I figured it out...

[glitched]

if the current trend of 2 manga chapters per anime episode keeps up then give or take a few weeks depending on filler eps... on the week of 9-26-2005 anime episode 155 should air. This episode should cover manga chapters 288 and 289. The week of 9-26-2005 should also see the relase of manga chapter 289

First colum is the anime episode aired that week, then the next two colums are what manga chapters that anime episode covers, then the week of airing, then the manga chapter released that week.

78 134 135 4/5/2004 212
79 136 137 4/12/2004 213
80 138 139 4/19/2004 214
81 140 141 4/26/2004 215
82 142 143 5/3/2004 216
83 144 145 5/10/2004 217
84 146 147 5/17/2004 218
85 148 149 5/24/2004 219
86 150 151 5/31/2004 220
87 152 153 6/7/2004 221
88 154 155 6/14/2004 222
89 156 157 6/21/2004 223
90 158 159 6/28/2004 224
91 160 161 7/5/2004 225
92 162 163 7/12/2004 226
93 164 165 7/19/2004 227
94 166 167 7/26/2004 228
95 168 169 8/2/2004 229
96 170 171 8/9/2004 230
97 172 173 8/16/2004 231
98 174 175 8/23/2004 232
99 176 177 8/30/2004 233
100 178 179 9/6/2004 234
101 180 181 9/13/2004 235
102 182 183 9/20/2004 236
103 184 185 9/27/2004 237
104 186 187 10/4/2004 238
105 188 189 10/11/2004 239
106 190 191 10/18/2004 240
107 192 193 10/25/2004 241
108 194 195 11/1/2004 242
109 196 197 11/8/2004 243
110 198 199 11/15/2004 244
111 200 201 11/22/2004 245
112 202 203 11/29/2004 246
113 204 205 12/6/2004 247
114 206 207 12/13/2004 248
115 208 209 12/20/2004 249
116 210 211 12/27/2004 250
117 212 213 1/3/2005 251
118 214 215 1/10/2005 252
119 216 217 1/17/2005 253
120 218 219 1/24/2005 254
121 220 221 1/31/2005 255
122 222 223 2/7/2005 256
123 224 225 2/14/2005 257
124 226 227 2/21/2005 258
125 228 229 2/28/2005 259
126 230 231 3/7/2005 260
127 232 233 3/14/2005 261
128 234 235 3/21/2005 262
129 236 237 3/28/2005 263
130 238 239 4/4/2005 264
131 240 241 4/11/2005 265
132 242 243 4/18/2005 266
133 244 245 4/25/2005 267
134 246 247 5/2/2005 268
135 248 249 5/9/2005 269
136 250 251 5/16/2005 270
137 252 253 5/23/2005 271
138 254 255 5/30/2005 272
139 256 257 6/6/2005 273
140 258 259 6/13/2005 274
141 260 261 6/20/2005 275
142 262 263 6/27/2005 276
143 264 265 7/4/2005 277
144 266 267 7/11/2005 278
145 268 269 7/18/2005 279
146 270 271 7/25/2005 280
147 272 273 8/1/2005 281
148 274 275 8/8/2005 282
149 276 277 8/15/2005 283
150 278 279 8/22/2005 284
151 280 281 8/29/2005 285
152 282 283 9/5/2005 286
153 284 285 9/12/2005 287
154 286 287 9/19/2005 288
155 288 289 9/26/2005 289
156 290 291 10/3/2005 290
157 292 293 10/10/2005 291
158 294 295 10/17/2005 292
159 296 297 10/24/2005 293


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Is this sticky or FAQ material?

[itachi_]

Word: Narutard

[Knives122]

thats good to know, good work

[dbz_kidnaruto]

Good work!! lol keep up the work

[Elessar]

a) basic math
b) nothing new, you are the third to calculate that
c) 2 chapters per episode is rare, 1.5 is much more usual and the average tends to 1.5 too. Then they catch up around anime 250/manga 320 or sth like that

[Aion]

78 was 3 chapters though.

[glitched]

yes it was basic math, all i did was fill out 2 rows in excel and let excel do the rest. But i alwasy here people talking about it and specualating and even people saying "to bad the anime will be caught up to the manga by the end of the year" and they are to lazy to figure it outthemselvs, so what if im the 3rd, i guess noboby but u read the other 2 because everybody else doesnt know. 78 was 2.5 chapters but it usualy averages out to 2 chapters. its just an estimate

[Terracosmo]

You have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much free time.
Besides I don't think that will actually be correct since anime has a habit of throwing in fillers when it's starting to get closer to the manga.

[PSJ]

Originally posted by: Terracosmo
You have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much free time.
Besides I don't think that will actually be correct since anime has a habit of throwing in fillers when it's starting to get closer to the manga.

i wanted to say that. oh well ill just qoute you instead.

[Assertn]

"i predict that the episode where gaara appears to save lee will be around episode 123
keep in mind this isover 40 weeks until the anime reaches that POINT...not when the anime reaches the manga, as the manga will also get 40 more chapters

edit: ok i did some more math and it looks like judging from the avg # of chapters each episode takes up, the anime would catch up at the manga at episode 236 (chapter 401)"

this is what i posted last night.....presuming that there are 1.7 chapters for each episode

if naruto was to keep at the pace it is now for a long enough time, then you can start worrying about it catching up in 3 years from now

[hiddenpookie]

whoa.. yeah sure whatever.

[Insomniac]

sometimes the anime covers more then 2 manga chapters

[L8r]

and sometimes 1 page of the manga....
the TenTen fight anyone?

[Assertn]

actually i only know of one episode that covered more than 2 chapters: the most recent episode
1.7 though is about what you get when you divide the current anime episode into its respective chapter #

[sexy_no_jutsu]

lets just say: fall 2005. 2 chapters is about right.

[Assertn]

huh? fall 2005 for what? more like fall 2007 if you're talking about the anime catching up

[sexy_no_jutsu]

yes, for the anime to catch up to the manga at a rate of 2 chapters = 1 episode: fall 2005 (late next year)

but its not 2 chaps per episode...if we devide the amount of chaptes the anime has covered with the amount of episodes that have been aired, we get: 135/78 = 1.75 chapters per episode.

quick calculation gives me 2 years (around this time in 2006) for the anime to catch up.(77 chapters x 1.75 = 44 weeks for the anime to reach chap 212--->44 new chaps released=> 44x1,75=25 weeks for it to reach chap 256, 25x1,75=14, 14x1,75=8, 8x1,75=5, 5x1,75=3 ect
when you sum all the weeks, youll get around 100 weeks, wich is about 1 year. could fluxuate a bit because of inaccuracy)

[Assertn]

what? you did it some ghetto way....

i just used
y=1.7x+78 (y=# of anime eps, x=# of weeks after last week)
y=x+211 (y=# of chapters, x=# of weeks after last chapter)

then just plot the intersection, which is at exactly 190 weeks from now, which = about 3.65 years from now

edit: i also tried (135/78) instead of 1.7 in the first formula, and still got 182 weeks (3.5 years)
which would be fall of 2007

[sexy_no_jutsu]

your formula's are not correct. you are making a comparrison between 2 things, but the y=vectors are 2 diffirent things, wich makes is false. y in formula 1 = anime episodes and y in formula 2 is chapter numbers, and 1 chapter of the manga isn't the same as 1 episode....

the real correct formulas schould be:
Y=1.7X+135 (Y=#of chapters, X=# of weeks and 135 stands for the 135 CHAPTERS the anime has already covered)
Y=X+212 (Y=# of chapters, X=# of weeks and 212 stands for the blablabla)

intersect on calculator gives intersection at X=110 with Y=322 wich means in 110 weeks from now, with chapter 322, the anime will cover the same stuff as te manga.

you could also use:
Y=1.7X
Y=X+77

same formula as above, but taken from this moment, the manga is 77 chapters ahead. basicly, it are the first formula's, but minus the 135 chaps.

hope you get it now...

[Gods_Son]

I doubt they're using an exact formula on how much of the manga to take per episode. Seems like a waste of time to try to see that far ahead.