The first episode of Naruto Shippuden was very impressive. The opening 10 minutes are made of gorgeous movie quality animation.



I love the way it starts off with how they meet Sasuke and then winds back to how it all lead up to that point. It's been done in some movies before. But along with the animation quality I'll go as far as saying that this was the best, or best looking anime opening I've seen.

Even the rest of the episode had really good animation quality as well.



And the music is just... all new and wow. Some of it sound like it could have been taken from Gladiator or some other epic film. I don't recognise the music any more, it's different but it works very well.

An all new soundtrack, new animation, new story direction. Everything is new, and the fact that they started re numbering the series from 01 again shows how they see it more than anything. It's like the fillers never happened. They really stepped it up and went all out on this episode.

This really look and feels like a new Naruto series. So with that I thought we'd start over in a new topic as well. I don't want to lose the other one though. There were some good posts in that one, so I'll just retire it for now and perhapsmerge it at a later point.

Also, I will update this openinbg post of mine later with pictures and stuff.

I hope everyone is enjoying Naruto Shippuden as much as I am. I'm actually looking forward to Naruto now. Very much so.
I'm very impressed how it went from total garbage to being even more interesting than when I first started watching the series.

It feels like a completely different series, and I must say its off to a good start. Reminding me what I loved about Naruto when I first watched it, lol.

The beginning felt like a film, and the episode, even though they altered the sequence of events from the manga, felt absolutely perfect, and the music set such a perfect mood for the entire thing.

Two thumbs up!

In staying up later than I should, I watched the first installment of the new series.

A lot of it is just as we expected it might be: since the show is back after so long, there's a bit of "Oh, you've changed *insert something wacky* but OH you're still the same! Har har har!" But not overly much of it.

My impressions so far, based on this 46-minute rebaptism:

Hokiness/cheesiness: It's there, that's for sure, ut not as present as one may have worried beforehand. Hopefully it stays to a minimum.

Story: Getting back on track at a reasonable pace. I don't mind them taking time to re-introduce things, don't mind the handful of flashbacks that occurr, and I think it's warming up for some pretty cool stuff.

Animation: Same as it was before, but iof course the characters look different and all that. It looks pretty good. And the opening few minutes are done with smoe excellent, movie-quality material like the Sakura pic that Athrun posted.

Music: Awesome.

Overall: I like it better than when I first started watching the show. It's not perfect. I'm not going to sit here and be like "It's back and it's the best evar!!1," because I'd be lying. But it is interesting, and from the looks of this re-introduction, it's been improved.

Now I want more.

I was so happy that kubuto was in the opening. even if you can barely see him.
Everything about this new series is enjoyable. However I can relate to athrun and say that the music is so different. I hope they through a few classic style tracks in there, but the new music is similerly amaizing. oh and at the pace thier going. they will catch up tot he manga really quickly.

I'm crazy excited to start Shippuuden up, but I've got the RAW sitting on my computer just waiting to be watched. 8DD

So far, from the opening, it looks amazing compared to before. The animation has definitely been kicked up a notch and, going with what Hiku said, reminds me more of watching a movie rather than the first episode.

My interest in Naruto has completely sparked back with this. It's totally awesome.

LOLS, they finally stopped playing fillers and ACTUALLY moving on with the storyline.

I'd have to say I would want to start watching it again. :D But the odds are, that I'll lose interest in anime again and get back into the manga jajajaja. (Which, I need to update myself with.)

You need some smaller text.

Anyway, since it's not in America and therefore still legal, I think, I'll be temporarily hosting the new ep.

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Mods: If this is not cool, edit the post or whatever ya gotta do.

Edit: and it turns out, it's not. When the new episodes come out, we plan on hosting them, so folks can PM me for links to them and such, if you want.

Goodbye, fillers.

Lol, just kidding. In fact, after seeing that hour-long special, I realize now, more than ever, how much the developers didn't take the fillers seriously compared to the rest of the series. That intro with Sasuke was awesome...simply awesome. I'm glad they kept all the original voices. It would've been weird hearing Naruto with a different voice actor, especially since he's not that much older with the time skip as it is. But how did Sasuke see the Nine-Tailed Fox spirit so easily? And what did he do to it? And who's Uchiha Madara? x_x

It seems like they really put a lot more detail into what was going on in the first two episodes compared to the manga. I don't remember seeing Konohamaru and his group do the Cat Mission in the manga. So it looks like we'll be getting a better look in to what's going on now that it's in anime form (Want to see Kakashi Gaiden so badly now).

I still can't believe that Gaara became Kazekage so quickly, and that Temari, Kankurou, and Neji are all Jounins now. It still boggles me how the characters are advancing so far in such a short time. And based on the intro, Sasuke's probably as powerful as one of the Sannin, now. =p Personally, I would have liked to see a more gradual progression of some of the characters skillz, rather than see them achieve God-like status in the blink of an eye. =p

Still, can't wait to see Naruto and Sakura fight Kakashi next episode. Maybe we'll see a more prolonged fight now that it's in anime form.

Whateva, whateva. I do what I want.





Lols, I had the same reaction too when I was reading the manga. My face literally went like wtfs when I heard Gaara became Kazekage. I guess it's suitable, he has all his emotions and obvious issues sorted out.

it was absolutely breath taking really... wow, i thought i wouldnt be able to get back into naruto after all those damn fillers.. but wow... the first 10 mins alone, was just stunning.. i was so into it, i was lost in it, and when i snapped back to reality my mouth was all dry and stuff haha

and jut a random question.. how many times did they say "nostalgic" in those 2 eps haha! at LEAST 6 times lol!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THAT!!!!

I will now worship you for eternity!!!!

It was so good.....

Yes, say goodbye and so long to fillers. As long as the anime keeps at a good pace, maybe I'll end up watching all the episodes this time around. So yes, I watched the first episode, very interesting. The movie quality animation was a big plus to get people back into the series. I'm now waiting for episode two.

HAHA!!!

they tricked you....that was episode 1 and 2!!

So your really waiting for episode 3....

No, i have no idea why i am telling you this.

Uh, okay, whatever number it was, it was a very good start. Still waiting for the next episode with high expectations.

It was good, they did a little too much dicking around for an hour long episode for my tastes but hell, I still liked it.


My thoughts really.

Yeah the first 10 mins of this show was awesome. Showing the sasuke part was totally unexpected but it worked! After seeing that your instintly drawn back into the show.


It wasn't in the manga. It seems they're doing the same thing as bleach by stick small fillers into the anime to stretch it.

Man pretty good the first episode had me a little hyped. And the pervertedness is still there, definatly. I wasn't expecting that in the beginning, but it sure was reknewing, lol. Pretty good so far, I've only watched the 1st episode but I plan wathc the 2nd one tomorrow or something. The theme "song" I didn't like it was sort of like a rap, and I hate rap music.

Well thanks for the post Bomb... It backs up my already hateful opinion of Naruto.

Believe it.

I just watched it and boy, my anime addiction is stirring just from it. I just realized that this is the first time I heard the original Japanese voice of Naruto. o.o I used to watch from a Chinese channel with not that good chinese dubbing. Lol. I love the Jap voices, especially Sasuke's. His new look is hot. The music is really cool too. I'm gonna keep an eye out for it now, that's for sure.

Thanks for hosting, Bomb. ^^

We've decided over at the 'Land that we'll do this until it gets licensed and/or until we get attacked by The Man, but I can't post links here as per forum policy, but I'm allowed to mention folks can simply PM me for links and stuff.

Okay, I'm done downloading. And just finished watching it. All hail Mr. Bomb!

I think the Intro and ending sequences are what really make it feels like a completely new anime. It's cool. If Bomb keeps hosting the next episodes, I shall DL and watch it. =p

the ending was funny. i liked it more than the other ones (they tended to have stupid ones, like the hippie one, with all the colors)

It was pretty good, seeing how the characters changed and how they were animated alot smoother. Some of the voices didn't change much such as Sasuke's which kinda bothered me a little bit at the same it didn't though. I still need to watch all of the fillers and junk (even though I have read and udner stoo the plot line by now) But there are chances were like Appel I will just get bored of watching the anime it's self and shift back over the the manga which is more to the point than filled with fillers. (even though the fillers are amusing some times and it shows the character growth)



One thing that makes me happy is that Deidara , Sasori and the akatsuki are comming in to play already beocmming a more promient role.

Question to all of you naruto lovers out there.Who is your most favorite character in the whole wide world of Naruto.

Mine would be three of them actually. Naruto Uzimaki, Sasuke Uchia, and last but not least Itachi Uchia.

Naruto: He is so cool,{ But that is partly the reason why. The other reason is that I am pretty close in acting just like him}

Sasuke: I do not know exactly why but I have always had a thing for the Mysterious types.

Itachi: He closely reminds me of the guy I like.

Wow, must be a really nice guy. XD Whatever you do, don't introduce him to your family or clan.


My favorite character is and always has been Kakashi. Followed by Naruto (not counting the stupidity of the fillers) and Jiraya.

Favorite Charecter would probably have to be Neji-niichan. He's pretty cool and he's a dedicated Shinobi.

Shikamaru, and Kiba.

I have 3 favorites.

Number One would have to be Gaara. I'm closest to him as far as real life experiences (not to his horrible extent, but yeah), plus he's kickass.

Number Two would have to be Naruto, at least when he's in the "zone", a.k.a. not being an idiot.

And of course, Number Three is Shikamaru, because he's a ##### genius. But he's also a manwhore.

Shippuuden 03 was really good. They seem to take their time with the facial animations and animations in general a lot more now. Basically, I like the quality and I hope they stick with it.
The battle with Kakashi was epecially great. A lot of actual combat was done, which we for some odd reason almost never got to see in the previous series besidses a kick here or a punch there, unless Lee was involved. No lazy animations here. It looked really good, and I can't wait for next weeks episode.

Shippuuden 03? Something have not heard of or i have but im just bieng slightly stupid at the moment.........stupid I still cant help but wonder why it is there doing that.

Ok wow everyone seems to have a different Aptituded for Naruto even though he IS a dipstick.lol I really should be going now, bye bye bye bye bye bye

I have a huge soft spot for Naruto. 8DD

The rest follow really closely behind. It's kind of hard to choose just one character for me.

I pretty much like all the characters since they all appeal to me in different ways. Some I'm not even going to mention since they're pretty down-right odd. XDD (Gai-sensei~<3)



Shippuuden Episode 03.

I just saw it myself and I totally agree with Hiku on how it looks. I never noticed before, but I actually was able to tell that Kakashi has an eye colour. XD His visible eye always looked black before.

And Deidara~ <3 I was seriously expecting him to sound kind of girly. I'm so glad that didn't happen.

I've got episode 3 hosted for direct download. As per the request and forum rules, PM me if you'd like the link.

I friggin' LOVED episode 3!

Kakashi was pretty much at Naruto and Sakura's mercy in that training battle. The fact that they showed flashbacks to when they did the bell exercise 2 years ago really helped put in perspective how much Naruto and Sakura have improved over time. And the looks on Naruto and Kakashi's faces when Sakura used her super strength was so hilarious. xD

It's clear now that they plan on expanding on what was done in the manga by adding extra scenes to the battles and stuff. It makes me want to see Gai and his team's fight against Kisame even more now. Maybe we'll get to see Lee, Neji, and especially Tenten fight him now.

Meh.
Episode 3 was okay, but it was really just a "wow, look how much better Naruto and Sakura have gotten!" episode with about 3 minutes of actual plot progression thrown in. I'm still okay with this type of episode though, since the series is new--as long as they're not like this in back-to-back weeks.

The ending was setting up for an excellent *actual* fight next week though. I loved that, Gaara standing there being all like "Heya. I'm the kazemotherfuckinkage." Can't wait for the next one--this episode was passable, but not quite as satisfying as I expected.

Haven't watched it yet, but looking forward to it!

Edit: Bah, too much dicking around, but hopefully next episode will make up for it.

XD episode 3 was pretty bomb! i agree with someone a few posts above me, i liked how they showed the flash backs too..
it actually made me want to go back and watch them LOL

it just sucks tho, like we wait for a whole week for this one episode.. and its over in just 20 mins
still worth it tho, naruto i think is quickly climbing the ranks back to my #1 anime

I saw episode 03, it was pretty cool. But nothing special went down, just flash backs.

Okay I've watched Eps 3. And now I keep wondering myself where the hell is eps 2. lol
The story isn't something new, I've known it from the manga. And it doesn't change much except more exciting battle scenes.


Orochimaru always gets surprised by everything. I remember it's always Kabuto who warned him. And all Orochimaru did just heed his alerts. =p

The first episode was a double episode, remember?

OMG, for real ? No wonder the file size is 300+MB. lol
It should've been written eps 1-2. >.<

Not sure I notice about eps 2. But you must be right.

Hmm, didnt you get Dattebayo's sub? The file is named: [DB] Naruto Shippuuden 001-002
Maybe you should look into getting Mr Magoo glasses, 1llz? =p

Im still so very confused isnt there any more that you can tell me about this Sup thingy? Im sorry for troubleing you guys I just want to know for future refrences

Naruto Shippuuden is just the new name of the new Naruto series, set 2 and a half years after the previous series ended. Just like Dragonball was renamed to Dragonball Z after that series jumped ahead in time a few years.

Hey, do you think that if it goes long enough, will they have a Naruto GT?

It would be Called, Naruto the 6th Hokage

That would be incredibly boring. If you really think about it, the entire thing behind Naruto is that he wants to become Hokage. Once he is, it would kill ANY sort of challenge. The Hokage is the best Ninja of the five nations, or something like that.

And I was making a witty remark due to the similarities to Dragon Ball. See?

I was only making a joke myself, since dragonballZ became Dragon Ball GT

I got SD Project's sub since it came out before Dattebayo. o.o
Their file said '[SD]_Naruto_Hurricane_Chronicles_-_001_[91601D46]'

I think he probably got their's, too, rat. ;p I actually got confused when 003 came out, at first.

Well can't wait for episode 4. I don't feel like reading the manga, Naruto Shipuuden feels like one of those Anime's where watching it is loads better. Unless you're referring to Naruto 1 fillers sucked balls. I liked the manga for cutting that out.

There will be no Naruto Shippuden (whatever), this week. The reason is unknown to me, but the manga has been released, and I believe it is translated already at EndlessNaruto.

In other news, the first Naruto movie will be brought to America. So now we can enjoy quality animation combined with horrible voice casting! Huzzah for commercialism!

On a sadder note, Masashi Kishimoto reported that he will be doing filler arcs for Naruto Shippuden!

Just kidding