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I quote that 100%. That's why after episode 136 you can only take the manga seriously. After that the anime is just milking the cow until it's dead. Shippuden instead of fillers is so slow that the current 37 episodes could have been done in 18 Episodes without loosing anything relevant. In fact it would win so much in terms of pacing.

Also it's extremely popular, and the hype gets very irritating. It formed and forms legions of narutards that irritate most experienced otakus with their extreme noobness and hardheaded mentality.

These called narutards, have seen at most 5/6 animes. And they insist naruto is the best thing since the invention of chocolate.This without being able to see there's life after naruto.

Highly popular shows like Naruto usually pay the price among otaku communities.

For instance, the most recent example are the shows from Kyoto animation.

Although Haruhi, Kanon remake, Lucky Star and Clannad (Kanon remake 2) are good shows they've been so hyped since 2006 that many otakus that enjoyed them are now absolutely fed up of hearing about them and how great they are.

naruto is just a typical shonen anime.
people dont like it because as previuosly stated, there are too many fillers as one of the main reasons.
i personally dont like it because of the fans. the fans blow it up to be much more amazing than it actually is, and think it is the only anime that exists that is worth watching.
i think naruto just happens to be a long shonen anime that has succeeded in using every "shonen trick" in the book to make it successful.

its just.... overrated.

The endless fillers just killed the series for me. It was good until the countless sub plots and dumb side stories I mean come on chasing a bug for thirty episodes. ...those ninja headbands are insta-coolness too.

Naruto is very noisyyyy

I can never get fed up with KyoAni :D

Your views on narutards are 100% correct though. most of them are stubborn about how "fantastic" Naruto is and fail to watch some GOOD series like Higurashi, Code Geass, Shana, and (yes) Haruhi.

Ever seen someone walk around with a naruto headband? or wear "sharingan" contacts? -__- those kind of people are the real shame of the anime community imo...

I personally prefer the manga. The anime with its fillers killed me.

Guys, they forgot to draw Naruto's head. Seriously now. What?

Also, I am a certified 'Narutard' - I wear my Naruto t-shirt on occasion (though not as often as my Avatar or Cowboy Bebop or Dr Who shirts). I don't wear my Konoha headband as much, cause it's a pain to put on and it gives me a headache. ;__; And the idea of Sharingan contacts scare me, probably 'cause I don't like contacts to start with. I don't appreciate being called the "real shame of the anime community", 'cos I'm a fan just like the rest of you, and a human being too. Being told I'm a blight to anime fans everywhere is a dehumanizing comment that is not warranted on a board where all anime fans are supposed to share their love of their favorite series without fear of being taunted.

Now, I'm gonna get offa my soap box . . . and read more Naruto manga. XD (Or the new chapter of Bleach, I can't tell)

i dont hate naruto but i dont like it, and i think the main reason why many other people dont like naruto either is because Its Very Overated!
this series having so much filler is also another good reason to not like it, its been like 100+ episodes since naruto wanted to find sasuke and bring him back, yet he havent even seen him once. i skipped about 60-80 episodes of the series and i still know exactly whats going on

i agree with xjellocross, narutards are a Shame to the anime community

i love the series.
but i swear. Naruto(the character) is like the Harry Potter(the character) of anime.
a total spazz when it comes to things he should be good at. but people go hogwild over it anyway. wtf.

but i love the series =] minus fillers.. &naruto's extreme stupidity/lack of ninja skill. &the not too smexy female characters.. &the the fillers.. & the slow development.. &the fillers......

but aside from that. keep watching/reading =]

The animation quality sunk and they purposefully lengthen every single episode.
Normaly you take 2 chapters are 1 episode (sometimes 3), but Naruto has
2 chapter = 1 hrs special episode.

http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=4345

what I said: "I used to dislike anime, mainly because i'm not a fan of the whole shonen action genre.
hell, i dont even like extended fight scenes. However, I wouldn't actually hate naruto if it wasn't for the popularity. anywhere i go whenever i say anime im instantly bombarded with "NARUTO IS AWESOSME!" then if i say i don't like it i'm basically stalked by a bunch of Hessians."

It was good at first. Hell, I loved the Zabuza arch. But the series went straight down later on. That's when I decided I would watch other series. (Which some of them are way better than naruto.) Maybe I'll give shippuuden another chance someday.. maybe.. And the reason why people hate naruto (which is what johny d said) because the majority of people who just started watching anime like naruto as if it's their life. The obsessed ''narutards'' apparently pisses people off.

well i dont like narutos despite that its the only anime that my friends watch
Why? because the bad animation, fillers, and the storyline doesn't seem very interesting...its just a fight after another fight...and it drags out too long...a single fight can use like more than 5 eps...i think its rather pointless.....just read the manga, it should be better

Gotta admit Naruto was my first anime too but i too found out soon enough there are animes ten times better. its just sooo slow and theyre doing it on purpose too >.< just makes me wonder why its this popular in the first place

I love the Naruto manga, but I am disappointed with the anime. Both the original and Shippuuden. First of all, they spread the arcs over too many episodes and then the scenes becomes too long and boring, and the jokes and funny scenes aren't "snappy" enough. They also have too many flashbacks. And fillers. Unnecessary. Second, the animation is so inconsistent. Most of the time its really intolerable. Thats why I only watch the good episodes, mostly the real big fights. Shippuuden still has those problems. The animation is better, but theres too many episodes than necessary.

Because its popular and people like to say they "hate" popular stuff to stand out. :P I mean yeah the fillers prolly suck (I don't really bother with downloading the anime), but that's a flimsy excuse when you could've just ignored them all. As far as people thinking that its the best anime ever...hey, to each their own. My two favorite anime are ones that don't even rate on most people's lists, so who am I to put someone else down?

Out of curiosity, what two would those be? :3

i bet there are a few people who are that way but the majority has valid reasons for disliking it.. i dont think hate is the right word to use here..i think alot of people just dont like to watch it...hating it is just ridiculous cuz you can indeed just ignore it

It makes me want to choke childreeeeeeeeeen.
And yes, I admit I let the 11 year old illiterate shitty Deviantart "artists" get to me. :/
Plus, the characters/whole concept just doesn't interest me.

I dont hate it, but I dropped it from the 88th episode from the 1st series, a long long time ago, it was getting very boring and too long !

I think most of the naruto haters are the ones that watched naruto when it was still not complete. its disapointing waiting for the next naruto episode to come out and then finding out it was only a useless filler =[ but i am one of those watching the naruto shippuden =]