Naruto

[XMoshe]

So for all the anime lovers that watched Naruto. I just finished season 1 and I have to ask..does it get any better?

[jyushinshuu]

I think 1st season is always better, Shippuden isn't bad, but I can't say in details since its been years since stop watching Naruto. I heard that its full of stupid fillers and unnecessary flashbacks. I don't even think that Naruto is that great to be even watching it in Anime, but I did finish it manga though.

[poehalcho]

Always make sure you skip all fillers (with the exception of the one about what's underneath kakashi's mask).
Naruto has 220 episodes. After that it continues as Naruto: Shippuuden, which has 419 episodes and counting. Unfortunately those include an extremely large amount of filler content. Naruto could probably be shrunk to less than 140 episodes. Shippuden is even worse.

I'm not even sure why they're still stretching it... The manga finished up a few months back, but I've heard they went into another set of filler episodes...
If you watch the series without any filler content it should be a fairly enjoyable ride. The themes of the show change a bit over time, it takes on a more mature tone as it goes on.

Spoiler!

Guide to watching Naruto without filler (Updated: 10/8/14):

Watch episodes 1-25
Skip 26
Pick up at 27-96
Skip 97
Pick up at 98-100
Skip at 101-106
Pick up at 107-135
Drop or Skip at 135-219
Pick up or Skip at 220 (Start the episode at 12:02. You will see a little bit of the eye burning filler so dont worry about the scenes you don’t understand. All you have to understand is that in this episode: Everyone returns to the Hidden Leaf Village and resume their training. Ino makes a request to also become Tsunade's student and everyone says goodbye to Naruto, who is about to head off for his two-and-a-half years of training with Jiraiya (who returned with information about Akatsuki's plans) You could skip this episode. It is optional.

Guide to watching Naruto: Shippuden without Filler:

Watch episodes 1-56
Skip at 57-70
71 - Last 10 min or so is manga material. But is relevant for the next arc.
Pick up at 72-89
Skip at 90-111
Pick up or Skip - 112 - Last 10 min or so is manga material. But is relevant for the next arc. You will see eye burning filler but all you need to know is that the akatsuki captures the three tails.
Pick up at 113-143
Skip at 144-151
Pick up at 152-169
Skip at 170 & 171
Pick up at 172-175

Skip at 176-196 (Some of this arc has filler mixed in with manga material so for those who care about the 100% completion and dont mind seeing a little burning lol, check out the spoiler below.)

> 176 - manga/filler
> skip - 177
> 178-181 - manga/filler
> skip 182-196
> most of these involve information related to the taka group, and also some related events to tobi. If you watch the anime, you know what im taking bout.

Pick up at 197-222
Skip 223-242
Pick up at 243-256
257 - half filler/half manga
Skip 258-260
Pick up at 261-278
Skip 279-281
Pick up at 282-283
Skip 284-295
Pick up at 296-302
Skip 303-320
Pick up at 321-346
Skip 347-361
Pick up at 362-375
Skip 376-377
Pick up at 378-388
Skip or watch 389-390 (These two episodes are tied to the Final film. Its debatable if you want to see this as filler or not cause the final naruto Movie is cannon.)
Pick up at 391-393
Skip 394 - 413
Pick up at 414 -onwards

with all that said, I should probably warn you that it's not the best starter anime anymore.
I'm guessing this is your attempt at giving anime a try?
It might be past your age group. Naruto is a shounen series, meaning it's aimed at 10-15 year old's. People that still watch have practically grown up with it, which isn't the case for you.

If you're curious to try anime, there might be better places to start.

[Love]

I remember the first arch of Bleach being epic as i younger, i would recommend that and code geass if youre looking for classics. Code being the better recommendation.

[XMoshe]

I can agree on the unneeded filler and flashbacks yeah thats why I asked... I also can't believe it's as slow or slower than HxH, spending the better part of 10 episodes on that Farking bridge...

Not my first anime either, was just looking for one with good/intense fights and friend suggested this.

Thx for the non filler guide, I'll give that a shot maybe.

[iztupido]

skip filler bullshit, these are unwatchable unlike the bleach ones, unless you like spending 20 mins watching pure garbage that has nothing to do with anything, that started in the middle of a Farking battle. Other than that, naruto is great.

[jyushinshuu]

Just watch One Piece instead of Naruto. One Piece isn't very promising at the first few episodes, then it gets better and better. The only difference between The Big Three in anime is that Bleach and Naruto has a great start then turns stupid and very inconsistent story telling especially in the power gauge area.

On the other hand, One Piece have good pace and consistency, and very short filler arcs, only downside is that when you finally catch up to the time skip arc, the pace is slower than it used to.

If you're looking for something just to kill time, then go for: Nisekoi, Initial D, Slam Dunk, and many other short comedy Anime.

[Strwarrior]

To be fair i watched naruto before shippuden even came out but then with the amount of fillers i got bored of it and started reading the manga, and whenever a fight happens id watch the anime version of it.

So if you have a list of the fillers that u need to skip ull be fine

[iztupido]

I started watching when there was only 60 episodes of naruto out, and I only started watching manga in the fillers at 300ish on shippuuden or so, when he gets on a boat. When you get to fillers, just do what I do, watch the episode in 20 seconds

[BuDo]

It took me a while to start watching it....The first few episodes threw me off...I kept putting off watching it altogether until I decided to give it a second chance...Now I am glad I did because I really like it a lot....at least way later in the series....

[The Invisible]

Funny fact, i saw Naruto Shippuden but never saw the first season and i know most of what happened from the absurd amount of flashbacks.

I stopped at 330 and most likely won't see the rest for a couple of years. I simply prefer short anime. Trying to see most of the popular -50 episodes anime series before i look at this again.

[XMoshe]

Funny fact, i saw Naruto Shippuden but never saw the first season and i know most of what happened from the absurd amount of flashbacks.

I stopped at 330 and most likely won't see the rest for a couple of years. I simply prefer short anime. Trying to see most of the popular -50 episodes anime series before i look at this again.

Indeed, although I just started skipping through useless shit and it's better to stomach now. I did start watching Hiden no Aria intead for now though