Naruto: Shippuuden Episode 1-2

[Terracosmo]

Fucking good shit, this. Worth the wait. I enjoy the new music and great animation although I think the latter won't stay that sexy unfortunately.

They added a lot of anime-only stuff which improved the story IMO. That's nice to see. A lot of funny parts too. I laughed so hard at Sakura's flashback when Tsunade woke up and threw all those things at her which exploded, just something about the line "Of course I thought I was going to die but..." (something like that, the stuff Sakura says in the flashback) made me LOL. Great stuff.

The only BIG DISAPPOINTMENT is that my favorite akatsuki does not have the same voice as he has in the short shadowy akatsuki segment which took place before the filler started! I had already affiliated him with that really gruff voice and I thought it would be really interesting to see. DAMNIT!

[Assertn]

Hahaha.....I was wondering if Terra would notice that....

Yeah, there's some good additions they've thrown in, but like I said before, the pacing is a bit different than in the manga. The Kakashi vs Naruto/Sakura faceoff was not a formalized event spectated by Tsunade and Shizune in the manga....it was more like Kakashi just trying to re-assess what level his team's at now.

[Genma]

I didn't really like how they started the anime, because it pretty much seemed out of place. Of course it was a ploy to attract viewers back to the anime, but people who haven't read the manga probably have no idea who the two other guys with Naruto and Sakura are, or what the hell was going on for that matter.

Regardless, as a manga reader, it was still pretty interesting to see. I would've just prefered if they started it normally though, instead of giving a teaser.

As a sidenote, I really liked [insert akatsuki name here]'s voice.

[Assertn]

Watched a snippet of DB's translation.....looks like the other guys before them did a little better job with translations.....

Like the part where [Blonde Akatsuki's Name] was saying "After all, it's just a shrimp" was supposed to be "After all, it's the one tails"

Which like.....completely changes the tone of that statement.....

[kooshi]

I think that they revealed a little too much in the first 10 minutes of the episode. Regardless of that, it's a really nice teaser for the anime-only viewers.

As for the rest of the episode, I thought that it was done pretty well. The only thing that bugged me a bit was the Konahamaru team mission. I just thought that it was just a lazy way of filling up time.

[Aeon]

Just watched it, it was really good. The first couple of minutes were intense but now I wanna know who belly shirt guy is and the other guy that was with Naruto and Sakura.

[Assertn]

Just watched it, it was really good. The first couple of minutes were intense but now I wanna know who belly shirt guy is and the other guy that was with Naruto and Sakura.

Tehe, the other guy that was with Naruto and Sakura is actually quite interesting ^_^

Also....that part with Sasuke and Kyubi helped remind me/cleared up some things. I don't think it was translated too well in the manga.

I'm surprised nobody said anything about Gaara being the kazekage yet

[DarthEnderX]

I actually kinda expected it because, seriously, who's stronger than Gaara in the Sand village?

Nobody that's who.


I'm surprised to many people didn't like the opening scene. I loved it, because it just set the mood for the whole series right off the bat. It's like how the opening scene of Two Towers shows Gandalf fighting the Balrog. The fight actually took place way before where the movie begins, but by showing it then, they set this tone of awsomness for the whole movie.

I feel the same way about this opening scean. It just gets you pumped up way better than Naruto's arrival in the village would have.


I also seem to be alone in the liking of the code letter parts. At least the first two, where the old versions talked to the new versions. It's cool seeing both side by side and I hope they do it with all the characters as they get reintroduced.

[Assassin]

quite a wonderful ep. a great first ep for a "new" series. i rather liked the new intro. it seemed fitting after the preview in a way. speaking of the preview, im surprised they showed all that. at first i thought i had missed an entire arc during the fillers or something. definately a good way to get people back into naruto and apologize for the fillers.

as a manga reader, i really enjoyed seeing that part animated. but it sucks for the anime only viewers cuz you guys have no idea whats going on, who's who, or whats gonna happen next (but god damn, it'll be good). and if i remember correctly, that stuff is SPOILERS REMOVED. so thats quite a long time to wait (but dont worry cuz you'll definately enjoy the ride )

cant wait for the second (or is it third?) ep.

[Knives122]

Hahaha, yeah it was quite a surprise to see, I thought I had dled the wrong thing for a second there.

But yeah it was a pretty good episode.

Stupid konohamaru crap = stupid
Akatsuki montage = cool(and if you look really closely you can see another guy behind itachi)
Akastuki mind control = badass
Naruto sorta not acting like a jackass 78% of the time = very much needed
Kakashi doing that weird laugh during the keyword thing = funny

Yep, I say they started off the new show pretty well....even if the beginnig is in the future..but that whole "how we got to this point" approach is acceptable.

[Shuurai]

I've never heard Kakashi so enthusiastic about anything before, I cant stop saying "NANI" now.

[Assassin]

ya, although i was kind expecting them to actually show on screen something like "3 months earlier". But i guess thats implied.

btw, how come no ones mentioed the fact that kyuubi apparently knows an uchiha madara (sp). if its someone the he remembers by name, i'd imagine he was some super badass ninja. like the original sharingan user or some crazy shit like that.

[Assertn]

Manga guys....stop giving too much away about the beginning. Many of you are inadvertently breaking the "Don't discuss future arcs" rule, which is grounds for spoiling.

[AceAlpha]

The Episode was GREAT, they're back at the old level of great naruto anime.

[masamuneehs]

i'm going to defend the part with Konohamaru and his team running around doing the shitty D-rank cat mission. It might have been a little heavy-handed showing how they're where naruto was back in the day, but for me it made me very nostalgic. the whole sexy-no-jutsu bonding between naruto and him made me smile. It might not be as badass as the rest of the episode, but I thought it was a good scene to throw in there.

btw, how come no ones mentioed the fact that kyuubi apparently knows an uchiha madara (sp). if its someone the he remembers by name, i'd imagine he was some super badass ninja. like the original sharingan user or some crazy shit like that.

it's no surprise that the Kyuubi, which fought the Leaf Village from before Naruto (and Sasuke) were born, would know about the Uchiha Clan. The fact that Sasuke didn't know that name, or at least acted like he didn't know, was the surprising part (Although i'd not be surprised to see it on a certain scroll hidden in the floor of a certain clan's meeting room...). All signs point to Madara being "teh 133t original Uchiha".

[Chouonsoku]

So, after watching the episode I see how it was a mean way to open Part 2. :P I already read the manga but a friend of mine I watched the episode with hadn't.

[Souryusen]

Less keywords, more fireballs.

Can't say as I care for the Intro/Ending or most of the soundtrack in this ep. Just didn't feel like Naruto. Not to mention that the whole affair seemed kinda stilted to me... I kept expecting a text tutorial tell me to press the triangle key to access my status menu.

"Welcome back. Let us now see the fruits of your training! You must fight a certain someone... OVER THERE!"

To do a barrel-roll, press Z or R twice.

[Bread-sama]

the episode was terrible... they put everything they could to avoid the fight against Kakashi and Naruto.

fuck it.

[XanBcoo]

The only BIG DISAPPOINTMENT is that my favorite akatsuki does not have the same voice as he has in the short shadowy akatsuki segment which took place before the filler started! I had already affiliated him with that really gruff voice and I thought it would be really interesting to see. DAMNIT!

If that is indeed the same guy (the one with only one eye showing, right?), then he also seems to have lost that idiosyncratic "Unnnh" he had at the end of his sentences in episode 135. I thought that was really cool. Or maybe I'm just wrong and that's a different guy...

It might have been a little heavy-handed showing how they're where naruto was back in the day, but for me it made me very nostalgic

I can't help but think that your use of that word was intentionally satirical...nostalgicttebayo. In any case, I agree. I thought it was a really nice touch.

[darkmetal505]

"Panning.... show her face.... panning.... show his face.... OMG short asian guy?"

- My chemistry teacher's reaction when watching them reveal Sasuke.

She told me and my friend that we had no life since we were watching cartoons at lunch.

Naruto I <3 you.