Damn those episodes were fantastic. Especially Angsty Shikamaru.
the one episode where it was movie quality.
Damn those episodes were fantastic. Especially Angsty Shikamaru.
Unfortunately, it's a three-week wait until the last Chikara episode. Then even worse, we'll probably see a huge decrease in quality from this arc, with no doubt a lot of backlogged Korean-outsourced episodes to tide us over.January 10 - Chikara episode Final
January 17 - Naruto Joins the War!!
January 24 - A Father's Feelings, A Mother's Love
January 31 - They Finally Meet! Naruto vs. Itachi!
Then, a lot of fan backlash once that happens, aka. "why you spend so much resources animating filler instead of these fights!?"
I'd probably give up if I was still watching the anime, I'm close to giving up on the manga as it is, everything's going downhill.
So this likely means no movie production this year, or at least, a likely reduced effort in terms of manpower. Could be good news for folks who were wondering about events about to be animated which were quite exciting in the manga.
In 2013, Chie Nakamura isn't going to voice sakura for the year. She said she is taking a break. I wonder what will the new voice of sakura will be.
Actually, with the prospect of no Movie, no fillers, and just sticking to manga content for 2013, then Sakura's VA could take a yearlong vacation without being missed. She's had zero presence in any recent manga events.Is this true? Saw it in the comments for Naruto SD.
Actually, with the prospect of no Movie, no fillers, and just sticking to manga content for 2013, then Sakura's VA could take a yearlong vacation without being missed. She's had zero presence in any recent manga events.
Did they already cover the stuff with the medical camp and the autopsies?
Sadly none of the most recent episodes that most of these names were involved in prior to Chikara were anything to write home about.January 17: 296. Naruto Joins the War!!
Episode Director: Jun Nakagawa
Storyboard: Shinji Satou
Animation Supervisor:Zenjirou Ukulele, Hong Beom-Seok
January 24: 297. A Father's Feelings, A Mother's Love
Episode Director: Mitsutaka Nooshitani
Storyboard: Yutaka Kagawa
Animation Supervisor: Hiroki Abe, Yasuhiko Kanezuka, Yūko Ishizaki
January 31: 298. Finally They Meet!! Naruto vs. Itachi
Episode Director: Sumito Sasaki
Storyboard: Junya Koshiba
Animation Supervisor: Zenjirou Ukulele, Mamoru Yokota
February 7: 299. The Person who is Acknowledged
Episode Director: Shigeharu Takahashi,Kiyomu Fukuda
Storyboard: Takayuki Inagaki
Animation Supervisor: Ik Hyun Eum
Christ...we are still on filler material? Someone wake my old ass up when the goods come back. Hopefully it's before the end of this month, as I haven't watched anything since the filler started.
Edit: You guys make me feel like I should check this last filler section out...
Does canon return tomorrow or next week?
I thought kabuto was using this arc as a test for edo tensei?The end of Chikara is so dry.
Naruto gets to be the best at the expense of everyone else. Everything's falling apart, homegirl's hanging over the edge for like ten minutes while the rest of Team Seven's running around, doing pretty much nothing of value, and all of their friends disappear into thin air. I can't...
The purpose of Kabuto is...what? He shows zero interest in the chakra monster-machine thingy once it's actually unlocked.
Well, it's looking like it's going to be as expected. After high quality production of the Chikara filler, we're going back to canon, and naturally, we're going outsourced!
I suppose the only interesting thing is the names seem to be varying a bit, so the teams might be composed differently than the way they were during last year. Dunno if that will affect quality or not.
Sadly none of the most recent episodes that most of these names were involved in prior to Chikara were anything to write home about.
EDIT: As for the Chikara finale. Art/Animation-wise it was great, but that's about all. The finale ended so abruptly without much of any explanations/resolutions. Kabuto departs suddenly without any reason as to why he was doing these things and collaborating with that crazy old coot (who himself was quickly swapped like a fly and done with). The Power device was shut down, but have no idea what's going to become of it. The B-plot with the kids and incest couple (I know, not really, but I'll never understand the "brother/sister" relationship culture in Japan) definitely needed to be left out. But oh well.
I guess Tsuru isn't really a great writer. He apparently wrote the third original Naruto film which was apparently about an island vacation.
Speaking of the new chapter, even though this is an anime thread... anyone sign up for Shonen Jump Alpha? It goes simultaneous with Japan with its next issue (and drops the Alpha tag), so hopefully the Naruto scanlations dry up completely. I subscribed; it's pretty good so far even with the (current) week delay.
Speaking of the new chapter, even though this is an anime thread... anyone sign up for Shonen Jump Alpha? It goes simultaneous with Japan with its next issue (and drops the Alpha tag), so hopefully the Naruto scanlations dry up completely. I subscribed; it's pretty good so far even with the (current) week delay.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the last episode had been recorded last year given how the Chikara arc pushed things back. I don't think we'll be seeing anymore of her soon.Sakura sounds the same...Chie Nakamura's still around, apparently.