2004-09-16, 06:11 | Link #41 |
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Alot of optamistic posts here...
The reason naruto is popular isn't because of some hidden quality that makes it better than most series. Naruto is popular because the show itself is vauge and appeals to various people. Naruto is an example of capitalism at its best. It is a fighting anime for boys, so young boys already watch it. It has romance which young girls would appeal to. It has violence that teenage boys would appeal to. It has lighthearted comedy which appeals to teenage girls. It has perverted humor which appeals to teenagers and young adults. It has dark themes that apply to depressed and gothic people. It has mindless entertainment that appeals to easy-going people. It has inspiring themes that appeal to social regects and the overly popular. And it has almost anything else you can think of that will get people watching.... even the ocasional homicidal maniac that appeals to the insensitive jerk. |
2004-09-16, 06:36 | Link #42 |
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I have wondered that too. There isn't anything special in Naruto and people still like it a lot. It might be because of good start and Zabuza arc is imo pretty good. After Zabuza it's have been a downhill. Chuunin arc was boring ( 10 volumes long and a paper test ) and current arc is pure late Dragonball. I still read newest chapters just because of a habit, there are a lot of better series. Like many other series Naruto became popular in the net community after anime was released and if I recall right bittorrent was debuted in the same time as Naruto. New easy way to share anime made Naruto popular. But it's rather popular in Japan too, kids like it. Naruto movie is doing well. A good reason could be that the animation sticks close to the original. In a fact I haven't seen an anime series that follows manga so faithfully. I'm still saying this but One Piece would be more popular in the net if the animation would have been more true to comic's begining. People judge a series from first episodes, I do that too. There are plenty of series which starts to be great after a time. But then again there is Fullmetal Alchemist which is popular even though it doesn't follow the manga. A thing that bugs me lot is how many are saying thing like Naruto is good because "there are a lot of mysteries and we don't know for sure". These are basics of shounen action series, every series got a lot of mysteries like in Naruto (even more) and we don't know for sure. You know, Buffy the vampire slayer got a lot mysteries too. This kind of things just make me wonder what is Naruto's fans overall experience with comics and animations. In the whole Naruto isn't great but it's not bad either, clearly above the avarage. It's made to fit for a big audience, mainstream like Britney Spears. It's not that bad to like it.
Edit: One more thing. Naruto isn't really popular with girls. There is a lack of strong induvidual girl/woman characters with good character growth and only a few hot male characters. Countrary series like Bleach and Prince of Tennis seems to have more girl than boy fans although they are boys series. |
2004-09-16, 07:24 | Link #43 |
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It might be just me, but im under the impression from reading various forums that the average naruto fan hasnt seen much else but naruto and most of the time dbz or rurouni kenshin. Rarely giving any other anime a proper chanse, or just watching 1 ep of something and then dismissing it as not cool or not naruto like. I didnt come to this conclusion over a day or something. Any other people who see the same thing?
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2004-09-16, 10:13 | Link #45 | |
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2004-09-16, 10:25 | Link #46 |
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one of my main intrests is the story behind each character, and how they develop among the serie
but offcourse the action with the hand seals, all the different jutsu's and offcourse everybody has theyr own and special ability... i.e. gaara fights with sand, shino with bugs, kankuro with a puppet etc etc. this overall makes it a bit different then any other anime and sometimes its also funny to name a character.. MAITO gai! and kakashi |
2004-09-16, 11:44 | Link #47 | |
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You're mixing things up, the reason there are and have been a lot of fansubbers for Naruto is maybe because it's...popular? Popular does not equal good, Popular means: Widely liked or appreciated Naruto is just that now isn't it? My thread isn't called, why is naruto so good? is it? Nor did I say Naruto is the most popular serie at the moment, so your objecting to the wrong things. As for One Piece, it's immensely popular on all the forums, the fact is, (because it's licensed) It's only subbed by K-F and does not reach as much people as Naruto does. Same for Detective Conan, One of the reason Naruto is popular may be it's availability One way or another...it's popular On another note, Dont get me wrong people. Naruto is just one of the Anime's I like. My favorites are One Piece, Samurai Champloo, Love hina, GITS, Hellsing, Hikaru No go, Wolf s rain and many more. I'v seen a lot of things posted here wich I agree with, Naruto is not that great of a serie. It's just very enjoyable and it gives us plenty to talk about. I was just wondering why that is, why Naruto? Oh well, my question got awnsered and im looking forward to more.
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2004-09-16, 13:09 | Link #48 |
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i watch naruto cause its funny, has drama/action/suspense/
its cool, no other anime/manga hasnt really got into much depth into most the characters in naruto it goes into loadsa depth for instance naruto- loner when little, sealed with kyubi, wants to be the best, loud rival of sasuke, wants to be acknowledged (lol wrong spellin i think) sasuke- loner, wants to kill his bro rival of naruto sakura- jolly rivals of ino has a deep past with ino Gaara- Sealed with shakaku (dunno if thats right), COMPLETE loner, PURE evil, wants to love. Skikamaru- wants to live an "average" but interesting life. So unmotivated but probably the smartest person there is. Likes to stare at clouds i cant be bothered with the rest |
2004-09-16, 16:30 | Link #49 |
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Naruto fanboys.............
It seems like alot of these people posting are naruto fanboys are something. Most of you are explaining the feelings or sensations you get when you watch it rather than what makes it so popular. It really gets kinda annoying after alwhile when you see people go balistic over naruto.
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2004-09-16, 18:35 | Link #50 | |
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I also love Naruto for the same reason and also that we all have a little Rock Lee and naruto in us. Almost everyone have felt the same way more or less sometime in their life. I think that's the main message in naruto. and also It's so got damn sad, I can't believe it made me crya and the mix with action, deep drama and comic. And I'd also like to mention that the music is superb, it makes my adrenaline pump and give me goosebums |
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2004-09-16, 19:09 | Link #51 | |
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2004-09-16, 19:33 | Link #52 |
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If I were to tell you why I liked Naruto, I could go into an in-depth talk about how I first started liking Naruto and what I love about it. (Characters, manga, anime, music, murchandise, etc.) I could also tell you about my history on lovng anime. However, I'll just wrap it all up in a smaller package:
I like Naruto, because it has some aspects of things from past Shonen manga and anime. However, it is original enough that you want to read and find out what happens and stuff. For those who complain that Naruto is not original and is too cliche compared to past Shonen things, I believe that that's one of the things that makes Naruto good and continuous. I would feel sad if it ended in the Haku arc. (Although, it would be possible if Kishimoto planned it correctly. He could pull it off well.) I need the feel of the older school. I've seen too many anime out there trying to be original, I miss the older things. That's what make it a good anime to me. For those who want to know why Naruto is so popular, I think that's it's just the type of trend people like. Dragon Ball did it, and the trend stays the same. Lots of people still like this stuff. Of course, they also probably adore the characters to no end, seeing that there's such a wide variety, that you have to have something in common with at least one character one way or another. And, of course, the Haku arc did wonders, too. |
2004-09-16, 22:29 | Link #53 |
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because naruto breaks the tradition of most anime in japan, it doesn't have a senseless romance story like fushigu yugi, which for no reason they just fall in love..
and a lot of people crave a story like this.. diffrent world.. so much of it unexplored, and many aspects still not clear to us all yet,may be revealed for example orochimaru's hate for konoha or kakashi's friend who is dead... also naruto's first episodes were really amazing.. plus the music was soo cool P.S. guys i dont think a lot of people will bother reading posts that are like 3 pages long, can u keep ur points short and simple to be a greater writer use fewer words ok... |
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2004-09-16, 23:04 | Link #55 | |
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Naruto is very unoriginal. It's doesn't break the tradition of any anime. I think Oro's hate for Konoha is.... I don't know... very very... very.... very obvious. I think Naruto is lacking a lot of 'emoational' moments like in the Wave Country arc. One of the things that drew me to the series was stuff like Haku and Zabuza dying. Naruto becoming enraged and stuff. And the fact that Sasuke which the story resolves around wasn't such an ass in the beginning so I can watch it without hate of the character that the thing is about. |
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2004-09-17, 21:13 | Link #60 |
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yea yea.....alotta naruto fanboys other there *takes binoculars and looks around...sees almost an infinity number of fanboys* !!
naruto's good.....its somewhat original....ahem...lemme take pokemon as an example (i know its a hated anime but still..its still an anime..:P) pokemon: ash goes and catches pokemon.....join..pokemon tournaments...beats gym leaders..etc this thing happens over and over again in pokemon.... Prince of tennis: u play tennis basically...ryoma gets good..he's a junior ace..(yes i know the series very well cuz i watch it..its gettin a bit repetivtive..but ok..) the thing that seperates prince of tennis from pokemon IMO is the tenipuri episodes.... SPOILER!!!! SPOILER!!! SPOILER!!! SPOILER!!! SPOILER!! (not really...kinda..not detailed) naruto: first is the zabuza-haku encounter..then its the chuunin exam..then orochimaru attacks....then jiraiya finds tsunade..sannins go fight...i wont say more.....yes i have read the manga..so i'll shush FMA: this is a great anime.....its appeal to ppl is totally diff from naruto...fma's work of magic is the story line...its so complicated (well not that complicated..but its more complicated than naruto..and dbz...lol and pokemon....lol..and....yea..)...in this anime...they give u part of the problem..they work towards the solution..and the storyline follows that problem to see how edward and al tries to work out their problem.....instead of just plain out tennis...where there is no acutal goal except to become a great tennis player.... one piece: KAIZOKU!!!!!...one of hte first anime on kaizoku (that i have watched and thought was great)....its a really light hearted anime....way diff from fma.... ps. yes i have watched many anime...such as escaflowne, pokemon, digimon, yugioh, pokemon, hamtaro, yu yu hakusho, naruto, one piece, rurouni kenshin movie samurai x, prince of tennis, full metal alchemist, sailormoon, gundam wing endless waltz, gundam seed, mahou shoujo tai, im notta naruto fanboy..so hush...all u criticizers.... some ppl will prolly disagree with my POV, but heck...im 11...my taste in anime is totally diff from a 20 yr olds..hmm!?!! gotta anythign to say? say to my ass WMAUHAAH lol..j/k some idiots mite dink........NARUTO IS DA BEST ANIME OF ALL....go ahead think what u want.......u might not be right..but u just go think that.. diff genres = no single 1 anime series that will be the best in all anime genres remember dat.. |
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