Originally posted by: Jessper
Agreed, however if it was marketed as a comedy then wouldn't people be just a bit surprised that every 3rd episode is only about a fight? The anime is about the story, not fighting however the story is deeply entwined with fierce battles. If you told people this series was a comedy then they watched it I bet most people would never listen to you about a shows connotation again.
First of all, I didn't say Naruto didn't have anything to do with fighting, I said every fight had a REASON, unlike most americanised crap we see on TV now-a-days; aka, a Hero fights off some bandits ( conviniently masked so we don't have to know who they are) just to show how cool and powerful the hero is. Just like in the Matrix (the first one, not the other two) there were no fights for fighting's sake, it all blended with the story perfectly (unlike the last two [especially Reloaded... that was a peice of crap.] where the entire show just STOPS for a single fight, then picks up right where they left off, like the fight never happened or didn't matter.... because it didn't...)

I'm not saying Naruto is the perfect story, but it atleast HAS a story, and marketing it as nothing but a fight-fest is doing nothing but destroying that aspect of it.

PS. The only reason I called it a comedy (which was supposed to be an offhand comment, more than anything) is because I find it, most times (except when something deadly serious is happening, and even that has exceptions) I find it quite hallarious. So no, I probably wouldn't market it as a Comedy, but i'd throw in one of those funny scenes anyway, seeing as they just threw together random clips that have nothing in common.