Animation Pictss: April 2012

Places to Watch Naruto

Posted by viechuy in Places to Watch Naruto on Jumat, 27 April 2012

Many people every day are on a hunt for places to watch their favorite anime series. While there are many places to watch Naruto, not all are created equally. In this article, we'll discuss some of the best places to watch Naruto.

Originally, many people fell in love with the series by watching it on Cartoon Network. It has recently been taken over by Disney, with plans to be aired on the Disney channel. While watching Naruto on television might seem to be the ideal way to watch the series, there are many draw backs. For instance, the series is not up to date on television as it is online. In fact, on television, the series is many episodes behind.

Many people like to watch Naruto on YouTube. It's a known fact that you can find just about anything on YouTube. The only problem is that YouTube has a short clip time limit. That means that you have to watch several different videos just to see a full episode, and sometimes it's hard to find all of the clips that you need to complete and episode.

Luckily, there are many websites online right now dedicated to the anime series. Naruto lovers are given the choice to download full episodes or to stream them right to their computers. This has been the best choice I've seen by far. New episodes are readily available every Thursday as their rolled out fresh from Japan. The only downside to this is having to watch the episodes in subtitles, but it's well worth it to keep up to date with the anime series.

Naruto loves will get their Naruto fix in whatever way they can find. Some ways are more popular than others. One that I failed to mention earlier would be to rent episodes from a popular DVD rental club. Again though, these episodes fall behind the times as to what episodes Japan is currently popping out with. So, if you weren't sure where to catch up on your Naruto episodes before, now you have an arsenal of places to watch Naruto to choose from.

Naruto Shipuden Pictures

Review of Naruto Shippuden - Story Arc Two

Posted by viechuy in Review of Naruto Shippuden - Story Arc Two

At the end of the first story arc information is revealed that sends Naruto and Sakura off on another mission almost immediately. Kakashi is in the infirmary after the mission (again), so Lady Tsunade assigns a new leader for the mission and reluctantly a replacement for sasuke chosen by the village elders.

Thus we are introduced to Sai and Captain Yamato. Yamato being an ANBU member taking Kakashi's place and Sai being an aggravating, and emotionless pain in the butt. He is on a secret mission, and manages to get on the bad side of both Sakura and Naruto right away. Part of Yamato's orders are to keep an eye on Sai.

To make up for the leap right back into another mission, there are some hijenks leading up the start of the action. Most of the lead up are reveals on Yamoto and Sai. They arrive at their destination and Orochimaru is there.

What follows is a flat out battle between Naruto and Orochimaru with Naruto completely giving himself over to the Nine-Tailed Fox demon. The carnage that ensues is truly epic in proportion, and even Sakura gets hurt in the cross fire. This leads to Naruto realizing he can't keep relying on the Fox demon for power, or someone he cares about could die.

More intrigue with Sai occurs, and a brief fight with Sasuke also goes down. Naruto (as expected) is beaten like a red headed step-child, and after the villains take off, he realizes how far he has to go to catch up to Sasuke. The Arc ends with Naruto working his friendship magic on Sai, who joins the team for real.

I will give this story Arc the Following ratings:

Story Development: A -With important additions to the cast and a number of revaluations, the bigger picture becomes more focused.

Action: A++ -The battle between Orochimaru and Naruto is frightening. Naruto is separated from shows like DBZ, by the more realistic power levels of their "super powers". The nature based techniques give individuals strong abilities, but ones that can be countered. With Naruto unleashing the Demon Fox, we see what "superhuman" means in the world of Naruto. Orochimaru comes close to being killed, and for any fan of the series that should tell you something right there.

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Naruto Encyclopedia

Posted by viechuy in Naruto Encyclopedia

A
Academy Student: A ninja in training, learning the roles as ninja and basic skills, such as problem solving, reading and basic jutsus.

Akatsuki: meaning "Dawn," or "Daybreak" is a criminal organization, whose role in the series is to capture the jinch riki (tailed beasts inside great ninjas). It is extremely influential due to its elite membership. The admission criteria are extraordinary fighting ability and deadly ruthlessness. In order to join the Akatsuki one must prove himself to be a strong fighter, but also to sever his previous connection to his past relations. We see Uchiha Itachi's slaughtering of his clan to become a member of this group. Akatsuki's members wear special rings and village headbands with a strike line across the village symbol on the plate.

ANBU: "Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai", meaning "Assassination Tactics Special Squad". (Dark side" or "Black Ops") It is a force of extremely talented shinobi of Chunin rank or higher who are chosen for assassinations, for village protection from exceptional threats, for conducting high-risk missions into enemy countries, and for dealing with extremely strong (S-Rank) ninja. They wear animal masks to distinguish themselves from normal shinobi, as well as to conceal their identities. The ANBU carry swords; this is somewhat unique in that Naruto, although it is a ninja manga, has very few swords. The ANBU is an organization that is under the direct command of the Kage. Hatake Kakashi was a former member and Uchiha Itachi became an ANBU captain at age 13. Morino Ibiki, the proctor of the first Chunin exam, is the head of the Konoha ANBU Torture and Interrogation Force.

C
Chakra: Physical and spiritual energies combined to perform ninja techniques.

Chuunin: Chuunin is the middle class of ninja. While expected to have combat skills worthy of their station, what sets them apart from Genin is their demonstration of leadership skills. Every six months, an exam is held to determine who among the participating Genin are worthy of the rank Chuunin. Many ninja will never advance from this rank, as it takes great combat skill to become a Jounin. The teachers at the ninja academy are generally Chuunin.

E
Exploding Note: A scroll which explodes after a few seconds and bursts into flames.

F
Forehead Protector: Identifies the ninja, it shows where he comes from proves that the person has graduated from the academy.

G
Genin: ("Junior Ninja") The first rank of ninja, who are still grasping the basis of shinobi work, manual labour, Do D and C missions, body guarding someone from thugs and mafia. Naruto Uzumaki is still a Genin, although a very talented one.

GenJutsu: Genjutsu ("Illusion Techniques") are techniques that use the chakra in the victim's nervous system to create illusions; an advanced intellectual Ninjutsu. Genjutsu techniques are notably easier to execute and counter for users of high intelligence, like Nara Shikamaru, good chakra controllers like Haruno Sakura, and Sharingan users like Uchiha Sasuke. The most commonly seen Genjutsu is simple creation of phantasms that cause the targeted person to hear, see, smell, taste and feel things that are not actually there in order to manipulate them; other applications of Genjutsu are rare.

H
Hand Seal: Ninja's hand gestures indicating a technique and chakra used.

Hokage: The most powerful shinobi in Konoha. Translates literally to "Fire Shadow". Naruto is striving to become "Hokage" one day. New Hokage, after being appointed by council, gets Hokage mansion and his face carved into the stone wall.

Konoha village was found by First Hokage Hashirama Senju. His yonger brother Tobirama Senju became the Second Hokage. Their student Hiruzen Sarutobi was the Third Hokage. He was also a teacher of Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru. Jiraiya's student Konoha's Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze later became the Fourth Hokage.

Tsunade is the Fifth Hokage replaced by Danzo Shimura after falling in coma during Pain's invasion. He serves as a Candidate Sixth Hokage. Another candidate for Sixth Hokage is Kakashi Hatake.

Hoshikage: ("Star Shadow") The leader of the Hidden Star Village, or Hoshigakure. Last one, Akahoshi, after becoming the Fourth Hoshikage by killing the Third one, was brought to justice by Naruto Uzumaki.

J
Jinchuriki: A person who has a bijuu or demon sealed inside of him/her. In translation it means "Power of Human Sacrifice". This ninja can become greater than the tailed beast inside him. Killer Bee is an example of one such ninja. Unlike some Jinchuriki, Killer Bee has complete control over his tailed beast and can maintain utter consciousness and control even after a full transformation.

Jounin: The highest class of ninja. While those ninjas in ANBU are considered elite, it does not guarantee their superiority over non-ANBU Jounin. Jounin usually receive only A or S rank missions and are generally leaders on these if they do not go solo. Respectable Jounin are entrusted with the responsibility of training new Genin. Jounin can be expected to have spectacular techniques. Seeing Jounin battle is a rare treat.

Jutsu: A technique or skill that requires the use of chakra. Utilizing both hand seals and chakra great ninja can battle his opponent. There are many different Justus like Ninjutsu, Taijustu or Genjustu.