SAY WHAAAAT??!! (You even got Sasuke stumped!)

Action/Adventure (2002-2007)

Finished this a while ago, but I really wanted it to have a place in my blog because it really deserves it…. What an amazing long running series! I truly liked how the characters developed over time through all the events that occur. The action… AMAZING! The choregraphy that’s done is great and well thought out, so every moment of the anime you can appreciate the art and hard work that is being shown right in front of you. Of course, I always watch my anime SUBBED because I want to avoid Dubs as much as possible as it personally feels like it ruins the original work as it revamps anime as cartoons for children. So I gladly get to dodge all of the “Believe its!” getting to enjoy the anime much more. The only thing that was an obstacle for me was the pacing of FLASHBACKS. It really bugged me that in the middle of the intensity of a fight they break off to a flashback to explain a character’s motive for fighting or whatnot. Towards the end, the pacing becomes an amazing story arc leading up to the present “Shippuden” series, where the flashback sequences are appropriately placed for correct pacing which makes me feel better in the long run. Naruto is a strange character, yet his morales and drive as a young genin makes you want to root for him, so I became really drawn in to follow his journey until the end. May the chronicles continue!

UMAMI!