American Naruto, preview was just shown

[Y]

This isn't being done by the same group that did One Piece.

[ChaosK]

Originally posted by: basey44
wait so naruto has lunch? wats this a mum too?

it was all bullshit.

[Kovash]

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.

[XanBcoo]

Originally posted by: Fox Fire
Well we know Tom can pronounce things correctly. (note to how he pronounced Katamari Damacy)

I guess we're in luck then, because Tom is voiced by Steven Blum.

[thoregundi]

http://turnerinfo.com/newsitem...4bac-bbf5-e81422aa3796

The above link is the official press release of Naruto being bought by American TV.
(Just do a search in the text for Naruto)

In it, it says that it will begin in the "Third Quarter".

Anyone know when is the "Third Quarter" ?

If you still havnt seen the preview here is a link:
http://www.point-blank.cc:7001...31e50e597c0520e9fe3f5b

[Hyuuga_Destiny]

Originally posted by: thoregundi
http://turnerinfo.com/newsitem...4bac-bbf5-e81422aa3796

The above link is the official press release of Naruto being bought by American TV.
(Just do a search in the text for Naruto)

In it, it says that it will begin in the "Third Quarter".

Anyone know when is the "Third Quarter" ?

If you still havnt seen the preview here is a link:
http://www.point-blank.cc:7001...31e50e597c0520e9fe3f5b

usually that is from July to September
I'm not sure

[ChaosK]

i figured it'd be september to december, third qurater as in third qurater of the aer?

[American Hero]

Originally posted by: Rhanfahl
Well, you people are treating the name issue rather indifferently...well look at it this way. Let's your name is hard to pronounce, as my actual last name....which really isn't people fuck up saying all the time. No, when you are graduating from College with honors or something, and your entire family is there, cheering you on, and the Dean is shouting off all the name correctly and when he gets to yours, totally fucks it up, and stumbles over trying to say it 3 or 4 different ways....naturally you're going to be a little...well....FUCKING PISSED OFF!!!

I sure hope Naruto isn't offended by the way Americans pronounce his name.

[trejkaz]

Originally posted by: Chaoskiddo
i figured it'd be september to december, third qurater as in third qurater of the aer?

WTF? The third quarter of the year would be July to September. September to December isn't even a quarter. Did you fail primary school maths?

[Assertn]

oh god......they have bobobo too?

[Cyberdude93]

Originally posted by: KitKat
Say the word 'pat' and then the word 'spat' with your hand in front of your mouth. You'll notice that you feel a little puff of air from the p when you say the word 'pat' but not when you say the word 'spat'.

Judging by everything else you said, you're clearly an expert on the subject. However I feel no difference. Is it because you're in Canada (saw your profile =P) and I'm Scottish? Also one of my English friends has it the same.

[XanBcoo]

I just watched the promo again.
It's pretty useless except for the fact that it's getting the Naruto name out there. No real footage or dub voices (does anyone have any idea when this'll happen?).

Also, the mispronouncing Naruto's name thing doesn't really bother me. Besides, it's just the Toonami announcer. Right?

Originally posted by: Y
This isn't being done by the same group that did One Piece.

some people still haven't grasped this idea yet.

[potentialflip]

Originally posted by: The Heretic Azazel
Why is it a big deal how his damn name is pronounced? I could pronounce it like the Japs but I don't, because I'm American, I stress the U.. cause that's just how it goes with English.

Boy then we are going to be hearing a lot of stressing which in my ears will sound a little weird. Like Sa SUUU ke. Sa KUUU ra. It doesn't really matter but like I said it will just sound weird to my ears. I did a once over. ShoPro did do the promo if you think Toonami did it nope. It was ShoPro who did it all. The fact that Hokage is being called Head Ninja only means the ranks are truly going to be changed. So here it comes Journeymen. I like how they put it the whole emphasis on the academy. So does that mean the rumor of only 60-80 episodes (where the chuunin exam arc ends) could it be true?!

[RyougaZell]

I find amussing that the promo says its about Naruto's life on the Ninja Academy... when he finished it on EPISODE ONE!!!

What I don't like of the mispronunciation on the US Dub will be that... the mispronunciation will be carried on to the rest of the DUBS done based on it (latin Dub)

Seriously, I really do not care if the names are misprononunced, I still will be watching the japanese version, but really... how hard is to say SAkura instead of saKOOra? bleh

Oh yeah, Rock Lee a bully, and Haku is the final exam... I can see it clearly... another Knight of the Zodiacs fiasco (if any of you saw Saint Seiya in japanese or in spanish (Mexico saw Saint Seiya in between 1993 and 1996) you would understand)

[KitKat]

Originally posted by: Cyberdude93

Originally posted by: KitKat
Say the word 'pat' and then the word 'spat' with your hand in front of your mouth. You'll notice that you feel a little puff of air from the p when you say the word 'pat' but not when you say the word 'spat'.

Judging by everything else you said, you're clearly an expert on the subject. However I feel no difference. Is it because you're in Canada (saw your profile =P) and I'm Scottish? Also one of my English friends has it the same.

That's a good point. I should have qualified that to apply to North American dialects of English. Small features like this are the ones that change the most between dialects, since they don't affect meaning. Just out of curiosity, do you pronounce them both aspirated, or both unaspirated? And I guess this is a little off-topic.... I created a thread for linguistic discussion a while ago, so if you want you can respond there.
Linguistic discussion

[nasman]

isnt a significant amount of anti-japanese sentiment in the older generations of americans? they're probably got some kinda weird inferiority complex paranoi thing since japanese are generally perceived to be much smarter and hardworking then your average american.

even so, i dont think they sub things overdramatically on purpose out of some cultural racism - i think it has more to do with the fact that anime is treated like kids tv in america and therefore everything has to have an annoying overacted feel so that the attention-deficity-hyper-obese-quasi-retarded children might take more notice. you know what i mean, its the way the teacher for special class kids talks to make learning the alphabet more exciting, lol....

and head-ninja isnt so bad really. i'm more interested what they'll do with the blood spurts - anyone for pixellated cheapo crossfades nicked out of powerpoint? lol

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[XanBcoo]

Originally posted by: nasman
even so, i dont think they sub things overdramatically on purpose out of some cultural racism - i think it has more to do with the fact that anime is treated like kids tv in america and therefore everything has to have an annoying overacted feel so that the attention-deficity-hyper-obese-quasi-retarded children might take more notice. you know what i mean, its the way the teacher for special class kids talks to make learning the alphabet more exciting, lol....

but wait...
how many japanese adults are watching Naruto in the same way that an american adult watches a "serious" american, non-animated show?
what I mean is, is anime really treated more seriously just because it's more accepted in japan? Isn't naruto's audience primarily children or teens, and not a more "mature" crowd? or am I wrong?

you could see a commercial for Naruto merchandise in Japan and think, "ok, fine"
but when you see a commercial for Naruto merchandise in America (and we just might!), you'd say "damn fucking Americans bastardising Naruto making it for hyperactive little children!"
My point is, is Naruto's audience in Japan any different from what Naruto's audience will be over here?

EDIT: Why was my topic about the dubbed naruto locked? This topic is about the promo shown on Toonami.

[masamuneehs]

Originally posted by: xanbcoo
you could see a commercial for Naruto merchandise in Japan and think, "ok, fine"
but when you see a commercial for Naruto merchandise in America (and we just might!), you'd say "damn fucking Americans bastardising Naruto making it for hyperactive little children!"
My point is, is Naruto's audience in Japan any different from what Naruto's audience will be over here?

EDIT: Why was my topic about the dubbed naruto locked? This topic is about the promo shown on Toonami.

Yeh I've often wondered too if the average ange range of viewers in Japan is anything like the range seen in America when they dub it and bring it over? I would have to guess that the range is really about the same for shows released to DVD and such. However, since Cartoon Network is almost entirely for children (AdultkickassSwim the exception) and American viewers mostly having already judged which channels they will watch and which they wont (obviously time of day effects this greatly) I think that anime on CN is watched by a younger audience (on average) than when shown in Japan.

This is my guess only. I may certainly be wrong.

Oh, and I just think the admins here are trying to keep the volume of threads to a minimum and since this really has turned into the place to speculate about the dubbed Naruto, they want to cut down any others. Besides, topic name is "American Naruto, (note the comma, indicating a pause and basically making the topic, 'American Naruto') preview was just shown. Yeh, I'm a bastard picky jerkoff. whatever

[AtHRunOwNZaLL]

i think some ppl will hate how naruto is pronounced but eventually accept it cuz when i first saw gundam seed dubbed i hated how they pronounced athrun but later i just accepted it

[XanBcoo]

Yeah, for the most part, bad pronounciation is damn annoying. But it's pretty easy to get over if you stop complaining about it.
Just don't start mispronouncing it yourself, ;p

Anyone else say "naRUto" and not "NAruto"?? It's how the name was introduced to me and I've never been able to break the habbit.

I hope we get some decent promo's now that the show's in the process of being dubbed.