Is it just me?

[Baka-chan]

yea, i haven't been as excited to watch the next episodes. it's kinda become slow, but thats ok. the slowness just means a crap load of action is on its way, thats how it always is with naruto

[The_Fourth]

Well on that discussion about shikamarus fight with anko, I think Shikamaru says that he thought 200 ways of winning the fight. Anyways I think there is going to be a shitload of action coming with this Sasuke-Gaara fight.

[hiroshi]

If you're no longer interested in Naruto why are you posting in the Naruto thread?

Yeah sure, ok it is actually pretty slow at times. I agree with you there, but Naruto is still good right? If you disagree, then stop posting in the Naruto topic. I also agree that this is just background information. It's obvious they're trying to bring you a lot closer to the characters, and i have a feeling that the whole series is going to become very serious and possibly pretty dark later on.

All this character introduction is like the light stuff before the heavy storm. Besides, an anime wouldn't be the same without some emotional intention in it. If they never bothered to introduce the characters porperly and just had one fight after another, when something bad does happen it wouldn't have the same emotional impact.

Be patient. Later on in the series, i bet they will be making episodes which bring you to the edge of your seat waiting for the next episode, and having depressingly dark and sad stuff happening from here to there.

[kimunist]

not to mention, the flashbacks and all that side talk is the "art" of how they make animations...

if they animations were just all action and no substance...you might as well play a computer game, cause i doubt there is gonna be ONE show that doesnt have that kind of material (background, talking, etc.) in it.

besides...they do it in a way that makes the episodes nice to watch, even if you dont see anyone die or get beaten up =).

[ZakuHan]

The way I see it, they're trying to do Naruto differently than some animes. I don't think I've watched an anime where they've had such in-depth character background coverage for every character like they're trying to do here. Well, every character that gets involved with something. Not to mention, most animes don't have as large a cast as Naruto does.

Someone mentioned the way they did Kenshin.. Great anime, 95 eps + ova's, and 3/4 of it action. But ya know what? The only character they did any extensive history on was Kenshin himself. Sanosuke had a good bit, but not as much. Smaller cast and not much background on most of those characters. So they wouldn't need to "Draw out" the anime as much as they do with Naruto, to cover the stories of other characters.

~Chris