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[Imperial Bishop]

Ino's going to usef--

Hahaha, sorry. Couldn't complete that with a straight face.

 

[BassForever]

Not quite on the level of some of the first series episodes but still pretty good.

Animation wise this is probably the best I've seen, story wise I'd agree

 

[Hellwarden]

Guys, Ino is a helpful and strong character.

Really.

 

[skLaFarebear]

Shikamaru's got this.

Guys, Ino is a helpful and strong character.

Really.

Who?

 

[LOLDSFAN]

He got this.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

where the hell has this shippuden been? this is actually awesome

 

[Seda]

(he's got this)

 

[Regiruler]

Shit, when trying to change volume I accidentally changed the channel. How did Kakuzu lose his grip?

 

[RagnarokX]

Well, you know, Shikamaru, if you get him with your shadows then Ino could take over like you said...

 

[ckohler]

The quality of this episode so far can't be understated.

 

[kewlmyc]

Guys, Ino is a helpful and strong character.

Really.

All women, except maybe Tsunade and Sakura sometimes, are useless in this show.

 

[UltraGunner]

No seriously Tom, there was this one stealth game that just came out thatia blowing everyone away

 

[B-Dubs]

Still want to remind everybody, jiraiya is still currently the strongest ninja as of this arc.

Even later on, dude is pretty beast.

Spoiler

Until you start getting into the god-mode hacks

.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

In cause you haven't been paying attention, this is basically Shikamaru's arc.

 

[BassForever]

where the hell has this shippuden been? this is actually awesome

Shippuden/part 2 of Naruto has these random blips of brilliance surrounded by mounds of shit

 

[zedreamcast]

Shit, when trying to change volume I accidentally changed the channel. How did Kakuzu lose his grip?

Shikamaru had a scroll full of water and shocked hidan

 

[Doctor Decimate]

Animation wise this is probably the best I've seen, story wise I'd agree

i'd say the funeral one is better for the backgrounds and the little things in the character animation

 

[foxuzamaki]

where the hell has this shippuden been? this is actually awesome

These things cost money, and when you have to spread a budget you get every like 5 months of for a show that at this point, didnt have a ending in sight its a lil hard to manage correctly.

 

[skLaFarebear]

No seriously Tom, there was this one stealth game that just came out thatia blowing everyone away

Well he straight up says the words "It's no Metal Gear Solid"

 

[Crocodile]

Shikamaru carrying this episode/show/arc on his back <3

Animation wise this is probably the best I've seen, story wise I'd agree

I think Naruto 135 (or whatever was that good Naruto vs Sasuke episode) is still the top action animation-wise (at least at this point)

 

[Regiruler]

Shikamaru carrying this episode/show/arc on his back <3



I think Naruto 135 (or whatever was that good Naruto vs Sasuke episode) is still the top animation-wise (at least at this point)

The hospital fight or the final fight?

 

[BassForever]

These things cost money, and when you have to spread a budget you get every like 5 months of for a show that at this point, didnt have a ending in sight its a lil hard to manage correctly.

Pierrot should have just gone all in every week, go bankrupt for epic animated Shippuden all the time

Spoiler

I realize that's not realistic

 

[foxuzamaki]

Shikamaru carrying this episode/show/arc on his back <3



I think Naruto 135 (or whatever was that good Naruto vs Sasuke episode) is still the top action animation-wise (at least at this point)

How much of naruto have you seen btw

 

[kewlmyc]

The hospital fight or the final fight?

The one at the lake.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

These things cost money, and when you have to spread a budget you get every like 5 months of for a show that at this point, didnt have a ending in sight its a lil hard to manage correctly.

is it, though? the first series was pretty much fine about this

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Now TRUTH is doing Vine ads?

*buys eight packs of cigarettes*

 

[Crocodile]

The hospital fight or the final fight?

Final Fight

Pierrot should have just gone all in every week, go bankrupt for epic animated Shippuden all the time

Spoiler

I realize that's not realistic

It's less a money thing and more the animators would have literally DIED if they had to produce this quality each week, every week.

 

[Moaradin]

These things cost money, and when you have to spread a budget you get every like 5 months of for a show that at this point, didnt have a ending in sight its a lil hard to manage correctly.

For all the shit Studio Pierrot gets, they actually do big fights justice most of the time. There are quite a bit of episodes with this quality of animation later on.

is it, though? the first series was pretty much fine about this

I can probably count the episodes with this quality of animation in the first series with one hand. That show looked rough a lot of times.

 

[Hellwarden]

Who?

You know.

Ino.

 

[BassForever]

Final Fight

It's less a money thing and more the animators would have literally DIED if they had to produce this quality each week, every week.

They're basically killing themselves anyway right between shit pay and shit work conditions?

 

[foxuzamaki]

is it, though? the first series was pretty much fine about this

No it wasent.

Thats like some people in the dragon ball super thread saying that DBZ consistently had better animation.

 

[zedreamcast]

All women, except maybe Tsunade and Sakura sometimes, are useless in this show.

Naruto spoilers

Spoiler

hinata got her own starring role in a movie and was still kinda useless

 

[BassForever]

No it wasent.

Thats like some people in the dragon ball super thread saying that DBZ consistently had better animation.

To be fair I can't think of any episode of DBZ that had animation as bad as what we saw in episode 5 of Super

 

[UltraGunner]

The shaky cam ruins the sakuga

 

[skLaFarebear]

You know.

Ino.

Hmmmm....there's something....off about this picture?

Eh they're all the same anyway.

 

[Grexeno]

Kakashi with that Rock Lee move

 

[Gucci Messiah]

OH MY GODDDDD

 

[Doctor Decimate]

No it wasent.

Thats like some people in the dragon ball super thread saying that DBZ consistently had better animation.

the general bar of quality of the original series was pretty clearly higher than Shippuden. this show just looks outright terrible at points; there's no middle ground whatsoever.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

OFF THE TOP ROPES!

 

[LOLDSFAN]

SPINNING LOTUS!!!

 

[Seda]

that punch

 

[Imperial Bishop]

LEGIT SHOOK!

 

[BassForever]

Wait why does Thunder beat Earth and not Water? Is it only because they wanted Water to beat fire? Wouldn't Thunder beating Water and Water beating Earth and Earth beating Fire make more sense?

 

[LOLDSFAN]

He BECAME the shadow!

 

[UltraGunner]

MASTERMIND

 

[B-Dubs]

Shika's got some moves. He's the only one Kakashi can count on in this situation.

 

[skLaFarebear]

bye shikamaru o/

 

[Schadenfreude]

you're going to jail, boy.

 

[Hellwarden]

Why...why don't Choji and Ino just kill him right now?

 

[BassForever]

How many more episodes until

Spoiler

Naruto shows up?