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[Living Lavish]

anyway can't wait for OP ad Ending i hav a feeling ist going to be the Team 7 Love Triangle instead but probaly
NaruSaku. i trust that bad Director stays faithful to the confession in the manga and dosn't ruin the episode.
but at the end of the day, the anime dosn't matter to the canon storyline. lol

Edited by Living Lavish, 08 March 2011 - 04:42 PM.

[merryGOflava]

dont worry people we dont know hows its gonna be. it could be great, or bad. but they cant butcher narusaku and thats all that matters besides we have been getting alot of love lately ( i wonder how much more we can get)

[ciardha]

It might be several couples in Naruto, including narusaku. They've done that before
If they do that I'd expect Asuma and Kurenai, Jiraiya and Tsunade, and hopefully Minato and Kushina. (It's a bit early for Mito and Hashirama as we've not reached the point of any story references in the anime yet)

[merryGOflava]

It might be several couples in Naruto, including narusaku. They've done that before
If they do that I'd expect Asuma and Kurenai, Jiraiya and Tsunade, and hopefully Minato and Kushina. (It's a bit early for Mito and Hashirama as we've not reached the point of any story references in the anime yet)

what about minato and kushina? we saw a bit of them but not enough to have a opening on them :o

[Blazing CobaltX]

Gyaah! I can't wait!

[K9ofChaos]

dont worry people we dont know hows its gonna be. it could be great, or bad. but they cant butcher narusaku and thats all that matters besides we have been getting alot of love lately ( i wonder how much more we can get)

I agree. It's too early to assume the outcome of the OP+ED release, only time will tell. So keep your fingers crossed for narusaku.

It might be several couples in Naruto, including narusaku. They've done that before
If they do that I'd expect Asuma and Kurenai, Jiraiya and Tsunade, and hopefully Minato and Kushina. (It's a bit early for Mito and Hashirama as we've not reached the point of any story references in the anime yet)

This would be a nice and plausable scenario as well.

[Quinny52]

@K9 - I agree with you, K. The opening's a ways off still, too early to be worrying about it's 'content'. We all just need to be cool and wait for day before we judge and fret.

@ciardha - Speaking of 'content', your scenario sounds interesting, and it would be good to create parallels of the prominenent couples in the series (and Kishi like his parallels). However, it's likely not gonna be like that, as the opening will also be show the other highlights of this arc. Likely scenario:
- Some Kisame/KB action
- Danzo vs Sasuke
- Some Madara
- 5 Kage,
- and the remaing time will be dedicated to Naru-Saku-Sasu, with Sakura the highlight of it (her 'transition').

Continued...

[Quinny52]

...Excuse the double post, but PS3 sucks.

@Codus N - I can understand feeling aprehensive, but we can't just jump to conclusions about the scene possibly being butchered because of the one placed in charge of the ep. This man has no reason to implement his own interpretaion (regardless of what it is, Pro/Anti etc) into this scene, and should just show it as it was done in the manga (call it like it is).

If bias is rife around Studio Pierot (to the point that the workforce is split over something as trivial as pairings), then I would seriously call into question this company's sense of professionalism. It shouldn't be allowed to exist in the workplace, let alone be allowed to dictate what the anime team do with the episodes containing content which is the source of said bias.

BTW, you're welcome (the 'Samples')

[Evil Potato]

I agree, they are a company committed to bringing a manga to life, they should be completely professional about every episode they do (except fillers, they don't count). I would say I hated the pain fight, but I mean, it was like 4 episodes long, so I guess it wouldn't look great the entire length, seeing how some of their animators suck at animating.

[Broken Figurine]

I don't know if they would make an opening dedicated to specific pairings, but that would be nice. They did have snips of it (especially in this latest ending) so it is not impossible, but I think they'll still play ship-tease with us and give us a variety, pro NaruSaku, NaruHina, whatever else...

I would hope to see something about Tsunade and Jiraiya, personally (with Dan too, since he was her fiance). ;-; Oh Tsunade...

Is it just me or does it seem like this ED did not last as long in comparison to the others? Not that I complain about having a new one... (I wonder if "Freedom" will show bits about the Shinobi war + NaruSasu fight?)

[Gravenimage]

...Excuse the double post, but PS3 sucks.

@Codus N - I can understand feeling aprehensive, but we can't just jump to conclusions about the scene possibly being butchered because of the one placed in charge of the ep. This man has no reason to implement his own interpretaion (regardless of what it is, Pro/Anti etc) into this scene, and should just show it as it was done in the manga (call it like it is).

If bias is rife around Studio Pierot (to the point that the workforce is split over something as trivial as pairings), then I would seriously call into question this company's sense of professionalism. It shouldn't be allowed to exist in the workplace, let alone be allowed to dictate what the anime team do with the episodes containing content which is the source of said bias.

BTW, you're welcome (the 'Samples')

quinny tell me about it, posting using PS3 is a pain.

[Greed-Sama]

Regarding the "bad' director:
I wasn't impressed by their previous directors, but if the Naruto vs Pain fight is any indication, then I would expect the worse. While there wouldn't be much going on, I would expect that scene to have some decent animation; this director does not seem to know when to prioritize higher quality animation. In Naruto vs Pain, Hinata's scene and the Kyuubi's six-tailed form were given the priority, whereas the scenes of Sage Naruto...the HIGHLIGHT of the fight...was hardly animated at all! For some reason I'm worried he might make Sakura's Seiyuu sound insincere in the confession (I don't know if an 'animation' director has control over that, but given the fact the VAs have to match the character, that seems likely). What amazes me is that the Pain arc, which HE directed, was the lowest point of the series ratings wise (and no, I DON'T blame it on the manga during that arc), yet they're still keeping this guy around. I guess the decent ones are working on other projects? Then again, the studio seems to be trying to cash in on Naruto and Bleach with minimum effort, relying more on the brand names than caring about producing a quality product (making far longer than necessary filler arcs, extending the canon episodes with filler and flashbacks when they don't need to). I remember the good old days with DragonBallZ; that had filler, but not enough to detract from canon, and unlike Naruto Shippuden, the animation actually got better with each season (compare the animation of the Sayiajin Saga and Cell games, and tell me that's NOT an improvement). What's more, DBZ back then was making crazy money, but the difference is that with DBZ, when they got money, they made sincere effort to make the series better; not so with Naruto. If anything, the fillers from part 1 probably made them decide that people will watch it as long as it's Naruto, and decided not to put any work into it.

Sorry, I just had to get that out. I'm just frustrated that so many Shonen series I have grown up watching before hand had good directors who knew what they were doing and avoid making the filler and shortcuts in these kinds of adaptations from detracting from canon material, wheras in Naruto Shippuden after Part 1 canon they just don't care at all.

Amen.

It's weird to say that sometimes I really feel like Digimon has better animation than Shippuden, which is saying a lot. Especially when it comes to the actions scenes. I loved the show for it's characters and for a maturer plot than it's other monster counterpart. It was pretty terrible with animation. Though this could be entirely personal opinion.

Edited by TheOmegaMan, 09 March 2011 - 07:52 AM.

[Torxe]

Well I know that when the moment comes I will sit like this in front of my laptop while the vid plays:


*closes eyes**crossesfingers**takes a peek at screen**closes eyes**hears confession**let's fingers go**eyes wide opened*
=> *sigh of relief* or *roar of anger*

actually I feel like beginning already

[merryGOflava]

shipuuden animation is always up and down...sometimes its great!! the best! then sometimes its horrible...and most times its decent..just barely good enough...T^T i just want it to stay in one place!!

its like theres always a different art style...its so weird sometimes.

[naruto-z]

shipuuden animation is always up and down...sometimes its great!! the best! then sometimes its horrible...and most times its decent..just barely good enough...T^T i just want it to stay in one place!!

its like theres always a different art style...its so weird sometimes.

I agree with you there. To be honest, recent episodes are and I'm not gonna lie, but they have been extremely good both animation, voicings, soundtrack and even slight fillers. If they keep this up and do the same with the confession I'll be a happy man. Of course, if they did a special upgrade just for the confession like Hinatas, I'd be extremely happy.

[K9ofChaos]

I agree with you there. To be honest, recent episodes are and I'm not gonna lie, but they have been extremely good both animation, voicings, soundtrack and even slight fillers. If they keep this up and do the same with the confession I'll be a happy man. Of course, if they did a special upgrade just for the confession like Hinatas, I'd be extremely happy.

I'd be on board with a special upgrade for Sakura's confession as long as it's provided by Kishimoto and makes the scene heartwarming enough to be considered truly genuine on Sakura's part with more clarity when it comes to her feelings for Naruto. Perhaps some flashbacks about canon memories she has about Naruto or the unseen part of Sakura's confession?


If they want to add something to Sakura's confession like they did to Hinata's confession, they should at the very least consult Kishi on this one for ideas. Perhaps said ideas would be hints for future plot points in the manga?


Still, either way that would be nice.

[Codus N]

Regarding the "bad' director:
I wasn't impressed by their previous directors, but if the Naruto vs Pain fight is any indication, then I would expect the worse. While there wouldn't be much going on, I would expect that scene to have some decent animation; this director does not seem to know when to prioritize higher quality animation. In Naruto vs Pain, Hinata's scene and the Kyuubi's six-tailed form were given the priority, whereas the scenes of Sage Naruto...the HIGHLIGHT of the fight...was hardly animated at all! For some reason I'm worried he might make Sakura's Seiyuu sound insincere in the confession (I don't know if an 'animation' director has control over that, but given the fact the VAs have to match the character, that seems likely). What amazes me is that the Pain arc, which HE directed, was the lowest point of the series ratings wise (and no, I DON'T blame it on the manga during that arc), yet they're still keeping this guy around. I guess the decent ones are working on other projects? Then again, the studio seems to be trying to cash in on Naruto and Bleach with minimum effort, relying more on the brand names than caring about producing a quality product (making far longer than necessary filler arcs, extending the canon episodes with filler and flashbacks when they don't need to). I remember the good old days with DragonBallZ; that had filler, but not enough to detract from canon, and unlike Naruto Shippuden, the animation actually got better with each season (compare the animation of the Sayiajin Saga and Cell games, and tell me that's NOT an improvement). What's more, DBZ back then was making crazy money, but the difference is that with DBZ, when they got money, they made sincere effort to make the series better; not so with Naruto. If anything, the fillers from part 1 probably made them decide that people will watch it as long as it's Naruto, and decided not to put any work into it.

Sorry, I just had to get that out. I'm just frustrated that so many Shonen series I have grown up watching before hand had good directors who knew what they were doing and avoid making the filler and shortcuts in these kinds of adaptations from detracting from canon material, wheras in Naruto Shippuden after Part 1 canon they just don't care at all.

I think it's possible they will botch it up to make her sound insincere about the confession. 'Cause for one, the animation director worked with guys who wrote those Anti-NS episodes. Pierrot have teams that work on certain episodes and these teams are chosen at random, but however, the storyboards are actually up to the script-writers and they have full autonomy to interpret chapters however they like. (AFAIK) So yeah, it's definitely going to be botched up. I'm not gonna get my hopes up.

[Torxe]

Jee, thx entirely motivated for the next few weeks.

Let's hope he hits his head and changes his opinion or has to call in sick so someone else directs that episode