Naruto 209

[Skaw]

I thought that since DB was bought out by a legitimate company that they would have to clean up their act and that idiots like timecop would get kicked to the curb. I think the [yhbt] tag at the end of the the title means it is a joke, and just a coverup for some other delay in releasing the latest episode.

YHBT is an abbrevation from Usenet for "You Have Been Trolled." So yeah, it was definitely a prank, like most of DB's antics.

[BioAlien]

am i the only one who think the animation of this episode kinda sucked?

the story of this arc seems "good" so far.

[Kraco]

I'm normally somewhat blind to the delicate graphical / animation problems so many sharp eyed people here easily notice, but this time some glitches did catch my attention. However, I didn't actually jump back to check them any more carefully. I'm not that interested in Naruto filler animation quality.

The plot seemed more promising than in fillers for a while (well, the Kurenai arc had a somewhat interesting story, but anyway). This hasn't so far trying to be anything really epic or complicated. And the villains seem believable. And I have to say cutting the ship in half was actually a very neat scene. It looked so funny and I certainly didn't expect them to pull off such a prank just get release one prisoner. But all the better this way.

The genin group in this arc is also not bad: two witless guys who only want to fight, no matter how it would affect the mission (who cares about such small details?), and then Sakura who desperately tries to keep them in check.

[Boomstick]

Eh okay episode for a filler, better quality then the last few(except for the animation).

[Animeniax]

Pretty good episode, especially for Naruto filler. I like how they elaborated on little things like the team selection, and the genins eating their ramen lunches. The Naruto vs Rock Lee training was cool too, and something I suggested they animate way back. They could fill up several episodes of training fights between the various genins. I really liked the character interaction between Naruto, Rock Lee, and Sakura. It's too funny listening to Naruto talk trash and then Sakura trying to apologize for him.

What really made this episode watchable was the background music. Just like in the latest Bleach episode, the right theme for the right scene makes the action flow so much better. One of the worst aspects of the filler-parts of the Freeza (sp?) saga in DBZ was lack of appropriate background music.