[Anime-only] Shippuden Episode 109 Discussion

[Ero-Senn1n]

Originally Posted by Alchemist007

Ugh...the animation...AAAAAA

Spoiler for omg:

This is good sign i hope: the animators are saving their talent and work hours for the real manga material. They need to, because when the filler ends the real manga story will be super-cool so that the animators will have to give their best effort to live up to the quality of the action.

[Fran~]

Originally Posted by Alchemist007

slugerrific!

hell yeah... i mean... they are Tsunade's best disciples.

Spoiler for pics:

[Tyrone Biggums]

Anyone know when this filler is going to be done...

I don't know if I can handle this crap!

They should just do like 6 straight months of episodes...take a few months off...then pump out some more!

Booooooooooo!

Or make the fillers more interesting...

[neshru]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Biggums

They should just do like 6 straight months of episodes...take a few months off...then pump out some more!

You know, no one is forcing you to watch these episodes. Even if they don't, you can choose to take a few months off.

[Maxtro]

Originally Posted by neshru

You know, no one is forcing you to watch these episodes. Even if they don't, you can choose to take a few months off.

Actually Tyrone Biggums is right. That's why American TV usually doesn't show new episodes in the summer. Either the episodes are reran or the series simply isn't aired. In Japan neither is done and for some reason, the show must go on. Before it became shippuden, some of Naruto's filler arcs were just plain terrible.

Some shows deserve a rest so the episodes can remain strong.

[mageormike]

They do do re-runs, however. It just happens at different time slots on different days for some reason.

Studios are entirely too afraid that the young fanbase will lose interest and insist on pushing forward to keep ratings up. Little kids don't know the difference most of the time ^_^;;

[neshru]

Originally Posted by Maxtro

In Japan neither is done and for some reason, the show must go on.

Wrong, a lot of anime shows follow the american model. They have reruns too, a rerun of the original Naruto is airing right now.
Only a few series go the Naruto way and never take breaks, and if that's how it is, there's obviously a reason. There's no proof that their budged would be bigger, or the show would be higher quality if they took breaks.

Seriously, if fillers annoy you, just don't watch them! That's not different in any way from the show taking a break.

[Maxtro]

Originally Posted by neshru

Wrong, a lot of anime shows follow the american model. They have reruns too, a rerun of the original Naruto is airing right now.
Only a few series go the Naruto way and never take breaks, and if that's how it is, there's obviously a reason. There's no proof that their budged would be bigger, or the show would be higher quality if they took breaks.

Seriously, if fillers annoy you, just don't watch them! That's not different in any way from the show taking a break.

I meant airing reruns INSTEAD of the new episodes. I was hoping that was obvious.

I am aware that only a few series run without taking breaks, they just happen to be the series that are plagued by fillers. They are also the shows that last for 100+ episodes. The three long running shows that I'm watching; Naruto, Bleach and One Piece all have had terrible filler arcs. Dragon Ball Z also had a lot of filler and that is why Dragon Ball Kai is airing now. To clean up the mess and to get new people into Dragon Ball.

Of course a show would be higher quality if it took breaks. Its simple math. Say a show has 26 episodes and each of those episodes is cannon and they get a 10 out of 10 on some sort of quality scale. The shows average is 10. Now take another show that didn't want to take a break from airing so non 5 cannon fillers are made. Each of the filler episodes scores a 3. So with 26, 10's and 5, 3's the show average is a 8.87. So the fillers do bring the quality of the show down. It's just that when we are watching the good stuff we tend to forget the crap we've been watching for weeks. There is no arguing against that if a show took breaks instead of having fillers, it's quality would be higher. Unless of course you think the fillers are good

The only reason I watch fillers is because over all I like the show. So I can tolerate it's filler. Also on occasion some cool stuff does happen in fillers and under utilized characters may get some attention. I was excited when Hinata was going to be on the squad for this arc. I honestly don't remember the last time she had a decent fight since her bout with Neji way back when. Needless to say I was disappointed how she was utilized this arc. BTW I did stop watching Naruto for a month before it became Shippuden.

Originally Posted by mageormike

Studios are entirely too afraid that the young fanbase will lose interest and insist on pushing forward to keep ratings up. Little kids don't know the difference most of the time ^_^;;

In the end mageormike's answer seems to mean the most sense. Even though adults do enjoy shows like; Naruto, Bleach and One Piece, they are ultimately meant for children. As long as the children are happy, it's irrelevant whether the older fans like it or not.

[AuroraFlash]

Originally Posted by Maxtro

Of course a show would be higher quality if it took breaks. Its simple math. Say a show has 26 episodes and each of those episodes is cannon and they get a 10 out of 10 on some sort of quality scale.

You're talking about Samurai Champloo, aren't you? xD

[neshru]

Originally Posted by Maxtro

Of course a show would be higher quality if it took breaks. Its simple math. Say a show has 26 episodes and each of those episodes is cannon and they get a 10 out of 10 on some sort of quality scale..

I don't think you can bring it down to simple math. There are many more factors to consider, many more factors that in the end determine the budget the series gets.
Also, most anime companies don't have a budget big enough to give every episode the same high quality, so your argument is flawed. On the other hand, a filler arc can allow them to save some money on those unimportant episodes, money that they can then use to improve the quality of canon episodes.

[CubeE]

Originally Posted by neshru

I don't think you can bring it down to simple math. There are many more factors to consider, many more factors that in the end determine the budget the series gets.
Also, most anime companies don't have a budget big enough to give every episode the same high quality, so your argument is flawed. On the other hand, a filler arc can allow them to save some money on those unimportant episodes, money that they can then use to improve the quality of canon episodes.

But why not just spend all the money on good episodes? This arc was so bad I had to stop watching it. If they had kept up the quality they may have had me for the entire year. Now I'm probably going to take a break during the summer and come back to it during the year. Hopefully by then I'll be able to skip the rest of the fillers. Then again, I'm not exactly their targeted fan base...

PS If these show's are for kids then why are they always swearing? My guess would be that it has to do with the translation.

[neshru]

Originally Posted by CubeE

But why not just spend all the money on good episodes? This arc was so bad I had to stop watching it.

I guess they thought the benefits of having this arc outnumbered the drawbacks. After all the ratings are still on the same level of the H&K arc.

[CubeE]

Originally Posted by neshru

I guess they thought the benefits of having this arc outnumbered the drawbacks. After all the ratings are still on the same level of the H&K arc.

That's depressing. Japanese children apparently have no taste.

[mageormike]

have you seen what American kids watch these days? ^_^;;

*half-joking

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by mageormike

have you seen what American kids watch these days? ^_^;;

*half-joking

YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH POWER RANGERS!?

lots of children shows suck.. I can't stand seeing Dora the exploror or this new chines version ><

[CubeE]

Originally Posted by mageormike

have you seen what American kids watch these days? ^_^;;

*half-joking

Did anybody else watch Mutant Mice from Mars? Maybe I'm being a little hypocritical here....

[papercard]

no offense just to share my point of view... narusaku = 98% possible my basis are more in idealistic and applied to realistic... observe how sakura chan describe her feelings through actions, situations and in words even in the episodes from the start as she quest to understands what she truly feels ("puppy love")... moreover how she disciplined naruto to control himself in certain situation not to decide recklessly not just because you might lead your comrades lives in danger... protecting everyone is not bad at all but treasure your life atleast coz if ever something happens critical and your life would be in danger then someone close to you out there might sacrifice her life just to bring you back from who you were before for she love the way you are with her. In other words she found out and discover what she needed the most and define the origin of her strength to keep on going ("the more you hate the more you love").

"words consists of thoughts, trained by actions... defined by experience... progresses each day... expressed and shared oneday..."

"love is something that word cant accurately define... but feelings and actions are enough as framework to make it describe... since feelings are like notions each day develops...flows like current in rivers and changes like seasons... where you at your pace of your progress to find answer of your source of energy to keep on moving... the purpose of your existence and ability to control someone and change how she/he thinks..."

sakura emotion and expression reveals more and more to prove she is not the same little sakura from before the same notion with naruto ("women are spontaneous but like naruto himself remain he has word on his own to keep...like sakura describe naruto is all and the same not change but develop as you compare from who he was before...") sakura in the whole episodes shout, whisper, and with observation and knowing who really was naruto support her feelings more and more as she depend him against anyone who tease him.

takecare and godbless

[Frenchie]

Originally Posted by papercard

no offense just to share my point of view... narusaku = 98% possible my basis are more in idealistic and applied to realistic... observe how sakura chan describe her feelings through actions, situations and in words even in the episodes from the start as she quest to understands what she truly feels ("puppy love")... moreover how she disciplined naruto to control himself in certain situation not to decide recklessly not just because you might lead your comrades lives in danger... protecting everyone is not bad at all but treasure your life atleast coz if ever something happens critical and your life would be in danger then someone close to you out there might sacrifice her life just to bring you back from who you were before for she love the way you are with her. In other words she found out and discover what she needed the most and define the origin of her strength to keep on going ("the more you hate the more you love").

"words consists of thoughts, trained by actions... defined by experience... progresses each day... expressed and shared oneday..."

"love is something that word cant accurately define... but feelings and actions are enough as framework to make it describe... since feelings are like notions each day develops...flows like current in rivers and changes like seasons... where you at your pace of your progress to find answer of your source of energy to keep on moving... the purpose of your existence and ability to control someone and change how she/he thinks..."

sakura emotion and expression reveals more and more to prove she is not the same little sakura from before the same notion with naruto ("women are spontaneous but like naruto himself remain he has word on his own to keep...like sakura describe naruto is all and the same not change but develop as you compare from who he was before...") sakura in the whole episodes shout, whisper, and with observation and knowing who really was naruto support her feelings more and more as she depend him against anyone who tease him.

takecare and godbless

I want some of what you're having. Sounds trippy.

[Alchemist007]

The wood off of that ship makes for a potent high. (I recommend it!)

[Spicy~Noodles]

Uhm, I remember the super duper long long long spree of fillers before the timeskip. I watched so many fillers, although the episode with Ino and Naruto when he pees was really funny. But I got seriously, seriously turned off by them. And I just stopped watching altogether, until the timeskip happened. Now when I download naruto, when I see something that doesn't match the manga, (a filler episode) I just stop watching and read this forum until I see someone thank god that the filler is over. I recommend you do the same, it's quite a good technique to keep you from quitting naruto. So many of my friends just stopped watching naruto because of that spree of fillers, DON'T LET IT HAPPEN TO YOU. Filler-Skip no jutsu!

.......................and listen to smokey the bear.