Mar 18, 2016
Naruto means a lot to me, it was a big part of my childhood but here is where i put my personal feelings a side and review it from an objective standpoint.
The story of Naruto is a bit uneven. On one hand it brings some spectacular and great emotional moments but is brought down by the poor pacing and a lot of fillers. There are episodes with great character development, episodes with spectacle, episodes where nothing happens, episodes with turtle pacing and episodes that have fight scenes that never end.
The art and animation is alright. Since it is a 220 episode anime the animation
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budget for each individual episode is not equal. Some episodes look great others dont.
The soundtrack is really good. It builds up the action and gets me pumped every time. The dub is an okay dub that gets the job done but you are not missing anything.
The characters are the best thing about Naruto. They are well developed, deep and very well written. They feel human. However the antagonists(excluding Zabuza and Haku) are a bit shallow, while pretty cool looking overall not much to say about them.
For my enjoyment i can say when its good its GOOD. The chunin exam arc is the best example of this but the fights some times go on forever and filler nightmares dont help that either.
Overall Naruto is an enjoyable anime. Is it good? Yes. Is it flawed? Yes. Is it worth the hype? NO! Is it worth watching? Only if you are ready to sit through 220 uneven episodes and thats not counting shippuden.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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