AWESOME ANIME

Written by Foulup001 on October 25, 2011 at 12:49 PM

My love for anime started way before this anime was released. I was watching the godfathers of all shounen DragonBall Z and Saint Seiya - funnily enough I was eight at the time. Now in my twenties I still cannot get enough of this wonderful thing called anime, it gives you so many things to watch, makes your life difficult in the process and you still manage to enjoy it. Funnily enough my first experience with Naruto was when a family member loaded a subbed version of Naruto Movie one on the home desktop - needless to say I was shocked by the violence. The level of fighting and technique surpassed anything I had ever seen in an anime (this is before DragonBall Z's cell saga). It was intense, really good and the fact that these ninja were kids (that they were even ninja was a surprise) was awesome. Mostly I loved the anime for its simplistic Bildung's Roman storyline. We see Naruto develop and this is something taken from Dragonball and DragonBall Z yet again - I love anime's such as these that really get you involved with the character's history to the point of you as the viewer becoming really integrated in the story. Although at times I felt that some of the fighting was a bit farfetched I was not disappointed. A perfect anime never existed, I would not expect Naruto to be anything other than what it is - a purely fun and enjoyable anime. The graphics are solid and the characterization smooth. There is wonderful consistency with Naruto and Sakura, even Sasuke maintains his cool and even though his development differs because of his eventual defection from Konoha the point is that Sasuke is fighting for a cause like Naruto. The "Bonds" theme works handily with this (for some idiots its stupid). Metaphorically speaking "bonds" in Naruto do not only relate to friendship and camaraderie, it also relates to the ties of legend and history - the bonds shared within tradition, within the powers that these characters yield. I found it most intriguing that Sasuke and Naruto would be the most alike when they are such polar opposites personality wise. Even stranger is that their "bond" strengthens within battle. As such you can think for yourself where their true bonds lie - within a cause. I suggest you watch Naruto from the first series to the second series Naruto Shippuuden. It is an interesting narrative of life, growth and bond for a cause. I give this a straight 5. Watch it.