Naruto Shippuuden Episode 28

[redcat]

the first ep was like movie quality, to start off the new series. cant really expect them to pump out an ep a week like that though.

[Crash]

True, but you CAN expect them to pump out episodes that are at the very least on par with pre-filler/time skip Naruto quality. Instead we are getting some wierd filler-hybrid crap.

[poopdeville]

True, but you CAN expect them to pump out episodes that are at the very least on par with pre-filler/time skip Naruto quality. Instead we are getting some wierd filler-hybrid crap.

The producers are trying to make the show "cinematic". The old Naruto, except for the big fights, was all animated "comic book" style. Characters would stand perfectly still while the camera scans a scene of people talking. Their bodies would be perfectly still if they were in the air. They'd move a single body part at a time. Naruto's kage bunshins would stand in a straight line and run in step, all against a bright flashing blue background. It wasn't great, but the art was often very good (especially the backgrounds), and it played to the animator's strengths and budget.

The new show is trying to stay away from that kind of cliched animation. But they don't have the budget to pull it off. So instead of having a character running against a flashing background, say, they have to change perspective on the "real" background, which means they have less time to actually draw the characters moving.

I knew the animation was going to suck the minute I saw the Deidara Gaara fight. Those sand tentacles looked like shit when they moved.

[Paulyboy]

OMG! WTF! Seriously its like DBZ where you have to wait like 5 episodes where they actually have to get to the point......... Please don't let NARUTO be like this......


Edit: But I don't see why they can't figure out a way to make the animation just a bit better though or find some trick to it. They do have the time to make better animation and they do have enough budget for sure, they are just basically slacking off.