I finally got caught up... Thoughts on Shippuuden!

Yes, I was a little disappointed with the Gai vs. Kisame one too!

You have a good point about the character thing. There are so many characters, and while some of the side characters are very well-developed, others aren't at all! I would really love to actually know something about Tenten personally, other than the fact that she seems to crush on rich guys, or rich girls disguised as rich guys.:p

I do think it's great though, and I can't wait to see more!

Ah, I actually hadn't thought about the issue of catching up to the manga! I guess that does explain why the battles are taking forever!

I don't think it's as good as the original so far yet either, but I suppose I could change my mind if they really blow me away.

if they stick closely to the manga, youll be blown away. the manga is reallly good

Ah, I'll have to read more of the manga as well. I've only read the ones that have come out in the US so far, so I'm not very far along. I suppose I could start searching for fan-translated ones out there, but so far I've just been waiting for them to come out.

Haha, yes, there is a lot of BLA BLA BLA!:P

You're right, I really should get into reading the manga. So far I've only read what's out in the US, which means I'm not even up to Shippuuden stuff at all. I'll have to start finding it online and catching up. Maybe that will be my goal for today, since I'm off work.:)

You have a good point about fight scenes being better in anime. It's so much more exciting than in manga, where it does indeed look like a big ball of mess!

It's hard to say how Naruto would act considering how far he went into the Kyuubi state. I could see that having not only immediate effects but also possibly after-effects. That's just my thought though.

Besides, Sakura has to have her moments too!:P

Haha, the manga does seem to move much faster! The anime is starting off so slowly... I still feel like it's just starting and it's so many episodes in already!:P

I just download mine from the dattebayo fansubbing group's website. They put up bittorrent links each week for them.

Gaara is pretty awesome, and I liked all the parts that actually had him in it. It was just the length of some of the fights and those flashbacks that made me wanna scream.:P

Oh, dear, I haven't heard anything about the movie yet really! I don't talk to many people that watch anime offline, so I don't hear all the juicy stuff!

yeah! gaara was awesome! and even if he did change his outlook in life, there's still the air of creepiness and scariness around him. LOL

you can look for the trailer of the movie at youtube. the trailer is being shown during the OP/ED credits of shippuuden right? i thought then that it wasn't a movie but a part of the series, a second story arc. i got so frustrated when i learned that it was a movie. i'm gonna wait for a long time!>. <

Shippuuden is Awesome, although i haer what was being said about the characters. Alot of characters have taken a back seat at the moment to concentrate on the main Naruto sasuke story line.

I love how much more modern the new series is tho, in the changing of the way alot of the chars dress, especially naruto, much prefer his new outfit to the old bright orange all over one.

Im now curious whats going to happen to Gaara since the Jinchuuriki been removed.

yeah. naruto's outfit is better in shippuuden. black goes well with orange.^__^ and i'm also curious too about gaara. will he still be as powerful as before now that he no longer has a monster inside of him? i hope so.

Me too! I'll be so excited to see those things that happen in the manga later in Shippuuden. I'd like to see Shikamaru's badass moments there too.:P

Yep, I was a little thrown off by the art at first too, but it's not bad, just different.

Hehe, I want to know what happens to them in the end too! I'm so excited because I'm also reading the manga, and I just wait on the edge of my seat for each next part to come out!