Friday, July 18, 2008

Naruto Episodes 1 - 5



Episode 1 "Homecoming"

Naruto Uzumaki returns to Konoha after a two-and-a-half-year training journey amidst Jiraiya. He is reintroduced to his peers, who have all advanced to Chunin point and beyond, unlike Naruto who is still a Genin. Elsewhere, two realtors of Akatsuki make it out towards Sunagakure to capture Gaara, who has from the time become the Kazekage, the village leader.

Episode 2 "Akatsuki makes its move"

Jiraiya tells Kakashi Hatake that Akatsuki's plan to collect the tailed beasts is underway. Because of the Demon Fox inside him, Naruto is in danger any time he leaves the village, so Jiraiya relinquishes Naruto's training to Kakashi, who can ensure his safety. Kakashi provides Naruto and Sakura Haruno a test to see how far properties have mproved. Meanwhile, the Akatsuki members Deidara and Sasori arrive at the entrance of the Sunagakure. They see that Yura, their sleeper agent, has already cleared the guards.

Epsiode 3 "The Results of Training"

Kakashi challenges Naruto and Sakura with the bell test, in which they must forcefully take from Kakashi two jingle bells using whatever means necessary. Sakura and Naruto both verify their newly made it to skills. At Sunagakure, Deidara reveals his ability to manipulate exploding clay. He takes to the skies aboard a giant clay bird and begins his aerial assault by lobbing exploding clay spiders onto the guards, instantly killing them. As soon as he makes it to the Kazekage building, however, he finds Gaara there waiting for him.

Episode 4 "Jinchuriki of the Sand"

Naruto and Sakura both notice that even though they suffer vastly improved, properties are still no balance for Kakashi's superior techniques, as he too has become stronger, and discover to resort to a good deal more unconventional means. They win the challenge by threatening to spoil the ending of Kakashi's new novel, forcing him to cover his ears and shut his eyes because of the Sharingan's ability to read lips. Meanwhile, Deidara and Gaara begin their battle. Deidara finds a formidable problem in Gaara's abilities to control and manipulate sand.

Episode 5 "As the Kazekage...!"

Deidara sees the subduing the Kazekage is not as easy as he thought. He hurls exploding clay at Gaara to no effect, as Gaara can hastily summon a shield of sand around him among relative ease. Gaara then commands his sand to attack Deidara who has no choice but to try to evade. Gaara's sand eventually catches up with Deidara and crushes his arm.
The Start of Uzumaki Naruto
Naruto is a complex and delightful story of a difficult child who wants to
be the greatest Ninja ever. Like multi of the anime that were derived from
their manga, it has developed a great and loyal following, not merely
because of the complexity, but the intense emotions and deep motivations.
Uzumaki Naruto is a child that a large number of children his age can identify with. It
is a story of heroes and challenges, amidst just now the perfect amount of
silliness, humor, and budding romance.

In the beginning, Naruto is a noisy, arrogant, troublesome child, who
performs disrespectful pranks around his village. He thinks he is going to
be the biggest ninja ever, yet when he is tested, cannot perform even the
simplest of techniques which all the !no! students own mastered. Alone,
without any parents to appear after him, he is identified with by his teacher,
Iruka-sensei, who has also been alone as of he was a child. It is renowned to
everyone in the village, but not to Naruto, that he has a monster
nine-tailed fox sealed inside of him. Twelve years earlier, the demon fox
had attacked the village, destroying it, and killing Iruka's parents. But
the village recovered, and the demon fox was neutralized by sealing it
inside the newly-born child, Uzumaki Naruto. It was forbidden for anyone in
the village to regularly reveal the truth to others, very to the child
himself.

Alone, unrecognized and despised by everybody, Naruto performs his pranks to
try to soar attention. In the end, when another final exam comes by, all
the students are given the odds to demonstrate their developing ninja
powers. Everyone passes, except Naruto, who attempts to create a
replication of himself, but only succeeds in creating an absurd, weak,
useless replication. Iruka, his teacher, has no choice but to fail him.
Naruto is depressed, seeing everyone else graduate and acquire the symbol of
graduation, a metal plate with the village symbol the current they wear as a
forehead protector.

Fate and an evil force conspire to give Naruto a instant chance. A sly and
untrustworthy teacher, Mizuki-sensei, befriends Naruto and convinces him
that he can graduate if he steals the Scroll of Sealing and uses its immense
and dangerous powers to decide impressive techniques that will allow him to
pass. Secretly, Mizuki manipulates Naruto for his own aim to steal
the scroll. He is prepared to kill Naruto in the process.

Naruto steals the scroll and learns one primary and powerful technique. The
head of the village, the Hokage-sama is angry by the theft, and sends the
village ninjas out to attain the childish thief. They are angry, saying that
this was no mere prank, but a very dangerous act. Even Hokage-sama
realizes that Naruto can mean great damage, and may a great deal be able to
unwittingly unseal the demon fox within him.

When Iruka has found Naruto, the boy is confused and exhausted. He has
practised over and over one of the forbidden techniques. The teacher and
student are set upon by Mizuki. The traitorous sensei injures and disables
Iruka, ready to take the next step and steal the scroll and kill both
witnesses. Iruka protects Naruto, who functions away, scampering off on all
fours just like a fox. Mizuki pursues and catches up, but Iruka looks and
is able to cover his student once more. When Naruto finds out the truth
about the demon fox sealed inside of him, he realizes the Iruka is a loyal
teacher and friend, who has one and only ever tried to help him. Mizuki attacks, but
Naruto, continuing to just a boy, unleashes his newly-developed technique of
multiple shadow replication. The astonished Mizuki is beaten up by the
hundreds of Naruto duplicates. Iruka is impressed, deciding then to
graduate the boy. He gives Naruto his metal forehead protector as a symbol,
and the boy is pleased and proud. But the wise Iruka-sensei warns the boy
that the path of the ninja is just beginning and it ought to be a lot harder
from here-on. Episode one ends on a note who is upbeat and with the anticipation of
many adventures and lessons to come.

The Japanese Origin of the Kyuubi in Naruto
Few circumstances in the anime, Naruto, can charge the atmosphere with as still as excitement and as a great deal awe as when Kyuubi looks as if it's on screen. This rendition of the Japanese mythical creature, the Kitsune, is one of the most mysterious and interesting characters in the anime. The Kyuubi, as I'm insured a large amount of Naruto fans know, is the nine-tailed demon fox once ravaged Konoha and was sealed by the fourth Hokage inside the body of Uzumaki Naruto, the series' main character. Naruto, for all his kindness, is often plagued by the Kyuubi's efforts to tempt him investing in raw power. And, when Naruto is not able to contain his strong emotions, he becomes consumed by the Kyuubi, losing both his sanity and control in a bout of pure and unrestrained rage. Naruto does a 360, turning from what i read in the lovable prankster that we all love to a rampaging monster who, if he passes a certain point, can no longer distinguish friend from foe.

Kyuubi's Origins

But where does the Kyuubi's origin lie? Kishimoto-sensei certainly did not just pull this Kyuubi legend out of his hat. Indeed, the Kyuubi is rooted on the Japanese mythological creature referred to as the Kitsune. Translated, Kitsune means 'fox'. The fox, as portrayed in Japanese folklore, is a cunning creature, intelligent but mischievous. In fact, the Kitsune is often called a 'trickster' and incidentally, this is how Naruto is depicted at the beginning of the story. The kitsune can transform into a human being, a skill it learns when it reaches a certain age, normally 100. However, it most commonly transforms into a beautiful woman, a seductress, much like 'Naruko', Naruto's female generate when he performs his Oiroke no Jutsu.

The kitsune can have a large number of tails, ranging for one to nine. The plethora of tails the kitsune has indicates its age, its wisdom, and its strength. In the anime, when Naruto succumbs to the Kyuubi's temptation of power, his charka leaks out and forms similar to 'tails'. The number of tails that grows out of Naruto, the stronger he becomes and the more he loses control of himself. So far, in both the manga and in Naruto Shippuden, we have merely seen up to four of Naruto's tails. At that point, he completely loses control of himself and he will begin to attack everyone - friend or foe. If he is not contained, or if the Kyuubi is not resealed and Naruto grows all nine tails of the Kyuubi, he will, in a sense, die, and the Kyuubi will once again be released to wreak havoc on the world.

Nine Tails

Thus, the Kyuubi, a nine-tailed fox, is a creature in its prime. Indeed, in the anime, the Kyuubi is said to be the strongest of the nine Bijuus scattered throughout the five countries. One swipe of its mighty tails can cause whole villages to crumble and tidal waves to form. In fact, it's so powerful the it is regarded as a 'natural disaster' by the villagers and is often believed to be a require the current comes when human beings become too evil and therefore desire to be 'purged'. The grounds why Kishimoto chose the Kyuubi to become the strongest Bijuu is probably based on the Japanese legend of the 9 Bijuu, one of which are elemental Bijuu, one of them is Gaara's Shukaku, the Bijuu of Wind. And of course, an additional one is the Kyuubi, the Bijuu of Fire, the strongest of all the tailed beasts. So that's pretty much it. Hopefully this may give you certain underlying thought of at which the Kyuubi comes on as well as some of the applications where the Kyuubi is being applied to inside the world of Naruto.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Naruto Episodes 1 - 5



Episode 1 "Homecoming"

Naruto Uzumaki returns to Konoha following a two-and-a-half-year training journey with Jiraiya. He is reintroduced to his peers, who have all advanced to Chunin rank and beyond, unlike Naruto who is still a Genin. Elsewhere, two real estate agents of Akatsuki head towards Sunagakure to capture Gaara, who has since become the Kazekage, the village leader.

Episode 2 "Akatsuki makes its move"

Jiraiya tells Kakashi Hatake which Akatsuki's procedures to collect the tailed beasts is underway. Because of the Demon Fox inside him, Naruto is in danger any time he leaves the village, so Jiraiya relinquishes Naruto's training to Kakashi, who can ensure his safety. Kakashi gives Naruto and Sakura Haruno a test to see how far they have mproved. Meanwhile, the Akatsuki members Deidara and Sasori arrive at the access of the Sunagakure. They look at that Yura, their sleeper agent, has right now cleared the guards.

Epsiode 3 "The Results of Training"

Kakashi challenges Naruto and Sakura with the bell test, in which they are required to forcefully take from Kakashi two jingle bells using whatever spells necessary. Sakura and Naruto both prove their newly acquired skills. At Sunagakure, Deidara reveals his ability to manipulate exploding clay. He takes to the skies aboard a giant clay bird and begins his aerial assault by lobbing exploding clay spiders onto the guards, instantly killing them. As fast as he affects it to the Kazekage building, however, he finds Gaara there waiting for him.

Episode 4 "Jinchuriki of the Sand"

Naruto and Sakura both notice the even though properties suffer vastly improved, they are nonetheless no equate for Kakashi's superior techniques, as he too has become stronger, and discover to resort to more non&wshyp;traditional means. They win the challenge by threatening to spoil the ending of Kakashi's new novel, forcing him to cover his ears and shut his eyes because of the Sharingan's ability to read lips. Meanwhile, Deidara and Gaara begin the battle. Deidara finds a formidable challenge in Gaara's abilities to control and manipulate sand.

Episode 5 "As the Kazekage...!"

Deidara sees that subduing the Kazekage is not as easy as he thought. He hurls exploding clay at Gaara to no effect, as Gaara can quickly summon a shield of sand around him investing in relative ease. Gaara then commands his sand to attack Deidara who has no choice but to try to evade. Gaara's sand quickly catches up with Deidara and crushes his arm.

The Start of Uzumaki Naruto
Naruto is a complex and delightful story of a difficult child who wants to
be the greatest Ninja ever. Like many of the anime that got derived from
their manga, it has developed a decent and loyal following, not merely
because of the complexity, but the intense emotions and deep motivations.
Uzumaki Naruto is a child the present many children his age can identify with. It
is a story of heroes and challenges, with only the right span of
silliness, humor, and budding romance.

In the beginning, Naruto is a noisy, arrogant, troublesome child, who
performs disrespectful pranks around his village. He thinks he is going to
be the greatest ninja ever, yet when he is tested, cannot perform a great deal the
simplest of techniques which all the other students have mastered. Alone,
without any parents to look after him, he is referred to as with by his teacher,
Iruka-sensei, who has also been heard alone from the time he was a child. It is known to
everyone in the village, but not to Naruto, that he has a monster
nine-tailed fox sealed inside of him. Twelve decades earlier, the demon fox
had attacked the village, destroying it, and killing Iruka's parents. But
the village recovered, and the demon fox was neutralized by sealing it
inside the newly-born child, Uzumaki Naruto. It was forbidden for anyone in
the village to ever reveal the truth to others, particularly to the child
himself.

Alone, unrecognized and despised by everybody, Naruto does his pranks to
try to gain attention. In the end, when another concluding exam comes by, all
the students are given the chance to confirm such a developing ninja
powers. Everyone passes, not including Naruto, who attempts to create a
replication of himself, but easily succeeds in creating an absurd, weak,
useless replication. Iruka, his teacher, has no choice but to fail him.
Naruto is depressed, seeing any individual else graduate and earn the symbol of
graduation, a metal plate with the village symbol that properties wear as a
forehead protector.

Fate and an evil force conspire to give Naruto a second chance. A sly and
untrustworthy teacher, Mizuki-sensei, befriends Naruto and convinces him
that he can graduate if he steals the Scroll of Sealing and uses its immense
and dangerous powers to learn impressive techniques that will allow him to
pass. Secretly, Mizuki manipulates Naruto for his own mission to steal
the scroll. He is prepared to kill Naruto in the process.

Naruto steals the scroll and learns one number one and powerful technique. The
head of the village, the Hokage-sama is angry by the theft, and sends the
village ninjas out to find the childish thief. They are angry, claiming that
this was no mere prank, but a very dangerous act. Even Hokage-sama
realizes that Naruto can reason happy damage, and may much be able to
unwittingly unseal the demon fox within him.

When Iruka has found Naruto, the boy is confused and exhausted. He has
practised over and over one of the forbidden techniques. The teacher and
student are set upon by Mizuki. The traitorous sensei injures and disables
Iruka, ready to take the next step and steal the scroll and kill both
witnesses. Iruka protects Naruto, who runs away, scampering off on all
fours just like a fox. Mizuki pursues and catches up, but Iruka appears and
is able to protect his student once more. When Naruto finds out the truth
about the demon fox sealed inside of him, he realizes that Iruka is a loyal
teacher and friend, who has sole ever tried to make it easier for him. Mizuki attacks, but
Naruto, significantly just a boy, unleashes his newly-developed technique of
multiple shadow replication. The astonished Mizuki is beaten up by the
hundreds of Naruto duplicates. Iruka is impressed, deciding then to
graduate the boy. He supplies Naruto his metal forehead protector as a symbol,
and the boy is pleased and proud. But the wise Iruka-sensei warns the boy
that the path of the ninja is just beginning and it will be a lot harder
from here-on. Episode one ends on a note overly is upbeat and with the anticipation of
many adventures and lessons to come.


The Japanese Origin of the Kyuubi in Naruto

Few things in the anime, Naruto, can charge the atmosphere with as much as excitement and as much awe as when Kyuubi appears on screen. This rendition of the Japanese mythical creature, the Kitsune, is one of the most mysterious and interesting characters in the anime. The Kyuubi, as I'm sure most Naruto fans know, is the nine-tailed demon fox once ravaged Konoha and was sealed by the fourth Hokage inside the body of Uzumaki Naruto, the series' main character. Naruto, for all his kindness, is often plagued by the Kyuubi's efforts to tempt him with raw power. And, when Naruto is unable to contain his strong emotions, he becomes consumed by the Kyuubi, losing both his sanity and control in a bout of pure and unrestrained rage. Naruto does a 360, changing from the lovable prankster that we all love to a rampaging monster who, if he passes a certain point, can no longer distinguish friend from foe.

Kyuubi's Origins

But where does the Kyuubi's origin lie? Kishimoto-sensei certainly didn't just pull this Kyuubi legend out of his hat. Indeed, the Kyuubi is based on the Japanese mythological creature called the Kitsune. Translated, Kitsune means 'fox'. The fox, as portrayed in Japanese folklore, is a cunning creature, intelligent but mischievous. In fact, the Kitsune is often called a 'trickster' and incidentally, this is how Naruto is portrayed at the beginning of the story. The kitsune can transform into a human being, a skill it learns when it reaches a certain age, usually 100. However, it most commonly transforms into a beautiful woman, a seductress, much like 'Naruko', Naruto's female form when he does his Oiroke no Jutsu.

The kitsune can have several tails, ranging from one to nine. The number of tails the kitsune has indicates its age, its wisdom, and its strength. In the anime, when Naruto succumbs to the Kyuubi's temptation of power, his charka leaks out and forms like 'tails'. The number of tails that grows out of Naruto, the stronger he becomes and the more he loses control of himself. So far, in both the manga and in Naruto Shippuden, we have only seen up to four of Naruto's tails. At that point, he completely loses control of himself and he will begin to attack everyone - friend or foe. If he is not contained, or if the Kyuubi is not resealed and Naruto grows all nine tails of the Kyuubi, he will, in a sense, die, and the Kyuubi will once again be released to wreak havoc on the world.

Nine Tails

Thus, the Kyuubi, a nine-tailed fox, is a creature in its prime. Indeed, in the anime, the Kyuubi is said to be the strongest of the nine Bijuus scattered throughout the five countries. One swipe of its mighty tails can cause whole villages to crumble and tidal waves to form. In fact, it's so powerful that it is regarded as a 'natural disaster' by the villagers and is often believed to be a force that comes when human beings become too evil and therefore need to be 'purged'. The reason why Kishimoto chose the Kyuubi to become the strongest Bijuu is probably based on the Japanese legend of the 9 Bijuu, five of which are elemental Bijuu, one of them is Gaara's Shukaku, the Bijuu of Wind. And of course, another one is the Kyuubi, the Bijuu of Fire, the strongest of all the tailed beasts. So that's pretty much it. Hopefully this will give you some idea of where the Kyuubi comes from as well as some of the applications where the Kyuubi is being applied to inside the world of Naruto.

When Will Naruto End?

Knowing that your favorite anime series is about to end is a lot like graduating from high school. It gives you mixed feelings - relief and despair. Relief because, if the author's nice, all the loose ends will be tied and you'll finally get your resolution and despair because you know that you'll know that, come next week, you'll no longer be sitting giddily in front of the TV waiting for your favorite show to air.

Rumors of the End

Recently, a lot of Naruto fans have been predicting that Naruto would end soon. And of course, it has created quite a racket among the Naruto fans because, really, who wants that anime to end? Sure, we all want to see if Naruto really does become Hokage, we all want to find out if Sasuke and Sakura get married, and we all want to see if Kakashi ever does take off his mask. But then again, Naruto has been with us for such a long time now - since 1999 for the manga and since 2002 for the anime. And Naruto's almost like a friend now - a little brother. And tuning in every week to see what happens to him has become such a familiar routine that it's hard to imagine a month without that knuckleheaded ninja that we all love.

This rumor - that Naruto would end soon - is still circulating even now as you read. The main question is - is it true? Frankly, I doubt it. There are just too many unresolved issues in Naruto right now that it doesn't seem feasible that the anime would end soon. A good indication that the anime's about to end is if the manga is nearing its end. And take it from an avid manga reader, Naruto's just warming up. The first part of Naruto before the time skip was like an introduction of characters compared to the depth of Shippuden right now. All those issues in Naruto - the kyuubi, the Uchiha clan, the Akatsuki - they're all being explored in Shippuden right now. They're being dissected, and each day, we learn something new and the plot only gets deeper and deeper.

Part 1 was barely stroking the surface. There was more to the Kyuubi than met the eye. It wasn't just a rampaging monster - the Kyuubi had ties to the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Madara to be exact. It seems that the Uchiha clan has more secrets that have yet to be revealed. There seems to be more to the Uchiha Clan's massacre than we were led to believe. Also, there's the appearance of the Rinnegan, the strongest doujutsu ever in the Naruto universe, and it is further complicated by the fact that it is the Akatsuki Leader who owns this eye technique. There's also the matter of Kabutomaru - the combination of Orochimaru and Kabuto. Then there's the whole matter of the root ANBU.

So, When Will Naruto End?

If you want an honest answer, then I'd say that I have no idea. Only Kishimoto can tell. It's his story and he could end it tomorrow by killing off the characters with a comet if he so desired and we wouldn't be able to do a thing about it. All we can do is speculate.

Really, there's just too many things going on in Naruto right now that it doesn't seem like it's going to end any time soon - at least, not in the next few years. So, I suggest you start loving that blond-haired ninja right now because it looks like Naruto's here to stay.More naruto wallpapers