Naruto Shippuden
Year: 2007
Episodes: 500
Dubbed/Subbed: Both. But only up to 403 in the dub as it is still being aired.
Personal Rating: 7.5
Other Related Titles: Naruto (2000)
Naruto Shippuden Movie (2007)
Naruto Shippuden Movie 2: Bonds (2008)
Naruto Shippuden Movie 3: The Will Of Fire (2009)
Naruto Shippuden Movie 4: The Lost Tower (2010)
Naruto Shippuden Movie 5: Blood Prison (2011)
Naruto Shippuden Movie 6: Road to Ninja (2012)
The Last Naruto Movie (2013)
Summary: Two and a half years have passed since the end of Naruto's old adventures. He has trained hard with Jiraiya sensei and has returned to The Leaf Village to reunite with his friends; but the Akatsuki, the organization that threatened Naruto years before, is on the move again and this time Naruto is not the only one in danger. With the powerful Akatsuki organization looming ahead of him, Sasuke still missing, and the struggle with the beast hidden inside him a continuous battle, will Naruto's hard-earned improvements be enough? Join Naruto, Sakura, new friends and the rest of the old gang as the action heats up with new techniques and stronger enemies.
Review: Naruto Shippuden is one of them animes that really know how to toy with your emotions, and not entirely in a good way. To be honest, I had a love/hate relationship with the series. As it approached to the end, it was more hate than love.
There was a bunch of plot holes, a ton of undeniable glitches, and any viewer would've easily noticed it was rushed towards the end. The series shouldn't have been 500 episodes, 200 episode would've sufficed. However, Kishimoto decided to bombarde the show with filler up episodes (Episodes that aren't canon). Personally, I never minded the filler ups when it was explaining someones backstory, important past events and how people met each other. But these filler ups were so random while having the audacity to not even be funny, and it was blatantly obvious that it was made to simply elongate the arc.
Despite the shows obvious fails, it does make up for it with it's great storyline, amazing character development and a bunch of the best anime moments in history. One thing I loved about Naruto Shippuden, was it's wide range of characters. If you didn't like the main character you had a bunch of other characters to root for. Also, it had some outstanding villains, that weren't cliché.
The soundtrack is amazing. There's a bunch of legendary songs also. The op's we're also great. The fourth OP was my favourite (Because I adore Shikamaru).
The animation was great too, keeping in mind the year it was made. However, there was times especially during the fights when the animation was so bad and everyone would simply just drastically deform.
If you like animes that are story driven, have some crazy plot twists, action packed but still manage to give you the feels, and bad. This is the anime for you.
Tags: Coming Of Age, Shounen, Comedy, Action, Drama, Ninja, Violence, Fantasy.
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