( hey it is something to kill time.)

True, all true.

I remember watching a filler when halfway through I was really annoyed and thought to myself : wtf am I watching? The last three episodes I watched were in the space of 15 minutes on a fast forward mode too, while eating my dinner at the same time. I guess it is something to kill the time.

Just don’t expect anything from Naruto and you wont get disappointed.

[RyougaZell]

CONFIRMED:

Fillers END in Spring.

Source? This weeks manga.

[dragonrage]

by any chance would it be April 1st? :p

[Meteros]

by any chance would it be April 1st? :p
that would be very very cruel

[UChessmaster]

huh? leafninja said they would end in feb according to the shonen jumps magazine...

[RyougaZell]

huh? leafninja said they would end in feb according to the shonen jumps magazine...

I edite my post for the "spring" everybody is using.

if we use math, next season indeed begins in february (19 eps). but every translation of those pages state spring... which begins in march21... so....

Dunno

edit:
got your reference from Leaf Ninja:



Naruto’s going for a brand new start in February, with a new title for its new part: ナルト：疾風伝 / Naruto Shippuu-den, or Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles.


The Series will change its name. 2 more months, better than four!

[Shinji Ikari]

Yipididuda.... What would really make my day is if they just trashed the upcoming eps up until April, and then start it again. That would gain them back my respect.

I can't squeeze out so much crap in 10 years if I tried. Why make something so awesome into a total humiliation?

[Sapphire]

Hmm... Didn't Studio Perriot originally say something like "a year" over a year and a half ago? I believe the time frame set it to spring of this year... As much as I love this news, I still won't believe it until I see the episodes.


Agree agree agree. At least there has been some kind of "official" statement instead of a randomly stated comment in an interview. In any case, this will be an interesting four months.

In hoping that the quality will be better in this Hurricane chronicles thing? I feel that would be a waste if it was same quality, different name. XD

[DarthEnderX]

If they're changing the show title to Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles, you know what that means!

Different name=different show!

It means the fillers really did kill the original Naruto anime!

Woo! We ended it Kenshin style! :p

[Darth Arrow]

Well, it was about time for the fillers to end, better late than never though :p Now I just hope AonE would get back to speed and would catch up with the series before February/spring :) I don't want to watch DB's sub as long as we have an alternative... Gogogo, AonE! :D

[RyougaZell]

Aone because soooo slow that I don't care about them anymore.

Anyways... if Part 2 is due to february (9 eps) and in 6 eps we have 'middle season' change of ending song.... will we get pre-part 2 eps on January? *coughJiraiyacough*

[UChessmaster]

As for NARUTO strong wind transmission 2/15 starts.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://yaplog.jp/sorasuzume/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%25E3%2583%258A%25E3%2583%25AB%25E3%2 583%2588%25EF%25BC%259A%25E7%2596%25BE%25E9%25A2%2 5A8%25E4%25BC%259D%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3Dcom.m icrosoft:en-US

[RyougaZell]

2006-12-21(木)
#214、#215
クリスマスアニメスペシャル 12/28,1/4は放送休止

From what I understand (from babel... I don't know jap) is that eps 214-215 will be aired together on December 21 as a "Christmas Special" and no episode will be aired on December 28.

[kimbap629]

i think it's a perfect way~

and if the 1 hr "christmas special" is then my guess is that they'll take janurary off (a month off like they did with the manga) and then begin fresh in february!!!

the moment is near!!!!!

[RyougaZell]

Don't count with it.
X-mas special is fillers, as 213 is still one.

And there are programmed episodes for january as well according to cal.syoboi.

[Super5]

Don't count with it.
X-mas special is fillers, as 213 is still one.

And there are programmed episodes for january as well according to cal.syoboi.
If you can't read japanese, how do you get anything out of cal.syoboi.jp? The google translator doesn't seem that good. Anyway, I guess only a couple more months of filler nonsense, hooray!

[The Heretic Azazel]

Maybe he can speak Japanese, what do you know?

[Super5]

I'm just wondering if there is a secondary source that Ryouga is using which references cal.syoboi as its source. If so, it would be nice to know. But if RZ wants to keep his source secret, I understand ;)

@Heretic: Do websites speak now? :rolleyes:

[RyougaZell]

Nop. I don't read japanese.
But I do have my ways to find a translation (ex: friends)

And why are you asking Herectic is websites talk?

[The Heretic Azazel]

Because I wrote speak when a better option would have been "read"

And that's what angst ridden teens typically point out to you when they need an excuse to roll their eyes.

[RyougaZell]

From the first post.



2006-12-21
214: "Take Back Reality"
取り戻した現実

2006-12-21
215: "Erasing the Past"
消し去りたい過去

2006-12-28
No episode this week.
12/28,1/4は放送休止

[Mr. Roboto]

taken from leafninja.com

Jpn. 01/11/06 Episode 216: "The Disappearing Craftsman, The Targeted Shukaku"

Jpn. 01/18/06 Episode 217: "Suna's Allies, The Konoha Shinobi"

[RyougaZell]

From first post:




2007-01-11
216: "The Disappearing Craftsman, The Targeted Shukaku"
消えた匠　狙われた守鶴

2007-01-18
217: "Suna's Allies, The Konoha Shinobi"
砂の同盟国　木ノ葉の忍

[DarthEnderX]

Shukaku...isn't that Gaara's chakra beast?

Oooh, ending the fillers on a Gaara arc. Can't complain about that.

[bxgreatone87]

I don't know what you're talking about, but you're breaking our spoiler rules:
http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?p=313548#post313548

[Super5]

Wow, it's about time we get some of the sand ninja. However, I don't know what to make of the first title. "The disappearing craftsman, the targeted Shukaku"? I can't make anything of that... does anyone have access to some plot summaries? At least it looks like the possibility of a decent two-part filler

[kimbap629]

The animators of the filler seem like they're just getting desperate almost and seem to be rushing. I think they've been lazy for too long after animating all this junk we've been seeing.

Anyway, the filler arc that's going on right now seems interesting and the next one (assuming it has to do something with the Sunna Village) seems like it'll be great.

[DarthEnderX]

What's the Sunna village? I don't remember it.

[nests]

its the sand

[kimbap629]

Spoiler rules:
http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?p=313548#post313548

[RyougaZell]

From first post



2007-01-25
218: "The Sealed Sand Water Tiger's Counterattack"
封じられた砂水虎の反撃

[DarthEnderX]

Sealed Sand Water Tiger?

That sounds AWSOME!

[UChessmaster]

Jpn. 02/01/07 Episode 219: "The Resurrected Ultimate Weapon"

Jpn. 02/08/07 Episode 220: "Setting Out"

[tehlegend]

so episode 220 is going to spend the entire half hour getting naruto out of the village so he can come back in 221 with a new season? :rolleyes:

[Kraco]

I see nothing wrong with that. In fact, it makes perfect sense as far as I know - know even though I haven't even read the manga. But he's supposed to be trained by Jiraiya. And it seems useful if they indeed do spend some time to make him depart, for that will better create the illusion he has been somewhere during the three years interval, and didn't just find new gear and a rack to get a few inches of extra lenght.

[DarthEnderX]

and didn't just find new gear and a rack to get a few inches of extra length.Wait, what?

[Mizuchi]

Off-topic. Warned.
-m

[Kraco]

Wait, what?

NOT THAT! :p

I meant he's probably also taller post time jump.

[Super5]

Man, someone doesn't like Mizuchi... anyway, on-topic:

At least the arc with the sand ninjas isn't just a one-ep throwaway. Spending an entire episode on "Setting Out" sounds pretty boring though. This is how fillers die I guess, with a whimper...

[Knives122]

Maybe they'll do that thing they did like 2 years ago. Where they show what the genin are doing before Naruto goes away.

When I say this I'm saying this with the expectation that they'll just show the same clips again in the hope that we won't remember.

[kimbap629]

well, hopefully the 1 hr special that supposedly begins shippuden will be the <insert name here> to keep us even more anticipating part ii...


When will you people learn, those words are taboo. And its like a month before you can use them, so why keep breaking the same rule. Are you honestly that retarded.

Well i guess we'll find out in a week. Enjoy your vacation.

[Gen]

On Topic - maybe the going away ep will be Naruto kinda saying goodbye to everyone? Like a flashback to the rest of part 1 but only over 1 ep?

Removed the off-topic nonsense. The big deal is that it's against our spoiler rules, if you don't like them, don't come here. There's nothing to negotiate or debate, that's simply the way it is