Naruto Anime & Manga Discussion Thread (contains spoilers)

[Skaw]

Honestly, what Viz is doing could be a very large boon for anime distribution in the United States. If they can put together a script a day after release to stream a subtitled episode, that means they could very well get a dub finished within the following week. That could ultimately result in more distributors being able to air translated versions of episodes the week after they've aired in Japan, which means the gap between a series run in Japan and a series run elsewhere in the world is closed.

Which, needless to say, would not only squash fansubbing for the most part(weeaboos will still download for sure,) but also allow video games to be released simultaneously without fear of ruining the story outside of Japan.

That said, I really hope they do the same thing with Bleach soon after.

 

[Marajade]

I for one think its probably just a troll. Although its alot longer than normal and without the usual troll tags.

 

[Gerry]

I for one think its probably just a troll. Although its alot longer than normal and without the usual troll tags.

Ok so they've trolled before but what's to say that they are trolling this time, I honestly believe they are serious about dropping Naruto. They really don't want to piss of Viz, after all Viz never asked them to stop, so releasing the fansubs after this goes into effect would only be an insult.

If other anime companies follow suit, then we have a revolution in the anime industry where we can be on par with Japanese releases. That would make many fans, especially people who don't like 4kids, extremely happy. I'd love to see Funimation, Toei and Crunchyroll work together to release One Piece streams online, after all, One Piece is THE MOST torrented anime.

This is only the beginning.

 

[K. Ishitar]

hate to say it and not being a douche, but I really don't care as long as the shippuuden series gets the quality it deserves due to the awesomeness of the manga itself.

As long as the above isn't breached then does it matter who does it?

The 85 episode was kickass, I enjoyed it phenomonally and I'll definitely be saving it

 

[Ecks]

So.. okay, they're (Viz) going to be streaming episodes from their website?

With no option to DL? Well I think that's crap. I for one enjoy being able to watch an episode of shippuuden in .avi format watching it full screen in all its crisp clean glory. This can not be replaced at all by some small ass stream.

I had better be able to still find a place to DL the episodes after Jan. 15th or this really fucking blows ass. ><

 

[Draciot]

So.. okay, they're (Viz) going to be streaming episodes from their website?

With no option to DL? Well I think that's crap. I for one enjoy being able to watch an episode of shippuuden in .avi format watching it full screen in all its crisp clean glory. This can not be replaced at all by some small ass stream.

I had better be able to still find a place to DL the episodes after Jan. 15th or this really fucking blows ass. ><

Using Firefox and the DownloadHelper extension, you can download streaming videos, including the ones from Crunchyroll. There are three different video qualities at Crunchyroll, LQ, HQ and H264. The first two are .flv files, the third is an .mp4. So if they don't encrypt/protect Naruto (I imagine they will, but as of right now Crunchyroll videos are still available for download), then you'll still be able to save a copy to your HD. But as Tymon said, somenoe will continue to fansub it.

 

[Elemmire]

I sense troll, if not a troll post however, good riddance as I'm sick of Dattebayo and their lame jokes over the years :| it was funny at first but just getting lamer and lamer and ya...

 

[Strid]

If Dattebayo does drop it, someone else will do it. Thre are others who don't give a rats ass about Viz and since they aren't as popular are not even on the grid. The streamin' site I frequent has picked up a lot of translators lately and started subbin' series' that others have dropped, due to licensing issues, like Tokyo Majin Season 2.

 

[Skillit]

Well I think I agree with what I'm seeing alot of you say.....I for one dont wanna wait a week nor will I wait a week to watch the new episodes. And ya other ppl will still do the fansubs. They arent that hard to find but I am gonna miss DB doing it b/c i think their translations are the best of any I've watched. I honestly hope they DON'T do that to Bleach b/c that is another one I thoroughly enjoy.

 

[Strid]

Well I think I agree with what I'm seeing alot of you say.....I for one dont wanna wait a week nor will I wait a week to watch the new episodes. And ya other ppl will still do the fansubs. They arent that hard to find but I am gonna miss DB doing it b/c i think their translations are the best of any I've watched. I honestly hope they DON'T do that to Bleach b/c that is another one I thoroughly enjoy.

When other people take over the fansubbin' duties you probably wont even notice it's not from DB. There are a lot of animes out there that are spot on and not subbed by DB. DB just subs the very, very few extremely popular shows to begin with. Having watched enough anime to blow a mindcap or two I'm not worried in the least about a change in the people who sub shows.

 

[Tymon]

426

Spoiler:

Pain is interrogating some people, he summons something and sucks the souls of 2 nameless shinobi into it

Pain finds Ebisu again or something and tries to get him to tell him where Naruto is.

As Pain is about to kill Ebisu Konohamaru stops him with some attack.

Elsewhere Naruto is training after reading the deciphered code from the frog's back

Next chapter is apparently a battle between Konohamaru and Pain

uh.. how stupid?

 

[Anglis]

And nothing mentioned about Kakashi?

I swear..if thats it, then im not happy with the series then. I don't mind if characters get killed off, but I do mind with how they go out.

 

[Skaw]

426

Spoiler:

Pain is interrogating some people, he summons something and sucks the souls of 2 nameless shinobi into it

Pain finds Ebisu again or something and tries to get him to tell him where Naruto is.

As Pain is about to kill Ebisu Konohamaru stops him with some attack.

Elsewhere Naruto is training after reading the deciphered code from the frog's back

Next chapter is apparently a battle between Konohamaru and Pain

uh.. how stupid?

Spoiler:

Goodbye all current known and living Sarutobi blood? Does Kishimoto seriously hate the family that much to do in Konohamaru? Stay tuned to find out!

A whole chapter following Kakashi's blackout without a confirmed death not having anything to do with Kakashi should be pretty obvious evidence that he'll live through this ordeal.

 

[Draciot]

Spoiler:

Goodbye all current known and living Sarutobi blood? Does Kishimoto seriously hate the family that much to do in Konohamaru? Stay tuned to find out!

Spoiler:

Ebisu will probably sacrifice himself so that Konohamaru lives. Though I do think it would make the series a little more interesting if Konohamaru died.

 

[Kajimaru]

Naruto's going to be pissed when he comes home. o.o

 

[Skaw]

Spoiler:

Ebisu will probably sacrifice himself so that Konohamaru lives. Though I do think it would make the series a little more interesting if Konohamaru died.

Spoiler:

If Konohamaru gets killed off. $10 says Kurenai still births because Kishimoto hates the Sarutobi clan that much. Though, I'm guessing Konohamaru is going to get bitched up when suddenly HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAY Naruto appears.

 

[Draciot]

Spoiler:

If Konohamaru gets killed off. $10 says Kurenai still births because Kishimoto hates the Sarutobi clan that much. Though, I'm guessing Konohamaru is going to get bitched up when suddenly HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAY Naruto appears.

Spoiler:

I know it's a terrible thing to say, but I would probably laugh out loud if that happened. I don't think Konohamaru will die though. I didn't think about Naruto showing up, but that's a likely scenario.

 

[Skaw]

Spoiler:

It's the next logical step in killing off the Sarutobi line. First, Sandaime Hokage, or Grandpa Sarutobi. Then we have Asuma, Adult Sarutobi. Next, Konohamaru, Young Sarutobi(Even if it isn't his last name because his mother is a Sarutobi and his father isn't, he's part of the fam.) The last step is to kill off a Baby Sarutobi.

 

[Hitaru]

Spoiler:

It's the next logical step in killing off the Sarutobi line. First, Sandaime Hokage, or Grandpa Sarutobi. Then we have Asuma, Adult Sarutobi. Next, Konohamaru, Young Sarutobi(Even if it isn't his last name because his mother is a Sarutobi and his father isn't, he's part of the fam.) The last step is to kill off a Baby Sarutobi.

Spoiler:

Kuronai really didn't get much air time compared to Kakashi and Asuma anyway but I do think they're going to kill her off, the baby may be part of it but they're killing off the Sannin(although Orichmaru is still semi alive) and now all of the rookie teachers...Guy won't die because, well because he wears a skin tight green jumpsuit.

 

[Skaw]

Spoiler:

Nah, Kurenai and the baby won't die. After all, that'd piss off every single Shikamaru fan, and thats a pretty large number.