tattoo: happen to love the design for the ANBU tattoo, so, there is no doubt that any variation is great. got one 6 years ago. on our foot. don't ever want anymore now.
politics: we started watching John Stewart and Colbert lately cause if we're gonna be pissed off we at least want to laugh about it.
American'd Naruto: dude it is definitely Root because they're at the bottom of trees. Danzou even explains that in Shippuuden. that's the proper translation anyway, though i can see where they may have confused what he was saying. because he says something more like 'Root is the foundation which supports the tree that is Konoha'. damn metaphors.
and oh holy damn. its not the pace so much as all the f*cking flashbacks! each episode has at least 5-6 minutes of crap they'd used in previous eps (e and i counted!) and it drives us psychotic. but let's face it, 19 pages is not enough to get a full 25 minute episode. we do appreciate the pace of the manga, less bs, straight to the point. but the anime has the right feel and clarifies action sequences. so there you have it. we fast forward a lot.
y'know, while i was gone, e d/l'd about a 100 eps. and we just didn't get around to watching them because of all the other crap i'd missed. but now, we've been Naruto marathoning all week for refresher (and i got my brother to watch a couple eps and he says he can watch the Japanese version but he never wants to see the American'd version again). and we started Shippuuden yesterday or so. i didn't realize i'd never seen Sai in color or heard him speak until watching the 2nd Shippuuden movie. i was like, whoa! he's spent a little too much time underground though. and not real fond of Kishimoto for making a Sasuke clone, but hey, one can't have everything.
speaking of Sasuke, even on the second watching through, he's still worthless but gotta give him some credit. he did take a beating for Naruto. repeatedly. of course, his superiority complex would allow nothing less, but still. and he did give Naruto the 'its not you, its me' speech. but the problem comes in where Naruto just never had friends before, so when one decided to quit, he just didn't know how to react. he's just so angry. dude, that's definitely not sadness. he's so pissed that he doesn't know how o express it because its against his personality. it comes across as 'oh, i gotta bring Sasuke back, and to make sure i do, i'll promise Sakura because if i say it out loud then i can't go back on my word.' but the more i watch Naruto/Sasuke interactions, i get 'bored now' from Sasuke (and i don't even blame him at this point) and 'so betrayed, so pissed' from Naruto and even the Kyuubi, who is rage personified, backs me up.
hell, even Gaara backs me up. Naruto told him specifically, "i'm just not good at saying goodbye". dude, seriously. we love seeing Gaara well-rested and in his Kazekage role too.
Madara: so powerful that he broke himself. hmm. that he could play the role of Toby for as long as he did intrigues me. i couldn't say if he was like Nii or not, we watched almost all of Reloaded but quit Saiyuki after that i think.
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politics: we started watching John Stewart and Colbert lately cause if we're gonna be pissed off we at least want to laugh about it.
American'd Naruto: dude it is definitely Root because they're at the bottom of trees. Danzou even explains that in Shippuuden. that's the proper translation anyway, though i can see where they may have confused what he was saying. because he says something more like 'Root is the foundation which supports the tree that is Konoha'. damn metaphors.
and oh holy damn. its not the pace so much as all the f*cking flashbacks! each episode has at least 5-6 minutes of crap they'd used in previous eps (e and i counted!) and it drives us psychotic. but let's face it, 19 pages is not enough to get a full 25 minute episode. we do appreciate the pace of the manga, less bs, straight to the point. but the anime has the right feel and clarifies action sequences. so there you have it. we fast forward a lot.
y'know, while i was gone, e d/l'd about a 100 eps. and we just didn't get around to watching them because of all the other crap i'd missed. but now, we've been Naruto marathoning all week for refresher (and i got my brother to watch a couple eps and he says he can watch the Japanese version but he never wants to see the American'd version again). and we started Shippuuden yesterday or so. i didn't realize i'd never seen Sai in color or heard him speak until watching the 2nd Shippuuden movie. i was like, whoa! he's spent a little too much time underground though. and not real fond of Kishimoto for making a Sasuke clone, but hey, one can't have everything.
speaking of Sasuke, even on the second watching through, he's still worthless but gotta give him some credit. he did take a beating for Naruto. repeatedly. of course, his superiority complex would allow nothing less, but still. and he did give Naruto the 'its not you, its me' speech. but the problem comes in where Naruto just never had friends before, so when one decided to quit, he just didn't know how to react. he's just so angry. dude, that's definitely not sadness. he's so pissed that he doesn't know how o express it because its against his personality. it comes across as 'oh, i gotta bring Sasuke back, and to make sure i do, i'll promise Sakura because if i say it out loud then i can't go back on my word.' but the more i watch Naruto/Sasuke interactions, i get 'bored now' from Sasuke (and i don't even blame him at this point) and 'so betrayed, so pissed' from Naruto and even the Kyuubi, who is rage personified, backs me up.
hell, even Gaara backs me up. Naruto told him specifically, "i'm just not good at saying goodbye". dude, seriously. we love seeing Gaara well-rested and in his Kazekage role too.
Madara: so powerful that he broke himself. hmm. that he could play the role of Toby for as long as he did intrigues me. i couldn't say if he was like Nii or not, we watched almost all of Reloaded but quit Saiyuki after that i think.