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Maciamo
Decommissioned ex-admin

Registered: July 2002
Location: Austrasia
Posts: 6652
Review Date: April 24, 2004 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: plot, suspense, characters, emotions, graphics, music...
Cons: childish ?

I am not a manga/anime specialist, but Naruto is certainly the best series I've known so far. It has the emotional intensity of romance, while combing actions and moral code of friendship and essential relationship issues. Lots of characters have deep and unique personalities, and make me want to compare Masashi Kishimoto to Shakespeare for his understanding of human psychology.


The world of Naruto itslef is an imaginary one amalgamating a lost ideal traditional Japanese world of ninja (and samurai), with strict moral codes and feudal wars, with elements of modernity such as television and cup ramens. There are no cars or concrete roads, no sign of Westernization or contact to the outside world, eventhough the technology and school system are unmistakably contemporary. Houses and ninja techniques are purely imaginary, which adds charm to the atmosphere.


Definitely worth a watching/reading.

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mizerable_d
I'm not fat...just fluffy

Registered: September 2004
Location: Canada
Posts: 2896
Review Date: November 21, 2004 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: plot, graphic, music, suspense
Cons: sometimes scenes drag on for too long...-_-

Naruto is my favorite anime series. First the plot is great, the stories of the different charaters are all very touching. The graphics are GREAT, it's smooth and well done. the music is very well qued, and makes scenes such as the action or sad and sorrow so much more realistic and it gets you into the story. well done.

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SkippyDaStudent85
Kendoka/Iaidoka

Registered: November 2004
Location: Bloomington, IL
Posts: 207
Review Date: December 2, 2004 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: Character interactions, art, story
Cons: Some fights seem to drag on

The Naruto series is awesome! I have been reading the fan-translated manga as they are released in Japan and put on a website, http://www.narutofan.com. They are totally worth buying, if you have the money as they are made available. I would suggest the site to anyone who wants to check the series out without any longterm commitment (though I believe most will find something about it that they like).

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Kiyomi
~different~

Registered: December 2004
Posts: 165
Review Date: December 16, 2004 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8 

 
Pros:
Cons:

Naruto is defiantely one of the best i've seen and read. even though Naruto started out dumb, it ended quite well. With many different types of characters, Naruto is definately a thumbs up.

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Bakura_sama
Junior Member

Registered: January 2005
Posts: 1
Review Date: January 17, 2005 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6 

 
Pros:
Cons:

It's a pretty good anime/manga. It's one of my favorites

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DemonKazuya
Junior Member

Registered: March 2005
Posts: 2
Review Date: March 17, 2005 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9 

 
Pros: Great storyline and characters.
Cons: Fights tend to go on forever.

Naruto is great! I have always been interested in Japan's feudal era but somethings about Naruto aren't that great. Like Orochimaru's henchmen (the sound ninjas) they weren't that cool. I believe that Zabuza was one of Naruto's greatest villains.

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The heart may be weak, and sometimes it may even give in. But i've learned that deep down there's a light that never goes out.
Daft
Junior Member

Registered: April 2005
Location: Malmö
Posts: 5
Review Date: April 24, 2005 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4 

 
Pros: nice animation
Cons: totaly predictable storyline

Naruto is a nice anime Smile but it is turning into a dbz knockoff
Locklear904
Why don't you decide?

Registered: December 2005
Location: Virginia
Posts: 31
Review Date: December 15, 2005 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: Cool fights, little bit of romance, deep characters,NINJAS
Cons: manga hasn't been finished yet!

This manga is wonderful.The characters each have amazingly different personalities,the fights are awesome,the story is well-done,and it can be hilarious at times,but most of the time it's serious.What's more to say?Read it now.

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tomokazuginko
Junior Member

Registered: March 2006
Posts: 11
Review Date: March 23, 2006 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9 

 
Pros: engaging themes,interesting characters and captivating story
Cons: The themes of loneliness and needing friends come up quite a bit in this ninja epic

It has good characterization the plot has you from start til end and it shows fantastic story segments and focuses on each character tentatively. It will have you feeling like you,yourself have felt like one of these characters at one time before.
zero g
Regular Member

Registered: January 2005
Location: San Jose
Posts: 54
Review Date: May 4, 2006 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9 

 
Pros: good animation and character story and development...
Cons: some of my fav characters die in this series later on coughs (garra!)

overall this was a good anime and I enjoyed reading it and watching the anime recommend to anyone who likes ninjas or samurai well until then bye bye...

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Hajimemashite...
AsakuraNeo10
Banned

Registered: October 2006
Posts: 54
Review Date: October 29, 2006 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8 

 
Pros: It is really touching....and...
Cons: But it makes people to think going out to kill people is a fun thing to do.

I love naruto and i not just catch the story but also the games!!!!
maes
Anime Okatu

Registered: October 2006
Location: Winnipeg
Posts: 13
Review Date: October 30, 2006 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: It's funny,touching, and has lots of action
Cons: The fights take forever and the story line is always turned in Naruto's favour (most of the time)

As an anime specialist I can tell you that just like FullMetal Alchemist this is a very good anime. I have researched this anime and have found very few plot holes in this anime.

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Kirie_Maiden
Rope Shrine Maiden

Registered: March 2007
Location: England
Posts: 498
Review Date: April 5, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: Great storylines, suspense, action, well thought up, music, characters
Cons: The English version is rubbish, much better in Japanese.

I borrowed this from a friend of mine and I honestly have to say it is one of the most amazing things I have seen. All the characters are amazing and have their own unique personalities. Like true anime should, you can fall in love with cartoons, such as the characters of Uchiha Sasuke (student) and Hatake Kakashi (Sensei). Watching it in Japanese (with the English Subtitles if needed) is much preferable to watching it in English, because if you hear the words, "Believe it," come from Naruto's mouth one more time, you'll want to put a shuriken through your TV. Seriously though, this series is amazing, and the music is awesome. You'll love it.

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Harun
ラズベリージュース

Registered: May 2007
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Posts: 29
Review Date: August 16, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9 

 
Pros: awesome!
Cons: beginning can be boring i guess

real good



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