These fillers so far have been funny and well written, it seems they will keep mixing it up with the manga storyline. Naruto will face challenges as he gets to the island that the Toad Sage prophetized!
Episode 227 "The Forgotten Island" (忘却の島) September 1, 2011 Episode 228 "Fight, Rock Lee" (闘えロックリー) September 8, 2011
Tsunade recovered and Kakashi is glad to not have to take the mantle as Hokage. Naruto will take on Sasuke himself. The prophecy has been placed by the Great Toad Sage. However, what we will get this month is pirate fillerology!
Episode 223 "The Young Man and the Sea" (青年と海) August 4, 2011
Episode 224 "The Merchant Ninja of Venice" (紅州の商忍) August 11, 2011
Episode 225 "The Cursed Ghost Ship" (呪われた幽霊船) August 18, 2011
Episode 226 "Battleship Island" (戦艦の島) August 25, 2011
There's a break on July 14th, and the July 28th slot seems available for a two hour special as indicated, but this will be confirmed soon.
Episode 219 "Kakashi Hatake, the Hokage" (火影はたけカカシ) July 7, 2011 Episode 220 "The Great Toad Sage's Prediction" (大ガマ仙人の予言) July 21, 2011 Episode 221 "TBA" July 28, 2011 Episode 222 "TBA" July 28, 2011 Episode 223 "The Young Man and the Ocean" (青年と海) August 4, 2011
The fight between Danzo and Sasuke, one of the best depicted in the anime in my opinion, continues and it makes you wonder if this is all a setup by Madara? Naruto needs to settle his mind and Sakura wants to kill Sasuke herself before he goes deeper and deeper in his path of darkness.
Episode 210 "The Forbidden Visual Jutsu" (禁じられた瞳術) May 5, 2011
Episode 211 "Danzo Shimura" (志村ダンゾウ) May 12, 2011
Episode 212 "Sakura's Resolve" (サクラの覚悟) May 19, 2011
The plot thickens! We have more episodes centered on Sasuke's fight against the leader of the Cloud village, and how the Rookie 9 come to a decision about Sasuke.
Episode 206 "Sakura's Feelings" (サクラの想い) April 7, 2011 Episode 207 "A Tailed Beast vs. A Tailed Beast With no Tail" (尾獣VS尾のない尾獣) April 14, 2011 Episode 208 "As a Friend" (親友として) April 21, 2011 Episode 209 "Danzo's Right Arm" (ダンゾウの右腕) April 28, 2011
The plot thickens! Sasuke mirrors Nagato in his hate! A new ninja war could be brewing! Also, we will be getting a new Opening and Ending in April!
Opening will be by the song 'Lovers' by group '7'. And the ending will be 'Freedom' by 'Home Made Kazoku'.
201 "Painful Decision" "Kujū no Ketsudan" (苦渋の決断) March 3, 2011 202 "Racing Lightning" "Hashiru Ikazuchi" (疾走る雷) March 10, 2011 203 "Sasuke's Ninja Way" "Sasuke no Nindō" (サスケの忍道) March 17, 2011 204 "The Five Kage's Power" "Gokage no Chikara" (五影の実力) March 24, 2011 205 "Declaration of War" "Sensenfukoku" (宣戦布告) March 31, 2011
It seems the fillers will be finally over, though there still remains to be confirmed whether we will get a two hour special on February 10?
But we're looking forward to some interesting developments for Sai and his boss Danzo!
197- The Sixth Hokage Danzo" "Rokudaime Hokage Danzō" (六代目火影ダンゾウ) February 10, 2011 198- TBA February 10, 2011 199- Enter the Five Kage "Gokage Tōjō" (五影登場) February 17, 2011 200- Naruto's Appeal "Naruto no Kongan" (ナルトの懇願) February 24, 2011
Better late than never, here's the schedule of this anime for December. It seems we will be getting a new fillerology saga till...well, who knows! O_O
episode 189 "Sasuke's Paw Encyclopedia" (サスケの肉球大全) December 2, 2010 episode 190 "Naruto and the Old Soldier" (ナルトと老兵) December 9, 2010 episode 191 "Kakashi Love Song" (カカシ恋歌) December 16, 2010 episode 192 "Neji Gaiden" "Neji Gaiden" (ネジ外伝) December 23, 2010
There won't be episode on December 30 due to Holidays.
It's difficult to know what will be her ultimate role in Naruto. Given her personality traits and her resolve, you would think that she actually will have a heroine protagonist role, just like author Masashi Kishimoto stated in an interview this year, but that hasn't happened yet neither in the manga or the anime.
Hinata is the daughter of Hyuuga Hiashi of the Hyuuga clan, formed by those who possess the Byakugan, an eye ninjutsu that enables its user to see everything at at 359° range.
Byakugan users can also see the chakra points of their enemies, thus developing a close range Palm Fist style of fighting that allows them to close each point, leaving the person unable to mold chakra, either temporarily or indefinitely.
But things hadn't been easy for Hinata. From the very beginning, she was despised by her father for being weak and lacking self-confidence, whereas her little sister Hanabi and her cousin Neji were wayyy better in ninjutsu and fighting.
Hinata is the heiress of the Main Family and she is meant to be the leader of her clan one day, while Neji forms part of the Branch (inferior) Family, and he is meant to serve and protect the Main Family. Given that his father Hizashi had to be sacrificed in order to protect the secret of the Byakugan, taking his twin brother's (Hiashi) place, Neji developed hate and resentment towards Hinata.
This was revealed when Hinata and Neji had to fight during the Chuunin exams. Neji was considerably stronger and bullied Hinata all the way, at the point of almost hitting her with KI (Killer Intent). This pisses off Naruto, who cheers for Hinata.
But Hinata stood up after receiving all Neji palm fists techniques and says she's sorry for him. She's left badly injured, and Naruto steps to the plate and defies Neji to a duel. There's quite an empathy between Naruto and Hinata, given that they're both seen as losers and underdogs for not being perfect at ninjutsu for their age.
Going along with the Kakashi feature I did yesterday, I found this AMV to be quite well done and touching. It focuses in his relationship with Obito and Rin.
If there's a complex, level-headed and cool character in Naruto, it's none other than Kakashi-sensei.
The son of Hatake Hakumo, the White Fang, he was always angst-ridden and pointed at by the people of Konoha over the fact that his father chose to help his friends instead of carrying out the mission succesfully.
He was a prodigy shinobi from an early age, always obsessed with doing things the right way, that meaning merely 'being a killing tool', which was what ninjas were originally meant to be.
Until he met his teammates Rin and Uchiha Obito. Obito, his dying partner that transferred his remaining sharingan eye to him, is the one that first said these famous words:
"Those that break the rules and regulations are scum. But those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum"
Through the series, we see how Kakashi changes his vision of life and the world, a transition from the old era of ninjas, from the cycle of never ending wars and hatred, to a more human one, and that is also through his disciples Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto (Team 7).
Kakashi-sensei also has a funny side, always arriving late to meetings, and reading the soft porn novels written by Jiraiya (Icha Icha tactics) in his free time, which means he's also a 'closet' perv ^_^
I don't think we will get to ever see his face without the mask, yet the episode with Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke trying to find out is one the classic moments in the series.
The Pain saga ended with an interesting twist and it was awesome as we finally saw Naruto being recognized by his village.
Looks like we are going to deal with fillers and one week delay without our favorite series due to a Pokemon Black and White special airing in the same slot.
But they're pre-time skip fillers related to what just happened in the last episodes, developing Iruka-sensei's character, so they will be great this time, bringing back the nostalgia of the good ol' Naruto days!
September 2 - Iruka the Novice Teacher
September 9 - Iruka's trials
September 16 - Iruka's determination
September 23 - no episode September 30 - Jounin in charge Hatake Kakashi
These fillers so far have been funny and well written, it seems they will keep mixing it up with the manga storyline. Naruto will face challenges as he gets to the island that the Toad Sage prophetized!
The plot thickens! We have more episodes centered on Sasuke's fight against the leader of the Cloud village, and how the Rookie 9 come to a decision about Sasuke.
Better late than never, here's the schedule of this anime for December. It seems we will be getting a new fillerology saga till...well, who knows! O_O
If there's a complex, level-headed and cool character in Naruto, it's none other than Kakashi-sensei.
We get a nice mix of pre-timeskip filler material along with the debacle over who could be the next Hokage!
But they're pre-time skip fillers related to what just happened in the last episodes, developing Iruka-sensei's character, so they will be great this time, bringing back the nostalgia of the good ol' Naruto days!
Pain's arc comes to an end this month, leaving us with great episodes this month!
