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| Junko Takeuchi | | Director:
| Hayato Date | | Format:
| Animated, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC | | Language:
| Japanese | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Viz Media | | Run Time:
| 30 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 29, 2009 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 17 reviews |
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 What a fun, action-packed series "Naruto Shippuden" has turned out to be!Mar 10, 2010
Since 1999, "Naruto" created by Masashi Kishimoto ("Karakuri") has been one of the most popular anime and manga series in Japan and has easily become a favorite best selling anime/manga series among fans all over the world.
For the anime series, since 2002, "Naruto" lasted until 2007 with a total of 220 episodes. The series would follow the adventures of a boy named Naruto Uzamaki, who may not be the brightest ninja from the Konoha Village but he makes it up with heart and also tremendous power as the killer beast known as the nine-tailed fox has been sealed within him.
Earlier in the series, the anime series focused on Naruto and his team members Sasuke Uchida and Sakura Haruno as they would go on adventures and learn to become a team and also honing their ninja abilities. The series would then begin to introduce other young ninjas from the village who Naruto would be paired up with and the young ninjas would take on rival clans to helping people in need. But somehow as the series continued, Sasuke Uchida would then go off on his own personal mission to stop his brother Itaki Uchida, who murdered the whole Uchida clan and his family, only leaving Sasuke alive.
Within those six years, we have seen Naruto and his friends grow as friends and also in their abilities. For Naruto, all he has wanted is to become the next Hokage (the leader of the village) when he grows older and to help his friends accomplish missions. He knows that to be a good leader, he will need to get stronger so he can protect the village once he grows older. Of course, there is so much involved in the "Naruto" anime series and what makes its special is its humor, its action but also how well the series integrates so many characters but yet features a good number of character driven episodes that makes the viewer appreciate many of the characters in the series.
"Naruto", the first series ended with the young ninja leaving to train with Jiraiya for two-and-a-half years.
Here we are now with "Naruto Shippuden" (Naruto: Hurrican Chronicles), a sequel to the "Naruto" series which began a month after the first series ended in Feb. 2007 and as of Feb. 25, 2010, "Naruto Shippuden" aired its 149th episode in Japan. The series has been streaming through [...] a week after its airing in Japan with English subtitles but for fans who have wanted the English dub, the series began airing on Disney's XD channel. The series has been released in individual volumes (with a total of four episodes) courtesy of Shonen Jump Home Video ala Viz Media and also as complete season box sets.
In the sequel, Naruto arrives after his training and now he's a little older, taller but still is the same naive and energetic kid that he was when he left. Many things have changed since Naruto has left. Sasuke is still gone. Sakura has been training under current Hokage Lady Tsunade, while in the sand village, Gaara has succeeded his father as Sunagakure's Kazekage (the leader of the village).
This time the threat to the ninja clans are the Akatsuki, a criminal organization which includes powerful ninjas who defected from their villages and a group which include Sasuke's brother Itachi. At this current time, not much is known of what the Akatsuki are planning but the ninja clans are all under alert trying to figure out what their next move will be.
Here is a brief spoilerless summary of the first four episodes.
EPISODE 1 - Homecoming - Naruto arrives after his two and half year training with Jiraiya and learns of how things have changed a bit in the village.
EPISODE 2 - The Akatsuki Makes Its Move - The criminal organization Akatsuki makes its move against the Sand Ninja. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sakura must go against their sensei Kakashi in redoing one of their earlier test trials.
EPISODE 3 - The Results of Training - Kakashi learns how far Sakura and Naruto have become. Meanwhile, a traitor is revealed from the Sand Village.
EPISODE 4 - The Jinchuriki of the Sand - The conclusion to Naruto and Sakura's test. Meanwhile, Gaara takes on Akatsuki's Deidara.
VIDEO & AUDIO:
One thing I noticed when it came to "Naruto" is that the series has had its share of well-animated and well-painted artistic backgrounds but then for some of the filler episodes, has had a decrease in quality. Fortunately, "Naruto Shippuden" looks very solid. I really like how the characters look much older and the emotions on the character's faces to the action that takes place in the Leaf and Sand Village is pretty cool. For the most part, with the four episodes that I've watched, Studio Pierrot has done a pretty solid job with "Naruto Shippuden".
As for the audio, audio is pretty much Stereo Bilingual (Japanese and English). Similar to a series like "Dragon Ball Z", with "Naruto", I have always enjoyed the voice acting of the English dub series. It's well done and the voices fit the characters very well. But I have watched the series in Japanese and English and for the most part, voice acting for both soundtracks are well-done. Since the series is front channel driven, for those with a modern home theater receiver probably will enjoy a more immersive soundscape by selecting stereo on all channels.
Subtitles are in English.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"Naruto Shippuden" doesn't come with any special features but trailers.
JUDGMENT CALL:
What a wonderful start for "Naruto Shippuden". So, many fans who have been watching the anime series since its release back in 2002 have grown with this series and watched every episode continuously for so many years and now, here we are with the sequel that is full of action and for the most part, seeing how these characters progressed as a ninja and also have grown older in terms of the way they look. As usual, there is a lot of action but there is a lot of humor in the series and to see him and Sakura together especially taking on Kakashi-sensei was so hilarious.
These uncut episodes do include the commercial bumpers in the beginning and end and also includes the short animated sequence which features the characters in super-deformed format or features a character teaching the viewer something about their village or special ability.
Overall, "Naruto Shippuden" is a great anime series and this first volume is definitely a great start for the sequel. But if you are planning to watch the series from beginning to end, you may want to purchase the DVD box set 1 which contains the first 13 episodes, special features and a limited edition version of the complete season which comes with a mini ninja Naruto and an exclusive art card.
Naruto: Shippuden, Vol 1Jan 23, 2010
Perfect condition & shipped quickly! The great was so good, I was able to purchase 3 volumns for niece's Christmas gift - she was thirlled!
naruto shippudenJan 01, 2010
CAN ANY ONE PLEASE TELL ME IF THIS VERSION IS UNCUT BEFORE I BUY IF IT IS NOT I DONT NO IF I WANNA BUY IT 5 STARS I STIIL LOVE NARUTO
 Run time Error?Dec 26, 2009
This is a great reboot to an already great series. Liking the idea of aging up and maturing it up to follow its audience while being able to draw in new ones.
My only gripe isn't with Naruto though. It's with Amazon. What is up with the wrong runtime? 30min for 5 episodes? Should be 125min. Not only for this one but even for Vol. 2 and 3 and even the Movie you put up the wrong runtime. Hope you guys fix that.
Aside from that this is a great buy.
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i love it !Nov 16, 2009
i loved it but there seems that there is something wrong with naruto .
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